Rumona Morris

Rumona Morris
Personal information
Date of birth	5 June 1993 (age 31)
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Madang Fox
International career‡
2014	Papua New Guinea
	*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.

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

^ ^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Official report_2806_2011". Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "Tonga 0-3 Papua New Guinea". Oceania Football Federation. 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e PATRICIA KEAMO (24 March 2021). "Morris eyeing return". The National. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
^ "Morris dedicates award to team". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
^ WENDY KATUSELE (6 March 2014). "Soccer's Morris in Palais squad". The National. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
^ "Rumona into union". EMTV. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2022.

External links

Rumona Morris at Soccerway

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[1] "Official report_2806_2011". Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2021.

[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.

[TN2021-6] PATRICIA KEAMO (24 March 2021). "Morris eyeing return". The National. Retrieved 25 August 2022.

[7] "Morris dedicates award to team". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2022.

[8] WENDY KATUSELE (6 March 2014). "Soccer's Morris in Palais squad". The National. Retrieved 25 August 2022.

[9] "Rumona into union". EMTV. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2022.

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