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

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
Table last updated 1 November 2025.
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

Other international matches

Note: In all three of the above matches Papua New Guinea and Australia each fielded 20 players.

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

Margin	Score	Opponent	Venue	Date
70	700		MKM Stadium	5 Nov 2022
22	3412		Headingley Stadium	1 Nov 2022
8	2820		Santos National Football Stadium	22 Oct 2023
4	2016		Oil Search National Football Stadium	16 Nov 2019

Biggest losing margins

Margin	Score	Opponent	Venue	Date
84	084		Suncorp Stadium	18 Oct 2024
82	082		LNER Community Stadium	14 Nov 2022
38	442		Headingley Stadium	9 Nov 2022
38	038		Southern Cross Group Stadium	22 Nov 2017
36	036		Santos National Football Stadium	3 Nov 2024
36	642		Santos National Football Stadium	1 Nov 2025
28	836		Southern Cross Group Stadium	16 Nov 2017
28	634		Santos National Football Stadium	18 Oct 2025
28	028		Leichhardt Oval	22 Jun 2019
22	1234		CommBank Stadium	10 Nov 2024
14	1024		Goroka	9 Nov 2019
14	822		Southern Cross Group Stadium	19 Nov 2017

Most consecutive wins

Matches	First win	Last win	Days	Ended	Days
3	16 Nov 2019	5 Nov 2022		9 Nov 2022

Most consecutive losses

Matches	First loss	Last loss	Days	Ended	Days
5	16 Nov 2017	9 Nov 2019		16 Nov 2019
5	18 Oct 2024	1 Nov 2025		Current