Ipswich win 2022 Phil Hall Cup

Ipswich win 2022 Phil Hall Cup

Author : Andrew Dawson NewsCorp Sport

Ipswich win 2022 Phil Hall Cup

Dynamic Ipswich crowned champion of Queensland

Phil Hall Cup state schoolboy league grand final: Ignatius Park take on Ipswich SHS

Rising star Gabriel Satrick turned in a dummy half masterclass as Ipswich beat St Ignatius to continue their magic carpet ride through the schoolboys season.

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Ipswich SHS’s Gabriel Satrick jumped aboard his team’s magic carpet ride through the schoolboy season to spearhead the side to an historic Phil Hall Cup state final rugby league win.

North Queensland product Satrick was the difference, as unbeaten Ipswich SHS defeated Townsville’s Ignatius Park College 30-10 at CBUS Stadium on the Gold Coast.

Northern raiders’ Ignatius Park had launched a stunning hit and run mission for half the match, delivering sledge hammer like defence which stung their rivals.

But Satrick’s injection into dummy half tilted momentum and contributed to three tries in 10 minutes just after halftime.

Superb goal kicking from James Frazer also saw his team balloon from a 4-all at halftime to a 22-4 lead 16 minutes from fulltime.

The explosive acceleration of Gatrick, Ipswich’s Australian schoolboys dummy half, gave Ipswich the edge, with the Yarrabah product’s try seven minutes into the second half crucial.

Ignatius Park had done their homework with their outstanding marker and ruck defence, but Satrick is the best in the business and found the tryline with a dash and a lunge under pressure from Ignatius Park defenders.

It was Satrick’s quick tap and run minutes later which also gave Ipswich SHS field position for his winger Jacobi Shaw to score and within the space of three minutes, Ipswich were leading 16-4.

“It has been a great season, full of fun, Satrick said.

“We now wait for the next game and hopefully win it all,’’ he said in reference to playing the NRL National Schoolboy final against Sydney’s Patrician Brothers, Fairfield in two weeks.

“I came on, but it was a good team effort. Our team just keeps showing up and we love each other,’’ said Satrick, who is signed by the Melbourne Storm.

After Satrick’s double magic trick, centre Fotu crossed for his second try and Ipswich could taste victory.

But with 11 minutes remaining Ignatius Park’s Jack Prior crossed, and with Brodie Dineen’s sideline conversion, it was back to 22-10.

Ignatius Park’s Rayzarlin Pearson then made a break, but in the covering tackle he mistimed his pass and Ipswich survived. The match was much closer than the scoreline indicated.

Ignatius Park were looking to snap an 18-year drought stretching back to 2004 when they last won the state final.

“We gave them too much footy in the second half and when they get possession, they really wear you down physically,’’ reflected Ignatius Park coach Steve Lansley.

“We just didn’t have enough possession in the second half to compete with them.

“I was really proud of our effort and we have had a great year.

“They showed up and we’re not intimidated by the south east corner.

“The boys will learn that when you play good teams, you have to hold the footy in the second half.

“The best thing for their development is going forward, they know they can match it with these boys.’’

Ipswich SHS’s win followed last week’s historic first ever Langer Trophy win.

Those involved in that day should bottle the moment and carry it around with them for the rest of their lives, and this moment should sit alongside it.

Iggy Park also had a magnificent season, and after winning the Confraternity Shield and then Payne Cup, their players left nothing in the tank.

“What we did in the first half to control them, when they were at their best, I am most proud of,’’ said Ipswich coach Joshua Bretherton.

“They are a very, very good team but the resolve we showed to stay in control when the game could have got away from us, that was what I was most proud of.’’

It was a match full of near misses and try-saving tackles, among the best of them being:

– Ignatius Park’s Brodie Dineen clipping the heels of a tearaway Ipswich hooker Gabriel Satrick

– Ipswich’s James Frazer ankle taping a runaway Rayzarlin Pearson

– Nelson Kennedy’s jersey grabbing effort on Ipswich fullback Tyler Peckham-Harris

– Ignatius pair Jonah Raidaveta and Elijah Joe somehow felling the towering Ipswich prop Loko Tonga

In the first half, Ipswich SHS confronted a Berlin Wall for most of the 30 minutes, with impregnable defence blocking pathways to the line for Ipswich heavy hitters Josiah Pahulu and Tre Fotu.

Those defensive efforts across the first six minutes set the highest of standards and must have had Ipswich wondering how to get through, and around their northern rivals.

After the defensive blockade, Ignatius Park rebounded to the other end of the field where winger Rayzarlin Pearson scored.

Ipswich had also defended superbly on the line but a backs ball movement through the hands of Matthew Hunter, Elijah Joe and Izaya Leedie helped get Pearson over to score.

After ebb and flow following the try, Ipswich centre Tre Fotu finally burst through the barn door three minutes before halftime to open his team’s scoring. It was 4-all at halftime.

Not being able to go through Ignatius Park, Ipswich went around them with a wide left edge spread that got Fotu on the outside of his rivals.

Ipswich SHS 30

TRIES : Tre Fotu 2, Gabriel Satrick, Rene Bagon, Jacobi Shaw
GOALS : James Frazer 5

defeated

Ignatius Park College 10

TRIES : Rayzarlin Pearson, Jack Prior
GOALS : Brodie Dineen

Ignatius Park College:

1. Elijah Joe, 2. Tekelu Mene, 3. Brodie Dineen, 4. Izaya Leedie, 5. Rayzarlin Pearson, 6. Mitch Brown, 7. Matthew Hunter, 8. Henry Teutau, 9. Jack Wood, 10. Jamaine Stanley, 11. Jonah Raidaveta, 12. Nelson Kennedy, 13. Jamal Shibasaki, 14. Diesel Jacobsson- Rhodes, 15. Nathaniel Hansen-Murdoch, 16. Jack Petitt, 17. Jack Prior, 18. Caleb Searles. Coach: Steve Lansley

Ipswich SHS:

1. Tyler Peckham-Harris 2.Kulu Baruani, 3. Anton Naiyep, 3. Tre Fotu, 4. Jacobi Shaw, 6. James Frazer, 7. Jalen Afamasaga, 8. Ahmani Leluia, 9/ Tommy Luhrman, 10. Josiah Pahulu, 11. Xavier Sofeni, 12. Oliva Iaulualo,13. Jack Laing, 14. Gabriel Satrick, 15. Rene Bagon, 16. Loko Tonga, 17. Cayleb Johnson, 18th: Caleb Jackson.

Therefore the 2022 National Schoolboy Cup Championship game will be played at Redcliffe Stadium on Wednesday 14 September between NSW Champions, Partician Brothers Fairfield v Ipswich SHS

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