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Lauren Brown was forced off injured in Australia's dominant Prime Ministers' XIII defeat of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby.
Australia will count the cost of their 50-0 win over PNG in the women's Prime Ministers' XIII match as Lauren Brown suffered an injury only days from the Pacific Championships.
Gold Coast utility Brown went down clutching her left hamstring after dropping the kick-off following Jaime Chapman's second try on Sunday afternoon.
She came from the field and watched from the sidelines as Australia stormed to a game-defining 44-0 half-time lead in Port Moresby.
Brown finished the NRLW season as joint runner-up for the Dally M Medal and looked assured of a spot in the 17 for the Pacific Championships opener against PNG this Friday.
Instead, Jillaroos coach Brad Donald will be left deliberating whether to promote a playmaker into the squad to join Ali Brigginshaw and Tarryn Aiken.
Jesse Southwell showed she would be up to the task after tearing the shell-shocked Orchids apart on the edges before half-time.
The Newcastle playmaker threw the last pass for three of Australia's eight first-half tries, including when she put newly-fit captain Kezie Apps into a hole.
Australia needed only 17 tackles inside the Orchids' half to storm to their 44-0 lead, with Chapman's try from the kick-off a particular highlight after the first drinks break.
The Orchids brought renewed defensive intensity to the second half but remained error-prone with the football and could not exert pressure with their kicking game.
But restricting Australia to six points in the second half will be a source of confidence in PNG, where a semi-professional women's league played its first season this year.
Left winger Keele Browne crossed through a gaping hole to seal her hat-trick in Australia's only four-pointer of the second 35 minutes.
PNG captain Elsie Albert, rested from the PM's XIII clash, is set to rejoin her side for the Pacific Championships rematch as Australia rolls out a new-look team.