2025 Peter Mulholland Cup live stream: Matraville Sports High v All Saints College

All Saints have become the second Peter Mulholland Cup Pool A side to go 2-0 as its young guns led a comprehensive defeat of Matraville on Tuesday. Watch the full match REPLAY here.

All Saints Maitland has continued its winning run with a comprehensive 40-20 defeat of Matraville Sports High in the second round of the Peter Mulholland Cup on Tuesday.

Maitland couldn’t have started worse if it tried, spilling the ball from the opening kick-off.

But they the hosts resolve to deny Matraville, and were able to strike first with their opening attacking set when Roy Simpson got the perfect bounce of the ball from a Chase Butler kick.

It was another bounce that went against the visitors – this time off the boot of Cody Field – with Talen Balcombe the recipient of a stroke of fortune.

Heath Connell made it 16-0 in quick order when the hooker caught the defence napping around the ruck from right on the goal-line.

Then came the moment of the half, with Butler spreading it early in the count and putting Benji Thompson into clear air down the sideline, before kicking in-field for Riley Rostron to pounce and score Maitland’s fourth of the afternoon inside 15 minutes.

All Saints fullback Riley Rostron bagged a double in the win. Picture: Warren Gannon Photography

Matraville’s defence was able to aim up, but the sheer weight of possession and a lop-sided penalty count saw All Saints on the attack again, with Mason Walmsley the latest to score.

The visitors had their best moment of the half right on the stroke of halftime, as big Elijah-Blair Maile barged his way over from dummy half to make it 28-4.

Despite trailing by a big margin, Matraville had the best of the early exchanges after the break and were denied a try for an obstruction, before All Saints went down the other end for Rostron to bag a double after a Butler grubber.

The margin became 36 with Butler the maestro again, putting front rower Nate Wilson through a huge gap to go over untouched.

MSHS had another as Naite Sines-Wainwright pounced on a dropped ball, but it was overshadowed by a big push and shove that saw two sent to the sin bin.

It seemed to inspire the visitors, with EJ Mahu-Delamere and Triston Ross scoring late to finish the match on a high note.

All Saints, who defeated Holy Cross in round one, moved to 2-0 on the season and set up a tantilising final minor round clash against fellow undefeated Pool A side Patrician Brothers Blacktown.

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The impacts of the big wet that has swept NSW this month have stretched into the Peter Mulholland Cup.

All Saints College, Maitland has borne the brunt of the terrible conditions in recent times.

Preparation for their round two clash with Matraville Sports High has been far from ideal with players isolated from school and then having their training field washed out.

Despite the setbacks, head of sport Elliott Plank has high hopes the school can advance to a perfect 2-0 record.

All Saints College, Maitland's preparation for round two of the Peter Mulholland Cup has been impacted by flooding in NSW. Picture: Supplied

“We’ve had a couple of recent NSWCCC trials and had some issues here in Maitland,” he said.

“They opened the floodgates. The day before the field was dry and then it all came into the school.

“We’ve had to push training back a bit and find opportunities to try and prepare. Some boys were isolated from school due to the floodwaters. This has happened in years previous so we’re used to it.

“We won’t let that get in the way. We’re looking forward to the challenge.”

Venue constraints have seen the fixture shifted from Matraville to Maitland, something Plank is very fortunate for.

“We’re lucky now that we’ve got two home games. They’ve decided to come up to Maitland which we are grateful for,” he said.

“To have the school there, we’re pumped to put on a big show. Particularly with these floods, we haven’t really had the opportunity to get together as a school.”

All Saints enters the clash as favourites on the back of a big round one victory over Holy Cross (40-14), while Matraville is searching for its maiden win after a 54-6 defeat at the hands of Patrician Brothers Blacktown.

Matraville Sports High have the talent to bounce back from a tough opening round loss in the Peter Mulholland Cup. Picture: Tim Hunter.

Plank praised the energy his team played with, while also wary of a Matraville team set to bounce back in a big way.

“We were just really happy with the energy. We stuck to the game plan in the first half,” he said.

“We were a little bit disappointed with the second half. We got a bit excited and there are a lot of things we need to improve on.

“Round one wasn’t a true representation of how they (Matraville) will go. That Patrician Brothers team is very good. We expect them to bounce back.

“They’ve got a lot of pathways players at the Roosters and Souths. They’ll be ready to go, especially after that result.”

The clash is shaping up as a battle of the five-eighths, with Matraville’s Clayton McGoon and Maitland’s Cody Field both top-tier talents.

McGoon mostly featured in the centres for South Sydney during its Harold Matthews Cup campaign, making a name for himself as a hard-running edge as they made it all the way to the preliminary final.

MSHS will be looking for him to take the line on and ask questions of a steely Maitland defence.

Field came through the Newcastle Maitland pathway before being snapped up by the Dragons, with the ability to play both fullback and five-eighth.

Look for these two to provide highlight moments throughout the contest.The impacts of the big wet that has swept NSW this month have stretched into the Peter Mulholland Cup.

Originally published as 2025 Peter Mulholland Cup live stream: Matraville Sports High v All Saints College