The Papua New Guinea women's national rugby league team, also known as the PNG Orchids represents

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

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. They are administered by the

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Current squad

Head coach:

Ben Jeffries Ben Jeffries (born 4 September 1980) is an Australian rugby league coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the North Queensland Cowboys NRL Women's Premiership team, the PNG Orchids and the Indigenous Women's All Stars. ...

Squad of 24 players for the World Cup.
Table last updated 15 November 2022 following th
Semi-Final match against Australia
Notes: * The Other Matches tallies include matches against Australia, Far North Queensland, the

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, and

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. * Elizabeth Kapa was selected for the postponed 2021 World Cup, but was unable to participate due to injury. * The Orchids announced via social media on 26 October that Tara Moxon had been added to the squad.

Notable players

The following Papua New Guinea representatives have played in the

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* Elsie Albert (

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2020present, 12 matches, 2 tries as at 5 September 2022) * Therese Aiton (

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2021 season, 2 matches) * Amelia Kuk (

2018, 2 matches)

Results

Full internationals

Other international matches

Note: In all three of the above matches Papua New Guinea and Australia each fielded 20 players (13 on the field and 7 on the interchange bench).

Tour / Trial / Warm-Up Matches

Nines

References

External links

* {{National sports teams of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea national rugby league team Women's national rugby league teams