Papua New Guinea national rugby sevens team
The Papua New Guinea national rugby sevens team competes in the Oceania Sevens, where they finished third in 2009, and fourth in 2010, 2015 and 2016. The team has also entered selected World Rugby Sevens Series tournaments as an invited team. The team has been invited to the New Zealand Sevens in 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017 and 2018, and to the Australian Sevens in 2000, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2017 and 2018. The team has also been invited at the 2000 Fiji Sevens and 2000 Tokyo Sevens . At the 2011  Gold Coast Sevens, PNG defeated Niue and Japan to take 13th place. At the 2018 Hamilton Sevens, the team defeated Russia and France to take 11th place. Papua New Guinea has also played the Hong Kong Sevens World Series qualifier. In the 2015 edition, they went to the semifinals, where they lost to Russia. In 2016 they lost all matches in the group phase. In 2017 they reached the semifinals. PNG qualified for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Papua New Guinea made its first appearance at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in 2018, following its fifth place finish at the 2017  Oceania Sevens Championship. Sevens World Series. New Zealand Sevens. 2007–08 2006–07 2005–06 2010–11 2014–15 2016–17 2017–18 Australia Sevens. Adelaide 2009–10 Adelaide 2010–11 Gold Coast 2011–12 Sydney 2016–17 Sydney 2017–18 Commonwealth Games. 2010 Commonwealth Games. Group C. 11 October 2010 Bowl Quarter Final Bowl Semi Final Bowl Final Current squad. Squad at 2017 Oceania Sevens Championship: