Live stream: Patrician Brothers Blacktown take on All Saints Maitland in Peter Mulholland Cup clash

‘Scrappy’ second half aside, Patrician Brothers Blacktown looked irrepressible in their final Pool game before the Peter Mulholland Cup finals. See the REPLAY of the clash against All Saints Maitland.

Patrician Brothers Blacktown wrapped up their Peter Mulholland Cup Pool B campaign with an unbeaten record after taking apart All Saints Maitland in front of a very loud home crowd.

But although the 52-10 scoreline looks decisive enough, captain Jacob Halangahu said it wasn’t his team’s best match.

“The first half we did everything we wanted to do,” Halangahu said.

“But that second half was a bit scrappy, you know, we let in 10 points with two tries.

“That wasn’t part of what we had planned, but I guess that’s just footy.”

A potential Pats try was waved away early and All Saints stayed strong in defence until a four-pointer from Jack Nicholas in the corner opened the floodgates.

Another seven tries crossed the All Saints line before the end of the half with Chas Riddle, Byron Laupepa, Cameron Bamblett, Roman Tuaimau and Charbel Kheirallah all recording one each, while Nicholas scored his second.

The second half was much more evenly matched, with All Saints’ Cody Beavis putting together one of the most spectacular individual tries of the season, retrieving his own kick as Pats conceded the first points of their season.

Pats only scored three tries in the second half compared to eight in the first, and Halangahu said that needs to be cleaned up before the quarters.

“We didn’t intentionally take our foot off the gas,” he said.

“I think we were just trying to rest a few and put in a few new players, so our structure kind of went out the window.

“We know we can’t take our foot off no matter who we’re against.”

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Patrician Brothers Blacktown has already wrapped up top spot in their Peter Mulholland Cup pool, and now they get the chance to play the spoiler.

All Saints College Maitland has everything to play for when the two sides come together on Wednesday.

A win will see them leapfrog Patrician Brothers Fairfield into second spot on the standings, while a loss brings their season to a close.

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Blacktown coach Noah Meares is anticipating Maitland to come firing out of the blocks, particularly with their key men in the engine room in top form.

“Our approach won’t change,” he said.

Cody Hopwood was excellent in the U18 nationals.

“We’ll be aware of them coming into the game very eager for a win. A few of their stars in Cody Hopwood and Jack Hilliar are coming off strong weeks at the U18s Championships, so it’s shaping up as a good match.”

Patrician Brothers has built their season on the back of its incredible defence, amazingly not conceding a single point through their two pool games so far.

Meares said while their attack has fired on all cylinders, their ability to hold their goal line is what has impressed him the most.

“I certainly am proud of that,” he said.

“In the first game we were a bit dusty ourselves, but to keep Fairfield to nil in front of their home crowd in a night game was a superb effort from the boys. We’ll look to build off the back of that.

“We have a few team principles that we’ve built our season on and we’re getting our defensive principles right, along with the effort areas.

“Having the desperation to not let anyone through our line and continuing to get better, we’re in a good place.”

Jacob Halangahu was one of the stars of the recent U18 nationals.

A testament to the strength of their side, Blacktown had four players chosen in the Australian Schoolboys side, namely Jacob Halangahu, Lachlan Coinakis, Jared Haywood and Tyson Sangalang.

Meares said while that experience will be invaluable for the team, he’s looking for those that missed out to draw motivation from their omissions.

“I’m looking forward to the rest of our middles to really stick it to All Saints,” he said.

“A few were disappointed not to make it, so I’m expecting some big collisions.”

Team lists

Patrician Brothers, Blacktown

1. Cameron Bamblett, 2. Chas Riddle, 3. Fine Fale, 4. Andes (AJ) Johannson, 5. Jack Nicholas, 6. Harrison Bull, 7. Jared Haywood (c), 8. Charbel Kheirallah, 9. Lachlan Coinakis, 10. Christian Taupau-Moors, 11. Jacob Halangahu (c), 12. Byron Laupepa, 13. Massimo Maestrale, 14. Kodi Ellia, 15. Alex Futialo, 16. Roman Tuaimau, 17. Josiah Vahaakolo-Fifita, 18. Wesley Pakoti, 19. Nathaniel Tolu, 20. Tyson Kunkel

All Saints College, Maitland

1. Cody Field, 2. Joseph Crouch, 3. Jed Dorn, 4. Talen Balcombe, 5. Cody Beavis, 6. Charlie Jones, 7. Caden Gothard, 8. Vince Campbell, 9. Heath Connell, 20. Nate Wilson, 11. Noah Hawke, 12. Harry Dunn, 13. Cody Balcombe, 14. Tefik Cleary, 15. Lachlan Brown, 16. Blake Thompson, 17. Nicholas Truong, 18. Dylan Curry