Rugby team
Medal record Pacific Games 1999 Santa Rita Team 2007 Apia Team 2011 Nouméa Team Oceania Sevens 2009 Papeete Tournament Oceania Sevens Challenge 2022 Gatton Tournament
Samoa playing Papua New Guinea at the 2014 Commonwealth Games The Papua New Guinea national rugby sevens team competes in the Pacific Games , Commonwealth Games , Challenger Series and the Oceania Sevens . They finished third in 2009 and fourth in 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2023 in the Oceania Sevens . They missed out on a maiden Olympic spot after being defeated by Samoa 24-0 in the 2023 Oceania 7s Olympic Playoff .[ 3]
Papua New Guinea has also played the Hong Kong Sevens World Series qualifier. In the 2015 edition, they went to the semifinals, where they lost to Russia. In 2016 they lost all matches in the group phase. In 2017 they reached the semifinals.
PNG qualified for the 2010 Commonwealth Games and 2014 Commonwealth Games .[ 4] Papua New Guinea made its first appearance at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in 2018, following its fifth-place finish at the 2017 Oceania Sevens Championship .
Tournament history
World Cup Sevens
Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games Year Round Position P W L D 1998 Plate Final 10th 7 4 3 0 2002 Did not enter 2006 2010 Bowl Final 9th 6 4 2 0 2014 11th playoff 11th 5 2 3 0 2018 Group stage 9th 3 1 2 0 2022 Did not enter Total 0 Titles 4/7 21 11 10 0
Pacific Games Pacific Games Year Round Position P W L D 1999 Final 5 4 1 0 2003 Plate Final 5th 5 4 1 0 2007 Bronze Final 6 4 2 0 2011 Bronze Final 6 5 1 0 2015 Bronze Final 4th 7 4 3 0 2019 Did not enter 2023 Bronze Final 4th 6 4 2 0 Total 0 Titles 6/7 35 25 10 0
Pacific Mini Games Pacific Mini Games Year Round Position P W L D 1997 Did not enter 2009 Bowl Final 6th 6 3 3 0 2013 Bronze Final 4th 8 3 5 0 2017 Did not enter Total 0 Titles 2/4 14 6 8 0
Oceania Sevens Oceania 7s Year Round Position P W L D Refs 2008 Plate final 5th 5 3 2 0 [ 5] 2009 Third playoff 8 4 4 0 [ 6] 2010 Third playoff 4th 6 3 3 0 [ 7] 2011 7th playoff 7th 7 3 3 1 [ 8] 2012 Plate Final 5th 6 4 2 0 [ 9] 2013 Plate Final 6th 6 2 4 0 [ 10] 2014 Plate Final 5th 6 3 2 1 [ 11] 2015 Third playoff 4th 6 3 3 0 [ 12] 2016 Third playoff 4th 6 3 3 0 [ 13] 2017 5th playoff 5th 6 4 2 0 2018 7th playoff 7th 5 2 3 0 2019 5th playoff 6th 5 3 2 0 2021 did not attend 2022 withdrew [ 14] 2023 Olympic Qualifying Final 4th 6 4 2 0 Total 0 Titles 12/14 72 37 33 2
Oceania Sevens Challenge
World Rugby Sevens
World Rugby sevens series The Pukpuks Sevens have participated as an invited team to selected tournaments across 10 seasons on the world series circuit since the inaugural season in 1999–2000 . Historically, they have participated in 18 tournaments particularly the New Zealand Sevens (2000-2002, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2017 and 2018), Australian Sevens (2000, 2002, 2011, 2017 and 2018), Fiji Sevens (2000), Japan Sevens (2000) and the Hong Kong Sevens (2002). To date, Papua New Guinea have played a total 127 matches accumulating 237 tries and 1507 points overall. Their best all-time season finish is 12th placing from the inaugural season in 1999-2000.
Player records The following shows leading career Papua New Guinean players based on performance in the World Rugby Sevens Series.[ 15]
Tries scored No. Player Tries 1 Paul Joseph 29 2 Albert Levi 12 Kevin Vitolo 12 4 Henry Liliket 9 Aiem Pilokos 9 Willie Tirang 9
Points scored No. Player Points 1 Paul Joseph 291 2 Albert Levi 80 3 Kevin Vitolo 70 4 Henry Liliket 47 Raymond Yauieb 47
Matches played No. Player Matches 1 Paul Joseph 33 2 Douglas Guise 29 3 Eugene Tokavai 25 4 Montgomery Diave 20 Gairo Kapana 20 Henry Liliket 20 Kevin Vitolo 20
World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series Papua New Guinea have appeared in every edition of the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series since the inaugural season in 2020. This was through qualification for being one of two highest ranked non-core World Rugby Sevens Series teams from the Oceania Sevens Championship .
Current squad Squad to 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series - Men's tour [ 16] Lawrence LAMOND (Debut- Germany 7s) Jaybes PANGAS (Debut- Germany 7s) Bernard TOALBERT (Debut- Germany 7s) Bartholomew LEVI (c) (Debut- Germany 7s) Nason BENJAMIN (Debut- Germany 7s) Paul Peter TONO Emmanuel ZORIRY (Debut- Germany 7s) Rex PEREGUA (Debut- Germany 7s) Ben LASIEL (Debut- Germany 7s) Elipas TATAENG (Debut- Germany 7s) Himson TUKAR (Debut- Germany 7s) Kolin TOKAU (Debut- Germany 7s)
Previous squads Squad to the 2023 Pacific Games :
Players Derrick Voku Emmanuel Alfred Benjamin Boas Benson Hayai Benjamin Kennedy Mhustapha Kura Kunak Late Kadum Mais Richard Mautu Shaun Ongapa Edward Ramit Jacky Winas
Squad to the 2023 Oceania 7s :
Players Derrick Voku Emmanuel Alfred Benjamin Boas Benson Hayai Benjamin Kennedy Mhustapha Kura Kunak Late Kadum Mais Richard Mautu Shaun Ongapa Edward Ramit Jacky Winas
Squad to the 2022 Oceania 7s :
Players Derrick Voku Emmanuel Alfred Benjamin Boas Benson Hayai Benjamin Kennedy Mhustapha Kura Kunak Late Kadum Mais Richard Mautu Shaun Ongapa Edward Ramit Jacky Winas
See also
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