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{{About|the men's team|the women's team|Papua New Guinea women's national rugby union team}}
{{Infobox national rugby team
| Name                  = Papua New Guinea
| Nickname              = The Pukpuks
| Badge                 = Papua New Guinea rugby.png
| Badge_size            = 100px
| Emblem                = 
| Union                 = [[Papua New Guinea Rugby Football Union]]
| Confederation         = [[Oceania Rugby]]
| Coach                 = Sydney Wesley
| Captain               = 
| Most caps             = 
| Top scorer            =
| Top try scorer        = 
| World Rugby Trigramme = 
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| World Rugby Rank      = 86
| World Rugby Rank date = 4 November 2024
| First game            = {{Ru|Papua New Guinea}} 47–3 {{Ru|New Hebrides}}<br />(1966-12-01)
| Largest win           = {{Ru|Papua New Guinea}} 97–3 {{Ru|Vanuatu}}<br />(20 August 2005)
| Largest loss          = {{Ru|Samoa}}  115–7 {{Ru-rt|Papua New Guinea}}<br />([[Apia]], [[Samoa]], 11 July 2009)
| medaltemplates-expand = yes
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{{Medal|Competition|[[Rugby union at the Pacific Games|Pacific Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1966 South Pacific Games|1966 Noumea]]|}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1969 South Pacific Games|1969 Port Moresby]]|}}
|World Rugby max=84|World Rugby max year=2023}}
The '''Papua New Guinea national rugby union team''', nicknamed the Pukpuks, ([[Tok Pisin]] for 'crocodiles'), played its first international in 1966, defeating Vanuatu 47–3. Papua New Guinea have not so far qualified for a [[Rugby World Cup]]. They participated in the Oceania World Cup qualifying tournaments for the 2007, 2011 and 2015 World Cups, but did not qualify.

==History==
{{see also|Rugby union in Papua New Guinea}}
{{see also|Oceania Rugby Men's Championship}}
Papua New Guinea made their international rugby debut at the [[Rugby union at the South Pacific Games|South Pacific Games]] in 1966. The team won all three matches against {{nrut|New Hebrides}}, {{nrut|New Caledonia}} and {{nrut|Wallis and Futuna}} to win the gold medal.

As hosts for the following games held at Port Moresby in 1969, Papua New Guinea defeated New Caledonia again and the {{nrut|Solomon Islands}} but lost to the eventual gold medalist {{nrut|Fiji}} to finish with the silver medal.

Papua New Guinea entered a qualifying tournament for the [[1999 Rugby World Cup]] in Wales. Papua New Guinea competed in Round 1 of the Oceania qualifying tournament. Although they defeated Tahiti, they lost 22–19 against the Cook Islands. They finished second in the final standings.

They played in qualifying tournaments for the [[2003 Rugby World Cup]] in Australia, playing in Round 1b of the [[2003 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification|Oceania tournament]]. Papua New Guinea defeated both the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to advance through to Round 3. In Round 3 Papua New Guinea faced the Cook Islands to advance to Round 4. In the final round, for repechage qualification, Papua New Guinea were defeated by Tonga.

In attempting to qualify for the [[2007 Rugby World Cup]] in [[France]], Papua New Guinea started out in Round 1a of the [[2007 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification|tournament]]. Papua New Guinea defeated the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to finish at the top of the standings to move through to Round 2. In Round 2 the Cook Islands went through to Round 4.

The Pukpuks won the inaugural [[FORU Oceania Cup|Federation of Oceania Rugby Union (FORU) Cup]] (2007), defeating [[Niue national rugby union team|Niue]] in the final by a score of 46–19. In the [[2009 Oceania Nations Cup]], Papua New Guinea managed to beat [[Vanuatu national rugby union team|Vanuatu]] 86–12 in the semifinals and in the final, beat [[Cook Islands national rugby union team|Cook Islands]] 29–12. They then went on to play [[Samoa national rugby union team|Samoa]] in the [[2011 Rugby World Cup – Oceania qualification|Oceania Qualification]] for the [[2011 Rugby World Cup]] where they got beaten 115–7 away and 73–12 at home. They were unable to qualify for the [[2011 Rugby World Cup]].

Papua New Guinea hosted the 2011 edition of the FORU Oceania Cup, winning the tournament by defeating Vanuatu (78–3),<ref>{{cite web |date=2011-11-29 |title=PNG and Solomon Islands win in Oceania Cup |url=http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/regional/newsid=2060706.html#png+solomon+islands+oceania+cup |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201232547/http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/regional/newsid=2060706.html |archive-date=2011-12-01 |website=www.irb.com}}</ref> [[Solomon Islands national rugby union team|Solomon Islands]] (33–15)<ref>{{cite web |date=2011-12-01 |title=PNG remain unbeaten in Oceania Cup |url=http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/regional/newsid=2060759.html#png+remain+unbeaten+oceania+cup |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203220417/http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/regional/newsid=2060759.html |archive-date=2011-12-03 |website=www.irb.com}}</ref> and Niue (36–7).<ref>{{cite web |date=2011-12-03 |title=PNG claim Oceania Cup 2011 |url=http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/regional/newsid=2060797.html#png+claim+oceania+cup+2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111207085804/http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/regional/newsid=2060797.html |archive-date=2011-12-07 |website=www.irb.com}}</ref>

==World Cup record==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=8|[[Rugby World Cup|World Cup record]]
|-
!Year
!Round
!{{Tooltip|P|Games played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!{{Tooltip|F|Points scored}}
!{{Tooltip|A|Points conceded}}
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}}{{flagicon|NZL}} [[1987 Rugby World Cup|1987]]
|Colspan=8|''No qualifying tournament held''
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}}{{flagicon|IRE}}{{flagicon|GBR}} [[1991 Rugby World Cup|1991]]
| Rowspan=2 Colspan=8|''did not enter''
|-
| {{flagicon|RSA}} [[1995 Rugby World Cup|1995]]
|-
| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[1999 Rugby World Cup|1999]]
| Rowspan=5 Colspan=8|''did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[2003 Rugby World Cup|2003]]
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[2007 Rugby World Cup|2007]]
|-
|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[2011 Rugby World Cup|2011]]
|-
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[2015 Rugby World Cup|2015]]
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[2019 Rugby World Cup|2019]]
|Colspan=8|''Withdrew''
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[2023 Rugby World Cup|2023]]
| Rowspan=1 Colspan=8|''did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[2027 Rugby World Cup|2027]]
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''0/8'''
|'''-'''
|'''-'''
|'''-'''
|'''-'''
|'''-'''
|'''-'''
|-
|}

==Overall Records==
Below is table of the representative rugby matches played by a Papua New Guinea national XV at test level up until 20 April 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=team records |url=http://stats.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/stats/index.html?class=1;team=45;template=results;type=team |website=espnscrum |access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
! style="width:180px;"| Team
! style="width:50px;"| Mat
! style="width:50px;"| Won
! style="width:50px;"| Lost
! style="width:50px;"| Draw
! style="width:50px;"| Win%
! style="width:50px;"| Last played
! style="width:50px;"| For
! style="width:50px;"| Aga
! style="width:50px;"| Diff
|- style="text-align:center"
| style="text-align:left" | {{Ru|American Samoa}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || {{#expr:1/1*100 round 2}}% ||2015 || 36 || 22 || +14
|- style="text-align:center"
| style="text-align:left" | {{Ru|Cook Islands}} || 7 || 3 || 4 || 0 || {{#expr:3/7*100 round 2}}% ||2013 || 153 || 163 || −10
|- style="text-align:center"
| style="text-align:left" | {{Ru|Fiji}} || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0% ||1979 || 3 || 253 || −250
|- style="text-align:center"
| style="text-align:left" | {{Ru|HKG}} || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0% || 2016 || 26 || 79 || −53
|- style="text-align:center"
| style="text-align:left" | {{Ru|Nauru}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || {{#expr:1/1*100 round 2}}%  ||2019 || 89 || 7 || +82
|- style="text-align:center"
| style="text-align:left" | {{Ru|New Caledonia}} || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || {{#expr:2/3*100 round 2}}% || 1979 || 59 || 25 || +34
|- style="text-align:center"
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|New Hebrides}} [[Vanuatu national rugby union team|New Hebrides]] || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 ||  {{#expr:1/1*100 round 2}}%  || 1966 || 47 || 3 || +44
|- style="text-align:center"
| style="text-align:left" | {{Ru|Niue}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || {{#expr:3/3*100 round 2}}%  || 2019 || 111 || 44 || +67
|- style="text-align:center"
| style="text-align:left" | {{Ru|Russia}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0%  || 2016 || 19 || 49 || −30
|- style="text-align:center"
| style="text-align:left" | {{Ru|Samoa}} || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0% ||2009 || 19 || 188 || −169
|- style="text-align:center"
| style="text-align:left" | {{Ru|Solomon Islands}} || 8 || 8 || 0 || 0 || {{#expr:8/8*100 round 2}}% ||2019 || 284 || 97 || +187
|- style="text-align:center"
| style="text-align:left" | {{Ru|Sri Lanka}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || {{#expr:2/2*100 round 2}}% || 1992 || 46 || 35 || +11
|- style="text-align:center"
| style="text-align:left" | {{Ru|Tahiti}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || {{#expr:3/3*100 round 2}}% ||2015 || 163 || 48 || +115
|- style="text-align:center"
| style="text-align:left" | {{Ru|Tonga}} || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0% ||2002 || 26 || 135 || −105
|- style="text-align:center"
| style="text-align:left" | {{Ru|Vanuatu}} || 5 || 5 || 0 || 0 || {{#expr:5/5*100 round 2}}% ||2011 || 339 || 28 || +311
|- style="text-align:center"
| style="text-align:left" | {{Ru|Wallis and Futuna}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || {{#expr:2/2*100 round 2}}% || 1969 || 100 || 5 || +95
|- style="text-align:center"
| style="text-align:left" | {{Ru|Zimbabwe}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0% || 2016 || 11 || 38 || −27
|- style="text-align:center"class="sortbottom"
!Total|| '''50''' || '''32''' || '''18''' || '''0''' || '''{{#expr:32/50*100 round 2}}%''' || – || '''1564''' || '''1271''' || '''+293'''
|}

==Squad==
'''Squad to [[Oceania Rugby Men's Championship]] (12 October 2022):'''

*[[Aidan Toua]] - [[Queensland Rugby Union|QRU]]
*Jordan Seladi (Capital Rugby Union)
*Tony Sipa (Capital Rugby Union)
*Freddy Andale (Capital Rugby Union)
*Mick Rau (Capital Rugby Union)
*Caleb Nipal (Capital Rugby Union)
*Eddie Nipal (Capital Rugby Union)
*George Wai (Capital Rugby Union)
*Barol Homerang (Capital Rugby Union)
*Jaran Pittan (Capital Rugby Union)
*Ron Butler (Capital Rugby Union)
*Kenneth Vagi (Capital Rugby Union)
*William Kalai (Capital Rugby Union)
*Anu Karai (Capital Rugby Union)
*Jonah Tokiong (Capital Rugby Union)
*Blake Mindipi (Capital Rugby Union)
*Francis Miria (Morobe)
*Cameron Wai (Morobe)
*Laho Posu (Morobe)
*Lindsay Yobone (Morobe)
*Paul Nelson (Morobe)
*Mafu Kalas (Morobe)
*Elias Patala (Morobe)
*Eddie Carl Soor (NCD Rugby Union)
*Ezekiel Dauko (NCD Rugby Union) 
*Brendon Yenmoro (NCD Rugby Union)
*Jackson Waingut (NCD Rugby Union)
*Keith Frizzel (NCD Rugby Union)
*George Mark (East New Britain)
*Hosea Alfred (East New Britain)

==See also==
* [[Rugby union in Papua New Guinea]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110925012925/http://www.irb.com/unions/union%3D11000079/index.html Papua New Guinea] on IRB.com
* [http://rugbydata.com/papuanewguinea Papua New Guinea] on Rugbydata.com
* [https://www.facebook.com/pngrugby/] www.facebook.com

{{National rugby teams}}
{{Rugby union in Papua New Guinea}}
{{Rugby union in Oceania}}
{{National Sports Teams of Papua New Guinea}}


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