Prime Minister’s XIII
| Team information | ||
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| Governing body | Australian Rugby League | |
| Head coach | Mal Meninga | |
| Captain | Aaron Woods | |
| Most caps | Robbie Farah (6) | |
| Top try-scorer | Jarryd Hayne (6) | |
| Top point-scorer | Jarryd Hayne (24) | |
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| Team results | ||
| First international | ||
President's XIII  24–16  Great Britain(Seiffert Oval, Canberra; 5 July 1988) |
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| Biggest win | ||
PM's XIII 58–0  Papua New Guinea(National Football Stadium, Port Moresby; 24 September 2016) |
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Prime Minister's XIII, or sometimes informally referred to as the PM's XIII, is the name of a representative rugby league team, comprising Australian players from National Rugby League clubs that did not qualify for the NRL Finals, or whose teams were knocked out during the first two weeks of the finals. The team is selected to play an annual fixture against PNG Prime Minister's XIII in Papua New Guinea in the final weeks of the rugby league season.
The PM's XIII had its origins in 1988 when a select team called the Presidents XIII (coached by then Australian test coach Don Furner) played the Great Britain Lions during their 1988 Australasian tour. In front of a crowd of 6,037 at a wet and muddy Seiffert Oval in Canberra, the Presidents side ran out winners 24-16. The captain of the Australian's that day was South Sydney Rabbitohs hooker Mario Fenech.
The Prime Minister's XIII first played against Papua New Guinea in 2005 at Lloyd Robson Oval in the Papua New Guinean capital, Port Moresby. The team was coached in that match by former Queensland State of Origin coach Mal Meninga, who coached the side until 2012. New South Wales State of Origin coach Laurie Daley then took over from 2013-2014 with Ivan Cleary coaching the team in 2015. Meninga, appointed Australian test coach in 2016 also re-took the reins that year.
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