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Papua New Guinea women's national rugby sevens team
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | Papua New Guinea |
| imagesize | 100px |
| union | Papua New Guinea Rugby Football Union |
| captain | Alice Alois |
| nickname | Palais |
| coach | Cecil Davani |
| leftarm1 | FFFF00 |
| body1 | FFFF00 |
| rightarm1 | FFFF00 |
| shorts1 | FF0000 |
| socks1 | FFFF00 |
| first | 17 – 17 |
| (2007 Pacific Women's Sevens Championship, 1 December 2007) | |
| bigwin | 77 – 0 |
| (2017 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship, 10 November 2017) | |
| sevens | yes |
| World cup apps | 1 |
| year | 2018 |
| countryflagvar | rugby |
| founded | 2007 |
(2007 Pacific Women's Sevens Championship, 1 December 2007) (2017 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship, 10 November 2017)
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.
History
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. They won the 2011 Asia Pacific Women’s Sevens Championship that was held in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
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.
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. 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. They competed in the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Dubai; they finished ninth overall in the first round. They finished eleventh overall at the 2024 Sevens Challenger Series.
Tournament history
A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Papua New Guinea
World Cup Sevens
| Rugby World Cup 7s | Year | Round | Position | Total | 0 Titles | 1/4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UAE 2009 | did not enter | |||||||||
| RUS 2013 | did not qualify | |||||||||
| USA 2018 | 15th playoff | 15th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| RSA 2022 | did not qualify |
Pacific Games
| Pacific Games 7s | Year | Round | Position | Total | 0 Titles | 4/4 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCL 2011 | Third playoff | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| PNG 2015 | Third playoff | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| SAM 2019 | Third playoff | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| SOL 2023 | Final | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Oceania Women's Sevens
| Oceania Women's 7s | Year | Round | Position | Refs | Total | 0 Titles | 10/13 | 50 | 22 | 26 | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific 7s | |||||||||||
| PNG 2007 | Third playoff | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Oceania 7s | |||||||||||
| SAM 2008 | did not attend | ||||||||||
| FIJ 2012 | Third playoff | 4th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| AUS 2013 | Pool stage | 5th | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| AUS 2014 | Pool stage | 5th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| NZL 2015 | Third playoff | 4th | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| FIJ 2016 | Round-robin | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| FIJ 2017 | Third playoff | 4th | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| FIJ 2018 | Third playoff | 4th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| FIJ 2019 | Third playoff | 4th | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| AUS 2021 | did not attend | ||||||||||
| NZ 2022 | withdrew | ||||||||||
| AUS 2023 | Third playoff | 4th | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
;Oceania Sevens Challenge
| Oceania Women's 7s Challenge | Year | Round | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS 2022 | Final | 5 |
World Rugby Sevens
World Rugby women's sevens series
Papua 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).
| World Rugby Women's Sevens Series | Season | Rounds | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 1 / 6 | 14th | 1 | |
| 2017–18 | 1 / 5 | 16th | 1 | |
| 2018–19 | 1 / 6 | 16th | 1 | |
| 2022–23 | 2 / 7 | 14th | 2 |
Player records
The following shows leading career Papua New Guinean players based on performance in the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.
| No. | Player | Tries |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | |
| 2 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | |
| 1 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 1 |
| No. | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 49 | |
| 2 | 15 | |
| 3 | 5 | |
| 5 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 5 |
| No. | Player | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | |
| 2 | 19 | |
| 19 | ||
| 4 | 15 | |
| 15 | ||
| 15 |
World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series
In 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, before eventually cancelling it altogether. Therefore, the official inaugural series was in 2022 in which Papua New Guinea gained a direct quota.
| World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series | Season | Rounds | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 season cancelled due to impacts of COVID-19 pandemic. | ||||
| 2022 | 1 / 1 | 11th | ||
| 2023 | 2 / 2 | 12th | 4 | |
| 2024 | 3 / 3 | 11th | 8 |
Players
Current squad
Papua New Guinea's squad to the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series:
;Roster
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Union / Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbara Sigere | |||
| 2 | Joyce Taravuna | |||
| 3 | BK | Alice Alois | PNG Capital Rugby Union | |
| 4 | Magdelene Swaki | |||
| 6 | Esther Gigmat | |||
| 7 | Naomi Kelly | |||
| 8 | Jessica Refireka | |||
| 9 | Cynthiah Peters | |||
| 10 | BK | PNG Capital Rugby Union | ||
| 11 | Helen Ken Alo | |||
| 12 | Joanne Lagona | |||
| 15 | FW | Marie Biyama | PNG Capital Rugby Union |
Previous squads
|Squad to 2019 Pacific Games The Papua New Guinea Rugby Union announced its women's rugby sevens team on 28 June 2019.
;Roster
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Union / Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | Kymlie Rapilla (c) | PNG National Capital District | |
| 2 | FW | Lynette Kwarula | PNG National Capital District | |
| 3 | FW | Marie Biyama | PNG Central | |
| 4 | BK | PNG Central | ||
| 5 | BK | Taiva Lavai | PNG National Capital District | |
| 6 | BK | Gemma Schnaubelt | AUS Queensland | |
| 7 | BK | Alice Alois | PNG National Capital District | |
| 8 | BK | Yolanda Gittins | AUS Queensland | |
| 9 | FW | Helen Abau | PNG Central | |
| 10 | BK | Marlugu Dixon | AUS Queensland | |
| 11 | FW | Melanie Kawa | AUS Queensland | |
| 12 | BK | Gwen Pokana | PNG National Capital District |
|Squad to 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens Head coach: John Larry
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Union / Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | PNG New Capital District | ||
| 2 | FW | AUS Queensland | ||
| 3 | FW | PNG Central | ||
| 4 | BK | PNG New Capital District | ||
| 5 | (c) | PNG Central | ||
| 6 | BK | AUS Queensland | ||
| 7 | BK | PNG Central | ||
| 8 | PNG New Capital District | |||
| 9 | BK | PNG Central | ||
| 10 | PNG Central | |||
| 11 | AUS Queensland | |||
| 12 | AUS Queensland |
|Squad to 2015 Pacific Games
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Union / Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BK | Cassandra Samson (c) | PNG National Capital District | |
| 2 | BK | Alice Alois | PNG National Capital District | |
| 3 | FW | AUS Queensland | ||
| 4 | FW | Lynette Kwarula | PNG Central | |
| 5 | BK | Trisilla Rema | PNG New Capital District | |
| 6 | BK | Dulcie Bomai | PNG New Capital District | |
| 7 | BK | Menda Ipat | PNG National Capital District | |
| 8 | BK | Freda Waula | PNG New Capital District | |
| 9 | FW | Kymlie Rapilla | PNG New Capital District | |
| 10 | FW | Naomi Alapi | PNG New Capital District | |
| 11 | FW | Geua Larry | PNG Central | |
| 12 | BK | Joana Lagona | PNG New Capital District |
References
References
- Glaser, Tym. (2011-09-27). "Women get their chance in Sevens".
- (2013-10-16). "Palais seek redemption at Asia-Pacific Sevens".
- (2018-07-19). "World Cup Squads revealed".
- worldrugby.org. "Papua New Guinea Olympic qualification would be huge achievement for "the country as a whole" - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series".
- (2021-06-18). "PNG women grateful to be in Monaco after long 7s journey".
- (2021-05-14). "PNG women 7s determined to compete in Monaco".
- "Papua New Guinea Olympic qualification will be countries best achievement – Planet Sevens".
- Hawkins, Koroi. (2023-11-26). "Pacific Games 2023: Fiji, Tahiti sweep rugby 7s and volleyball gold, but New Caledonia's medal haul continues".
- (2023-11-25). "Fiji Retain Rugby 7s Golds, Wallis And Futuna Win Surprise Women's Bronze".
- (2024-01-14). "China and Kenya celebrate Challenger 2024 success in Dubai".
- (2024-01-13). "Semi-finals decided at World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger in Dubai".
- (2024-05-19). "China claim third Challenger title as Madrid tickets handed out".
- (2007). "Fijiana take Pacific women's Sevens".
- (2008). "Oceania Sevens women's final".
- (2012). "New Zealand claim Oceania Women's Sevens Championship".
- (2013). "Women's Sevens Statistics - Day 2".
- (2014). "Fiji and New Zealand win the Oceania Sevens".
- (2015). "Australia and Fijiana Win Places at 2016 Olympic Games Sevens".
- (12 November 2016). "Australian women win Oceania rugby sevens".
- (22 June 2022). "PNG withdraws from Oceania 7s, focused on HSBC Challenge".
- worldrugby.org. "Stats Centre {{!}} HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series".
- (13 March 2020). "World Rugby Statement: HSBC World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series postponed".
- "2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series Women's squads".
- (26 June 2019). "PNG Palais squad named for Pacific Games.".
- (8 July 2015). "Rugby Union 7s Female: Game2 Result". [[2015 Pacific Games]].
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