Red Bend's Open Boys have won the NSW CCC Rugby League Cup again!
The College side successfully defended their title from last year as champions of the day, bringing the Cup back to Forbes.
The side's campaign got away to a slow start, dropping their first pool game 6-0 to Marcellin college Randwick.
But they turned their efforts around in the next two pool games, to beat All Saints Maitland 6-0 and Parramatta Marist 10-0.
With some other pool games going their way, the boys qualified for the CCC Cup final.
Their opponent was St Dominic’s College, who had not conceded a point in their pool rounds - a very tough opponent.
The final was physical and end-to-end from both teams with the half time score locked at 0-0.
In the second half, an error from St Dom’s gave RBCC an opportunity, and with a sneaky scrum play involving Jett, Harry and Toby, Red Bend scored with Harry crossing the line.
St Dominics went up a gear in their efforts to return serve, but some gallant defensive efforts from Max, Jonah and Lachie Rice resisted this. With two mins to go on the clock, RBCC gained an opportunity from a penalty, with Jett scoring the match winner.
The final score was 12-0, the College holding the Cup high yet again
With this effort RBCC has now won the NSWCCC CUP three times in a row: 2019, 2023 and 2024 - the competition didn't run in 2020, 2021 or 2022.
Jett Rudd was named the Charlie McGee Player of the Final and our Players of the Day were Jonah Little, Max Hartwig and Matthew Higgins.
Also in their grand final for the competition were the College's Girls 15s.
The girls played skillfully throughout the pools, earning them a semi-final spot, which they won - taking them through to the final against a very physical St Patrick's team.
Red Bend had a strong start going out to a 12-0 lead through tries to Sarah Price and Malia Morrison. Unfortunately they ended up falling short of the win by four tries to two.
They played incredibly well and coach Hannah De Mamiel was very proud of them finishing the day as runners up.
Players of the day were Malia Morrison, Sarah Price and Ruby Coote.