Unfortunately, there was a lack of interest from both Central Coast and Northern Beaches schools and only three teams entered.

With minimal preparation due to the wet weather, the team relied on an early morning ball work session to finalise our combinations. In our first game we played St Peter’s Catholic College, Tuggerah. It took the team a little while to find their rhythm, but eventually we kicked into gear and scored some great team tries. Josh Brown and Byron Marks were combining well down the left side, while Will McClelland and Jay Clarke were doing the same down the right side. Cooper Jones was slick from the back, with Billy Sands, Ben Hoban and Nate Valamis dominant in the middle. The team ran out winners 28-0.

In the second game we played against Green Point Christian College. A combination of underestimating our opposition and some youthful exuberance saw the team on the wrong end of the penalty count. This brought about some frustration, and we went to the break with Green Point closer than we would have liked. A change in attitude in the second half saw a dramatic change in the way we played. The team ran out eventual winners 26-10.

The two wins sees us now move on to the Central Coast Grand Final at Morry Breen Oval on Thursday against Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College.

Our team consisted of:

Cooper Jones, Brayden O’Leary, Jay Clarke, Byron Marks, Logan Treble, Josh Brown, Will McClelland, Nate Valamis, Ben Geddes-Brown, Luther Thomas, Noah Best-Minto, Blake Teasdale, Ben Hoban, Billy Sands, Caleb Petersen, Lincoln Markulin, Archie Hall and Nate Vaughan.