2022 Throwback Series: Re-live the best tries from the Peter Mulholland Cup finals series

In the first of our 2022 throwback series, we relive the epic four-pointers that defined an outstanding Peter Mulholland Cup finals series. It doesn’t get any better than this in schoolboys rugby league.

Underdog champions, golden point thrillers and the emergence of a potential generational playmaking talent – the Peter Mulholland Cup finals had it all.

KommunityTV partnered with the NRL to deliver our ground breaking coverage of the refreshed schoolboys league competition, which culminated in an epic finals series in August.

While Patrician Brothers Fairfield made history - the proud rugby league nursery breaking a 30-year premiership drought - it wasn’t just the boys from the west who stole the show.

KommunityTV has dug through hours of finals footage to bring you the top seven tries of the finals series which covers the full gamut from wingers soaring in the corner, runaway fullbacks and rampaging forwards.

Read about why we chose each try below and watch every one in the video above.

Want to re-watch the finals series in full, follow our links to watch all the matches below.

Siaosi Kaliti

Hills Sports High v Erindale College

No words can make this try better. Just watch it. Deep into the first period of golden point with a spot in the Peter Mulholland Cup final on the line, it was already dramatic enough. Add in a touch of class from playmaker Cassius Tia and an out of this world finish, and you have the best moment in schoolboys league in 2022. The full team pile up celebration was just a cherry on top. Bravo.

Josh Alhazim

Patrician Brothers Fairfield v Hills Sports High

Call it luck of the bounce or an unrelenting determination of a captain, Alhazim’s charge down try to steal the Peter Mulholland Cup out from under highly fancied rivals Hills Sports High was the biggest moment of the schoolboys season. It’s not the prettiest of four-pointers, but it is one that will not be forgotten after the forward smothered rival five-eighth Cassius Tia and had the wherewithal to scoop up the pill and storm to glory.

Patrician Brothers' Chad Daniels scored one of the tries of the year.

Jonathon Ibrahim

Hills Sports High v Patrician Brothers Fairfield

The tough as nails five-eighth proved to be one of the most damaging ballrunners in the Peter Mulholland Cup. In this typical hard-hitting run, Ibrahim stepped off his left foot to expose the inside shoulder of a tired defender and barged his way through three players to find the chalk. It gave Hills Sports High what seemed to be an unassailable lead in the second half of the PMC grand final.

Chad Daniels

Patrician Brothers Fairfield v Westfields Sports High

What a way to kick start an unlikely semi-final victory. Daniels made the most of an express play the ball from backrower Josh Alhazim, to scythe his way through a scrambling Westfields defence. The burst of speed off the mark proved crucial for the halfback but it was the swan dive over the tryline that made this moment particularly memorable.

Sam Gash

Erindale College v Hills Sports High

If Erindale’s impressive semi-final performance came as a shock to schoolboys league fans, they forgot to tell fullback Sam Gash. The number one from the nation’s capital was impressive in his efforts, and his quintessential backing up through the middle was crucial for the side’s opening try against Hills Sports. Credit to five-eighth Ethan Alaia, whose quick thinking exposed a lack of markers and set up the dynamic fullback.

Alas Lababidi dives over in the corner in the grand final.

Solomone Saukuru

Westfields Sports High v Patrician Brothers Fairfield

Boom, get out of his way. Westfields barnstorming backrower Solomone Saukuru with a right arm fend that would have made Greg Inglis proud. The right arm to the chest put Patrician Brothers five-eighth Taj’h Colquhoun into the next week, and sent the big backrower crashing across the stripe. Talk about don’t argue.

Alaa Lababidi

Hills Sports High v Patrician Brothers Fairfield

While the finish in the corner was impressive enough, it was the cut-out ball from Hills Sports’ dynamic five-eighth Cassius Tia that made this try possible. A perfect way to kick start the Peter Mulholland Cup grand final, Tia’s work at first receiver was magical.

Originally published as 2022 Throwback Series: Re-live the best tries from the Peter Mulholland Cup finals series