Keebra Park High School are through to the Queensland final of the Arrive Alive Cup after emerging victorious from a stunning struggle with rivals Palm Beach-Currumbin last night.

Keebra won the match 10-0 but only secured the victory at Pizzey Park when damaging centre Kingi Akoula bulldozed his way over in the corner with 90 seconds to go.

The match was not without its controversy, with PBC half Matt Nuttall sinbinned for the final 10 minutes of the match after the referee called a high tackle.

But in the end Keebra were too strong Akaoula’s barnstorming match-winner, in which he beat four defenders, a fitting finale.

“Nobody deserved to lose that game,” said Keebra coach Greg Lenton.
“We did a tremendous amount of work. Our attack last week was outstanding but this week we got into the defensive battle.”

Keebra took a 6-0 lead into half-time after Bodine Thompson swooped in the 10th minute.

He ran a great line off five-eigth Robert Lui, and went over untouched.

But it was to be an arm wrestle from there, with desperate defence and also some handling errors a feature for both sides.

PBC coach Rod Patison admitted to being a ‘little confused’ by the sin-binning but praised both teams’ efforts.

“We did make a few mistakes and a few late decisions that contributed to errors,” he said.
“The critical thing was we didn’t execute.”