Papua New Guinea national rugby league team

The **Papua New Guinea national rugby league team**, nicknamed the **Kumuls**, represents Papua New Guinea in international rugby league.

Rugby league is very popular in Papua New Guinea and is often considered the country's national sport.

### Current squad

The Papua New Guinean squad selected for the 2023 Pacific Rugby League Championships. Club information are as of 4 November 2023.

Statistics for Papua New Guinea and the players' NRL club records are drawn from the website, Rugby League Project, and include the Pacific Bowl Final on 5 November 2023.
|rowspan=2|J#|rowspan=2 align=left|Player|rowspan=2 align=center|Age|rowspan=2 align=center|Position(s)|colspan=6 align=center|PNG Kumuls|rowspan=2 align=center|Club|colspan=2 align=center|NRL|colspan=2 align=center|SL|rowspan=2 align=center|PNG Hunters & Other Reps|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||28||2019|10|3|0|0|12|South Sydney Rabbitohs|214|214|0|0|4  1  1|||
|2||21||2022|4|3|0|0|12|North Queensland Cowboys|1|1|0|0|1|||
|3||21||2023|3|2|5|0|18|North Queensland Cowboys|4|4|0|0|1|||
|4||24||2022|6|2|0|0|8|Papua New Guinea Hunters||0|0|0|1  34|||
|5||29||2013|16|9|0|0|44|Leeds Rhinos||98|20|22|2  2|||
|6||28||2019|11|2|5|0|18|Sunshine Coast Falcons||2|0|0|2|||
|7||25||2017|10|6|0|0|24|Leigh Leopards||31|32|32||||
|8||25||2022|4|3|0|0|12|Papua New Guinea Hunters||0|0|0|2  50|||
|9||24||2019|9|2|0|0|8|Leigh Leopards||0|31|31|11|||
|10||||2023|3|1|0|0|4|Papua New Guinea Hunters||0|0|0|1  4|||
|11||30||2014|17|5|53|0|126|Leeds Rhinos||25|104|104|1|||
|12||27||2019|10|2|0|0|8|St. George Illawarra Dragons|3|3|0|0|1|||
|13||32||2023|3|0|0|0|0|St. George Illawarra Dragons|205|205|0|0|3  2|||
|14||22||2023|3|0|0|0|0|Papua New Guinea Hunters||0|0|0|2  46|||
|15||26||2022|3|0|0|0|0|Castleford Tigers||0|5|5||||
|16||29||2023|2|0|0|0|0|Papua New Guinea Hunters||0|0|0|2  45|||
|17||28||2017|13|4|0|0|16|Central Queensland Capras||0|0|0|2  46|||
|18||24||2022|7|0|0|0|0|Gold Coast Titans|5|5|0|0||||
|19||29||2013|13|3|0|0|12|London Broncos||0|15|15|1  20|||
|20||24||2022|3|0|0|0|0|Bradford Bulls||0|3|3|41|||
|21||26||2023|2|1|0|0|4|Papua New Guinea Hunters||0|0|0|1  41|||
|||29||2016|14|7|0|0|28|Melbourne Storm|104|104|0|0|2  21|||
|||22|||0|0|0|0|0|Souths Logan Magpies||0|0|0|2|||
|||26||2022|4|1|0|0|4|Featherstone Rovers||0|1|1|35|||
Notes
- Age is as the date of the Pacific Bowl Final, 5 November 2023.
- Twelve members of the squad are current or former Papua New Guinea Hunters players.
- Sixteen members of the squad have played for the PNG Prime Minister's XIII.
- Alex Johnston previously played for Australia, the Australian Prime Minister's XIII, and the Indigenous All Stars.
- Nene Macdonald previously played for the NRL All Stars.
- Jack de Belin previously played for the NSW and NSW Country.

## Infobox (rugby league representative team)

- **name**: Papua New Guinea
- **nickname**: The Kumuls
- **governing body**: Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League, PNGRFL
- **region**: Asia-Pacific Rugby League Confederation, Asia-Pacific
- **coach**: Justin Holbrook
- **captain**: Kyle Laybutt
- **most caps**: Rhyse Martin (15)
- **top try-scorer**: David Mead (rugby league), David Mead (10)
- **top point-scorer**: Rhyse Martin (132)
- **home stadium**: National Football Stadium
- **rlif rank**: 6
- **pattern b1**: _Vwidered
- **pattern so1**: _hoops_black
- **leftarm1**: FFFF00
- **body1**: FFFF00
- **rightarm1**: FFFF00
- **shorts1**: FF0000
- **socks1**: FF0000
- **first game**: 40–12
(Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, PNG; 6 July 1975)
- **largest win**: 64–0
(Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, PNG; 12 November 2017)
- **largest loss**: 82–0
(Townsville, Australia; 7 October 2000)
- **world cup apps**: 7
- **world cup first**: 1985–1988
- **world cup best**: _Quarterfinals_ (2000 Rugby League World Cup, 2000, 2017 Rugby League World Cup, 2017, 2021 Rugby League World Cup, 2021 )