Prime Minister's XIII
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Prime Minister's XIII or the PM's XIII is the name of a representive rugby league team selected on an annual basis by the Prime Minister of Australia that consists of mainly young Australian players drawn from the National Rugby League competition to take on the Papua New Guinea national rugby league team. The match is almost exclusively played in Papua New Guinea at the resolution of the rugby league season and is seen as an Australian second team.
In recent years the team has been coached by current Queensland State of Origin coach Mal Meninga, whom again coached the side in 2006 gaining a victory of 28-8 at Lloyd Robson Oval in Port Moresby.
[edit] 2006 Selected team
| Player | Club |
|---|---|
| Brett Stewart | Manly Sea Eagles |
| Jarryd Hayne | Parramatta Eels |
| Amos Roberts | Sydney Roosters |
| Kurt Gidley | Newcastle Knights |
| Nathan Merritt | South Sydney Rabbitohs |
| Craig Gower | Penrith Panthers |
| Johnathan Thurston | North Queensland Cowboys |
| Steve Price | New Zealand Warriors |
| Robbie Farah | Wests Tigers |
| Brent Kite | Manly Sea Eagles |
| Luke O'Donnell | North Queensland Cowboys |
| Paul Gallen | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |
| Trent Waterhouse | Penrith Panthers |
| Jarrod Mullen | Newcastle Knights |
| Anthony Tupou | Sydney Roosters |
| Craig Stapleton | Penrith Panthers |
| Adam Woolnough | Newcastle Knights |
