Palm Beach Currumbin focusing on work ethic rather than silverware rewards for NRL Schoolboy Cup

BACK-TO-BACK. It’s the phrase you won’t hear being spoken in Palm Beach Currumbin’s rugby league program, at least any time soon.

BACK-TO-BACK. It’s the phrase you won’t hear being spoken in Palm Beach Currumbin’s rugby league program, at least any time soon.

The Reds last year broke through for their first NRL Schoolboy Cup national championship in a decade and have nine of that top 17 team returning in 2019, meaning they should again be a contender when round robin fixtures begin in term two.

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“We’ve actually not said the words back-to-back,” coach Aaron Zimmerle said.

“I guess what we want to try to do is replicate the effort and the work that last year’s group did. That’s where we’re starting, so we’re not going to talk about the trophy or the championship.

PBC players and staff celebrate winning the 2018 NRL Schoolboy Cup national final. Picture: Vanessa Hafner/NRL Queensland Schools

“We need to be as hard working as the group was last year and that will give us a chance to be in those big games and if you have done the work, you’re better than an even chance of winning those.

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“Right now, we just want to make sure that the next generation that come into the side realise that you don’t get those things for free and it just comes from working really hard together.”

PBC played their first trial match of the year against Wavell during the week, although they did not select players in the under-18 Mal Meninga Cup club competition in an effort to manage workloads.