Sunday's annual men's and women's Australian Prime Minister's XIII matches against their PNG Prime Minister's XIII counterparts will be broadcast live and free across the Pacific, via PacificAus TV.
With rugby league being the No.1 sport in the Pacific, the men's and women's Prime Minister's XIII matches at Santos Stadium in Port Moresby will be available on free-to-air television to fans in 11 Pacific nations.
The earlier matches, in which the Australian Schoolboys and Schoolgirls teams will play the Junior Kumuls and Junior Orchids, will also be shown via PacificAus TV on delay.
The Australian men’s PM's XIII is coached by Kangaroos legend Brad Fittler and features some of the most promising talent in the game, including Wests Tigers five-eighth Lachlan Galvin, Storm utility Tyran Wishart and Titans winger Alofiana Khan-Pereira, who was the NRL’s top try scorer of 2024.
The team will be captained by Dragons-bound former Kangaroos and NSW hooker Damien Cook.
The Women’s Prime Minister’s XIII will be captained by Jillaroos great Kezie Apps, who plays for Wests Tigers, and will also feature Titans stars Jaime Chapman and Lauren Brown and Dragons speedster Teagan Berry.
The women's match kicks off at 1pm local time (2pm AEDST), with the men's fixture to follow at 3.05pm (4.05pm AEDST).
PacificAus TV, which is managed by Free TV Australia, has played an important role in delivering high-quality content that resonates with Pacific audiences since 2020.
"We are excited to share the Prime Minister’s XIII matches with all our Pacific partner broadcasters through PacificAus TV,” said Free TV CEO, Bridget Fair.
"This initiative reaffirms our commitment to deepening relationships across the Pacific by offering quality programming that entertains and informs.”
The Director of PacificAus TV, Shane Wood, said: “PacificAus TV is proud to be sharing the best of Australian sport and quality television programs with 17 free-to-air broadcasters in 11 Pacific nations across six time zones".
PacificAus TV is a key component of the Australian Government's Indo-Pacific Broadcasting Strategy, designed to enhance Australia's engagement in the Pacific.
The objective of the program is to project an accurate image of modern Australia through increased access to high quality, trusted and credible content, contributing to a diversity of media in the Indo-Pacific region.
PacificAus TV makes the broadcast rights to over 2,000 hours per year of premium Australian commercial television content available to local free broadcast partners in Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Samoa, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Nauru, Niue, and the Cook Islands.
For more information please visit: pacificaustv.com
