Matraville Sports High School		Palm Beach Currumbin State High
Mark Kheirallah	Fullback	Japeth Vaoa
Cyprian Ale	Wing	Dean Olzard
Blake Judd	Centre	Sam Saville
George Vuna	Centre	Steven Gillett
Kennedy Pettybourne	Wing	Nathan Thompson
Jerome Leolahi	Five-eight	Jordan Rankin
Matt Hands	Halfback	Cody Walker
Keith Masima	Prop	Ronnie Alovili
Olireti Samuela	Hooker	Brody Ollard
Isaac Maliota	Prop	Tim James
Chris Thomas	Second Row	Leon Taylor
Dominic Walsh	Second Row	Kurt Foggo
Sam Brunton	Lock	Ryan James
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Lachlan Hall	Interchange	Chris Bloomfield
Jack Tulemau	Interchange	Sam Meskell
Sione Vai	Interchange	Jay Lynn
Gurdeep Singh	Interchange	Lain Windley
Adam Reynolds	Reserves
Moses Pangaii
Scott Murray	Coach	Rod Patison

In a Grand Final not to be forgotten for a long time to come, Palm Beach Currumbin have claimed the 2008 Arrive alive Cup by defeating Matraville Sports High in a thrilling contest between two of the top Rugby League school teams in the country. The match that promised so much lived up to all expectations and more.

In a game that saw a number of lead changes and some miraculous rugby league tries, Palm Beach Currumbin ran out eventual winners and 2008 premiers recording a 24-22 victory.

It was the Queensland schools first Arrive alive Cup victory since 2001 and one to be remembered by all involved.

The match began at a fast pace and it was Palm Beach who capitalised on some poor Matraville defence down the right hand edge. It was pacey backrower Kurt Foggo who sliced through to give Palm Beach the early lead.

Foggo almost scored again minutes later however he was denied and held up by some strong Matraville goal line defence. Palm Beach had the better of the early stages but could not extend their 6-0 lead.

The pressure on the day was evident through a number of mistakes committed by both schools in the opening stages of the match. It was a one on one steal on Jordan Rankin by Matraville's Adam Reynolds that led to the opening Matraville try.

From the ensuing play, Matraville five-eighth Jerome Leolahi crashed over. The conversion was added and the scores were locked at 6-6.

As seen so often across numerous teams in the 2008 competition, a Palm Beach kick-off that went out over the dead ball line on the full provided Matraville with a penalty on the halfway line and great attacking field position.

It was Jack Tulemau off the interchange bench who capitalised on this error when he crashed over from dummy half to provide Matraville with the lead.

The Mark Kheirallah conversion was slotted and Matraville Sports had a 12-6 advantage. Palm Beach almost answered right back but a brilliant solo try saver on the last tackle from Matraville centre Blake Judd, repelled the attack and ensured his side held the 12-6 lead at the break.

After the break it was a brilliant solo effort from Rankin that leveled the scores at 12-12. Rankin grubbered into the in-goal area and won the foot race to the ball to score himself.

It was then Tim James who had a strong game up front who got Palm Beach into the opposition half with an impressive 40 metre run. Another well weighted kick almost resulted in another Palm Beach try only for it to be knocked on in-goal by a Palm Beach hand.

Matraville Sports responded with a great team try.

It was a Dominic Walsh offload that started the movement and a fine ball from centre George Vuna that saw Junior Pettybourne with some space.