PALM BEACH CURRUMBIN FALL AT THE FINAL HURDLE
IPSWICH SHS today crashed through the barrier leading to schoolboy rugby league glory by beating Palm Beach Currumbin SHS 16-12 to claim its first ever Langer Trophy.
Wild celebrations broke out around Kougari Oval as coach Joshua Bretherton and his men disappeared beneath a heaving mass of supporters.
In a match where the 26 players from both teams reached lofty heights, it was the smallest man on the field, jockey-sized Ipswich SHS fullback Tyler PeckhamHarris, who scored the decisive try nine minutes from the end.
Peckham-Harris, having played the ball, then had the energy to follow his scurrying dummy half Tom Luhrman through the ruck and score under the posts, leading to a 16-12 lead.
This was a grand final for the ages, with first one team and then the other wrestling for the initiative.
Ipswich SHS, the old school of the great Allan Langer, had received a pregame pump up by celebrated alumni, Sharks winger Ronaldo Mulitalo who flew from Sydney to address his old school side.
Ipswich SHS today crashed through the barrier leading to schoolboy rugby league glory by beating Palm Beach Currumbin SHS 16-12 to claim its first ever Langer Trophy.
Wild celebrations broke out around Kougari Oval as coach Joshua Bretherton and his men disappeared beneath a heaving mass of supporters.
In a match where the 26 players from both teams reached lofty heights, it was the smallest man on the field, jockey-sized Ipswich SHS fullback Tyler PeckhamHarris, who scored the decisive try nine minutes from the end.
Peckham-Harris, having played the ball, then had the energy to follow his scurrying dummy half Tom Luhrman through the ruck and score under the posts, leading to a 16-12 lead.
This was a grand final for the ages, with first one team and then the other wrestling for the initiative.