The team played at Hunter Stadium last Tuesday as part of the Knights Knockout finals competition. 

The boys were running on adrenalin due to the excitement of playing at the big stadium in front of their enthusiastic supporters, and this coupled with the inspirational pre-game talk from coach Kev  Watts gave them the momentum they needed. 

They took on St Pauls Rutherford and jumped out to a 12 nil lead with a couple of tries from Ed Arnott, before St Pauls fought back to 12 to 10, making for a nail biting finish. 

Fortunately, the Scone team were able to hold on and lift the trophy. 

Arnott was named Man of the Match, but all the boys tried hard throughout the game. 

The team included: Fletcher Shearman, Reagan Holstein, Lochlan McClean, Will Warner, Tyler Kelly, Sam Mount, Hamish Watts, Hayden Bull, Christopher Henderson, Callum Goodwin, Lachlan Park, Ed Arnott, Charlie Brooks, Beau Devenish, Jack Brown and Oscar Metcalf.

The school’s Under 10s team also played in the competition, after dressing in the Newcastle Knights’ change room and warming up in the NRL warm up area. 

The youngsters played Swansea Public School. 

The team started really well and scored first, converting to lead 6 nil. 

However, Swansea hit back soon after evening the score at half time at 6 all. 

In the second half the boys defended tirelessly, but  Swansea scored again to win the game 12 to 6. 

Scone Grammar School teacher and team manager Josh Noble said to get to this stage both teams competed in qualifying rounds last term and both teams finished unbeaten against 30 teams from around the Hunter area. 

“I would like to congratulate the outstanding achievement of the teams to get this far and the way in which they played and conducted themselves during the day. 

“I would also like to thank all the supporters who came to watch,” Noble said.  

“I would like to make a special mention to Brett Hails and Darren Crowther for giving up their time to coach and manage the boys,” he said.

“They have done a wonderful job.”