Papua New Guinea national Australian rules football team information
Papua New Guinea
Nickname(s)
The Mosquitoes
Governing body
PNG Rules Football Council
Head coach
David Lake
Captain
John James Lavai
Rankings
Current
2nd (as of October 2022[1])
First international
Papua New Guinea 24 - 5 Nauru (1976)[2]
International Cup
Appearances
6 (first in 2002)
Best result
1st (2008, 2014, 2017)
The Mosquitos celebrate winning the 2008 International Cup after the siren in a thriller at the MCG against New Zealand
The Papua New Guinea national Australian rules football team (nicknamed the Mosquitos (Tok Pisin: Moskitos) and for sponsorship purposes, the Telikom PNG Mosquitos) represents Papua New Guinea in the team sport of Australian rules football. It is one of the nation's most successful sporting teams, currently ranked 2nd in the world behind Australia.
The PNG Mosquitos are selected from the best born and raised male players from the clubs and teams of Papua New Guinea. Formed in the 1960s to participate in tests against popular teams from Australia, PNG debuted internationally in 1976 against Nauru in front of a crowd of over 10,000 at Sir Hubert Murray Stadium in Port Moresby which it won convincingly.[2] It has a strong rivalry with Indigenous Australian teams, defeating them in the majority of their rare encounters including 1973, 1974 and 2009. It has remained a dominant international side, becoming the most decorated nation in international Australian Football, having won the most Australian Football International Cup titles (3 - 2008, 2014, 2017) and five medals including 3 silver medals (2002, 2005, 2011), featuring in every Grand Final since the inaugural tournament in 2002, as well as winning three gold medals at the Arafura Games.
^ ab"It's PNG by 129 points". Papua New Guinea Post-courier. International, Australia. 21 September 1976. p. 24. Retrieved 25 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
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2nd (as of October 2022[1])
24 - 5 Nauru 
