Papua New Guinea Rugby Football Union
{{Infobox national rugby union
| unionname = Papua New Guinea Rugby Union
| nativename =
| logo = Papua New Guinea rugby.png
| logosize = 60px
| founded = {{start date and age|1962}}
| IRB = 1993
| region = Oceania Rugby
| regionyear = 2000
| president =
| coach =
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| url = [http://www.rugbypng.com.pg rugbypng.com.pg]
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The Papua New Guinea Rugby Football Union, or Rugby PNG is the governing body for rugby union in Papua New Guinea. It was established in 1962 and was affiliated to the International Rugby Board in 1993.
Rugby PNG is a full member of Oceania Rugby, which is the regional governing body for rugby in Oceania.
In September 6 2024 Rugby PNG membership was suspended after several failings by the PNG governing body to comply with orders imposed by the Regional Association of World Rugby. {{Cite web |title=Oceania Rugby suspends Papua New Guinea Rugby Union's membership |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/527228/oceania-rugby-suspends-papua-new-guinea-rugby-union-s-membership |date=2024-09-06 |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=Radio New Zealand |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906235903/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/527228/oceania-rugby-suspends-papua-new-guinea-rugby-union-s-membership |archive-date=2024-09-06 |url-status=live}}
National teams
Papua New Guinea's national team, the Pukpuks, has not yet competed in a Rugby World Cup, but has won the FORU Oceania Cup Championship four times (as of November 2015). PNG fields teams in 7s competitions as well as 15s. The national women's 7s team was established in 2007, and won the Asia Pacific Women's Sevens Championships in 2011.
See also
External links
- [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Papua-New-Guinea-Rugby-Football-Union/138088016332726 Papua New Guinea Rugby Football Union] on facebook.com
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130424160352/http://www.irb.com/unions/union=11000079/index.html Papua New Guinea] on IRB.com
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131029090328/http://www.oceaniarugby.com/member_unions/foru_member_union_papua_new_guinea.html Papua New Guinea] on OceaniaRugby.com
Reference list
{{Reflist|refs=
|year = 2013
|title = IRB Handbook
|publisher = International Rugby Board
|access-date = 2 December 2013
|page = 17
|url = http://www.irb.com/mm/Document/AboutIRB/IRBConstitution/02/06/85/38/130801IRBHandbook.pdf
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140528075233/http://www.irb.com/mm/Document/AboutIRB/IRBConstitution/02/06/85/38/130801IRBHandbook.pdf
|archive-date = 28 May 2014
|url-status = dead
}}
|title= Member Unions: Papua New Guinea Rugby Football Union
|website= oceaniarugby.com
|access-date= 11 November 2013
|url= http://www.oceaniarugby.com/member_unions/foru_member_union_papua_new_guinea.html
|url-status= dead
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131029090328/http://www.oceaniarugby.com/member_unions/foru_member_union_papua_new_guinea.html
|archive-date= 29 October 2013
}}
|title= Papua New Guinea Rugby Union History
|website= rugbypng.com.pg
|access-date= 11 November 2013
|url= http://www.rugbypng.com.pg/page/about-us-373/
|url-status= dead
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131110200303/http://www.rugbypng.com.pg/page/about-us-373/
|archive-date= 10 November 2013
}}
}}
{{World Rugby}}
Category:Rugby union in Papua New Guinea
Category:Sports organisations of Papua New Guinea
Category:Rugby union governing bodies in Oceania
Category:Sports organizations established in 1962
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