Gatton Hawks win 2024 Toowoomba Rugby League grand final in golden point

The Gatton Hawks are the kings of the TRL after a thrilling 24-20 golden-point win over Valleys in the A-grade grand final on Saturday night. Hear from the man who wrote his name into TRL history with the premiership-winning try here.

The Gatton Hawks won one of the all-time great Toowoomba Rugby League grand finals on Saturday night as they defeated Valleys Roosters 24-20 in a golden-point thriller.

It took just one set for the Hawks to go the length of the field from kick-off in golden point to claim the premiership, with young winger Cameron Bundock racing away to break the Roosters’ hearts.

Bundock was mobbed by his teammates and Gatton faithful following the try in a moment which he will forever cherish.

“Unbelievable, just to win the GF (grand final) for the boys like that,” he said.

“I wasn’t thinking at all just when Travvy (Travis Turnbull) went through the line, I just thought I’d back him up.

“I didn’t know how far I was actually in field, I sort of ran out a bit more to the sideline and ended up burning him down the sideline so it was unbelievable to score that try.

“That one will be in my books forever.

“It’s my first year at a TRL comp, I enjoyed the whole season, just to have that moment to get that last winning try for the boys, people are going to come up to be and be like ‘You scored that try out in the TRL grand final against Valleys’.”

Gatton Hawks celebrate the 2024 Toowoomba Rugby League grand final win.

Bundock spoke of what the win would mean for the Gatton community.

“Special just to win it for the community back at Gatton, it’s an amazing club, I love the club so much,” he said.

“So just to do that for them and all the supporters, yeah it was good.”

However, the win did not come easy as the Hawks had to come from behind and were trailing by two points late in the game.

Despite this, Bundock said the side refused to give up.

“We got into a big circle and told each other just to grind, grind for each other, look your brother in the eye and just work for them, it’s not over till it’s over,” he said.

Gatton players celebrate a try against Valleys in TRL Hutchinson Builders A-grade grand final rugby league at Toowoomba Sports Ground, Saturday, September 14, 2024. Picture: Kevin Farmer

The win also showed the resilience within the Gatton line-up as they bounced back from suffering defeat to Valleys only two weeks earlier in the major semi-final.

Bundock said his side had learned lessons from that clash and were stronger for it.

“Last time we played them we started off really bad and just to come out and (Valleys) scored two tries on us,” he said.

“That was nothing, we were only chasing 12 points.

“What we had to do was just grind and grind and grind until we ended coming away with the bickies.”