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Emmaus College has inched out a gutsy 16-8 win to kick start their 2022 Dolphins Cup campaign.
In a battle of two of Central Queensland’s emerging rugby league nurseries, it was Emmaus who showed enough courage to stop Rockhampton Grammar School in their tracks.
The Rockhampton school were quick out of the blocks and had set-up a convincing 12-4 lead at halftime, but struggled to put the game away in the second half.
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Rockhampton Grammar fought their way back into the fiery clash and had sustained pressure on the Emmaus line, but a second-half send off proved costly for the visitors.
The win gives Emmaus crucial points in the race to be crowned inaugural Dolphins Cup champions ahead of a tough second-round match up against last year’s Aaron Payne Cup champions St Brendan’s Yeppoon.
Rockhampton Grammar will look to regroup as they prepare to face Bundaberg’s Shalom College next week.
Shalom were due to play competition newcomers Bundaberg State High on Wednesday, but the clash was postponed due to a Covid outbreak in the region.
DOLPHINS CHALLENGE REPLAY: Emmaus College 34 def Rockhampton Grammar School 0
PREVIEW: Rocky Grammar, Emmaus suit up for inagural Dolphins clash
Emmaus College and Rockhampton Grammar School will face off in the opening round of the inaugural Dolphins Cup and Dolphins Challenge on Tuesday.
You can catch all the action from these competitions, as well as the Aaron Payne Cup and Langer Trophy, on this website with all games from Queensland’s three premier schoolboys rugby league competitions being live-streamed.
Emmaus and Rockhampton will clash in the Dolphins Challenge (Year 10) at 5pm and the Dolphins Cup (open) at 6pm.
The Dolphins Cup and Dolphins Challenge will also feature teams from St Brendan’s College and The Cathedral College, as well as Bundaberg’s Shalom College and Bundaberg State High School.
Teams from Central Queensland and Bundaberg previously competed in the Aaron Payne Cup, with St Brendan’s taking the honours last year with a thrilling grand final win over heavyweights Kirwan State High.
Brendan’s and TCC will play on Wednesday (Challenge at 5pm, Cup at 6pm), while Shalom meets Bundaberg State High at the same times.
The Aaron Payne Cup will now include six teams and be restricted exclusively to North Queensland.
The Langer Trophy, an eight-team competition played in south-east Queensland, remains unchanged.
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