Rugby union in Tuvalu
[1] Unlike most South Pacific islands, rugby union is largely played on an informal basis,.[2] alongside association football, which is the main sport played by Tuvaluans.[6] Tuvalu participated in the Rugby Sevens competition in the XIVth Pacific Games in 2011.Tuvalu's main problems are geographical - its population of 11,992 makes it the third-least-populated independent country in the world, with only Vatican City and Nauru having fewer inhabitants.In terms of physical land size, at just 26 square kilometres (10 sq mi) Tuvalu is the fourth smallest country in the world, larger only than the Vatican City—0.44 km2; Monaco—1.95 km2 and Nauru—21 km2.