2025 Aaron Payne Cup live stream: Trinity Bay SHS v Holy Spirit College, Round 6

Not even a slow start could stop Trinity Bay from making history and securing their first ever Aaron Payne Cup win on Thursday, knocking over Holy Spirit College. Watch the REPLAY here.

Trinity Bay State High School has secured a momentous victory in the history of rugby league at their school, securing their first ever Aaron Payne Cup victory.

The Rays fell behind 4-0 early in the piece, but soon found their stride as their forward pack began to dominate through the middle.

Brothers Jakobi and Tyler Addo starred at fullback and five-eighth, with the latter scoring a thrilling try early in the second half.

The Lokotui brothers, Saul and Alpha, once again played a starring role in the forwards.

They were regularly able to bend, and sometimes even break, Holy Spirit’s defensive line.

It’s a significant win for a school which has been eager to step up to a higher level in Queensland rugby league, with this win just another step on that journey to bigger and better things.

PREVIEW

Trinity Bay State High will look to its own holy trinity to spearhead the school’s first win of the Aaron Payne Cup season.

A triumvirate of hard-hitting forwards known as the Lokotui brothers will head up the Trinity Bay efforts as they set their sights on Payne Cup rivals Holy Spirit College.

The clash will be exclusively live streamed on KommunityTV on Thursday.

The Schoolgirls Cup clash between Trinity Bay and Holy Spirit has been called off due to a forfeit.

The Trinity Bay assault will be led by captain Alpha Lokotui, while he will be backed up by blockbusting brothers Saul and Joseph.

Cooper Lawson puts in a strong run for Trinity Bay in the Aaron Payne Cup schoolboy's rugby league match between Trinity Bay State High School and Kirwan State High School. Picture: Brendan Radke

Saul, who is part of the Northern Pride junior representatives system, has been one of Trinity Bay’s best this season, scoring a double in their tough loss to competition heavyweights Kirwan State High last week.

Northern Pride young gun Saul Lokotui. Picture: Michaela Harlow

While his other brothers tend to get the plaudits, Trinity Bay coach Dustin Stewart has been full of praise for efforts of unsung edge backrower Joseph.

“He has been a real shining light along with our other backrower Wyatt (Tyrell),” Stewart said.

“They have really stood up in both attack and defence. On the defensive side they are old school backrowers, they enjoy the contact and really embrace the physicality of the game.

“In attack they seem to punch into the line and more often then not, bend it. They are extremely hard workers and like to take the game on.”

While the Rays might have given up a flurry of points late in last week’s loss to Kirwan, it was one of the better performances of the season for the side.

It’s an effort they can build off as they face a Holy Spirit side which is still holding onto a slim glimmer of a finals hope sitting one win out of the Payne Cup top four.

Holy Spirit enjoyed an extra long mid-season break as they had the bye last week, and will look to build on their performance in the 28-24 loss to Mackay SHS in their most recent fixture back in June.