Prime Minister's XIII

Team information
Governing body	Australian Rugby League
Head coach	Kevin Walters
Captain	Keaon Koloamatangi
Mostcaps	Jake Trbojevic (6)
Top try-scorer	Jarryd Hayne (6)
Top point-scorer	Zac Lomax (40)
Uniforms
First colours
Team results
First international
PNG PM's XIII 0–34Australian PM's XIII (Lloyd Robson Oval,Port Moresby,Papua New Guinea; 18 September 2005)
Biggest win
PNG PM's XIII 0–58Australian PM's XIII (National Football Stadium,Port Moresby,Papua New Guinea; 24 September 2016)

Prime Minister's XIII, sometimes informally referred to as thePM's XIII, are a representativerugby league team, comprising Australian players fromNational Rugby League clubs. Initially, the team was selected fromNRL clubs that did not qualify for the NRL finals. Over time this changed to include players whose teams were knocked out during the first two weeks of the finals, with the game played on the same weekend as the preliminary finals, one week prior to theNRL Grand Final. Since 2024, the Prime Minister's XIII game has been played on the weekend after theNRL Grand Final, with players from all clubs, including the Grand Finalists, available for selection.

The Prime Minister's XIII first played against Papua New Guinea in 2005 atLloyd Robson Oval in the Papua New Guinean capital,Port Moresby. The team was coached in that match by formerQueenslandState of Origin coachMal Meninga, who coached the side until 2012.New South WalesState of Origin coachLaurie Daley then took over from 2013 to 2014 withIvan 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.

In 2019, the PM's XIII played against theFiji Prime Minister's XIII for the first time, at theANZ National Stadium inSuva.^[2]

In 2022, after a two-year absence due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, the fixture returned with the PM'x XIII playing thePNG PM's XIII atSuncorp Stadium, the first game to be held inAustralia.^[3]

The Australian squad for the match on 12 October 2025 was announced on 6 October 2025.^[4] A revised squad was announced on 10 October, asNick Meaney andBrad Schneider had withdrawn.Mitchell Moses was added to the team. The same media release announcedKeaon Koloamatangi as captain.^[5] Tallies in the table include the 2025 match.

J#	Player	Age	Position(s)	PM's XIII					Tests						Club	Club Matches				Other Reps
				M	T	G	F	P	Dbt	M	T	G	F	P		CC	NRL	SL/CC	NQC
1	Jye Gray	21	Fullback	1	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	Rabbitohs	38	32	0	6
2	Jason Saab	25	Wing	1	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	Sea Eagles	100	106	0	11
3	Bradman Best	24	Centre	1	1	0	0	4	—	0	0	0	0	0	Knights	108	105	0	3	2
4	Ethan Strange	21	Centre, Five-eighth	1	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	Raiders	62	46	0	16
5	Trai Fuller	28	Wing, Fullback	1	4	0	0	16	—	0	0	0	0	0	Dolphins	16	16	0	99	1
6	Kyle Flanagan	27	Five-eighth, Halfback	1	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	Dragons	44	123	0	41
7	Jayden Campbell	25	Halfback, Fullback	1	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	Titans	78	78	0	9	1
8	Corey Horsburgh	27	Prop, Lock	1	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	Raiders	122	112	0	30	1
9	Tom Starling	27	Hooker	1	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	Raiders	136	133	0	48
10	Keaon Koloamatangi	27	Prop, Second-row	1	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	Rabbitohs	139	126	0	30	11 1
11	Tallis Duncan	23	Second-row	2	1	0	0	4	—	0	0	0	0	0	Rabbitohs	79	51	0	28	1
12	Joshua Curran	26	Second-row, Prop	2	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	Bulldogs	45	106	0	30	4
13	Matt Eisenhuth	33	Lock, Prop	1	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	Panthers	116	145	0	69
14	Jack Williams	29	Lock, Prop	1	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	Eels	42	145	0	103
15	Harrison Edwards	24	Lock, Hooker	1	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	Cowboys	36	53	0	43
16	Tyran Wishart	25	Five-eighth, Halfback	2	2	0	0	8	—	0	0	0	0	0	Storm	82	82	0	25
17	Liam Henry	24	Second-row, Prop	1	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	Panthers	97	50	0	47
18	Fletcher Hunt	19	Wing, Centre	1	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	Knights	23	12	0	11
19	Mitchell Moses	31	Halfback	3	3	5	0	22	2024	3	1	0	0	4	Eels	171	238	0	0

The Australian womens squad for the match on 12 October 2025 was announced on 6 October 2024.^[4]Quincy Dodd andSophie Holyman were announced as joint captains on 10 October 2025.^[5]Tallies in the table include the 2025 match.

J#	Player	Age	Position(s)	PM's XIII					Tests						Club	Club Matches			Other Reps
				M	T	G	F	P	Dbt	M	T	G	F	P		CC	NRLW	NQC
1	Abbi Church	27	Fullback, Wing	3	2	0	0	8	—	0	0	0	0	0	Eels	37	37	25	3 1
2	Andie Robinson	23	Wing, Fullback	1	1	0	0		—	0	0	0	0	0	Bulldogs	11	22	19	1
3	Jaime Chapman	23	Centre	3	2	0	0	8	2022	5	5	0	0	20	Titans	22	36	20	8 5 1
4	Jasmine Peters	23	Centre	1	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	Cowboys	30	38	26	3 5
5	Phoenix-Raine Hippi	19	Wing, Centre	1	3	0	0	12	—	0	0	0	0	0	Titans	7	7	1	—
6	Kasey Reh	19	Five-eighth, Halfback	2	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	Dragons	19	19	0	—
7	Kirra Dibb	28	Halfback, Five-eighth	3	0	9	0	18	2019	1	0	0	0	0	Cowboys	27	45	33	2 4 5
8	Lillian Yarrow	21	Prop	1	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	Cowboys	15	15	8	—
9	Quincy Dodd	25	Hooker	4	1	1	0	6	2024	2	0	0	0	0	Sharks	27	45	40	5 7 7
10	Sophie Holyman	27	Prop	3	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	Raiders	29	34	13	7
11	Chloe Jackson	21	Second-row	1	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	Eels	19	19	14	—
12	Shaylee Bent	25	Second-row	2	0	0	0	0	2022	4	1	0	0	4	Titans	32	51	45	4 6 4
13	Bree Chester	23	Lock	2	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	Cowboys	29	29	22	2
14	Georgia Hannaway	24	Hooker, Five-eighth	1	0	2	0	4	—	0	0	0	0	0	Sharks	20	20	11	1
15	Kayla Romaniuk	23	Lock, Prop	1	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	Knights	36	36	15	1
16	Makenzie Weale	23	Lock, Prop	1	1	0	0	4	—	0	0	0	0	0	Cowboys	20	24	28	6
17	Madison Mulhall	21	Prop, Second-row	1	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	Dragons	21	21	4	—
18	Shenai Lendill	26	Second-row, Centre	1	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	Dragons	29	29	50	—
19	Caitlin Turnbull	24	Fullback, Wing	1	3	0	0	12	—	0	0	0	0	0	Tigers	10	10	11	—
20	Tori Shipton	18	Hooker	1	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	Dragons	6	6	17	—

18 September 2005

PNG PM's XIII	0 – 34	Australian PM's XIII
	Report	Tries 2Ryan Cross 1Braith Anasta 1Brett Finch 1Kurt Gidley 1Luke Priddis Goals 1Clinton Schifcofske 1Kurt Gidley 1Luke Ricketson

Lloyd Robson Oval,Port Moresby Attendance: 9,000 Referee:Shayne Hayne

30 September 2006

PNG PM's XIII	8 – 28	Australian PM's XIII
Tries Tom O'Reilly2	Report	Tries 2Jarryd Hayne 1Nathan Merritt 1Steve Price 1Brett Stewart 1Trent Waterhouse Goals 2Matt Orford

Lloyd Robson Oval,Port Moresby Referee:Ben Cummins

23 September 2007

PNG PM's XIII	24 – 24	Australian PM's XIII
Tries Nigel Hukula1 Jessie Joe Nandye1 Keith Peters1 Menzie Yere1 Goals Gimapau Keimelo4	Report	Tries 2Chris Lawrence 2Joel Monaghan 1Luke Douglas Goals 2Kurt Gidley

Lloyd Robson Oval,Port Moresby Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Gavin Badger

28 September 2008

PNG PM's XIII	30 – 54	Australian PM's XIII
Tries Stanley Gene2 Menzie Yere2 Nickson Kolo1 Junior Ropra1 Goals Tu'u Maori3	Report	Tries 2Jarryd Hayne 2Chris Lawrence 1Robbie Farah 1Nathan Hindmarsh 1Michael Jennings 1Josh Morris 1Joe Picker 1Carl Webb Goals 6Scott Prince 1Terry Campese

Lloyd Robson Oval,Port Moresby Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Bernard Sutton

27 September 2009

PNG PM's XIII	18 – 42	Australian PM's XIII
Tries Tommy Butterfield1 Seigfried Gande1 Jessie Joe Nandye1 Goals Glen Nami3/3	Report	Tries 3Michael Jennings 1George Rose 1Matthew Scott 1David Shillington 1Glenn Stewart Goals 7/7Johnathan Thurston

Lloyd Robson Oval,Port Moresby Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Brett Suttor

26 September 2010

PNG PM's XIII	18 – 30	Australian PM's XIII
Tries Nickson Kolo2 Glen Nami1 Goals Ryan Tongia3	Report	Tries 1Luke Douglas 1Chris Sandow 1Ben Smith 1Kade Snowden 1Willie Tonga 1Akuila Uate Goals 2Corey Parker 1James Maloney

Lloyd Robson Oval,Port Moresby Attendance: 10,856 Referee: Tony De Las Heras

25 September 2011

PNG PM's XIII	22 – 36	Australian PM's XIII
Tries Josiah Abavu1 Dion Aiye1 Jessie Joe Nandye1 Ray Thompson1 Goals Glen Nami3	Report	Tries 2Blake Ferguson 2Josh Morris 1Luke Burt 1Nathan Merritt Goals 3Luke Burt 1Matthew Bowen 1Michael Crocker 1Nathan Hindmarsh

Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium,Lae Attendance: 16,528 Referee: Adam Devcich

23 September 2012

PNG PM's XIII	18 – 24	Australian PM's XIII
Tries Richard Kambo1 David Loko1 Albert Patak1 Matthew Puke1 Goals Israel Eliab1/4	Report	Tries 1Michael Jennings 1Feleti Mateo 1Beau Ryan 1Akuila Uate Goals 4/4Scott Prince

Lloyd Robson Oval,Port Moresby Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Phil Haines

29 September 2013

PNG PM's XIII	10 – 50	Australian PM's XIII
Tries Josiah Abavu1 Israel Eliab1 Goals Sebastian Pandia1	Report	Tries 2Jarryd Hayne 1Kevin Gordon 1Brett Morris 1Josh Papalii 1Aidan Sezer 1David Shillington 1James Tamou 1Brent Tate Goals 6Aidan Sezer 1Corey Parker

Kalabond Oval,Kokopo Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Gavin Morris

12 October 2014

PNG PM's XIII	16 – 34	Australian PM's XIII
Tries Thompson Teteh2 Israel Eliab1 Goals Noel Zeming2	Report	Tries 2Aaron Woods 1Will Chambers 1Josh Mansour 1Anthony Milford 1Beau Scott Goals 3Ben Hunt 2Matt Moylan

Kalabond Oval,Kokopo Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Grant Atkins

26 September 2015

PNG PM's XIII	12 – 40	Australian PM's XIII
Tries Watson Boas1 Justin Olam1 Goals David Missian2	Report	Tries 2David Nofoaluma 1Euan Aitken 1Jarrod Croker 1Alex Johnston 1Jeremy Latimore 1Chris McQueen 1Jack Wighton Goals 2Jarrod Croker 2Adam Reynolds

Sir John Guise Stadium,Port Moresby Attendance: 18,113 Referee: Gavin Reynolds

24 September 2016

PNG PM's XIII	0 – 58	Australian PM's XIII
	Report	Tries: 3Mitchell Moses 2Josh Dugan 2Blake Ferguson 2Greg Inglis 1Moses Mbye 1Semi Radradra Goals: 4Matt Moylan 3Mitchell Moses

National Football Stadium,Port Moresby Attendance: 15,011 Referee: David Munro

23 September 2017

PNG PM's XIII	8 – 48	Australian PM's XIII
Tries: Stanford Talita1 Goals: Jason Missian2/2	Report	Tries: 3Tom Trbojevic 3James Tedesco 1Tyson Frizell 1James Maloney Goals: 6/6James Maloney 1/1Andrew Fifita 1/1Valentine Holmes

National Football Stadium,Port Moresby Attendance: 13,468 Referee:Henry Perenara

6 October 2018

PNG PM's XIII	18 – 34	Australian PM's XIII
Tries:3 Laybutt Martin Olam Goals:3 Martin 3/3	1st: 6 – 24 2nd: 12 – 10 Report	Tries:6 Cherry-Evans 2 Allan Cotric Townsend Trbojevic Goals:5 Lomax 5/6

National Football Stadium,Port Moresby Attendance: 14,007 Referee: Chris Sutton

11 October 2019 6:30pm

Fiji PM's XIII	10 – 52	Australian PM's XIII
Tries:2 Ropate Tobe 19' Apimeleki Lutu 53' Goals:1 Timoci Namotokula 1/1 54' Maika Tudravu 0/1	1st: 4 – 26 2nd: 6 – 26	Tries:11 Feldt 2 2' 43' Haas 6' Graham 10' Gutherson 3 22' 29' 50' Momirovski 65' Garrick 69' Fifita 74' Walker 80' Goals:4 Moses 2/4 7',23' Momirovski 2/3 30',45' Garrick 0/1 Hunt 0/1 Gutherson 0/1 Feldt 0/1

ANZ National Stadium,Suva Referee: Chris Butler

25 September 2022 7:35pm

Australian PM's XIII	64 –14	PNG PM's XIII
Tries:12 Butcher 2' Addo-Carr 9' Crichton 12' Lomax 14' Burton 2 22' 64' Cobbo 2 29' 79' Averillo 33' Walker 69' Laurie 72' Fermor 74' Goals:8 Lomax 8/11 3',11',13',15',24',71',73',75' Addo-Carr 0/1	1st: 38 – 4 2nd: 26 – 10	Tries:3 Gebbie 39' Ngutlik 44' Nima 54' Goals:1 Laybutt 1/3 45'

Suncorp Stadium,Brisbane Referee: Todd Smith

23 September 2023 16:00PST

PNG PM's XIII	18–30	Australian PM's XIII
Tries:3 Macdonald 4' Ten 46' Kapinias 70' Goals:3 Z. Laybutt 3/3 6',48',71'	1st: 6–12 2nd: 12–18 Report	Tries:5 Taulagi 15' Young 33' Khan-Pereira 58' McInnes 61' Sloan 79' Goals:5 Lomax 5/5 17',35',58',63',80'

Santos National Football Stadium,Port Moresby Referee: Peter Gough

13 October 2024 15:05PST

PNG PM's XIII	20–42	Australian PM's XIII
Tries:4 Rumbu 4' Mathias 9' Glare 69' Max 76' Goals:2 Mavoko 2/4 6',11'	1st: 12–16 2nd: 8–26 Report	Tries:8 Fermor 13' Wishart 27' Liddle 33' Weekes 42', 48' Khan-Pereira 53' Lucas 59' McIntyre 73' Goals:5 Garrick 4/7 15',35',44',59' Fermor 1/1 74'

Santos National Football Stadium,Port Moresby Referee: Liam Kennedy

13 October 2024 13:00PST

PNG PM's XIII	0-50	Australian PM's XIII
	1st: 0-44 2nd: 0-6 Report	Tries:9 Browne 2', 15', 44' Owen 5', 23' Chapman 9', 17' Apps 26' Berry 30' Goals:7 Dibb 5/7 6',10',24',27',31' Brown 1/1 31' Southwell 1/1 46'

Santos National Football Stadium,Port Moresby Referee: