Australia’s Prime Ministers XIII has defeated Papua New Guinea’s Prime Ministers XIII by 28-10 at the National Football Stadium in Port Moresby on Sunday. Dolphins back Trai Fuller scored four of Australia’s seven tries, with no successful conversions.
Earlier in the day, the women’s Australian Prime Ministers XIII won 50-0 over the Papau New Guinea Prime Ministers XIII with Gold Coast Titans’ winger Phoenix-Raine Hippi scoring a hat-trick.
It was announced by Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape the new NRL team in 2028 would be known as the Chiefs .
Player Team Lists and Scorers
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister’s XIII
Position Player Name Tries Conversions 1-Pt FG 2-Pt FG Points Fullback Nene Macdonald 0 0 0 0 0 Winger Robert Derby 0 0 0 0 0 Centre Robert Mathias 0 0 0 0 0 Centre Alex Max 0 0 0 0 0 Winger Dudley Dotoi 1 0 0 0 4 Five-Eighth Finley Glare 0 0 0 0 0 Halfback Gairo Voro 0 0 0 0 0 Prop Epel Kapinias 1 0 0 0 4 Hooker Liam Horne 0 0 0 0 0 Prop Sylvester Namo 0 0 0 0 0 2nd Row Jacob Alick-Wiencke 0 0 0 0 0 2nd Row Nixon Putt 0 0 0 0 0 Lock Jack De Belin 0 0 0 0 0 Interchange Judah Rimbu 0 0 0 0 0 Interchange Cooper Bai 0 0 0 0 0 Interchange Ila Alu 0 0 0 0 0 Interchange Valentine Richard 0 0 0 0 0 Interchange Jacob Taulani 0 0 0 0 0 Interchange Morea Morea 0 1 0 0 2 Interchange Sanny Wabo 0 0 0 0 0
Australian Prime Minister’s XIII
Position Player Name Tries Conversions 1-Pt FG 2-Pt FG Points Fullback Jye Gray 0 0 0 0 0 Winger Jason Saab 0 0 0 0 0 Centre Bradman Best 1 0 0 0 4 Centre Ethan Strange 0 0 0 0 0 Winger Trai Fuller 4 0 0 0 16 Five-Eighth Kyle Flanagan 0 0 0 0 0 Halfback Jayden Campbell 0 0 0 0 0 Prop Corey Horsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 Hooker Tom Starling 0 0 0 0 0 Prop Keaon Koloamatangi 0 0 0 0 0 2nd Row Tallis Duncan 1 0 0 0 4 2nd Row Josh Curran 0 0 0 0 0 Lock Matthew Eisenhuth 0 0 0 0 0 Interchange Jack Williams 0 0 0 0 0 Interchange Harrison Edwards 0 0 0 0 0 Interchange Tyran Wishart 1 0 0 0 4 Interchange Liam Henry 0 0 0 0 0 Interchange Fletcher Hunt 0 0 0 0 0 Interchange Mitchell Moses 0 0 0 0 0
10-Minute Try Breakdown – By Team
Time Period PNG PM XIII Tries PNG Scorers AUS PM XIII Tries AUS Scorers 0–10 0 — 1 Trai Fuller (7′) 11–20 1 Dudley Dotoi (13′) 1 Tallis Duncan (19′) 21–30 0 — 2 Trai Fuller (22′, 27′) 31–40 0 — 0 — 41–50 0 — 0 — 51–60 0 — 2 Bradman Best (57′), Tyran Wishart (59′) 61–70 0 — 1 Trai Fuller (69′) 71–80 1 Epel Kapinias (74′) 0 —
Score Timeline
Minute Team Player Event Type PNG PM XIII Score AUS PM XIII Score Biggest Lead 0 – – Kick-off 0 0 0 7 AUS Trai Fuller Try 0 4 4 (AUS) 13 PNG Dudley Dotoi Try 4 4 0 19 AUS Tallis Duncan Try 4 8 4 (AUS) 22 AUS Trai Fuller Try 4 12 8 (AUS) 27 AUS Trai Fuller Try 4 16 12 (AUS) HT (40) — — — 4 16 12 (AUS) 57 AUS Bradman Best Try 4 20 16 (AUS) 59 AUS Tyran Wishart Try 4 24 20 (AUS) 69 AUS Trai Fuller Try 4 28 24 (AUS) 74 PNG Epel Kapinias Try 8 28 20 (AUS) 75 PNG Morea Morea Conversion 10 28 18 (AUS)