Junior Development

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The 2022 MM Cup season for Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki:

Round One of the 2022 MM Cup competition saw Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki named at left centre for the Burleigh Bears against the Easts Tigers however the match was cancelled due to extreme weather conditions.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki was then named to start at left centre for Round Two against the Souths Logan Magpies however a late game day change saw Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki started from the bench.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki contributed two tries off the bench in Burleigh’s ten point loss, with his opening try coming in the 51st minute when from two metres out from the line and just to the right of the uprights, Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki ran out of dummy half to his right to crash over and he was then subsequently hit after he scored with Burtleigh being awarded an eight point try.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki completed his double in the 66th minute when once again from very close range Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki picked up the ball from dummy half, got down low and burst over after running to his right. The only difference between his two tries was that in relation to his first try Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki scored adjacent to the right upright, but he scored his second try ten metres in from the left corner post.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki also made a good play in the 71st minute when after a long line break by Souths Logan, Magpies hooker Blake Mozer ran out of dummy half and made it well into the attacking twenty but Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki came out of nowhere to hit Mozer on his left side knocking the ball loose and eliminating the possibility of a Magpies try.

Such was the quality of Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki’s performance that he was named as a reserve in the Courier Mail’s Mal Meninga Cup Round Two Team of the Week.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki also started from the bench in Round Three against the Norths Devils and once again Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki providing a real spark when he came off the bench and into the dummy half role in the second half including almost setting up a try for Joseph Shannon late in the match when from just a metre out and directly in front of the posts Dorian Mapusua put in a short right foot kick out of dummy half with Joseph Shannon charging through but the North’s fullback took the ball dead just in front of a diving Joseph Shannon.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki made a good defensive effort along with Bailey McConnell when they held up the Norths hooker in the 65th minute when he had darted to his right from dummy half ten metres from the line,

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki then continued off the bench in Round Four against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls coming into the dummy half role towards the end of the first half with Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki scoring a trademark try from dummy half in the 48th minute when after Josiah Pahulu was dragged down agonisingly short, Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki picked up the ball and stayed low to force his way over after diving to the right of the play the ball to get the ball down four metres to the right of the goal posts.

Round Six against the Redcliffe Dolphins saw Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki named on the bench against the Redcliffe Dolphins however a late tactical change saw Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki start the match at left centre with the late position change not impacting on Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki’s ability to score as he did in the 34th minute when after he received an off-load around three metres out and near the left touchline, Dorian Mapusua-Loatki cut back to his right past where he had received the pass from and got low to burrow his way over the line to get the ball down around eleven metres in from the left corner.

Even though he was playing at left centre, Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki’s initial contribution to the match came when he ran out of dummy half to his right making twelve metres.

Dorain Mapusua-Lotaki executed an outstanding piece of play in the 9th minute when after Bailey McConnell put up a high pinpoint bomb that came down five metres from the line with the height of the kick enabling Dorain Mapusua-Lotaki to race through a force the Norths fullback back into the in-goal to force a goal line drop out.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki was named on the bench for the Burleigh Bears second 2022 trial against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki coming onto the field to play in the dummy half role in the 23rd minute.

Dorian Mapusua-Lataki came close to scoring in the 35th minute when on the last tackle, he ran out of dummy half to his right from five metres out but he was put to ground just short of the try line near the right goal post.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki ran out of dummy half to his right once again in the 42nd minute making ten metres to the halfway mark before off-loading to his right to Bailey McConnell who was able to promote the ball an additional eight metres.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki then started from the bench in Burleigh’s final trial against the Western Clydesdales with Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki playing at right second row and right centre over the course of his time on the field.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki almost scored in the 58th minute when after he ran a great inside shoulder route from twenty metres out Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki broke two tackles before being brought to ground less than a metre out from the try line.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki made another strong run in the 62nd minute when he made twelve metres from a Burleigh penalty restart to get the ball eighteen metres out from the try line.

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The 2022 MM Cup season for Will Taylor:

Round One of the 2022 MM Cup competition saw Will Taylor named on the bench for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Souths Logan Magpies with Will Taylor coming off the bench and into the dummy half role mid-way through the first half. Will Taylor also spent time in the second row for portions of the match.

Will Taylor was also named to start from the bench for Round Two against the Redcliffe Dolphins coming on in a running forward role in the 17th minute of the match and after the Seagulls had a Round Three bye, Will Taylor moved into the starting side at right second row for Round Four against the Easts Tigers and was involved in the opening minute with a strong tackle (the third of the match) to force a knock on with the Seagulls scoring through Cooper Camby in the set of six from the scrum.

Will Taylor scored himself in the 4th minute when he ran onto a good ball from his right from Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa to race thirty five metres to dive over in the left corner.

Will Taylor also executed a great tackle along with Nicholas Hilton on the Easts Tigers left winger who was returning a kick with the ball being forced loose. Jett Forbes then scored from the subsequent scrum win by Tweed Heads in the 59th minute

Will Taylor then in the 73rd minute did well from an East Tigers short kick-off after Jett Forbes first try with Will Taylor getting above the Tigers chasers to secure possession for the Seagulls.

Such was the quality of Will Taylor’s performance that he was named on the bench in the Courier Mail’s MM Cup Round Four Team of the Week.

Will Taylor continued at right second row in Round Five against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls, making his best run of the match in the 55th minute with a sixteen metre run through the centre of the ruck to get the ball within thirty five metres of the Tweed Heads try line.

Will Taylor also did well defensively in the 42nd minute when along with Will Saunders and Reico Ratana he was on hand to hold put the Wynnum Manly lock who under tried to burst over under the posts.

Will Taylor continued at right second row in Round Six against the Norths Devils with Will Taylor making the opening tackle of the match. Through the opening six rounds of the 2022 U18 Mal Meninga Cup competition Will Taylor had made eighty two tackles.

Will Taylor then continued at right second row in the Round Seven local derby against the Burleigh Bears and made an outstanding line break in the 20th minute when after charging into the ball to the right of the play the ball just ten metres out from his own try line, Will Taylor burst through the Burleigh defensive line and raced over the halfway mark before getting away a great left arm around the corner pass to Jett Forbes.

Will Taylor’s speed was on display once again in the 14th minute when he turned and chased a Burleigh line break down their left touchline with Will Taylor racing back around fifty metres to tackle the fullback and save what appeared to be a certain try.

Will Taylor also made a great tackle in the 75th minute when he crunched the Burleigh five eight who had tried to dart through the line for what would have been the match winning try but Will Taylor was having none of that.

Will Taylor really did showcase a plethora of skills in the match including in the 48th minute when he took the ball deep into the Burleigh defensive line down the left channel, getting away a great off-load to a flying Jett Forbes but unfortunately the winger was brought down just short of the try line.

Will Taylor was still chasing everything in the 37th minute when he chased through a grubber kick from five eight Jackson Le Pou, Will Taylor, along with Le Pou got the Burleigh fullback initially holding him of the ground before forcing him back six metres into the in-goal to win his side a goal line drop-out.

Deservedly Will Taylor was named at right second row in the Round Seven Courier Mail MM Cup Team of the Week.

Will Taylor also started from the bench for Tweed Heads February 2022 trial against the Burleigh Bears, coming on mid-way through the first half to play as a running backrower.

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Good to see Titans contracted Ryan Foran named on the Tweed Heads bench for the Seagulls Hastings Deering's Colts Round Three match this weekend against the Townsville Blackhawks.

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The 2022 MM Cup season for Eli Tuli:

Round One of the 2022 MM Cup competition saw Eli Tuli named at right second row for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Souths Logan Magpies with Eli Tuli making a strong run of twelve metres down the right channel to get the ball around thirty metres from the try line in the 58th minute.

Eli Tuli was also named at right second row for Round Two against the Redcliffe Dolphins and after the Seagulls had a Round Three bye, Eli Tuli moved to the bench for Round Four against the Easts Tigers with Eli Tuli coming onto the field mid-way through the first half to operate at right second row and in the 23rd minute made a great line break when he ran a great inside shoulder route from a good short ball from his right from Reico Ratana, going straight through two defenders and got over the line directly under the posts but three defenders held him up.

The 44th minute saw another strong run from Eli Tuli when down the left channel he made sixteen metres to get the ball to ten metres out from the try line. Eli Tuli then made a great eighteen metre charge from the kick-off to Will Saunders 45th minute try, getting the ball to the twenty metre line and then two tackles later Eli Tuli made a further twelve metres to get the ball to the halfway mark.

Eli Tuli was also named on the bench for Round Five against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls coming on mid-way through the first half to play left second row and also was named to come off the bench in Round Six against the Norths Devils but in the tactical change Eli Tuli moved into the starting side in the front row.

Eli Tuli had easily his best match of the season with some great charges including in the 45th minute when from the right of the dummy half Eli Tuli charged onto the ball forty metres out from the line and was able to get the ball within twenty five metres of the try line before the Devils defence was eventually able to get him to ground.

Eli Tuli made a further great charge in the 49th minute when he ran back underneath Josh Lynn from thirty five metres out to get the ball inside the attacking twenty metre mark and directly in front of the posts after beating two tackles along the way.

As a result of his outstanding performance Eli Tuli was named on the bench in the MM Cup Round Six Courier Mail Team of the Week in Round Six.

Eli Tuli was then named in the front row in the Round Seven local derby against the Burleigh Bears with Eli Tuli taking the first hit-up of the match from the kick-off.

Eli Tuli made some great charges in the match with one of the best coming in the 66th minute when Eli Tuli made a tough twenty five metres that started with a crafty left foot step with Eli Tuli getting to within twelve metres of the try line before being brought to ground by multiple Burleigh defenders.

The just three minutes later in the 69th minute Eli Tuli was at it again making nineteen more metres by way of two left foot steps with the run starting just twenty metres out from his own line.

Eli Tuli also had an outstanding defensive match including in the 14th minute when he along with Reico Ratana hit one of the Burleigh forwards front on in a crunching tackle just ten metres out from the try line with the heavy initial contact forcing the ball loose.

Deservedly Eli Tuli was named on the bench in the Round Seven Courier Mail MM Cup Team of the Week.

Eli Tuli made an immediate impact in the Seagulls Black and White and Eli Tuli was involved in the Seagulls first trial of 2022 when Tweed Heads took on the Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup squad at Pizzey Park.

Eli Tuli then started at right second row for Burleigh’s early February trial against the Burleigh Bears with Eli Tuli taking the Seagulls opening hit-up of the match from a penalty restart after Jett Forbes had been hit high returning a kick after the Magpies had kicked downfield after the opening set of six tackles after the kick-off.

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Titans contracted Izayah Petrichvich continues to play multiple sports and last week in Round Eight of the Gold Coast Basketball Men’s Division Two competition (remember Izayah Petrichvich is only 16 years old) he scored nine points from four successful two point shots and a free throw for his Disney side in a touch loss to the Trojans.

In five matches in the 2022 GC Basketball Men’s Division Two competition Izayah Petrichvich has now scored 38 points to average 7.6 points per game.

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This weekend’s Round Three of the 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition sees Taine Ujdur-Berghan named on the Tweed Heads Seagulls extended bench for their Round Three away match against the Townsville Blackhawks.

In 2021 Taine Ujdur-Berghan was part of the Tweed Heads Seagulls Hastings Deering’s Colts squad and started from the bench in the No. 1 jersey in their final 2021 trial against the Burleigh Bears. When Taine Ujdur-Berghan came into the match late in the first half he moved into the dummy half role.

Round Two of the 2021 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition saw Taine Ujdur-Berghan start at half for the Seagulls as they defeated Burleigh in the local derby 32 – 24.

Taine Ujdur-Berghan wasted no time becoming involved in the match being involved with Caleb Hodges in Burleigh’s first tackle of the match when they tackled Bears five eight Byron Vaovosa who was returning the Seagulls first kick.

Taine Udjur-Berghan’s next involvement was even more telling when in the 5th minute in put up a high bomb from thirty metres out which Jojo Fifita took on the full to scramble over to score in the left corner.

Taine Udjur-Berghan also started at halfback in Round Three against the Redcliffe Dolphins and in Round Four against the Ipswich Jets, a match which saw him score in the Seagulls 24 – 12 victory.

Taine Udjur-Berghan moved to five eight for Round Five against the Northern Pride before starting on the bench in Round Eight against the Mackey Cutters and Taine Udjar-Berghan also started on the bench in Round Nine against Wynnum Manly.

After missing a number of rounds, Taine Udjur-Berghan came off the bench in Round Fourteen against the Western Mustangs and also came off the bench in the Seagulls Week One Final against the Souths Logan Magpies.

Taine Ujdur-Berghan started Round One of the 2020 MM Cup competition for the Tweed Heads Seagulls at half back against the Northern Pride and scored in the Seagulls big first up victory, which unfortunately ended up being the only round of the 2020 season after the MM Cup competition was cancelled due to Covid 19.

Also in 2020 Taine Ujdur-Berghan was part of the PBC Langer Cup Open A squad, where he operated in the starting side, primarily in the dummy half role. In PBC’s first trial after the Covid 19 pandemic, Taine Ujdur-Berghan started at five eight for the PBC A side that played against the PBC B side.

Taine Ujdur-Berghan started Round One of the Langer Cup at hooker as PBC took on Ipswich State High School but is his second stint on the field in the second half spent time playing as a running forward on the right side of the field.

Taine Ujdur-Berghan also started at hooker in Round Two against Wavell State High School and in Round Three against St Mary’s Toowoomba, in the Round Four local derby against Keebra Park and in Round Five against Marsden State High School.

Taine Ujdur-Berghan also started at hooker for PBC as they qualified for the 2020 Langer Cup final on the back of an impressive 34 – 6 victory over Ipswich State High School scoring late in the second half.

With PBC on the attack on the left side of the field, Taine Ujdur-Berghan got into dummy half twelve metres out from the line, darting out of dummy half to his right catching the defence back peddling. Taine Ujdur-Berghan got down low when he was close to the line burrowing down low to get the ball down under pressure from two defenders.

Taine Ujdur-Berghan started the 2020 Langer Cup Grand Final at hooker for PBC as they defeated Keebra Park 16 – 8 in a high quality match.

In the Queensland School Boys Final against Kirwan State High School Taine Ujdur-Berghan started at hooker as PBC travelled to take on their North Queensland based opponents only to go down 24 – 20 in a tough match.

Taine Ujdur-Berghan started Round One of the 2019 GCRL U18 Division One competition for Nerang but with their demise moved to Burleigh, starting with their U18 Division Two side, spending time at fullback, hooker and half over the course of the 2019 season.

Taine Ujdur-Berghan made his first start for the Burleigh U18 Division Two side in Round Two against Tugun, scoring in their draw. In total Taine Ujdur-Berghan played in eight 2019 U18 Division Two regular season matches and three Division One matches.

In addition to his debut try in Round Two, Taine Ujdur-Berghan also scored in Rounds Three and Eight against the Runaway Bay Seagulls and Currumbin Eagles respectively in the 2019 U18 Division Two competition.

In Week Two of the 2019 GCRL U18 Division Two Finals Taine Ujdur-Berghan started at hooker against Currumbin and then was on the bench for the Burleigh U18 Division One side in their Week Two Final win against Southport and also started at hooker in the Grand Final as Burleigh defeated Robina.

For the 2019 Burleigh U18 Division One side Taine Ujdur-Berghan primarily came off the bench playing in a variety of roles including in the halves (half and five eight) and hooker, in total playing three matches in that competition for the Bears with those matches coming against Helensvale, Runaway Bay and Bilambil.

Taine Ujdur-Berghan was also a more than solid performer for the PBC Open rugby league side in 2019 including starting at five eight in the Langer Cup local derby against Keebra Park and also starting at five eight in PBC’s heart breaking Gold Point GIO Cup Queensland semi-final 23 – 22 loss to Marsden State High School.

Late in 2018 Taine Ujdur-Berghan was part of the Titans U16 squad that played matches in September against PNG and New South Wales Country U16 sides in northern New South Wales, finishing with one win and one loss.

Taine Ujdur-Berghan started Round One of the 2018 GCRL U16 Division One competition at five eight for Nerang as they defeated Runaway Bay 60 – 0 with centre Trey Peni scoring four tries in that match. Fellow PBC Year Ten student Jaiden West also scored for Nerang in the Round One match.

Post that Round One match, Taine Ujder-Berghan played in an additional eight matches for Nerang scoring two regular season tries, with the first coming in Round Six in a 32 – 8 win over Helensvale. Taine Ujdur-Berghan’s other try came two rounds later against Runaway Bay.

Taine Ujder-Berghan missed a portion of the GCRL U16 Division One Finals series but did start at five eight for the Roosters in the Grand Final as they defeated Currumbin 24 – 8.

In 2017 Taine Ujdur-Berghan played in thirteen matches in the GCRL U15 Division One competition for the Nerang Roosters scoring a solitary try which came around mid-season against the Currumbin Eagles.
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Tristian Powell has had a great start to his inaugural Queensland Cup campaign for Burleigh and that will continue this weekend in Round Five when he starts in the front row against the PNG Hunters.

In his four Queensland Cup matches this season to date, Tristian Powell has started each in the front row and has been on the field for a total of 195 minutes, running for 510 metres (142 per game average), 216 metres of which were post contact, broke eleven tackles, made two line breaks and made 80 tackles at a 95.2% tackling efficiency.

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In this weekend’s Week One of the 2022 MM Cup Final’s series Titans contracted Shannon Subritzky-Stewart is set to start at right centre against the Souths Logan Magpies.

Shannon Subritzky-Stewart has had a very good 2022 MM Cup season and is a finalist for the Queensland Rugby League 2022 MM Cup Player of the Year.

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After missing Round Four of the 2022 Queensland Cup competition it is great to see Titans contracted Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui named on the bench for Burleigh for this weekend’s Round Five clash against the PNG Hunters.

To date in the 2022 Queensland Cup competition Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui has played in two matches, both off the bench.

In his total of fifty nine minutes on the field Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui has run for 171 metres (85.5 average per match), seventy metres of which were post contact, broke six tackles and made thirty five tackles at a tackling efficiency of 91.2%.

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Good to see talented flyer Preston Brown set to line up for the Tweed Heads Seagulls Hastings Deering's Colts side in the coming weeks.

The young man from the Darling Downs can play a variety of positions in the backline including but not limited to centre and fullback.

Preston Brown is also a former representative level rugby player.

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In total in the 2022 Queensland Cup competition for Tweed Heads Titans contracted Paul Turner has been on the field for 316 minutes across four matches and has recorded two try assists and two line break assists.

In addition Paul Turner has run for 380 metres (95 average per game), 117 metres of which were post contact, broke sixteen tackles, made two line breaks and made 25 tackles at 89.3%.

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In total in the 2022 Queensland Cup competition for Tweed Heads Titans contracted Jojo Fifita has been on the field for all 320 minutes across four matches.

Jojo Fifita has run for 446 metres (116 metre average per game), 181 metres of which were post contact, broke eight tackles, made five line breaks and made 22 tackles.

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In total in the 2022 Queensland Cup competition for Burleigh Titans contracted Tony Francis has been on the field for all 320 minutes across four matches.

Jojo Fifita has run for 424 metres (106 metre average per game), 143 metres of which were post contact, broke 23 tackles, made five line breaks and made 23 tackles at 92%.

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The 2022 MM Cup season for Titans contracted Tanu Nona:

Round One of the 2022 MM Cup competition saw Tanu Nona named at hooker for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Souths Logan Magpies with Tanu Nona transitioning to a running forward role mid-way through the first half.

Tanu Nona along with Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa made the opening tackle of the match after Tweed Heads had gotten the match underway from the kick-off.

Tanu Nona made a trademark line break from dummy half in the 11th minute when he ran out of dummy half to his left, utilising a clockwise 360 degree spin to beat the initial defender that had confronted him before beating a second defender after veering to his right.

Tanu Nona started at hooker in Tweed Heads early February trial against the Burleigh Bears. Whilst he started the match at hooker, Tanu Nona also spend time as a running forward towards the end of the first half when Hasley McDonald came off the bench.

Tanu Nona made an immediate impact for the Seagulls when from sixty five metres out Tanu Nona ran to his right out of dummy half and burst straight through the middle of the Burleigh defensive line, then drew the fullback and off-loading to his left. Another off-load later Jett Forbes scored under the posts.

Tanu Nona made another great run out of dummy half, on this occasion to his left with Tanu Nona once again making a line break through the Burleigh line, Tanu Nona was able to off-load to his left to Michael Roberts who was brought down just inches from the try line.

Tanu Nona made a further strong run out of dummy half in the 55th minute when he ran out of dummy half to his right with Tanu Nona starting his right on his own twenty metre line, getting the ball out to thirty five metres out from his own try line.

Tanu Nona was also named at hooker for Round Two against the Redcliffe Dolphins and like in Round One, whilst he started the match at hooker, Tanu Nona transitioned to a running forward’s role towards the end of the first half when Hasley McDonald came onto the field.

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After a great 2022 MM Cup season for the Tweed Heads Seagulls Will Taylor will start at lock on the weekend for the Bilambil Jets in Round One of the U18 NRRRL competition against the Murwillumbah Mustangs.