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2025 Langer Trophy live stream: Mabel Park SHS v Palm Beach Currumbin SHS, Round 1
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Palm Beach Currumbin ace Taj Lateo has been handed the reins to run the Reds, as the NRL Schoolboys Cup champions kick start their title defence against a resurgent Mabel Park.
The opening round clash will be exclusively live streamed on KommunuityTV as part of a huge triple header along with the Walters Cup (Year 10) and Queensland Schoolgirls Cup action on Wednesday.
The Queensland Schoolgirls Cup clash, which features 2023 national champions Mabel Park, will be free to watch, while a full News Corp digital subscription will be required to watch the other matches on Wednesday.
Fresh off his selection at five-eighth for the Queensland state side, the pressure will be on young gun Lateo to step up.
He will assume full control of the Reds following a cruel pre-season injury blow to experienced playmaker Marley McLaren and the graduation of 2024 Peter Sterling Medallist Zane Harrison.
McLaren will aim to be back for the finals, but in the meantime Lateo will assume the senior halves' role.
PBC SHS players Marley McLaren and Taj lateo with Broncos legend Kevin Walters after the school won the Walters Cup in 2022. McLaren is again injured and Lateo will be the senior half.
It is not the first time Lateo has run the show. He was also the senior half and captain of PBC's 2022 Walters Cup-winning side after McLaren went down with a wrist injury.
'He will run the team and will be fine,'' PBC SHS coach Tim Maccan said.
'He did that for South Coast recently, he took the steering wheel and managed really well.
'At Mal Meninga Cup level, he stepped in this season when Zane Harrison and Javon Andrews were out (for Tweed Seagulls).''
Mabel Park SHS coach Ben Weston said starting strongly was crucial in the Langer Trophy this season.
Mabel will field a crack edge division, with strike centres JZ Perenara and Dean Tauaa teaming with Majah Peachey and DJ Talaepa on their respective sides of the field.
TEAMS
Mabel Park SHS: 1 David Filo, 2 Quinn Timperon, 3 JZ Perenara, 4 Dean Tauaa, 5 Maz Burns, 6 Pouakai Williams, 7 Nehemiah Vavau, 8 Braddock Taylor, 9 Ezra Leota, 10 Harrison Bath, 11 Majah Peachey, 12 DJ Talaepa, 13 Natu Leota, 14 Tai Kapaith, 15 Dom Ierome, 16 Jakyea TeHuia, 17 Boston Cochrane. 18th Tipene Cooley
PBC SHS: 1 Cribb, Kaea, 2 Watkins, Dylan, 3 Bates-Wellington, Devin, 4 Tata, Gad, 5 Handyside, Levi, 6 Fife, Max, 7 Lateo, Taj, 8 Jackson, Torino, 9 Bilish, Jai, 10 Fa'Aoso, Josiah, 11 Dangerfield, Cruz, 12 Barry, Marlie, 13 Mulheran, Billy, 14 White, Jack, 15 Aitken, Cohen, 16 Mosaati, Malakai, 17 Partridge, Riley. 18th: Alcorn, Ethan
Langer Cup schoolboy rugby league qualifying games. Mabel Park State High School V Caloundra State High School. Picture: Patrick Woods.
With the competition's finals format reworked to only include the top five sides this season, it meant an early season slip up could prove costly down the line.
'There is more pressure (on teams to perform),' Weston said.
'We have tough a start in PBC and Keebra, and we'd like to jag one or two of those two, if not both.
'The competition is so close you will also need a good for and against to help you out.'
The Langer Trophy will be exclusively live streamed on the Courier Mail and across all News Corp Australia digital mastheads as part of KommunityTV's unbeaten coverage of the NRL Schools League competitions.
Originally published as 2025 Langer Trophy live stream: Mabel Park SHS v Palm Beach Currumbin SHS, Round 1
