2022 Papua New Guinea Hunters season
| 2022 Papua New Guinea Hunters season | ||||
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| Queensland Cup Rank | 12 | |||
| 2022 record | Wins: 7; draws: 1; losses: 11 | |||
| Points scored | For: 389; against: 531 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| CEO | Scott Barker | |||
| Coach | Matthew Church | |||
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| Stadium | Bycroft Oval, Gold Coast | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | 8 (Wane) | |||
| Goals | 33 (Kingstimer Paraia) | |||
| Points | 79 (Kingstimer Paraia) | |||
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The Papua New Guinea Hunters is a professional rugby league club from Papua New Guinea that participates in the Queensland Cup in Australia. Their 2022 official 27-man squad relocated to Runaway Bay, Gold Coast for the second year in a row. The 2022 Hostplus Cup was the PNG Hunters' ninth season in rugby league's Queensland Cup after securing their future with a four-year license from 2019 until 2022. They reappointed Matt Church as their head coach to be supported by Assistant Coaches, Stanley Tepend and Paul Aiton. Two of the Hunters players, Anthony Worot and Sherwin Tanabi, were given a one week train and trial with the Cowboys Young Guns and featured in the trial match for the Young Guns against the Mackay Cutters.
The Hunters announced a new strategic player pathways partnership with Dolphins, with four PNG Hunters players joining Dolphins for a full NRL pre-season. Two of these players remained with the Dolphins for the full NRL season commencing in 2023, and played for the Hunters on the weekends when not in the Top 17 team.