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RenegadeGC
19-09-18, 08:52 PM
Tweed Heads 2019 Mal Meninga Squad
https://www.tweedheadsseagulls.com.au/teams/under-18s/
Fair squad mate. Whats your thoughts on it. A fair few big names missing as well. Tom Deardon for one.
Good to hear that new Titans signing Will Evans was named the player of the match in yesterday’s GIO Cup National Final.
lonegull
20-09-18, 01:13 PM
Good to hear that new Titans signing Will Evans was named the player of the match in yesterday’s GIO Cup National Final.
Great news this kid is a future superstar
Fair squad mate. Whats your thoughts on it. A fair few big names missing as well. Tom Deardon for one.
From what I have heard it’s due to moving on to bigger things.. I think Tom is playing up a grade or two in the Broncos system next year.
Glen McGrady is moving on to Penrith as well I think. Not sure who else you might be referring to (bearing in mind that Burleigh Trials are this weekend and their team will be announced after that)
UCertainly looks a good squad mate. I would not want to be the coach trying to fit all of those talented backrowers in the side. Seriously I count at least nine second rowers who would not look out of place in ANY side.
Outside of the “Known” players a few stand out including Northern NSW boys Ben Liyou (second row), Kuyan Roberts-Laurie (second row) and James Torrens (centre) who are all great additions.
I also have a huge wrap on GC local front rower/lock Levi Tomai and fellow front rower Noah Nikotemo, both will I am sure grab the opportunity with both hands.
Look out for young New Zealand five eight/lock Terry-Jack Smart from the Northlands region as well he will be fan favourite.
Interesting that a few boys have been named when I thought they may play in the SG Ball competition in 2019 instead but it is great to see them in the squad such as Josh Bevan (Roosters), Stepharn Holo (Roosters) Toby Sexton (Bulldogs) and Jed Edwards (Parramatta).
Yes I expected a few boys names to appear but it will be interesting to see if they pop up in the Burleigh squad that trial on Saturday.
The Broncos have taken Thomas Dearden out because he is on a Top 30 NRL contract with them and thus he will go to another club (his brother Josh who is in the squad is no slouch either, by the way) likely Souths Logan and I am a touch surprised that they have not done the same with Xavier Coates who will be spending some time training with the Broncos NRL squad in the offseason as well.
Fair squad mate. Whats your thoughts on it. A fair few big names missing as well. Tom Deardon for one.
This season Timothy Seilaff-Burns transferred from Jimboomba to Coomera to play for the Cutters in the Gold Coast Rugby League U14 Division One competition.
Including the finals series, Timothy Seilaff-Burns played in fifteen U14 Division One matches scoring fifteen tries, kicking thirteen goals and a field goal (against Nerang) to finish the season with 87 points.
Timothy Seilaff-Burns scored hat tricks against Nerang and Ormeau and doubles against Runaway Bay and Nerang. Timothy Seilaff-Burns scored in eight of his ten matches with just Helensvale and Burleigh keeping him from scoring.
In Week One of the U14 Division One finals Timothy Seilaff-Burns started at fullback and was simply outstanding as Coomera defeated Nerang 37 – 8 with Timothy Seilaff-Burns contributing three tries, two goals and a field goal.
Timothy Seilaff-Burns was at his very best again in Week Two of the finals scoring a try and kicking three goals as Coomera went down 24 – 18 to Helensvale.
In the U14 Division One Preliminary Final Timothy Seilaff-Burns scored a try and kicked two goals as Coomera qualified for the Grand Final as a result of a 28 – 12 victory over Nerang.
Timothy Seilaff-Burns started fullback and scored for Coomera in the U14 Division One Grand Final but they went down 29 – 12 to a talented Helensvale side.
In 2018 Timothy Seilaff-Burns also played one match for the Cutters in the U15 Division One competition and had an outstanding debut scoring a double against Currumbin on a cold Friday night. Timothy Seilaff-Burns then backed up on the Saturday for the Coomera U14 Division One side scoring two tries and kicking three goals against Nerang.
Caleb Gould-Waiariki finished the 2018 GCRL U15 Division One season with Runaway Bay as the competitions equal leading try scorer with fifteen, a feat he accomplished from just twelve matches. Caleb Gould-Waiariki also kicked two conversions in the competition, both coming in a late season match against Coomera to finish with sixty four points.
Caleb Gould-Waiariki had a huge match in early August when he scored five tries in a match against Currumbin, scored a hat trick against Burleigh and also scored a double against Helensvale. Caleb Gould-Waiariki’s other tries came in matches against Mudgeeraba, Ormeau and then in a three match span scored against Burleigh, Coomera and Ormeau in consecutive weeks.
In Week One of the U15 Division One Finals series, Caleb Gould-Waiariki started at hooker as Runaway Bay went down 28 – 12 to Ormeau. With Caleb Gould-Waiariki once again at hooker, Runaway Bay bounced back in Week Two of the finals defeating Burleigh 34 – 24 with Caleb Gould-Waiariki scoring in the win.
Caleb Gould-Waiariki also started at hooker in the U15 Division One Preliminary Final scoring a try and kicking two goals as Runaway Bay qualified for the Grand Final courtesy of a 58 – 14 victory over Coomera,
In the Grand Final Caleb Gould-Waiariki started at hooker but could not prevent Runaway Bay going down 38 – 20 to the Ormeau Shearers, . Caleb Gould-Waiariki did however cross for one of Runaway Bay’s four tries.
Jye Gray started the 2018 season in the U14 Division One competition with Runaway Bay but after a handful of matches moved quickly to the Runaway Bay U15 Division One side for the remainder of the season including the finals.
In total in the U14 Division One competition, Jye Gray played in just five matches scoring three tries including a double against Mudgeeraba and scored against the Redbacks again three rounds later.
Jye Gray made his GCRL U15 Division One debut on June 15 against Burleigh scoring to announce his arrival in the Division. Including the U15 Division One Finals series, Jye Gray played in nine matches and ended the season with a 100% strike rate. Jye Gray scored doubles against Ormeau, Burleigh and Coomera and in addition to scoring on debut against Burleigh scored against later in the season and also scored a try against Ormeau.
In Week One of the U15 Division One Finals series, Jye Gray started at five eight as Runaway Bay went down 28 – 12 to Ormeau. With Jye Gray once again at five eight, Runaway Bay bounced back in Week Two of the finals defeating Burleigh 34 – 24 with Jye Gray scoring in the win.
Jye Gray had an outstanding U15 Division One Preliminary Final scoring a double from the five eight position as Runaway Bay qualified for the Grand Final courtesy of a 58 – 14 victory over Coomera,
In the U15 Division One Grand Final Jye Gray started at half but could not prevent Runaway Bay going down 38 – 20 to the Ormeau Shearers.
In 2018 Jye Gray also represented the Gold Coast Vikings at the U14 level going on to be selected in the South Coast Queensland White U14 for the Queensland Age Championships.
At those Championships Jye Gray scored two tries which came against South East Queensland Green and Central and was awarded the U14 Player of the Carnival after multiple outstanding performances at the Championships.
Terry-Jack Smart from the Northlands region of New Zealand (the area north of Auckland) will be heading over to Australia to look to fulfil his dream starting with being selected in the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup squad in 2019.
Terry-Jack Smart arrives in Australia with an outstanding junior resume including selection in Northlands U15 and U17 sides that played in the New Zealand National Championships and selection in multiple merit sides.
This season in New Zealand, Terry-Jack Smart played in two competitions in the Northlands Region being the U17 Sam McKendry Cup and the Adam Blair Northtec Schoolboy Cup.
In the 2018 Sam McKendry Cup Competition, Terry-Jack Smart played for the Takahiwai Rugby League Club and scored an impressive sixteen tries from just nine matches to finish the competitions leading point scored by a staggering eight tries.
Included in his sixteen tries were five in a match against the Hikurangi Stags and also a hat trick against the Stags late in the season, Terry-Jack Smart also scored a double season double against the Stags and an early season double against Nga Tama Toa.
In the Adam Blair Northtec Schoolboy competition, Terry-Jack Smart led Bream Bay College to an 18 – 16 win in the Competition Final starting at five eight and scoring as Bream Bay College defeated Whangarei Boys High School.
In total in the School Boy competition Tery-Jack Smart played in six matches and scored eight tries to also lead that competitions try scoring list. In the opening two rounds Terry-Jack Smart scored hat tricks with those matches coming against Tauraroa Area School/Otamatea High School and Dargaville High School. In addition to his try in the final Terry-Jack Smart also scored against Whangarei Boys High School in a pool match.
Terry-Jack Smart represented the Northern Swords U17 side this season at the North Islands District U17 Tournament and was in fact named in the Tournament Merit Team for the second time after being named in the U15 merit side in 2016.
Terry-Jack Smart has also been names in the Northern Swords U17 side that will contest the U17 New Zealand National Youth Tournament which starts on October 1, with the Northern Swords in Group D and will play round robin matches against the Akarana Falcons, South Island Scorpions and the Central Vipers.
Terry-Jack Smart has also previously represented the Northern Swords at the U15 level including winning a number of plyer of the match awards in that age group at the 2016 U15 New Zealand National Youth Tournament.
Great win by the Group One U14 side this morning in the NSW Country U14 Plate Final with powerful front row scoring a try in each half of the 22-18 win over Group 9.
Group One came back from an 18-10 half time deficit to win the match. Other Group One try scorers were Ziah Piggott and Jamal Laurie with Nathaniel Ord kicking two goals and Tana Heron one.
Great effort
A few Gold Coast boys have been named in the QPICC Queensland Niue U18 side including Bryson Vaovasa, Jordan Champion Sam Stone Stepharn Holo and Jaylon Too and few former GC boys as well including Brisbane Grammar School pair Dea Jarn Asi and Dennis Waight
The Griffith University Colleges side that won the GC Rugby U15 Grand Final in a curtain raiser to the Wallabies match a fortnight ago certainly had a rugby league link or two.
In the side that defeated the Helensvale Hogs 47-19 in the Grand Final boys that have/had a rugby league background included Connor Te Kani (fullback), Luke Kofutua (No. 8), Haze ai Rakena (half) Syriss Schmidt (fly half) Kruz Remene, (left wing) Xavier Collins (front row) JT Manuofetoa, (inside centre) Wethi Clarke (right wing) and on the bench was Memphis Pakinge and Lucan Robb
Two boys with Titans links were also in the Grand Final side being Titans contracted Kaleb Ngamanu (outside centre) and Titan Vaikai (lock) who captained the side.
Over the course of their season a few other rugby league boys were involved including Titans linked Caleb Gould Waiariki as well as Darius Christie.
PBC school boy front rower Jovahn Tearoiti, has proved this season that he will be a force to be reckoned with in either rugby league or rugby this season.
In rugby league he started in the front row for PBC in the National GIO Cup final and in rugby started in the centres for the U17 Nerang Bulls Brisbane U17 Junior Rugby Grand Final as they defeated North Brisbane Eagles 21-5.
Well done to Titans linked Jayden Campbell for being named the U19 Gold Coast Rugby League Player of the Year.
An interesting selection in the Tweed Heads MM Cup squad for 2019 is big strong young front rower Isaac Perret. This season Isaac Perret only played two matches for Burleigh in the GCRL U17 Division One competition, starting from the bench on Round Ten against Ormeau and moving into the starting line-up for Round Eleven against Currumbin.
Well done to the Helensvale Hornets junior side that won the Tassell Trophy Challenge Under 14 carnival In Cairns over the weekend defeating the Townsville Western Lions 40-6 in the final.
Well done to Southport Tigers centre Taelon Te Whui-Hopa who was recently named the Gold Coast Rugby League U13 Representative Player of the Year.
Very good looking Burleigh MM side named
RenegadeGC
26-09-18, 12:35 PM
Very good looking Burleigh MM side named
Hey mate do you have a link to it?
Any surprises in there, how does it compare to Tweeds?
I will post link when I can but the quality of both squads is very impressive the forwards in particular in both squads is exceptional especially the inclusion of one or two Logan Brothers forwards like Stanley Jackson for Burleigh. Titans signing Tristan Powell is also class and comes from GPS rugby via Toowoomba.
Hey mate do you have a link to it?
Any surprises in there, how does it compare to Tweeds?
https://www.facebook.com/burleighbearsrugbyleague/posts/1875545355869440
Hopefully that works.
RenegadeGC
26-09-18, 04:30 PM
https://www.facebook.com/burleighbearsrugbyleague/posts/1875545355869440
Hopefully that works.
Thanks mate, definitely some familiar names there and hopefully some future Titan NRL players
Good to see half Thomas Neale getting an opportunity with the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup squad in 2019 after a solid season with Burleigh in the GCRL U17 Division One competition when he played in twelve matches including the final series.
In those matches, Thomas Neale scored three tries which came against Helensvale, Bilambil and Ormeau.
Young hooker Liam Mahoney was more than solid in his second season in the Gold Coast Rugby League U19 competition proving to be an iron man for the Southport Tigers playing in seventeen matches including starting at hooker in the Grand Final. Unfortunately Southport went down to Currumbin in the physical contest.
In his seventeen U19 matches, Liam Mahoney crossed for two tries the first of which came in Round Six against Helensvale and he flowed that up with a try in Round Seven against Mudgeeraba.
In 2017 when he was just 17 Liam Mahoney played in twelve U19 matches after moving up from the U17 Division Two competition soon after the start of the 2017 season.
In 2016, Liam Mahoney played in the CC Cup competition and also represented South East Queensland at the U16 level in the same year.
Caleb Gould-Waiariki is a Titans linked local young hooker/half who is set to come off the bench for the Titans U15 side for their upcoming match against a Balmain Tigers U15 touring side.
He finished the 2018 GCRL U15 Division One season with Runaway Bay as the competitions equal leading try scorer with fifteen, a feat he accomplished from just twelve matches. Caleb Gould-Waiariki also kicked two conversions in the competition, both coming in a late season match against Coomera to finish with sixty four points.
Caleb Gould-Waiariki had a huge match in early August when he scored five tries in a match against Currumbin, scored a hat trick against Burleigh and also scored a double against Helensvale. Caleb Gould-Waiariki’s other tries came in matches against Mudgeeraba, Ormeau and then in a three match span scored against Burleigh, Coomera and Ormeau in consecutive weeks.
In Week One of the U15 Division One Finals series, Caleb Gould-Waiariki started at hooker as Runaway Bay went down 28 – 12 to Ormeau. With Caleb Gould-Waiariki once again at hooker, Runaway Bay bounced back in Week Two of the finals defeating Burleigh 34 – 24 with Caleb Gould-Waiariki scoring in the win.
Caleb Gould-Waiariki also started at hooker in the U15 Division One Preliminary Final scoring a try and kicking two goals as Runaway Bay qualified for the Grand Final courtesy of a 58 – 14 victory over Coomera,
In the Grand Final Caleb Gould-Waiariki started at hooker but could not prevent Runaway Bay going down 38 – 20 to the Ormeau Shearers. Caleb Gould-Waiariki did however cross for one of Runaway Bay’s four tries in the Grand Final.
In addition to his club duties with Runaway Bay in the GCRL U15 Division One competition, Caleb Gould-Waiariki played four matches of club rugby on the Gold Coast with the Griffith University Colleges U15 side.
Caleb Gould-Waiariki’s first game was in Round Nine against the Gold Coast Eagles when he started from the bench and he also started from the bench in Round Eleven against Wollongbar/Alstonville.
Round Thirteen saw Caleb Gould-Waiariki start at fly half (No.10) against the PBC Alleygators and he also started at fly half in Round Sixteen against Casino.
Titans contracted youngster Rowan Mansfield is some sort of athlete finishing 3rd and 4th in the U15 NSW CHS 200m and 100m sprints recently.
Rowan Mansfield is set to start at fullback for the Titans U15 side against a Balmain Tigers U15 touring side shortly.
The Burleigh MM Cup side for 2019 looks quite good with a number of Titans boys involved including Will Evans, Tyrese Walker, Tristan Powell, Trey Peni, Sam Shannon, Ryan Rivett, Richardo Evanis, Jake Keaton, Eli Morgan Lofi Khan-Pereira etc.
Great to see Dion Samuela in the squad and the brilliant Stanley Jackson as well. Logan Brothers front rower Faaleo Aholahi is a great inclusion as is Tingha second rower Tyler Kent and outstanding Currumbin hooker Cole Geyer.
A couple of boys who made great strides this season like Kayah Riggs-Noble, Jackson Coote and Luke Khan are also great additions.
Congratulations to Titan Ryan Rivett for recently being named joint U16 GCRL Representative Player of the Year
Congratulations to Titan Will Evans for being named the GCRL U17 Division One Player of the Year.
Another new face in the 2019 Burleigh MM squad is Titans linked Ricardo Evanis who this season played 15 matches for Easts in the GBJRL U16 Premier Division scoring five tries along the way.
Just wondering if you know the team lists for the u15s game vs Tigers (tonight I believe) and the u16s and u18s squads for Saturday vs PNG ?
I had a quick look but I couldn't find anything?
Cheers
Congratulations to Titans linked Jye Gray for being named the GCRL Y14 Representative Player of the Year.
Kaleb Ngamanu earlier this year signed a deal with the Titans after a starring on the left wing for the Titans U15 side in their six tries to three win over the Western Mustangs in March of this year and is set to start on the wing for the Titans U15 side against an U15 Balmain Tigers touring side.
2018 also saw Kaleb Ngamanu’s selection in the South Coast U15 QSSRL side at the completion of the South Coast Trials. Kaleb Ngamanu was subsequently selected in the Queensland Maroon U15 side for the U15 ASSRL Championships.
Other Titans linked boys to make the 2018 U15 South Coast QSSRL squad include front rower Brody Smitka, centre/second rower Ezra Ubaldino, front row Titan Vaikai, outstanding backrower Bailey Martin and second rower Flynn Daniel.
As a result of his performance at those Championships Kaleb Ngamanu was selected in one of the two Queensland sides for the Australian Championships. Unfortunately Kaleb Ngamanu was injured in the camp just prior to the U15 ASSRL Championships and was unable to take his place in the Queensland Maroon side.
When he moved over to the Gold Coast, Kaleb Ngamanu started attending Keebra Park State High School making a big impression in their U13 side even though he missed portions of the 2016 season with an injury. Kaleb Ngamanu however was identified by The Southport School (TSS) and for 2017 transferred there standing out in their U14A GPS rugby side in 2017 in Term Three.
This season Kaleb Ngamanu played club rugby league for the Coomera Cutters and obviously for TSS in terms of school boy rugby and has recently been selected in the Queensland Reds U16 train on squad.
For Coomera in the U15 Division One competition this season, Kaleb Ngamanu has played in six matches scoring three tries. Kaleb Ngamanu scored a Round One double against the Mudgeeraba Redbacks and scored against Runaway Bay in Round Four.
Kaleb Ngamanu played for the TSS U15A side this season playing in four GPS matches and one match against Downlands College. Kaleb Ngamanu started Round One at outside centre against Anglican Church Grammar School and then missed a number of matches before returning once again at outside centre in Round Six against Gregory Terrace.
In Round Seven against Brisbane Boys College Kaleb Ngamanu moved to the open side flanker position before returning to outside centre for Round Nine against Nudgee College. Kaleb Ngamanu also started at outside centre against Downlands College in TSS’s Round Eight bye week.
Prior to the GPS school boy rugby season proper, Kaleb Ngamanu played in a number of trial matches. He started on the bench for the first two trials which were against Far North Coast and Toowoomba Grammar School before moving into the starting side at outside centre for the last four trials against Nudgee, Ipswich Grammar School Ambrose Treacy College and Sunshine Coast Grammar School . In those four appearances in the starting trial sides Kaleb Ngamanu has been partnered in the centres with rugby league youngster Syris Schmidt.
Kaleb Ngamanu also played club rugby on the Gold Coast this season at the U15 level for the Griffith University Colleges side and started at outside centre in the Grand Final which they won 47 – 19 against the Helensvale Hogs and Cbus stadium as a curtain raiser to the Rugby International between Argentina and the Wallabies.
Kaleb Ngamanu played in nine matches for the Griffith University Colleges starting two at outside centre (No. 13) including the Grand Final, one at inside centre (No. 12) and the remainder from the interchange bench. In Round Two against the PBC Alleygators Kaleb Ngamanu kicked three conversions in a big win for Griffith University Colleges.
Young Tingha Tigers second rower Tyler Kent moves up to the Gold Coast and has been named in the Burleigh Bears 2019 MM Cup side for next season’s competition.
Tyler Kent played the 2018 season in the New South Wales Country Group 19 competition for Tingha spending time in both the U18 and First Grade competitions for all intents and purposes playing in the U18 match and then backing up to start in the First Grade match every weekend.
Tyler Kent started the 2018 season as part of the Greater Northern Tigers U18 Laurie Daley Cup squad playing all five of their matches including their tough 32 – 26 semi-final loss to Group 9. Tyler Kent started all five matches from the interchange bench.
For Tingha in the Group 19 competition, Tyler Kent played in twelve matches scoring five tries and kicking a goal (against Inverell) to finish the U18 season with 22 points.
Tyler Kent started in the second row in the U18 Group 19 Grand Final and scored as Tingha defeated the Moree Boomerangs.
In addition to his U18 Grand Final try Tyler Kent scored in the regular season against the Moree Boars in two separate matches, the Glenn Innes Magpies and the Armidale Rams, with the last two tries coming in consecutive rounds mid-way through the season.
Tyler Kent played in eleven Group 19 First Grade matches scoring on debut against the Moree Boars and also kicked a conversion against the Moree Boomerangs.
Tyler Kent has also represented Group 19 in previous years in the U14, U15 and U16 age groups.
Congratulations to Beaudesert’s Shallin Fuller who recently was named the Gold Coast Rugby League U19 Representative Player of the year.
Stanley Jackson the powerful young right sided second rower is a former Titans U14 development squad member and it is great to see his inclusion in the Burleigh 2019 MM Cup squad.
Stanley Jackson only played in two matches on the Gold Coast this year and dominated in his second GCRL U17 Division One match for Helensvale as they defeated Mudgeeraba 58-16 in Round Ten. In the Round Ten match he was unstoppable on his way to scoring four tries. Stanley Jackson’s first match for Helensvale was in Round Nine against Runaway Bay when he started in the second row.
Earlier this season Stanley Jackson was part of the Easts Tigers MM Cup side, playing all seven of their matches. He started one match at lock being Round One against Central Queensland, one in the second row, four in the front row and one from the interchange bench.
I did not see all of his MM Cup matches this season but he certainly was outstanding for Easts in their Round Seven match against Tweed Heads and even though the Tigers were defeated Stanley Jackson stood up well to the powerful Tweed Heads Seagulls forward pack.
Stanley Jackson scored tries in Rounds Five and Six against Redcliffe and Northern Pride respectively.
Stanley Jackson was a standout for Logan Brothers U16’s in 2017 and in one game against Carina that I saw was at his rampaging best as Logan Brothers put Carina to the sword with Stanley Jackson being prominent on the right side for Logan Brothers both in attack and defence.
Earlier in 2017 Stanley Jackson was part of the Brisbane Red U16 representative side for the South East Queensland U16 pre-season competition.
In 2015 Stanley Jackson started in the front row for the Titans U14 development squad in their 28-10 win against Samoa. He also captained his U14 Logan Brothers club side in their GBJRL grand final that same year at Nundah against Wynnum Manly.
Stanley Jackson made numerous representative sides in 2015 including U14 Stingers and U14 South East Queensland for the Queensland age championships in June, starting in the front row for both of those representative sides. Previously Stanley Jackson has been part of the Titans, Broncos and Cowboys development squads.
Young backrower Tristan Powell spent three seasons in the Brisbane Broncos Junior Development system but after a break out 2018 which saw him play a number of MM Cup matches for Norths as a 17 year old and also represent Queensland at the ASSRL U18 Championships Tristian Powell has recently inked a two year deal with the Titans that if see him line up for Burleigh in the 2019 MM Cup competition.
In the MM Cup competition earlier this season, Tristian Powell played in six matches for the Norths Devils including their semi-final victory against the Mackay Cutters and North’s Grand Final loss to Souths Logan.
Tristian Powell started the opening two rounds of the season in the front row and Round Three against Souths Logan from the interchange bench before missing a number of matches, coming back into the side from the bench for Round Seven and the subsequent finals series.
In his six matches Tristian Powell had a try scoring strike rate of 50% with his tries coming in Round Two against Central Queensland, Round Three against Souths Logan and Round Seven against Townsville.
Over the course of the 2018 Tristian Powell represented Met North at the U18 ASSRL Championships starting all of their matches in the front row and from there represented Queensland at the ASSRL U18 Championships where a team mate was fellow Titan David Butler.
This season also saw Tristan Powell play in the GPS Schoolboy Rugby competition with the Anglican Church Grammar School (Churchie).
In 2017, his first at Nudgee, Tristian Powell represented Brisbane Grey in the South East Queensland U16 pre-season competition, scoring in Round Three of the competition against Brisbane Blue and also was selected in the Queensland U16 side, starting the annual interstate match against New South Wales in the second row along fellow St Mary’s student hooker Jake Simpkin.
In 2016 Tristian Powell represented Darling Downs at the U15 QSSRL Championships, starting at lock. In those Championships he scored on Day Four against Sunshine Coast and on Day One was named the Darling Downs Player of the Match against South Coast.
In 2016 Tristian Powell captained the St Mary’s College U15A side that won the Devere Cup beating Mountain Creek High School 42 – 10 in the final at Bishop with Tristian Powell scoring a strong second half try for the Toowoomba based school.
Titans linked young former Group 18 centre or winger Caleb Hodges had an outstanding 2018 season including starting on the wing for the PBC School Boy side that won the GIO Cup National Final against Patrician Brothers College Blacktown
Caleb Hodges also started from the bench for PBC in the Queensland GIO Cup Final against Kirwan State High School and also having a hand in the success of the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup side in the 2018 season.
Caleb Hodges joined the Tweed Heads MM Cup squad and PBC this season with an impressive pedigree including representing the U16 New South Wales Indigenous side in 2017 where he started in the second row and also representing Group 18 on numerous occasions in the junior age levels. Caleb Hodges played his club rugby league in the 2017 season for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the U16 Group 18 competition, with a team mates being fellow Titans youngster and PBC student Jordan Tauali’i.
For the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the MM Cup competition 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 played his club rugby league on the Gold Coast with the Bilambil Jets and in 2018 played in three grades for the Northern New South Wales based club.
In the U17 Division One competition, Caleb Hodges played in four matches for Bilambil scoring against Ormeau. Caleb Hodges also made two appearances in the GCRL U19 competition with those matches being against Burleigh and Currumbin.
Caleb Hodges made his Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade debut in May of this year when he came on against Tugun.
Caleb Hodges was a regular for the PBC Open side’s 2018 GIO Cup campaign starting from the bench in their Queensland GIO Cup final victory over Kirwan State High School and moved to the starting side on the left wing for the GIO Cup National Final against Patrician Brothers College Blacktown with PBC running out 20 – 12 winners to be crowned the 2018 GIO Cup National Champions.
No Titans named in either the Junior Kangaroos or Junior Kiwis.
https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/10/01/junior-kangaroos-squad/
http://nzrl.co.nz/junior-kiwis-named-for-trans-tasman-triple-header/
RenegadeGC
02-10-18, 09:21 AM
No Titans named in either the Junior Kangaroos or Junior Kiwis.
https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/10/01/junior-kangaroos-squad/
http://nzrl.co.nz/junior-kiwis-named-for-trans-tasman-triple-header/
Id say Mo and AJ were unavailable due to off-season surgery
Just a quick recap off the u16’s game on Saturday. The PNG squad came out fast and hard and got the jump. The Titans boys seem to take a little while to get into a rhythm but once they did that started to roll through quite easily.
Ryan Rivett was great. Scored 3 tries (I think) and led the team well, a deserving man of the match.
Other try scorers were Trey Peni, Ricky Evanis, Noah Croudace, the #3 centre who I think also scored a hat trick (not sure of his name maybe Troy something) I think the #12 crossed the stripe as well and there must have been a few others.
Final score was 60-10
The 18’s was a closer affair. I didn’t watch it as closely as it had started bucketing down by then and I had retired to the comfort of the Leagues club. Also not as familiar with those boys and the few I do know were in Fiji with PBC (Will Evans, Noah Gafa etc)
All in all a good hit out for both teams who are up against a much tougher test next week against the NSW CRL squad.
Some tough decisions for the coaching staff as well as I believe they are not carrying an extended squad in that game.
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Id say Mo and AJ were unavailable due to off-season surgery
Mo is in the Tongan squad I believe.
Sunny86
02-10-18, 12:22 PM
Not the worse thing according my nephew all they feed them for dinner after training is sandwiches. Then get in trouble for sneaking out and getting takeaway by the nz coaches
Titans contracted Kaleb Ngamanu started on the left wing yesterday and scored for Queensland II U16’s in their two point loss against Victoria.
Titans Noah Gafa and Will Evans we’re part of the PBC side toured Fiji and defeated a Fijian U18 side late last week,
Big strong young Keebra Park front rower Xavier Collins has been a standout this season in both rugby league and rugby and impressively in both codes was playing up an age group.
For Ormeau in the Gold Coast Rugby League U15 Division One competition Xavier Collins played in nine matches including the finals and scored four tries, scoring three in the finals series and a regular season try against Coomera early in the 2018 season.
In Week One of the U15 Division One Finals series, Xavier Collins started from the bench as Ormeau defeated Runaway Bay 28- 12.
Week Two saw Xavier Collins start in the second row and score a double as Ormeau qualified for the Grand Final on the back of a 44 – 6 win over Coomera.
In the U15 Division One Grand Final Xavier Collins started from the bench and scored as Ormeau won the premiership on the back of a 38 – 20 Grand Final victory over Runaway Bay.
Xavier Collins also played two matches in the U14 Division One competition with those matches coming against Coomera and Runaway Bay.
2018 also saw Xavier Collins represent South East Queensland Green at the Queensland U14 Championships starting in the second row in the Championship Final against South East Queensland White which ended in a 16 all draw. Xavier Collins played in all four of South East Queensland Green’s matches.
Xavier Collins also played club rugby on the Gold Coast this season, playing for the Griffith University Colleges U15 side including starting the Grand Final at loose head prop with his side winning 47 – 19 against the Helensvale Hogs in a rugby test curtain raiser between Australia and Argentina at Cbus Super Stadium on the Gold Coast.
For Griffith University Colleges side Xavier Collins played in thirteen matches, starting the two finals at loose head prop, one at No. 8, four at open side flanker (No. 7), two from the interchange bench and five at blindside flanker (No. 6).
In his thirteen matches, Xavier Collins scored three tries and converted one of those tries in Round Fourteen against the Gold Coast Eagles. Xavier Collins also scored in Round Nine against the Eagles and in Round Twelve against Bond University.
All the best to the Titans U15 boys who take on the Balmain Tigers at Cudgen this afternoon and also to their families for running the boys around as they look to achieve their dreams.
Well done to the Titans U15’s who defeated Balmain 16-10 last night and to Bailey Martin and Thomas Weaver for being named as the Titans best.
Titans linked Burleigh and PBC youngster Noah Croudace started on the wing for the Titans U16’s and scored as they defeated PNG 60 – 10 in a recent match at Burleigh.
Early in the 2018 season Noah Croudace represented the Gold Coast Vikings White side in the South East Queensland U16 Challenge, scoring a double, including a try in the last minute to defeat Ipswich.
In 2018 Noah Croudace only played in one U16 Division One match with that match being the Preliminary Final when he started from the bench with Burleigh going down 28 – 26 to Currumbin.
Noah Croudace has been named in the Burleigh 2019 MM Cup squad and post that competition will play for Burleigh in the GCRL U17 Division One competition.
Noah Croudace will also be part of the PBC Open Rugby League side that will be looking to replicate their Queensland and National GIO Cup success from this season.
2019 Tweed Heads MM Cup recruit Terry-Jack Smart has been playing for the Northern Swords U17 side that contested this week’s 2018 U17 New Zealand National Youth Tournament which started on October 1, with the Northern Swords in Group D and played round robin matches against the Akarana Falcons, the South Island Scorpions and the Central Vipers.
In Round One Terry-Jack Smart started at lock for the U17 Northern Swords who went down 46 – 0 to the Akarana Falcons. Round Two saw Terry-Jack Smart start once again at lock as the Northern Swords took on the Southern Zone Scorpions with the Northern Swords going down 56 – 10.
Round Three saw Terry-Jack Smart start at lock for the third match (and day) in a row as the Northern Swords defeat the Central Vipers 28 – 20 to record their first win of the tournament.
The win propelled the Northern Swords U17’s to the 5th to 8th play-offs with their first match being against the Wai-Coa Bay side with Terry-Jack Smart named on the bench in the 28 – 20 loss.
In the Northern Swords 7th against 8th play-off match against the Central Vipers today, Terry-Jack Smart started at lock as the Northern Swords U17 side finished the Tournament with a 26 – 14 loss.
Flying Titans youngster Troy Duckett moved up to the Gold Coast from Coffs Harbour midway through the 2018 season and made an immediate impact in the GCRL U16 Division One competition for Currumbin and as a result has been selected in the Tweed Seagulls MM Cup squad for the 2019 season.
Last weekend Troy Duckett started in the centres for the Titans U16 side and scored a hat trick as the Titans defeated PNG 60 – 10.
Troy Duckett started the 2018 season as part of the North Coast U16 Andrew Johns Cup side, playing in three matches in that competition, starting each at fullback with those matches coming against Central Coast, Northern Rivers and the Newcastle Knights Development Squad.
In the GCRL U16 Division One competition with Currumbin playing a total of twelve matches including finals matches and scoring nine tries. Troy Duckett scored doubles against Southport on two separate occasions and also against Burleigh. Troy Duckett’s other three tries came against Mudgeeraba in two separate matches and Runaway Bay.
Earlier this season Troy Duckett started on the bench for the New South Wales U16 Kurri side in their annual match against Queensland Murri with Queensland prevailing on that occasion.
Flying Titans youngster Troy Duckett moved up to the Gold Coast from Coffs Harbour midway through the 2018 season and made an immediate impact in the GCRL U16 Division One competition for Currumbin and as a result has been selected in the Tweed Seagulls MM Cup squad for the 2019 season.
Last weekend Troy Duckett started in the centres for the Titans U16 side and scored a hat trick as the Titans defeated PNG 60 – 10.
Troy Duckett started the 2018 season as part of the North Coast U16 Andrew Johns Cup side, playing in three matches in that competition, starting each at fullback with those matches coming against Central Coast, Northern Rivers and the Newcastle Knights Development Squad.
In the GCRL U16 Division One competition with Currumbin playing a total of twelve matches including finals matches and scoring nine tries. Troy Duckett scored doubles against Southport on two separate occasions and also against Burleigh. Troy Duckett’s other three tries came against Mudgeeraba in two separate matches and Runaway Bay.
Earlier this season Troy Duckett started on the bench for the New South Wales U16 Kurri side in their annual match against Queensland Murri with Queensland prevailing on that occasion.
He had a great game on Saturday! They ran a lot of the attack down his side and he reaped the rewards!
Unfortunately they didn’t publish team lists on the day so was hard to track the kids I didn’t know.
Congratulations to Titan Kai O'Donnell for being named Burleigh's Queensland Cup Rookie of the Year.
Reece Tapine's more than solid first season on the Gold Coast has culminated with him being named Burleigh's U20 Best and Fairest.
Titans Lochlyn Sheldon and Taine Tuaupiki were named joint winners of the Burleigh U20 Colts Coaches Award. Both have outstanding futures and will be pushing for a Queensland Cup berth in 2019.
Outstanding effort by Titans New Zealand recruit Mikey Williams in his first season in Australian to be named Burleigh's GCRL First Grade Players Player.
Even though he is still Colts eligible in 2019 he has a real shot at starting the season in the Queensland Cup and sneak in an NRL match by seasons end.
Well done to Titan Jaydan Campbell who received the Burleigh U18 coaches award and also the Burleigh U18 Player of the Year award.
It is great to see the Titans bring such an outstanding talent into the club.
Well done to Grafton Ghosts youngster Ashdon Randall who was recently named the Group One Junior Representative Player of the Year. He was also named U14 Group One Player of the Year.
Titan Kaleb Ngamanu has had a busy week, in addition to starting for the Titans U15 side on the left wing and scoring the Titans first try in their 16-10 win over Balmain he has been playing for Queensland II in the Australian U16 Championships.
This morning he started in the right wing as Qld II went down 17-12 to NSW II.
Titans U16's went down 30-10 to NSW Country.
Titans U18's defeated NSW Country 14-12.
Sorry guys just got back from Titans games.
U16 try scorers Ediq Ambrosyev and Brodyen Gudgeon with Ryan Rivett a conversion
U18 try scorers Jayden Campbell, Jaylon To’o, Lofu Khan-Feriera with Jaylon To'o a conversion
Good to see another WA youngster come over to the Gold Coast and have their hard work pay off with Leevai Sutton playing well for the Titans U18's yesterday in their 14-12 victory over NSW Country. Earlier this season Leevai Sutton played exceptionally well for the Souths Logan MM Cup side.
Gold Coast Rugby League youngster Connor Te Kani started at outside centre yesterday at Ballymore in the Australian Gold Cup (U15) Grand Final and was on the winning side as Queensland Red defeated NSW Gen Blue I 17-5.
Good to see another WA youngster come over to the Gold Coast and have their hard work pay off with Leevai Sutton playing well for the Titans U18's yesterday in their 14-12 victory over NSW Country. Earlier this season Leevai Sutton played exceptionally well for the Souths Logan MM Cup side.
Is there a team list available for that U18 game?
The Australian Schools rugby side to tour the UK shortly has a Gold Coast rugby league feel to it will 2018 Burleigh MM Cup player Reno Gerrard named as well former Titans Junior Development Squad member Phrancis Sula-Siaosi who this season attended St Joseph’s Nudgee College in Brisbane.
Titans U18 second rower Ben Liyou has made a solid fist of his move from right second rower where he played this season with the Grafton Ghosts to left second rower he has played for the Titans over the last fortnight.
Talented young Titans half Brodyn Gudgeon was quite outstanding in 2018 in the GCRL U16 Division One competition and will spend the upcoming off season training with the Burleigh MM Cup squad as his rugby league career continues to develop.
On Saturday Brodyn Gudgeon started in the halves for the Titans U16 side and scored a second half try as the Titans went down 30 – 10 to the New South Wales Country U16’s at Cudgen.
Brodyn Gudgeon played the 2018 GCRL season in the U16 Division One competition with Helensvale and through his eleven games had a 100% strike rate. Brodyn Gudgeon scored a late season hat trick against Southport and also scored a double against Southport the week prior. Brodyn Gudgeon’s other 2018 double came against Burleigh.
Brodyn Gudgeon also scored against Southport, Currumbin and Burleigh in the first regular season match and also the last to bookend his season.
At the start of the2018 season Brodyn Gudgeon started at half back for the U16 Gold Coast Vikings Yellow side in the South East Queensland U16 Challenge and from there was selected in the South East Queensland Green U16 for the Queensland Age Championships.
In those Championships, Brodyn Gudgeon started at half back in all four matches including the Championship Final against South East Queensland White and in fact scored in that final.
Outstanding Titans linked youngster Jaylan To’O was one of three Titans U18 try scorers as they overcame a determined New South Wales Country U18 side 14 – 12 in Cudgen in early October. In the match Jaylan To’O also converted one of the Titans tries.
Jaylon To’O started the 2018 season as part of the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup squad playing in seven of Tweed Heads matches including their Week One Final against South’s Logan. Jaylan To’O started all seven matches from the interchange bench including Round Seven when he was named to start at hooker against Easts but reverted to the bench for the match.
Post the MM Cup competition, Jaylan To’O played for Runaway Bay in the Gold Coast Rugby League U19 competition playing a variety of positions including fullback and five eight.
In the U19 competition in 2018 Jaylan To’O played in twelve matches finishing with a 50% strike rate. Jaylan To’O scored an early season double against Ormeau and scored a double later in the season against Currumbin. Jaylan To’O’s other 2018 U19 tries came in matches against Ormeau and Burleigh.
In 2018 Jaylan To’O also played in four GCRL Doug Lipp Cup matches, making his debut in June against Tugun. In just his second Doug Lipp Cup match Jaylan To’O scored against Ormeau (he clearly enjoyed playing against Ormeau in 2018).
David Butler has been named in the Under 18 Boys Queensland Maori side for the upcoming QPICC Tournament.
Ediq Ambrosyev has been named in the Under 16 Boys Queensland Maori side for the upcoming QPICC Tournament.
Titans v PNG U16 and U18 highlights
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Powerfully built Titans linked and 2018 Souths Logan MM Cup winger Leevai Sutton has been an impressive performer since moving over from Western Australia for the start of the 2016 season to attend Ipswich State High School and progress in developing rugby league career.
On Saturday Leevai Sutton was part of the Titans U18 side that defeated New South Wales Country U18’s 14-12 on a wet track at Cudgen.
In the 2018 MM Cup season Leevai Sutton played in ten matches for Souths Logan starting all on the wing including the Queensland MM Cup final against Norths and the National U18 final against the Penrith Panthers.
Leevai Sutton finished the 2018 U18 season with six tries including scoring a hat trick in Round Two against the Northern Pride. Leevai Sutton also scored in Round Four against the Burleigh Bears and scored in both Queensland Finals being against Tweed Heads and Norths.
Leevai Sutton also was involved in one U20 Hastings Deering’s Colts U20 match this season, starting from the bench in Round Twenty Four against Ipswich.
Leevai Sutton also played in one match for Souths in the GBRL Senior Southside One competition and one match in the 2018 “In Safe Hands Cup BRL A Grade” competition being in Round Nineteen against the Easts Tigers.
In 2017 Leevai Sutton represented Met West in the QSSRL U18 Championships playing all of Met West’s matches in the centres.
Leevai Sutton’s last season in Western Australia was in 2015 when he played for the Rockingham Sharks in the U16 competition scoring eight tries, kicking twenty two goals and a field goal for 77 points on the season as a 15 year old.
In the Western Australian U14 competition in 2014 Leevai Sutton had an outstanding season scoring thirty one tries and kicking fifty goals for a 224 point haul from just sixteen matches.
Highlights of U16 and U18's against NSW Country
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Highlights of Titans U15's defeating Balmain Tigers 16-10 and Group One U16's against Western Mustangs U16's.
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Congratulations to all selected in the U16 Vikings training squad. Plenty of Titans selected
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The Titans boys in the 2019 U16 Viking squad include:
Bailey Martin – lock
Brock Priestley – centre
Brody Smitka – front row
Caleb Gould-Waiariki – hooker
Ezra Ubaldino – centre
Flynn Daniel – second row
Kaden Somerville – hooker
Kaleb Ngamanu – centre/wing
The majority of these young men were involved in the Titans U15 sides 16-10 victory over Balmain.
In the match Bailey Martin was named as the Titans best forward with his outstanding defence and tough running, Kaleb Ngamanu scored the Titans first try and was involved in fullback Rowan Mansfield’s second half try and Kaden Somerville was outstanding starting at hooker.
When Caleb Gould Waiariki came on mid-way through the first half in the dummy half role his first run he made 20 metres or so from dummy half splitting the Tigers defence right through the centre of the ruck and Flynn Daniel performed well starting in the right second row position (Ryan Foran started on the left).
Starting in the front row Brody Smitka paired with Northern NSW youngster Jack Cullen adding some starch in defence.
Well done to Titan Blake Campbell for receiving the Tweed Heads Seagulls 2018 MM Cup Coaches Award.
Ethan, Foster, Kuyan Roberts-Laurie and Jonah Whitlam-Rose named in the Northern Rivers Titans U18 side for the 2019 Laurie Daley Cup competition.
Bayley Cox, Jack Cullen, Ryan Foran, Byron Jones, Riley Lack, Rowan Mansfield and Thomas Weaver have been named in the Northern Rivers Titans U16 side for the 2019 Andrew Johns Cup competition.
All were in the Titans U15 squad that defeated Balmain 16-10 at Cudgen recently.
Apologies omitted that Tom Weaver started at half and converted two of the Titans U15 tries against Balmain. I am a pathetic
Bayley Cox, Jack Cullen, Ryan Foran, Byron Jones, Riley Lack, Rowan Mansfield and Thomas Weaver have been named in the Northern Rivers Titans U16 side for the 2019 Andrew Johns Cup competition.
All were in the Titans U15 squad that defeated Balmain 16-10 at Cudgen recently.
There is certainly a couple of talented players named in the Northern Rivers Titans U18 side for the 2019 Laurie Daley Cup competition.
In addition the likes of Titans linked Ethan Foster (centre/second row), Jonah Whitlam-Rose (hooker) and Kuyan Roberts-Laurie (second row) there are a number of others to keep an eye on come 2019.
Outside backs, Khye Baker, Caleb Kinna, Zak Lateo, Jahvis Kendall and Rocco Partridge are talented try scorers and will have halves Tyrelle Roberts and Joel Antonelli leading them around the field from the half back position. Tyrelle Roberts scored an outstanding try for the Group One U16 side that went down by two points against a Western Mustangs U16 side in a match played prior to the Titans against Balmain U15 clash a week or two ago.
The Northern Rivers Titans U18 side contains a number of outstanding backrowers including Parker Bryant, Cooper Many, Simon Pratt, Jayden Martens and Joshua Stothard and powerful front rower Carl Lolohea will be hard for other sides to stop when he gets up to full steam.
A few of these young players are sure to force their way into Titans Development Squad calculations.
The Northern Rivers Titans U16 2019 Andrew Johns Cup side contains a number of Titans contracted players such as Bailey Cox, Jack Cullen, Ryan Foran, Byron Jones, Riley Lack, Rowan Mansfield and Thomas Weaver.
The squad however also contains a number of other talented players looking to make their mark including fullback Jaylan De Groot, centres Keegan Pace and Parker Grove, five eight Jordan Gallagher, hooker Oskar Bryant and second rower Jack Kuhnell amongst others.
Young front rowers Damian Wilson and Noah Johannssen will also enjoy the opportunity to test themselves against other sides.
A few of these young players are sure to force their way into Titans Development Squad calculations.
Well done to former Titans NYC player Blake Lenehan who was recently named the Ipswich Jets Colts 2018 Best Forward.
The Titans affiliated Western Mustangs are holding their MM Cup and Hastings Deering’s U20 Colts open trials tomorrow and whilst both sides had tough seasons in 2018 certainly had some talent in the squads such as Titans linked Luke Maiden, Connor Williams and Lesley Hartvigsen amongst others.
The Titans affiliated Western Mustangs are holding their MM Cup and Hastings Deering’s U20 Colts open trials tomorrow and whilst both sides had tough seasons in 2018 certainly had some talent in the squads such as Titans linked Luke Maiden, Connor Williams and Lesley Hartvigsen amongst others.
Yea not real big numbers this year
Great to see Western Mustangs front rower Luke Maiden sign a Titans Development contract recently and will play the 2019 season as part of the Burleigh Bears U20 Hastings Deering' Colts side which starts training on 5 November.
A number of Titans youngsters headed over to France yesterday as part of a U15 Group One Battlefield Challenge side.
All the best to the youngsters who include Titans Jack Cullen, Ryan Foran, Byron Jones, Riley Lack and Thomas Weaver.
Yea not real big numbers this year
Any reasons why?
Yea not too sure maybe because they hung onto so many for so long last season , there was hardley any under 20s there although that team is pretty much picked, also players from last season didnt have too trial
The 2018 QPICC (Queensland Pacific Islands Cultural Carnival) Tournament kicks off tomorrow night in Beenleigh with a number of Titans boys representing their countries of heritage in the U14, U16 and U18 age groups.
The countries involved include:
- Tonga
- Cook Islands
- Maori
- PNG
- Samoa
- Niue
- Philippines
In their first game of the tour the U15 Group 18 side defeated a Hemel stags U16 side in the UK prior to heading to France.
A number of Titans youngsters headed over to France yesterday as part of a U15 Group One Battlefield Challenge side.
All the best to the youngsters who include Titans Jack Cullen, Ryan Foran, Byron Jones, Riley Lack and Thomas Weaver.
The Western Mustangs MM 2019 side contains the likes of Connor Williams, Jack Sullivan and Mitch Farlow
Congratulations to Titans contracted Jaylan To'o for his selection in the U18 QLD NIUE side for this weekends QPICC competitions.
In the match Titans contracted half Thomas Weaver in addition to captaining the side was named one of the Group 18's best, scored an outstanding first half try when he received the ball on the left and stepped his way through the Hemel defence to score near the left upright.
Early in the second half Thomas Weaver also set up two tries impressively one on either side of the field.
In their first game of the tour the U15 Group 18 side defeated a Hemel stags U16 side in the UK prior to heading to France.
David Butler was recently named on the bench in the Keebra Park 2018 Team of the Year.
In addition to Thomas Weaver other Titans contracted U15's to feature in the Group 18 victory included front rower Jack Cullen who was strong in the centre of the ruck and fullback Riley Lack who started the match at fullback and provided some good balls when playing as a second five eight especially when he was running to his right.
Riley Lack was rewarded with a late game try when he pounced on a kicked which the defence could not handle to score in the left conrner. HE was playing left wing at the time,
In their first game of the tour the U15 Group 18 side defeated a Hemel stags U16 side in the UK prior to heading to France.
The Queensland Samoa U18 side is an impressive one with the likes of Leevai Sutton, David Butler, Larryon Tevita and Stanley Jackson involved.
The Group 18 U15 side won both of their games over night being a 12-6 win against Emory Moor and 18-12 against Leigh East,
A number of Titans youngsters headed over to France yesterday as part of a U15 Group One Battlefield Challenge side.
All the best to the youngsters who include Titans Jack Cullen, Ryan Foran, Byron Jones, Riley Lack and Thomas Weaver.
Two good wins for the Samoan U18 side at the QPICC Tournament yesterday, beating Cook Islands 36-6 and Tonfa 10-0 to top their pool and progress to the finals today
The Queensland Samoa U18 side is an impressive one with the likes of Leevai Sutton, David Butler, Larryon Tevita and Stanley Jackson involved.
Well done to the Group 18 U15 side for winning the Battlefield Challenge Tournament in France overly.
A number of Titans youngsters headed over to France yesterday as part of a U15 Group One Battlefield Challenge side.
All the best to the youngsters who include Titans Jack Cullen, Ryan Foran, Byron Jones, Riley Lack and Thomas Weaver.
Well done to Larryon Tevita for being named the Samoan U18 Player of the Tournament in the QPICC competition over the weekend.
In addition to Larryon Tevita, a number of other Gold Coast based players were named as their respective communities Most Valuable Player at last weekend’s QPICC Tournament including Reico Ratana (Maori U14), Xavier Collins (Cook Islands U14), Connor Te Kani (Maori U16) and Stepharn Holo (Niue U18).
The 2018 Keebra Park Team of the Year was once again a theoretical side full of talent. In addition to the Year 12’s such as David Butler the side contained a number of outstanding young players who will come to the fore over the next couple of years including second rower Lleyton Borg (Southport), hooker Blake Mozer (Runaway Bay), interchange centre Malakai Rhind (Runaway Bay), winger Te Haeta Takamore (Helensvale) and lock Wailer Whaiapu (Southport).
In their game overnight the Group 18 U15 side defeated Aude Cathare coming from behind.
A number of Titans youngsters headed over to France yesterday as part of a U15 Group One Battlefield Challenge side.
All the best to the youngsters who include Titans Jack Cullen, Ryan Foran, Byron Jones, Riley Lack and Thomas Weaver.
Gold Coast rugby league supporters will get a pleasant surprise when they see Titans linked centre James Torrens on the field for the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup side next season.
The big strong barrel chested left centre who was part of the Titans U18 side in their recent development squad matches was outstanding in 2018 for the Ballina Seagulls in the NRRRL competition and the Northern Rivers U18 side in the Laurie Daley Cup competition.
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 was part of the Ballina U18 NRRRL Grand Final side that won 30 – 4 to Cudgen with James Torrens 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 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.
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.
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.
The PBC Sports Awards night was held on Wednesday night with a number of Titans linked boys receiving deserved recognition including:
Kaden Somerville being awarded the 2018 Ryan James Scholarship Award;
Will Evans receiving a Rugby league PBC Reds award;
Juwan Compain receiving a Rugby League Excellence Award for National Representation;
Bailey Martin being nominated for the Junior Sportsperson of the Year Award.
The Burleigh Bears MM Cup squad (and Hastings Deering’s Colts) got together last night at Somerset College to get their preseason under way.
One young player who will be looking to make his mark with the side MM Cup side in 2019 is Burleigh five eight Jackson Coote.
In 2018 Jackson Coote played 13 matches for the Burleigh U16 Division One side scoring tries against Helensvale and Mudgeeraba and started at five eight in their tough 28-26 Preliminary final loss to Currumbin.
Young Cudgen Hornets front rower Byron Jones started from the bench for the Titans U15 side as they defeated a U15 Balmain Tigers touring side 16 – 10 and has recently been selected in the Northern Rivers Titans squad for the 2019 Andrew Johns Cup competition.
Byron Jones came onto the field for the Titans around 20 minutes into the match and immediately stood out as a result of his outstanding work rate both in attack and defence including a great front on hit against one of the Balmain front rowers shortly after coming onto the field.
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, Ryan Foran and Bailey Cox.
The Group 18 U15 side won the tournament including victories against Emory Moor 12 – 6 and Leigh East 18 – 12. In a warm up match in England prior to the Tournament they defeated a Hemel Stags U16 side and post the Tournament defeated French side Aude Cathare.
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.
In 2019 Logan Watene will be part of the Burleigh bears MM Cup squad.
In 2018 Logan Watene was a key member of the Keebra Park Open B and started on the wing and scored Keebra’s in 22 – 6 Langer Cup final win over Wavell State High School in the Langer Cup Final.
Logan Watene played the 2018 season with the Ormeau Shearers in the GCRL U17 Division One competition playing in seven matches scoring four tries and kicking two goals of a total points haul on the season of 20.
Logan Watene scored a double against Mudgeeraba and also scored tries against Bilambil and Currumbin. Logan Watene’s two goals came in separate matches against Mudgeeraba and Helensvale.
Logan Watene started off the 2017 GCJRL season in the U16 Division Two competition before progressing through the U16 Division One competition before progressing again to end the season with four matches in the U17 Division One competition.
As noted Logan Watene started in the U16 Division Two competition and in just those four matches scored a total of 36 points from three tries and twelve goals. His tries came from a double against Coomera and Nerang.
In the 2017 U16 Division One competition Logan Watene appeared in nine matches scoring 40 points from five tries and ten goals, including a double in his last U16 Division One match against Helensvale and also a try the week prior against Runaway Bay. In late May, early June in consecutive matches Logan Watene scored his other two tries which were against Currumbin and Burleigh.
Logan Watene played his first match at the U17 Division One level in early July 2017 against Bilambil and subsequently has played three additional U17 Division One matches against Runaway Bay, Mudgeeraba and Burleigh. Logan Watene’s debut U17 Division One match saw him convert a try.
In 2019 the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales will be represented in the U16 Andrew Johns Cup and U18 Laurie Daley Cup by the Northern Rivers Titans with one of the youngsters looking to grab the hooking role in the U18 side will be Johan Whitlam-Rose.
Earlier this season Jonah Whitlam-Rose captained the Northern Rivers U16 Andrew Johns Cup side taking them to the finals in the first year of the competition. In the competition he started at hooker and captained the side in each of their five matches and scored a double in Round One against the Newcastle Knights U16 Development Squad in an outstanding display of dummy half running.
Representative honours are nothing new for the St Joseph’s College Banora Point student, he represented Group 18 at the NSW Country U15 Championships in 2017 in three matches scoring a hat trick against Group 19 and in 2016 represented Group 18 at the U14 level in two matches.
The Burleigh Bears 2019 MM Cup squad has a number of talented players looking to secure the hooking role with one of the players in the mix being Nerang hooker Lachlan Adamson who earlier this season was named at hooker for the Queensland U16 side but started the match on the interchange bench with Titan’s contracted Ediq Ambrosyev moving into the starting side late.
In 2018 Lachlan Adamson started the season as part of the Gold Coast Vikings White U16 side and in the GCRL U16 Division One competition played in 11 matches for Nerang including starting at hooker in Nerang’s 24-8 Grand Final victory over Currumbin.
In his 11 matches, Lachlan Adamson scored tries in consecutive mid-season rounds against Burleigh, Currumbin and Helensvale.
Earlier this week the Titans signed young Grafton ghosts centre Jake Martin to a two year development deal.
In the Group Two U18 competition Jake Martin played in nine matches scoring four tries and also played in four Group Two Reserve Grade matches.
This season Jake Martin also made his Group Two First Grade debut for the Ghosts when he ran on the field in April against Macksville.
Jake Martin joins fellow Grafton Ghosts junior in the Titans ranks.
One of the standout players in the 2019 Burleigh MM Cup squad is Lofi Khan-Periera.
The young Burleigh Bears winger and current Keebra Park student has recently signed a new three year Development contract with the Titans after the expiration of his initial two year contract.
Lofi Khan-Periera started on the wing for the Titans U1`8 side in their recent victory over the PNG U18 side at Burleigh and also started there and scored one of the Titans three tries as they defeated NSW Country U18’s the flowing week at Cudgen.
In the match against New South Wales Country U18’s Lofi Khan-Periera started on the right wing with his try being an intercept try which covered approximately 98 metres.
Lofi Khan-Periera represented South Coast at the QSSRL U18 Championships in Toowoomba this season 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 contained fellow Titans contracted, South Coast representative and Keebra Park student front rower 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. Keebra Park were knocked out at the Queensland Quarter Final stage by Marsden State High School in a bit of an upset.
Lofi Khan-Periera also played one or two matches for the Keebra Park B side and was awarded one point in the Open B Best Player Award race.
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 played in one match for the Burleigh U17 Division One side this season and made the most of it by scoring a hat trick against Helensvale.
Lofi Khan-Periera 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 fellow Titans linked hooker Jesse Brasslin being a team mate in the match.
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 Centre 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.
As a result of his play over the last couple of season Lofi Khan-Periera was identified by both the Titans and the Broncos but has signed a deal with the Titans after being in both NRL team’s development squads.
Lofi Khan-Pereira has also represented Samoa on multiple occasions including being named Samoan U14 player of the tournament in 2015 at the QPICC championships.
Lofi Khan-Periera was also named in the Queensland Murri Probables side after the 2016 Queensland Murri championships.
One of the standout players in the 2019 Burleigh MM Cup squad is Lofi Khan-Periera.
The young Burleigh Bears winger and current Keebra Park student has recently signed a new three year Development contract with the Titans after the expiration of his initial two year contract.
Lofi Khan-Periera started on the wing for the Titans U1`8 side in their recent victory over the PNG U18 side at Burleigh and also started there and scored one of the Titans three tries as they defeated NSW Country U18’s the flowing week at Cudgen.
In the match against New South Wales Country U18’s Lofi Khan-Periera started on the right wing with his try being an intercept try which covered approximately 98 metres.
Lofi Khan-Periera represented South Coast at the QSSRL U18 Championships in Toowoomba this season 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 contained fellow Titans contracted, South Coast representative and Keebra Park student front rower 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. Keebra Park were knocked out at the Queensland Quarter Final stage by Marsden State High School in a bit of an upset.
Lofi Khan-Periera also played one or two matches for the Keebra Park B side and was awarded one point in the Open B Best Player Award race.
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 played in one match for the Burleigh U17 Division One side this season and made the most of it by scoring a hat trick against Helensvale.
Lofi Khan-Periera 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 fellow Titans linked hooker Jesse Brasslin being a team mate in the match.
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 Centre 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.
As a result of his play over the last couple of season Lofi Khan-Periera was identified by both the Titans and the Broncos but has signed a deal with the Titans after being in both NRL team’s development squads.
Lofi Khan-Pereira has also represented Samoa on multiple occasions including being named Samoan U14 player of the tournament in 2015 at the QPICC championships.
Lofi Khan-Periera was also named in the Queensland Murri Probables side after the 2016 Queensland Murri championships.
Agree mate he should have been in this years schoolboy side for sure
Big strong young front rower Dartanyon Faivre has deservedly been selected in the 2019 Burleigh Bears MM Cup squad after a solid 2018 season including being part of the U16 Gold Coast Vikings Yellow side.
For Burleigh in the 2018 GCRL U16 Division One competition, Dartanyon Faivre played in 13 matches scoring tries against Nerang and Southport and started in the front row in Burleigh’s 28-26 Preliminary Final loss to Currumbin.
Impressively Dartanyon Faivre also played 11 matches for Burleigh in the U17 Division One competition regularly backing up from the U16 Division One match.
A very interesting player who has recently been named in the 2019 U18 Laurie Daley Cup squad for the Northern Rivers Titans is Tyrelle Roberts. Recently Tyrelle Roberts started at half back for a Group One U16 side that were defeated in the last minute by a Western Mustangs U16 side that played prior to the Titans v Balmain U15 match at Cudgen.
Tyrelle Roberts led the U16 side back into the match in the second half and scored an outstanding try from a chip of his own which he followed and retrieved just before the Western Mustangs got to the ball and then stepped his way to the try line for what was an outstanding try.
The young Casino RSM half had an outstanding year in 2017 in the Group One U15 competition and as a consequence was selected in the Northern Rivers U16 side for the U16 2018 Andrew Johns Cup competition.
Tyrelle Roberts in fact started at half back in their Round One clash against the U16 Newcastle Knights Development squad with Northern Rivers defeating Newcastle 22 – 12 in difficult slippery conditions.
In the Round One match Tyrelle Roberts kicked three goals from four attempts and also set up a try for exciting young fullback Layne Hardy with a deft chip in the second half. The only goal attempt that Tyrelle Roberts missed was after the fulltime siren from right on the right hand touch line.
In total for Northern Rivers in the Andrew Johns Cup Tyrelle Roberts started at half back on all five of their matches scoring twenty two points in the process, coming from eleven goals, including three goals in matches against Newcastle, Central Coast and the Greater Northern Tigers.
Post the Andrew Johns Cup, Tyrelle Roberts played in the Group One U16.5 competition, once again playing for Casino RSM finishing as the competitions top points scorer with 140 (one point ahead of Titans contracted Ethan Foster) and equal second leading try scorer with eleven (one behind Ethan Foster).
Tyrelle Roberts has scored at least a try in each of his six matches, scoring three against Ballina in Round Six and a double in Round Two against Lismore Marist Brothers. Tyrelle Roberts other tries in his first six matches came against Clarence Coast in two separate matches, Lismore Marist Brothers and Kyogle. Post his first six matches Tyrelle Roberts also scored against Ballina in two separate matches.
Tyrelle Roberts has also had some big games with the boot this season including seven against Lismore Marist Brothers and six in a May match against Ballina and six against Kyogle in August. The match where he kicked six against Ballina was the same match that he scored the hat trick thus Tyrelle Roberts finished that particular match with 24 points. Tyrelle Roberts also kicked five goals against Lismore Marist Brothers in a July match.
In 2017 Tyrelle Roberts finished the season as the Group One U15 competition’ leading points scorer and fourth leading try scorer. In total in 2017 Tyrelle Roberts scored 84 points from ten tries and twenty two goals. Tyrelle Roberts’s ten tries came from just eleven matches and included doubles against Clarence Coast early in the season and against Clarence Coast later in the season.
From a goal kicking perspective, Tyrelle Roberts kicked six from seven in a July match against Kyogle and five in a match against Clarence Coast when he also scored a double to finish the match with eighteen points.
Tyrelle Roberts also played one U16.5 competition match in 2017 which came against Lismore Marist Brothers in early June where he backed up after playing in the U15 match earlier on the Saturday afternoon.
Titans contracted second rower Ryan Foran has been named the U15 Group 18 Players Award winner for their tour which included the side winning the Battlefield Challenge and in fact going through the tour undefeated.
Ryan Foran will in part of the U16 River Rivers Titans side for the 2019 Andrew Johns Cup.
The hooking spot in the 2019 Burleigh MM Cup side will be hard fought and one player who will be right in the mix is Burleigh Bears hooker Luke Khan who started the 2018 season as part of the U16 Gold Coast Vikings Yellow side.
For Burleigh in the 2018 GCRL U16 Division One competition, Luke Khan played in 8 matches scoring against Helensvale in three separate matches and also against Southport and started at hooker in Burleigh’s 28-26 Preliminary Final loss to Currumbin.
Young front rower Jovahn Tearoiti had an outstanding season in 2018 including starting in the front row for the PBC Open schoolboy side as they beat all comers to win the National GIO Cup competition with a victory over Patrician Brothers College Blacktown in the National Final and has been named in the Tweed Heads Seagulls 2019 MM Cup squad.
Jovahn Tearoiti was also a Premiership winner in the Brisbane U17 Rugby Premiership playing for the Nerang Bulls in that competition, interestingly spending time in the centres there and to cap off an outstanding season has been named in the Tweed Heads Seagulls 2019 MM Cup squad.
In 2017 Jovahn Tearoiti played for Helensvale in the GCRL U16 Division One competition playing in thirteen matches and he also played in one U17 Division One match against Runaway Bay.
Tough forward Tuki Seiuli had a solid season for club and school in 2018 including captaining the Keebra Park Open B side to an undefeated season.
Tuki Seiuli played the 2018 GCRL season in the U17 Division One competition with the Ormeau Shearers playing in twelve matches including the finals series.
In Week two of the GCRL U17 Division One Finals Tuki Seiuli started in the second row and scored two tries but Coomera were knocked up of the competition as a result of a 24 – 18 to Runaway Bay. Tuki Seiuli also started in the second row in Ormeau’s Week One finals loss 18 – 8 to eventual Grand Final winners Currumbin.
In addition to his finals double, Tuki Seiuli scored tries against Helensvale and Tweed Heads and over the course of the season also kicked five goals three of which came against Helensvale in the same match that he scored against them. Tuki Seiuli’s other 2018 goals came in matches against Burleigh in Round Two and Tweed heads in Round Six.
As noted above Tuki Seiuli captained the Keebra Park Open B Schoolboys side to an undefeated season by defeating Wavell SHS 22 – 6 in the Langer Reserve Final including scoring in the final.
Tuki Seiuli was a jack of all trades for the Ormeau Shearers across the U16 and U17 Division Ones competitions in 2017 playing a variety of positions from hooker, second row and even some five eight.
Tuki Seiuli who was a standout performer in late 2015 for the Titans U14 Development Squad in a match at Pizzey Park against Samoa, in 2017 played seven matches in the U16 Division One competition and seven more in the U17 Division One competition.
In the 2017 U16 Division One competition, Tuki Seiuli scored four tries including a double against Helensvale and also tries against Helensvale against in late July and against Currumbin early in the season. In the U17 Division One competition his sole try came in his second match in that age group against the powerful Bilambil Jets line-up.
Tuki Seiuli has had some previous representative experience including playing for the U16 Gold Coast Vikings U16 side in the 2017 U16 pre-season competition going on to be named in the U16 South East Queensland train-on squad and in 2015 Tuki Seiuli started in the front row for the South East Queensland U14 side. Tuki Seiuli in 2015 was named on the interchange bench in Keebra Park’s team of the year.
Tuki Seiuli will be looking to break into the Burleigh Bears MM Cup side in 2019 and post that competition will line up for Ormeau in the GCRL U19 competition.
Syddarys Cassidy the giant young front rower has parlayed a solid 2018 competition into a spot in the Burleigh 2019 MM Cup squad where he will be vying for playing time in an impressive looking squad especially in relation to front row options.
Syddarys Cassidy played the 2018 GCRL season in the U16 Division One competition with Helensvale playing in ten matches and scoring a double against Southport early in the season.
Early in the 2018 season Syddarys Cassidy was part of the U16 Gold Coast Vikings Yellow squad that took part in the U16 South East Queensland Challenge against sides from Brisbane and Ipswich.
The giant young Coombabah State High School student was too much for the majority of teams that played in the 2017 QSSRL U15 Schoolboy championships in Cairns during the 2017 season and as a result Syddarys Cassidy was been named in the Queensland White U15 side for the ASSRL U15 Championships.
In 2017 Syddarys Cassidy from a club stand point moved from Southport to play for the Helensvale Hornets for the 2017 season and played in five matches in the Yellow and Green.
Syddarys Cassidy will be looking to break into the Burleigh Bears MM Cup side in 2019 and post that competition will line up for Helensvale in the GCRL U17 Division One competition.
The Tweed Heads Seagulls 2019 MM Cup squad is full of well-known junior players but one young man who may not be as recognisable as others is front rower Nick Pleogsma who goes about his business quietly and effectively.
Recently for the Currumbin U17 Division One side, Nick Pleogsma started in the front row as Currumbin defeated Runaway Bay 30-10 in the Grand Final. In his 13 2018 U17 Division One matches Nick Pleogsma scored a solitary try which came against Burleigh.
This season Nick Pleogsma also played one U19 match which was against Helensvale.
Marymount College and Burleigh fullback/five eight Tyler Mahon has been selected for the second year in a row in the Burleigh Bears MM squad after being involved this season and being named in next season’s squad.
In the 2018 MM Cup competition Tyler Mahon played in four matches including starting Round One against the Sunshine Coast Falcons at five eight in that match scoring a double. Tyler Mahon also started at five eight in Rounds Two and Three against Redcliffe and Souths Logan respectively. Tyler Mahon also came off the bench in Round Six against the Western Mustangs.
In addition to playing fullback for the Marymount College side in the 2019 QISSRL competition Tyler Mahon played in one U17 Division One for Burleigh this season scoring against Helensvale and also scored in both of his U19 matches being against Bilambil and Ormeau.
Tahenga Mareko will play for the Burleigh Bears MM Cup side for the second year in a row in 2019.
In the MM Cup in 2018 Tahenga Mareko played in two matches coming into the side in Round Six against the Western Mustangs starting on the wing and he also started on the wing in Round Seven against Victoria.
In the GCRL U17 Division One competition Tahenga Mareko played in eight matches for the Mudgeeraba Redbacks scoring 30 points from three tries and nine goals, with the tries coming in consecutive rounds against Runaway Bay, Bilambil and Tweed Heads.
Tahenga Mareko also played U19 match this season kicking two goals in the match against Bilambil.
Tahenga Mareko has previously been involved in Titans Junior Development Squads including starting from the bench in late 2015 for the Titans U14 squad in a match at Pizzey Park against Samoa.
The Burleigh Bears MM 2019 MM Cup squad has a number of returning players from the 2018 season including Helensvale front rower Samuel Stone who came off the bench in Round 7 of the 2018 MM Cup competition against Victoria.
In the GCRL U17 Division One competition Samuel Stone played in ten matches for Helensvale scoring two tries which came against Runaway Bay and Mudgeeraba towards the back end of the season.
In 2019 the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales will be represented in the U16 Andrew Johns Cup and U18 Laurie Daley Cup by the Northern Rivers Titans with one of the stand out U18 players being Ethan Foster.
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 Group One U16.5 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.
Ethan Foster has recently been named in the Northern Rivers Titans U18 squad for the 2019 Laurie Daley Cup competition.
In 2017 Ethan Foster represented Group One U15’s at the New South Wales Age Championships. In those Championships Ethan Foster started in the centres in all three matches, scoring a double of Round One in a big win against Group 19.
The big strong young Titans contracted centre/second rower has made a seamless move from the Grafton Ghosts junior rugby league club to the Clarence Coast at the start of the 2016 season in the Group One Junior Rugby League. Over the last couple of seasons at Clarence Coast, he has teamed with the talented Julian Torrens to form a lethal pairing who have pushed Clarence Coast up the ladder in recent seasons.
For the Clarence Coast Magpies in 2017 Ethan Foster scored fourteen tries from eleven matches to be the competitions leading point’s scorer. Ethan Foster started the season off with a hat trick against Kyogle and scored another hat trick later in the season against Marist Brothers. Ethan Foster also kicked three conversions to finish the U15 season off with 62 points.
Ethan Foster also made his U16.5 Group One JRL debut in 2017 when he lined up in that age group against Ballina in early June after playing in the U15 clash earlier in the day.
In 2016 Ethan Foster topped the try scoring list in the U14 competition with an incredible 33 tries from just 16 matches. Ethan Foster also kicked 27 goals to also finish top of the points scoring list with 186 points. Ethan Foster scored four tries in a match on two separate occasions against Lismore Marist Brothers and also scored six hat tricks which came against Ballina, Kyogle twice, and Casino RSM twice and also against Grafton.
Ethan Foster also had some big matches with the boot in 2016 including kicking five conversions in a match against Marist Brothers and on three occasions kicked four conversions in a match. 2016 is not an anomaly in terms of try scoring, in 2015 for Grafton at the U13 level he scored 14 tries across ten matches, including hat tricks against the South Grafton Rebels and Kyogle and doubles against his new team Clarence Coast and Casino RSM.
Ethan Foster plays his schoolboy rugby league for MacLean High School and was part of their U14 CHS side that defeated Evans Head High School in the first round of the competition in MacLean in 2016, in fact he was the U14 MacLean High School rugby league captain that year.
Ethan Foster opened the scoring for MacLean High School in only the second minute with an unstoppable run from about 20 metres out and carried a couple of defenders across the line to score and crossed again later in the first half off a great short ball from Julian Torrens after front rower and former Titans development squad member Elijah Winitana make a rampaging run and got a quick play the ball.
Ethan Foster scored again early in the second half, again charging through the defence. MacLean won the match 46 – 4. In September 2016, Ethan Foster and his Maclean High School U14 team mates dominated the U14 DEX round robin competition, with empathetic victories over South Grafton HS and McCauley College. Ethan Foster was named player of the series.
Titans contracted Orlando Swain has been selected in the 2019 U16 Ipswich diggers squad.
Good to see Ben Thomas trading with the NRL squad today.
Good to see Ben Thomas trading with the NRL squad today.
Recognise any of the other juniors training with the NRL squad?
Jaxson Paulo and Darius Farmer as well
Recognise any of the other juniors training with the NRL squad?
RenegadeGC
06-11-18, 09:14 AM
Jaxson Paulo and Darius Farmer as well
Noticed Kai O'Donnell in the pics as well. MDrew was Ioane Seiuli one of the kids in there as well?
Did not pick him up on first look, but I will have a better look, thanks for the heads up
Noticed Kai O'Donnell in the pics as well. MDrew was Ioane Seiuli one of the kids in there as well?
The 2019 Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup side has a number of talented backrowers in it none more so than Joshua Stothard.
Earlier this season Joshua Stothard started in the second row in four of the Northern Rivers U16 Andrew Johns Cup matches including matches against the Newcastle Knights Development Squad, Central Coast Roosters and the Greater Northern Tigers.
Joshua Stothard played the 2018 club season with Casino RSM in the New South Wales Group One U16.5 competition scoring six tries from just eleven matches. He scored doubles in three consecutive rounds towards the end of the 2018 season against Lismore Marist Brothers, Ballina and Kyogle.
Joshua Stothard also played three matches for Casino RSM in the U18 NRRRL competition making his debut against players in the main two years older than him in early June against the Lower Clarence Magpies.
The Cudgen Hornets U15 side this season was certainly an outstanding one and as a consequence has contributed eight players to the 2019 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad.
In addition to Titans contracted players, Byron Jones, Jack Cullen and Thomas Weaver, fullback Jaylan De Groot, hooker Oskar Bryant, second rower Reef Somerville, forward Rohan Begg and centre Keegan Pace have been named.
Young South Tweed lock Bailey Cox started from the bench for the Titans U15 side as they defeated a U15 Balmain Tigers touring side 16 – 10 and has recently been selected in the Northern Rivers Titans squad for the 2019 Andrew Johns Cup competition.
Bailey Cox came onto the field for the Titans mid-way through the first half immediately making some bone rattling tackles and punishing runs. One of Bailey Cox’s first involvements was a great kick chase when he was the first Titan down the field to wrap up the Balmain fullback and one memorable hit was on the Balmain No. 8 off the Tigers penalty restart, Bailey Cox lined him up and hit him front on in a copy book tackle.
The match showed the confidence that the Titans Development Staff have in Bailey Cox’s defence with the young man defending one out on Balmain scrum feed’s and on two occasions pulled off outstanding tackles from that position, the first on the Balmain half and the second on the fullback.
In the Group 18 U15 competition South Tweed finished the season winning the Grand Final against Byron Bay/Lennox Heads 22 – 16.
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 was 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 Jack Cullen and Byron Jones.
The Group 18 U15 side won the tournament including victories against Emory Moor 12 – 6 and Leigh East 18 – 12. In a warm up match in England prior to the Tournament they defeated a Hemel Stags U16 side and post the Tournament defeated French side Aude Cathare.
The 2019 Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup side has a number of talented backrowers in it including 2018 New South Wales Country U16 representative Simon Pratt. In fact Simon Pratt played for the NSW Country U16 side that defeated a Titans U16 side at Cudgen recently.
Earlier this season Simon Pratt played in all five of the Northern Rivers U16 Andrew Johns Cup matches including scoring in late March against the Greater Northern Tigers.
Simon Pratt played the 2018 club season with Casino RSM in the New South Wales Group One U16.5 competition scoring eight tries from just eleven matches. He scored doubles against Ballina on two separate occasions and also scored against Lismore Marist Brothers, Kyogle and Clarence Coast.
Simon Pratt also played five matches for Casino RSM in the U18 NRRRL competition making his debut against players in the main two years older than him in late April against the Tweed Coast Raiders. Simon Pratt’s sole U18 NRRRL try in 2018 came in just his second match in that competition against Lower Clarence.
One of the more intriguing players to see next year in the 2019 U18 Laurie Daley Cup for the Northern Rivers Titans is young Casino RSM fullback/five eight Lachlan West.
This season for Casino RSM in the New South Wales Group One U16.5 competition Lachlan West finished the season as the competitions third highest try scorer with ten tries from only eleven matches. Titans contract Ethan Foster topped the list.
In addition to scoring hat tricks in consecutive rounds against Clarence Coast and Ballina in May, Lachlan West also scored against Lismore Marist Brothers twice and Ballina twice.
Lachlan West also played three matches for Casino in the NRRRL U18 competition making his debut in mid-June against Ballina and scoring against Tweed Coast in his third and final U18 NRRRL match of the season.
One of a number of Titans linked youngsters looking to make his mark with the U16 Gold Coast Vikings in 2019 is Caleb Gould Waiariki who is a local young hooker/half who started from the bench for the Titans U15 side as they defeated a U15 Balmain Tigers touring side 16 - 10. Recently Caleb Gould-Waiariki was named in the Gold Coast Vikings U16 Training Squad for the 2019 U16 South East Queensland Challenge.
In the match against Balmain Caleb Gould-Waiariki came onto the field mid-way through the first half moving into the dummy half role and in his first run made 20 metres or so from dummy half splitting the Tigers defence right down the middle through the centre of the ruck.
Later in the first half Caleb Gould-Waiariki played his part in the Titans second try with a great long pass out of dummy half to his right to Titans five eight Riley Lack who threw an equally good long pass to winger Timothy Seilaff-Burns to score.
Caleb Gould-Waiariki finished the 2018 GCRL U15 Division One season with Runaway Bay as the competitions equal leading try scorer with fifteen, a feat he accomplished from just twelve matches. Caleb Gould-Waiariki also kicked two conversions in the competition, both coming in a late season match against Coomera to finish with sixty four points.
Caleb Gould-Waiariki had a huge match in early August when he scored five tries in a match against Currumbin, scored a hat trick against Burleigh and also scored a double against Helensvale. Caleb Gould-Waiariki’s other tries came in matches against Mudgeeraba, Ormeau and then in a three match span scored against Burleigh, Coomera and Ormeau in consecutive weeks.
In Week One of the U15 Division One Finals series, Caleb Gould-Waiariki started at hooker as Runaway Bay went down 28 – 12 to Ormeau. With Caleb Gould-Waiariki once again at hooker, Runaway Bay bounced back in Week Two of the finals defeating Burleigh 34 – 24 with Caleb Gould-Waiariki scoring in the win.
Caleb Gould-Waiariki also started at hooker in the U15 Division One Preliminary Final scoring a try and kicking two goals as Runaway Bay qualified for the Grand Final courtesy of a 58 – 14 victory over Coomera,
In the Grand Final Caleb Gould-Waiariki started at hooker but could not prevent Runaway Bay going down 38 – 20 to the Ormeau Shearers. Caleb Gould-Waiariki did however cross for one of Runaway Bay’s four tries in the Grand Final.
In addition to his club duties with Runaway Bay in the GCRL U15 Division One competition, Caleb Gould-Waiariki played four matches of club rugby on the Gold Coast with the Griffith University Colleges U15 side.
Caleb Gould-Waiariki’s first game was in Round Nine against the Gold Coast Eagles when he started from the bench and he also started from the bench in Round Eleven against Wollongbar/Alstonville.
Round Thirteen saw Caleb Gould-Waiariki start at fly half (No.10) against the PBC Alleygators and he also started at fly half in Round Sixteen against Casino.
Titan’s supporters who are lucky enough to see the Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup side play in 2019 will see a number of Titans youngsters on display, one being front rower Jack Cullen.
He is a Northern New South Wales born Titans contracted front rower who started in the front row for the Titans U15 side as they defeated a U15 Balmain Tigers touring side 16 – 10 and for me was one of the best for the Titans.
After left second rower Ryan Foran fielded the kick off, Jack Cullen took the next hit up and set the scene for his match with a great first run into the teeth of the Balmain Tigers forward pack.
Jack Cullen was at it again after the Titans first try scored by left winger Kaleb Ngamanu, taking the first and third hit-ups. Jack Cullen was outstanding in both of his stints for the Titans U15’s but his first 20 minute stint was exceptional. Jack Cullen almost scored in the match after he was brought down just short of the line after a strong run where he stepped back behind the ruck off his right foot.
Post the Balmain Tigers match, Jack Cullen and fellow Group 18 U15 team mates headed overseas to play in the Battlefield Challenge to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the end of World War I, a competition that the side won including victories against Emory Moor 12 – 6 and Leigh East 18 – 12.
In a warm up match in England prior to the Tournament they defeated a Hemel Stags U16 side and post the Tournament defeated French side Aude Cathare. A number of other Titans players will also be involved in the tour including Tom Weaver, Josh Gilbert, Ryan Foran, Byron Jones and Bailey Cox.
Earlier this season Jack Cullen started in the front row for the Group 18 U15 representative side at the New South Wales Country U15’s Championships playing matches against Group 21, Group Two and Group Four.
Murwillumbah youngster Nelson Ewing will line up for the Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup side in 2019 after a 2018 season that saw the 17 year old make his NRRRL Reserve Grade debut when he took the field against Cudgen in July and also played in reserve grade the following week against Kyogle.
Prior to his reserve grade debut Nelson Ewing was part of the Murwillumbah U18 NRRRL side and on the season played in 13 matches, scoring two tries and kicking a goal and field goal.
Young five eight Joshua Bowden in 2019 will line up for the U18 Laurie Daley Cup Northern Rivers Titans side after playing this season in the 2018 U16 Andrew Johns Cup competition for Northern Rivers. In this seasons competition he played in three matches including starting at five eight in their 40-16 finals loss to the Western Rams when he scored in the 10th minute of the second half.
Young winger Harrison Bell is another Northern Rivers player who will be in 2019 backing up from this season’s U18 Laurie Daley Cup squad. This season he played in three matches starting two with the matches being against the Newcastle Knights Development Squad, North Coast and the Central Coast Roosters.
Playing in the Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade competition at just 17 years old is no mean feat but that is exactly what Bilambil Jets youngster Lachlan Hallard did in 2018, playing in two First Grade matches for the Jets.
Lachlan Hallard started the 2018 season playing in the U18 Laurie Daley Cup competition for Northern Rivers, starting three matches and scoring two tries. Lachlan Hallard started Rounds Three and Four at five eight against North Coast and Central Coast respectively before moving to the second row for Round Five against the Greater Northern Tigers. He scored against Central Coast and the Greater Northern Tigers.
Post the Laurie Daley Cup Lachlan Hallard played for the Bilambil Jets in the GCRL U17 Division One competition where he was involved in eight matches. Lachlan Hallard made his GCRL U19 debut in Round Two against Currumbin and in total played eight U19 matches scoring in his final matches of the season against Burleigh. On the majority of occasions Lachlan Hallard played in both the U17 Division One and U19 matches on the same weekend.
Lachlan Hallard made his GCRL First Grade debut on August 12 against Burleigh and also played First Grade the following week against Currumbin.
Lachlan Hallard has been named in the Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup squad for the 2019 season.
Young centre Thomas Vickery has been named in the Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup side for the 2019 season being his second season in that competition after playing two matches in 2018.
The matches that Thomas Vickery played in the U18 Laurie Daley Cup this season were Round One against the Newcastle Knights Development Squad and Round Four against the Central Coast Roosters. In the match against Central Coast Thomas Vickery scored two tries and kicked one conversion.
Thomas Vickery played in the U18 NRRRL competition for Murwillumbah scoring two tries and kicking six goals in eight matches. His tries both came in an August match against Evans Heads and in that match he also kicked four of his six goals.
Thomas Vickery made his NRRRL First Grade debut as a 17 year old on 6 April this year against Casino RSM and went to play a total of eleven First Grade matches this season scoring three tries in those games. He scored his first NRRRL First Grade try in his third first grade match against Mullumbimby then scored a double and kicked a goal against Evans Heads in May.
Recently a Western Mustangs U16 Development Squad attended a training camp in Northern New South Wales with the Titans and then played a match against a Group One U16 side at Cudgen with the Western Mustangs winning by two points with a conversion basically on the siren.
The standout player for me for the Western Mustangs was lock Jack Pike.
This season Jack Pike played in the Toowoomba U16 competition for Southern Suburbs scoring six tries from twelve matches. He also kicked seven goals to finish the season with 38 points.
All of his tries came in individual matches against Highfields on two occasions, Brothers, Pittsworth, Valleys and Oakey.
This season from a representative perspective, Jack Pike represented the Central Crows U16 side at the Queensland U16 Age Championships with his matches against Northern twice and also against SEQ Green and SEQ White.
A key member of the Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup side in 2019 is likely to be young five eight/second rower Timothy Johannssen. This season he played for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the GCRL U17 Division One competition playing in eleven matches including starting at five eight in their 42-14 finals loss to Runaway Bay.
Timothy Johannssen scored a Round Three double against Runaway Bay and also scored in Round Two against Mudgeeraba.
Powerful forward Carl Lolohea in 2019 will be part of the Northern Rivers U18 Laurie Daley Cup squad for the second year in a row after playing all four of their matches this season from the bench.
Carl Lolohea post the Laurie Daley Cup competition played for Ballina in the NSW Country Group One U16.5 competition being part of 13 matches and scoring five tries with those tries coming against Lismore Marist Brothers twice, Casino RSM twice and Clarence Coast.
Carl Lolohea was also part of the Group One U16 side that went down by two points to a Western Mustangs U16 side in a match played at Cudgen prior to the Titans against Balmain Tigers U15 squads recently.
Carl Lolohea also played seven rugby matches for Ballina in the U16 Far North Coast Zone competition.
Talented centre Caleb Kinna will line up for the Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup squad in 2019 after a 2018 season for Ballina in the Group One U16.5 competition that saw him score six tries from 13 matches, including scoring against Kyogle in three separate matches, Clarence Coast twice and Casino RSM.
Caleb Kinna also played a number of matches in the centres for Lennox Heads in the U16 Far North Coast Zone rugby competition.
Talented Lower Clarence Magpies Cooper Many second rower 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 and will be a key member of the 2019 Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup squad.
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, 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 before falling to the Ballina Seagulls 30 - 14.
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.
In 2017 Cooper Many played for the Clarence Coast Magpies in the U16.5 competition and finished as the competitions leading try scorer with ten tries from just twelve matches. Cooper Many scored a hat trick against Ballina and a double against Lismore Marist Brothers.
Cooper Many has previously represented Group One at the U14 and U15 levels in 2015 and 2016 respectively.
Jaxson Paulo is currently training with the Titans NRL squad.
https://www.facebook.com/jaxson.paulo/videos/2115488608503807/?fref=pb&hc_location=friends_tab
Great to see the Titans forge formal links with Ballina High School and five students have been named as part of the Titans U15 Group One Development Squad.
Northern New South Wales High School, St Joseph’s College Benora Point will be supplying an impressive five players to the Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup side in 2019, being Titans contracted Thomas Weaver (half), Jack Cullen (front row) and Bailey Cox (front row). Other St Joseph’s College students in the squad are Reef Somerville (second row) and Oskar Bryant (hooker)
Young winger Drew Atkinson proved to be a point’s scorer of note for the Ballina Seagulls in the NSW Country Group One U15 competition this season scoring 116 points from nine tries and 40 goals from just 14 matches.
He had a big match in early June scoring a hat trick against Clarence Coast (also kicking two goals) and another one in April against Kyogle when he scored a double and kicked seven goals (22 point match).
Drew Atkinson also scored tries in individual matches against Lismore Marist Brothers, Casino RSM and South Grafton on two occasions. He also had a big match with the boot late in the season, kicking seven goals in a victory against Clarence Coast.
In 2019 Drew Atkinson will be part of the Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad after representing Group One at the U15 at the NSW Country Age Championships earlier this year.
After playing three matches in this seasons U18 Laurie Daley Cup competition, Liam Robinson will be backing up for the 2019 version of the competition with the Northern Rivers Titans squad. The matches that Liam Robinson played this season were against North Coast, the Central Coast Roosters and the Greater Northern Tigers.
For the Tweed Heads Seagulls U17 Division One side Liam Robinson played in nine matches and scored against Bilambil in his first U17 Division One match in May.
Ormeau winger Cooper Day had an outstanding 2018 season from a try scoring perspective scoring 11 tries from just nine matches (122% strike rate) including hat tricks against Southport and Robina and a late season double against Coomera.
In addition to playing for Ormeau in the U16 Division One competition Cooper Day will be pushing for a spot in one of the two Gold Coast Vikings U16 side’s after recently being named in the initial train on squad.
For me one of the most improved players across the Gold Coast Junior Rugby League competition in 2018 was Runaway Bay U15 Division One second rower Corey Dryden-Farrelly, with the young man deservedly being named in the 2019 U16 Gold Coast Vikings train on squad.
Unfortunately Runaway Bay were defeated in the U15 Division One Grand Final 38-20 by Ormeau with Corey Dryden-Farrelly starting in the second row.
Over the course of the 2018 U15 Division One season Corey Dryden-Farrelly played in 15 matches and contributing 62 points from six tries and 19 goals.
He had an outstanding start to the season scoring a hat trick and kicking two goals in Rounds One against Robina and finished the season with a flourish scoring a double and kicking five goals against Burleigh and a try and seven goals against Coomera in a Finals match.
Burleigh Bears hooker Joshua Clifton has recently been named in the Gold Coast Vikings U16 train on squad after his first season on the Gold Coast, moving from the Sutherland Shire, a season that saw him start in the U16 Division Two competition for the Bears before moving up to play in six U15 Division One matches.
In his first four matches in the U16 Division Two competition Joshua Clifton scored eight tries including hat tricks against Helensvale and Coomera and also scoring against Ormeau and Parkwood before his elevation to the U15 Division One side.
Young Ballina High School student and Ballina Seagull Reshawn Anderson was recently named in the Titans U15 Group One Development Squad after a season in the Group One U13 competition that saw him score 42 points from seven tries and seven goals through eleven matches.
Reshawn Anderson scored doubles against South Grafton and Casino RSM and also scored in matches against South Grafton, Kyogle and Lismore Marist Brothers.
With the boot Reshawn Anderson in the main kicked a goal a match but he did kick two in a late season match against Clarence Coast.
An outstanding article in the Bulliten today about the exceptional strides that the Titans have made in the junior development space and the hard work being done to keep our juniors at home.
https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/sport/nrl/gold-coast-titans-new-elite-development-squad-providing-solution-to-keeping-homegrown-talent/news-story/ba5710be6744de275589264295412be0?fbclid=IwAR0yXC5N LwYVqYuuA-3vny99_IlS8U52bILHzSS6Sq5e9-Iop1er2jj4dq0
Another article in the Bulliten today is in relation to the Titans snaring outstanding Australian School Boy backrower Juwan Compain from PBC, another great example of the Titans taking back the Coast.
People are rightly talking about the quality of the near NRL ready Broncos forwards, here is a tip, with the likes of Jai Whitbread, Darius Farmer, Juwan Compain, Ben Thomas, Luke Maiden etc the Titans youngsters are as good.
In the backs Jaxson Paulo, Ioane Seuili, Kea Pere and Will Evans amongst others are also not far away
Another article in the Bulliten today is in relation to the Titans snaring outstanding Australian School Boy backrower Juwan Compain from PBC, another great example of the Titans taking back the Coast.
People are rightly talking about the quality of the near NRL ready Broncos forwards, here is a tip, with the likes of Jai Whitbread, Darius Farmer, Juwan Compain, Ben Thomas, Luke Maiden etc the Titans youngsters are as good.
In the backs Jaxson Paulo, Ioane Seuili, Kea Pere and Will Evans amongst others are also not far away
Mate for mine Juwan Compain has a bit of growing to do but a tough competitor none the less
Ballina Seagull Desmond Ferguson had a solid 2018 season for Ballina in the U14 Group One competition scoring four tries, kicking 25 goals and a field goal to finish with 87 points from just 14 matches and as a result has been selected in the Titans Group One U15 Development Squad..
He also played five matches for the Group One U14 representative side in the U14 New South Wales Country Championships.
Desmond Ferguson’s four tries came from an early season double against Lismore Marist Brothers (he kicked three goals in the match as well) and tries against Marist again a month later and Kyogle.
He kicked six goals in consecutive matches mid-season against Lismore Marist Brothers and Casino RSM and his field goal came against Kyogle.
Young Runaway Bay fullback Kruz Rimene had a 100% strike rate in 2018 in the U15 Division One competition through twelve matches including a Grand Final try in Runaway Bay’s 38-20 loss to Ormeau.
Kruz Rimene started the 2018 season with a bang scoring a double in Round One against Robina and following that up with a hat trick in Round Two against Mudgeeraba and in Round Four he scored a double against Helensvale.
Excluding his Grand Final try his other tries came in the regular season against Ormeau in three separate matches and Coomera.
Earlier this season Kruz Rimene represented South Coast in the U15 QSSRL Championships.
In addition to playing rugby league for Runaway Bay Kruz Rimene played club rugby on the Gold Coast for the Griffith University Colleges U15 side including starting on the wing in the Grand Final which ended in a 47 – 19 victory over the Helensvale Hogs in a match that was curtain raiser to the Wallabies v Argentina test at Cbus stadium.
Kruz Rimene had an outstanding start the season scoring doubles in Rounds One and Three against Wollongbar/Alstonville and Bond Pirates respectively and in Round Two against the PBC Alleygators scored a hat trick starting from the right wing. Kruz Rimene also scored a double in Griffith University College’s semi-final victory over the Helensvale Hogs.
Over the course of the Gold Coast U15 rugby season Kruz Rimene primarily alternated between starting on the left and right wings although he did start in the centres in Round 17 being the final regular season round against the Helensvale Hogs.
The Northern Rivers Titans 2019 U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad contains quite a number of Titans contracted youngsters but outside of those players there are a plenty of other young men looking to attract some attention. Young Casino RSM fullback Matthew Avery is one of those.
The 2018 Group One U15 representative, had a solid season for Casino RSM in the NSW Country Group One U15 competition playing in 13 matches and scoring six tries. Matthew Avery scored a double against Kyogle during a four match span when he scored five tries with the span also including tries against Ballina, Clarence Coast and Lismore Marist Brothers, his other try this season was against South Grafton late in the year.
In addition Matthew Avery played in three Group One U16.5 matches this season, making his debut against Lismore Marist Brothers, before playing in two more matches being against Clarence Coast and Lismore Marist Brothers once again.
Flying winger Rocco Partridge played five matches this season for Northern Rivers in the U16 NSW Andrew Johns Cup and in 2019 will progress to the U18 Laurie Daley Cup squad.
This season for Kyogle in the NSW Country U16.5 Group One competition, Rocco Partridge played in twelve matches scoring five tries which came against Lismore Marist Brothers in three separate matches and also scored against Ballina and Clarence Coast.
Hard working Ballina second rower Nicholas Troy has been selected in the 2019 U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad after a 2018 season that saw him represent the Group One U15 side.
For Ballina in the Group One competition, Nicholas Troy played in seven U15 matches and three in the U16.5 competition, making his debut against Kyogle in the season.
Big strong young Kyogle front rower Damian Wilson will be pushing for a starting spot in the Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad in 2019 after a season in the NSW Country Group One U15 side that saw him play in 15 matches, scoring ten tries along the way.
Damian Wilson scored doubles against Clarence Coast, Ballina and Casino RSM as well as tries in matches against South Grafton, Lismore Marist Brothers, Ballina and Casino RSM.
In addition the 2018 Group One U15 representative playing in two Group One U16.5 matches, debuting against Ballina and also playing against Lismore Marist Brothers.
Ballina High School in Northern New South Wales is supplying five players to the Titans Group One U15 Development Squad, one being Zac Toole.
Zac Toole played the 2018 season with Ballina in the Group One U14 competition playing in fourteen matches and scoring two tries, which came against Marist Brothers and Clarence Coast.
After a 2018 season that saw him with a 100% strike rate in 12 Group One U15 matches Lismore Marist Brothers youngster Henry Lee gets a representative opportunity in 2019 being named in the U16 Andrew Johns Cup Northern Rivers Titans squad.
Henry Lee scored 2018 doubles against South Grafton in two late season matches and also scored tries in matches against Kyogle twice, Ballina, South Grafton and Clarence Coast.
Young second rower Jack Kuhnell made an early impression in the U15 Group One Junior Rugby League competition since his early May transfer from the Caboolture Sharks and as a result was been named in the 2019 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad.
The former Tullawong student started the 2018 year in the Sunshine Coast Junior Rugby League U15 competition playing for Caboolture. He played two games for them including scoring an impressive four tries in Round One against Stanley River. On May 9 of this year he received a clearance to move to the Group One competition, playing for the Kyogle Turkeys.
Over the course of the 2018 Group One U15 season, Jack Kuhnell had a 100% try scoring strike rate in his twelve matches.
In his first match for Kyogle, Jack Kuhnell celebrated his debut by scoring against Clarence Coast. In his next three matches he scored doubles which came against Lismore Marist Brothers, Ballina when he was up against Titans contracted Rowan Mansfield and against Casino RSM.
In Round Eight Jack Kuhnell scored once again against Ballina. Immediately after that match, Jack Kuhnell backed up to play in the U16.5 clash, his first in that age group since his move south. Round Nine saw Jack Kuhnell cross the line this time in a 16 – 10 win over Clarence Coast. He also scored in matches against South Grafton and Ballina later in the season.
As noted above Jack Kuhnell made his Group One U16.5 debut against Ballina in April and went on to play a further three U16.5 matches which included two matches against Lismore Marist Brothers and a further match against Ballina.
This season Jack Kuhnell also played in three matches for the Group One U15 representative side at the New South Wales Country Age Championships with those matches being against Group Two, Group Three and Newcastle.
Jack Kuhnell has had some Queensland representative success prior to his move to Northern New South Wales, including representing Sunshine Coast in the U15 QSSRL Championships and in 2017 also represented the Sunshine Coast at the U14 level including scoring a try and kicking a conversion on Day One of the U14 Championships.
Young South Grafton five eight Jordan Gallagher’s 2018 season in the NSW Country Group One U15 competition has propelled the young pivot into the 2019 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad.
In the Red and White of the South Grafton Rebels this season, Jordan Gallagher played in 15 matches scoring 76 points from two tries and 34 goals, with his tries coming against Kyogle and Clarence Coast in consecutive matches late in the season.
With the boot Jordan Gallagher was consistent kicking at least a goal in every match this season bar one against Ballina, including kicking four in a match against Lismore Marist Brothers.
After a 2018 season that saw him represent the Group One U15 side, Clarence Coast’s Craig Mercy-Bushell has been selected in the Northern Rivers Titans 2019 U16 Andrew Johns Cup side.
In the Group One U15 competition for Clarence Coast he scored five tries from eleven matches including a double against Kyogle and then followed up with tries against South Grafton and Lismore Marist Brothers in the following two rounds.
Craig Mercy-Bushell’s other 2018 try came against Casino RSM.
The Burleigh Bears 2019 MM Cup forward looks a powerful unit with one likely member of the forward pack being James Pere.
The powerhouse young forward was outstanding this season both in club rugby league and school boy rugby, playing for the TSS U16A side in the GPS rugby competition.
Even though he was U16 eligible in 2018 James Pere played the 2018 GCRL season in the U17 Division Two competition with Coomera playing in nine matches including the U17 Division Two Finals series.
In Week Two of the U17 Division Two finals James Pere started in the centres and scored for Coomera as they went down 28 – 16 to Currumbin.
In the Preliminary Final James Pere scored a try after starting in the centres as Coomera qualified for the Grand Final on the back of a 62 – 4 victory over Jimboomba.
In the U17 Division Two Grand Final James Pere started in the centres as Coomera went down 24 – 18 to Currumbin.
In addition to his two finals tries, James Pere scored ten in the U17 Division Two regular season competition. James Pere scored a hat trick against Jimboomba, doubles against Currumbin in two separate matches and Jimboomba and also scored against Beaudesert.
Early in the 2018 season James Pere represented Gold Coast Vikings Yellow in the South East Queensland U16 pre-season Challenge.
For the TSS U16A side this season James Pere played in seven matches missing only Round Two as a result of an injury suffered in Round One against Churchie. James Pere started all seven of his matches at No. 8.
James Pere scored three GPS U16A tries in 2018, scoring in Round Four against Brisbane Grammar School, Round Seven as a result of a pick and drive against Ipswich Grammar School and Round Nine against Churchie.
Prior to the GPS U16A season proper James Pere started in six of the U16A TSS trial matches starting at No. 8 in five and on the bench in the other which was against Ipswich Grammar School. Trial matches that James Pere played in included matches against Riverview College (Sydney), Somerset College (Gold Coast) and Ambrose Treacy College (Sunshine Coast).
Prior to heading to TSS James Pere attended Keebra Park and 2016 represented the Gold Coast Vikings at the U14 level and was also selected in one of the South East Queensland U14 representative sides.
In 2016 James Pere was a dominant player for Keebra in the U14 Hancock Cup school boy competition, including scoring a hat trick in a match against Marsden State High School where in the first half he was almost unstoppable running off 2018 Queensland U16 representative Reece Walsh.
James Pere also scored a hat trick the week prior as well against Wavell. After being down 12 – 0 early to Wavell James Pere crashed over to score Keebra’s first try and then produced two more barnstorming runs in the second half to help Keebra Park close out the game 30 – 18. James Pere understandably was also awarded the man of the match honours in that game.
James Pere also represented the Vikings and South East Queensland at the U13 level in 2015.
Outstanding recent Titans signing Juwan Compain is part of the Australian Schoolboys for their upcoming England Tour, the schedule is noted below:
England Colleges v Australia - Newcastle Thunder Nov 25 3.00pm
Yorkshire v Australia Castleford Tigers - Nov 28 7.30pm
Lancashire v Australia - Regional Arena Manchester Dec 1 1.30pm
1st Test England v Australia - Leigh Sports Village Dec 8 2.00pm
2nd Test England v Australia - Leeds Rhinos Dec 14 7.30pm
Titans linked local young fullback Jaiden West is another talented player who will be looking to get playing time in the 2019 MM Cup competition with the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
Jaiden West is from the Nerang Roosters club for whom he played the 2018 season with in the U16 Division One competition and started at fullback in the GCRL U16 Division One Grand Final as Nerang defeated Currumbin 24 – 8.
Jaiden West also attends PBC as part of their Rugby league Excellence Program and was a standout for PBC in their two point Walters Cup victory over Keebra Park at Pizzey Park earlier this season. That night he terrorised the Keebra Park defence especially the right side.
In Round One of the Gold Coast Rugby League U16 Division One competition, Jaiden West started at fullback in their 60 – 0 victory over Runaway Bay and crossed for one of the Roosters tries on the opening Friday night of the season.
In total in the U16 Division One competition this season for Nerang Jaiden West played in nine matches including the finals series scoring three tries and kicking five goals to finish the season with 22 points.
In addition to his Round One try Jaiden West scored mid-season against Runaway Bay, a match which also saw him kick his five goals, and he also scored in Nerang’s Major semi-final victory over Currumbin.
In 2015 Jaiden West started on the wing for the Titans U13 development squad in a match against a Toowoomba U14 selection in the same year was part of the U13 Gold Coast Vikings representative squad and in 2014 represented South Coast at the U12 level in the Queensland Primary School tournament.
Jaiden West did not get many opportunities on the wing for the development squad as the players inside him like Rixon Andrew, Damon Somerville and Matamatagi Ripley had a field day against the U14 Toowoomba representative selection, meaning the ball did not get out him as much as it usually would in a game. In saying that though he maintained his discipline and did not go chasing the ball but maintained his correct positioning throughout the course of the match.
Titanic
11-11-18, 04:56 PM
Hey mdrew ... do you ever have an off-season break? :surprise: I get exhausted just reading your stuff :cry: stay strong matey, the tide she is a-turning.
All good mate, this time of year is when all of the junior development work is done, for example the outstanding TEDS program is in full swing, the MM Cup and Colts squads are just back into training and will the games done and dusted I get a chance to rewatch a lot of the junior games I have to analyse the next batch of Titans.
You are right the tide has really turned and the Titans are really flying from a junior development perspective and are really taking back the Coast with a number of boys choosing the Titans ahead of Bronco's offers.
Hey mdrew ... do you ever have an off-season break? :surprise: I get exhausted just reading your stuff :cry: stay strong matey, the tide she is a-turning.
lonegull
11-11-18, 06:30 PM
Hey mdrew ... do you ever have an off-season break? :surprise: I get exhausted just reading your stuff :cry: stay strong matey, the tide she is a-turning.
Where would we be without Mdrew and his info on the juniors love getting the write ups and following these players progression, and it’s even better when Mdrew is so positive on the new junior system that’s been put in place
Titanic
11-11-18, 06:56 PM
"There's no rest for the wicked" as they say. I was having a discussion with my wife, one of those rare occasions, and I realised that I had nothing to gripe about ... then she reminded me, wonderful woman that she is, "there is always the 'Ponies" ... and life all fell back into order :?)
Recent Titans signee Tristian Powell shapes as another member of a powerful 2019 Burleigh MM Cup forward pack.
The young backrower spent three seasons in the Brisbane Broncos Junior Development system but after a break out 2018 which saw him play a number of MM Cup matches for Norths as a 17 year old and also represent Queensland at the ASSRL U18 Championships Tristian Powell has recently inked a two year deal with the Titans.
In the MM Cup competition earlier this season, Tristian Powell played in six matches for the Norths Devils including their semi-final victory against the Mackay Cutters and North’s Grand Final loss to Souths Logan.
Tristian Powell started the opening two rounds of the season in the front row and Round Three against Souths Logan from the interchange bench before missing a number of matches, coming back into the side from the bench for Round Seven and the subsequent finals series.
In his six matches Tristian Powell had a try scoring strike rate of 50% with his tries coming in Round Two against Central Queensland, Round Three against Souths Logan and Round Seven against Townsville.
Over the course of the 2018 Tristian Powell represented Met North at the U18 ASSRL Championships starting all of their matches in the front row and from there represented Queensland at the ASSRL U18 Championships where a team mate was fellow Titan David Butler.
In 2017, his first at Nudgee, Tristian Powell represented Brisbane Grey in the South East Queensland U16 pre-season competition, scoring in Round Three of the competition against Brisbane Blue and also was selected in the Queensland U16 side, starting the annual interstate match against New South Wales in the second row along fellow St Mary’s student hooker Jake Simpkin.
In 2016 Tristian Powell represented Darling Downs at the U15 QSSRL Championships, starting at lock. In those Championships he scored on Day Four against Sunshine Coast and on Day One was named the Darling Downs Player of the Match against South Coast.
In 2016 Tristian Powell captained the St Mary’s College U15A side that won the Devere Cup beating Mountain Creek High School 42 – 10 in the final at Bishop with Tristian Powell scoring a strong second half try for the Toowoomba based school.
Recent Titans signee Tristian Powell shapes as another member of a powerful 2019 Burleigh MM Cup forward pack.
The young backrower spent three seasons in the Brisbane Broncos Junior Development system but after a break out 2018 which saw him play a number of MM Cup matches for Norths as a 17 year old and also represent Queensland at the ASSRL U18 Championships Tristian Powell has recently inked a two year deal with the Titans.
In the MM Cup competition earlier this season, Tristian Powell played in six matches for the Norths Devils including their semi-final victory against the Mackay Cutters and North’s Grand Final loss to Souths Logan.
Tristian Powell started the opening two rounds of the season in the front row and Round Three against Souths Logan from the interchange bench before missing a number of matches, coming back into the side from the bench for Round Seven and the subsequent finals series.
In his six matches Tristian Powell had a try scoring strike rate of 50% with his tries coming in Round Two against Central Queensland, Round Three against Souths Logan and Round Seven against Townsville.
Over the course of the 2018 Tristian Powell represented Met North at the U18 ASSRL Championships starting all of their matches in the front row and from there represented Queensland at the ASSRL U18 Championships where a team mate was fellow Titan David Butler.
In 2017, his first at Nudgee, Tristian Powell represented Brisbane Grey in the South East Queensland U16 pre-season competition, scoring in Round Three of the competition against Brisbane Blue and also was selected in the Queensland U16 side, starting the annual interstate match against New South Wales in the second row along fellow St Mary’s student hooker Jake Simpkin.
In 2016 Tristian Powell represented Darling Downs at the U15 QSSRL Championships, starting at lock. In those Championships he scored on Day Four against Sunshine Coast and on Day One was named the Darling Downs Player of the Match against South Coast.
In 2016 Tristian Powell captained the St Mary’s College U15A side that won the Devere Cup beating Mountain Creek High School 42 – 10 in the final at Bishop with Tristian Powell scoring a strong second half try for the Toowoomba based school.
Yea mate hard too see any other teams getting anywhere near the 2 coast sides on paper
Great video on the TEDS launch
https://www.titans.com.au/news/2018/11/12/teds-launch/
In the 2019 Gold Coast Vikings U16 squad a number of players from the 2018 U15 Division Two competition have been named including talented Parkwood Sharks centre Ethan Wilson.
For the Sharks in the U15 Division Two competition, he scored twelve tries and kicked 18 goals to finish the season with 84 points from just eleven matches.
Ethan Wilson scored a hat trick in the Finals series against Coomera and during the season scored doubles against Helensvale, Burleigh and Beaudesert. He also scored in matches against Burleigh, Coomera and Jimboomba.
With the boot, Ethan Wilson kicked seven in an early season match against Helensvale (he also scored a double in the match) and five against Beaudesert late in the regular season.
Powerful young second rower Lucan Robb has recently been named in the 2019 U16 Gold Coast Vikings U16 train on squad after a 2018 season with Runaway Bay in the U15 Division One competition that saw the Seagulls go down in the Grand Final 38-20 to a rampant Ormeau side. Lucan Robb started the Grand Final in the second row.
Lucan Robb’s sole try in his 12 U15 Division One matches came against Burleigh late in the season and he played one U16 Division One match this season which was against Mudgeeraba.
In addition to playing rugby league for Runaway Bay Lucan Robb played club rugby on the Gold Coast for the Griffith University Colleges U15 side playing in ten matches primarily from the interchange bench early in the season but he did start a number of matches as the season progressed including Round Twelve when he started on the right wing against the Bond Pirates. Lucan Robb started in Round 13 at fullback against PBC Alleygator, also starting there in Round 16 against Casino. In Round 14 he started in the centres against the Gold Coast Eagles and in Round 17 on the left wing against the Helensvale Hogs.
Lucan Robb started from the interchange bench in the 47-19 Grand Final win over the Helensvale Hogs in a match that was curtain raiser to an Wallabies v Argentina International at Cbus stadium.
In his first match of the season, being Round Two Lucan Robb scored after starting from the bench against the PBC Alleygators.
Young Burleigh centre and Keebra Park student Jesse Harrison had a busy 2018, playing for the Bears in three different competitions as well as for Keebra Park in their 10A and 10 B School Boy sides. An acknowledgement of his season was forth coming by being awarded the 2018 Burleigh Bears U15 Division One Coaches award.
In the U15 Division One competition he played twelve matches scoring seven tries including a hat trick against Southport and he also scored against Helensvale, Ormeau, Currumbin and Robina.
Jesse Harrison also played in matches in both the U16 Division One competition and the U16 Division Two competition.
2019 will be just as busy as he has been named in the Gold Coast Vikings U16 train on squad and will also continue to play for Keebra Park and Burleigh in the U16 Division One competition.
One member of the 2019 U16 Gold Coast Vikings that will get spectators to sit up and take notice when he gets the ball is a local young Connor Te Kani centre who played his club rugby league on the Gold Coast with the Coomera Cutter in the 2018 GCRL U15 Division One competition.
For the Cutters (he had previously played for Runaway Bay) Connor Te Kani played in eleven matches, including points and finished as one of the competitions leading point scorers with 84 from ten tries and twenty two goals.
In Round Two of the U15 Division One Final’s series, Connor Te Kani started at five eight and kicked a conversion as Coomera went down 44 – 6 to eventual Grand Final winners Ormeau.
In the U15 Division One Preliminary Final Connor Te Kani once again started at five eight, scoring a try and kicking a conversion as Coomera bowed out of the competition on the back of a 58 – 14 loss to Runaway Bay.
In addition to his finals try, Connor Te Kani scored four doubles which came in matches against Currumbin (in two matches), Mudgeeraba and Ormeau. Connor Te Kani’s other try came late in the season against Mudgeeraba.
Connor Te Kani had some big matches from a goal kicking perspective in 2018 including six goals in a match against Currumbin (he also scored a double in the same match) and five against Mudgeeraba late in the season.
In addition Connor Te Kani was co-captain of the Griffith University Colleges U15 rugby side that won their Grand Final, which was played as a curtain raiser to the Wallabies against Argentina test 47 – 19 against the Helensvale Hogs with Connor Te Kani starting the Grand Final at fullback.
In total for Griffith University Colleges Connor Te Kani played in fourteen matches, starting six at fullback, two from the interchange bench, two at fly half (No. 10), two at inside centre and two at outside centre.
Connor Te Kani scored three tries and kicked eight conversions, including three in Round Fourteen against the Gold Coast Eagles. Connor Te Kani’s tries came in Round Nine against the Gold Coast Eagles, Round Twelve against Bond University and in Round Fifteen against the Surfers Dolphins.
Connor Te Kani was also part of the Queensland Red side that won the Australian Gold Cup (U15) Championships starting at outside centre in the final as Queensland Red were victorious 17 – 5 against NSW Gen Blue I. Connor Te Kani also started at outside centre in the semi-final.
Ballina Seagulls and Ballina High School second rower Reece Noble has recently been selected in the Titans Group One U15 Development squad after a 2018 season that saw him represent Group One at the U14 NSW Age Championships, playing five matches and playing 13 matches for the Seagulls in the Group One U14 competition.
In his 13 Group One U14 matches Reece Noble scored six tries including a double against Grafton and he also scored in matches against Lismore Marist Brothers in two separate matches, Clarence Coast and Casino RSM.
Young lock Jack Smith has recently signed a scholarship with the Titans from the Forbes Spacemen after playing for the New South Wales Country U16 side against a Titans U16 squad at Cudgen.
Jack Smith started from the bench for the New South Wales Country side in the match with New South Wales Country running out 30 – 10 winners in wet and miserable conditions. Jake Smith was also part of the New South Wales Country side that defeated PNG U16’s a couple of days earlier in Ballina in Northern new South Wales.
Playing in the Group 11 competition for the Parkes Spacemen Jack Smith played in both the U16 and U18 competitions over the course of the 2018 season. In the U16 competition Jack Smith spent time at fullback including starting the Grand Final there. Jack Smith also played eight U18 matches scoring a hat trick in his first career U18 match against Dubbo Macquarie.
Jack Smith was also part of this season’s victorious Western Rams U18 Laurie Daley Cup side and started at lock as they defeated Illawarra South Coast Dragons in the final. Jack Smith started all seven of the matches that he was involved in and scored three tries, including a double against the Wests Tigers in Round Three and in Round Two he scored against the Riverina Bulls.
In 2017 Jake Smith was selected at fullback for the New South Wales Combined Catholic Colleges side from Red Bend Catholic College starting all of the matches that he played in during the ASSRL U15 Championships.
Young try scoring Lismore Marist Brothers winger Damon Caldwell is another Ballina High School student that is part of the Titans Group One U15 Development Squad.
In 2018 Damon Caldwell represented the Group One U14 side at the NSW Age Championships and played for Marist Brothers in the Group One competition in both the U14 and U15 age groups.
In the U15 age group in his three matches including his debit against Kyogle in May and subsequent matches against South Grafton and Casino RSM, Damon Caldwell played alongside Titans contracted and fellow Ballina High School student Rowan Mansfield.
Damon Caldwell finished the 2018 Group One U14 season as the fifth leading try scorer with a strike rate of 121% from 14 matches.
Damon Caldwell scored a hat trick against Grafton and doubles against Casino RSM, Grafton and against Ballina in consecutive matches in June. He also scored single tries in matches against Clarence Coast twice, Ballina and Kyogle.
Talented young hooker Blake Mozer is from the Runaway Bay Seagulls junior rugby league club on the Gold Coast and currently part of the Titans TEDS Program.
Blake Mozer currently attends Keebra Park State High School and is part of the Rugby League Excellence Program there and at their recent Awards night was named the Year 9 Most Valuable Player and also named at hooker in the Keebra Park 2018 Team of the Year, which is no mean feat at all.
From a representative perspective, this season, Blake Mozer played hooker for the South East Queensland Green U14 side at the Queensland Age Championships.
This season for Runaway Bay, Blake Mozer played across two age groups being his “normal’ age group in the U14 Division One competition, playing six matches and in the U15 Division One competition where he played in eight matches including starting all four of Runaway Bay’s finals matches from the bench and in the Grand Final kicked a conversion as the Seagulls went down 38 – 20 against Ormeau.
In his first U14 Division One match of the season, Blake Mozer scored his sole U14 try of the season against Mudgeeraba and in the U15 Division One competition, he scored his sole try in eight matches against Currumbin.
Blake Mozer played the 2017 GCJRL season with the Runaway Bay Seagulls in the U13 Division One competition playing a total of thirteen matches all at hooker and in the process scored ten tries and also converted one of his tries in a Round Two clash against Burleigh Maroon. In the match noted already being against Burleigh Maroon, Blake Mozer in fact scored a hat trick to cap off a great match. Blake Mozer also scored a double in an early season clash against Jimboomba and late in the year scored a double against Nerang. Blake Mozer also scored against Nerang in a semi-final clash.
For Keebra Park State High School in 2017 Blake Mozer was part of the Renouf Cup squad that backed up their 2016 success with another dominant 2017 Renouf Cup competition defeating Coombabah State High School 20 – 18 in the final. Blake Mozer was named Player of the Match primarily for his big defensive effort.
In the 2016 U12 Division One grand final Blake Mozer started at hooker for Runaway Bay and in fact as their sole try scorer in their 10 – 6 loss to Helensvale in the 2016 Grand Final. Over the course of the 2016 season, Blake Mozer was Runaway Bay’s top scorer and finished third overall in the competition in that category. He crossed for ten tries and also kicked three goals for a total point’s tally of 46. Blake Mozer scored a hat trick against Southport and also a double against Currumbin. In addition he also played one match up at the U13 Division One level during the season.
From Keebra Park Blake Mozer was selected at hooker in the 2016 U12 South Coast side for the Queensland U12 championships which were held on the Gold Coast in July where South Coast finished third and from there was selected in the Queensland U12 side, also at hooker along with fellow Keebra student front rower Xavier Collins.
Unfortunately for Blake Mozer he was only able to play a couple of matches for South Coast before suffering a championship ending dislocation injury on Day Three but still impressed enough to make the Queensland side from his limited opportunities. Blake Mozer was also part of Keebra Park’s successful Renouf Cup side in 2016, no small feat as he was playing against boys a year older than himself.
Titans contracted local young front rower Brody Smitka is one of a number of Titans contracted players that have been named in the 2019 Gold Coast Vikings U16 train on squad.
Brody Smitka has played in two matches in Titans colours this season, the first when he started in the front row in the Titans U15 Invitational side that defeated a Western Mustangs Invitational side in March at Nerang and most recently when he once again started in the front row as the Titans overcame a Balmain Tigers U15 side 16-10 at Cudgen.
In the early exchanges of the Balmain match Brody Smitka and front row partner Jack Cullen dominated a much bigger Tigers forward pack.
The Coomera Anglican College student also this season was selected in the U15 Queensland White side for the U15 ASSRL National Championships after performing solidly for the South Coast U15 side for whom he started in the front row in the QSSRL U15 Championships held in Townsville in April of this year.
Even though he was still eligible for the U15 competition, Brody Smitka just like he has done in previous seasons has started the current season “up” an age group.
Brody Smitka started at lock for most if not all 13 of his U16 Division One matches for Helensvale scoring against Southport in early August to record his one and only try of the 2018 season.
Crafty half Matt Buttenshaw is a Titans linked youngster who at just 18 years old made his NRRRL First Grade debut over the course of the 2018 season.
He started off the season played for Northern Rivers in the New South Wales Country U18 Laurie Daley Cup competition starting in a different position in each of his three games. In Round One he started at half, in Round Three at fullback against North Coast and Round Four saw Matt Buttenshaw start at five eight against the Greater Northern Tigers, a match that saw him score in the 26th minute of the first half.
For Ballina in the NRRRL U18 competition, Matt Buttenshaw played in six matches, in his third year in the competition and made his NRRRL First Grade debut in March against Cudgen.
Over the last couple of seasons Matt Buttenshaw has had success at the schoolboy level for St Johns College Woodlawn, including this season when Woodlawn defeated Newman Technical College Port Macquarie 4 – 0 in the NSW CCC Plate Final and in 2017 when Woodlawn won the NSW GIO Trophy.
The Northern Rivers Titans have started their off season training program in preparation for their Andrew Johns and Laurie Daley Cup competitions in 2019, the Titans prominent jerseys are a great design.
2018 PBC Ryan James Medal winner and Titans contracted hooker Kaden Somerville will be difficult to keep out of the final 2019 Gold Coast Vikings U16’s when they are named.
The outstanding hooking prospect recently started at hooker for the Titans U15 side in their 16-10 win against a Balmain Tigers U15 touring side at Cudgen.
This season Kaden Somerville played for the Burleigh Bears U15 Division One side, spending the majority of the season at hooker.
In the GCRL U15 Division One competition Kaden Somerville played in nine matches including Burleigh’s two finals matches scoring two tries, with those tries coming in consecutive matches in late July 2018 against the Robina Raptors and the Mudgeeraba Redbacks.
In Week One of the U15 Division One finals Kaden Somerville started at hooker as Burleigh defeated Southport 72 -2 and also started at hooker in Week Two of the finals as Burleigh were knocked out after going down 34 – 24 against Runaway Bay.
Former Northern Territory youngster Brock Priestley moved down to the Gold Coast midway through the 2017 season playing this season in the GCRL U15 Division One competition for the Ormeau Shearers and enjoyed success straight off the bat, starting the U15 Division One Grand Final in the centres and scoring as the Shearers defeated Runaway Bay 38 – 20 to make it two from two Grand Finals since his arrival on the Gold Coast.
Brock Priestly converted that success into an opportunity with the Titans U15 Development squad and was part of the side that played against a Balmain Tigers U15 touring side recently with the Titans winning 16 - 10.
As a result of his performances Brock Priestley has recently signed a Titans contract to join an outstanding crop of 2019 U16 players who are contracted to the Titans.
To cap off an outstanding season, recently Brock Priestley was named in the Gold Coast Vikings U16 Training Squad for the 2019 U16 South East Queensland Challenge.
For Ormeau in the U15 Division One competition this season, including finals matches, Brock Priestley played in twelve matches scoring six tries for a solid 50% strike rate.
In Week One of the U15 Division One of the Finals Brock Priestley started in the centres and scored as Ormeau defeated Runaway Bay 28 – 12. Brock Priestly backed that up in Week Two starting in the centres and scoring once again as the Shearers qualified for the Grand Final with a 44 – 6 win over Coomera.
In addition to his three finals tries (from three finals matches), Brock Priestly scored three U15 Division One regular season tries including a double against Robina and a late June try against Southport.
In addition to playing rugby league for Ormeau this season Brock Priestley also played club rugby on the Gold Coast for the Griffith University Colleges U15 side who won the Grand Final which ended in a 47 – 19 victory over the Helensvale Hogs in a match that was curtain raiser to the Wallabies v Argentina test at Cbus stadium. Brock Priestley started the match at lock.
In total for the Griffith University Colleges U15 side Brock Priestley played in eight matches including the Grand Final starting five at lock and coming off the bench in the remaining three.
Brock Priestley’s first match with the Griffith University Colleges U15 side was in Round Eleven against Wollongbar/Alstonville with his first match from the interchange bench being in Round Fourteen against the Gold Coast Eagles.
Brock Priestley scored two tries for the Griffith University Colleges side, the first coming in Round Fourteen against the Gold Coast Eagles with his second try coming in their semi-final victory over the Helensvale Hogs.
Brock Priestley played his first rugby league game in the Gold Coast in late June 2017 after his move down from the Northern Territory. Brock Priestley played one U14 Division Three match in 2017 for Ormeau scoring a try and kicking two goals against Mudgeeraba.
Brock Priestley in 2017 also played in six U14 Division One matches and scored his first try in that age group actually in the Grand Final when he started a lock as Ormeau overcame Burleigh 31 – 16.
In 2017 prior to his Gold Coast move, Brock Priestley played for the Litchfield Rugby League club in the Harvey Norman U14 competition in Darwin, playing in seven matches and scoring eight tries and kicking nine goals to finish his abridged 2017 season with 50 points, scoring in each of his matches.
Brock Priestley scored doubles against the Palmerston Raiders and the Nightcliff Dragons and also scored against South Darwin in two matches, Darwin Brothers and Litchfield Red.
Brock Priestley in 2017 impressively also played in four U16 matches and scored in just his second match against the Nightcliff Dragons after making his U16 debut a fortnight earlier against the Northern Sharks.
Brock Priestley also played some representative rugby league in the Northern Territory including in 2017 representing the Northern Territory in the U14 Norther Queensland Junior Championships.
Brock Priestley played for the Good Shepherd Lutheran College including being named their Most Valuable Player in the final of the 2015 Palmerston with Good Shephard defeating Bakewell 28 – 12 in the final.
Titans contracted second rower Flynn Daniel is another member of the outstanding Titans U15 side that defeated the U15 Balmain Tigers 16-10 with Flynn Daniel starting the match at right second row and joins a number of team mates in the 2019 U16 Gold Coast Vikings train on squad.
This season the Burleigh Bears second rower played some outstanding rugby league in the U15 Division One competition and for PBC which led to his selection in the South Coast U15 side.
From the QSSRL U15 Championships Flynn Daniel was selected for the Queensland U15 White side for the ASSRL U15 Championships. In those Championships Flynn Daniel played in all four of their matches with those matches being against New South Wales Combined Independent Schools, ACT on two occasions and Queensland Maroon.
In the GCRL U15 Division One competition Flynn Daniel played in nine matches including Burleigh’s two finals matches scoring thirteen tries (144% strike rate), finishing third on the U15 Division One try scoring list and in fact led all forwards from a try scoring perspective in the 2018 U15 Division One competition.
In Week One of the U15 Division One finals Flynn Daniel started in the second row as Burleigh defeated Southport 72 -2 scoring a hat trick and also started in the second row in Week Two of the finals as Burleigh were knocked out after going down 34 – 24 against Runaway Bay with Flynn Daniel contributing a double for Burleigh.
In addition to the outstanding U15 Division One Finals series noted above, Flynn Daniel scored eight tries in the U15 Division One regular season, including hat tricks against Southport and Coomera and he also scored against Currumbin and Robina.
Well done to Titans Juwan Compain, Will Evans, Tristian Powell and Alofiana Khan-Pereira for being named in the 2019 Queensland U18 Emerging Origin Squad.
Congratulations to Kea Pere for his selection in the 2019 Queensland U20 Emerging Origin Squad.
Any players named in the NSW U16 Koori side linked to the Titans mdrew?
I don't believe so mate
Any players named in the NSW U16 Koori side linked to the Titans mdrew?
18 year old South’s Logan Magpies centre Ioane Seuili is currently training with the Titans NRL squad in the first half of the pre-season after a 2018 season which by any measure was simply outstanding.
The former Keebra Park student started the 2018 season in the South’s Logan MM Cup side that won the Queensland Grand Final, started in the centres for the Queensland U18 side (They went down 16 – 10 to NSW), progressed to the South’s Logan Hastings Deering’s Colts side and then made a deserved Queensland Cup debut, and of course signing with the Titans and now training with the NRL squad.
In the 2018 MM Cup competition, Ioane Seuili started all ten of South’s Logan’s matches in the centres, including the Queensland Finals and the National final against Penrith. In total Ioane Seuili scored four tries with those tries coming in rounds Two, Three, Five and Six against the Northern Pride, Norths, Wynnum Manly and Central Queensland respectively.
Ioane Seuili made his Queensland Cup debut in Round 15 against Redcliffe, starting on the wing and playing the entire 80 minutes. In the match he made an impressive five tackle breaks to pace the Magpies in that category in the match, ran for 86.5 metres from fifteen runs, with 18 of those metres post contact (20.81%). Ioane Seuili also made seven tackles at a tackling efficiency of 70%.
Post his Queensland Cup debut, Ioane Seuili moved to the Souths Logan Hasting’s Deering’s U20 Colts side coming into the side in Round Seventeen against Central Queensland. In total he played in seven U20 Colts matches including the Magpies Final’s loss to the Northern Pride, starting all in the centres and scoring in Round Twenty Four being the final regular season round against the Ipswich Jets.
Ioane Seuili played for Souths Logan in the MM Cup competition in 2017 before turning out form the Ormeau Shearers in the Gold Coast Rugby League competition.
For the Ormeau Shearers in 2017 Ioane Seuili has played in three first grade matches and elven at in the Doug Lipp competition including scoring a try against the Bilambil Jets in early July. Ioane Seuili made his first grade debut in June against Runaway Bay and has also turned out against Bilambil and Burleigh.
For South’s Logan in the 2017 MM Cup competition Ioane Seuili played in three matches being Round two where he started in the centres, Round Three also starting in the centres and Round Four when Ioane Seuili started at fullback. Ioane Seuili scored in Round Two against the Sunshine Coast Falcons and also in Round Three the following week against the Central Crows.
In 2017 Ioane Seuili was selected in the South Coast Open Rugby League squad and was also been a key member of Keebra Park’s push in the GIO Cup competition culminating in their Queensland GIO Cup final victory against Marsden.
Ioane Seuili started in the centres for Keebra Park in the National GIO Cup Final against Westfield Sports High and scored as Keebra Park won 25 – 12.
Ioane Seuili also had a great 2016 season which culminating in his selection in the Queensland U16 side where he started in the centres against New South Wales.
In the 2016 CC Cup Ioane Seuili played the season for the Souths Logan Magpies and had an outstanding campaign including starting at fullback in the CC Grand Final held at Langland’s Park Stones Corner where he in addition to kicking the first two conversions for the Magpies, scored a good try when he barged through the Townsville Stingers defence.
In addition to the 2016 CC Cup Grand Final Ioane Seuili had some outstanding matches in the CC competition including scoring a hat track against the Easts Tigers and also scoring in South Logan’s semi-final victory over the North’s Devils.
In 2015 Ioane Seuili was part of the Queensland U15 side that performed so well in the ASSRL Championships including scoring a hat trick on Day One against New South Wales Combined Catholic Colleges and also scored on Day Four against New South Wales Combined Independent Schools. Ioane Seuili has also represented Samoa at junior levels.
One of the most fascinating stories of the 2019 season may just play itself out on the Titans doorstep with young German half (Yes German) Brad Billsborough signing for the Grafton Ghosts turning down two offers to join UK Super League sides.
This season in the UK the just turned 20 year old nuggety half started the 2018 season with Whitehaven in League 1, but earned a move to Championship outfit Swinton Lions midway through the season.
Impressive to think that he has turned down two full time contract offers to sign with the Grafton Ghosts in the Titans catchment area.
Maybe just maybe Queensland Cup in 2020 with Tweed Heads or Burleigh.
The initial 2019 Gold Coast Vikings U16 train on squad looks an outstanding group and one of the standouts is Titans contracted lock Bailey Martin.
Underlining his immense talent is the fact that he was named as the Titans best forward in their recent 16-10 win over a Balmain Tigers U15 touring side after starting the match at lock.
Bailey Martin had a stellar QSSRL U15 Championships where he starred for South Coast at lock picking up a number of Player of the Match awards and was subsequently selected in the Queensland Maroon side for the ASSRL U15 Championships in July, where he was an unlucky omission from the U15 Australian Merit side.
Bailey Martin was named at lock for Queensland Green who went through the competition undefeated with Bailey Martin involved in each of Queensland Green’s four matches including the Championship final against NSW CCC.
Bailey Martin also started at lock for PBC in their Walters Cup match against rivals Keebra Park at Pizzey Park recently with PBC winning 22 – 16 in a tough match where the last ten minutes or so was particularly willing to say the least. Could not see what happened to set it off from where I watched the game but it got very willing especially between both sets of forwards with the game in the balance.
Bailey Martin was also involved in PBC’s 22 – 18 win over Ipswich State High School and their 18 – 16 loss against Marsden at Waterford where the PBC just could not finish Marsden off in the final ten minutes or so of the match. In the final ten minutes against Marsden Bailey Martin pulled off some outstanding front on tackles against the Marsden forwards and was the PBC forward urging his side on.
Bailey Martin was also part of the 2018 U15 Queensland Emerging Origin squad and attended a number of camps that have been held this year including one on the Sunshine Coast in February where the U15 squad played a simulated match against the U16 Emerging Origin squad.
For the 2018 season Bailey Martin played for the Burleigh Bears in the Gold Coast Junior Rugby League competition at the U15 Division One level in Round One of the U15 Division One competition Bailey Martin started at lock against Helensvale and scored as Burleigh won the match 56 – 10. Bailey Martin also scored tries against Southport in separate matches in July and August to finish with a 30% strike rate through ten U15 Division One matches.
Recently Bailey Martin was also nominated for the PBC Junior Sportsman of the Year award and has an absolutely outstanding future ahead of him.
RenegadeGC
19-11-18, 09:18 AM
Congratulations to Kea Pere for his selection in the 2019 Queensland U20 Emerging Origin Squad.
Kai O'Donnell must be very unlucky to miss out on this squad mate. Considering his efforts in ISC this year and now doing a preseason with the NRL squad
Darius Farmer too mate and Jaxson Paulo also for that matter but agree Kai O’Donnell is very unlucky.
Kai O'Donnell must be very unlucky to miss out on this squad mate. Considering his efforts in ISC this year and now doing a preseason with the NRL squad
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And stunning that Ioane Seuili was also not there
Well done to Grafton Ghost Ashton Randall for being named Clarence Valley Junior Sportsperson of the year.
RenegadeGC
19-11-18, 02:08 PM
Darius Farmer too mate and Jaxson Paulo also for that matter but agree Kai O’Donnell is very unlucky.
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And stunning that Ioane Seuili was also not there
Yeah mate, very interesting to see.
I think Jaxson and Darius missed out as they were included in this years Junior Kiwis squad which makes them ineligible for Origin.
Yes mate you are spot on. Sorry about that
Perhaps Kai will be next years 'Beau Fermor' bolter for the QLD U20 side. For those who missed out on the camp, this should motivate them.
Mr Bods
19-11-18, 07:48 PM
See the article on David Waite working at Currumbin Eagles?
RenegadeGC
19-11-18, 10:32 PM
See the article on David Waite working at Currumbin Eagles?
Is it Currumbin or Runaway Bay??
Mr Bods
20-11-18, 06:07 AM
Is it Currumbin or Runaway Bay??
U r right-Runaway Bay
All the best to Titans youngster Juwan Compain who flies out today with the Australian School Boys side for their UK tour.
The 2019 Gold Coast Vikings U16 squad has a number of talented second rowers to choose from including Burleigh’s Seth Gibbs.
This season in the U15 Division One competition he played in eleven matches scoring six tries including a mid-season double against Mudgeeraba and tries against Helensvale, Currumbin, Southport and Runaway Bay in the Final’s series.
Seth Gibbs also played one U16 Division Two match which came against Robina in the Grand Final when he started from the bench as Burleigh won 18-16 in a tight match.
Big strong young Southport Tigers front rower Carson Patu will show his skill set for the Gold Coast Vikings U16 side in 2019 after recently being named in the training squad.
This season in the U15 Division One competition he finished with an impressive strike rate of 75% from just eight matches.
He scored doubles against Robina and Helensvale, and also scored in games against Coomera and Helensvale in Round One.
This season He Patu also played a number of club rugby matches for the Griffith University Colleges U15 side including starting in the front row in their 47-19 Grand Final victory over the Helensvale Hogs which was played at Skilled Stadium which was played as a curtain raiser to a Wallabies match.
For the Griffith University Colleges U15 side he played a variety of positions including front row and open and blindside flanker.
U15 Division One Helensvale lock Jay Blazek shapes as a smoky to stand out for the 2019 Gold Coast Vikings U16 side after a more than solid season for the Hornets where he played eleven matches, scoring five tries along the way.
Jay Blazek scored a late season double against Mudgeeraba and also scored against Burleigh and Currumbin twice.
Powerful winger Tyreese Pati-Sialapae had a great end to the 2018 season, including starting on the wing for Ormeau as they won the U15 Division One Grand Final 38-20 against Runaway Bay and subsequently was named in the 2019 Gold Coast Vikings U16 train on squad.
For Ormeau this season he was involved in eleven matches scoring six tries, including doubles against Southport and Coomera and single tries in matches against Mudgeeraba and Runaway Bay.
Starting in the front row for the Grand Final winning U15 Division One Ormeau side in their 38-20 victory against Runaway bay was a fitting end to a solid season for front row prospect Ngariki Weston as was his subsequent selection in the 2019 Gold Coast Viking sU16 side.
This season for the Shearers he played in eleven U15 Division One matches scoring 16 points from three tries and two goals. He started in the season in style scoring in the opening two rounds against Burleigh and Mudgeeraba and then had a big game mid-season against Robina when he scored a try and kicked two goals.
Second rower LT Anae is another member of Ormeau’s Grand Final winning U15 Division One side that has been selected in the 2019 Gold Coast Viking sU16 side.
He started the Grand Final from the bench and over the course of the 2018 season scored four tries from eleven matches, scoring a double against Southport and also scored against Runaway Bay and Robina.
Pushing for playing time in of the two 2019 Gold Coast Vikings U16 sides will be Helensvale front rower Brock Buckley.
In the U15 Division One side for the Hornets this season the young front rower scored two early season tries against Burleigh and Southport in his eleven matches.
In the U15 Division One competition this season, a number of hookers really stood out including Currumbin youngster Brodie Desmond and as a consequence has been selected 2019 Gold Coast Viking sU16 side.
In the U15 Division One competition for the Eagles, he scored an impressive six tries from just nine matches including doubles in Rounds Four and Five against Burleigh and Southport and he also scored against Mudgeeraba and Runaway Bay.
Highlighting his toughness, Brodie Desmond also played three matches for Currumbin in the U16 Division One competition scoring in his second and third matches in that competition against Burleigh and Runaway Bay respectively. Brodie Desmond made his U16 Division One debut early in the season against Runaway Bay.
Ormeau Shearers U15 Division One Grand Final winning winger Cooper Blackwell will be pushing for 2019 U16 Gold Coast Vikings selection after a 2018 season that saw him score against Robina in late July.
This season Cooper Blackwell also played in one U15 Division Two match which was against Burleigh in May.
The Ormeau Shearers have supplied ten players to the 2019 Gold Coast Vikings train on squad, one being utility back Cassidy McNamara who started on the bench in the Shearers 38-20 Grand Final victory over Runaway Bay.
In his twelve matches this season he has started at fullback and five eight as well as coming off the bench and scored his sole try of the season in late June against Southport.
Currumbin Eagles second rower Jotham Russell played a lot of rugby league in 2018 and in 2019 he is likely to play as much after recently being named in the 2019 Gold Coast Vikings train on squad.
He played 17 matches for Currumbin this season splitting time between the U15 Division One and U16 Division One competitions.
In the U15 Division One competition Jotham Russell played in eight matches scoring three tries which came in matches against Coomera, Helensvale and Runaway Bay.
He also played in eight U16 Division One matches including Currumbin’s finals matches and started the U16 Division One grand Final from the bench as they went down 24-8 to Nerang.
Jotham Russell’s sole U16 Division One try came against Nerang in August.
On three occasions this season he played in the U15 Division One match before backing up for the U16 Division One match on the same night.
Young front rower Aryan Monroe from the Robina Raptors has recently been selected in the 2019 Gold Coast Vikings U16 train on squad after a 2018 season which saw him playing primarily in the U16 Division Two competition.
In the U16 Division Two competition for Robina Aryan Monroe ended the season with four tries including doubles against Runaway Bay and Helensvale through eight matches.
He also played in one U15 Division One match which was against Ormeau in late July.
Parkwood Sharks U15 Division Two centre Lorenzo Satae has recently been selected in the 2019 Gold Coast Vikings U16 train on squad.
Lorenzo Satae scored three tries from his eleven matches with those tries coming against Helensvale, Ormeau and Beaudesert.
Mudgeeraba’s Sam Capel has recently been selected in the 2019 Gold Coast Vikings U16 train on squad after a solid season for the Redbacks in the U15 Division One competition that saw the five eight play in nine matches scoring 26 points from a try against Runaway Bay in Round Two and 11 eleven goals including kicking four in late July against Robina.
This season Sam Capel also played in four U16 Division One matches for the Redbacks scoring 16 points from a try against Burleigh and six goals including kicking four in a match against Runaway Bay in late June.
The Beaudesert Kingfishers Ethan Haack has been selected in the 2019 Gold Coast Vikings U16 train on squad.
He played this season primarily in the U15 Division Two competition scoring four tries from nine matches, including a double against Coomera and tries against Helensvale and Jimboomba.
Ethan Haack also played one match against Ormeau in the U16 Division Two competition.
Jake Simpkin and Tommy Deardon confirmed starters for Wynnum MM Squad both were in Titans catchment area but lost too Broncos
Talented Coomera half Jardyn Watene is one of a number of Cutters players selected in the 2019 Gold Coast Vikings U16 train on squad.
For the Cutters in the U15 Division One competition he played in eleven matches scoring against Ormeau in the first week of the Finals and kicking two goals in Round One against Mudgeeraba.
Matthew Ioane after a season which saw him start from the interchange bench for Ormeau in their U15 Division One 38-20 Grand Final victory over Runaway Bay has been selected in the 2019 Gold Coast Vikings U16 train on squad.
In his eleven matches in the U15 Division One competition Matthew Ioane scored an early season double against Helensvale and scored in consequetive matches late in the season against Robina and Runaway Bay.
Coomera Cutters U15 Division One second rower Jay Marsters has recently been selected in the 2019 Gold Coast Vikings U16 train on squad after a 2018 season that saw him play ten matches scoring 30 points from six tries and three goals.
Jay Marsters had a huge match in Round One scoring a hat trick and kicking two goals against Mudgeeraba and also scored tries against Burleigh, Southport and Helensvale.
Jake Simpkin and Tommy Deardon confirmed starters for Wynnum MM Squad both were in Titans catchment area but lost too Broncos
Any other notable players in that squad?
I think a couple of younger Bronco boys mate they are releasing the squad soon they tell me
One of the more interesting players who will line up for the 2019 Gold Coast Vikings U16 side is Helensvale fullback Darias Christie. In 2018 he proved once again that he is a natural try scorer.
For the Helensvale U15 Division One side Darias Christie had an 80% strike rate through ten matches including a final regular season round hat trick against Southport. Darias Christie over the course of the season also scored a double against Coomera and also scored against Currumbin, Ormeau and Southport.
In the U15 Division Two competition Darias Christie’s strike rate from three matches was 233% including four tries against Beaudesert, a double against Ormeau and a further try against Ormeau. For Helensvale in the U15 Division Two side he was the primary goal kicker in his three games and in those games kicked nine goals including five against Beaudesert to finish that particular match with 26 points when you add in his four tries.
Darias Christie also played in one U16 Division One match when he came on against Burleigh late in the season and played a number of club rugby matches for the Griffith University Colleges U15 side including their semi-final victory against Helensvale.
Australian School Boys featuring Titan Juwan Compain defeated England Academies 92-0 this morning.
Titanic
26-11-18, 09:46 AM
Must be a misprint surely ... 92-0 isn’t even a mismatch.
No misprint
Must be a misprint surely ... 92-0 isn’t even a mismatch.
George Santos-Motuapuaka is a Victorian centre or winger at the start of the 2018 season was part of the Victorian Thunderbolts U20 Hastings Deering’s Colts squad but did not end up featuring in any of their matches instead he played for the Casey Warriors in the Victorian Rugby League competition after transferring from the South Eastern Tigers.
For the Casey Warriors George Santos-Motuapuaka started the season in their First Grade side playing in three matches including scoring in his First Grade debut against the Waverley Oakleigh Panthers. George Santos-Motuapuaka’s other two Victorian First Grade Matches this season were against the Sunbury United Tigers and the Truganina Rabbitoh’s.
George Santos-Motuapuaka also played in one Victorian Reserve Grade match this season which was against the Truganina Rabbitoh’s a match which George Santos-Motuapuaka scored in.
For those interested, below is a link to the match with Titans Juwan Compain is in the 11 jersey.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=160&v=9vA6rjd3XVk
Australian School Boys featuring Titan Juwan Compain defeated England Academies 92-0 this morning.
Australian schoolboys defeated Yorkshire 30-22 in their second match this morning,
Australian School Boys featuring Titan Juwan Compain defeated England Academies 92-0 this morning.
titans99
30-11-18, 12:44 PM
Australian schoolboys defeated Yorkshire 30-22 in their second match this morning,
After watching they better improve before they play the tests you can’t tell me that’s the best schoolboy side we could have picked I know it goes on the trials but were players unavailable for the trials if not I think some players are very lucky to be there congrats to them but I in recent years they wouldn’t have even got a look in
After watching they better improve before they play the tests you can’t tell me that’s the best schoolboy side we could have picked I know it goes on the trials but were players unavailable for the trials if not I think some players are very lucky to be there congrats to them but I in recent years they wouldn’t have even got a look in
Doesnt always go on the trials mate hooker ryan gray only played 1 and a half games out of 4 at the trials but was still selected , he has since shown why he as picked though as he is going well
Looks like Burleigh may have snared another NZ recruit for their HDC campaign.
RenegadeGC
07-12-18, 11:46 AM
Looks like Burleigh may have snared another NZ recruit for their HDC campaign.
Who that mate? Anyone of note?
Looks like Burleigh may have snared another NZ recruit for their HDC campaign.
The MM squad have there first round of cuts next week I believe so I imagine the HDC boys will too. I’d say there will be squad lists published soon after.
Ioane Seiuli among the Titans train-and-triallists impressing; all the goss from around the traps
HOPE is in the air surrounding the Gold Coast’s 2019 NRL prospects and fans are not the only ones brimming with more excitement than usual.
“I’m counting down the days,” Titans coach Garth Brennan beamed.
“Pre-season drags on for coaches as well as it does for players.
“I can’t wait until we start playing but in saying that, come Round 1 against the Raiders I am going to have a headache on my hands picking a team … and I think that’s why people are excited.
“They look at the squad on paper and think how are they going to fit all of that in? There is going to be some quality left out Round 1
“It’s a long season and you need that depth if you want to be successful.”
Brennan came into a tricky situation when he was appointed in October 2017 to succeed Neil Henry.
Morale was low after the public feud between Henry and Jarryd Hayne, and when the latter quit the club soon after, the Titans were left with a million-dollar hole in their roster.
Fast forward 12 months and the good news has barely stopped. Mal Meninga is on staff, Steve Mitchell has joined as chief executive, a leagues club is in the works and a major development program has launched.
For nine fresh faces on the playing side of things, the next two weeks will be pivotal to their chances of being around the growing positivity at Parkwood for a bit longer given train-and-trial contracts expire at the Christmas break.
Troy Leo, Dylan Phythian, Christian Hazard, John Palavi and Jacob Hind are the older contingent for whom one of the last two top 30 roster spots is not out of the question.
Kai O’Donnell, Ben Thomas, Treymain Spry and Ioane Seiuli are also trialling for development deals, with the latter particularly impressing.
Three players – Jaxson Paulo, Darius Farmer and Kea Pere – already hold development contracts, with a maximum of six able to be handed out on top of top 30 deals.
“I’m really happy with all of the train and triallists,” Brennan said.
“Sometimes it can be a bit dangerous bringing guys into your squad (if) they struggle and can’t keep up and bring the standard of the session down.
“But I would have to say they’re certainly adding to the sessions more so than bringing it down. They are all having a red hot crack.”
Treymain Spry had an excellent season for the Roosters U20's team. Surprised they let him go.
Australian school boys went down 14-8 in the first test against England Acafemies this morning .
The Burleigh Colts side will have a Malta International in their ranks with young hooker Josh Caruana part of their squad. He has played two Internationals the last being in September this year when he scored against Greece starting the match at hooker.
His International debut for Malta came against Hungary in February of this year when he started from the bench.
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