The Solomon Islands national rugby union team represent Solomon Islands in the sport of rugby union.
They played their first internationals as part of the 3rd South Pacific Games in Port Moresby, beginning with a 5âÂÂ23 loss to host team Papua New Guinea on 18 August 1969. Their first wins came soon after; 36âÂÂ0 over Wallis and Futuna and 28âÂÂ12 against New Caledonia to win the bronze medal. Since then have played in only a small number of internationals, but did win bronze again in Port Moresby at the 9th South Pacific Games.
Solomon Islands have yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup finals. The team did take part in the qualifying tournaments in Oceania for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia, and the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, but did not end up qualifying.
In November and December 2011, Solomon Islands competed in the Eastern Regional Pool of the 2011 FORU Oceania Cup. All matches were played at Lloyd Robson Oval in Port Moresby. In their first match, on 29 November, Solomon Islands recorded a notable 22âÂÂ19 victory over the more fancied former champions Niue. This was followed by a 33âÂÂ15 loss to host nation, Papua New Guinea. In their final pool match, Solomon Islands defeated Vanuatu 48âÂÂ20 to finish second in the pool, behind Papua New Guinea. This victory set a new record winning margin for the Solomon Islands, eclipsing the previous best of 11âÂÂ3, also against Vanuatu, in 2001. By virtue of their wins at the tournament, Solomon Islands climbed to an all-time high of 69th position on the IRB World Rankings, overtaking Niue in the process.
Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by a Solomon Islands national XV at test level up until 10 November 2022, updated after match with .
On July 30, the 31-man squad was selected for the 2019 Oceania Rugby Cup.