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Papua New Guinea women's national rugby sevens team
The Papua New Guinea women's national rugby sevens team represents Papua New Guinea in international women's rugby sevens tournaments. They are regular participants at the Oceania Women's Sevens Championship and Pacific Games. HistoryPNG's first international was in 2007 while hosting the first ever Pacific women's sevens championship (now known as Oceania Women's Sevens Championship) in Port Moresby. They won the 2011 Asia Pacific Women’s Sevens Championship that was held in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.[1][2] In 2017, the team made their first appearance at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series as an invited team to the 2017 Sydney Women's Sevens. They debuted at the Women's Sevens World Cup in 2018.[3] They finished in fourth place at the 2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship which earned them a spot at the 2020 Women's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament.[4][5][6][7] The Palais did not qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. At the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, they were defeated by Fiji in the gold medal final and had to settle for silver.[8][9] They competed in the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Dubai; they finished ninth overall in the first round.[10][11] They finished eleventh overall at the 2024 Sevens Challenger Series.[12] Tournament historyA red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Papua New Guinea World Cup Sevens
Pacific Games
Oceania Women's Sevens
World Rugby SevensWorld Rugby women's sevens seriesPapua New Guinea have been a regular invitational team to the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series particularly at the Australian Women's Sevens (2017−2019, 2023) and New Zealand Women's Sevens (2023).
Player recordsThe following shows leading career Papua New Guinean players based on performance in the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.[21]
World Rugby Sevens Challenger SeriesIn 2020, Papua New Guinea were scheduled to compete in the inaugural World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series after being the highest ranked non-core team from Oceania at the 2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship in Suva. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, World Rugby postponed the tournament without rescheduling a future date,[22] before eventually cancelling it altogether. Therefore, the official inaugural series was in 2022 in which Papua New Guinea gained a direct quota.
PlayersCurrent squadPapua New Guinea's squad to the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series:[23]
Previous squadsSquad to 2019 Pacific Games The Papua New Guinea Rugby Union announced its women's rugby sevens team on 28 June 2019.[24]
Squad to 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens Head coach: John Larry
See alsoReferences
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