Live stream: Ipswich v Marsden, Keebra Park v Palm Beach Currumbin in Langer Trophy semifinals

It was wet, it was wild, but two of Queensland’s best league nurseries have emerged from the chaos of a sizzling semi-finals day in the Langer Trophy. Watch all the REPLAYS.

Hayden Watson, Cody Goulter and Tupou Francis were outstanding for finals bound Marsden State High School.

A major semi-final upset and a traditional powerhouse triumphing in the wet has set the wheels in motion for a thrilling conclusion to the Langer Trophy season.

Gold Coast Titans nurseries Palm Beach Currumbin and Marsden State High will go head to head in the southeast Queensland schoolboys grand final next week, after both sides survived a wet and wild semi-finals day at Kougari Oval.

Check out how both semi-finals played out below, and watch the replays.

Langer Trophy semi-final - Keebra Park v Palm Beach Currumbin

Palm Beach Currumbin were into yet another Langer Trophy decider after a gripping 21-12 win over Gold Coast rivals Keebra Park.

A Zane Harrison field goal three minutes from fulltime put the result to bed after a spirited Keebra were down and seemingly out. He then kicked a last second penalty goal.

Roko Bilish, Jai Bilish and Sunny Kama of the Reds.

Keebra Park SHS v Palm Beach Currumbin SHS - Langer Trophy semi finals

PBC led 18-nil, but in a flash Keebra closed the margin to 18-12 with 11 minutes remaining.

Keebra winger Fomai Silaumuaoaana and hooker Austin Marsters crossed, with Marster’s try brilliantly created by Mason Barber.

Keebra then turned up the heat, and only desperate defence by the PBC’s Harrison boys and co prevented Keebra levelling the scores.

Earlier, PBC SHS had put a deposit down on victory in the first stanza following Zane Harrison and Josh Donovan’s telepathic connection that led to two stunning tries.

When the Reds attacked, they made the most of their chances to snatch a commanding 18-nil halftime lead.

Last year’s premiers, now bound for yet another grand final appearance, treasured the ball well and made next to no mistakes in wet weather.

The four try first barrage started with big Beau Hartmann’s 80m solo effort, a stunning intercept try that began proceedings in style.

From there, halfback Harrison’s short passing and kicking game not once but twice setup tries for prolific left centre Josh Donovan.

In between blows by Donovan, headgear wearing rake Jai Bilish burrowed over to put one hand on the side’s golden ticket to the finals.

Langer Trophy semi-final - Marsden v Ipswich

Marsden SHS remarkable season revival reached new, giddy heights when they defeated previously unbeaten Ipswich SHS to earn a place in the Langer Trophy grand final.

No.10 Benji Quinlan. Photo: Steve Pohlner

Marsden won 18-12, putting its third successive - and most important - win of the season together.

Ipswich SHS v Marsden SHS - Langer Trophy semi finals

A month ago Ipswich defeated Marsden in the home-and-away season, but it was from that defeat that Marsden’s season actually swung around, so well did they play.

Today elite No.13 Tupou Francis and his crew of unsung forwards like Emman Asomau, Benji Quinlan, Cody Goulter and Levi Rusin helped pave the way to a team win.

Marsden went to oranges with their kingdom partly built, leading 14-6.

A Hayden Watson grubber kick helped create a try for fullback Adaquix Luke, and soon after a left wing shift finished in the hands of Reece Gorman after his five-eight Javon Andrews had passed wide.

Ipswich hit back with a brilliant individual try from Lesayne Tuisau whose step made the four pointer. It was a great effort after a splendid long pass by Sam Martin had opened up the field.

But Marsden snuck in another try before halftime when that man Andrews scored. It was 14-6 at the break.

Both teams then traded tries midway through the second half, once when Marsden prop Emman Asomua scored an immense individual try through the ruck, and then when Ipswich’s Sam Martin scampered over. Marsden led 18-12 with 15 minutes to play and it was anyone’s match.

Preview

For half an hour, Ipswich SHS looked beatable.

But only for half an hour.

The undefeated Langer Trophy heavyweights had slumped to a shock 10-14 deficit in the first half of their quarterfinal bout with Redcliffe - but they flicked a switch and piled on 36 unanswered points after half-time.

Ipswich will be out for a faster start when they face Marsden SHS in the Langer Trophy semifinal at BMD Kougari Oval on Tuesday.

Catch the game LIVE and EXCLUSIVE on KommunityTV from 1.45pm. It will be followed by a crunch clash between cross-town rivals Palm Beach Currumbin and Keebra Park at 3.15pm. .

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“We weren’t good enough and we didn’t play as well as we are capable of playing,” reflected Ipswich coach Joshua Bretherton about the Redcliffe start.

“Halftime came at a good time to stop and breathe and collect our thoughts.

“Once we got back on track the second-half was much better.”

Xzavier Timoteo will have an important role to play for Ipswich.

It was Ipswich’s fourth come-from-behind win this season, which makes the barnstorming school an all the more daunting prospect in the crunch finals to come. You just can’t count them out no matter the score.

“You’d prefer not to have to manage games that way, but it’s not a bad thing to have in your toolbelt,” Bretherton said.

“If we start that way this week we’re going to end up in a much bigger hole, which we might not be able to dig ourselves out of.”

First half completions were Ipswich’s Achilles heel, and getting that fundamental right is pivotal to them playing their best footy.

“There’s nothing you can do if you’re only going to hold onto the ball for half the time,” Bretherton said.

“In the second half we showed more patience … the game started to open up once we could tire them out.”

Ipswich’s semifinal test comes in the form of a barnstorming Marsden who romped to a shock 36-10 win over Wavell last week.

“We’re going to have to weather (Marsden) physically, they play with a lot of energy in the middle of the field and when one thing goes right they jump on the back of that,” Bretherton said.

Marsden skipper Javon Andrews.

“We’re going to have to manage their energy, know that for periods of the game things won’t go our way and remain calm in those periods.

“We need our middle to step up in the early parts of the game.”

Marsden coach Krys Freeman noted that his side was buoyed by a number of key inclusions last week, particularly star playmaker Javon Andrews.

“It was the first time we put it all together,” Freeman said of the barnstorming win.

Benji Quinlan will again spearhead the Marsden forward pack, and they are also set to be boosted by the return of front-rower Levi Rusin, who was a late scratching last week.

The other semifinal shapes as a gripping contest with cross-town Gold Coast rivals PBC and Keebra Park set to go toe-to-toe.

The sides met just two weeks ago in the final home and away round and PBC fired an ominous warning shot when they piled on 34 unanswered points after conceding the first two tries.

“We’ve just got to build on what we’ve been doing the past few weeks,” said PBC coach Tim Maccan.

Sunny Kama returns for Palm Beach Currumbin.

“I think the forward battle will be very tough, both forward packs are really good and carry the ball well, and there’s definitely threats in both teams in the outside backs.

“I think it’s going to be whichever team can hold on the longest, have the least amount of missed tackles and make the most of their opportunities.”

The Reds are set to welcome Sunny Kama and Hiawe King back into their side.

Dragons-signed five-eighth Marley McLaren has hit a rich vein of form for PBC over the past few weeks, and could again hold the key to his side picking apart Keebra’s defence.

“He’s been going really well knowing his role in the team, Zane (Harrison’s) there steering the ship and controlling everything and Marley’s playing off the back of that.

“It’s working really well.”