Metropolitan North players accept the QRSSL 18 & Under Trophy

May 26, 2013

Metropolitan North beat South Coast 30-24 today in the nail-biting grand final of the four-day Queensland School Sport Rugby League State Championships at T.J. O’Neill Oval in Kingaroy.

In an even match, both teams battled it out with barely a two-point difference between them for most of the game.

The tide turned for Metropolitan North in the final eight minutes, however, when a try and a conversion put them six points ahead of their rivals – a lead South Coast were unable to reverse in the remaining time despite a valiant effort to do so.

Meanwhile, at Kingaroy State High School’s oval this morning, Wide Bay and Metropolitan West battled out a hard-fought 24-all draw in the Consolation Cup match, with Metropolitan West just managing to equalise in the dying minutes of the game.

The carnival concluded with the presentation of awards and the announcement of the QSSRL U18 Queensland Team for 2013.

Metropolitan North and South Coast played a high-octane Grand Final at T.J. O’Neill Oval

Jayden Nikorima, Wavell SHS, accepts the Best Player Award for the championship

Metropolitan North were jubilant when the full-time siren sounded
Daymeric Pelo scores a try for South Coast despite the best efforts of Metropolitan North’s Will Brimson

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QSSRL 18 Years & Under Trophy

QSSRL 18 Years & Under State Championships

DAY 4 – RESULTS

Game 1 – Consolation Cup
SOUTH WEST 20 (Rhys Irwin, Peter Kuhl, Justin Fai, Pearce Phelps tries; Keith Mackenzie 2 goals) def NORTH WEST 0
South West Man of the Match – Rhys Irwin
North West Man of the Match – Puni Taia

Game 2 – Consolation Cup
METROPOLITAN WEST 24 (Simione Fatafehi 2, Ethan Page, Adrian Henley tries; Dale McDonald 4 goals) draw WIDE BAY 24 (Marcus Jensen, Sam Burns, Alusa Nasio, Caleb Kerr tries; Hayden Herbert 4 goals)
Metropolitan West Man of the Match – Simione Fatafehi
Wide Bay Man of the Match – Sam Burns

Game 3 – Top 8
PENINSULA 30 (Leonard Snowball, Tahanui Tutavake, Luke Meeks, Josiah Tau-Ave, Corey Child tries; Thomas Pearce 5 goals) def DARLING DOWNS 20 (Corey Langton, Brodie Sharman, Brett Gordon-Brander, Jarrod Tuite tries; Corey Langton, Brodie Sharman goals)
Darling Downs Man of the Match – Jarred Tuite
Peninsula Man of the Match – Leonard Snowball

Game 4 – Top 8
SUNSHINE COAST 22 (Michael Gilmour 2, Alex Albert 2 tries; Deacon Fletcher 2, Baily Rogers goals) def CAPRICORNIA 10 (Nicholas Baker, Cooper Bambling tries; Cooper Bambling goal)
Sunshine Coast Man of the Match – Michael Gilmour
Capricornia Man of the Match – Kieran Duffin

Game 5 – Top 8
METROPOLITAN EAST 18 (Craig MacPhail, George Fai, Elijah Alick tries; Mack Mason 3 goals) def NORTHERN 0
Northern Man of the Match – Darryn Schonig
Metropolitan East Man of the Match – Mack Mason

Game 6 – Final
METROPOLITAN NORTH 30 (Blake Blomley 2, Jacob Karene, Thomas Sly, Kalolo Saitaua tries; Jayden Nikorima 5 goals) def SOUTH COAST 24 (Jamian Iroa, Lamar Manuel-Liolevave, Daymeric Pelo, Jacob Felise, Marion Seve tries; Aaron Booth 2 goals)
South Coast Man of the Match – Jacob Felise
Metropolitan North Man of the Match – Sonny Munroe

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Wide Bay and Metropolitan West played a 24-all draw at Kingaroy State High School on Sunday morning; Wide Bay finished 9th and Metropolitan West 10th in the final competition table

Final Results

  1. Metropolitan North
  2. South Coast
  3. Metropolitan East
  4. Northern
  5. Sunshine Coast
  6. Capricornia
  7. Peninsula
  8. Darling Downs
  9. Wide Bay
  10. Metropolitan West
  11. North West
  12. South West

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The newly selected Queensland School Sport 18 Years & Under team … looking a bit the worse for wear after four days of non-stop competition

  QSSRL U18 Queensland Team 2013

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