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| Rugby union in Papua New Guinea |
| Governing body |
Papua New Guinea Rugby Football Union |
| National team |
Papua New Guinea |
| Registered players |
8,520 (total) |
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Papua New Guinea is a tier three rugby union playing nation. They began playing international rugby union in 1966 and have yet to make the Rugby World Cup. Teams from Papua New Guinea have competed in the Commonwealth games.
Although Papua New Guinea has a rugby union tradition, rugby league is far more popular and is the national sport. Despite this, there are 8520 registered players of rugby union and 57 clubs. There are no registered senior female players.
The national side is ranked 52nd in the world (as of 8th October 2007).
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Rugby union in International Rugby Board affiliated nations not present in the Rugby World Cups |
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Third tier without
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