The Papua New Guinea women's national rugby sevens team represents

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in international women's rugby sevens tournaments. They are regular participants at the

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and

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History

PNG's first international was in 2007 while hosting the first ever Pacific women's sevens championship (now known as

) in

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. They won the 2011 Asia Pacific Women’s Sevens Championship that was held in

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. In 2017, the team made their first appearance at the

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as an invited team to the

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. They debuted at the Women's Sevens World Cup in

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. They finished in fourth place at the

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which earned them a spot at the 2020 Women's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament. The Palais did not qualify for the

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. At the

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, 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

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; 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

Pacific Games

Oceania Women's Sevens

;Oceania Sevens Challenge

World Rugby Sevens

World Rugby women's sevens series

Papua New Guinea have been a regular invitational team to the

particularly at the

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(2017−2019, 2023) and

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(2023).

Player records

The following shows leading career Papua New Guinean players based on performance in the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series

In 2020, Papua New Guinea were scheduled to compete in the inaugural

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after being the highest ranked non-core team from Oceania at the

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. However, due to the

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postponed the tournament without rescheduling a future date, before eventually cancelling it altogether. Therefore, the official inaugural series was in

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in which Papua New Guinea gained a direct quota.

Players

Current squad

Papua New Guinea's squad to the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series: ;Roster

Previous squads

The Papua New Guinea Rugby Union announced its women's rugby sevens team on 28 June 2019. ;Roster Head coach: John Larry

References

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