Despite winning their last two games, our Mal Meninga Cup U19 team just fell short of finals football in 2025.
In a hotly contested competition, with dozens of NRL-contracted players spread across different teams, our boys played admirably through a bad run of injuries.
Using 32 players across 9 games, with most being bottom-age, showed just how many injuries disrupted their season.
After a strong start with 2 wins in a row, the next 4 games were against the best teams in the competition, which proved too much.
We scored a couple of important wins at the end of the season to finish 8th on the table, with finals consisting of the Top 6 teams.
We look forward to welcoming back the eligible players in 2026, and aim to transition as many players as possible into our Hostplus Cup and BRL A Grade squads as their development continues at the Seagulls. Some players will make the step up to the BRL squad immediately and push for a Cup debut later in the season.
Well done to Blake Trace and his coaching team for your efforts across the season. And thank you to our Academy partner McDonalds Bayside for your support of our juniors.