2025 Langer Trophy live stream: Mabel Park SHS v Palm Beach Currumbin SHS, Round 1

Mabel Park has pulled off a Langer Trophy boilover in the opening round of the competition, knocking off the reigning national champions. Watch three REPLAYS from the opening round.

Mabel Park State High kickstarted its Langer Trophy campaign in the most magnificent fashion on Wednesday when they toppled two-time reigning premiers Palm Beach Currumbin 26-0.

On their home turf of Langlands Park, the boys from Slacks Creek conjured a five-try blitz against under strength rivals. Mabel’s win was built on a one-two punch from twin brothers Natu and Ezra Leota.

WATCH THE FULL MATCH REPLAY ABOVE, SCROLL DOWN FOR THE WALTERS CUP AND NRL SCHOOLGIRLS CUP

Dummyhalf dynamo Ezra lit up the first half with two try assists, one to winger Maz Burns and the other to DJ Talaepa. His brother Natu, a goal kicking gun with one of the biggest boots in the competition, scored a try, kicked a 40-22 and forced an error with one of his challenging high bombs.

The ball flew so high it was almost in line with a crane stationed across the street in Villanova College.

You can only imagine the kicking and running duels the twins would have had in their time as juniors. Now young men aged 18, the Leota brothers were working their magic in a Mabel outfit which has the troops to take the competition by storm.

This year’s Mabel team has a masterful mix of new and old faces, some from across the ditch, some even from other schools and some, like terrific trio Dean Tauaa, Majah Peachey and Dom Ierome, who have been playing school footy together for three years.

The connection between old Walters Cup teammates Peachey and Ierome was best eclipsed when the home side surged 80 downfield off a kick restart.

Ierome ran the ball forward and offloaded to Peachey who tore away 30m before kicking infield, off balance, for Ierome.

It was creative and it was courageous - which typified Mabel’s performance after a gruelling early going where neither team could score in the opening 17 minutes.

Once a burrowing Natu scored, the shackles were undone and the season was well and truly underway.

Mabel Park v Palm Beach Currumbin (Walters Cup)

Palm Beach Currumbin outgunned a brave Mabel Park in the Walters Cup clash with the pair trading tries for most of the way down the stretch.

In the end goal kicking made the difference, with the gold Coast nursery escaping with a 20-18 win.

Mabel Park SHS v Palm Beach Currumbin SHS (NRL Schoolgirls Cup)

A Patricia Heihei kicking masterclass has delivered a winning start for Mabel Park in their quest for a second NRL Schoolgirls Cup title in three years.

The halfback was in fine form, with several towering bombs causing headaches for the Palm Beach Currumbin back three.

Mabel Park scored off the back of at least two of the bombs on their way to a fighting 28-14 win.

It was a valiant first up effort from Palm Beach Currumbin whgo did not look overawed in their first foray into the schoolgirls competition.

PREVIEW

Palm Beach Currumbin ace Taj Lateo has been handed the reins to run the Reds, as the NRL Schoolboys Cup champions kick start their title defence against a resurgent Mabel Park.

The opening round clash will be exclusively live streamed on KommunuityTV as part of a huge triple header along with the Walters Cup (Year 10) and Queensland Schoolgirls Cup action on Wednesday.

The Queensland Schoolgirls Cup clash, which features 2023 national champions Mabel Park, will be free to watch, while a full News Corp digital subscription will be required to watch the other matches on Wednesday.

Fresh off his selection at five-eighth for the Queensland state side, the pressure will be on young gun Lateo to step up.

He will assume full control of the Reds following a cruel pre-season injury blow to experienced playmaker Marley McLaren and the graduation of 2024 Peter Sterling Medallist Zane Harrison.

McLaren will aim to be back for the finals, but in the meantime Lateo will assume the senior halves’ role.

PBC SHS players Marley McLaren and Taj lateo with Broncos legend Kevin Walters after the school won the Walters Cup in 2022. McLaren is again injured and Lateo will be the senior half.

It is not the first time Lateo has run the show. He was also the senior half and captain of PBC’s 2022 Walters Cup-winning side after McLaren went down with a wrist injury.

“He will run the team and will be fine,’’ PBC SHS coach Tim Maccan said.

“He did that for South Coast recently, he took the steering wheel and managed really well.

“At Mal Meninga Cup level, he stepped in this season when Zane Harrison and Javon Andrews were out (for Tweed Seagulls).’’

Mabel Park SHS coach Ben Weston said starting strongly was crucial in the Langer Trophy this season.

Mabel will field a crack edge division, with strike centres JZ Perenara and Dean Tauaa teaming with Majah Peachey and DJ Talaepa on their respective sides of the field.

TEAMS

Mabel Park SHS: 1 David Filo, 2 Quinn Timperon, 3 JZ Perenara, 4 Dean Tauaa, 5 Maz Burns, 6 Pouakai Williams, 7 Nehemiah Vavau, 8 Braddock Taylor, 9 Ezra Leota, 10 Harrison Bath, 11 Majah Peachey, 12 DJ Talaepa, 13 Natu Leota, 14 Tai Kapaith, 15 Dom Ierome, 16 Jakyea TeHuia, 17 Boston Cochrane. 18th Tipene Cooley

PBC SHS: 1 Cribb, Kaea, 2 Watkins, Dylan, 3 Bates-Wellington, Devin, 4 Tata, Gad, 5 Handyside, Levi, 6 Fife, Max, 7 Lateo, Taj, 8 Jackson, Torino, 9 Bilish, Jai, 10 Fa’Aoso, Josiah, 11 Dangerfield, Cruz, 12 Barry, Marlie, 13 Mulheran, Billy, 14 White, Jack, 15 Aitken, Cohen, 16 Mosaati, Malakai, 17 Partridge, Riley. 18th: Alcorn, Ethan

Langer Cup schoolboy rugby league qualifying games. Mabel Park State High School V Caloundra State High School. Picture: Patrick Woods.

With the competition’s finals format reworked to only include the top five sides this season, it meant an early season slip up could prove costly down the line.

“There is more pressure (on teams to perform),” Weston said.

“We have tough a start in PBC and Keebra, and we’d like to jag one or two of those two, if not both.

“The competition is so close you will also need a good for and against to help you out.”

The Langer Trophy will be exclusively live streamed on the Courier Mail and across all News Corp Australia digital mastheads as part of KommunityTV’s unbeaten coverage of the NRL Schools League competitions.