The Papua New Guinea national rugby sevens team competes in the Pacific Games, Commonwealth Games, Challenger Series and the Oceania Sevens. They finished third in 2009 and fourth in 2010, 2015 and 2016 in the Oceania Sevens.

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 and 2014 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.

Tournament history

World Cup Sevens

Commonwealth Games

Pacific Games

Pacific Mini Games

Oceania Sevens

Oceania Sevens Challenge

World Rugby Sevens

World Rugby sevens series
The Pukpuks Sevens have participated as an invited team to selected tournaments across 10 seasons on the world series circuit since the inaugural season in 1999–2000. Historically, they have participated in 18 tournaments particularly the New Zealand Sevens (2000-2002, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2017 and 2018), Australian Sevens (2000, 2002, 2011, 2017 and 2018), Fiji Sevens (2000), Japan Sevens(2000) and the Hong Kong Sevens (2002). To date, Papua New Guinea have played a total 127 matches accumulating 237 tries and 1507 points overall. Their best all-time season finish is 12th placing from the inaugural season in 1999-2000.

Player records
The following shows leading career Papua New Guinean players based on performance in the World Rugby Sevens Series.

World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series
Papua New Guinea have appeared in every edition of the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series since the inaugural season in 2020. This was through qualification for being one of two highest ranked non-core World Rugby Sevens Series teams from the Oceania sevens championship.

Current squad

Papua New Guinea Sevens squad for the 2023 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series - Men's tour in Stellenbosch, South Africa from April 20-30

Derrick Voku
Edward Ramit 
Caleb Nipal 
Maluai Patala (c) 
Eddie Nipal
Mustapha Kura
Benson Hayai
Emmanuel Alfred
Richard Mautu
Kunak Late
Benjamin Wahune
Shaun Ongapa                                                                   
Kadum Mais

Previous squads

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Maluai PATALA 
Dickson Morrison 
Shaun ONGAPA                                                           
Benjamin BOAS           
Paul Peter TONO
Eliud HOSEA (c)  
Derrick VOKU 
Mustapha KURA Goena
Kunak LATE  
Kadum MAIS
Kennedy BENJAMIN
Benjamin WAHUNE 
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See also
 Rugby union in Papua New Guinea
 Papua New Guinea women's national rugby sevens team
 Papua New Guinea national rugby union team
 Papua New Guinea women's national rugby union team

References
 McLaren, Bill A Visit to Hong Kong in Starmer-Smith, Nigel & Robertson, Ian (eds) The Whitbread Rugby World '90'' (Lennard Books, 1989)

Rugby union in Papua New Guinea
National rugby sevens teams
Papua New Guinea national rugby union team