Live stream: How to watch Pacific Youth Rugby Festival in 2023 on KommunityTV

It’s a junior rugby event growing in stature every year, and after the success of the 2022 event coverage, KommunityTV will again showcase the three-day Pacific Youth Rugby Festival in Queensland.

It’s a junior rugby event growing in stature every year.

And it’s hoped the 2023 version could one day act as a stepping stone for players to compete at the highest XVs level of the game, or even in Rugby Sevens at the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.

With youngsters aged from 10 to 18 competing, the Pacific Youth Rugby Festival is a step on the pathway to success for numerous rugby loving kids – both boys and girls - keen to make their mark.

The three-day competition kicks off on Friday, October 27 at Albany Creek rugby club at Brendale in Brisbane northwest - and for the second successive year, KommunityTV will guide you through the weekend with LIVE and EXCLUSIVE action.

The Queensland Barbarians under-14 boy team from last year’s festival.

The event in 2022 proved such a hit that it has grown bigger again to include an U18s girls division for the first time.

“I’m very passionate about building female opportunities,’’ said organiser Kristin Dunn.

“We are a female-based organisation who want to give girls an opportunity in 15s rugby.

“We are really passionate about giving them a chance, so I introduced the U16 girls last year, along with the U18 boys.

“With the older girls joining, it means both boys and girls are playing all the way through from the 10s to the 18s for the first time.’’

The extra division means the festival will now boast 50 teams and more than 1200 young rugby enthusiasts.

This is up from the 41 teams and around 950 players who competed last year.

Festival organiser Kristin Dunn.

“We have two extra nationals in Queensland South African and Queensland Tonga,’’ Dunn said.

“And we will have seven interstate teams.

“NSW’s Oatley are bringing one, Warnervale (Wildcats) are bringing two and Victoria Samoa has four teams coming back.

‘It is massively gratifying to know that if you provide opportunity people will come.

“We'd love to be seeing these players going on to bigger things, and I think we will.

“We have the 2027 and 2029 World Cups (in Australia) and this is a massive pathway for that. You will be seeing these kids in those events, and then we have the Brisbane Olympics for the sevens (in 2032).’’