Location: Kirwan, Townsville, Queensland
National Championships: 2 – 2015, 2019
Runners-up: None
State Championships: 5 – 1996, 1998, 2015, 2019, 2020


Kirwan State High made history in 2015, defeating Patrician Brothers’ Blacktown to become the first North Queensland school to win the National Final. They did it again in 2019, beating Westfields Sports High 16–10.


Recent seasons

2020 Aaron Payne Cup; Winners / Phil Hall Cup; Winners
2021 Aaron Payne Cup; Runners-up
2022 Aaron Payne Cup; Semi-final
2023 Aaron Payne Cup; Runners-up
2024 Aaron Payne Cup; Winners / Phil Hall Cup; Runners-up
2025 Aaron Payne Cup; Winners / Phil Hall Cup; Runners-up

Peter Sterling Medallists
2015 – Julian Christian
2019 – Adrian Trevilyan

Australian Schoolboys
1998 – John Rowbotham
1999 – John Rowbotham
1999 – Micheal Luck
2001 – Ashley Alberts
2001 – Trevor Bowman
2001 – Steven Goodhew
2001 – Luke Harlen
2002 – Drew Donovan
2002 – Steven Goodhew
2002 – Jacob Lillyman
2006 – Obadiah Geia
2009 – Jason Taumalolo
2010 – Francis Veukiso
2011 – Nene Macdonald
2013 – Michael Barclay
2014 – Gideon Gela-Mosby
2014 – Darryn Schonig
2019 – Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow
2021 – Dudley Dotoi
2021 – Ragarive Wavik
2023 – Kaiden Lahrs