Papua New Guinea women's national rugby union team
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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.
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.
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Nickname(s) | Cassowaries | |
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Union | Rugby PNG | |
Head coach | John Larry | |
Captain | Margaret Naua | |
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World Rugby ranking | ||
Current | 52 (as of 4 December 2023) | |
Highest | 40 (2016) | |
First international | ||
Fiji ![]() ![]() (HFC Bank Stadium, Suva; 5 November 2016) | ||
Biggest defeat | ||
Fiji ![]() ![]() (Massey Park, Auckland; 9 July 2022) |
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