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Papua New Guinea women's national rugby league team

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Papua New Guinea Orchids
Team information
NicknamePNG Orchids
Governing bodyPapua New Guinea Rugby Football League
RegionAsia-Pacific
Head coachTahnee Norris[1]
CaptainElsie Albert
Most capsCarol Humeu (9)
Top try-scorerBelinda Gwasamun (5)
Top point-scorerBelinda Gwasamun (20),
Lila Malabag (20)
IRL ranking5th
Team results
First game
 Papua New Guinea 4–42 Australia 
Port Moresby, 23 Sep 2017
First international
 Papua New Guinea 8–36 England 
Woolooware, 16 Nov 2017
Biggest win
 Papua New Guinea 70–0 Brazil 
Hull, 5 Nov 2022
Biggest defeat
 Papua New Guinea 0–84 Australia 
Brisbane, 18 Oct 2024
World Cup
Appearances2 (first time in 2017)
Best result2021 (Semi-Finalists)

The Papua New Guinea women's national rugby league team, also known as the PNG Orchids represents Papua New Guinea in Women's rugby league. They are administered by the Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League.[2]

PNG Orchids and York Valkyrie (20 October 2022) - Elsie Albert and Lisa-Marie Alu each scored two tries as the Orchids won 38–0[3]

Head to head records

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Opponent FM MR M W D L Win% PF PA Share
 England 2017 2022 4 1 0 3 25.00% 42 118 26.25%
 Canada 2017 2022 2 1 0 1 50.00% 42 34 55.26%
 New Zealand 2017 2024 2 0 0 2 0.00% 0 76 0.00%
 Fiji 2019 2019 1 0 0 1 0.00% 0 28 0.00%
 Brazil 2022 2022 1 1 0 0 100.00% 70 0 100.00%
 Australia 2022 2024 2 0 0 2 0.00% 0 166 0.00%
 Cook Islands 2023 2023 1 1 0 0 100.00% 28 20 58.33%
 Samoa 2024 2024 1 0 0 1 0.00% 12 34 26.09%
Totals 2017 2024 14 4 0 10 28.57% 194 474 29.04%

Notes:

  • Table last updated 10 November 2024.
  • Share is the portion of "For" points compared to the sum of "For" and "Against" points.

Coaches

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The current Orchids head coach is Tahnee Norris.[1]

Name Span Tests PM's XIII Nines Ref.
M W D L W% M W D L W% M W D L W%
Dennis Miall 2017 3 0 0 0 0% 1 0 0 1 0% N/A [4]
David Westley 2018 N/A 1 0 0 1 0% N/A [5]
Nigel Hukula 2019 1 0 0 1 0% N/A N/A [6]
Bagel Solien 2019 2 1 0 1 50% N/A 7 2 0 5 29% [7][8]
Ben Jeffries 2022-23 5 3 0 2 60% 2 0 0 2 0% N/A [9][10]
Tahnee Norris 2024 3 0 0 3 0% 1 0 0 1 0% N/A [1]

Note

  • Last updated 11 November 2024

Notable players

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Main article: List of Papua New Guinea women's national rugby league team players

The following Papua New Guinea representatives have played in the NRL Women's Premiership

Current squad

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Head coach: Tahnee Norris

The Orchids squad for the 2024 Pacific Championships was announced on 15 October 2024.[11]
Table last updated 11 November 2024 and includes the Week 4 match against Samoa.

J# Player Age Position(s) Orchids Club NRLW Other Reps
Dbt M T G F Pts CM TM T G F Pts
1 Shae Yvonne De La Cruz 28 Fullback 2019 3 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
2 Jenny Wesley — Wing 2024 2 0 0 0 0
Goroka Lahanis		 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 Belinda Gwasamun 28 Centre 2022 8 5 0 0 20 Wentworthville 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Leila Kerowa — Centre, Second-row 2023 4 1 0 0 4 Central Dabaris 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
5 Lyiannah Allen — Wing, Centre 2022 4 2 0 0 8 Mt Hagen Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
6 Sera Koroi 22 Five-eighth 2022 8 1 0 0 4 Magpies 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Ua Ravu 27 Halfback, Hooker 2019 9 2 0 0 8 Raiders 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2
8 Elsie Albert 28 Prop 2019 10 3 0 0 12 Eels 10 25 5 0 0 20 3 1
12 Emily Veivers 23 Hooker, Second-row 2022 7 0 6 0 12 Devils 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Essay Banu 22 Prop, Second-row 2022 8 2 0 0 8 Cowboys 8 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
11 Sareka Mooka 24 Second-row, Lock 2023 4 0 0 0 0 Cowboys 12 12 1 0 0 4 1 1 1
15 Jessikah Reeves 23 Second-row, Lock 2022 8 1 0 0 4 Clydesdales 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 3
13 Gloria Kaupa 25 Lock, Prop 2017 12 0 0 0 0 Wentworthville 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
14 Delailah Ahose — Halfback, Hooker 2017 5 0 0 0 0
Goroka Lahanis		 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
9 Therese Aiton 35 Hooker 2019 6 1 0 0 4 Clydesdales 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2
16 Yolanda Taute — Prop 2018 3 0 0 0 0
Goroka Lahanis		 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
17 Mala Mark — Wing, Fullback 2017 3 0 0 0 0 Central Dabaris 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
18 Talitha Kunjil — Second-row 2022 3 0 0 0 0 Mt Hagen Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
19 Meli Joe — Halfback 2018 1 0 0 0 0 Mt Hagen Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
20 Lilah Malabag — Halfback 2018 3 0 0 0 0 Port Moresby Vipers 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
21 Roswita Kapo 23 Hooker 2019 6 2 0 0 8 Wentworthville 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
– Frida Anthony — Lock — 0 0 0 0 0 Central Dabaris 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
– Freda Waula 29 Wing, Fullback 2017 2 0 0 0 0 Mt Hagen Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
IJ Latoniya Norris 23 Centre, Fullback 2022 2 1 0 0 4 Darwin Brothers 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Notes:

Results

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Full internationals

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Date Opponent Score Tournament Venue Video Reports
16 Nov 2017  England
8–36
2017 WRLWC Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney [12] [13]
19 Nov 2017  Canada
8–22
[14] [15][16]
22 Nov 2017  New Zealand
0–38
[17] [18]
22 Jun 2019  Fiji
0–28
Test Match Leichhardt Oval, Sydney [19] [20][21]
9 Nov 2019  England
10–24
2 Test Series Goroka [22] [23][24]
16 Nov 2019  England
20–16
National Football Stadium, Port Moresby [25] [26][27]
1 Nov 2022  Canada
34–12
2021 WRLWC Headingley Stadium, Leeds [28] [29][30]
5 Nov 2022  Brazil
70–0
MKM Stadium, Hull [31] [32][33]
9 Nov 2022  England
4–42
Headingley Stadium, Leeds [34] [35][36]
14 Nov 2022  Australia
0–82
York Community Stadium, York [37] [38][39]
22 Oct 2023  Cook Islands
28–20
2023 Pacific Champs Santos Stadium, Port Moresby [40] [41]
18 Oct 2024  Australia
0–84
2024 Pacific Champs Suncorp Studium, Brisbane [42] [43]
3 Nov 2024  New Zealand
0–36
Santos Stadium, Port Moresby [44] [45]
10 Nov 2024  Samoa
12–34
 Western Sydney Stadium, Sydney [46]

Other international matches

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Date Opponent Score Tournament Venue Video Reports
23 Sep 2017  Australia
4–42
Curtain-raiser to men's PM's XIII National Football Stadium, Port Moresby — [47][48][49]
6 Oct 2018  Australia
4–40
Women's PM's XII match National Football Stadium, Port Moresby [50] [51]
25 Sep 2022  Australia
6–64
Women's PM's XII match Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane [52] [53][54]
23 Sep 2023  Australia
4–56
Women's PM's XII match National Football Stadium, Port Moresby [55] [56][57]
13 Oct 2024  Australia
0–50
Women's PM's XII match National Football Stadium, Port Moresby [58]

Note: In all three of the above matches Papua New Guinea and Australia each fielded 20 players (13 on the field and 7 on the interchange bench).

Tour / trial / warm-up matches

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Date Opponent Score Tournament Venue Video Report
20 Oct 2017 Far North Queensland
30–6
Warm-Up Match Billy Slater Oval, Callendar Park, Innisfail [59] —
2 Sep 2018 Brisbane Broncos
14–48
Trial Match Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane [60] [61]
31 Aug 2019 Brisbane Broncos
0–14
Trial Match National Football Stadium, Port Moresby [62] [63]
20 Oct 2022 York Valkyrie
38–0
 Warm-Up Match England York St John University Sports Park, York — [3]

Nines

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Date Opponent Score Tournament Venue Video Reports
8 Jul 2019  Fiji
8–16
2019 Pacific Games Apia Park — [64]
8 Jul 2019  Niue
10–4
— —
9 Jul 2019  Cook Islands
14–8
[65] —
9 Jul 2019  Fiji
14–16
[66] [67]
18 Oct 2019  England
4–25
2019 International Nines Bankwest Stadium, Parramatta — [68]
19 Oct 2019  New Zealand
12–24
— [69]
19 Oct 2019  Australia
6–30
— —


See also

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