As we have in recent years, we came up against the always strong Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College (TLSC) in the final.

Tuggerah Lakes started quickly, and it was soon evident they were playing our game plan. Pushing up through the middle in numbers and then shifting to the edges once we had the momentum. They raced out to an early 16-0 lead. To the credit of our team, they fought back control of the game late in the half but could not convert this to points.

The talk was positive at halftime and the belief was there. However, Tuggerah Lakes again came out the blocks fast and scored early. At 22-0 down, this seemed to kick the boys into action. We gained control of the field position and mounted attack after attack on the Tuggerah Lakes line. We eventually scored and the tide seemed to change. We scored quickly again, the score now 22-10 and all the momentum was with us. One more try would have broken the Tuggerah team but we just couldn’t find it, with Tuggerah scoring late to eventually win 28-10.

Not to be disheartened, the boys were valiant in defeat but unfortunately Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College were too good on the day.

Our Team

Cooper Jones, Logan Treble, Owen Bell, Kyan Werner, Ryan Smith, Will McClelland, Caleb Peterson, Brendan Ratay, Ben Geddes-Brown, Toa Paea, Noah Best-Minto, Luca Norris, Ryder Kasun, Luka Coughlin-Berg, Jaxon Macintosh and Kye Fearnley.