Everything you need to know about the NRL National Schoolboys Cup finals
Eight SEQ schools begin their quest for national glory next week. Here’s everything you need to know about the NRL National Schoolboys Cup finals.
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Fans of the inaugural AIC rugby league competition are set for even more inter-school action with the NRL national schoolboy cup finals kicking off next week.
Thousands of viewers tuned into The Courier-Mail’s live-streaming of Allan Langer Cup fixtures earlier this year with Palm Beach Currumbin eventually crowned champions after seeing off Keebra Park and Ipswich State High in a tense title race.
These three schools along with Langer Cup rivals Marsden State High, Wavell State High and St Marys Toowoomba will take the top six seeds in the upcoming South Queensland quarterfinals, the first step in a five-leg journey to national schoolboy glory.
Joining them in the quarterfinals are Southeast qualifiers Mabel Park State High and Coombabah State High, who earned their place after impressive Gee Shield campaigns in the region’s second open division.
All eyes will be on defending national champions PBC and 2017 winners Keebra Park, who could lock horns in the QLD decider after being drawn on opposite sides of the table.
PBC came out 34-36 winners over Keebra Park in their last meeting and will launch their title defence against St Marys.
Ipswich and Wavell will reprise their blossoming rivalry in the quarterfinals following Ipswich’s famous 16-14 win in Round 1 of the Langer Cup while Marsden and Keebra Park face Mavel Park and Coombabah respectively.
NATIONAL SCHOOLBOY CUP FINALS SCHEDULE
Thursday August 15: SQ QUARTERFINALS (Kougari Oval)
Kougari Oval
QF1: PBC v St Marys (1pm)
QF2: Marsden v Mabel Park (2.15pm)
QF3: Ipswich v Wavell (3.30pm)
QF4: Keebra Park v Coombabah (4.45pm)
Thursday August 22: SQ SEMI-FINALS (Langlands Park)
SF1: Winner QF1 v Winner QF2
SF2: Winner QF3 v Winner QF4
Wednesday August 28: QLD SEMI-FINALS (TBC)
Winner SF1 v North Queensland 1
Winner SF2 v North Queensland 2
Wednesday September 11: QLD FINAL (Dolphin Stadium)
Wednesday September 18: AUS FINAL (Campbelltown)
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