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Titans contracted and Queensland U16 centre Tate Roberts started in the centres and scored last night for Currumbin as they went down 32-22 in their semi-final last night.
Titans linked centre Trey Peni was one of Nerang's goal kickers last night in their 32-22 win over Currumbin in their U16 Division One semi final.
Coombabah SHS student Kayah Riggs-Noble is set for his Colts debut this afternoon when he starts on the bench for Burleigh against Townsville.
He has been playing for Mudgeeraba in the U17 div one competition.
In semi-final One of the U14 Division One competition this morning Nerang defeated Ormeau 46-6.
Rhian Stowers started on the left wing for the Bond University Colts II side in their Grand Final this morning but unfortunately they went down 41-14.
A young Burleigh Colts side went down this afternoon to Townsville 36-20.
Titans Rookie squad centre Allan Lockwood with one of Burleigh's tries.
Titans linked fullback Jayden Campbell scored two tries for Burleigh and he converted both of his own tries.
TSS defeated BBC 54-15 this afternoon.
Reno Gerrard had some huge runs in the second half and Deon Samuela split the defence midway through the second half to set up a TSS try.
Ronan Kapi was unlucky not to score in the 54th minute when he split the defence with a show and go and was dragged down 2 metres out but TSS scored from the resultant play with lock Blyth scoring under the posts.
For BBC Gold Coast youngster Jack Kelly playing No. 8 was one of their try scorers.
After missing three rounds Burleigh 2018 MM Cup player Reno Gerrard has been named to return at No. 8 for the TSS First XV side for their critical clash against fellow unbeaten school BBC in Round Five of the GPS School Boy rugby competition tomorrow at TSS.
Fellow Burleigh 2018 MM Cup player Ronan Kapi starts at outside centre once again and Deon Samuela will start at fullback for the TSS First XV side for the 5th consecutive match as well.
Tight match in the second U15 Division One final with Runaway Bay defeating Burleigh 34-24.
For Runaway Bay second rower Corey Dryden-Farrelly scored a double and kicked five goals and outstanding 14 year old Jye Grey also scored.
Titans linked second rower Flynn Daniel scored a double for Burleigh.
It was a difficult afternoon for the Western Mustangs Colts side this afternoon going down 56-6 to Wynnum Manly.
Titans linked Chris Chambers started in the centres and converted the Mustangs only try which was scored by fullback Benji Neliman.
In the Toowoomba Rugby League U18 knock out final this afternoon, Titans linked Lesley Hartvigsen scored a double and Connor Williams also scored as Southern Suburbs defeated Gatton 36-14.
Outstanding hooker Jake Simpkin scored a hat trick.
Titans Rookie Squad member Kai O'Donnell scored his second Queensland Cup try this afternoon for Burleigh as they defeated Townsville 22-12.
In the second Toowoomba Rugby League U18 final this afternoon Titans linked Henry Abdul-Rahman's Dalby side went down 32-26 to Highfields.
Titans contracted Carsil Vaikai led his Runaway Bay side from lock forward to a 24-18 U17 Division semi-final win over Ormeau tonight.
Runaway Bay hooker Matt Canning scored a try and kicked four from four for a good match.
Titans contracted Noah Gafa started in the second row and scored tonight for Currumbin as they defeated Burleigh in their U17 Division One semi-final.
Hooker Cole Geyer also scored for Currumbin to make it three tries from his two finals matches this season.
Titans contracted Noah Gafa started in the second row and scored tonight for Currumbin as they defeated Burleigh in their U17 Division One semi-final.
Tries to talented Coomera pair James Pere and George Etuale-Noa was not enough to secure victory in their U17 Division Two final yesterday afternoon as the Cutters went down 28-16 to Currumbin for whom centre Billy Burdett scored a hat trick.
Outstanding Coomera fullback Timothy Sielaff-Burns scored a try and kicked three from three yesterday in the U14 Division One final but the Cutters went down 24-18 against Helensvale.
Yesterday was a great time for Helensvale U14 Division One half Joshua Lynn to score his first try of the season being that it came in their 24-18 final's win over Coomera.
The young half also kicked two goals in the match.
Fullback Kyen Murphy had a great finals match yesterday morning scoring a hat trick and kicking five goals as Nerang broke away from Ormeau to win 46-10 in their U14 Division One final.
In 2017 Te Haeata Takamore was playing in New Zealand making the NZ Maori U13 representative side.
Fast forward a year and the young centre was starring for his Helensvale U14 Division One side scoring a double in their 24-18 finals win over Coomera.
He has now scored nine tries since his move to the Gold Coast.
Well done to the Queensland U12 team that won the Australian U12 Championships going through the competition undefeated and winning the final 38-6 over a NSW Invitational side
Titans Rookie Squad member Jaxson Paulo scored his third GCRL First Grade try this afternoon for Burleigh but unfortunately they went don 14-12 to Tugun.
Burleigh Colts centre Reece Tapine made it two tries from as many matches to be the other Bears try scorer.
Titans Rookie Squad member Curtis Dansey-Smaller scored his 5th GCRL First Grade try this after for Tweed Heads but they went down 32-16 to Runaway Bay.
17 year old Titans contracted Ben Liyou started in the centres this afternoon for the Grafton Ghosts in their Group Two First Grade Preliminary Final loss to Macksville 19-12.
Ben Liyou did however score in the second half when he drove over in a tackle after receiving a pass from Jake Frame in level the scores at the time.
Jed Bignell who in March of this year played for a Titans U15 Invitational side scored for his Norths Gold Ipswich U15 side on Friday night as Norths Gold defeated Brothers 26-12 in week one of the finals.
Results from Week One of the Group 18 Junior Rugby League finals:
U13:
Colts 40 defeated Cudgen 16
Bilambil 20 defeated Seagulls 12
U14:
Tugun 13 defeated Raiders 10
Colts 30 defeated Cudgen 8
U15:
Colts 30 defeated Mullumbimby 20
Byron Bay/Lennox Heads 44 defeated Seagulls 12
U16:
Cudgen 26 defeated Colts 10
Tugun 30 defeated Raiders 16
Congratulations to all teams.
Outstanding outside back prospect Dorion Smith was on the scoreboard in week two of the GCRL finals series on Friday night, scoring for Nerang as they overcame Currumbin 32-22 in their U16 Division One final.
If he can stay injury free Dorian Smith is as good as any player on the Gold Coast.
On the first weekend of the Group One finals in the U13 competition Lismore’s Kye Cooper scored a double but could not stop his side going down 22-12 against Ballina.
Talented Nerang and PBC fullback Jaiden West was one of the Roosters try scorers in their 32-22 finals victory over Currumbin in week two of the U16 Division One finals
Outstanding Grafton Ghosts product Grayson Reimer scored four tries in the Ghosts 54-0 semi-final victory over Casino RSM in Saturday of the Group One U13 competition.
In the Group One U14 final on Saturday between Kyogle and Ballina, Turkeys youngsters Nathanial Ord and Ziah Piggott both scored tries as Kyogle prevailed 16-0.
Titans linked front rower Taanei Heu was one of Nerang’s try scorers in their 32-22 finals victory over Currumbin in week two of the U16 Division One finals on Friday night.
Talented Jake Lenard scored his 21st try from just 14 matches this season on the first weekend of the Group One U14 finals for Clarence Coast as they accounted for Grafton 32-14.
In just his third Queensland Cup start Titans NRL contracted forward Jai Whitbread had a solid outing over the weekend in Round 23, playing 45 minutes, running for 98 metres, 32 post and also had a career high six tackle breaks.
He also made 26 tackles at a tackling efficiency of 89.66%.
In Saturday’s U16.5 Group One semi-final between Casino RSM and Clarence Coast, Casino’s talented half Tyrelle Roberts kicked two from three in a tough 24-16 loss.
Outstanding halves prospect Tom Farragher scored his 11th try of the season in Kyogle’s tough 26-16 loss to Ballina in their U16.5 Group One semi-final on Saturday.
Titans Rookie Squad member Kai O’Donnell played a career high 50 minutes from the interchange bench in Round 23 of the Queensland Cup over the weekend.
In his 50 minutes, in addition to scoring his second career try he ran for 41 metres, 14 post contact, made a line break and made a career high six tackle breaks.
He also made 24 tackles at a tackling efficiency of 88.89%.
Ashdon Randall has been one of the best players in the Group One U14 competition this season and on the first weekend of the finals series scored for the Grafton Ghosts as they could not stay with Clarence Coast in a tough 32-14 loss.
What a match AJ Brimson had on the weekend, in addition to scoring his double, he ran for 118 metres, 27 post contact, made his 5th line break of his career and also was credited with a career high 8 tackle breaks.
Re-engage19
20-08-18, 09:21 PM
What a match AJ Brimson had on the weekend, in addition to scoring his double, he ran for 118 metres, 27 post contact, made his 5th line break of his career and also was credited with a career high 8 tackle breaks.
Mate, I love the info your providing on our junior players. Ive only been on the forum for a few days but I thought I needed to give you a massive thumbs up for your work!!
No doubt its been a rough year for us all, but watching AJ achieve what he has in a handful of games leaves me pretty excited for 2019. He has some future ahead of him.
Great to see Jamon Rio make his GCRL First Grade debut on the weekend when he started at half for Southport who defeated Ormeau 60-10 in Round 17.
The Burleigh Round 17 Doug Lipp Cup side once again had a youthful look about it in Round 17 with two youngsters who have played well in the U19 competition coming off the bench in just their second Doug Lipp Cup matches, being forwards Jackson Gisinger and Repoama Morris-Ponga.
It is great to see Laz Sua continuing to gain experience playing against men.
In the final round of the GCRL First Grade competition being Round 17 over the weekend, he made his 5th First Grade appearance for Ormeau who went down 60-10 to Southport.
With the Tweed Heads Seagulls Colts side having a bye Titans Rookie Squad member Isaac Lee made his first start in just his second GCRL First Grade match, when he started in the centres for Tweed Heads as they went down 32-16 to Runaway Bay.
Isaac Lee made his First Grade debut in Round 13 coming off the bench in a 26-22 Tweed Heads win over Southport.
Titans contracted Rowan Mansfield scored for his Ballina Seagulls U15 side on Saturday in their 26-4 Group One U15 semi-final victory over South Grafton.
The Titans are fortunate having such a talented player in their junior ranks especially considering the recent formalisation of the Titans relationship with the Northern Rivers region.
Titans Rookie Squad member Ben Thomas took advantage of Tweed Heads having a bye in the Colts competition last weekend to come back to the GCRL First Grade competition, coming off the bench for Tweed Heads in their 32-16 loss to Runaway Bay.
The match was Ben Thomas’s 4th in the local First Grade competition after making his debut in June.
Ben Thomas scored in his second First Grade match against Bilambil.
Star Titans contracted second rower Ethan Foster had a big game on Day One of the U16.5 Group One finals, scored a double and kicking four from four as his Clarence Coast side overcame Casino RSM 24-16.
This young man is an absolute star in the making.
Keebra vs Marsden is live now on the NRL Schoolboy Cup Facebook page.
PBC vs Wavell at 3.15 for anyone who is interested
After Keebra leading 18 nil a half time, Marsden fought back to win it 20-18 with a try in the final minute and a kick after the siren!
PBC flew out to a 24-0 lead within 20 minutes. Wavell worked there way back in to the game though.
Full time PBC 30 Wavell 28
PBC and Marsden now play 1&2 from the Aaron Payne cup in North Queensland which I think was Kirwan SHS and Ignatius Park College.
Former Cairns junior and Runaway Bay hooker Kai Reinhardt continued his solid form in Round 17 on the weekend scoring his second double in as many weeks as Runaway Bay defeated Beaudesert 48-24 in the final regular round of the U19 GCRL competition.
Kai Reinhardt is a talented youngster with an intriguing skill set at his disposal in the hooking role.
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18 year old Jakob Hall will line up for the Cudgen U18 NRRRL side for this weekend’s U18 major semi-final against Ballina.
He is back in Australia after representing Australia at the U18 level in touch and in fact was part of this season’s inaugural Titans Men’s touch side and later in the year will be part of the Queensland U20 touch side.
Prior to coming off the bench in the First Grade (his 5th First Grade appearance of the season) Laz Sua started at lock for Ormeau in their Round 17 U19 46-14 loss to Southport.
Laz Sua has certainly shown his endurance and durability this season regularly playing multiple games on any given weekend for Burleigh and the Shearers.
In the MM Cup this season Laz Sua started in the front row of all seven of Tweed Head’s matches including their semi-final against South’s Logan.
Laz Sua did not score any tries in the MM Cup this season, but was rewarded for his outstanding effort in Round Five against the Townsville Blackhawks when he converted Tweed Heads final try in a big 72 – 6 victory.
After Tweed Heads finals elimination, Laz Sua moved directly to the Tweed Heads Seagulls Colts side starting in his debut in the front row in Round Ten against Ipswich.
Big strong young former Titans linked front rower Logan Cootes was back on the score sheet in the final regular season round of the U19 competition last weekend scoring a double for Mudgeeraba in a big 60-15 win over Helensvale.
With his two tries Logan Cootes finished the season with a strike rate of 100% from his 13 games and also kicked a solitary goal in a career high 54 point haul.
It has been a great season for Burleigh MM five eight Zane Harris and that continued last weekend in Round 17 of the U19 GCRL competition when he scored a hat trick as Southport ran out 46-14 winners over Ormeau.
The hat trick meant that he finished the season with six tries from as many matches.
This season also saw Zane Harris make his GCRL First Grade debut for the Tigers.
Titans Rookie Squad member Callum Boomer continued to showcase his goal kicking skills last weekend kicking five goals for Southport as they defeated Ormeau 46-14 in their Round 17 U19 match.
Callum Boomer has played multiple positions over the course of the season, including centre, wing and the position he played in Round 17 against the Shearers being fullback.
Talented PBC outside back Indiha Saotui-Huta has been outstanding for Mudgeeraba in the GCRL U19 competition and last weekend in the centres for the Redbacks as they defeated Helensvale 60-15, he scored a double to finish the U19 regular season with eight tries from just six matches.
The PBC right winger and former New Plymouth Boys High player has also put in some very good performances for his school and in the MM Cup for the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
He played in all six of Tweed Heads matches including their semi-final, starting each on the wing. In his seven matches Indiha Saotui-Huta scored five tries.
Indiha Saotui-Huta’s first try came in Round Three against the Burleigh Bears. Indiha Saotui-Huta followed that up with tries in Rounds Five and Six against Townsville and Wynnum Manly respectively. Indiha Saotui-Huta completed his 2018 MM Cup try scoring with a double in the final regular season being Round Seven against the Easts Tigers.
Indiha Saotui-Huta was born and raised in New Zealand but spent from 2013 to 2015 on the Gold Coast where he played both rugby and rugby league. Indiha Saotui-Huta made an immediate impact playing for Surfers Paradise in the Gold Coast Junior Rugby competition playing in the centres and also represented the Gold Coast Cyclones representative side on a number of occasions.
In 2015 when his club side played in the Brisbane club rugby competition, Indiha Saotui-Huta finished as the leading points scorer with 147 points.
Indiha Saotui-Huta returned to New Zealand for the 2016 year, playing two years for the New Plymouth Boys High First XV, playing a number of outstanding matches including scoring against Auckland’s King’s College in 2016 and in 2017 scored against St Pats Silverstream. In 2017 Indiha Saotui-Huta also started for New Plymouth Boys High in a curtain raiser for a Reds v Chiefs Super Fifteen clash in New Zealand. Indiha Saotui-Huta also had an outstanding Rugby Sevens school boy career.
From a rugby league perspective, Indiha Saotui-Huta represented the U17 Taranaki Sharks rugby league side in 2017 and from there has been identified to take part in the 2018 New Zealand U18 talent squad.
For PBC he has been more than solid on the right wing and against Marsden mid-season had an outstanding match in a big PBC win.
Another round of rugby league on the Gold Coast and another set of tries for nippy Beaudesert half Shallin Fuller.
He started Round 17 at half in the U19 competition scoring a double and kicking a goal in a tough 48-24 loss to Runaway Bay and then came off the bench to score in a 50-22 win in the Doug Lipp Cup competition.
In the U19 competition Shallin Fuller scored 12 tries and kicked 13 goals from 13 matches and in the Doug Lipp Cup competition from 14 games scored 15 tries.
If people remember former Manly and Tweed Heads Giants NRL (the precursor to the Seagulls, Chargers and Titans) half Paul Shaw you have a carbon copy in Shallin Fuller.
I really hope he looks to break into the Hastings Deering’ Colts competition next season, I believe that he would be a sensation in that competition.
Talented Runaway Bay and 2018 Tweed Heads Seagull MM Cup player Codey McLaughlin played two full games on the weekend in Round 17.
He started at lock and scored in a U19 48-24 win over Beaudesert and then started in the centres immediately after in the Doug Lipp Cup competition as Runaway Bay went down 50-22 to the Kingfishers.
In the MM Cup competition for Tweed Heads earlier this season, Codey McLaughlin played in five matches starting all five from the interchange bench and scoring twice. Codey McLaughlin’s first try came in Round Two against Victoria and he followed that with a try in Round Five against the Townsville Blackhawks.
For the U19 Runaway Bay side post the MM Cup competition Codey McLaughlin played in twelve regular season matches scoring six tries. Codey McLaughlin scored a Round Fourteen double against Mudgeeraba and also scored in Round Fifteen against Burleigh and well as in Round Seventeen against Beaudesert. Earlier in the season Codey McLaughlin scored against Bilambil and Ormeau.
In the Doug Lipp Cup competition for Runaway Bay Cody McLaughlin played five regular season matches including starting Round Sixteen against Helensvale in the second row and Round Seventeen in the centres against Beaudesert, debuting against Currumbin and April.
Codey McLaughlin scored two Doug Lipp Cup tries this season, in just his second game at that level against Tugun and also scored in his starting debut against Helensvale.
Codey McLaughlin made his deserved GCRL First Grade debut in late June coming off the bench for Runaway Bay against Tugun
Titanic
22-08-18, 10:09 PM
Thanks ja4220 and mdrew ... great reporting
After missing a couple of weeks Titans contracted Kaleb Ngamanu has been named at outside centre for the TSS U15A side for their match this Saturday against Gregory Terrace in Round Five of the GPS Rugby competition.
RenegadeGC
24-08-18, 08:44 AM
PBC beat Wavell yesterday, while Marsden have knocked Keebra out of GIO Cup.
Southern Conference final will be PBC vs Marsden.
With the Burleigh GCRL First Grade side being knocked out of a potential final last weekend a number of Titans Rookie Squad members are back in the Burleigh Hastings Deerings Colts side for tomorrows match against Easts.
Jaxson Paulo, Taine Tuaupiki and Darius Farmer are back in the starting line-up.
The Tweed Heads Seagulls Colts backrow has a definite Titans feel to it for tomorrow's Round 23 clash against Northern Pride.
Ben Thomas, Blake Campbell and William Woolley back up a mobile skilful backrow.
Titans Rookie Squad members Curtis Dansey-Smaller (wing) and Isaac Lee (centre) have been named in the Tweed Heads Seagulls First Grade side for their semi-final against Runaway Bay.
Youngster Kiu Nuku-Ngala is set to make his Colts starting debut tomorrow when he starts on the wing For Tweed heads against the Northern Pride.
Well Done to the young man who had a solid MM Cup season earlier in the year.
Interesting to see Laz Sua named in the centres for Tweed Heads Colts in their Round 24 match tomorrow against the Northern Pride.
He normally plays either front row or lock.
Runaway Bay defeated Coomera 58-14 in the U15 Division One Preliminary Final tonight and will play Ormeau in the Grand Final next Friday night.
Titans linked Titan Vaikai was one of Runaway Bay's try scorers.
Runaway Bay defeated Coomera 58-14 in the U15 Division One Preliminary Final tonight and will play Ormeau in the Grand Final next Friday night.
Runaway Bay and PBC youngster Kaleb White scored a double tonight for Runaway Bay as they defeated Coomera 58-14 in the U15 Division One Preliminary Final and will play Ormeau in the Grand Final next Friday night.
Titans contracted Ediq Ambrosyev scored a double whilst leading his Currumbin U16 Division side to a 28-26 Preliminary Final victory over Burleigh tonight,
Titans contracted Tate Roberts started in the centres and scored for the Currumbin U16 Division side in a 28-26 Preliminary Final victory over Burleigh tonight,
Fellow Titan Daniel Butterini was his centre partner
Great to see outstanding Titans contracted Bailey Martin involved for the Burleigh U16 Division One Preliminary Final last night, being involved on the bench in their two point loss to Currumbin.
It was his first U16 match after starring for the Bears U15 Division One side this season.
Tweed Heads MM Cup pair, Caleb Hodges and Jaylon To'O are set to make their Colts debut this afternoon for the Seagulls against the Northern Pride.
New signing Kea Pere with a double this afternoon for Easts against Burleigh in the Queensland Cup.
Huge win for the Burleigh Colts side this afternoon against Easts 62-12 with Sean Garner scoring four tries, Cameron Brown and Zae Wallace doubles and Titans linked Jayden Campbell kicking eight goals.
Tweed Heads Seagulls Colts came from behind to win 26-22 over the Northern Pride this afternoon with Jaman Rio scoring the winning try in the second last minute.
Titans William Woolley Ben Thomas and Charlie Gee scored tries for the Seagulls.
In his first Colts start Kiu Nuku-Hgala also scored for Tweed Heads in the 60th minute.
Titans contracted Carsil Vaikai started at lock and scored for Runaway Bay as they qualified for the GCRL U17 Division One Grand Final by defeating Burleigh 32-20 this afternoon.
After playing in he U16 Division One Preliminary Final last night Titan Ryan Rivett backed up this afternoon coming off the bench for Burleigh in the U17 Division One Preliminary Final and kicking two second half conversions but the Bears were knocked out 32-20 by Runaway Bay.
TSS First XV defeated Gregory Terrace 60-45.
Burleigh MM player Reno Gerrard with a hat trick.
Burleigh MM plyer Ronan Kapi was simply outstanding and destroyed the Gregory Terrace defence including scoring late in the first half,
Deon Sameula was a little quieter than normal but still had some very good kick returns.
The TSS U15A side won this afternoon 38-19 against Gregory Terrace,
Every NRL and Super Rugby club should be chasing TSS fullback Jojo Fifita.
PS Syris Schmidt is an exceptional talent and the Titans should be acknowledged for getting Kaleb Ngamanu signed.
After missing a couple of weeks Titans contracted Kaleb Ngamanu has been named at outside centre for the TSS U15A side for their match this Saturday against Gregory Terrace in Round Five of the GPS Rugby competition.
Titans Development contract holder Kiah Cooper scored his 11th try of the season for Tweed Heads in the Queensland Cup as they drew 10 all with the Northern Pride this afternoon.
Tough end to the season for the Western Mustangs Colts side as they went down 62-4 to Central Queensland this afternoon.
Some performances however should not be discounted however, none more so that Titans linked second rower and captain James Robinson who has been outstanding all season and is still Colts eligible in 2019.
18 year old Moeaki Fotuaika was outstanding once again yesterday, In his 40 minutes on the field he ran for a career high 160 metres, 63 post contact, also a career high, broke four tackles, had an offload and made 25 tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
AJ Brimson at fullback (hhmm wonder who has been saying that for the last three years) was outstanding last night in the NRL running for a career high 214 metres, 40 post contact, also a career high, made two line breaks, had six tackle breaks and made nine tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency/
Titanic
26-08-18, 09:44 AM
And scored a try ... just couldn’t resist :)
In the Toowoomba Rugby League U18 Preliminary Final this afternoon, plenty of Titans linked boys were on display for Southern Suburbs as they overcame Dalby 44-4.
Centre Lesley Hartvigsen scored a first half hat trick(9h, 30th and 32ndminute), Connor Williams started in the centres and scored in the 2nd minute of the second half and front rower Luke Maiden also scored in the second half (5th minute) as did second rower Jordan Crocker(17th minute).
Alex Dunneman who started at fullback kicked three conversions.
All the boys mentioned above have Titans links.
Titan Henry Abdul-Rahman was part of the Dalby side,
In Grafton’s tough 16-6 Group One U13 loss on Saturday outstanding Grayson Reimer scored his 47th try of the season.
In Week two of the Group One finals, five eight/half Tyrelle Roberts scored a try and kicked three goals from four attempts as his Casino RSM side won their U16.5 final 22-16 against Ballina.
Outstanding Alister Faulkner contributed a try, his 34th of the season for Lismore Marist Brothers as they defeated Grafton 16-6 in Saturday’s Group One U13 week two finals match.
With his two tries and two goals, Lismore Marist Brothers’ Kye Cooper was at the forefront of Lismore’s 16-6 Group One U13 week two finals victory over Grafton.
Through 13 games this season he has scored 40 tries and kicked 40 goals.
Interesting to see Jacob Tekii start the U17 Division Two Preliminary Final on Saturday at hooker for Coomera as they qualified for the Grand Final with a 62-4 win over Jimboomba.
He is normally a half back but still contributed five goals to the victory.
Powerful lock Joseph Shannon was at his rampaging best on Saturday morning for Coomera scoring a try as they qualified for the U14 Division One Grand Final as a result of a 28-12 Preliminary Final win over Nerang.
Big strong young front row/lock George Etuale-Noa had a big match for Coomera in their U17 Division Two Preliminary Final 62-4 win over Jimboomba on Saturday scoring four tries.
Outstanding fullback Timothy Sielaff-Burns continued his stellar season for Coomera in their 28-12 U14 Division One Preliminary Final victory over Nerang on Saturday morning.
In the match the young custodian scored a try and kicked two goals.
On Saturday Titans Rookie Squad member Kai O’Donnell, in his 9th Queensland Cup match for Burleigh against Easts was on the field for 29 minutes, making 45 metres, 19 post contact and also made 16 tackles at a tackling efficiency of 94.12%.
In his nine Queensland Cup regular season matches Kai O’Donnell ran for 658 metres (73.1 metres per game) and made 157 tackles at a tackling efficiency of 86.7%.
Kai O’Donnell also scored two tries and had three line breaks.
Kai O’Donnell has had an outstanding 2018 season and will surely be training with the Titans NRL in the off-season.
In just his third Queensland Cup start and 19th appearance overall NRL contract Titan Jai Whitbread played a total of 38 minutes, running for 99 metres, 37 post contact and also made 17 tackles at a tackling efficiency of 89.47%.
Through the 2019 regular season, Jai Whitbread ran for 1 477 metres (86.9 metres per match) and made 305 tackles at a tackling efficiency of 89%.
He also scored two tries and was credited with 33 tackle breaks.
I am sure that in 2019 Jai Whitbread will add more NRL matches for the Titans after making his NRL debut this season.
It was good to see Titans 2019 recruit Kea Pere back in the Queensland Cup in Round 24 on the weekend against Burleigh.
In addition to scoring two tries, the young centre ran for 62 metres, 15 post contact and also made four tackles. Kea Pere was also credited with a line break and four tackle breaks.
Through the regular season, Kea Pere scored four tries from five matches, made 479 metres (95.9 per match), made 43 tackles at a tackling efficiency of 86.9%. he also had a try assist, 17 tackle breaks and three line breaks.
I have no doubt we will see him in a Titans NRL jersey sooner rather than later when the 2019 NRL season comes around.
Titans rookie squad member Callum Boomer started at fullback and kicked three conversions for Southport in Week One of the GCRL U19 Final’s series as the Tigers defeated Bilambil 34-8.
Titans Development contracted holder Kiah Cooper finished his first season in the Queensland Cup on Sunday for Tweed Heads against the Northern Pride.
In addition to scoring a try he played 70 minutes, running for 94 metres, 27 post contact and had a tackling efficiency of 100% as well as a line break and five tackle breaks.
Through his 20 games this season, Kiah Cooper scored 11 tries, ran for 1 695 metres (84.8 metres per game), had 4 try assists, 62 tackle breaks and 10 line breaks.
Defensively he made 83 tackles at a tackling efficiency of 64.6%.
In TSS’s 6-45 First XV 60-45 win over Gregory Terrace, Burleigh 2018 MM Cup centre Ronan Kapi was awarded three points by the coach for his efforts on Saturday afternoon.
For the Burleigh MM Cup side this season he played in six of Burleigh’s seven MM Cup matches, missing only Round Three.
Ronan Kapi started five of his six matches in the centres and came off the bench in Round Two against Redcliffe.
Ronan Kapi scored twice in the MM Cup this season, being against the Sunshine Coast Falcons in Round One and against South’s Logan in Round Four to accumulate a strike rate of 33%.
In Week One of the GCRL U19 Finals series, former North Sydney Bears U18 SG Ball player Tyrese Walker started at five eight and kicked a conversion as the Bears went down in a tight match 32-26 to Mudgeeraba.
He has been an outstanding addition since his move up to the Gold Coast early in the 2018 season making his debut on the Gold Coast in Round Five of the U19 competition against the Currumbin Eagles when he started from the interchange bench but moved into the starting line-up at five eight in Round Six against Mudgeeraba.
Tyrese Walker played in eleven U19 regular season matches scoring fourteen tries for a strike rate of 127% whilst splitting his time between starting at five eight and in the centres for the Bears. Tyrese walker scored in his second U19 fixture which was in Round Six against Mudgeeraba and he has not stopped scoring ever since.
Tyrese Walker scored four tries to announce himself to the Gold Coast public in Round Seven against Beaudesert an scored a hat trick in late June against Beaudesert once again. Tyrese Walker scored a double in Round Fourteen against Helensvale and in that match also kicked four goals.
Tyrese Walker’s other tries have come against Helensvale, Southport and Ormeau and from late May to mid-July this year scored in every match that he was involved in including the seven tries in the two matches against Beaudesert.
As a 17 year old Tyrese Walker played the 2018 SG Ball season with the North Sydney Bears after playing for the Bears in the 2017 U16 Harold Matthews Cup competition.
For the Bears in the SG Ball competition, earlier this season, Tyrese Walker played in six matches scoring two tries which both came in Round Seven in a 26 – 12 loss to the Cronulla Sharks. Tyrese Walker came into the North Sydney Bears side in Round Two off the interchange bench against the Western Pirates. Tyrese Walker played five matches from the inter change bench but did start at half back in Round Five against Souths Sydney.
Southport youngster Zane Harris continued his outstanding 2018 form on the weekend in Week One of the GCRL U19 finals series, scoring as Southport defeated Bilambil 34-8.
In the 2018 MM Cup, Zane Harris started all six of Burleigh’s matches at half back scoring all of his points in Round Two against Redcliffe when he scored two tries, kicked four goals and a field goal for a game haul of 17 points.
In the GCRL U19 competition for Southport, Zane Harris played in six regular season matches scoring 40 points from six tries and eight goals. Zane Harris scored a Round Seventeen hat trick against Ormeau and also scored against Runaway Bay, Burleigh and Mudgeeraba earlier in the season.
With the boot Zane Harris kicked four goals in a match on two separate occasions being against Runaway Bay and Bilambil at opposite ends of the season.
Zane Harris made his much deserved Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade debut for Southport against Ormeau of early June and scored to cap off a solid debut. In total this season, Zane Harris played seven First Grade matches on the majority of occasions starting from the bench although he did start one or two matches at five eight.
Congratulations to the Titans linked players noted below for their selection in Queensland Indigenous sides for Octobers QPIIC competition:
U18:
Daniel Shannon
U16:
Byron Parnell
Samuel Shannon
Ryan Rivett
Also congratulations to Gold Coast boys Joseph Shannon and Timothy Sielaff-Burns for their selection in the U14 side.
Well done to all.
Round 24 Colts Highlights, Burleigh five eight and Titans contracted Taine Tuaupiki is all class.
https://www.qrl.com.au/news/20182/08/28/round-24-highlights-u20-hastings-deering-colts/
In Week Two of the Ipswich Rugby League U15 finals series last weekend Titans contracted Orlando Swain scored his 12th try of the season as Norths Blue defeated Redbank 30-26 to progress.
Talented Runaway Bay second rower Codey McLaughlin was a key figure for the Seagulls in Week One of the Doug Lipp Cup Finals series, scoring as Runaway Bay defeated Burleigh 40-12.
In the MM Cup competition for Tweed Heads, Codey McLaughlin played in five matches starting all five from the interchange bench and scoring twice. Codey McLaughlin’s first try came in Round Two against Victoria and he followed that with a try in Round Five against the Townsville Blackhawks.
For the U19 Runaway Bay side post the MM Cup competition Codey McLaughlin played in twelve regular season matches scoring six tries. Codey McLaughlin scored a Round Fourteen double against Mudgeeraba and also scored in Round Fifteen against Burleigh and well as in Round Seventeen against Beaudesert. Earlier in the season Codey McLaughlin scored against Bilambil and Ormeau.
In the Doug Lipp Cup competition for Runaway Bay Cody McLaughlin played five regular season matches including starting Round Sixteen against Helensvale in the second row and Round Seventeen in the centres against Beaudesert, debuting against Currumbin and April.
Codey McLaughlin scored two regular season Doug Lipp Cup tries including scoring in just his second game at that level against Tugun and also scored in his starting debut against Helensvale in Round Sixteen.
Codey McLaughlin made his deserved GCRL First Grade debut in late June coming off the bench for Runaway Bay against Tugun.
Ezra Ubaldino is a local young Titans contracted centre or second rower who even though he was still eligible for the U15 age group spent the 2018 season playing for Burleigh in the U16 Division One competition.
In the 2018 U16 Division One competition, Ezra Ubaldino played in five matches including the finals scoring four tries. Ezra Ubaldino’s two regular season tries came against Southport and Helensvale.
In week two of the U16 Division One finals series Ezra Ubaldino started in the second row and scored for Burleigh as they overcame a resilient Helensvale side 24 – 18.
In Week Three of the U16 Division One finals series Ezra Ubaldino started in the second row and scored as Burleigh went down 28 – 26 to Currumbin.
In March of this year Ezra Ubaldino started in the second row for a Titans U15 side that defeated a U15 Western Mustangs selection six tries to three, in that match, Ezra Ubaldino was the Titans best in my opinion and also scored a strong second half try.
In 2018 the PBC student represented South Coast at the U15 ASSRL Championships and from there was selected in the Queensland White side for the ASSRL Championships. In those Championships Ezra Ubaldino played in three matches and achieved a 100% try scoring strike rate after scoring a double against the ACT on Day One and also scoring against the ACT on the final day of the Championships.
What an outstanding season Ryan Rivett had. The Titans linked half spent the 2018 season playing for Burleigh in the U16 Division One competition but also got an opportunity in the U17 Division One competition as well.
In the U16 Division One competition, Ryan Rivett played in twelve matches including the finals series scoring 101 point from eight tries, thirty four goals and a field goal (kicked against Southport).
From a regular season try scoring perspective, Ryan Rivett scored a double against Runaway Bay and also scored against Helensvale, Mudgeeraba in two separate matches and against Southport .
Ryan Rivett’s best goal kicking match was against Mudgeeraba in June when he kicked six and on three occasions he kicked four goals in a match.
In Week Two of the U16 Division One Finals series, Ryan Rivett started at half back for Burleigh as they defeated Helensvale 24 – 18. In the Friday night match Ryan Rivett scored a try and kicked four from four.
In Week Three of the GCRL Finals series being the Preliminary Finals, Ryan Rivett was certainly busy. On the Friday night he started at half back in the U16 Division One match, scoring as Burleigh went down 28 – 26 to Currumbin.
Ryan Rivett then started at five eight for the Burleigh U17 Division One side, scoring a try and kicking three second half conversions but unfortunately Burleigh went down to a rampant Runaway Bay side 34 – 22 led by Titans contracted Carsil Vaikai.
Ryan Rivett made his U17 Division One debut against Mudgeeraba in late May starting the match at half back and running riot on the way to scoring a hat trick. In his second and final U17 Division One match Ryan Rivett kicked two goals against Helensvale.
Ryan Rivett was part of the Gold Coast Vikings White U16 side that played in the South East Queensland U16 Challenge early in the season.
Former New Zealander Larryon Tevita was been a revelation this year since moving over from Auckland and on the weekend started in the second row and scored for Burleigh as they went down 32-26 to Mudgeeraba.
The New Zealand born youngster moved over to the Gold Coast in January of this year and played for the Burleigh Bears MM Cup side for the 2018 season before being promoted to the Burleigh Colts side as well as progressing through the ranks of the Gold Coast Rugby League competition all the way to the First Grade side with Burleigh.
Larryon Tevita came into the Bears MM side in Round Three being the local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls in Burleigh’s tough 36 – 6 loss with the young man starting in the front row in his first match on Australian soil.
Larryon Tevita also started on the interchange bench in Round Four against the South’s Logan Magpies a match that Burleigh lost 34 – 20. In total in the MM Cup for Burleigh this season, Larryon Tevita played in four matches, starting in the front row on two occasions and from the bench in the other two.
Post the MM Cup competition, Larryon Tevita played in seven matches for Burleigh in the regular season in the Gold Coast Rugby league U19 competition. On debut in Round Three of the U19 Gold Coast Rugby League competition, Larryon Tevita scored a double against Beaudesert and also started from the bench in Round Four in a tough 31 – 18 loss to Southport when Southport’s Titans Rookie Squad centre Callum Boomer was close to unstoppable, in Round Five also scored in Burleigh’s 26 – 22 victory over Currumbin.
Larryon Tevita also played in one Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade match, making his debut coming off the interchange bench in July.
Larryon Tevita made his Doug Lipp Cup debut for Burleigh in Round 16 against Bilambil when he came off the bench in their ten point loss and was backing up after starting in the front row in the U19 match that preceded his Doug Lipp Cup debit.
In Round Eleven and Thirteen of the Hastings Deering’s Colts competition, Larryon Tevita was named on the extended bench for the Burleigh Bears side however did not make the final 17 for either match.
Larryon Tevita made his deserved U20 Hastings Deering’s Colts debut in Round Sixteen against Tweed Heads starting from the bench and scoring an impressive double and he broke into the starting line-up in Round Twenty when he started in the second row against Victoria and in Round Twenty-One maintained his starting spot when he started in the front row against Wynnum Manly and in Round 23 against the Townsville Blackhawks.
In total in 2018 Larryon Tevita played in seven Hastings Deering’s Colts matches, starting four (three in the front row and one in the second row) and coming off the bench on the other three occasions.
The former Kelston Boys High School student was rewarded for a solid season in late 2017 when he was named at lock in the 2017 SAS College team of the year. The majority of players named in the 2017 SAS College team of the year are now in NRL aligned U20 squads so Larryon Tevita’s inclusion certainly highlights his ability on the field against quality opposition and opposition in the main at least a year older than him.
2018 Burleigh Bears U20 Colts recruit Mikey Williams was named in the centres in the SAS College team of the year as well as the competitions leading try scorer with eight tries to his name.
Lofi Khan-Periera is a contracted Titans player who represented South Coast at the 2018 QSSRL U18 Championships in Toowoomba scoring a number of long range tries from the left wing and was in my eyes an unlucky omission from the Queensland U18 QSSRL side which contains fellow Titans contracted, South Coast representative and Keebra Park student David Butler.
Lofi Khan-Periera has played a number of matches for Keebra Park this season including matches against PBC which they lost by two, points, and in wins over Wavell State High School and St Mary’s College who Keebra Park defeated 24 – 18.
Lofi Khan-Periera started the 2018 season off in the MM Cup competition with the Burleigh Bears, playing in all six of Burleigh’s matches, starting four on the wing and two at fullback. Lofi Khan-Periera started the Bears first four matches on the wing before moving to fullback for the Round Six match against the Western Mustangs.
In his six matches Lofi Khan-Periera scored five tries including a Round Six double against the Western Mustangs. Lofi Khan-Periera also scored tries in Rounds One, Three and Four against the Sunshine Coast, Tweed Heads and South’s Logan respectively.
Post the MM Cup, Lofi Khan-Periera has played in one match for the Burleigh U17 Division One side scoring a hat trick against Helensvale.
The young Burleigh Bears winger and current Keebra Park student had a great 2017 season culminating in starting on the wing for Keebra Park in their National GIO Cup Finals success and representing Queensland Murri U16’s in their annual clash against New South Wales Kurri with Titans linked Jesse Brasslin was a team mate.
In the interstate clash held in Newcastle Lofi Khan-Periera scored a double as Queensland Murri went down 16 – 14 in a tight clash. 2017 also saw Lofi Khan-Periera as part of the 2017 U16 Queensland Academy of Sport squad and he also won the Keebra Park 2017 Year 11 Sport Specialisation student of the year award.
In 2017 Lofi Khan-Periera finished on top of the try scoring list in the U16 Division One competition in 2017, finishing with eight tries from twelve matches. Unfortunately for Lofi Khan-Periera he missed the U16 Division One Grand Final with injury as Burleigh were defeated 34 – 4. Lofi Khan-Periera had a great start to the U16 Division One season scoring all eight of his tries through the first five rounds including four tries in a match against Ormeau and a Round One double against Helensvale.
A the commencement of the 2017 season Lofi Khan-Periera represented the Gold Coast Vikings in the U16 South East Queensland pre-season competition and from there made the South East Queensland White U16 side for the Queensland Age Championships. In those Championships, Lofi Khan-Periera had an outstanding campaign, scoring a double on Day Two against Central and a try on Day Three against South East Queensland Green. Lofi Khan-Periera also scored in each of SEQ Whites finals, including against Northern in a semi-final and against SEQ Green in the final which White won 42 – 30.
He is still MM Cup Eligible in 2019 and also will likely get an opportunity in the Hastings Deering’s Colts competition for Burleigh as the 2019 season progresses.
RenegadeGC
30-08-18, 08:28 AM
Great to see young Burleigh player Kai O'Donnell as one of the nominees for Intrust Super Cup Rookie of the year. Was nominated with some outstanding company in Jake Clifford (eventual winner), and Kotoni Staggs (ISC Centre of the Year). Impressive effort for the youngster who is still eligible for U20s next year.
Im sure he will play an integral role off the bench for Burleigh as they enter the finals series in coming weeks.
Interesting to see Titans contracted Kaleb Ngamanu named at No. 7 for the TSS U15A school boy rugby side for this weekend’s away match against Ipswich Grammar School.
He normally plays in the centres in both rugby and rugby league.
Big strong young front rower or lock Jayden Sharp won the Gold Coast Junior Rugby League U17 Division One player of the year in 2017 and maintained his impressive form and enhanced his reputation throughout the 2018 season across multiple levels and competitions.
Jayden Sharp started the season in the Burleigh MM Cup side and had a solid Round One on the Sunshine Coast being part of Burleigh’s 52 – 22 MM Cup victory as well as scoring a first half try for the Bears.
In total for Burleigh in the MM Cup competition Jayden Sharp played in all six of Burleigh’s matches starting his first three matches from the interchange bench before breaking into the starting line-up in Round Four. Jayden Sharp then started the final two Burleigh matches in the front row.
Jayden Sharp broke into the Burleigh Hastings Deering’s Colts side for their Round Thirteen match against Ipswich. Jayden Sharp has gone into to play an additional seven Hastings Deering’s Colts matches starting the first three from the interchange bench, and coming into the starting side in the front row in Round 17 against Norths and he has maintained his starting spot in the front row since then.
Jayden Sharp’s sole U20 Colts try to date came in Round Sixteen in the local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
Post the MM Cup competition Jayden Sharp played a number of Helensvale in the GCRL competition prior to his inevitable promotion to the Burleigh Colts side.
In his first U19 match of the season for Helensvale after the completion of the MM Cup competition Jayden Sharp dominated Beaudesert scoring a hat trick and a fortnight later scored a double against Ormeau. In Round Sixteen with the Burleigh Colts side having a bye, Jayden Sharp was back for Helensvale starting in the front row an scoring his six try against Runaway Bay. In total in the U19 competition Jayden Sharp played in five matches and scored the afore mentioned six tries.
Jayden Sharp made his Doug Lipp Cup debut for Helensvale in early May against Currumbin and scored on debut as well. The following week Jayden Sharp also played in the Doug Lipp Cup this time against Ormeau and also scored. In each of his three Doug Lipp appearances Jayden Sharp was backing up after playing in the U19 match earlier in the day.
Titans contracted Jaxson Paulo spent a bit of time this season training with the Titans NRL squad on a regular basis at the moment as well as spending the first half of the 2017-18 off season with the Titans NRL squad.
Jaxson Paulo made an outstanding start to the 2018 season as part of the Burleigh Bears U20 Colts side where he started the opening rounds of the competition at left centre.
In addition to scoring In Round One against the Sunshine Coast Falcons when he crossed untouched after running a good line off a Taine Tuaupiki pass, Jaxson Paulo also set up his winger Reece Tapine for an easy try when he was able to run onto a great pass by five eight Taine Tuaupiki and draw the winger for Reece Tapine to cross untouched in the left corner.
The work of Jaxson Paulo in the try may have looked easy but it wasn’t. First Jaxson Paulo had to stay in his position when the prescribed play broke down on the inside, anticipate that Taine Tuaupiki was going to beat his direct opponent, stay onside as Taine Tuaupiki broke free and then draw the winger Sunshine Coast Falcons winger who was coming out of the line quickly looking to shut down Jaxon Paulo’s time. Jaxson Paulo executed all aspects of play precisely and timed appropriately.
Jaxson Paulo’s try came as a result of him staying wide when in broken play five eight Taine Tuaupiki got on the outside of his defender a put a great ball on Jaxon Paulo’s chest for him to score untouched in the left corner.
In Round Two against Redcliffe Jaxson Paulo also kicked two conversions to have eight points in the early going this season. Point’s tallies don’t tell the whole story however, in short Jaxson Paulo has been outstanding through the opening rounds of the Colts competition this season.
The Round Three clash against the Tweed Heads Seagulls saw Jaxon Paulo cross for a double in Burleigh’s four point loss to their local rivals, scoring a try in each half and for that matter being outstanding over the course of the entire match.
Jaxson Paulo’s first try came as a result of a back line move by Burleigh inside Tweed Heads 20 metre line. When the ball got out to Jaxson Paulo on the left side of the field he was able to get outside his opposing centre and hold him off with his right arm to score in the corner.
Jaxson Paulo’s try in the second half could not have been more different to the first. With Burleigh attacking two metres out from the Seagulls try line, Burleigh hooker Zac McCormack went to a short five metre blind side passing to Jaxson Paulo. Jaxson Paulo received the ball three or four metres out from the try line and about the same distance from the left side line. Jaxson Paulo got low disrupting the centre of gravity of the Seagulls defender to barge over for his second try of the afternoon.
In total in the Hasting’s Colts competition for Burleigh Jaxson Paulo has played in twelve matches and scored three tries. Jaxson Paulo scored in Round One against Sunshine Coast, Round Six against Western Mustangs and Round Fourteen against Northern Pride.
From a position perspective, started Burleigh’s first six matches in the centres (specifically left centre), but moved to fullback for Burleigh’s Round Nine match against the Townsville Blackhawks and stayed in the custodian role for the other five Colts matches that he has played in.
Early in the season Jaxson Paulo was promoted to the Burleigh GCRL First Grade side spending the majority of the season to date there. Jaxson Paulo made his GCRL First Grade debut against Tweed Heads in April.
In total in the Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade competition Jaxson Paulo played in ten matches to date and scored three tries. Jaxson Paulo’s first try came against Runaway Bay in his third GCRL First Grade match and he followed that up by scoring against Ormeau a month later. Jaxson Paulo’s third try came in the final regular season round being Round Seventeen against Tugun in a tough 14 – 12 loss.
When looking at the Titans linked juniors who have played well in 2018, it is hard to go past halfback or five eight Taine Tuaupiki who was in outstanding form for the Burleigh Bears U20 Hastings Deering’s Colt’s side this season and also deservedly played a number of Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade matches with Burleigh.
In Round Two of the Hastings Deering’s Colts competition in a 28 – 20 victory over Redcliffe at Pizzey Park he was as dominant as I have seen a player at that level as her constantly split the Redcliffe defence and directed Burleigh around the field superbly.
In that match, Taine Tuaupiki had the ball on a string and also scored a great try highlighting his speed and elusiveness. Taine Tuaupiki also scored in Round One against the Sunshine Coast Falcons.
In addition to the tries that he has scored in the Colts competition this season Taine Tuaupiki has at least four try assists on the season that I can recall including one from a deft banana grubber kick in Round Two against the Redcliffe Dolphins and three from sublime passes right at the defensive line.
Taine Tuaupiki’s Round One try came as a result of a great short ball to his right side to Titans fellow linked second rower Apiata Neoma-Matenga who went through the line untouched before drawing the fullback and passing back inside to Taine Tuaupiki to score under the posts untouched for an outstanding Burleigh try.
Taine Tuaupiki’s try in Round Two against Redcliffe was as a result of a dummy where after receiving the ball two wide of the ruck on the right side Taine Tuaupiki shaped to pass wider out and then exploded through a gap to score just wide of the right hand upright.
Over the course of the opening rounds Taine Tuaupiki forged a very successful combination on the right side of the field with fellow Titans youngster Apiata Neoma-Matenga which I am sure will lead (and has already) to a lot of line breaks and tries for both over the course of the season.
In total in the Hastings Deering’s Colts competition this season Taine Tuaupiki played in fourteen matches for Burleigh starting all at five eight bar Round Four against Souths Logan when he started from the interchange and has scored six tries and kicked five goals.
As noted above Taine Tuaupiki scored in the opening two rounds of the season against Sunshine Coast and Redcliffe. Taine Tuaupiki has also scored in Round Nine against Townsville, Round Thirteen against Ipswich, Round Fourteen against the Northern Pride and in Round Twenty-One against Wynnum Manly.
Taine Tuaupiki made his Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade debut at five eight against Tweed Heads and prior to his move back to the Burleigh Colts side made three First Grade appearances and recorded a 100% strike rate. Taine Tuaupiki scored a double on debut against Tweed Heads and also scored against Southport.
Contracted second rower Blake Campbell is held deservedly held in high esteem at the Titans, a club he has been with since he was 13 years old.
This season Blake Campbell started off captaining the Tweed Heads MM Cup side and then has progressed to the Tweed Heads Colts side. Along the way Blake Campbell was selected in the Queensland U18 side and came off the bench in that game but unfortunately took a head knock which reduced his playing time on the interstate match.
Blake Campbell captained the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup side was a standout through the competition including an impressive performance against the North’s Devils in Round One and a dominant individual performance in Victoria against the Thunderbolts which included him scoring a double in a big Tweed Heads victory 42 – 10.
Blake Campbell’s performance in Tweed Heads Round Three win 36 – 6 over the Burleigh Bears was also exceptional.
In total in the MM Cup competition Blake Campbell started in the second row for all of Tweed Heads seven matches including their final’s loss to Souths Logan. Across the seven matches Blake Campbell scored four tries. In addition to the two tries against Redcliffe previously mentioned, Blake Campbell also scored in Round Five against the Townsville Blackhawks and in Round Six against Wynnum Manly.
Blake Campbell broke into the Tweed Heads Seagulls Colts side in their Round Eleven match against the Northern Pride starting the match in the second row. All told in the Hastings Deering’s Cup to date in the 2018 season, Blake Campbell has played in nine matches and just like his debut has started all of those matches in the second row.
Blake Campbell has scored two tries, the first of which came in Round Eighteen against Souths Logan and he also scored against the Mackay Cutters when he ran a good line (outside shoulder route) on the right side of the field to burst through the defence from around ten to twelve metres out and then outpaced the fullback to score.
In the GCRL U19 competition this season for Runaway Bay Blake Campbell has played just the three matches as a result of his Queensland U18 and Tweed Heads MM and Colts commitments but in his second U19 game of the season he scored a double against Ormeau and in his third U19 match the following weekend Blake Campbell converted one of Runaway Bay’s tries in a win against Mudgeeraba.
Blake Campbell made his Doug Lipp Cup debut for Runaway Bay against Currumbin in mid-June after playing in the U19 fixture earlier in the day.
Blake Campbell’s form this season is not a surprise considering his trial form including a standout performance in a trial against the South’s Logan Magpies at Waterford in February. That trial at Waterford was a difficult one for Tweed Heads as they went down to Souths Logan but Blake Campbell was very good that night, and in every match since.
In the GCRL U19 Final tomorrow between Bilambil and Mudgeeraba a few Titans linked boys will be on display including Bilambil’s Btenton Daley-Holten who will start on the wing.
After playing the last couple of rounds with the Tweed Heads Seagulls Colts dude including starting on the wing in Round 24, Kiu Nuku-Ngala will start on the wing for Currumbin in Sunday’s U19 final against Southport.
Titan Apitia Neoma-Matenga started this season as part of the Burleigh Bears U20 Colts side, starting all of his matches in the competition in the second row with the Bears before his inevitable promotion to the Burleigh Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade side.
In total before his promotion to the Burleigh Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade side Apitia Neoma-Matenga played in eight Colts matches scoring three tries.
In Round two against Redcliffe Apitia Neoma-Matenga scored a try and set up another, both instances occurring in Round Two against the Redcliffe Dolphins at Pizzey Park on the Gold Coast.
Apitia Neoma-Matenga’s try in that match came purely as a result of a powerful barn storming run. Apitia Neoma-Matenga who has been lining up on the right side and took a pass off Burleigh five eight Taine Tuaupiki and simply steam rolled over the couple of Redcliffe defenders score just to the right of the goal posts.
Apitia Neoma-Matenga’s try assist came once again on the right side of the field. Running a good inside shoulder route Apitia Neoma-Matenga took a great flat pass off Taine Tuaupiki once again, going through the Redcliffe line untouched about twenty metres out, Apitia Neoma-Matenga could have easily taken on the fullback himself but instead he drew the fullback and passed back to his left to Taine Tuaupiki who was backing up for the young five eight to score under the posts to extend the Burleigh lead.
Apitia Neoma-Matenga established a very good combination with Taine Tuaupiki on the right hand side of the field and over the course of this season with Burleigh in both the Colts competition and the GCRL First Grade competition both have benefitted greatly from it, as has the entire Burleigh Bears team for that matter.
Apitia Neoma-Matenga’s other two tries came in Round Seven and Eight against the Western Mustangs and Victoria respectively.
Apitia Neoma-Matenga was promoted quickly to the Burleigh Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade side, making his debut early in the season, going on to play in ten matches including scoring a double in Round Sixteen against Tugun in probably his best GCRL First Grade match to date.
In this weekend’s Doug Lipp Cup final’s match between Beaudesert and Runaway Bay a couple of talented youngsters will be on display.
For Beaudesert Shallin Fuller will start at half and for Runaway Bay the talented Codey McLaughlin will start in the second row and Jaylan To’O will start from the bench.
17 year old Coombabah State High School front rower Kayah Riggs-Noble (Riggs) has been named on the bench for Mudgeeraba for this weekend’s U19 final against Bilambil.
If he gets onto the field it will be his debut match in the U19 competition after playing five matches this season for the Red Backs in the U17 Division One competition.
The powerful young man finished the 2018 season playing a number of matches off the bench for the Burleigh Colts side, an impressive effort for a 17 year old playing in the middle of the field.
PBC student Caleb Hodges has been named on the bench for Bilambil in tomorrow’s GCRL U19 final against Mudgeeraba, it will be his second U19 match of the season for the 17 year old from just across the border.
For the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the MM Cup competition earlier this season, Caleb Hodges played in four matches scoring for two tries.
Caleb Hodges scored his first try in Round Six against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls and also scored in Tweed Heads semi-final against Souths Logan.
Caleb Hodges was named to start on the interchange bench in Round One but did not make the final 17 but came into the Tweed Heads side in Round Five against the Townsville Blackhawks and stayed in the side for the remainder of the season.
Caleb Hodges started from the interchange bench in Rounds Five and Six and in the centres for Round Seven and the semi-final. Interesting Caleb Hodges was named to start at hooker in Round Six against Wynnum Manly but ended starting from the bench instead in that match.
Caleb Hodges has also played in one GCRL First Grade match this season.
Outstanding centre prospect Indiha Sautui-Huta will start for Mudgeeraba in their U19 Final clash against Bilambil on the weekend.
The young man has had a big couple of weeks including playing for PBC as they qualified for the Queensland GIO Cup final with a victory in the Queensland semi-final against Ignatius Park 38-16.
This season Indiha Saotui-Huta was part of the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup playing in all six of their matches including their semi-final, starting each on the wing. In his seven matches Indiha Saotui-Huta scored five tries.
Indiha Saotui-Huta’s first try came in Round Three against the Burleigh Bears. Indiha Saotui-Huta followed that up with tries in Rounds Five and Six against Townsville and Wynnum Manly respectively. Indiha Saotui-Huta completed his 2018 MM Cup try scoring with a double in the final regular season being Round Seven against the Easts Tigers.
For Mudgeeraba in the GCRL U19 competition he may have “only” played in six matches but has scored eight tries including four against Beaudesert and doubles against Bilambil and Helensvale
Southport’s U19 finals side for their match against Currumbin will have a Titans feel to it, including big strong young front rower Samuel Shannon and fullback Callum Boomer starting for the Tigers.
Exciting five eight Zane Harris is also starting for the Southport U19 side.
Southport’s U19 finals side for their match against Currumbin will have a Titans feel to it, including big strong young front rower Samuel Shannon and fullback Callum Boomer starting for the Tigers.
Exciting five eight Zane Harris is also starting for the Southport U19 side.
Wow that’s a big step up for Sam, who has been playing U16’s this year (although very VERY well!)
Ben Thomas is a local Titans contracted youngster who is part of the Titans Rookie Squad and is originally from the Beaudesert Kingfishers Junior Rugby League club who plays in the second row although he has spent some time in the centres in 2017 and in the front row this season for Tweed Heads Colts.
After taking a knock in a 2018 trial at Waterford where he left the field against South’s Logan it was good to see Ben Thomas start the 2018 season being named in the front row for the opening three rounds of the Hastings Deering’s U20 Colts competition for the Tweed heads Seagulls and in Round Two against the Victorian Thunderbolts in Melbourne scored a second half double in the Seagulls 36 – 16 loss.
In total in the Hastings Deering’s Colts competition for Tweed Heads Ben Thomas has played in eighteen matches scoring six tries including the second half double against Victoria noted previously. Ben Thomas also scored a double against the Easts Tigers in Round Twenty One. Ben Thomas’s other tries came in Round Seventeen against Wynnum Manly and in Round Twenty Four against the Easts Tigers.
Ben Thomas has started in the front row on six occasions, at lock twice and in the second row in his other eleven Colts matches.
In addition to his matches with Tweed Heads in the Colts competition, Ben Thomas has also made four Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade appearances, making his debut against Tugun in June. Ben Thomas scored in his second First Grade match against Bilambil.
Sincerely apologise I meant Daniel Shannon.
Wow that’s a big step up for Sam, who has been playing U16’s this year (although very VERY well!)
Curtis Dansey-Smaller is a young former Western Australian and Rockingham Sharks fullback signed a two year deal with the Gold Coast Titans at the end of 2016 and spent the 2017 season alternating between the Titans NYC side and the Tweed Heads Seagulls Colts side including playing in their 2017 finals campaign. Curtis Dansey-Smaller is currently a member of the Titans Rookie Squad.
After spending some time training with the Titans NRL squad, Curtis Dansey-Smaller started the 2018 season with the Tweed Heads Seagulls U20 Colts side before being promoted to the Tweed Heads Seagulls Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade side.
Curtis Dansey-Smaller to date has played in played in nine Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade matches making his debut against Runaway Bay. In those matches he scored five tries including a double against Runaway Bay and he also scored against Southport, Ormeau and Runaway Bay once again.
He has been named on the wing for this weekend’s Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade final against Tugun.
Curtis Dansey-Smaller also started on the wing in the opening week of the finals for Tweed Heads as they went down 37 – 16 to Runaway Bay.
For Tweed Heads in the 2018 U20 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition, Curtis Dansey-Smaller played in thirteen matches. He started eight matches in the centres and five on the right wing.
In those matches Curtis Dansey-Smaller scored seven tries including an outstanding patch when Curtis Dansey-Smaller scored six tries in three rounds including a Round Ten hat trick against Ipswich, a Round Eleven double against the Northern Pride and a Round Eight try against the Western Mustangs. Curtis Dansey-Smaller’s other 2018 Colts try came in Round Seventeen against Wynnum Manly.
In Sunday’s Toowoomba Rugby League U18 Grand Final five players with links to the Titans will line up for Southern Suburbs, being fullback Alex Dunneman, centres Connor Williams and Leslie Hartvigsen, second rower Jordan Crocker and front rower and recently signed (Titans Rookie contract) Luke Maiden.
For Highfields and Districts big strong front rower Mitchell Farlow will start from the bench.
Sincerely apologise I meant Daniel Shannon.
Ahh that makes sense too.
Ormeau defeated Runaway Bay 38-20 in the U15 Division One Grand Final tonight at Parkwood.
Ormeau Shearers try scorers included stand out half Syris Schmidt and five eight Jordan Lewis scored a try and kicked five goals. Ormeau youngster Xavier Collins who is still U14 eligible came off the bench and also scored.
For Runaway Bay hooker Caleb Gould-Waiariki scored as did U14 eligible standout Seth Nikotemo.
Ormeau defeated Runaway Bay 38-20 in the U15 Division One Grand Final tonight at Parkwood.
Nerang defeated Currumbin 24-8 in the U16 Division One Grand Final tonight.
Titan Byron Parnell was one of Nerang's try scorers and talented winger Dorion Smith scored an impressive double.
Nerang defeated Currumbin 24-8 in the U16 Division One Grand Final tonight.
Helensvale defeated Coomera 29-12 in the U14 Division One final today.
For Helensvale, half Josh Lynn and centre Te Haeata Takamore were amongst the try scorers.
For Coomera centre Blake Ruaporo scored a double and fullback Timothy Sielaff-Burns also scored,
TSS U15A's defeated Ipswich Grammar School 19-15 this afternoon.
Interesting to see Titans contracted Kaleb Ngamanu named at No. 7 for the TSS U15A school boy rugby side for this weekend’s away match against Ipswich Grammar School.
He normally plays in the centres in both rugby and rugby league.
In the TSS First XV 48-28 win over Ipswich Grammar School this afternoon, it was the 2018 Burleigh MM Cup boys that came to the fore.
Centre Ronan Kapi scored a double, narrowly missing a third and Reno Gerrard scored a barnstorming try as the final siren went to seal the TSS win.
Titans contracted Noah Gafa started in the second row tonight for Currumbin as they defeated Carsil Vaikai's Runaway Bay 30-10 in the GCRL U17 Division One Grand Final.
Big strong young front rower George Etuale-Noa scored a hat trick for Coomera in their tough 24-18 U17 Division Two Grand Final loss against Currumbin.
2018 U18 NRRRL award winners:
Top try scorer Liam Cusack 17
Rookie of the Tear - Thomas Simpson (Lower Clarence)
Edward O'Connor player of the year
Southern Suburbs won the Grand Final 38-10 with Jordan Crocker scoring a double.
In Sunday’s Toowoomba Rugby League U18 Grand Final five players with links to the Titans will line up for Southern Suburbs, being fullback Alex Dunneman, centres Connor Williams and Leslie Hartvigsen, second rower Jordan Crocker and front rower and recently signed (Titans Rookie contract) Luke Maiden.
For Highfields and Districts big strong front rower Mitchell Farlow will start from the bench.
Brenton Daley-Holten started in the centres today for Bilambil in their 54-26 win over Mudgeeraba in their U19 final yesterday.
Titans linked Daniel Shannon started in the front row today for Southport as they won their U19 finals match 20-14 today against Currumbin.
Southport wingers Ronin Rio and Taine Henry both scored doubles in the win.
Electric young Shallin Fuller started at half yesterday for Beaudesert in their Doug Lipp Cup final against Runaway Bay losing 25-4, with Shallin Fuller crossing for the Kingfishers sole try.
The outstanding Codey McLaughlin started in the second row for Runaway Bay.
Titans Rookie Squad member Curtis Dansey-Smaller started on the wing yesterday for the Tweed Heads GCRL First Grade side in their 40-26 Finals win over Tugun.
Former Titans NYC player Tre Williams scored four tries for the Seagulls.
17 year old former Logan Brothers youngster Tyler Han played just his third Toowoomba Rugby League Reserve Grade match this afternoon, starting on the wing for Gatton in the Grand Final and scored the first try of the match in the 7th minute of the match.
With his Grand Final try he scored three tries from as many Reserve Grade matches, including scoring a double in his Reserve Grade debut against Oakey in July.
Gatton went on to win the Grand Final 42-20 against Pittsworth.
In the GCRL U12 Division One Grand Final this afternoon Helensvale defeated Burleigh White 28-6. Well done to all.
Young Helensvale centre Xavier Tauaifaiga scored a double and also kicked a goal in the Grand Final victory.
It was a battle of the centres in the U13 Division One Grand Final this afternoon that was won by Burleigh against Southport 42-22.
For Burleigh centre Kalahni-Jai Lawrence scored a hat trick and for Southport centre Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa scored all four of his team's tries.
18 year old Northern New South Wales half Tahne Robinson certainly has an old head on young shoulders and displayed it once again yesterday for the Tweed Coast Raiders in their NRRRL First Grade finals victory 16-12 over Murwillumbah.
Tahne Robinson converted 5th and 9th minute first half tries to help the Raiders qualify for next weekend’s Grand Final against Ballina.
Talented 21 year old Titans winger Phillip Sami had a quietly effective match in Round 25 on the weekend against North Queensland running for 127 metres, 56 post contact, breaking four tackles and also had a 100% tackling efficiency.
Playing in every NRL match for the Titans this season (23 in total), Phillip Sami scored 14 tries, ran for team leading 3 015 metres (131.1 metres per game, also team leading), had a try assist (great kick to Anthony Don), made 13 line breaks and also broke 83 tackles (team leading once again).
Phillip Sami also made 70 tackles at a tackling efficiency of 66.5%.
Interestingly on Saturday afternoon 18 year old front rower Moeaki Fotuaika was only on the field for 14 minutes, but in that time he ran for 28 metres, 14 post contact and made an impressive 14 tackles at a tackling efficiency of 93.33%.
In his debut NRL season, Moeaki Fotuaika was involved in 16 matches scoring two tries.
He ran for 1 359 metres at an average of 85 metres per match with 39.36% of the metres he gained coming after contact (534.9 metres). He was also credited with 19 tackle breaks and 11 offloads.
Defensively Moeaki Fotuaika made 307 tackles at a more than creditable tacking efficiency of 92.4%.
The debut NRL season of Titans youngster AJ Brimson could hardly have gone any better.
In Round 25 against North Queensland, in addition to scoring his 7th try in just his 15th match, he ran for 128 metres, 19 post contact, made a line break and 4 tackle breaks. Defensively he made 5 tackles.
On the season, AJ Brimson ran for 1 444 metres at an average of 96.3 metres, per match, made 8 line breaks and 36 tackle breaks. He also had two try assists and two line break assists.
Defensively AJ Brimson displayed his courage on multiple occasions finishing with 229 tackles at a tackling efficiency of 81.6%.
He also forced four line drop outs and averaged 57 kicking metres per match.
Darius Farmer, Kea Pere, Jaxson Paulo and Moeaki Fotuaika all selected in the Junior Kiwis Train on Squad.
Titans contracted and PBC centre Tate Roberts has produced an exceptional 2018 rugby league season which culminated in his selection in the centres in the Queensland U16 side that also included three other Titans players being Ediq Ambrosyev (hooker) Samuel Shannon (interchange) and Byron Parnell (interchange).
Tate Roberts started the 2018 season playing for the Gold Coast Vikings White U16 side in the South East Queensland U16 pre-season competition and was then selected in the South East Queensland White U16 side for the Queensland Age Championships in Mackay.
In those Championships, Tate Roberts started all four of South East Queensland Whites matches in the centres including their 30 – 18 Championship final loss to South East Queensland Green.
Tate Roberts has played with distinction this season in the GCRL U16 Division One competition, playing in six matches in the regular season and scoring nine tries for an impressive 150% strike rate.
Tate Roberts scored a hat trick against Burleigh in late June and has also scored doubles against Helensvale and Runaway Bay. Tate Roberts other two tries came against Mudgeeraba and Nerang. Only Southport was able to keep Tate Roberts from scoring over the course of the regular season.
On the second week of the U16 Division One Finals series, Tate Roberts scored for Currumbin but the Eagles went down 32 – 22 to Nerang in a high quality match.
Tate Roberts also scored in Week Three of the finals series being the Preliminary Final as Currumbin overcame a determined Burleigh side to win 28 – 26 and progress to the Grand Final.
In the U16 Division One Grand Final against Nerang Tate Roberts started in the centres for Currumbin who went down 24 – 8 to the Roosters.
Playing at Cbus stadium in Round Five as a curtain raiser to the Titans v Rabbitohs NRL match, Tate Roberts scored his sixth try of the season to that point. Unfortunately his Currumbin side were defeated 26-22 by Nerang.
Tate Roberts played for the Gold Coast Vikings White side in the South East Queensland U16 competition starting a number of the rounds in the centres. Tate Roberts has also recently been selected in the reduced South East Queensland U16 side, surviving the first rounds of player cuts. 2018 also saw Tate Roberts involved in the U16 Queensland Murri side.
Titans linked Connor Williams started off the 2018 season in the Western Mustangs MM Cup side and then transitioned back to the Toowoomba Rugby League competition playing with Southern Suburbs in the U18 competition where he has been an absolute stand out.
In the MM Cup, Connor Williams was involved in all six of the Western Mustangs matches and scored his sole try of the season in Round Six and a huge second half comeback against the Burleigh Bears.
Connor Williams came off the interchange bench in Round One, started at lock in Rounds Three and Four (Western Mustangs had a round two bye) and started in the second row in his remaining matches.
Connor Williams played fifteen matches in the Toowoomba Rugby League U18 competition this season for Southern Suburbs including the finals series.
In those matches Connor Williams scored fourteen tries, ten in the regular season and four in the finals series. In the regular season, Connor Williams scored doubles against Pittsworth, Wattles and Toowoomba Valleys and also scored against Warwick, Pittsworth, Goondiwindi and Gatton.
In the first week of the finals Connor Williams started in the second row as Southern Suburbs overcame South Burnett and in week two of the finals he once again started in the second row and scored as Southern Suburbs progressed with a 36 – 14 win over Gatton.
In the Preliminary Final against Dalby, Connor Williams started in the centres instead of his normal second row position and scored a try in the 2nd minute of the second half as Southern Suburbs defeated Dalby 44 – 4 to progress to the Grand Final.
In the 2018 Toowoomba Rugby League U18 Grand Final Connor Williams started in the centres against Highfields and Districts and was on the winning side as Southern Suburbs won 38 – 10.
Connor William’s first TRL U18 match this season was in Round One against Toowoomba Valleys and then as a result of his MM Cup commitments did not play again in the U18’s until Round Six. In Rounds One and Six Connor Williams started from the inter change bench but since then has started all of his matches in the second row.
Connor Williams also made his Toowoomba Rugby League First Grade debut this season when he started in the centres in July against Highfields and Districts. Connor Williams played two more First Grade matches, starting both in the centres as well against Goondiwindi and Gatton scoring on both occasions as well.
The St Mary’s student was also part of the Darlings Downs U18 side that participated in the U18 QSSRL Championships this year.
After an outstanding MM Cup campaign in 2017, Titans contracted Luke Maiden this season once again played in the MM Cup for the Western Mustangs in 2018 and just like last year, once that competition concluded he moved to the Western Mustangs Hastings Deering’s Colts squad.
In his second season in the MM Cup with the Western Mustangs Luke Maiden played in all six matches and had a 50% try scoring strike rate. Luke Maiden scored in Rounds One, Five and Seven against Victoria, Sunshine Coast and South’s Logan respectively.
His progression to the Western Mustangs Hastings Deering’s Colts side saw Luke Maiden play in eight matches. Luke Maiden came into the side in Round Eight against Tweed Heads when he started on the interchange bench. Luke Maiden has also started on the interchange bench in Rounds Ten Eleven and thirteen against the Mackay Cutters South’s Logan and the Easts Tigers respectively.
Luke Maiden moved in the starting side in Round Sixteen against Norths starting the match at lock. In total in his eight matches, Luke Maiden started two matches in the front row, one at lock and five from the interchange bench.
Luke Maiden’s sole try of the 2018 Colts season came in Round Fourteen against the Ipswich Jets.
In addition to his Western Mustangs duties at the MM Cup and Colts levels, Luke Maiden also found the time to play for Southern Suburbs in the U18 Toowoomba Rugby league competition including starting in the front row in Round One against Toowoomba Valleys where he scored in Southern Suburbs 26 – 8 victory.
In total for Southern Suburbs in the U18 Toowoomba rugby League competition including the finals series, Luke maiden played in seven matches scoring four tries which came against Toowoomba Valleys, Goondiwindi and South Burnett in the regular season.
In the Preliminary Final against Dalby, Luke Maiden started in the front row and scored a try in the 12th minute of the second half as Southern Suburbs defeated Dalby 44 – 4 to progress to the Grand Final.
In the U18 Toowoomba Rugby League Grand Final against Highfields and Districts Luke Maiden started in the front row in the 38 – 10 win.
In 2018 Luke Maiden also played two Toowoomba Rugby League First Grade matches making his debut against Toowoomba Valleys in late June and also playing against Goondiwindi in late July.
Titans linked Leslie Hartvigsen’s 2018 season has followed the same course as his 2017 one. He started the season in the MM Cup and then moved immediately to the U20 Colts side for the Western Mustangs.
In the MM Cup this season for the Western Mustangs, Leslie Hartvigsen played in all six of the Western Mustangs matches starting in the second row on each occasion. In those six mates Leslie Hartvigsen had a 50% strike rate with his tries coming in Rounds One, Four and Seven against Victoria, Norths and Souths Logan respectively.
Leslie Hartvigsen made his 2018 Colts debut in Round Ten against the Mackay Cutters starting from the bench and since that time has played in eight additional matches. Leslie Hartvigsen celebrated his 2018 Colts debut by scoring in the Western Mustangs victory over the Cutters and also scored in Round Seventeen against Redcliffe.
Leslie Hartvigsen moved into the starting line-up in Round Thirteen against Easts when he started in the centres and started Rounds Fourteen through Eighteen in the centres as well.
Leslie Hartvigsen also played ten matches in the Toowoomba Rugby League U18 competition this season for Southern Suburbs including the finals series.
In the Toowoomba Rugby League U18 competition this season Lesley Hartvigsen scored eight tries, three in the regular season and five in the finals series. In the regular season, Lesley Hartvigsen scored a double against Pittsworth and also scored against Gatton.
In the first week of the finals Lesley Hartvigsen started from the bench as Southern Suburbs overcame South Burnett and in week two of the finals he started at lock and scored two second half tries as Southern Suburbs progressed with a 36 – 14 win over Gatton.
In the Preliminary Final against Dalby, Leslie Hartvigsen started in the centres and scored a first half hat trick (9th, 30th and 32 minute) as Southern Suburbs defeated Dalby 44 – 4 to progress to the Grand Final.
In the 2018 U18 Toowoomba Rugby League Grand Final Leslie Hartvigsen started in the centres alongside fellow Titans linked centre Connor Williams against Highfields and Districts with Southern Suburbs taking the premiership as a result of a 38 – 10 Grand Final victory.
Lesley Hartvigsen also made his Toowoomba Rugby League First Grade debut this season when he came off the bench for Southern Suburbs against Toowoomba Valleys in late June.
On a number of occasions Lesley Hartvigsen played for Southern Suburbs and then backed up for the Western Mustangs Colts on the same weekend showcasing his stamina and durability.
Titans Kai O'Donnell and Jai Whitbread named on the bench for Burleigh in their final this week against Redcliffe.
In the TSS First XV victory 48-38 over Ipswich Grammar School last Saturday, two Burleigh 2018 MM Cup players were acknowledged for their performances. No. 8 Reno Gerrard received an honourable mention from the coaching staff and centre Ronan Kapi was awarded two points from an outstanding player performance perspective.
Talented Lower Clarence Magpies second rower Cooper Many was a revelation this year for Lower Clarence in the NRRRL U18 competition and as just 17 years old is certainly going to be some sort of player when all is said and done.
Cooper Many started the 2018 season as part of the Northern Rivers Laurie Daley Cup U18 side, playing in four matches, starting all in the second row with those matches coming against the Newcastle Knights Development Squad (on a wet and miserable afternoon for spectators), North Coast, Central Coast Roosters and the Greater Northern Tigers.
From a club perspective in 2018, Cooper Many lined up in the second row for the Lower Clarence Magpies in the U18 NRRRL competition, progressing all the way to the Preliminary Final.
Cooper Many played in sixteen U18 NRRRL matches for the Magpies this season including finals and scored eight regular season tries. Each of Cooper Many’s tries came in individual games including games against Lismore Marist Brothers, Ballina, Murwillumbah, Casino RSM, Cudgen and Evans Head.
Tough young front rower or second rower Brodie Williams was outstanding for the Lower Clarence Magpies over the course of the 2018 NRRRL U18 competition and as a result also made his NRRRL First Grade debut. After a great season, Lower Clarence were knocked out in the NRRRL U18 Preliminary final going down 30-14 to the Ballina Seagulls over the weekend.
For Lower Clarence in the NRRRL U18 competition Brodie Williams played in sixteen matches including the finals series scoring seven tries, including scoring a hat trick against Tweed Coast in June.
The Round after his hat trick, Brodie Williams, after playing in the U18 fixture earlier in the day, made his deserved NRRL First Grade debut coming onto the field against a massive and experienced Cudgen forward pack.
In addition to team success in 2018, Brodie Williams also received a number of individual accolades, including being awarded the Bernie Donnelly Memorial Shield at the NRRRL Awards night and also finishing second in the NRRRL U18 Player of the Year voting with twelve votes.
Tough, gritty young Lower Clarence Magpies hooker Thomas Simpson was recently rewarded for his outstanding 2018 season by being awarded the NRRRL U18 Rookie of the Year at the NRRRL Awards night.
To say that Thomas Simpson had an outstanding 2018 would be an understatement.
He started off the season, performing well for Northern Rivers in the inaugural U18 Laurie Daley Cup competition starting at hooker in three matches against North Coast, the Central Coast Roosters and the Greater Northern Tigers, scoring against the Roosters.
For the Lower Clarence Magpies in the U18 NRRRL competition, Thomas Simpson played in fifteen matches including the finals series scoring against Casino RSM and Murwillumbah. Lower Clarence had a great year in the U18 competition progressing all of the way to the Preliminary final which they lost to Ballina 30 – 14 on Sunday after getting within striking distance of the Seagulls just after half time.
At just 17, Thomas Simpson also made three NRRRL First Grade appearances this season, making his debut in May against Northern United and also playing against Murwillumbah and Grand Finalists Ballina in the First Grade competition.
From a junior rugby league representative perspective, Thomas Simpson has represented Group One at the U14 and U15 levels in 2015 and 2016 respectively.
Titans linked and Grafton Ghosts centre Jake Martin continues to play solidly regardless of the standard of the opponent and that was the case again in 2018 playing for the Grafton Ghosts in the Tooheys New Group Two competition.
Jake Martin started off the 2018 season representing North Coast in the U18 Laurie Daley Cup competition, playing in two matches, starting both on the wing, with those matches coming against the Greater Northern Tigers and the Newcastle Knights Development Squad. In that first match against the Greater Northern Tigers Jake Martin scored to mark his debut.
For the Grafton Ghosts in the 2018 Group Two competition, Jake Martin wore the blue and white in all three senior grades.
In the Group Two U18 competition, Jake Martin played in nine matches scoring four tries including tries in the regular season against Coffs Harbour and Sawtell amongst others.
Jake Martin also played in four Group Two Reserve Grade games, making his debut against Coffs Harbour in May. In those four Reserve Grade matches, Jake Martin had a 50% strike rate with his tries coming against Sawtell and Macksville.
Few 17 year olds make their First Grade debuts regardless of level or region, but in April of this year Jake Martin joined that exclusive list when he came on for Grafton against Macksville.
A team mate for the Grafton Ghosts is fellow Titan Ben Liyou.
Outstanding prospect Corey McLaughlin will start in the second row for Runaway Bay on Sunday against Currumbin in the Doug Lipp Cup Preliminary Final looking to secure their spot in the Grand Final against Mudgeeraba.
Young half or five eight Tyrese Walker moved to the Gold Coast earlier this season and played the remainder of the 2018 season for the Burleigh Bears in the U19 Gold Coast Rugby League competition and through the regular season rounds finished as the leading try scorer in the competition with fourteen.
Tyrese Walker made his debut on the Gold Coast in Round Five against the Currumbin Eagles when he started from the interchange bench but moved into the starting line-up at five eight in Round Six against Mudgeeraba.
Tyrese Walker played in eleven U19 regular season matches scoring fourteen tries for a strike rate of 127% whilst splitting his time between starting at five eight and in the centres for the Bears. Tyrese walker scored in his second U19 fixture which was in Round Six against Mudgeeraba and he has not stopped scoring ever since.
Tyrese Walker scored four tries to announce himself to the Gold Coast public in Round Seven against Beaudesert an scored a hat trick in late June against Beaudesert once again. Tyrese Walker scored a double in Round Fourteen against Helensvale and in that match also kicked four goals.
Tyrese Walker’s other tries have come against Helensvale, Southport and Ormeau and from late May to mid-July this year scored in every match that he was involved in including the seven tries in the two matches against Beaudesert.
In Week One of the GCRL U19 Finals series, Tyrese Walker started at five eight for Burleigh as they went down 32 – 26 to Mudgeeraba kicking a conversion in the hard fought loss.
For the Bears in the SG Ball competition, earlier this season, Tyrese Walker played in six matches scoring two tries which both came in Round Seven in a 26 – 12 loss to the Cronulla Sharks. Tyrese Walker came into the North Sydney Bears side in Round Two off the interchange bench against the Western Pirates. Tyrese Walker played five matches from the inter change bench but did start at half back in Round Five against Souths Sydney.
Exciting hooking prospect Cole Geyer has been outstanding this season in both the MM Cup competition and for Currumbin in the U17 Division One competition and he also got an opportunity in the GCRL U19 competition as a result.
In the MM cup competition for the Tweed Heads Seagulls Cole Geyer started at hooker for Tweed Heads opening three matches against Norths, Victoria and Burleigh. His sole MM Cup try of the season came in Round Two against Victoria.
Post the MM Cup competition Cole Geyer transitioned back to the U17 Division One competition and was outstanding over the course of the regular season playing in nine matches and scoring nine tries for a 100% strike rate through the regular season.
Cole Geyer scored three doubles which were against Ormeau, Tweed Heads and Burleigh in the final round of the U17 Division One regular season being Round Eleven. Cole Geyer also scored against Mudgeeraba, Bilambil and Runaway Bay.
In Round One of the GCRL U17 Division One Finals series, Cole Geyer started once again at hooker and was dominant throughout scoring a double as Currumbin defeated Ormeau 18 – 8 in the Qualifying Final to continue their progress towards U17 Division One Premiership success.
In the second round of the GCRL U17 Division One Finals series, started at hooker and made it three tries from two finals matches as he led Currumbin to a 32 – 22 win over Burleigh in a match of exceptional quality.
In the 2018 U17 Division One Grand Final against Runaway Bay, Cole Geyer started at hooker for Currumbin as they overcame the Seagulls to win 30 – 10.
Cole Geyer made his U19 debut for Currumbin in June against Bilambil and played his other U19 match in July against Helensvale.
The Marymount College Burleigh Heads student has represented his school with distinction this season including leading Marymount to victory in the Titans School Boy Open competition and in fact Cole Geyer was named Player of the Competition.
Marymount College defeated Keebra Park C 52 – 6 in the final with Cole Geyer scoring the first try of the game to give Marymount College the lead which they never relinquished.
In Sunday’s U19 GCRL Preliminary Final, there are a number of talented players on display including for Currumbin front rower Ji Van Heerwaarden and winger Kiu Nuku-Ngala.
Lining up for Bilambil is centre Brenton Daley-Holten and interchange player 17 year old Caleb Hodges.
The winner plays Southport in the Grand Final.
Group 18 Junior Rugby League grand Final matches this Saturday:
U13: South Tweed V Tweed Heads
U14: Bilambil V Murwillumbah
U15: South Tweed V Byron Bay/Lennox Heads
U16: Bilambil V Cudgen
Good luck to all teams
Daniel Butterini is a local young centre originally from just south of the border, who is part of the Titans High Performance Program and is also at PBC State High School as part of their Rugby League excellence program. Daniel Butterini was also part of the Titans U15 squad that played against a Balmain Tigers selection late last year, in that match Daniel Butterini spent the majority of the game in the centres.
At the start of this season, Daniel Butterini was part of the Gold Coast Vikings Yellow side that competed in the U16 South East Queensland Challenge and post that competition was called up to be part of the South East Queensland Green side for the Queensland U16 Age Championships playing all four of their matches including the Championship final which SEQ Green won 30 – 18 against SEQ White.
Daniel Butterini played his club rugby league this season with Currumbin playing in twelve U16 Division One matches including the finals series scoring three tries in total, including a double against Mudgeeraba and also scored early in the season against Runaway Bay.
Daniel Butterini started for Currumbin in the U16 Division One Grand Final but was on the losing side with Nerang coming out victorious 24 – 8.
Daniel Butterini also played one match this season in the U17 Division One competition with that match coming against the Bilambil Jets late in the 2018 season.
Titans Rookie Squad member Curtis Dansey-Smaller will start on the wing for Tweed Heads in the GCRL First Grade Preliminary Final against Runaway Bay with the winner to take on Runaway Bay in the Grand Final the following weekend.
Ultra-talented young Tweed Coast Raiders forward Oscar Clarke has been outstanding over recent seasons including in 2016 season when he was named as the Group 18 Junior Representative Player of the year after he starred for the Group 18 U16 side, he was also named as the U16 Group 18 most consistent player.
Oscar Clarke was named in the Tweed Heads Seagulls 2018 MM Cup side but did not play any matches in that competition this season.
For the Tweed Coast Raiders in the NRRRL competition, Oscar Clarke was involved in all three senior grades over the course of the 2018 season.
In the U18 NRRRL competition’s regular season, Oscar Clarke played in eleven matches finishing the season with twelve tries which placed him equal second with centre Ballina James Torrens on the try scoring tally, five behind Cudgen centre Liam Cusack.
Oscar Clarke scored an early season hat trick against Lismore Marist Brothers and mid-season scored doubles in consecutive rounds against Lower Clarence and Ballina.
Oscar Clarke’s U18 NRRRL season came to an end in week two of the finals a fortnight ago when Tweed Coast went down 22 – 14 to the Lower Clarence Magpies.
This season Oscar Clarke also played in one Reserve Grade match which was against Murwillumbah in July.
After playing three NRRRL First Grade games in 2017, Oscar Clarke added three more to that number in 2018 and also scored his first career NRRRL First Grade try when he scored against Northern United in his second NRRRL First Grade match this year after playing his first against Murwillumbah. Oscar Clarke’s third NRRRL First Grade match this season was played against Casino RSM.
Big strong young Titans contracted Runaway Bay Seagull second rower or lock Carsil Vaikai continues to develop his game at an exceptional rate. From a trivia perspective Carsil Vaikai was earlier this year selected in the Australian Mixed Netball side highlighting his stamina and athleticism.
Carsil Vaikai played for the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup side this season playing in six of their matches, including their semi-final loss to eventual champions South’s Logan. Carsil Vaikai started at lock in the Seagulls first four matches, before missing Round Six. Carsil Vaikai came back into the side in Round Seven off the bench and also came off the bench against Souths Logan in Tweed Heads semi-final loss.
Carsil Vaikai scored one try in the MM Cup competition which came in Round Three against the Burleigh Bears. On that occasion, he received the ball from the dummy half to the left of the play and crashed over from around ten metres out carrying two Burleigh defenders across the line.
Post the MM Cup competition, Carsil Vaikai played for Runaway Bay in the Gold Coast Rugby League U17 Division One completion.
In total in the U17 Division One competition this season including finals Carsil Vaikai played in ten matches four of which were finals matches. Carsil Vaikai started all ten of his U17 Division One matches at lock.
In Week One of the Finals series Runaway Bay defeated Tweed Heads 42 -14 and won again in Week Two 24 – 18 against Ormeau.
Carsil Vaikai picked a great time to scored his first and only try of the U17 Division One season when he scored in Runaway Bay’s 34 – 22 Preliminary Final victory over Burleigh.
Unfortunately for Carsil Vaikai and Runaway Bay they ran into a red hot Currumbin side in the Grand Final going down 30 – 10 to an Eagles side that contained amongst others fellow Titans contracted 17 year old Noah Gafa.
Carsil Vaikai was also part of the Coombabah State High School Opens side that made the Queensland Cup Quarter Finals after a one point win over fellow Gold Coast School Marymount College 17 - 16.
Tough young centre James Torrens was impressive throughout the 2018 season for Northern Rivers in the U18 Laurie Daley Cup competition as well as in the NRRRL competition for Ballina for whom he played across all three grades of the NRRRL competition including an outstanding NRRRL First Grade debut.
James Torrens started off the season, performing solidly for Northern Rivers in the inaugural U18 Laurie Daley Cup competition starting in the centres in four matches against the Newcastle Knights Development Squad, North Coast, Central Coast Roosters and the Greater Northern Tigers.
For the Ballina Seagulls in the NRRRL U18 competition, James Torrens finished the regular season playing in eleven matches and scoring twelve tries. Of those twelve tries, James Torrens scored ten of those in a six game period from late May to late July.
In that span James Torrens scored a hat trick against Murwillumbah, doubles against Casino RSM and Cudgen and tries against Tweed Coast, Kyogle and Lower Clarence.
With his twelve try tally James Torrens finished equal second on the U18 NRRRL try scoring list equal with Tweed Coast forward Oscar Clarke and five behind Cudgen centre Liam Cusack.
James Torrens made his NRRRL Reserve Grade debut in June 2018, against Casino RSM and in 2018 went on to play in six Reserve Grade matches in total scoring three tries, including a double against Lower Clarence and also scoring in his second Reserve Grade game against Mullumbimby.
James Torrens made his NRRRL First Grade debut in late July against Lower Clarence and what a debut he had, scoring a double on a memorable afternoon. James Torrens had scored a double in the earlier Reserve Grade match as well as scoring in the U18 match that same day.
Titans contracted Kaleb Ngamanu will start at inside centre tomorrow for the TSS U15A side as they head to Toowoomba to play Downlands College.
Already this season he has played outside centre and last week started at No. 7.
Young Lismore Marist Brothers second rower’s Brody Jones’s 2017 rugby league season finished with him attending the Titans U16 High Performance Academy camp in Lennox Heads in late 2017 where he played for the Titans in their match against a Western Mustangs U16 side that was also attending the high performance camp.
This season in the NRRRL U18 competition Brody Jones played in thirteen regular season matches for Lismore Marist Brothers scoring an impressive nine tries along the way for a strike rate of 69.23%.
Brody Jones scored a hat trick against Kyogle mid-season and the week prior scored a double against Murwillumbah. Brody Jones also had a good try scoring run late in the season when he scored in consecutive rounds against Casino RSM, Lower Clarence and Tweed Coast. Brody Jones’s remaining try came in Round Three against Tweed Coast.
After being involved in both the Titans and Bronco’s Development Squads in recent years it is great to see Rowan Mansfield sign with the Titans earlier this season and to see him play for the Titans U15 side when they defeated the Western Mustangs six tries to three at Nerang in March of this year.
In that match Rowan Mansfield lined up at right centre where he opposed the talented Blake Cesseri from the Western Mustangs and more than held his own over the course of the match.
Rowan Mansfield is just one of a number of talented Northern Rivers juniors that have recently (the last year or so) linked with the Titans, a list also including second rower Ben Liyou and centre/second rower Ethan Foster amongst others.
Rowan Mansfield is a young fullback or centre from the Ballina Seagulls junior rugby league club who play in the Group One junior rugby league competition in Northern NSW, which is the same club that former Titans centre Brian Kelly played his junior rugby league for.
This season in the Group One U15 competition, Rowan Mansfield played in eleven matches, including the finals scoring five tries. Each of Rowans Mansfield regular season’s tries came from individual matches and were scored against, South Grafton, Clarence Coast on two occasions and against Casino RSM.
On the first Saturday of the Group One finals, Rowan Mansfield scored for Ballina in their 26 - 4 Group One U15 semi-final victory over South Grafton.
In the Grand Final Rowan Mansfield and his Ballina team mates went down to a committed South Grafton Rebels side 16 – 0.
Rowan Mansfield also played in three Group One U16.5 matches, making his debut against Clarence Coast in early August scoring on debut.
Earlier in 2018 Rowan Mansfield was part of the New South Wales Combined High Schools (NSW CHS) U15 side that participated in the ASSRL U15 national Championships, being one of ten Titans involved in the Championships. NSW CHS Titans team mates were second rower Ryan Foran and fullback/centre Riley Lack.
Rowan Mansfield played four matches at the U15 ASSRL Championships primarily at fullback and scored against New South Wales Combined Catholic Colleges.
Ethan Foster who signed a Titans development contract last year made his 2018 playing debut starting in the centres for the Northern Rivers U16 Andrew Johns Cup side who went on to defeat Newcastle 22 – 12 on a wet and cold morning in Northern New South Wales in Round One of that competition.
Prior to his signing with the Titans, Ethan Foster had also been invited to be part of the Newcastle Knights Junior Development program.
In the 2018 Andrew Johns Cup competition for Northern Rivers Ethan Foster played in all four of Northern Rivers matches, starting two in the centres and two in the second row. In those four matches, Ethan Foster scored three tries, scoring a double in Round Three against the Central Coast Roosters and in Round Four against the Greater Northern Tigers.
The two tries in Round Three against the Central Coast were simply outstanding including his second try when he took the ball from around 40 metres out and just smashed his way through the defensive, stepped past the fullback and outpaced the cover defence.
In the Group One U16.5 competition this season Ethan Foster played thirteen matches for Clarence Coast including the finals series finishing as the competitions leading point’s scorer with 139 points from sixteen tries, thirty seven goals and a field goal. Ethan Fosters sixteen tries also meant that he finished as the competitions leading try scorer.
On five occasions Ethan Foster scored two tries in a match, with those matches being against Kyogle, Casino RSM (on two occasions), Lismore Marist Brothers and Ballina. Only once was Ethan Foster kept scoreless in the Group One U16.5 competition in 2019 which was in an early season match against Ballina.
With the boot Ethan Foster kicked eight on a match against Lismore Marist Brothers in late May, finishing the match with twenty four points when you add in his two tries and on three occasions, against Kyogle, Ballina and Casino RSM he kicked four goals in a match.
On the first weekend of the Group One U16.5 final series this season, Ethan Foster scored a double and kicked four from four in a 24 – 16 win for Clarence Coast over Casino RSM.
Unfortunately for Ethan Foster and his Group One U16.5 Clarence Coast team mates they were defeated by Casino RSM in the Grand Final.
Ethan Foster also played four U18 NRRRL regular season matches for Lower Clarence making his debut against Lismore Marist Brothers in late April. Ethan Fosters first U18 NRRRL points came in his fourth match win he kicked a conversion against the Ballina Seagulls.
The TSS U15A side drew 24 all with Downlands this afternoon.
Titans contracted Kaleb Ngamanu will start at inside centre tomorrow for the TSS U15A side as they head to Toowoomba to play Downlands College.
Already this season he has played outside centre and last week started at No. 7.
lonegull
08-09-18, 03:02 PM
Mdrew funny you should mention that I was thinking the same all the commentators seemed to worry about is how many the broncos had and talked them up as they were already playing nrl
Recent Titans signing Orlando Swain started on the wing for Norths in the Ipswich Rugby League U15 Grand Final this morning going down 28 - 22 to West End.
Group 18 Junior Rugby League grand Final results today:
U13: South Tweed 36 defeated Tweed Heads 6
U14: Bilambil 16 defeated Murwillumbah 12
U15: South Tweed 22 defeated Byron Bay/Lennox Heads 16
U16: Bilambil 24 defeated Cudgen 8
Titans Jai Whitbread started in the front row and Kai O'Donnell from the bench tonight for Burleigh in their tough 13-6 semi-final loss to Redcliffe.
Gold Coast Titans contracted youngster Kel Sheather will start at five eight today for the Ballina Seagulls in the NRRRL First Grade Grand Final against the Tweed Coast Raiders.
17 year old Kuyan Roberts-Laurie will start from the bench for the Seagulls as well.
For Tweed Coast talented youngster Tahne Robinson will start at five eight.
A key player in the NRRRL U18 Grand Final today is Ballina Seagulls five eight Jordan Sly. His move from the backrow to five eight tis season has been a master stoke as the Seagulls have only lost two games this season, one being against Grand Final opponents Cudgen.
Jordan Sly finished the regular season as the NRRRL U18 competitions leading points scorer with 142 points from eight tries and 55 goals through 13 games.
In the NRRRL U18 Grand Final Ballina defeated Cudgen 30-4 with right second rower Kuyan Roberts-Laurie and left centre James Torrens scoring tries and both were outstnading
In the battle of the young halves Tahne Robinson kicked two conversions and a penalty goal as well as having a try assist in relation to a deft left foot chip for the Raiders first try as they defeated Ballina 24-4 this afternoon in Ballina.
Gold Coast Titans contracted youngster Kel Sheather will start at five eight today for the Ballina Seagulls in the NRRRL First Grade Grand Final against the Tweed Coast Raiders.
17 year old Kuyan Roberts-Laurie will start from the bench for the Seagulls as well.
For Tweed Coast talented youngster Tahne Robinson will start at five eight.
Titans Rookie Squad member Curtis Dansey-Smaller scored this afternoon for Tweed Heads in their 31-22 victory over Currumbin in the GCRL First Grade Preliminary Final. They are on to next weekend's Grand Final.
Tahne Robinson, the young Tweed Coast Raiders half has already donned a Titans jersey in a number of Titans junior development matches a couple of years ago and since moving to the Tweed Coast Raiders NRRRL side at the start of the current season has made every post a winner.
For the Raiders in the NRRRL First grade competition this season Tahne Robinson has been involved in fifteen matches including the final’s series.
In the regular season of the NRRRL First Grade competition, Tahne Robinson scored fourteen tries and kicked forty eight goals to finish with 152 points.
Tahne Robinson had big matches in Round Four against Lismore Marist Brothers when he scored a double and kicked four goals and in Round Five against Mullumbimby when he also scored a double but in that match kicked five goals. Round Nine in a Raiders 60 – 0 win over Evans Head also saw Tahne Robinson score a double and kick two goals in the big win.
Round Ten saw Tahne Robinson play in the U18 fixture against Lower Clarence and then back up in the NRRRL First Grade match kicking eight goals from ten attempts in a Tweed Coast Raiders 56 – 28 victory over Lower Clarence.
In Round Twelve against Northern united, Tahne Robinson scored a try and kicked seven goals and Round Fourteen saw Tahne Robinson score a double and kick six goals against Byron Bay.
Tahne Robinson’s other tries in 2018 have come against Northern United on two occasions, Murwillumbah(on two occasions), Cudgen and his 2017 club Casino RSM.
In the Round Eight top of the table clash against Cudgen, Thane Robinson kicked three goals from three attempts to lead the raiders to a two point win. In relation to the particular match against Cudgen Tahne Robinson was backing up the day after playing in the New South Wales Country U23 Championship Final.
In the Preliminary Final Tahne Robinson kicked two first half goals as Tweed Coast held on to defeat Murwillumbah to progress to the NRRRL First Grade Grand Final against Ballina.
In the NRRRL First Grade Grand Final Tahne Robinson started at half back against Ballina with Tweed Coast winning in convincing style 24 – 4 against Ballina with Tahne Robinson kicking four goals, including three conversions and a second half penalty goal.
Tahne Robinson set up Tweed Coast first try of the Grand Final in just the second minute when he put in a deft left foot chip which Ballina scored from. In the Grand Final Tahne Robinson regularly took the ball to the field and was also very good defensively.
In 2018 Tahne Robinson also played in six NRRRL U18 matches for the Tweed Coast Raiders.
Over the course of this season Tahne Robinson played for the Norther Rivers U23 representative side in the New South Wales Country U23 Championships starting at half back in all three of their matches, including the Championship Final recently in a 26 – 22 wing over Monaro, a match that saw Tahne Robinson kick three goals.
Thane Robinson’s other two matches for Northern Rivers in the New South Wales Country U23 Championships were against North Coast and the Greater Northern Tigers starting both at half back.
Talented Titans linked young half Kel Sheather may have still be eligible to play in the MM Cup competition and in fact was named in the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup squad for this season late last year, but in fact has by-passed the U18 competition all together and commenced the 2018 season as the starting half back for the Tweed Heads Seagulls U20 Colts side and scored a good try in Round One against the North’s Devils when he split the North’s defence from around ten metres out when operating on the left side of the field.
Kel Sheather also started Rounds Two where he had a try assist and Three against Victoria and Burleigh respectively at half back. Kel Sheather has primarily played on the left side of the field so far this season for the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
Round Three against Burleigh once again saw Kel Sheather lead Tweed Heads around the field well especially in the second half with the Seagulls coming from behind to beat their local rivals by four points with two late tries.
In total for Tweed Heads in the 2018 Colts competition, Kel Sheather played in eleven matches scoring two tries. In addition to the try noted above against Victoria, Kel Sheather also scored against Wynnum Manly in Round Six.
Kel Sheather started his first eight U20 Hastings Deering’s Colts matches at half back, the last being in Round Eight against the Western Mustangs. In his other three matches being against Ipswich in Round Ten, Redcliffe in Round Thirteen and Wynnum Manly in Round Seventeen, Kel Sheather has started from the interchange bench.
Kel Sheather also played a number of matches in the NRRRL competition this season for Ballina making his NRRRL First Grade debut in June and scoring against Casino RSM. In his eight NRRL First Grade regular season matches in 2018 Kel Sheather has scored 32 points from four tries and eight goals.
Kel Sheather was also heavily involved in Ballina’s NRRRL First Grade final’s series, culminating in Ballina playing the Tweed Coast Raiders in the NRRRL First Grade Grand Final yesterday with Ballina going down 24 – 4 against the Tweed Coast Raiders.
Kel Sheather started the Grand Final at five eight and operated primarily on the right side of the field for Ballina. He did not get too many chances in attack but acquitted himself well defensively against a Tweed Coast forward pack that sent a lot of traffic his way.
Kel Sheather had a huge match late in the regular season against Lower Clarence in Round Seventeen scoring two tries and kicking eight goals for an individual point’s haul of 24. Kel Sheather’s other regular season tries came in Round Seventeen against Lismore Marist Brothers and Round Seven against Casino RSM.
Kel Sheather also played one NRRRL U18 match being in May against the Tweed Coast Raiders and that day he then backed up for the First Grade match later in the afternoon.
The 2018 season is the second season in which Kel Sheather has been involved in the NRRRL First Grade competition after playing in nine matches in 2017, scoring one try.
An intelligent hard working young right second rower would be an apt description of Kuyan Roberts-Laurie the youngster from Ballina State High School and the Ballina Seagulls rugby league club who played this season in the NRRRL U18 competition but also made his NRRRL First Grade debut at the age of just 17 years old.
Fellow Ballina High students and Ballina Seagulls players are Titans linked youngsters are Rowan Mansfield and Malachi Roberts who are also team mates at the Ballina Seagulls.
In the U18 NRRRL competition, Kuyan Roberts-Laurie has played in twelve regular season matches starting all in the second row and scoring seven tries including a mid-May double against Murwillumbah and tries against Casino RSM, Cudgen, Kyogle and Lower Clarence.
Kuyan Roberts-Laurie started the NRRRL U18 Grand Final in the second row for Ballina operating on the right side of the field and was simply dominant from the opening kick-off to the full time siren as Ballina ran out winners 30 – 4 against Cudgen.
Kuyan Roberts-Laurie celebrated the Grand Final in style late in the match when he burst onto a pass around the half way mark. After tearing through the Cudgen defensive line, Kuayn Roberts-Laurie broke through the tackle of Cudgen fullback Ethan Kane to score under the posts to round out an outstanding performance.
Kuyan Roberts-Laurie made his NRRRL First Grade debut in Round Seven against Murwillumbah and in Round Eight played his second First Grade match against Northern United and Round Nine saw him come off the bench as his Ballina Seagulls side defeated Byron Bay 64 – 0.
In total Kuyan Roberts-Laurie played in ten NRRRL First Grade matches this season for Ballina, coming off the bench on the majority of those matches and deservedly scored his first NRRL First Grade try when he scored against Evans Head in July in just his seventh NRRRL First Grade match. Kuyan Roberts-Laurie also kicked a First Grade conversion in 2018 against Lower Clarence the week after scoring his first First Grade try.
Kuayn Roberts-Laurie was actually named in the Ballina Seagulls NRRRL First Grade Grand Final squad against Tweed Coast but did not make the final seventeen.
Kuyan Roberts also played in one NRRRL Reserve Grade match this season which was against Evans Head in July.
Earlier this year Kuyan Roberts-Laurie played four matches for Northern Rivers in the New South Wales Country U18 Laurie Daly Cup competition. Kuyan Roberts-Laurie started Round one from the interchange bench against the Newcastle Development Squad and also came off the bench in Round Five.
Kuyan Roberts-Laurie came into the Northern Rivers starting side in Round Three against the North Coast and maintained his starting second row spot for the match against the Central Coast Roosters in Round Four.
Titan Kaleb Ngamanu was yesterday named in the Queensland U16 Squad for the National u16 championships to be held on the Gold Coast later this month.
Cameron Brown is a talented young half who was heavily involved late in the 2018 season with the Burleigh Bears Colts side.
Cameron Brown came into the Burleigh Colts side in Round Eleven against Easts starting from the interchange bench and went on to play an additional nine Colts matches, splitting time between starting in the halves and from the interchange bench. Cameron Brown started five matches, the first being in Round Twelve against the Mackay Cutters.
Cameron Brown scored four Colts tries in 2018, including a Round Twenty Four double against Easts and tries in Round Twenty and Eighteen against Victoria and Redcliffe respectively. Whether or not it really means anything, all of Cameron Brown’s tries came in matches where he started.
Cameron Brown has played for Helensvale for a number of seasons and this year was no different lining up for the Hornets in the GCRL U19 competition. In the U19 competition, Cameron Brown played in nine matches, scoring seven tries.
Cameron Brown had an outstanding start to the U19 competition this season, scoring in his first five matches including a double against Southport and tries against Beaudesert, Currumbin and Ormeau in two separate matches. Cameron Brown also scored a late season try against Bilambil.
Late in 2017 Cameron Brown was named in the Burleigh 2018 MM Cup squad but he did not play in any MM Cup matches this season.
In the GCRL U19 Preliminary Final on Sunday Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup and Colts player Kiu Nuku-Ngala started on the wing and scored for Currumbin as they qualified for the Grand Final against Southport by overcoming Bilambil 36 – 26.
In Burleigh’s tough 13-6 Week One Finals loss to Redcliffe Titans NRL contracted Jai Whitbread started in the front row playing 31 minutes, running for 52 metres, 22 post contact, broke three tackles and made 14 tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Titans Rookie Squad’s Kai O’Donnell started from the bench for Burleigh in Week One of the Queensland Cup finals as the Bears went down 13-6 to Redcliffe.
In the match he played 18 minutes, ran for 31 metres, 16 post contact and made 13 tackles.
Talented centre James Torrens was part of the Ballina U18 NRRRL Grand Final side that won 30 – 4 against Cudgen on Sunday in Ballina with the powerful youngster starting the Grand Final in his usual left centre position.
Throughout the Grand Final James Torrens was a handful for the Cudgen defence, scoring a good try in the left corner and also making a long break when he fielded a Cudgen grubber kick on his own line and charging downfield on a 60 metre run before the cover defence converged on him.
In the Grand Final James Torrens had the responsibility of taking the first hit up from every one of Ballina’s scrum wins, regularly bending the Cudgen defence back and putting the Seagulls on the front foot.
Jordan Tauali’i the giant Titans linked front rower and PBC student was a key member this season of the Tweed Heads Seagulls U17 Division One side that was competing in the GCRL competition for the first time with Jordan Tauali’i leading the Seagulls to the finals.
In the U17 Division One competition for Teed Heads Jordan Tauali’i played in eleven matches including their final’s match.
In those matches Jordan Tauali’i scored two tries, the first coming in Round One against Bilambil as Tweed Heads celebrated their U17 Division One inclusion with a victory over their closest rivals. Jordan Tauali’i’s other 2018 U17 Division One try was scored against Mudgeeraba in late June.
In Week One of the U17 Division One finals Jordan Tauali’i started in the front row for Tweed Heads who unfortunately went down 42 – 14 to a Carsil Vaikai led Runaway Bay.
Jordan Tauali’i has also played a number of matches for the PBC Open side and in particular was effective from the bench against Marsden State High School at Waterford mid-season.
Jordan Tauali’i started the 2018 season as part of the Northern Rivers U18 Laurie Daley Cup side, playing in three matches starting all in the front row and in the “local derby” against North Coast had a great battle against North Coast front rower Lewis Cooper. The ground literally shook such were the hits against each other.
The three matches that Jordan Tauali’i played in the 2018 Laurie Daley Cup were against North Coast, Central Coast Roosters and the Greater Northern Tigers and he started in the front row in each of those matches.
Titans Kai O'Donnell and Jai Whitbread named on the bench for Burleigh's Elimination Final this weekend against Easts
Titans contracted Rowan Mansfield has been named in the centres for the Group One U15 side for this weekend’s NSW Country Championships.
Group One’s first match is against Newcastle on Saturday morning.
The Titans over the last six to twelve months have assembled an outstanding crop of young forwards such as Jai Arrow, Morgan Boyle, Max King, Keegan Hipgrave, Jai Whitbread and Moeaki Fotuaika.
That is not even taking into consideration the likes of Darius Farmer, Reihana Marsh Apiata Noema-Matenga, James Robinson, Luke Maiden, Daniel Shannon and Blake Campbell amongst plenty of others in the U20 and U18 competitions and as part of the Titans Rookie Squad.
Below the U18 and U20 age groups the Titans have the likes of forwards Ben Liyou, Bailey Martin, Brody Smitka, Sam Shannon, Ethan Foster and Ezra Ubaldino etc who will be coming through as the first group of forwards mentioned start to hit their prime.
The future certainly looks bright for the Gold Coast Titans forward pack over the next couple of years.
The Group One U14 side for this weekend’s New South Wales Country Championships looks very impressive with a number of talented youngsters involved.
Amongst them is centre Nathaniel Ord, front rower Ashdon Randall, fullback Ziah Piggott and second rower Jake Lenard.
Their first match is on Saturday morning against Newcastle.
Bayside Titan
12-09-18, 05:30 PM
The Titans over the last six to twelve months have assembled an outstanding crop of young forwards such as Jai Arrow, Morgan Boyle, Max King, Keegan Hipgrave, Jai Whitbread and Moeaki Fotuaika.
That is not even taking into consideration the likes of Darius Farmer, Reihana Marsh Apiata Noema-Matenga, James Robinson, Luke Maiden, Daniel Shannon and Blake Campbell amongst plenty of others in the U20 and U18 competitions and as part of the Titans Rookie Squad.
Below the U18 and U20 age groups the Titans have the likes of forwards Ben Liyou, Bailey Martin, Brody Smitka, Sam Shannon, Ethan Foster and Ezra Ubaldino etc who will be coming through as the first group of forwards mentioned start to hit their prime.
The future certainly looks bright for the Gold Coast Titans forward pack over the next couple of years.
I love reading this Mdrew.
What centres do we have in our system ?
In the higher levels mate we have the likes of Mikey Williams (NRL ready as early as next year) and Jaxson Paulo who spent the last half of the year training with the NRL squad.
In the younger age groups players such Rowan Mansfield, Riley Lack, Kaleb Ngamanu are very good.
Throw in two centres who represented Queensland U16's being Tate Roberts and Byron Parnell and you have a solid group.
Of course you cannot leave out the two PBC centres in William Evans and Noah Gafa who have performed so well in helping PBC win the Queensland GIO Final this afternoon either
Apologies to the players I missed in both categories.
I love reading this Mdrew.
What centres do we have in our system ?
The Group 18 U15 side for this weekends New South WAles Country Championships has a distinct Titans feel to it with Titans contracted players Riley Lack (five eight), Tom Weaver (half) Jack Cullen (front row) and Ryan Foran (second row) all named as was Titans linked front rower Zain Mitchell-Dowding who has been named on the bench
RenegadeGC
13-09-18, 07:21 AM
In the higher levels mate we have the likes of Mikey Williams (NRL ready as early as next year) and Jaxson Paulo who spent the last half of the year training with the NRL squad.
In the younger age groups players such Rowan Mansfield, Riley Lack, Kaleb Ngamanu are very good.
Throw in two centres who represented Queensland U16's being Tate Roberts and Byron Parnell and you have a solid group.
Of course you cannot leave out the two PBC centres in William Evans and Noah Gafa who have performed so well in helping PBC win the Queensland GIO Final this afternoon either
Apologies to the players I missed in both categories.
Hey mate do you know much about Nerang U16 centre Trey Peni. Was a stand out this year in a strong Nerang side. Has some great physical attributes from a little i seen of him this year. Has seemingly popped out of know where.
Yes mate a former WA boy who I believe has been training with the Titans for their up coming U16 games. He is a powerful runner of the ball and will very very hard defensively.
Prior to this season he spent a fair bit of time in the second row.
Hey mate do you know much about Nerang U16 centre Trey Peni. Was a stand out this year in a strong Nerang side. Has some great physical attributes from a little i seen of him this year. Has seemingly popped out of know where.
RenegadeGC
13-09-18, 09:41 AM
Yes mate a former WA boy who I believe has been training with the Titans for their up coming U16 games. He is a powerful runner of the ball and will very very hard defensively.
Prior to this season he spent a fair bit of time in the second row.
Thanks mate, will be interesting to see how everyone goes in the Titans 16s and 18s later this month
Titans rookie squad member Curtis Dansey-Smaller has been named on the wing for Teeed Heads in the GCRL First Grade Grand Final against Runaway Bay on Sunday.
lonegull
13-09-18, 01:40 PM
Mdrew you may be able to help with this one how many of the PBC winning team are contracted to the titans
By my count three mate but I may be one out , depending on a few things
Mdrew you may be able to help with this one how many of the PBC winning team are contracted to the titans
In Sunday’s Gold Coast Rugby League U19 Grand Final Titan Daniel Shannon will start in the front row and Callum Boomer will be at fullback for Southport as they take on Currumbin who have 2018 Tweed Heads MM and Colts winger Kiu Nuku-Ngala starting on the wing.
David Butler is a Titans contracted is a local young front rower who has been part of the Titans junior development set up since the age of 13.
Earlier this season David Butler represented Queensland in both the U18 and U18 QSSRL Open School Boys sides and late last year was named in the Queensland U18 Emerging Origin squad.
In the U18 match for Queensland against New South Wales David Butler come on late in the first half about the same time as fellow Titan Blake Campbell and made and immediately made some solid hits in defence as well as an outstanding run on his first hit-up to settle him into the match.
David Butler made the QSSRL U18 side after some impressive performances for the South Coast side that lost the Championship Final 34 – 28 to Met North.
Earlier this season, David Butler was an ever present in the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup side, playing every match including their semi-final against South’s Logan. David Butler started Round One on the inter change bench but started the remainder of the season in the front row.
Post the MM Cup and playing for South Coast in the U18 QSSRL Championships David Butler played Round Three of the GCRL U19 competition, starting in the front row for Helensvale as they went down 36 – 6.
David Butler also made one appearance for Tweed Heads in the U20 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition this season.
This season David Butler moved from Coombabah State High School to Keebra Park and started the majority of their matches in the front row. Keebra Park unfortunately bowed out in the Queensland GIO Cup quarter finals going down to Marsden State High School.
David Butler was the primary kick-off return player for both Keebra Park this season and on Day Two of the U18 QSSRL competition for South Coast against Darling Downs made some big returns including one in the first half where he split the defence from the kick off, rumbling to around the half way mark before being dragged down. South Coast scored later in the same set of six.
David Butler has been a bit of a favourite of mine, since I saw him play for our U13 development squad in a game at Redlands a few years ago now. He had come off for a rest, but a couple of injuries meant that the coach turned around and said to the players on the bench, “I need someone to play lock”, David Butler’s hand went straight up, when the coach told him to quickly warm up to go on, he turned to the player next to him and get a quick rundown of where he needed to defend on the field as he had never played lock before. A little thing like this goes to show the dedication and willingness of him to do what is necessary to help his team win.
It was certainly a good day for the Titans boys in the PBC side who defeated Kirwan State High School on Tuesday 32 – 26 in the Queensland GIO Cup final.
Both PBC centres are contracted to the Titans being Will Evans and Noah Gafa with both scoring doubles.
Burleigh MM Cup pair Reno Gerrard (No. 8) and Reno Gerrard (NO. 13) as well as former Titans development squad member Deon Samuela have been named in the TSS First XV for their match against Nudgee this Saturday.
It is winner take all.
Titans contracted Kaleb Ngamanu had been named to start at outside centre for the TSS U15A side in Round 9 of the GPS school boys rugby competition against Nudgee tomorrow.
Bayside Titan
14-09-18, 01:43 PM
Mdrew I see that Cowboys have released Shaun Hudson. Was he from here ? Do you know what is happening with him at all?
Yes mate, former Burleigh boy who played NYC with us. Not sure where he will play next season
Mdrew I see that Cowboys have released Shaun Hudson. Was he from here ? Do you know what is happening with him at all?
Titan Vaikai the superbly named big, strong young front rower from the Runaway Bay junior rugby league club had a solid 2018 rugby league season across school boy, club and representative competitions,, including starting in the front row for a Titans U15 Invitational side against the Western Mustang at Nerang in March with the Titans winning the match six tries to three.
For Runaway Bay in the Gold Coast Rugby League U15 Division One competition Titan Vaikai started in the front row in all fifteen of the matches that he played including Finals series matches, scoring three tries along the way.
Titan Vaikai’s tries came against Robina and in consecutive weeks against Burleigh and Ormeau.
Titan Vaikai started in the front row in all four of Runaway Bay’s finals matches including starting in the front row in the U15 Division One Grad Final unfortunately Runaway Bay went down to Ormeau 38 – 20.
In Week One of the finals Runaway Bay went down to Ormeau 28 – 12, then bounced back to win 34 – 24 in Week Two against Burleigh before defeating Coomera 58 – 14 in the Preliminary Final to qualify for the Grand Final.
Titan Vaikai also played one match in the U16 Division One competition this season which was against Mudgeeraba in June. Titan Vaikai had played in the U15 Division One match earlier in the night.
The Coombabah State High School student represented South Coast at the U15 QSSRL Championships earlier this season.
Allan Lockwood is a young fullback or centre who is originally from the Kempsey area, but moved to the Gold Coast to continue his career with the Titans at the start of 2016 as a part of the Titans High Performance Unit.
In early 2016 he captained the NSW Koori’s U16 side in their annual Murri v Koori U16 interstate clash, with the match finishing in a 16 all draw. For young Lockwood this was the second year in a row that he represented NSW Kurri in this annual match. From a trivia perspective, he is related to Greg Inglis, a cousin I believe.
In 2018 Allan Lockwood alternated between playing for Burleigh in the U20 Hastings Deering’s Cup and the Bears Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade side.
Allan Lockwood started the 2018 season in the Burleigh Colts side playing in twelve matches in totals and scoring three tries. Allan Lockwood scored a double in Round Fourteen against the Northern Pride and also scored in Round Twenty Three against Townsville.
Allan Lockwood started the opening two rounds at fullback. After missing Round Four Allan Lockwood was back in the Burleigh Colts side in Round Five against Souths Logan starting on the wing and also playing on the wing in Rounds Six and Seven.
After playing a number of matches for the Burleigh GCRL First Grade side, Allan Lockwood came back into the Burleigh Colts side in Round Thirteen against Ipswich, starting in the centres and stayed in the centres for the remainder of the season.
Allan Lockwood made his Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade debut against Tweed Heads in April. Over the course of the 2018 GCRL First Grade competition, Allan Lockwood played eight matches for Burleigh scoring three tries which came against Ormeau, Bilambil and Runaway Bay.
The dummy half position is an interesting one when looking at the Titans junior development framework with a couple of talented rakes in the system, including Ediq Ambrosyev who started at hooker for the Queensland U16 side this year being as good as there is at the U16 level in Australia.
U15 hooker Kaden Somerville is another who is a talent and 17 year old Henry Abdul-Rahman can also play in the dummy half role as well as in the halves or in the second row.
A key part of any team is the halves and it is a part of the field that the Titans are covered in their junior ranks.
Closest to the NRL is the outstanding Taine Tuaupiki who was as good as any half in the U20 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition this year and also played well for the Burleigh GCRL First Grade side, I certainly can see him making his Queensland Cup debut next season.
A touch younger you have Kel Sheather who at just 18 played Colts for Tweed Heads this year as well as in the NRRRL First Grade competition for Ballina including starting at five eight in the NRRL 1st Grade Grand Final last weekend. He didn’t have a standout Grand Final but was very good defensively against a big Tweed Coast Raiders forward pack last Sunday.
At the U16 level talented Ryan Rivett is a standout and the strength and depth is even better if you consider that Queensland U16 representative Ediq Ambrosyev is a five eight. Ediq played five eight in club football but at hooker in representative football including starting there for the Queensland U16 side this year.
In the U15 age group star half Thomas Weaver has a huge future as does five eight/centre/fullback Riley Lack. They will be lining up together in the halves this weekend for the Group 18 U15 side for the New South Wales Country Age Championships.
Dalby contracted youngster Henry Abdul-Rahman has also spent time in the halves in his junior career including at the MM Cup level for the Western Mustangs this season.
In the NSW Country Age Championships Group One U14's went down 18-4 to Newcastle this morning Jamal Laurie was the Group One U14 try scorer.
The TSS U15A side finished the GPS season on a winning note defeating Nudgee College this morning 26-20.
Titans contracted Kaleb Ngamanu had been named to start at outside centre for the TSS U15A side in Round 9 of the GPS school boys rugby competition against Nudgee tomorrow.
Titans contracted Rowan Mansfield started in the centres and scored a double this morning for Group One in the NSW Country U15 Championships as they had a great 22-18 win over Newcastle.
Other Group One try scorers were half Jye Davis and centre Tyler Gaddes with winger Drew Atkinson kicking three from four.
Good win for the Group 18 U14 side in the NSW Country Age Championships today 22-16 over Group 21.
For Group 18 five eight Kai Smalllwood scored a double and tries also to centre Michael Roberts and winger Makenzie Mcgarrigal.
Conversions were kicked by Michael Roberts (2) and half Harvey Moase.
Titans contracted half Thomas Weaver scored a try and kicked six from seven and fellow Titans contracted player second rower Ryan Foran also scored for the Group 18 U15 side as they defeated Group 21 40-10 in the NSW Country Championships.
Good win by the Group One U14 side this afternoon 38-12 over group 19 in the Northern Plate semi-final.
DAmon Coldwell with a hat trick and other try scorers including Ashdon Randell, Desmond Ferguson, Michael Hughes and Jamal Laurie got his second try of the day.
Tana Heron (2), Nethaniel Ord and Desmond Ferguson (2) with conversions.
It was a tough afternoon for the TSS First XV side going down 34-29 to Nudgee in the GPS Premiership decider. Reno Gerrard scored a double including he try to lock the match up 29 all with ten to go, Deon Samuela also got a double one of which was set up by Ronan Kapi with a great one armed (right arm) pass after making a 40 metre break, being his 38th tackle break of the GPS First XV rugby season.
Burleigh MM Cup pair Reno Gerrard (No. 8) and Reno Gerrard (NO. 13) as well as former Titans development squad member Deon Samuela have been named in the TSS First XV for their match against Nudgee this Saturday.
It is winner take all.
Titans contracted half Thomas Weaver kicked two from three conversions and Titans linked front rower Zain Mitchell-Dowding scored for the U15 Group 18 side as they drew 16 all with Group Two in their Northern Cup match this afternoon.
Well done to Jai Whitbread for scoring his third career Queensland Cup try this afternoon for Burleigh who went down in the Preliminary Final 36-26 to Easts.
Unfortunately the Group 18 U14 side went down in their second NSW Country Championship match this afternoon 12-8 to Group Two.
The Group 18 try scorers were fullback Blake Forder and winger Makenzie Mcgarrigal who scored his second try from as many matches today.
The Group One U14 side their match this morning 16-8 against Maitland with Ashdon Randall scoring his second try of the Championships.
The Group 18 side lost their U14 match this morning against Group 4 28-12. Winger Makenzie Mcgarrigal scored his third try from as many Championship matches.
Drew Atkinson scored a hat trick and kicked two goals as Group One U15's defeated Group 3 to qualify for the Northern Cup final this afternoon.
Titan Rowan Mansfield kicked a conversion
Currumbin defeated Southport 34-20 in the GCRL U19 Grand Final this afternoon.
Group One U14's won the Northern Plate Final this afternoon 20-14 defeating Group Four with Ashdon Randall one of the try scorers for Group One.
Group One U15's went down in the NSW Country Northern Cup Final this afternoon 10-6 to Group Two.
For Group One Clayton Roberts scored and Drew Atkinson kicked the conversion.
Titan Curtis Dansey-Smaller started on the left win this afternoon for Tweed Heads in the GCRL First Grade Grand Final.
Tweed went down 36-10 to Runaway Bay
18 year old Currumbin front rower Ji Van Heerwarden could not have picked a better time to score for the first time this season when he scored a double in the Eagles 34-20 U19 Grand Final winter over Southport on Sunday.
Talented Southport U19 five eight Zane Harris’s 2018 season did not finish as he would have liked with Southport going down 34-20 in the U19 Grand Final to Currumbin, but he did score in the Grand Final and overall had an outstanding season with both Southport and the Burleigh MM Cup side.
Talented Tweed Heads Seagulls 2018 MM Cup winger Kiu Nuku-Ngala finished the GCRL U19 season with a flourish kicking three conversions for Currumbin in their 34-20 Grand Final victory over Southport.
Titans Rookie Squad member Callum Boomer scored 12 of Southport’s 20 U19 Grand Final points on Sunday as they went down to Currumbin 34-20. Callum Boomer was named at fullback but spent time at left centre where he scored the final try of the game when he crashed over in the left hand corner with 4 minutes to go.
In the GCRL U19 competition this season he finished with 93 points from seven tries 32 goals and a field goal. He also scored 12 GCRL First Grade points from two tries and two goals in four matches.
Daniel Shannon is a local Titan’s linked young front rower was part of the Burleigh Bears MM Cup squad this season as well as in the 2017 season although in 2017 he did not play in any matches. Daniel Shannon has since progressed to the U20 Colts competition with the Burleigh Bears.
For Burleigh in the 2018 MM Cup competition, Daniel Shannon played in all six matches starting five in the front row and coming off the bench in Round Three in the local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
Daniel Shannon scored just the one try which was against Redcliffe in Round Two in an impressive Burleigh win at Pizzey Park.
Post the MM Cup competition, Daniel Shannon played for Southport and played in nine matches in the U19 competition and three in the Doug Lipp Cup competition.
Daniel Shannon came into the Southport U19 side in Round Three starting in the front row in a 22 all draw against Bilambil and also started in the front row in seven other matches before his Colts promotion. In Round 16 with the Burleigh Colts side having a bye Daniel Shannon lined up in the front row against Currumbin in a tough 26 – 16 loss.
Daniel Shannon scored two U19 GCRL regular season tries, the first came in early July against Currumbin and then Daniel Shannon scored his second try in the following round against Mudgeeraba.
In Week One of the GCRL U19 Finals series, Daniel Shannon started in the front row for Southport as they defeated Bilambil 34 – 8.
In Week two of the GCRL U19 Finals series, Daniel Shannon once again started in the front row for Southport against Currumbin with the Tigers winning 20 - 14.
In the U19 Grand Final Daniel Shannon started once again in the front row for Southport against Currumbin but unfortunately Southport went down 34 – 20, Daniel Shannon however was very good for the Tigers.
Daniel Shannon made his Doug Lipp Cup debut in Round Three this year when he started in the second row for Southport against Bilambil. Daniel Shannon also started in Round Five in fact starting in the centres on that occasion against Helensvale and also played against Mudgeeraba in June.
It has been an impressive effort from Daniel Shannon to start in the front row in the U19 match in Rounds Three and Five and them back up to start in the Doug Lipp Cup matches immediately after.
Daniel Shannon was deservedly promoted to the Burleigh Hastings Deering’s Colts side for their Round 17 match against Norths starting the match from the bench on a tough day for Burleigh.
In total in the 2018 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition to date, Daniel Shannon played in four matches, all from the bench.
Daniel Shannon has also recently been selected in the 2018 Queensland Indigenous U18 side for the QPIIC Championships to be held in October.
Congratulations to Moeaki Fotuaika for making the Tongan 39 man squad for their test match against Australia next month.
Well done PBC thanks for the score updates my friend
Tweed Heads 2019 Mal Meninga Squad
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At the 2018 New South Wales Country U15 Championships Byron Jones was named on the bench for the Group 18 U15 side. In the Championships Byron Jones played in three matches with those matches coming against Group 21 Group Two and Group Four.
Byron Jones has also been selected to travel to France to compete in the U15 Battlefield Challenge to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the end of World War 1. A number of other Titans players will also be involved in the tour including Tom Weaver, Josh Gilbert, Ryan Foran and Bailey Cox.
The St Joseph’s College Tweed Heads student earlier this season was selected in the front row for the Northern Country New South Wales Combined Catholic College’s U15 team and in 2017 represented the Group 18 U14 side.
At the 2018 New South Wales Country U15 Championships Bailey Cox was named at lock for the Group 18 U15 side. In the Championships Bailey Cox played in three matches with those matches coming against Group 21 Group Two and Group Four with Bailey Cox scoring against Group 21 in Group 18’s opening match of the Championships.
Bailey Cox has also been selected to travel to France to compete in the U15 Battlefield Challenge to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the end of World War 1 and in 2017 Bailey Cox represented Group 18 at the U14 level. A number of other Titans players will also be involved in the tour including Tom Weaver, Josh Gilbert, Ryan Foran and Byron Jones.
Nicholas Hilton played the 2018 season for the Nerang Roosters in the GCRL U14 Division One competition finishing with a 50% strike rate through twelve matches. Nicholas Hilton also kicked three goals mid-season against Ormeau to finish the season with thirty points.
Nicholas Hilton scored a double against Burleigh and also scored in matches against Coomera, Beaudesert, Ormeau and Mudgeeraba.
Nicholas Hilton started in the front row in all three of Nerang’s U14 Division One Finals matches including their 28 – 12 Preliminary Finals loss to Coomera which ended their season.
Earlier this season Nicholas Hilton was part of the Gold Coast Vikings U14 side that swept all before them in the South East Queensland U14 Championships and from there went on to represent South East Queensland Green in the Queensland Age Championships, starting of the Green’s matches in the front row.
Nicholas Hilton also represented the Gold Coast Vikings U13’s in 2017 scoring against the Ipswich Diggers in the Vikings opening match of those Championships.
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