Papua New Guinea national rugby union team (sevens)
Papua New Guinea
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Waisale Serevi |
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The Papua New Guinea national rugby union team represent Papua New Guinea in rugby sevens. The team competes in the IRB World Sevens Series and in regional competitions that feed into the series. The last event IRB Sevens event that Papua New Guinea took part in was the 2008 Wellington Sevens (part of the 2007–08 season), but they have qualified for the 2010 edition of the same event.
PNG has also qualified for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. [1]
2007-08
Samoa 22 - 0 Papua New Guinea
New Zealand 41 - 0 Papua New Guinea
Canada 27 - 21 Papua New Guinea
Cook Islands 24 - 17 Papua New Guinea 1/4 final Bowl
Kenya 38 - 7 Papua New Guinea SF Shield
2006-07
Samoa 26 - 0 Papua New Guinea
England 22 - 7 Papua New Guinea
Scotland 17 - 12 Papua New Guinea
Tonga 19 - 12 Papua New Guinea 1/4 final Bowl
Portugal 26 - 19 Papua New Guinea SF Shield
2005-06
Australia 24 - 10 Papua New Guinea
England 64 - 0 Papua New Guinea
Scotland 34 - 12 Papua New Guinea
Canada 33 - 10 Papua New Guinea 1/4 finals Bowl
USA 12 - 15 Papua New Guinea SF Shield
Tonga 19 - 14 Papua New Guinea Shield Final
Current Squad
12 Men squad for 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series - Australia Leg
- Monty Diave
- Shadrach Ghabiliha
- Billy Torea
- Dougie Guise
- Chris Kakah
- Eugene Tokavai
- Henry Liliket
- Alistair McLay
- Tisa Kautu
- Albert Levi
- Jason Missian
- Gairo Varo
References
- McLaren, Bill A Visit to Hong Kong in Starmer-Smith, Nigel & Robertson, Ian (eds) The Whitbread Rugby World '90 (Lennard Books, 1989)
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/01/2942581.htm?site=sport§ion=rugbyunion
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Asia
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Europe
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South America
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