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Women’s International Highlights: PNG PM XIII v AUS PM XIII
Trai Fuller scored four tries as Australia’s PM’s XIII won 28-10 in Port Moresby, while PNG unveiled the Chiefs as their new NRL team for 2028.
- On Sunday, Australia PM's XIII defeated Papua New Guinea PM's XIII 28-10 at the Santos National Football Stadium in Port Moresby.
- Prime Minister James Marape announced the PNG Chiefs as the new NRL team after a public naming competition with more than 20,000 submissions, coinciding with PNG's 50th independence year and the PM's XIII's 20th anniversary.
- Despite seven tries, Australia missed all seven conversion attempts as Trai Fuller scored four tries and Australia women’s PMXIII thrashed PNG women 50-0 with hat-tricks from Phoenix-Raine Hippi and Caitlin Turnbull.
- Jason Demetriou, Papua New Guinea coach, used the match to build experience ahead of next year's World Cup, with many players likely to feature for the Kumuls and PNG Chiefs roster prospects.
- The PM's XIII matches are being transmitted on 17 Pacific broadcast partners across 11 countries and seven time zones, with PacificAus TV delivering free-to-air coverage to Pacific audiences.
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Ethan Strange hurls hat into Roos' ring as PM's XIII beat PNG
Ethan Strange has helped inspire the Australian Prime Minister’s XIII to a 28-10 win over Papua New Guinea in the annual clash in Port Moresby. Australia scored seven tries to two in a game that never reached any real heights in front of a boisterous crowd at the Santos National Football Stadium. Trai Fuller, playing on the wing, scored a first-half treble – and four tries for the match – while the locals also struggled to contain Jai Gray, Brad…
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