The PNG Palais went down to New Zealand and Canada on day one of the HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series 2016-17 in Sydney, Australia.
In their first match against the Kiwis at Allianz Stadium, the Palais were handed a 34-5 beating.
The Palais’ only points came from Joana Lagona who scored late in the second half.
Their second match against Canada saw a similar score line with PNG losing 39-5. It was Lagona again who scored the points with a try in the opening minute of the first half of play.
The Palais’ still have one more match left in the day against France at 7:22pm local time (6:22pm PNG time).
In other results from today, England def. Spain 19-10, Russia def. USA 19-10, Ireland def. Fiji 19-12, Australia def. Brazil 24-7, Canada def. France 26-5, USA def. England 22-14, Russia def. Spain 24-5, Fiji def. Brazil 31-10 and Australia def. Ireland 29-0.