Papua New Guinea women's national rugby union team

The Papua New Guinea women's national rugby union team played their first international against Fiji in 2016. They compete annually in the Oceania Rugby Women's Championship, and have not qualified for the Rugby World Cup as yet.

For the men's team, see Papua New Guinea national rugby union team. For the women's sevens team, see Papua New Guinea women's national rugby sevens team. For the women's rugby league team, see Papua New Guinea women's national rugby league team.
Papua New Guinea
Nickname(s)Cassowaries
UnionRugby PNG
Head coachCecil Davani
CaptainMargaret Naua
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current49 (as of 9 January 2023)
Highest40 (2016)
First international
Fiji  37–10  Papua New Guinea
(HFC Bank Stadium, Suva; 5 November 2016)
Biggest defeat
Fiji  152–0  Papua New Guinea
(Massey Park, Auckland; 9 July 2022)

History
See also: Rugby union in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea played their first international test match at the inaugural 2016 Oceania Rugby Women's Championship against Fiji. The tournament was also part of the qualifying process for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.[1][2] Fiji won the match 37–10 and progressed to the Repechage tournament.[3][4]

The Palais competed at the 2018 Oceania Championships and finished last overall, Samoa and Tonga had joined the competition for the first time.[5][6]

At the 2019 Oceania Championships in Fiji, the Palais played Samoa and a Black Ferns Development XV's team. They also played a consolation match against a Fijiana Development XV's team because the main team would be playing in a qualifier against Samoa for the 2021 Rugby World Cup.[7] The 2019 tournament had to be restructured to cater for the Tongan team due to a measles outbreak in their country.[8]

In 2020 Papua New Guinea hosted Tonga at Port Moresby in a repechage qualifier for the 2021 World Cup. It was the first women's test match to be played in the country.[9] Tonga defeated PNG 36–24 and went on to meet Samoa for the repechage playoff.[10]

Nickname change

Papua New Guinea changed their nickname from Palais, which is Tok Pisin for lizard, to Cassowaries because of sponsorship restrictions. The nickname comes from the Cassowary, a flightless bird that is regarded as the world’s most dangerous bird.[9]

Results summary

(Full internationals only, updated to 24 April 2023)

Papua New Guinea Internationals From 2016
OpponentFirst MatchPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstWin %
 Fiji20163003102850.00%
 Samoa20183003572120.00%
 Tonga20183003572060.00%
Summary201690091247030.00%

Results
For information about the status of international games, see Women's international rugby union § International women's matches.

Full internationals
Won Lost Tie/Draw
Test#DatePapua New GuineaScoreOpponentVenueEventRef
12016-11-05Papua New Guinea 10–37 FijiHFC Bank Stadium, Suva2016 Oceania Championship[11][12][13][14][15]
22018-11-16Papua New Guinea 45–56 SamoaChurchill Park, Lautoka2018 Oceania Championship[16][17][18][19]
32018-11-20Papua New Guinea 0–96 FijiChurchill Park, Lautoka2018 Oceania Championship[11][20][21]
42018-11-24Papua New Guinea 26–62 TongaChurchill Park, Lautoka2018 Oceania Championship[22][23][24]
52019-11-17Papua New Guinea 12–65 SamoaChurchill Park, Lautoka2019 Oceania Championship[25][26][27][28][29][15]
62020-03-01Papua New Guinea 24–36 TongaBava Park, Port Moresby2019 Oceania Championship[30][24][31]
72022-07-09Papua New Guinea 0–152 FijiMassey Park, Auckland2022 Oceania Championship[11][32][33][34]
82022-07-13Papua New Guinea 0–91 SamoaNavigation Homes Stadium, Pukekohe2022 Oceania Championship[32][35][36]
92022-07-18Papua New Guinea 7–108 TongaMassey Park, Auckland2022 Oceania Championship[37][32][38]

Other internationals
Date PNG Score Opponent Venue Tournament Note
26 November 2019Papua New Guinea0–131Black Ferns Dev XVChurchill Park, LautokaOceania Rugby Championship
30 November 2019Papua New Guinea22–40Fijiana Dev XVChurchill Park, LautokaOceania Rugby Championship

Squad

Recent squad

Papua New Guinea's squad to 2022 Oceania Rugby Championship. [39]

Papua New Guinea Oceania Rugby Championship squad

Squad

  • Vagikune Wari (NCDRU)
  • Lorraine Pomat (Nova-CRU)
  • Carol Paua (Sisters-CRU)
  • Shelane Kopi (Defence RFUC-CRU)
  • Bibiana Paloa (Moni Plus Nova-CRU)
  • Doris Joseph (NCDRU)
  • Lynette Davani (Nova-CRU)
  • Janina Nightingale
  • Darlene Aihi (Valley Hunters-NCDRU)
  • Salimata Olewale
  • Melissa Maino (Capital Rugby Union)
  • Julian Yallon
  • Jessica Refereka (NCDRU)
  • Cecilia Taubuso

Squad

  • Gwen Pokana
  • Emma Oskawata (Capital Rugby Union-CRU)
  • Jane Buku (Nova-CRU)
  • Isi Govea (Wanderers RFUC-CRU)
  • Isabella Grant (NCDRU)
  • Alumintha Kiva (NCDRU)
  • Daisy John (Sisters-CRU)
  • Lyanne Nilmo
  • Lyan Philemon (Wanderers RFUC-CRU)
  • Heiga Apia
  • Clara Biyama
  • Yvonne Pinda (NCDRU)
  • Naomi Alapi (Nova-CRU)
  • Nina Stein (Harlequins-CRU)

See also

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