While there were not many reasons for Broncos supporters supporters to smile after another loss in the National competition to Sydney City, the same could not be said of the Keebra Park faithful who converged on Suncorp for the curtain raiser and witnessed the boys down North Queensland heavyweights Kirwan SHS 20-10 in the Queensland final of the "Arrive Alive Cup".

While it was not the most clinical performance it was a convincing win against a Kirwan side boasting 6 Queensland State players who never really troubled the Keebra side. Matt Parata opened the scoring kicking a two point penalty off the back of a wealth of possession and this was soon followed by the first try of the evening when Lock Tim Leary crossed the line first after a repeat set of six kept the Townsville boys pinned on their line. Kirwan replied with a try of their own and Keebra Park's Bodine Thompson rounded of the first half showing some classy footwork to open up the Kirwan defences and increase the score to 14-4.

Keebra came out with a more focussed attitude in the second half and it was Damon Harth the solid Keebra centre who opened their account with a strong charge to the line off of a Dane Macdonald pass. With Kirwan scoring in the latter stages of the game the final score was Keebra Park 20, Kirwan -10.

With the state championship now wrapped up the boys will turn their attention to the national semi final which will be against Tamworth school, the Farrer Memorial Agricultural College. This game will be played on September 9th and all going well they will then progress to the Australian Grand