Papua New Guinea women's national rugby league team

The Papua New Guinea women's national rugby league team, also known as the PNG Orchids represents Papua New Guinea in Women's rugby league. They are administered by the Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League.

Head to head records

Notes:

Table last updated 19 October 2025.
Share is the portion of "For" points compared to the sum of "For" and "Against" points.

Coaches

The role of Orchids Coach is currently vacant.

Note

Last updated 16 December 2025

Notable players

The following Papua New Guinea representatives have played in the NRL Women's Premiership

Elsie Albert (Parramatta Eels 2020present, 16 matches, 3 tries as at 17 August 2023)
Therese Aiton (Parramatta Eels 2021 season, 2 matches)
Amelia Kuk (Brisbane Broncos 2018, 2 matches)
Ua Ravu (Canberra Raiders 2023present)
Shellie Long (North Queensland Cowboys 2023present)
Sera Koroi (North Queensland Cowboys 2023present)
Jessikah Reeves (North Queensland Cowboys 2023present)
Essay Banu (North Queensland Cowboys 2023present)

Current squad

Head coach: Tahnee Norris

The PNG Orchids squad was announced with the selection of the team for Round 1 on 14 October 2025. This followed the Prime Minister's XII match on 12 October 2025.

Jersey numbers in the table reflect selections for the Round 1 match versus Cook Islands Moana

Table last updated 1 November 2025 (after the match versus Tonga).

Notes:

The Other Reps columns include matches:
against the Australian Prime Minister's XIII
against Far North Queensland, Brisbane Broncos, and York Valkyrie.
for the Australian Prime Minister's XIII: Sareka Mooka.
for Queensland: Therese Aiton.
for the Indigenous All Stars: Essay Banu and Sareka Mooka.

Results

Full internationals

Other international matches

Note: In all three of the above matches Papua New Guinea and Australia each fielded 20 players (13 on the field and 7 on the interchange bench).

Tour / trial / warm-up matches

Nines

Upcoming fixtures

Papua New Guinea has qualified for the 2026 World Cup to be held in October-November 2026. All three of the Orchids' pool games have been scheduled within a multi-match game day. The round one and two matches in Port Moresby are both double-headers with the Kumuls, albeit with different opponents.

Records

Margins and streaks

Biggest winning margins

Biggest losing margins

Most consecutive wins

Most consecutive losses

References

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