Eight tries, one memorable occasion for all the PM's men

A double to Raiders flyer Kaeo Weekes and some classy touches from Luke Brooks led the Australian PM's XIII to a 42-20 win over the PNG PM's XIII on Sunday.

Although the margin was convincing in the end it was the hometown heroes who got off to a flyer in Port Moresby to lead 12-0 after 10 minutes.

On the back of a powerful surge by Sylvester Namo it was the PNG PM's XIII opening the scoring in the fifth minute when Judah Rimbu burrowed over from dummy half. Jamie Mavoko's conversion made it 6-0.

An error by Australia fullback Fletcher Sharpe handed PNG field position and they capitalised through left centre Robert Mathias to make it 12-0 after 10 minutes with Mavoko's curling sideline conversion.

The Australian side then had consecutive sets inside the red zone thanks to a six-again call and Jamal Fogarty laid on a try for Beau Fermor with a neat grubber.

The skills of Storm star Tyran Wishart came to the fore in the 28th minute with a trademark dart out of dummy half to cross for Australia's second try. 

Trailing 12-10 the Australian side came up with an error through Dylan Lucas coming out of their own end and looked to be under pressure before a strong hit by Sam McIntyre on Koso Bandi forced a mistake.

With six minutes remaining in the half it was Brooks slicing the PNG defence open and finding Jacob Liddle backing up on the inside for a 16-12 Australia lead.

Three minutes into the second half the Australian side went further ahead when Tallis Duncan produced a fine offload to put Weekes in for a try and the margin was out to 10.

An explosive line break and 55-metre sprint gave Weekes his double just six minutes later and the Raiders livewire had again served notice of his ability to leave defenders in his wake.

Australia then made it three tries in 10 minutes when Wishart, Brooks and Sean Russell combined to send Titans flyer Alofiana Khan-Pereira over in the corner for a 30-12 lead.

Chief playmaker Brooks continued to probe for openings and put Lucas into space for the Knights back-rower to surge away and post the seventh try of the afternoon for the Australian side. Reuben Garrick's conversion made it 36-12.

With 12 minutes to play Fermor looked set to cross in the corner for his second try but a superb cover tackle from Rimbu denied him.

The home side then brought the house down with a 70-metre try set up by a Dudley Dotoi  bust and chip over the top for Finley Glare to regather and score an absolute ripper.

A grubber kick from Lachlan Galvin couldn't be handled by PNG and the ball rebounded to McIntyre who touched down for the eighth try of the day for Brad Fittler's men.

The last word went to the PNG PM's XIII when solidly built centre Alex Max outmuscled the Aussie defence to cross wide out to make the final score 42-20.