2025 Peter Mulholland Cup live stream: Patrician Brothers Blacktown v Matraville Sports, Round 1

Patrician Brothers Blacktown will have a target on their backs this season but coach Noah Meares is backing a new group to drive more success. Watch their round one match LIVE.

The weight of being the hunted – and the pain of last year’s NRL National Schoolboy Cup final defeat – will not affect Patrician Brothers College, Blacktown’s 2025 squad, according to coach Noah Meares.

Patties enter the new Peter Mulholland Cup season as champions and will kick off their title defence with a clash against Matraville Sports High on Wednesday.

The match will be live streamed exclusively on KommunityTV from 10am.

While Patrician Brothers fell to Queensland powerhouse Palm Beach Currumbin in the national final, last year’s otherwise outstanding season will raise the already high expectations for the western suburbs school.

“The past is the past, it’s always a clean slate,” Meares said.

“I’m sure it (the national final defeat) will be in the back of some of their heads but for the most part it’s a new team and new campaign.

“We’ll just focus on getting ourselves right and doing the little things right that we need to do, build the effort stuff early and hopefully build a strong campaign off the back of that.”

Patrician Brothers Blacktown defeated Endeavour Sports High in last year’s Peter Mulholland Cup final. Picture: Warren Gannon Photography

Meares said an earlier than usual start to the Peter Mulholland Cup meant the team had limited time together due to many players involved in junior rep systems, including some featuring grand finals the weekend before round one.

However he was confident a core group of players from last year’s side along with some exciting young talents would drive another successful campaign.

“The one I’m most interested in seeing is probably going to be Jasais Ah Kee,” Meares said.

“He played seven for us in the state final and was outstanding last year. He’s had a another big season for the Dragons in the Harold Matts.

Jasais Ah Kee looks set to be crucial for Pats Blacktown this season. Picture: Warren Gannon Photography

“It will be slightly different for him this year where he’ll be the main man in charge of guiding the team around the park.”

Patrician Brothers thrashed Matraville 50-0 in last year’s season opener as Jacob Halangahu, Jared Haywood, Jack Nicholas and Jhett Sydir ran riot at home.

But Meares expected a sterner test this time against the eastern suburbs school.

“I’m sure they’ll come out all guns firing and really want to stick it to us and that’s the target we’re going to have on our backs now after winning the state final,” he said.

“From what I’ve heard they’ve got some good up and coming players.

“I think they’ll be a lot stronger than they were last year, and that’s not saying they weren’t strong, we just put on a really good performance that day.”

The Patrician Brothers versus Matraville clash will be the first of four matches streamed live and exclusive on KommunityTV from Ringrose Park on Wednesday.