{"id":206590,"date":"2025-10-12T00:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T00:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/206590\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T00:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T00:11:08","slug":"australian-schoolboys-and-schoolgirls-ready-for-png","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/206590\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Schoolboys and Schoolgirls ready for PNG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian Schoolboys and Australian Schoolgirls sides are gearing up to face their PNG counterparts as part of a massive day of PMs XIII rugby league.<\/p>\n<p>Players were selected following the Australian Secondary School Rugby League (ASSRL) national championships, which were staged in Coffs Harbour this year.<\/p>\n<p>The players involved were first selected for their state before going on to the national championships to play for a title and also vie for selection.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The games against the PNG Junior Kumuls and PNG Junior Orchids will be played at Santos Football Stadium in Port Moresby on Sunday, October 12.<\/p>\n<p>Kick off times for the matches are:<\/p>\n<p>9am (10am AEDT): Junior Orchids v Australian Schoolgirls<br \/>11am (noon AEDT): Junior Kumuls v Australian Schoolboys<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrl.com\/news\/2025\/10\/11\/international-tour-match--junior-kumuls--orchids-v-australian-schools-\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Both matches will be streamed on NRL.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Australian Schoolboys<\/p>\n<p>Cameron Bamblett &#8211; Patrician Brothers College, Blacktown<br \/>\nFilpe Fakauho &#8211; Matraville Sports High School, Chifley<br \/>\nToby Winter &#8211; Hunter Sports High School, Gateshead<br \/>\nDayne Jennings &#8211; Central Coast Sports College, Kariong<br \/>\nAntonio Verhoeven &#8211; Palm Beach Currumbin State High School, Palm Beach<br \/>\nCallum Grantham &#8211; Newington College, Stanmore<br \/>\nToby Batten &#8211; Nambucca Heads High School, Nambucca Heads<br \/>\nJackson Koina &#8211; Mountain Creek State High School, Mountain Creek<br \/>\nLiam Bell &#8211; The Hills Sports High School, Seven Hills<br \/>\nJake White &#8211; Endeavour Sports High School, Caringbah<br \/>\nPhoenix Godinet &#8211; Bass High School, Bass Hill<br \/>\nDarcy Smith &#8211; Kincumber High School, Kincumber<br \/>\nTom Dellow &#8211; Endeavour Sports High School, Caringbah<br \/>\nHayden Watson &#8211; Marsden State High School, Waterford West<br \/>\nRoman Tuaimau &#8211; Patrician Brothers College, Blacktown<br \/>\nXzavier Timoteo &#8211; Ipswich State High School, Brassal<br \/>\nChristopher Petrus &#8211; Patrician Brothers College, Blacktown<br \/>\nDavid Bryenton &#8211; Kebra Park State School, Southport<\/p>\n<p>Coach: Adam Sargent Wilson &#8211; Figtree High School, Wollongong<\/p>\n<p>Manager: Ian Brackstone &#8211; Harristown State High School, Toowoomba<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Coach: Dave Ackers &#8211; Kirwan State High School, Townsville<\/p>\n<p>Trainer Michael Fisher &#8211; Marist Catholic College, Penshurst<\/p>\n<p>Game Day team:<\/p>\n<p>1 &#8211; Cameron Bamblett<br \/>2 &#8211; Felipe Fakauho\u00a0<br \/>3 &#8211; Tony Winter<br \/>4 &#8211; Dayne Jennings<br \/>5 &#8211; Antonio Verhoeven<br \/>6 &#8211; Callum Grantham<br \/>7 &#8211; Toby Batten<br \/>8 &#8211; Jackson Koina\u00a0<br \/>9 &#8211; Liam Bell<br \/>10 &#8211; Jake White<br \/>17 &#8211; Christopher Petrus\u00a0<br \/>12 &#8211; Darcy Smith<br \/>13 &#8211; Tom Dellow<br \/>14 &#8211; Hayden Watson<br \/>15 &#8211; Roman Tuaimau\u00a0<br \/>16 &#8211; Xzavier Timoteo<br \/>11 &#8211; Phoenix Godinet<br \/>18 &#8211; David Bryenton<\/p>\n<p>Australian Schoolgirls<\/p>\n<p>Mia Vaotu&#8217;ua &#8211; Central Coast Sports College, Kariong<br \/>\nGabriella Savage -Dickson College, Dickson<br \/>\nHalle Barrett &#8211; Corpus Christi Catholic High School, Oak Flats<br \/>\nAnastasia Leatupue &#8211; The Hills Sports High School, Seven Hills<br \/>\nLogan Fletcher &#8211; Matraville Sports High School, Chifley<br \/>\nSkye Spencer &#8211; Holy Spirit College, Bellambi<br \/>\nTorah Luadaka &#8211; Keebra Park State High School, Southport<br \/>\nElla Walker &#8211; The Hills Sports High School, Seven Hills<br \/>\nDiamond Graham &#8211; Keebra Park State High School, Southport<br \/>\nMamele Misa &#8211; Mabel Park State High School, Slacks Creek<br \/>\nStella Lewis &#8211; Newman Senior College, Port Macquarie<br \/>\nDeleni Paitai &#8211; Marsden State High School, Waterford West<br \/>\nAmanii Misa &#8211; Mabel Park State High School, Slacks Creek<br \/>\nEvelyn Roberts &#8211; Marsden State High School, Waterford West<br \/>\nFelila Fakalelu &#8211; Westfields Sports High School, Fairfield West<br \/>\nEmily McArthur &#8211; St Francis Xavier&#8217;s College, Hamilton<br \/>\nAliahana Fuimaono &#8211; The Hills Sports High School, Seven Hills<br \/>\nStevie Botham &#8211; St Mary&#8217;s Catholic College, Gateshead<\/p>\n<p>Coach: Patricia Raikadroka &#8211; The Hills Sports High School, Seven Hills<\/p>\n<p>Manager: Karra-Lee Nolan &#8211; Warilla High School, Barrack Heights<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Coach: Elle Moss &#8211; St Joseph\u2019s College, Toowoomba<\/p>\n<p>Trainer: Nikki Cox &#8211; Ipswich State High School, Ipswich<\/p>\n<p>Game Day team:<\/p>\n<p>1 &#8211; Mia Vaotu&#8217;ua<br \/>2 &#8211; Gabriella Savage<br \/>3 &#8211; Halle Barrett<br \/>4 &#8211; Anastasia Leatupue<br \/>18 &#8211; Stevie Botham<br \/>6 &#8211; Skye Spencer\u00a0<br \/>7 &#8211; Torah Luadaka\u00a0<br \/>8 &#8211; Ella Walker<br \/>9 &#8211; Diamond Graham<br \/>10 &#8211; Mamele Misa<br \/>11 &#8211; Stella Lewis<br \/>12 &#8211; Deleni Paitai<br \/>13 &#8211; Amanii Misa<br \/>14 &#8211; Evelyn Roberts<br \/>15 &#8211; Felila Fakalelu\u00a0<br \/>16 &#8211; Emily McArthur\u00a0<br \/>17 &#8211; Aliahana Fuimaono<br \/>5 &#8211; Shar-lene Nati<\/p>\n<p>*Rugby League fans across the Pacific are set to be able to watch the Prime Minister&#8217;s XIII Women&#8217;s and Men&#8217;s matches on free to air television, through the PacificAus TV initiative and the NRL\u2019s broadcast partners.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>PacificAus TV is an initiative of the Australian Government and is managed by Free TV Australia, and has played an important role in delivering high-quality content that resonates with Pacific audiences since 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The PM\u2019s XIII matches are being transmitted on\u00a017\u00a0Pacific broadcast partners &#8211; across 11 countries and seven time zones, via:<\/p>\n<p>EMTV and NBC (Papua New Guinea) &amp; Digicel.<br \/>Fiji TV, FBC and Mai TV (Fiji)<br \/>SBC TV1, EFKS TV2 and Apia TV3 (Samoa)<br \/>CITV and Vaka TV (Cook Islands)<br \/>TTV (Solomon Islands)<br \/>VBTC (Vanuatu)<br \/>Kiri One (Kiribati)<br \/>NTV (Nauru)<br \/>TVBC (Tuvalu)<br \/>TBC (Tonga)<br \/>BCN (Niue)\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Australian Schoolboys and Australian Schoolgirls sides are gearing up to face their PNG counterparts as part of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-206590","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-national-rugby-league","11":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","12":"tag-nrl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}