2025 Peter Mulholland Cup live stream: Patrician Brothers Fairfield v Hunter SHS, Round 1
Hunter Sports High closed out the opening round of the Peter Mulholland Cup with a hard-fought, impressive win over Patrician Brothers Fairfield on Tuesday. Watch the REPLAY here.
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While the wet weather may have held off, it didn’t stop Patrician Brothers Blacktown and Hunter SHS from making it rain tries in their opening Peter Mulholland Cup game on Wednesday.
Despite the eventual scoreline blowing out to a 26-10 victory for Hunter, Frank Prichard’s team was up for the fight early in the contest.
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Momentum quickly swung in Hunter’s direction though, with second-rower Austyn Ah Toon-Hotene darting through the middle off the back of a set play from hooker Cooper Townsend.
Five-eighth Matt Walton was quick to follow, starting an impressive game with a four-pointer to continue Hunter’s flying start.
The pressure continued to mount on Patrician Brothers through an intercept just minutes later, with winger Will Manning doing his best Semi Radrara impression to put Hunter further in front.
Patties were finally able to hit back through their barrowing second-rower Glassie Glassie, who busted through Hunter’s solid defensive line.
But after Kyran Blair’s solo effort minutes later took things up a notch, the game looked further out of reach for Hunter.
A late try to Patties’ five-eighth Jeziah Papa wasn’t enough to bring the side back into the game, with Hunter’s halfback again getting one back and sealing it for their first win of the year.
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Pride in the jersey and school
That’s the driving force behind the charge of Patrician Brothers College, Fairfield as it prepares for this year’s tilt at the Peter Mulholland Cup.
The 2022 premiers were knocked out in the play-in stage last year and they’re looking to push further this time around.
First up Patties will face Hunter Sports High at New Era Stadium, Cabramatta on Tuesday with the match exclusively live streamed on KommunityTV.
Former NRL star and New Zealand international Frank Pritchard is at the helm as coach, and said he wanted to instil a sense of pride in the two blues.
“Being a new group, we did a camp at the school and spoke about what the jersey meant and who wore it before them,” Pritchard said.
“We wanted to give them an understanding of where it came from and playing the Patrician Brothers way.
“We thought that was an important way to connect as a group.”
The mindset throughout the lead-up to the season proper has been centred on forming a cohesive defensive unit, with Pritchard wanting to establish a steely mentality among the group.
“For us as a team, we had a few defensive errors. We’ve wanted to fix up our three-man and two-man tackles and goal line defence,” he said.
“We’ve worked on that and had a couple of sessions with the Cabramatta U19s, just to practise getting bodies in front of people.
“Timing and tempo has been another focus, especially in attack.”
Manager Lisa Coluccio said while youth will be a key part of the side in 2025, their leaders are set to create their own piece of history.
“We’ve pretty much got a younger squad and don’t have many returning from last year,” Coluccio said.
“This year will see for the first time in Pats history, both our captain and vice-captain are First Nations players.
“Jeziah Papa from the Roosters is the captain and South Sydney’s Soul Tuiletufuga is the vice-captain.
“They’re handling it really well. They’ve really stepped up. We run a First Nations program at the school with 40 boys. They’re leaders there and they’ve transferred their skills and leadership over to the senior squad.”
The broadcast of Patrician Brothers Fairfield’s opening round clash against Hunter will be live from 12.30pm on Tuesday.
PATRICIAN BROTHERS FAIRFIELD v HUNTER SPORTS
Patrician Brothers Fairfield
1. Sebastian Taylor, 2. Jarell Tutuila, 3. Maxwell Afualo, 4. Vaea Akau’ola, 5. Jarom Collins, 6. Jeziah Papa, 7. Luke Tiberti, 8. Koneliaz Kane, 9. Hunter Manu’a, 10. Soul Tuiletufuga, 11. Noah Vaotangi, 12. Glassie Glassie, 13. William Lewis, 14. Kye Penfold, 16. Hino Teaupa, 17. Retric Smith-Jessop, 18. Netava Taliai, 25. Marley Chandra
Hunter Sports
1. Liam Martin, 2. Will Manning, 3. Chip Valentish, 4. Asher Pung, 5. Nate Simpson, 6. Matt Walton, 7. Kyran Blair, 8. Duncan Gatt-Smith, 9. Cooper Townsend, 10. Ethan Jarmain, 11. Austyn Ah Toon-Hotene, 12. Beau Hill, 13. Curtis Mulherin, 14. Jazz Schumacher, 15. Charlie Barnes, 16. Aiden Whitaker, 17. Archie McIlwain, 18. Billy Toms, 19. Zane Rainey
Originally published as 2025 Peter Mulholland Cup live stream: Patrician Brothers Fairfield v Hunter SHS, Round 1
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