Endeavour Sports High School gio schoolboys cup team after they defeated St. Gregorys College (Photo : OurFootyMedia)

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The win caps off an undefeated season for Endeavour who advance into the playoffs on top of their pool.

Captain and GIO Most Trusted Man of the Match, Paul Momirovski, was instrumental in the backline for Endeavour.

“That was my goal coming into the game,” Momirovski said. “I really wanted to lift as we had a couple of players out (with injury). I put it on myself to inspire the team and we came out with the win.”

Endeavour lead 20-10 with 15 minutes remaining but St. Greg's were resilient as they scored to cut the lead to 20-14 with ten minutes remaining.

St. Greg's had the momentum and another comeback was on the cards as they looked to have scored again only to be called for going into touch first.

Endeavour's forwards proved to be a handful for St. Greg's who promoted some clever offloads in gaining an early 8-0 lead after ten minutes.

St. Greg's captain, Christian Kagiassis, laments the slow start to the match that put them on the back foot. “We started of a bit shaky but we got back in there,” said. “We were full of confidence but Endeavour were stronger on the day which was unlucky for us.”

In ideal conditions for football, Endeavour and St. Greg's were prepared for the challenge. Both sides were structured and enterprising in attack as they confidently spread the ball to their wings.

Kagiassis shared, “Its not really something we work on at training. It's just a part of our individual games. We all like to get the ball wide and use everyone's strengths.” 

Endeavour entered the sheds at halftime with a 14-6 halftime lead but St Greg's burst through the middle to score first and cut the deficit to four points.

Endeavour showed signs of fatigue towards the end of the game and St. Greg's tried to take the opportunity to spread the ball wide and exploit Endeavour's tiring defense. But Endeavour scored a late try to secure the victory. 

Endeavour will prepare for the finals full of confidence, which begin September 22.

”We are confident but we haven't played a full game with our full team yet,” Momirovski said. “Once we get all our players back and play our best, who knows what can happen.”

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Endeavour SHS gio Schoolboys Cup Team (Photo : Garry Reader)

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A brilliant second half comeback by Endeavour Sports High today saw them win their first fixture against Matraville Sports High in the GIO Schoolboys Cup coming home strong with four unanswered tries in the latter half to win 26-12.

Endeavour captain Paul Momirovski was happy with his team's win but said there were a few things his side needed to work on for their next game.

“I thought the boys really dug in well for the whole 60 minutes,” Momirovski said.

“We need to push each other a little bit more and as I said get to the game from the start not just the second half of each half.”

Completion rates were also a problem for Matraville who were unable to continue their momentum after scoring two converted tries in the first ten minutes of the game.

Liam Coleman, Matraville captain, said besides several handling errors, his side played well.

“We played strong as a team but just couldn’t hold on there in the end,” he said.

“We’ve been trying our training around ball security but it was a bit slippery out here and that and a few silly errors came out of us,” Coleman said.

GIO most trusted player Clayton Williams said he concentrated on carrying the ball forward but agreed with his captain that there are areas of their game like their completion rate that needs improving.

The next GIO Schoolboys fixtures will be played tomorrow, June 12. Illawarra SH will take on Bass High at WIN Stadium while Westfields SH will play Patrician Brothers Blacktown at New Era Stadium, Cabramatta. Both games will kick-off at 1pm.

Results

Endeavour SHS u13's & Opens with Hunter SHS opens & the Matraville SHS u13s (Photo's : OurFootyMedia)

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UNDER 13's ENDEAVOUR SHS v MATRAVILLE SHS

OPENS (no junior reps) ENDEAVOUR SHS v HUNTER SHS

Hunter SHS travelled down from Newcastle and due to Sydney's pathetic trafic got stuck and were therefore late to the ground.

But they boldly got their footy gear on and had a bit of a warm up.

The Endeavour boys have been preparing for this years schoolboys footy season since last year and played all the non junior rep players and hit the visiting Newcastle boys like a coal train.

Hunter regrouped to their credit and put on a good display of footy and look to have a fairly good side this year which we all hope will compete in many more matches in 2013.

The home side were too good on the 'Field of Dreams' winning 22 - 6

Special mention must go to Endeavours Tuiletufua (Woody) Wiremu who was everywhere and a standout player in both defence and attack.

Alex Johnston is presented with the 2012 DAU Medal by Dau's mum, Mrs Anna Koroibulileka (Photo : steve monty / OurFootyMedia)

Jaden CLARKE 2012 STAN Trophy Winner(Photo : steve monty / OurFootyMedia)

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The big news of the night was again to award the DAU MEDAL which is one of the most prized awards in rugby league.

This year the 2012 DAU MEDAL was presented to an emotional Alex Johnston.

Alex who has only been in the rugby league program for 2 years has had a most outstanding year, including being selected in the Australian Schoolboys and was Man of the Match in the 2nd Test against the highly rated England Academy

Once again the Endeavour old boyz cared enough to attend and help with the presentations.

The 2012 STAN TROPHY winner is Jaden Clarke.

Jaden has also have a sizzling year, 12 months ago Jayden was in France and the UK playing for the Australian Institute of Sport side, then joined Endeavour TSP rugby league program, signed with the mighty Cronulla Sharks and won the Peter Sterling Medal as the best schoolboys player in Australia.

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