Papua New Guinea women's national rugby league team

For the men's team, see Papua New Guinea national rugby league team.
Papua New Guinea Orchids
Team information
NicknamePNG Orchids
Governing bodyPapua New Guinea Rugby Football League
RegionAsia-Pacific
Head coachTahnee Norris[1]
CaptainElsie Albert
Most capsCarol Humeu (9)
Top try-scorerBelinda Gwasamun (5)
Top point-scorerBelinda Gwasamun (20),
Lila Malabag (20)
IRL ranking5th
Team results
First game
 Papua New Guinea 4–42 Australia 
Port Moresby, 23 Sep 2017
First international
 Papua New Guinea 8–36 England 
Woolooware, 16 Nov 2017
Biggest win
 Papua New Guinea 70–0 Brazil 
Hull, 5 Nov 2022
Biggest defeat
 Papua New Guinea 0–84 Australia 
Brisbane, 18 Oct 2024
World Cup
Appearances2 (first time in 2017)
Best result2021 (Semi-Finalists)

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.[2]

PNG Orchids and York Valkyrie (20 October 2022) - Elsie Albert and Lisa-Marie Alu each scored two tries as the Orchids won 38–0[3]
  1. ^ "Norris to break new ground as Orchids coach". NRL. 2 Sep 2024. Retrieved 2 Sep 2024.
  2. ^ Liri, Isaac (2017-08-16). "Orchids unveiled". The National. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference York was invoked but never defined (see the help page).