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Papua New Guinea
UnionPapua New Guinea Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)The Pukpuks[1]
Coach(es)Billy Rapilla[1]
Team kit
Largest win
Papua New Guinea 56–10 Malaysia 7s
(University of Delhi, New Delhi; 11 October 2010)
Largest defeat
Papua New Guinea 0-64 England 7s
(Wellington; 3 February 2006)
World Cup Sevens
Appearances0
Samoa playing Papua New Guinea at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

The Papua New Guinea national rugby union team represent Papua New Guinea in rugby sevens. The team competes in the IRB World Sevens Series and in regional competitions that feed into the series. The last event IRB Sevens event that Papua New Guinea took part in was the 2008 Wellington Sevens (part of the 2007–08 season), but they have qualified for the 2010 edition of the same event.

PNG qualified for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. [2] So far PNG has yet to qualify for a Sevens World Cup.

Sevens World Series

Wellington Sevens

2007–08

2006–07

  • Samoa 26–0 Papua New Guinea
  • England 7s 22–7 Papua New Guinea
  • Scotland 7s 17–12 Papua New Guinea
  • Tonga 7s 19–12 Papua New Guinea (1/4 finals Bowl)
  • Portugal 7s 26–19 Papua New Guinea (SF Shield)

2005–06

  • Australia 7s 24–10 Papua New Guinea
  • England 64–0 Papua New Guinea
  • Scotland 34–12 Papua New Guinea
  • Canada 33–10 Papua New Guinea (1/4 finals Bowl)
  • USA 7s 12–15 Papua New Guinea (SF Shield)
  • Tonga 19–14 Papua New Guinea (Shield Final)

2010–11

  • Argentina 7s 14 – 10 Papua New Guinea
  • New Zealand 45 – 0 Papua New Guinea
  • Scotland 12 – 14 Papua New Guinea
  • Papua New Guinea 10-22 Cook Islands (1/4 finals Bowl)
  • France 7s 52-12 Papua New Guinea (SF Shield)

Commonwealth Games

2010 Commonwealth Games

Group C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Kenya 3 3 0 0 69 22 +47 9
 Samoa 3 2 0 1 109 29 +80 7
 Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 85 65 +20 5
 Malaysia 3 0 0 3 10 157 −147 3

11 October 2010

Samoa  38–17  Papua New Guinea
Kenya  17–12  Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea  56–10  Malaysia

Bowl Quarter Final

12 October 2010
9:44
Papua New Guinea 26–12 Sri Lanka
University of Delhi, New Delhi

Bowl Semi Final

12 October 2010
13:22
Papua New Guinea 24–5 Tonga
University of Delhi, New Delhi

Bowl Final

12 October 2010
15:22
Canada 10–19 Papua New Guinea
University of Delhi, New Delhi
 2010 Commonwealth Games Bowl Winners 

Papua New Guinea

[3]

Current Squad

Squad to 2015 Pacific Games:[4]

  • Henry Kalua
  • Arthur Clement
  • William Rew
  • Max Vali
  • Hensley Peter
  • Eugene Tokavai
  • Wesley Vali
  • Jordan Tkatchenko
  • Hubert Tseraha
  • Stanis Susuve
  • Buttler Morris
  • Tisa Kautu

Previous Squads

References

  • McLaren, Bill A Visit to Hong Kong in Starmer-Smith, Nigel & Robertson, Ian (eds) The Whitbread Rugby World '90 (Lennard Books, 1989)
  1. ^ a b "Sport: Late coaching change disrupts PNG sevens team". Radio New Zealand International. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  2. ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/01/2942581.htm?site=sport&section=rugbyunion
  3. ^ Rugby Sevens XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi
  4. ^ pg2015.gems.pro (8 July 2015). "2015 Pacific Games Men's 7s" (PDF). Retrieved 11 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ World Rugby.org (6 February 2015). "2014/15 HSBC Sevens World Series - Wellington: Papua New Guinea 7s". Retrieved 3 May 2015.
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