Tweed down Blackhawks for back-to-back Meninga Cups
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Today’s 2021 Auswide Bank Mal Meninga Cup grand final was no different.
How would Tweed Seagulls cope without their massive middle forward Jack Cullen? Would Palm Beach Currumbin alumni be too good for the Kirwan State High boys playing for Townsville Blackhawks? Thirteen players came from the two schools today.
The defensive juggernaut the Blackhawks with 34 points against in seven matches; Tweed, the defending premiers were not going to give over their crown without a fight.
Thomas Weaver versus Thomas Duffy; and Oskar Bryant versus Tyreice Baira-Gela.
Everywhere you looked was a story.
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THE CQ Capras will open the 2021 season with an away game against the Tweed Heads Seagulls on Saturday, March 20.
They will play their first home game the following week against the Northern Pride.
The Capras have nine home games, among them a Round 7 clash against the Northern Pride at Emerald’s McIndoe Park on Saturday, May 15.
The QRL today released the draw for its revised premier men’s statewide competition.
The 2021 Intrust Super Cup season will be played over 19 rounds, with a split round in Round 8.
The 14 clubs that started the 2020 season before its suspension due to COVID-19 are already back in training for the new year.