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 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.[1]

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
2011 NouméaTeam
2015 Port MoresbyTeam
2019 ApiaTeam

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.[2][3][4][5] They however did not qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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
2009 Did not enter
2013 Did not qualify
2018 Challenge trophy QF 15th 4 1 3 0
Total0 Titles1/34130

Olympic Games results

Olympic Games
Year Round Position Pld W L D
2016 Did not qualify
2020 Did not qualify
Total0 Titles0/10000

Commonwealth Games results

Commonwealth Games
Year Round Position Pld W L D
2018 Did not qualify
Total0 Titles0/00000

Pacific Games results

Pacific Games
Year Round Position Pld W L D
2011 Bronze final 7430
2015 Bronze final 7520
2019 Bronze final 6420
Total0 Titles3/3201370

Oceania Women's Sevens results

Oceania Women's Sevens
Year Round Position Pld W L D Refs
Pacific 7s
2007 Bronze final 4201 [6]
Oceania 7s
2008 Did not attend [7]
2012 3rd Place 4 6330 [8]
2013 Pool stage 5 4031 [9]
2014 Pool stage 5 6330 [10]
2015 Bronze final 4 6150[11]
2016 Round-robin 6420[12]
2017Bronze final45131
Total0 Titles7/83714193

Team

Current squad

Squad to 2020 Women's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament[13]

  • Kymlie Rapilla (c)
  • Helen Abau
  • Alice Alois
  • Chelsea Garesa
  • Fatima Rama
  • Taiva Lavai
  • Cathy Puro
  • Lynette Aua
  • Geua Larry
  • Patricia Korpok
  • Tengapai Esther Gigimat

Previous squads

The Papua New Guinea Rugby Union announced its women's rugby sevens team on 28 June 2019.[14]

Roster
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Union / Club
1 FW Kymlie Rapilla(c) National Capital District
2 FW Lynette Kwarula (1990-07-04)July 4, 1990 (aged 29) National Capital District
3 FW Marie Biyama (1998-03-01)March 1, 1998 (aged 21) Central
4 BK Fatima Rama (1981-01-28)January 28, 1981 (aged 38) Central
5 BK Taiva Lavai (1983-09-16)September 16, 1983 (aged 35) New Capital District
6 BK Gemma Schnaubelt (1997-08-20)August 20, 1997 (aged 21) Queensland
7 BK Alice Alois National Capital District
8 Yolanda Gittins (1992-10-20)October 20, 1992 (aged 26) Queensland
9 Helen Abau (1991-05-16)May 16, 1991 (aged 28) Central
10 Marlugu Dixon (1986-08-17)August 17, 1986 (aged 32) Queensland
11 FW Melanie Kawa (1986-01-11)January 11, 1986 (aged 32) Queensland
12 Gwen Pokana New Capital District

  • Cassandra Samson
  • Alice Alois
  • Amelia Kuk
  • Lynette Kwarula
  • Trisilla Rema
  • Dulcie Bomai
  • Menda Ipat
  • Freda Waula
  • Kymlie Rapilla
  • Naomi Alapi
  • Geua Larry
  • Joanne Lagona

See also

References
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  2. worldrugby.org. "Papua New Guinea Olympic qualification would be huge achievement for "the country as a whole" - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  3. "PNG women grateful to be in Monaco after long 7s journey". RNZ. 2021-06-18. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  4. "PNG women 7s determined to compete in Monaco". RNZ. 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  5. "Papua New Guinea Olympic qualification will be countries best achievement – Planet Sevens". Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  6. "Fijiana take Pacific women's Sevens". IRB. 2007. Archived from the original on 4 April 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  7. "Oceania Sevens women's final". Oceania Rugby. 2008. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015.
  8. "New Zealand claim Oceania Women's Sevens Championship". Oceania Rugby. 2012. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013.
  9. "Women's Sevens Statistics - Day 2" (PDF). Oceania Rugby. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2013.
  10. "Fiji and New Zealand win the Oceania Sevens". IRB. 2014. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. "Australia and Fijiana Win Places at 2016 Olympic Games Sevens". Oceania Rugby. 2015. Archived from the original on 15 November 2015.
  12. "Australian women win Oceania rugby sevens". Special Broadcasting Service. 12 November 2016. Archived from the original on 9 March 2017.
  13. "Palais to play for pride in Monaco". Post Courier. 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  14. "PNG Palais squad named for Pacific Games". Loop PNG. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  15. "Rugby Union 7s Female: Game2 Result" (PDF). pg2015.gems.pro. 2015 Pacific Games. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  16. "Rugby Union 7s Female: Papua New Guinea". pg2015.gems.pro. 2015 Pacific Games. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  17. "Rugby Union 7s Female: Game2 Result" (PDF). pg2015.gems.pro. 2015 Pacific Games. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
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