St Brendan’s College, The Cathedral College one win away from Confro grand final
The two teams extended their unbeaten runs at the secondary schools rugby league carnival. Check out all the results from day two of competition here.
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St Brendan’s College and The Cathedral College are into the semi-finals of the boys competition at the Confraternity Carnival.
After winning their opening two pool games on Monday, they both rounded out their pool games with another win apiece on Tuesday to advance to the quarter finals of the Queensland Independent Secondary Schools Rugby League carnival in Mackay.
St Brendan’s beat Toowoomba’s St Mary’s College 24-14 in the quarters, while TCC survived a last-minute raid by Marymount College to claim a 14-10 win.
St Brendan’s will play defending champions Ignatius Park in Thursday’s semis, while TCC will take on St Patrick’s.
TCC is the only semi-finalist not to have previously claimed the Shield. The other three contenders have won the Shield a combined 27 times since the first carnival in 1980.
St Brendan’s charged to an 18-nil lead before St Mary’s reduced the margin to eight points.
St Mary’s had a bobbling chance to scorch downfield only for a knock-on to present an opportunity for St Brendan’s to steady the ship and claim a 10-point win.
Coach Scott Minto said his team had been improving with each game and would rest up and prepare for a blockbuster showdown with Ignatius Park, which has rattled up an aggregate score of 152-4 in its four games.
“My brothers have probably been to about 20 Confros between them and they all told me that Tuesday afternoon is the toughest part of the week,” Minto said.
“You just want to get through it and get into the semis.
“It was pleasing to get that win because the boys are starting to get used to carnival football with all its bumps and bruises.”
The pool matches in the girls competition, which has nine teams, finished on Tuesday.
The results will be assessed to determine the finalists, although Marymount College is set to play for the CQUniversity Shield on Thursday after winning its four pool matches.
Emmaus College and TCC are in contention for a finals berth after winning three of their four pool games.
Day 2 results
Boys
Division 1 pool matches
Pool A
The Cathedral College, Rockhampton 14 d St Mary’s College, Toowoomba 0
Emmaus College, Rockhampton 28 d St Patrick’s College, Shorncliffe 16
Pool B
Ignatius Park College, Townsville 42 d St Augustine’s College, Cairns 0
Marist College, Ashgrove 24 d Aquinas College, Ashmore 12
Pool C
St Patrick’s College, Mackay 10 d Iona College, Lindum 6
St Peter Claver College, Riverview 10 d Rockhampton Grammar School 6
Pool D
St Brendan’s College, Yeppoon 10 d Marymount College, Burleigh Waters 6
Shalom College, Bundaberg 14 d Padua College, Kedron 8
Division 2 pool matches
Pool A
St Edmund’s College, Ipswich 20 d St Laurence’s College, South Brisbane 4
St Columban’s College, Caboolture 24 d Faith Lutheran College, Plainland 4
Pool B
Marist College, Emerald 20 d All Souls St Gabriel’s College, Charters Towers 4
Assumption College, Warwick 22 d St Joseph’s College, Toowoomba 8
Pool C
Columba Catholic College, Charters Towers 24 d St Michael’s College, Merrimac 16
St Thomas More College, Sunnybank 18 d St Teresa’s College, Abergowrie 16
Pool D
Holy Spirit College, Mackay 16 d Clairvaux MacKillop College, Mt Gravatt 8 Our Lady of the Southern Cross College, Dalby 34 d Blackheath & Thornburgh College, Charters Towers 0
Division 3 pool matches
Pool A
Xavier Catholic College, Hervey Bay 22 d Mt Maria College, Mitchelton 4
Gilroy Santa Maria College, Ingham 14 d Chisholm Catholic College, Cornubia 10
Pool B
Chanel College, Gladstone 16 vs Emmaus College, Jimboomba 16
Good Shepherd College, Mount Isa 32 d St Augustine’s College, Augustine Heights 6
Pool C
Unity College, Caloundra West 24 d St Mary’s College, Woree 12
Trinity College, Beenleigh 30 d St James’ College, Spring Hill 12
Pool D
St Anthony’s College, Townsville 34 d Ryan Catholic College, Townsville 10
St Patrick’s College, Gympie 22 drew with St John’s School, Roma 22
Quarter finals (listed in order of rankings of divisions from top down)
Confraternity Shield
The Cathedral College, Rockhampton 14 d Marymount College, Burleigh Waters 10
Ignatius Park College, Townsville 30 d Iona College, Lindum 4
St Brendan’s College, Yeppoon 24 d St Mary’s College, Toowoomba 14
St Patrick’s College, Mackay 28 d St Augustine’s College, Cairns 0
Bob Lindner Trophy
Padua College, Kedron 20 d Emmaus College, Rockhampton 14
Marist College, Ashgrove 12 d Rockhampton Grammar School 4
Shalom College, Bundaberg 10 d St Patrick’s College, Shorncliffe 0
St Peter Claver College, Riverview 20 d Aquinas College, Ashmore 4
Neil Bloxsidge Plate
Our Lady of the Southern Cross College, Dalby 20 d St Laurence’s College, South Brisbane 4
St Edmund’s College, Ipswich 18 d Holy Spirit College, Mackay 4
St Michael’s College, Merrimac 14 d Marist College, Emerald 10
Columba Catholic College, Charters Towers 16 d Assumption College, Warwick 10
Confraternity Bowl
All Souls St Gabriel’s College, Charters Towers 28 d St Teresa’s College, Abergowrie 14
Clairvaux MacKillop College, Mt Gravatt 52 d Faith Lutheran College, Plainland 0
St Columban’s College, Caboolture 12 d Blackheath & Thornburgh College, Charters Towers 10
St Thomas More College, Sunnybank 10 d St Joseph’s College, Toowoomba 5
Confraternity Cup
Xavier Catholic College, Hervey Bay 14 d St John’s School, Roma 0
Mt Maria College, Mitchelton 10 d St Patrick’s College, Gympie 6
Good Shepherd College, Mount Isa 16 d St Mary’s College, Woree 8
Chanel College, Gladstone 28 d Unity College, Caloundra West 14
Men of League Challenge
Emmaus College, Jimboomba 20 d St James’ College, Spring Hill 4
Gilroy Santa Maria College, Ingham 14 d Ryan Catholic College, Townsville 12
St Anthony’s College, Townsville 16 d Chisholm Catholic College, Cornubia 4
Trinity College, Beenleigh 28 d St Augustine’s College, Augustine Heights 10
Girls
Pool matches
The Cathedral College, Rockhampton 22 d St Margaret Mary’s College, Townsville 10
Emmaus College, Rockhampton 30 d Shalom College, Bundaberg 4
St Ursula’s College, Yeppoon 8 d St Joseph’s College, Toowoomba 0
Emmaus College, Rockhampton 10 d St Patrick’s College, Mackay 4
St Margaret Mary’s College, Townsville 26 d Southern Cross Catholic College, Townsville 4
Marymount College, Burleigh Waters 28 d St Ursula’s College, Yeppoon 0
The Cathedral College, Rockhampton 20 d Southern Cross Catholic College, Townsville 0
Marymount College, Burleigh Waters 20 d St Joseph’s College, Toowoomba 0
St Patrick’s College, Mackay 42 d Shalom College, Bundaberg 6
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