Rumona Morris

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Rumona Morris
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-06-05) 5 June 1993 (age 30) [1]
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Madang Fox
International career
2014 Papua New Guinea 2 [lower-alpha 1] (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 October 2014

Rumona Morris (born 5 June 1993) is a Papua New Guinean footballer who plays as a midfielder. She has been a member of the Papua New Guinea women's national football team.

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Football career

Morris is from Madang. Morris first represented Papua New Guinea in the women's under-15 football team in 2010, and at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. [5] She has captained the Papua New Guinea women's national under-20 football team. [5] As of 2021, she had played for the senior team on 14 occasions. She missed the 2015 Pacific Games due to study commitments. [5]

In 2021 she was awarded the Southern Conference Most Valuable Player award. [6] That year, she returned to the Papua New Guinea squad for their 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification matches. [5]

Rugby career

In March 2014, Morris was named to the training squad for the Papua New Guinea women's national rugby sevens team to contest the Hong Kong Sevens event. [7] She later switched to rugby union. [8]

Personal life

Her father Bob Morris is manager of the Papua New Guinea men's team. [5]

Notes

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References

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  2. "Play-Off Tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023" (PDF). FIFA . 12 February 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  3. "Papua New Guinea 0-3 New Zealand". Oceania Football Federation. 27 October 2014. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  4. "Tonga 0-3 Papua New Guinea". Oceania Football Federation. 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 PATRICIA KEAMO (24 March 2021). "Morris eyeing return". The National. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  6. "Morris dedicates award to team". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  7. WENDY KATUSELE (6 March 2014). "Soccer's Morris in Palais squad". The National. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  8. "Rumona into union". EMTV. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2022.