Live stream: Watch day two at the AFLQ Schools Cup state finals

A star turn in the boys decider and a wholehearted girls team effort proved decisive as the primary leg of the AFLQ Schools Cup came to an exciting climax on Saturday. Relive all the action.

The primary school leg of the AFLQ Schools Cup came to an exciting climax at Maroochydore on Saturday.

Read on for the match reports.

Emmanuel College 1.2 (8) lost to Marymount 3.0 (18)

Girls Primary GF

After finishing third in 2021 and runners up in 2022, Marymount successfully completed their redemption story in a tight and tough 2023 title match.

It was a battle of field possession in the opening quarter as Emmanuel hit the scoreboard first and held a minimal lead at the end of the opening term.

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Marymount were able to snag two majors in the second quarter to take the lead into halftime 2.0 (12) 0.1 (1).

Marymount took the girls honours on Saturday.

The scores remained the same in the third quarter as the windy conditions continued to play havoc.

Tensions were high in the fourth quarter as Emmanuel closed the gap and they continued to launch themselves into forward positions, but just couldn’t capitalise on the scoresheet.

With less than two minutes to go, Marymount completed a terrific team goal that launched them to a comfortable 10-point lead.

Marymount’s Matilda Smith was awarded the player of the match.

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All Saints Anglican 4.3 (27) lost to Villanova 7.5 (47)

Boys Primary GF

Villanova’s key junior stars rose to the occasion in the primary male grand final as they helped their side to a commanding state title victory.

The first quarter was an exciting and aggressive battle, with both sides finding the scoreboard early as they ended the first quarter 2.1 (13) to 1.1 (7) in favour of Villanova.

While All Saints continued to prosper in the second quarter,t Villanova were able to keep them out as they went into the halftime break with a handy 19-point lead.

Tom Ford played a starring role in the grand final.

The third term played out as a battle of the midfielders with neither side able to find an upper hand or true control on the game.

Villanova took their scoring chances well while All Saints key forward Jasper Campbell was tough to contain and led his side back into the fight.

The last quarter kicked off with Villanova leading 6.3 (39) to 4.2 (26) and after a series of behinds and close calls, it was Tom Ford who secured the title for his side.

See the full day two schedule below.

REPLAYS

OVAL 2

Emmanuel College v Marymount (Primary Female GF)

All Saints Anglican v Villanova (Primary Male GF)

Yeronga v St Mary’s Ipswich (Primary Female 5th-Place)

Holy Cross v Oakleigh (Primary Male 7th-Place)

OVAL 4

Mooloolaba v Banksia Beach (Primary Female 3rd-Place)

St Laurence’s v St Vincents (Primary Male 3rd-Place)

Farnborough v Matthew Flinders (Primary Female 7th-Place)

Peregian Springs v Talara (Primary Male 5th-Place)

Westside Christian v St Joseph’s Nudgee (Primary Male 9th-Place)

PREVIEW

The daughter of an ex-AFL dual premiership player is ready to lead her side into battle for a final time at the AFLQ Schools Cup finals on Saturday.

Sunshine Coast team, Mooloolaba State School, will compete for a podium finish, with Harper McKernan confidently steering the side into the contest.

She is the daughter of 237-game AFL veteran and premiership winner Corey McKernan

The 2023 AFL Schools Cup finals marks Mooloolaba State School’s fourth-consecutive appearance in the primary female finals.

The girls in blue are yet to finish worse than third place after being crowned back-to-back champions in 2020 and 2021 and winning their third-place playoff in 2022.

Harper McKernan, who has been described as ‘fearless’ by Mooloolaba coach Paul Little, will be determined to maintain that winning record in today’s third-place playoff.

“This is our fourth year in a row here, so to make the semifinals, and be a top four team in Queensland, is really exciting,” he said.

Mooloolaba are gunning for their fourth-straight podium finish.

“Some of these girls have fallen short in the semifinals for two years running now, but we couldn’t be more proud of them, because as a group they’ve come such a long way.”

Little said the team was made up of a mix of grade six and five students, and also one from grade four.

“There’s about six players in our team that actually play club Aussie rules, then there’s some girls who are swimmers and triathletes and others who have never played a sport,” he said.

“To give some girls an opportunity to play a different sport is exciting. We’re only quite a small school in comparison to the others, so we couldn’t be happier as a collective.”

From across Queensland, 693 teams and almost 16,000 students across six age divisions have been whittled down to uncover the best schools in the business.

All of the action is being played at the Maroochydore Multisport Complex from Friday to Sunday, with every match exclusively live streamed by KommunityTV.

Originally published as Live stream: Watch day two at the AFLQ Schools Cup state finals