Papua New Guinea women's national rugby sevens team

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For the men's team, see Papua New Guinea national rugby sevens team.
Papua New Guinea
UnionPapua New Guinea Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)Palais
Founded2007
Coach(es)Paul Tietjens
Captain(s)Joanne Lagona
Team kit
First international
Papua New Guinea  17 – 17  Samoa
(2007 Pacific Women's Sevens Championship, 1 December 2007)
Largest win
Papua New Guinea  77 – 0  Tahiti
(2017 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship, 10 November 2017)
World Cup Sevens
Appearances1 (First in 2018)
Papua New Guinea women's national rugby sevens team
Medal record
Pacific Games
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Nouméa Team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Port Moresby Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Apia Team

The Papua New Guinea women's national rugby sevens team represents Papua New Guinea in international rugby sevens tournaments, particularly the Oceania Women's Sevens Championship and Pacific Games. PNG'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. In 2017, the team participated for the first time in the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series as an invited team at the 2017 Sydney Women's Sevens. Papua New Guinea made its debut at the Women's Sevens World Cup in 2018.

Tournament History[]

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Papua New Guinea

World Cup Sevens results[]

Rugby World Cup Sevens
Year Round Position Pld W L D
United Arab Emirates 2009 Did not enter
Russia 2013 Did not qualify
United States 2018 Challenge trophy QF 15th 4 1 3 0
Total 0 Titles 1/3 4 1 3 0

Olympic Games results[]

Olympic Games
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Brazil 2016 Did not qualify
Total 0 Titles 0/1 0 0 0 0

Commonwealth Games results[]

Commonwealth Games
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Australia 2018 Did not qualify
Total 0 Titles 0/0 0 0 0 0

Pacific Games results[]

Pacific Games
Year Round Position Pld W L D
New Caledonia 2011 Bronze final 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 4 3 0
Papua New Guinea 2015 Bronze final 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 5 2 0
Samoa 2019 Bronze final 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 4 2 0
Total 0 Titles 3/3 20 13 7 0

Oceania Women's Sevens results[]

Oceania Women's Sevens
Year Round Position Pld W L D Refs
Pacific 7s
Papua New Guinea 2007 Bronze final 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 2 0 1 [1]
Oceania 7s
Samoa 2008 Did not attend [2]
Fiji 2012 3rd Place 4 6 3 3 0 [3]
Australia 2013 Pool stage 5 4 0 3 1 [4]
Australia 2014 Pool stage 5 6 3 3 0 [5]
New Zealand 2015 Bronze final 4 6 1 5 0 [6]
Fiji 2016 Round-robin 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 4 2 0 [7]
Fiji 2017 Bronze final 4 5 1 3 1
Total 0 Titles 7/8 37 14 19 3

Team[]

Current squad[]

TBC

Previous squads[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Fijiana take Pacific women's Sevens". IRB. 2007. Archived from the original on 4 April 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Oceania Sevens women's final". Oceania Rugby. 2008. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015.
  3. ^ "New Zealand claim Oceania Women's Sevens Championship". Oceania Rugby. 2012. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Women's Sevens Statistics - Day 2" (PDF). Oceania Rugby. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Fiji and New Zealand win the Oceania Sevens". IRB. 2014. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "Australia and Fijiana Win Places at 2016 Olympic Games Sevens". Oceania Rugby. 2015. Archived from the original on 15 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Australian women win Oceania rugby sevens". Special Broadcasting Service. 12 November 2016. Archived from the original on 9 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Rugby Union 7s Female: Game2 Result" (PDF). pg2015.gems.pro. 2015 Pacific Games. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Rugby Union 7s Female: Papua New Guinea". pg2015.gems.pro. 2015 Pacific Games. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
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