Confraternity 2025 Report Card: Marymount College Girls

Marymount College lost one game all Carnival but that was enough to deny the school a semi-final position in a razor-sharp girls division. See Marymount’s standout players and how we graded the school.

Marymount College in action at the Confraternity Carnival in Rockhampton. Picture: Luke Fletcher/QISSRL

Marymount College lost one game all Confraternity Carnival but that was enough to deny the Gold Coast school a semi-final position in a razor-sharp girls division in Gladstone.

The rugby league gods stacked Pool B with three contenders and only gave two an escape rope with which to climb out.

Marymount defeated eventual champions The Cathedral College but were battered into submission by a large St James forward pack and that ensured the school’s best chance was finishing fifth.

A solid win over Rockhampton Grammar in the final saw the team return home from Gladstone with full knowledge that this was one tournament that slipped away.

“We finished fifth which was probably a tad disappointing when we thought we were a chance of winning it,” coach Matt Geyer said.

“On the other side we only lost one game all tournament, so it’s somewhere in-between.

“I was really happy with the results.

“The game we lost was against St James (eventual finalists) and they had a lot of big, big forwards which our girls just didn’t adjust to.

“With our lack of experience in rugby league, when we saw the bigger forwards we freaked out a little bit and forgot to play footy.

“After that we beat The Cathedral College who were the eventual champions, which shows that we’re up there competing with the best.

“We were just in a really tough pool. We won two games which is usually enough to qualify for the top four but in our pool were the two grand finalists.

“If you look results, we didn’t get the results we wanted. But if you’re looking at how they played, I’m certainly really proud of the whole group.

“We had half a dozen girls play their first game of rugby league on Monday morning.”

GRADES

Attack: B

Marymount’s Achilles heel this carnival was its inability to conjure the points to take full advantage of Confro’s best defence.

In five games Marymount crossed for eight tries in total, which hurt dearly when scorers added up points differential to decide who progressed from the pool stages.

Defence: A

Marymount were Confraternity’s toughest team to crack with backs to the goal line.

In four wins Marymount conceded four tries but a blowout defeat to St James, conceding four tries, was the only stain on its copybook.

“Apart from St James nobody scored more than two tries against us, and we didn’t play any mugs,” Geyer said.

“The four games we won we played all Rocky schools, at home, with home ground support, and hardened from playing against each other from their inter-school competition.”

Overall: B+

RESULTS

Fifth overall in Division I

5th/6th Final: 10-4 win over Rockhampton Grammar

Play Off: 10-4 win over Emmaus College, Rockhampton

Pool 1B Rd 3: 10-8 win over The Cathedral College, Rockhampton

Pool 1B Rd 2: 20-4 loss to St James College, Spring Hill

Pool 1B Rd 1: 8-0 win over Rockhampton Grammar

Leading tryscorers: Eadee Damro (2), Isla Horvatic (2), Tara Sullivan (1), Avalon Price (1), Kiara Wright (1), Elquanez Faamausili (1)

Leading pointscorers: Eadee Damro (8), Tara Sullivan (6), Lacey Pedlow (2)

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

Kiara Wright

Kiara Wright from Marymount College, Burleigh Waters, won the Carbine Club Spirit of the Carnival Award at Confraternity.

Marymount lock Wright won the spirit of the carnival award and was named at prop in the merit team for a sensational, multifaceted performance.

After reeling in her frustration at a patchy start Wright settled into her work and was arguably the tournament’s finest middle forward.

“I spoke to her on Monday when she was just trying too hard,” Geyer said.

“She had the status there, as a Queensland U19 player and there were high expectations for her, and for whatever reason she just wasn’t feeling it.

“From the sideline we thought she was going great but you could see she was trying too hard. I had a chat to her about settling into her role and in the last few games she was really strong and deserved all the plaudits she received.”

Wright’s aggression in attack was complemented by her sharp ball-playing and vision, even putting her stamp on a highlight reel try by chipping-and-chasing for a teammate to score.

It’s quite the compliment that Wright even slotted in at five-eighth when Marymount lost players to injury.

Eadee Damro

Eadee Damro

The hooker was desperately unlucky to miss out on merit team selection, with player of the tournament Josie Wogan named at No.9 and St James half Layla Satui named on the interchange bench.

That No.14 jersey might actually have gone to the carnival’s next-best rake Damro had the merit team been selected to play a match instead of just honouring Confro’s finest.

Damro was Marymount’s leading tryscorer and barely missed a minute of the carnival.

The Year 11 was tough defensively and proved she will be central to Marymount’s 2026 plans.

Avalon Price

Arguably Marymount’s best player in the first two matches, Price’s ankle injury at the end of the St James defeat was a terminal blow for the school this carnival.

The Year 11 proved a critical player who is expected to return as a major leader in her senior year next season.

“She’s just hard at it, everything she does and in every sport she plays,” Geyer said.

“She’s a million miles an hour. We call her our Chief Morale Officer because she’s so energetic and enthusiastic. The girls love her.”