Prime Minister's XIII
| Team information | ||
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| Governing body | Australian Rugby League | |
| Head coach | Mal Meninga | |
| Captain | Daly Cherry-Evans | |
| Most caps | Robbie Farah Aaron Woods (5) | |
| Top try-scorer | Jarryd Hayne (6) | |
| Top point-scorer | Jarryd Hayne (24) | |
| Uniforms | ||
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| Team results | ||
| First international | ||
PNG PM's XIII  0–34  Australian PM's XIII(Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; 18 September 2005) | ||
| Biggest win | ||
PNG PM's XIII 0–58 Australian PM's XIII(National Football Stadium, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; 24 September 2016) | ||
Prime Minister's XIII, or sometimes informally referred to as the PM's XIII, is the name of a representative rugby league team, comprising Australian players from National Rugby League clubs that did not qualify for the NRL Finals, or whose teams were knocked out during the first two weeks of the finals. The team is selected to play an annual fixture against PNG Prime Minister's XIII in Papua New Guinea in the final weeks of the rugby league season.
Contents
1 History
2 Results
2.1 2005
2.2 2006
2.3 2007
2.4 2008
2.5 2009
2.6 2010
2.7 2011
2.8 2012
2.9 2013
2.10 2014
2.11 2015
2.12 2016
2.13 2017
2.14 2018
3 Players
3.1 Captains
4 Coaches
5 Records
5.1 Team
5.2 Individual
6 See also
7 References
History
The Prime Minister's XIII first played against Papua New Guinea in 2005 at Lloyd Robson Oval in the Papua New Guinean capital, Port Moresby. The team was coached in that match by former Queensland State of Origin coach Mal Meninga, who coached the side until 2012. New South Wales State of Origin coach Laurie Daley then took over from 2013-2014 with Ivan Cleary coaching the team in 2015. Meninga, appointed Australian test coach in 2016 also re-took the reins that year.
Originally played in Port Moresby, in recent years the games have been held in various locations around Papua New Guinea, including Lae and Kokopo. Unlike regular international matches, each team is allowed a five-man bench and given unlimited interchanges throughout the match.
Because the selected Australian players are not participating in the NRL finals (and are part of the Australian Test 'train-on' squad), the match is primarily used to keep potential international players match fit ahead of any end-of-season international fixtures. As the match has been played later in September, players who play for a team that has been knocked out in the first two weeks of the finals have been able to be selected for the side.
The match is also used to promote rugby league, as well as humanitarian causes such as HIV and AIDS awareness,[1] among the Papua New Guinean community.
The PM's XIII has never lost a match against Papua New Guinea since the annual fixture commenced, but was held to a 24–24 draw in 2007, after leading 20–0 at half time.
Results
2005
18 September 2005 |
| PNG PM's XIII | 0 – 34 | Australian PM's XIII |
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Report | Tries 2 Ryan Cross 1 Braith Anasta 1 Brett Finch 1 Kurt Gidley 1 Luke Priddis Goals 1 Clinton Schifcofske 1 Kurt Gidley 1 Luke Ricketson |
Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Shayne Hayne |
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Clinton Schifcofske - FB 
Amos Roberts - WG 
Reni Maitua - CE 
Kurt Gidley - WG 
Ben Ross - PR 
Steve Price - PR 
Ashley Harrison - LK
2006
30 September 2006 |
| PNG PM's XIII | 8 – 28 | Australian PM's XIII |
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Tries Tom O'Reilly 2 | Report | Tries 2 Jarryd Hayne 1 Nathan Merritt 1 Steve Price 1 Brett Stewart 1 Trent Waterhouse Goals 2 Matt Orford |
Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby Referee: Bill Harrigan |
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Brett Stewart - FB 
Jarryd Hayne - WG 
Johnathan Thurston - FE 
Robbie Farah - HK 
Paul Gallen - SR
2007
23 September 2007 |
| PNG PM's XIII | 24 – 24 | Australian PM's XIII |
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Tries Nigel Hukula 1 Jessie Joe Nandye 1 Keith Peters 1 Menzie Yere 1 Goals Gimapau Keimelo 4 | Report | Tries 2 Chris Lawrence 2 Joel Monaghan 1 Luke Douglas Goals 2 Kurt Gidley |
Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Gavin Badger |
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Brett Delaney - WG 
Mark Gasnier (c) - CE 
Sam Thaiday - PR
2008
28 September 2008 |
| PNG PM's XIII | 30 – 54 | Australian PM's XIII |
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Tries Stanley Gene 2 Menzie Yere 2 Nickson Kolo 1 Junior Ropra 1 Goals Tu'u Maori 3 | Report | Tries 2 Jarryd Hayne 2 Chris Lawrence 1 Robbie Farah 1 Nathan Hindmarsh 1 Michael Jennings 1 Josh Morris 1 Joe Picker 1 Carl Webb Goals 6 Scott Prince 1 Terry Campese |
Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Bernard Sutton |
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2009
27 September 2009 |
| PNG PM's XIII | 18 – 42 | Australian PM's XIII |
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Tries Tommy Butterfield 1 Seigfried Gande 1 Jessie Joe Nandye 1 Goals Glen Nami 3/3 | Report | Tries 3 Michael Jennings 1 George Rose 1 Matthew Scott 1 David Shillington 1 Glenn Stewart Goals 7/7 Johnathan Thurston |
Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Brett Suttor |
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2010
26 September 2010 |
| PNG PM's XIII | 18 – 30 | Australian PM's XIII |
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Tries Nickson Kolo 2 Glen Nami 1 Goals Ryan Tongia 3 | Report | Tries 1 Luke Douglas 1 Chris Sandow 1 Ben Smith 1 Kade Snowden 1 Willie Tonga 1 Akuila Uate Goals 2 Corey Parker 1 James Maloney |
Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby Attendance: 10,856 Referee: Tony De Las Heras |
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2011
25 September 2011 |
| PNG PM's XIII | 22 – 36 | Australian PM's XIII |
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Tries Josiah Abavu 1 Dion Aiye 1 Jessie Joe Nandye 1 Ray Thompson 1 Goals Glen Nami 3 | Report | Tries 2 Blake Ferguson 2 Josh Morris 1 Luke Burt 1 Nathan Merritt Goals 3 Luke Burt 1 Matthew Bowen 1 Michael Crocker 1 Nathan Hindmarsh |
Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium, Lae Attendance: 16,528 Referee: Adam Devcich |
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2012
23 September 2012 |
| PNG PM's XIII | 18 – 24 | Australian PM's XIII |
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Tries Richard Kambo 1 David Loko 1 Albert Patak 1 Matthew Puke 1 Goals Israel Eliab 1/4 | Report | Tries 1 Michael Jennings 1 Feleti Mateo 1 Beau Ryan 1 Akuila Uate Goals 4/4 Scott Prince |
Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Phil Haines |
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2013
29 September 2013 |
| PNG PM's XIII | 10 – 50 | Australian PM's XIII |
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Tries Josiah Abavu 1 Israel Eliab 1 Goals Sebastian Pandia 1 | Report | Tries 2 Jarryd Hayne 1 Kevin Gordon 1 Brett Morris 1 Josh Papalii 1 Aidan Sezer 1 David Shillington 1 James Tamou 1 Brent Tate Goals 6 Aidan Sezer 1 Corey Parker |
Kalabond Oval, Kokopo Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Gavin Morris |
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2014
12 October 2014 |
| PNG PM's XIII | 16 – 34 | Australian PM's XIII |
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Tries Thompson Teteh 2 Israel Eliab 1 Goals Noel Zeming 2 | Report | Tries 2 Aaron Woods 1 Will Chambers 1 Josh Mansour 1 Anthony Milford 1 Beau Scott Goals 3 Ben Hunt 2 Matt Moylan |
Kalabond Oval, Kokopo Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Grant Atkins |
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Will Chambers - CE
2015
26 September 2015 |
| PNG PM's XIII | 12 – 40 | Australian PM's XIII |
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Tries Watson Boas 1 Justin Olam 1 Goals David Missian 2 | Report | Tries 2 David Nofoaluma 1 Euan Aitken 1 Jarrod Croker 1 Alex Johnston 1 Jeremy Latimore 1 Chris McQueen 1 Jack Wighton Goals 2 Jarrod Croker 2 Adam Reynolds |
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby Attendance: 18,113 Referee: Gavin Reynolds |
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Trent Merrin (c) - LK
2016
24 September 2016 |
| PNG PM's XIII | 0 – 58 | Australian PM's XIII |
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Report | Tries: 3 Mitchell Moses 2 Josh Dugan 2 Blake Ferguson 2 Greg Inglis 1 Moses Mbye 1 Semi Radradra Goals: 4 Matt Moylan 3 Mitchell Moses |
National Football Stadium, Port Moresby Attendance: 15,011 Referee: David Munro |
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2017
23 September 2017 |
| PNG PM's XIII | 8 – 48 | Australian PM's XIII |
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Tries: Stanford Talita 1 Goals: Jason Missian 2/2 | Report | Tries: 3 Tom Trbojevic 3 James Tedesco 1 Tyson Frizell 1 James Maloney Goals: 6/6 James Maloney 1/1 Andrew Fifita 1/1 Valentine Holmes |
National Football Stadium, Port Moresby Attendance: 13,468 |
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2018
6 October 2018 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 – 34 |  Australian PM's XIII |
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Tries: Kyle Laybutt 1 Rhyse Martin 1 Justin Olam 1 Goals: Rhyse Martin 3/3 | 1st: 6 – 24 2nd: 12 – 10 Report | Tries: 2 Daly Cherry-Evans 1 Corey Allan 1 Nick Cotric 1 Chad Townsend 1 Jake Trbojevic Goals: 5/6 Zac Lomax |
National Football Stadium, Port Moresby Attendance: 14,007 Referee: Chris Sutton |
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Players
Captains
Luke Ricketson (2005)
Steve Price (2006)
Mark Gasnier (2007)
Nathan Hindmarsh (2008, 2011)
Johnathan Thurston (2009)
Corey Parker (2010)
Scott Prince (2012)
Robbie Farah (2013)
Greg Bird (2014)
Trent Merrin (2015)
Greg Inglis (2016)
Aaron Woods (2017)
Daly Cherry-Evans (2018)
Coaches
Mal Meninga, current coach of the Prime Minister's XIII.
Mal Meninga (2005–2012, 2016–present)
Laurie Daley (2013–2014)
Ivan Cleary (2015)
Records
Team
Largest winning margins
58 58–0 vs PNG PM's XIII, National Football Stadium – 24 September 2016.
40 50–10 vs PNG PM's XIII, Kalabond Oval – 29 September 2013.
40 48–8 vs PNG PM's XIII, National Football Stadium – 23 September 2017.
34 34–0 vs PNG PM's XIII, Lloyd Robson Oval – 18 September 2005.
28 40–12 vs PNG PM's XIII, Sir John Guise Stadium – 26 September 2015.
Individual
Most games
5 Robbie Farah (2006, 2008–09, 2013–14)
5 Aaron Woods (2012, 2014, 2016–18)
4 Greg Bird (2007, 2011, 2013–14)
4 Michael Jennings (2008–09, 2011–12)
4 David Shillington (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
4 Jake Trbojevic (2015–18)
Most tries
6 Jarryd Hayne
5 Michael Jennings
4 Blake Ferguson
4 Chris Lawrence
Most points
24 Jarryd Hayne
20 Michael Jennings
20 Scott Prince
18 James Maloney
18 Mitchell Moses
Most tries in a match
3 Michael Jennings (2009)
3 Mitchell Moses (2016)
3 Tom Trbojevic (2017)
3 James Tedesco (2017)
Most points in a match
18 Mitchell Moses (2016)
16 Aidan Sezer (2013)
16 James Maloney (2017)
14 Johnathan Thurston (2007)
See also
- Australia national rugby league team
- Australian Aboriginal rugby league team
- Junior Kangaroos
- Australian Schoolboys rugby league team
References
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