2025 International: Australia PM XIII 28, PNG PM XIII 10

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)

Related

• PNG Chiefs Expansion