NSW All School - Football 

Congratulations to Saffron Grass, Year 12 on her selection in the NSW All Schools side, an amazing achievement.

Luke Rowe
School & Representative Sport Coordinator

NSW CCC - Netball 

Congratulations to Madison Paine, Year 11 on her selection in the Maitland Newcastle Diocesan Netball team to attend the NSWCCC Selections, a fantastic accomplishment.

Luke Rowe
School & Representative Sport Coordinator

13’s Country Cup Rugby League – Regional Finals

Congratulations to our 13’s Boys Rugby League team, who travelled up to Port Macquarie to compete in the regional finals of the Country Cup.  Our boys qualified for this event on the back of their strong performances in our local gala day held earlier in the term. 

St Clare’s encountered a well-coached and skilful MacKillop College from Port Macquarie in their opening fixture.  The game was a bruising end-to-end encounter with strong defence on display from both teams.  MacKillop crossed the try line twice late in the first half to take a 12-0 lead into halftime.  However, St Clare’s lifted and clawed their way back into the match with an early second half try.  MacKillop held their nerve in the end, despite numerous attacking raids on their try line from St Clare’s late in the match to secure a 12-4 victory.

St Clare’s strong defence was again on display in their second-round encounter against Great Lakes College.  St Clare’s raced out to an early 6-0 lead, set up off the back of some creative and skilful backline moves.  However, ill-discipline saw St Clare’s reduced to 12 players for the entire second half, stretching St Clare’s already tiring defensive efforts.  St Clare’s eventually conceded a try in the final moments of the match to come away with a hard fought and gritty 6-6 draw.

Our boys regrouped for their third and final match against McAuley Catholic College.  McAuley opened the scoring with a length of the field run away try to take an early 6-0 lead.  However, our boys responded with some strong ball carrying and line running to level the scores 6-6 at halftime.  St Clare’s started slowly in the second half with fatigue setting in, which saw McAuley again take the lead 12-6.  St Clare’s never gave up and scored a late consolation try to eventually go down 12-10.

 

Lastly, a big thank you to Mrs Parvin, Rory Clarke and Hayden Robertson for their time and dedication in training, coaching, and supporting our team, without their outstanding and tireless efforts events such as this would not be possible.

Matthew Collier
Country Cup Rugby League Coordinator