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The 2020 school boy Langer Cup competition for Titans contracted Oskar Bryant.
In his first year at PBC Oskar Bryant was part of the PBC Langer Cup Open A school boy rugby league squad, where he operated primarily in the dummy half role. In PBC’s first trial after the Covid 19 pandemic, Oskar Bryant started at hooker for the PBC A side that played against the PBC B side.
Oskar Bryant started Round One of the Langer Cup on the bench as PBC took on Ipswich State High School and made an instant impact when he came on late in the first half, making a break through the centre of the ruck after running out of dummy half to the right of the play the ball. PBC scored two plays later with the Keebra Park defence still in disarray after Oskar Bryant’s line break.
Oskar Bryant was at it again early in the second half when he kicked down the centre of the field from dummy half, with the kick travelling sixty metres forcing the Ipswich fullback to bring the ball out of the in goal, with Oskar Bryant being one of the tacklers who brought him down less than a metre out. From the subsequent play the ball three PBC defenders, including Oskar Bryant forced the Keebra Park defender back into the in goal to force a goal line drop out.
Oskar Bryant in fact crossed the line in the second half when close to the line he dummied to his right before diving over but the potential try was called back when Reef Sommerville was adjudged (I am not sure why) to have interfered with the marker.
Oskar Bryant also started from the bench in Round Two of the 2020 Langer Cup and made a big difference when he came on, scoring in both halves in the 18 all draw. Oskar Bryant’s first try came in the dying moments of the first half. Oskar Bryant took off out of dummy half to his left charging five metres to score between two Wavell defenders fifteen metres to the left of the up rights.
Oskar Bryant completed his double mid-way through the second half. Two metres out from the line just to the left of the up rights, Oskar Bryant got into dummy half and after skipping out to his left, Oskar Bryant shaped to pass to his left (it was not a dummy per say) before diving over.
After missing Round Three Oskar Bryant started from the bench in the Round Four local derby against Keebar Park and also started from the bench in Round Five against Marsden State High School and recorded a second half try assist when he produced some good footwork and pass out of dummy half to put his older brother Parker over under the posts.
Oskar Bryant also started on the bench for PBC as they qualified for the 2020 Langer Cup final on the back of an impressive 34 – 6 victory over Ipswich State High School.
Oskar Bryant started the 2020 Langer Cup Grand Final from the bench row for PBC as they defeated Keebra Park 16 – 8 in a high quality match impressing with his high energy performance and also his short kicking game out of dummy half which resulted twice in Keebra Park having to restart play from a drop out.
In the Courier Mail 2020 Langer Cup Team of the Year, Oskar Bryant was named in starting side at hooker.
In the Queensland School Boys Final against Kirwan State High School Oskar Bryant started on the bench as PBC travelled to take on their North Queensland based opponents and as usual added urgency and enthusiasm to the PBC when he came in into the dummy half role.
Oskar Bryant was also one of PBC’s try scorers in their 24 – 20 loss. Late in the second half, Oskar Bryant went into dummy half a metres out from the line. When the ball was played, Oskar Bryant took a couple of steps out of dummy half to the right of the play the ball and threw an extravagant dummy to his right only dive over next to the left upright. When I say next to the left upright, I literally mean right next to the left upright and it looked left he hit the upright as he was forcing his way over with two defenders trying to prevent him from scoring.
The 2020 school boy Langer Cup competition for Titans contracted Thomas Weaver.
Also in 2020 Thomas Weaver, in his first year at PBC, was part of the PBC Langer Cup Open A school boy rugby league squad, where he operated primarily in the halves on the left side of the field.
Thomas Weaver started Round One of the Langer Cup at half back as PBC took on Ipswich State High School putting in an outstanding display in a PBC 22 – 10 victory, scoring a try, kicking three from three conversions, recording a try assist and throwing the final pass to his left on both occasions for Damon Sommerville’s two tries.
Thomas Weaver scored his try early in the first half and the try was in fact the first of the match. Thomas Weaver took the ball two passes off the ruck on the left side of the field ten metres out from the line, dummying to his outside before slicing through the defence and diving over under pressure from two Ipswich defenders.
The try assist that Thomas Weaver recorded came late in the match and sealed the PBC victory. Thomas Weaver got into dummy half throwing a dummy to his right before breaking through the centre of the ruck from sixty metres out. Thomas Weaver beautifully drew the fullback before sending front rower Xavier Williamson away to score under the post to seal the win. The try was one of the three that Thomas Weaver converted.
Thomas Weaver also started at half back in Round Two against Wavell State High School and filled up the stats sheet once again, recording two conversions and a late match penalty goal which tied the score at 18 all, recording a try assist, forcing a goal line restart and making a first half try saving tackle when he came from the clouds to crash into the Marsden five eight who was set to score Thomas Weaver literally came from nowhere to make the tackle.
Thomas Weavers try assist came early in the match when, operating to the left of the play the ball, Thomas Weaver put in a deft right foot kick from twenty metres out. The ball bounced perfectly up two metres out from the try line for the PBC left winger not to have to break stride to take the ball on his chest and dive over.
PBC’s Round Three Langer Cup match against St Mary’s Toowoomba also saw Thomas Weaver start at half back and kick two conversions from three attempts as PBC maintained their winning start to the 2020 Langer Cup competition.
In addition to his two conversions, Thomas Weaver forced to goal line restarts with short attacking kicks into the left corner which the St Mary’s defence had no choice but to take over the dead ball line. Also late in the first half, Thomas Weaver split the St Mary’s defence from a subtle dummy half to his left. It appears that he would score when he beat the fullback but Thomas Weaver was brought down just short of the line.
Thomas Weaver was also heavily involved in Reef Somerville’s second half try. Thomas Weaver put up an ideally weighted bomb to the right corner. Troy Duckett rose high to take the ball on the full and as he was being pushed back was able to pop the ball to Reef Somerville who crossed in the right corner.
Thomas Weaver also started at half back in the Round Four local derby against Keebra Park scoring one try, creating two others and kicking three from four conversions. Thomas Weaver’s try came late in the first half and at a critical point in the match. With PBC down 14 – 0 and PBC on the attack, Thomas Weaver took the ball on the right of the play the ball and took the line on himself from ten metres out. Thomas Weaver dummied twice to his left before breaking two tackles spinning counter clock wise to get to the line under heavy pressure and twisted further to get the ball down with two Keebra Park defenders hanging off him.
Both of Thomas Weaver’s try assist came in the second half and both were down the left side of the field. In relation to his first try assist, Thomas Weaver received the ball off the dummy half ten metres out from the Keebra Park line just to the left of the uprights and accelerated towards the defensive line before pulling up quickly and stepping subtly to put Daniel Butterini into a gap with a superbly weighted and timed pass.
Thomas Weaver’s second try assist just minutes later was no less impressive, once again with PBC on the attack also around ten metres out from the line, Thomas Weaver once again received the ball off the dummy half and immediately threw a great fifteen metres cut out pass to his left to winger Troy Duckett to score in the left corner. The key to the pass was not just its length it was also the speed it was thrown as the pass got to Troy Duckett so quickly that the Keebra Park right winger had absolutely no time to readjust and get to Troy Duckett before he scored.
Thomas Weaver continued at half back in Round Five against Marsden State High School, kicking four conversions from five attempts, including an outstanding first half effort from the left touch line, with his only miss in the second half also from the left touch line. To be fair the miss only barely missed.
Thomas Weaver also recorded two try assists which where for all intents and purposes identical, with one coming in each half. On both occasions, Thomas Weaver received the ball on the left side of the field, running at the ball to engage the defenders before throwing a long cut out pass to his left to Diane Mariner on both occasions to score in the left corner. The key to both tries was that Thomas Weaver looked to take the line on and thus hold the defenders in place and not just slide to cover the outside support runners.
Thomas Weaver also started at half back for PBC as they qualified for the 2020 Langer Cup final on the back of an impressive 34 – 6 victory over Ipswich State High School kicking five from six conversions and also throwing the final pass for PBC’s opening three tries of the match.
Thomas Weaver’s first try assist came early in the first half when he took the ball right to the line on the left side of the field before throwing a long cut out pass to left winger Troy Duckett who dived over from close range. Thomas Weaver’s third try assist, which came early in the second half was similar to his first with the recipient on that occasion being Deindre Mariner.
Thomas Weaver’s second try assist came in the first half, once again on the left side of the field, after shaping to throw a long pass, Thomas Weaver held the ball up to put fullback Jaylan De Groot into a gap and he was able to step the Ipswich fullback to bring the ball around to score under the posts.
Thomas Weaver started the 2020 Langer Cup Grand Final at half back for PBC as they defeated Keebra Park 16 – 8 in a high quality match kicking a conversion from the left touch line and a key penalty goal early in the second half, recording two try assists and also forcing Keebra Park to restart play on three occasions from drop outs as a result of outstanding attacking kicks, forcing Keebra Park to make the ball dead.
Both of Thomas Weaver’s try assists came in the first half and both on the left side of the field and like multiple other occasions in the Langer Cup in 2020, Thomas Weaver took the ball right to the line before off-loading to his left.
For his first try assist, Thomas Weaver put a great short pass to a charging Daniel Butterini who was running an outside shoulder route into a gap and his second was a long looping cut out pass to Troy Duckett to dive over in the corner.
Understandably Thomas Weaver was named the Player of the 2020 Langer Cup Final.
In the Tally for the Justin Hodges Medal for the Langer Cup Player of the Year, Thomas Weaver received two votes in Round One against Marsden State High School.
In the Courier Mail 2020 Langer Cup Team of the Year, Thomas Weaver was named in starting side at half back.
In the Queensland School Boys Final against Kirwan State High School Thomas Weaver started at half back as PBC travelled to take on their North Queensland based opponents scoring a second half try and kicking two conversions in PBC’s 24 – 20 loss.
Thomas Weaver’s try came when he was operating on the left side of the field and he received the ball two posses wide of the ruck. Immediately when he received the ball Thomas Weaver ran at the line with the ball out in front of him in two hands, producing a great show and go to beat the defender directly in front of him before getting the ball down in the tackle of the Kirwan fullback fifteen metres in from the left corner post.
In total in the 2020 Group One U13 regular season competition Casino RSM five eight Toby Hannah scored seventy six points from ten matches, made up of six tries and twenty six goals.
Titans linked Jaylan To’O, after being originally named in the centres for Runaway Bay in their Round Eight GCRL First Grade match against the Ormeau Shearers On Sunday actually started the match on the left wing scoring four tries as the Seagulls recorded a 22 – 12 victory with all four of his tries coming in the second half of the match and all four were scored in (or near) the left corner.
Jaylan To’O’s first try of the match came when he received a long cut out pass around fifteen metres out from the Shearers line, Jaylan To’O charged towards the line but pulled up a metre or so short when it was clear that the cover defence would take him into touch. Jaylan To’O waited until the last possible second then stepped off his left foot that sent the first cover defender flying past and then a second left foot step sent the second defender flying past as well for Jaylan To’O to be able to bring the ball around a few metres from the corner post.
Jaylan To’O scored again not long later when once again he received a long cut out pass and produced a left foot step to beat his opposite winger before diving over in the tackle of an Ormeau cover defender. In what was clearly the theme of his four tries, for his third try Jaylan To’O once again received a long cut out pass around ten metres out. Jaylan To’O flew onto the pass and beat the disparing dive of his opposing down the left touchline to score in the left corner.
In relation to his third and final try of the match, Runaway threw the ball out to Jaylan To’O’s side of the wing and the Seagulls left centre dragged in the Ormeau winger giving Jaylan To’O space down the touchline, just prior to the corner post, Jaylan To’O stepped off his left foot sending two defenders flying past him and then Jaylan To’O to put the ball down five metres in from the left corner post.
In total in the Group One U14 regular season exciting Ballina fullback Noah Waldock scored six tries and kicked two conversions for a twenty eight point haul from his ten matches.
Noah Waldock also scored two tries in the Group One U15 competition from eight matches, on each occasion playing in the U14 match earlier in the day.
In Round Eight of the GCRL First Grade competition on Sunday against the Tugun Seahawks Cole Geyer started at hooker and scored all three of Currumbin’s tries in their 20 – 18 loss, one in the first half and the other two in the second.
The first of Cole Geyer’s three tries resulted when Cole Geyer took off out of dummy half to the right of the play the ball around seven metres from the line. Cole Geyer ran at a 45 degree angle towards the goal posts, but stopped on the spot before cutting back towards the area behind the play the ball finding a gap and diving over. In fact Cole Geyer scored further to the left of the field than where the play the ball occurred.
Cole Geyer’s second try was also a close range effort. Cole Geyer darted out of dummy half to the right of the play the ball from around three metres out, throwing a big dummy to his right as soon as he had cleared the ruck. As the defence slid to their left as a result of the dummy, Cole Geyer straightened up and dived over adjacent to the right upright.
Cole Geyer’s final try came when he darted out of dummy half to the right once again from around twelve metres out after a quick play the ball and took off straight towards the try line with the defence still back peddling. Such was the speed that Cole Geyer took off that he had dived over well before the majority of Tugun defenders had made it back onside.
Titans linked Kye Cooper started at five eight on Saturday and was one of the Seagulls try scorers as they defeated Clarence Coast 32 – 10 in Round Ten of the Group One U15 competition.
In total in the 2020 Group One U15 regular season competition Kye Cooper scored twenty eight points from eight matches, made up of five tries and four conversions.
Kye Cooper also scored last Friday night in the Far North Coast U15 rugby competition when he started at No. 12 (insdie centre) for Lennox Heads as they defeated Wollongbar Alstonville 15 - 12.
The 2020 season of David Fifita.
David Fifita started Round One of the 2020 NRL competition at left second row against the North Queensland Cowboys playing the entire eighty minutes and scoring one of the most outstanding individual tries that I have ever seen in the 57th minute of the match.
David Fifita received the ball on the left side of the field approximately seventy metres out from the Cowboys line. David Fifita surged through the initial defensive line including brushing off Cohen Hess and one other defender. After outpacing the Cowboys cover defence including the a fore mentioned Coen Hess, David Fifita produced a brilliant right foot step to easily beat Cowboys fullback Valentine Holmes who could only throw out his right arm that barely brushed David Fifita who then outpaced Kyle Feldt to score under the posts to score one of the best individual tries that I have ever seen in any competition let alone the NRL.
David Fifita played the entire eighty minutes of the match, running for 150 metres (twenty eight post contact), broke a team leading eight tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.44 seconds and made thirty one tackles at a 93.94% tackling efficiency.
David Fifita also started at left second row in Round Two against Souths Sydney and produced another outstanding performance in his eighty minutes on the field. David Fifita ran for 154 metres (forty post contact), broke seven tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.08 seconds and made twenty six tackles at a tackling efficiency of 96.3%.
After missing the restart of the 2020 NRL season post the Covid 19 “pause”, David Fifita came back into the Brisbane Broncos side for their Round Thirteen match against Souths Sydney playing the entire eighty minutes of the match in the right second row position and scoring early in the second half.
David Fifita received the ball early ten metres out from the line and brushed off Souths Sydney five eight Cody Walker before taking two other defenders over the line with him. In his return from injury David Fifita ran for 118 metres (fifty post contact), broke the line for his try, broke a team leading seven tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.05 seconds and made twenty tackles at a tackling efficiency of 95.24%.
David Fifita maintained his spot at right second row for the Bronco’s in their Round Fourteen match against the Canberra Raiders in the nation’s capital playing the entire eighty minutes once again. In that time David Fifita ran for 129 metres (forty eight post contact), had a line break assist when he threw a great one armed out of the back of his right arm pass to Katoni Staggs, broke a team leading seven tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.13 seconds and made twenty five tackles at a tackling efficiency of 92.59%.
David Fifita also started in the right second row position for the Broncos in their Round Fifteen match against St George once again playing the entire eighty minutes, running for 145 metres (seventy one post contact), broke four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.25 seconds and made eighteen tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Round Sixteen of the 2020 NRL competition saw David Fifita move to left second row for the Bronco’s against the Sydney Roosters scoring an impressive try when he stepped twice off his right foot to get into space before running over the initial Roosters defender and breaking through another with a 360 degree clockwise spin and put the ball down under the posts.
Playing the entire eighty minutes David Fifita ran for 160 metres (seventy seven post contact), broke a team leading six tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.59 seconds, off loaded twice and made twenty three tackles at a tackling efficiency of 88.46%.
In Round Seventeen against the Penrith Panthers David Fifita started at left second row playing the entire eight minutes, running for ninety three metres (forty three post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.59 seconds and made twenty eight tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Against his 2021 NRL side, being the Titans in Round Eighteen David Fifita started at right second row almost scoring in the first half but the ball was knocked out of his hands over the try line.
Playing the entire eighty minutes, David Fifita ran for 132 metres (fifty nine post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.41 seconds, off loaded the ball on three occasions and made eighteen tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Round Nineteen against the Parramatta Eels saw David Fifita start at left second row playing forty two minutes and scoring a solid try when he shrugged off an attempted tackle by Mitchell Moses to run twelve metres to score. Unfortunately David Fifita’s suffered an ankle injury which ended his Bronco’s career.
In his forty two minutes on the field in his Bronco’s finale, David Fifita ran for seventy four metres (twenty seven post contact), had a line break for his try, broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.32 seconds and made seven tackles at a tackling efficiency of 87.5%.
In total in the 2020 NRL season David Fifita played in nine matches, scored four tries, made four line breaks, had a line break assist, offloaded the ball eleven times, made a96 tackles at a tackling efficiency of 92.1% and ran for 1 159 metres at an average of 128 metres per game.
At the start of the 2020 season, David Fifita was part of the Brisbane Broncos NRL Nines squad playing in both of their matches in Perth. In match One against North Queensland, David Fifita ran for eleven metres and made five tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency and in Game Two against Melbourne David Fifita ran for fifty one metres, broke two tackles and made four of his own, once again at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Young Kyogle Turkeys front rower Jed Mulcahy had an outstanding 2020 Group One U13 regular season scoring 13 tries in just nine matches to finish the season with a strike rate of 144%.
Titans linked Reshawn Anderson started in the front row and was one of the Seagulls try scorers as they defeated Clarence Coast 32 – 10 in Round Ten of the Group One U15 competition on Saturday.
In total in the 2020 Group One U15 regular season competition Reshawn Anderson scored sixty six points from nine matches, made up of thirteen tries (144% strike rate) and seven conversions.
Reshawn Anderson also scored last Friday night in the Far North Coast U15 rugby competition when he started at No. 8 for Wollongbar Alstonville as they went down to Lennox Head 15 - 12.
Titans linked Reece Warburton added a further try from the fullback position in Round Ten on Saturday as Clarence Coast went down 32 – 10 to Ballina.
In total in the 2020 Group One U15 competition Reece Warburton scored four tries and kicked five goals for a total individual regular season points haul of twenty six points from six matches.
In Round Ten of the Group One U14 competition on Saturday Titans linked David Torrens started at lock and scored as Clarence Coast defeated Ballina 52 – 6.
In total in the Group One U14 regular season David Torrens Waters scored three tries from five matches.
Clarence Coast Magpies centre Jasper Whalley had an outstanding 2020 Group One U13 regular season scoring ten tries in just eight matches to finish the season with a strike rate of 125%.
In total in the 2020 Group One U13 regular season competition Casino RSM hooker Jykoven Torrens scored twenty one tries from just ten games to finish the regular season with a 210% strike rate.
Round Ten of the Group One U14 competition last Saturday saw Titans linked Tyrelle Waters start at half back and score as well as kick a conversion as the Magpies defeated Ballina 52 – 6.
In total in the Group One U14 regular season Tyrelle Waters scored four tries and kicked a conversion for an eighteen point haul from five matches.
In total in the 2020 Group One U16.5 regular season competition which finished on Saturday Titans linked Damon Coldwell scored twelve tries from eight matches to finish with a 150% strike rate.
In the Courier Mail 2020 Top 30 South East Queensland school boy rugby/rugby league list Titans contracted William Semu who was the youngest player on the list was named at No. 26 and Josiah Pahulu at No. 23, Oskar Bryant at No. 12, Jahream Bula at No. 9 and Thomas Weaver at No. 3 and the highest ranked rugby league player.
Hail Sezer
23-09-20, 12:12 PM
In the Courier Mail 2020 Top 30 South East Queensland school boy rugby/rugby league list Titans contracted William Semu who was the youngest player on the list was named at No. 26 and Josiah Pahulu at No. 23, Oskar Bryant at No. 12, Jahream Bula at No. 9 and Thomas Weaver at No. 3 and the highest ranked rugby league player.
I'm glad you posted this mdrew. I think its the first time I've seen one of these lists and the Titans have nearly the majority of the young talent.
Even better is that we've been kept in the loop and given the heads up on these players for years by yourself Mdrew so a huge credit to you mate.
Mr Bods
23-09-20, 12:27 PM
#1 and #2 must be amazing to relegate Weaver to #3
On Saturday Titans linked AJ Hickling started Round Ten of the Group One U14 competition in the front row and scored twice as Clarence Coast defeated Ballina 52 – 6 in the final regular season round.
In total in the 2020 Group One U14 regular season AJ Hickling scored nine tries from six matches for a 150% strike rate.
Hail Sezer
23-09-20, 12:37 PM
#1 and #2 must be amazing to relegate Weaver to #3
From memory they're union boys.
Tom's only year 11, he's still got next year to get that #1 spot :)
Yeh mate you are right they are at BBC, the number One is a Storm contracted centre but I am surprised the guy ranked two was above Tom.
From memory they're union boys.
Tom's only year 11, he's still got next year to get that #1 spot :)
Titans contracted Solomon Torrens started at right second row in Round Eight of the GCRL First Grade competition against Currumbin over the weekend.
In the Seahawks 20 – 18 victory against the Eagles, Solomon Torrens recorded two try assists, one in each half. In essence both were identical. On both occasions Solomon Torrens was operating on the right side of the field, done short blind sides within ten metres of the Currumbin try line. On both occasions when Solomon Torrens received the ball he held the ball up just a fraction before producing short passes to his right, on the first occasion to his right winger and the second to his right centre for them to score.
After missing multiple weeks of the GCRL First Grade competition, Titans contracted Jayden Campbell started at fullback in Round Eight on Saturday evening against the Southport Tigers contributing two try assists as Burleigh kicked a late field goal to prevail 23 - 22.
Jayden Campbell’s first half try assist was an impressive effort. Jayden Campbell took off out of dummy half to the right of the play the ball only to cut back to the right stepping twice off his left foot as he was running parallel to the defensive line. A dummy and a right foot step saw Jayden Campbell split the line and draw the fullback to send the Burleigh right winger away.
For his second try assist of the match which came in the second half Jayden Campbell threw a long cut out pass to the right from close to the Southport try line to send the Burleigh winger over in the right corner.
lonegull
23-09-20, 03:30 PM
Titans contracted Solomon Torrens started at right second row in Round Eight of the GCRL First Grade competition against Currumbin over the weekend.
In the Seahawks 20 – 18 victory against the Eagles, Solomon Torrens recorded two try assists, one in each half. In essence both were identical. On both occasions Solomon Torrens was operating on the right side of the field, done short blind sides within ten metres of the Currumbin try line. On both occasions when Solomon Torrens received the ball he held the ball up just a fraction before producing short passes to his right, on the first occasion to his right winger and the second to his right centre for them to score.
Mdrew would Solomon Torrens be a chance for a development contract next year with the first grade
Hail Sezer
23-09-20, 03:33 PM
Mdrew would Solomon Torrens be a chance for a development contract next year with the first grade
mdew might be able to add to this but I think our development players for next year at this stage are Lofi, Tristan Powell & JC
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Spot on HS. Lonegull, Solomon Torrens is contracted to the end of 2021 and is still U20 eligible next season.
mdew might be able to add to this but I think our development players for next year at this stage are Lofi, Tristan Powell & JC
Round Ten of the 2020 Group One U15 competition on Saturday saw Titans contracted Lachlan Offley start at fullback and score as Ballina defeated Clarence Coast 32 – 10.
In total in the 2020 Group One regular season U15 competition Lachlan Offley scored thirteen tries (130% strike rate) and kicked a conversion to finish the regular season with fifty four points.
Round Ten being the final Group One U13 regular season round over the weekend did not see a slow down in Dylan Watkins try scoring and points scoring in a 24 all draw with the Clarence Coast Magpies. Dylan Watkins scored sixteen of his sides points (67%) from three tries and two goals.
In total in the 2020 Group One U13 competition Dylan Watkins scored a staggering twenty nine tries (290% strike rate) and kicked fifteen goals to finish with 146 points to average just under three tries and 14.6 points per game.
Dylan Watkins also played in three U14 Group One matches scoring four tries.
Round Eight of the 2020 NRRRL U18 competition on Sunday saw Jedd Windle who is still U16 eligible start in the second row and score for Byron Bay as they defeated Marist Brothers Lismore 28 – 14.
Exciting Titans linked PBC second rower Maverick McCarthy was one of the reasons that PBC made it all the way to the Renouf Cup Grand Final. Unfortunately PBC went down in heart breaking fashion 10 – 8 to Marsden State High School with the Brisbane based school scoring a late try in the left corner saw PBC lose in heart breaking fashion. Maverick McCarthy started the Renouf Cup Grand Final at right second row.
Maverick McCarthy was prominent for PBC throughout the regular season rounds of the 2020 Renouf Cup including scoring tries in Rounds One, Two and Five against Marsden State high School, Keebra Park State High School and Wavell State High School respectively.
Maverick McCarthy’s try in Round One against Marsden State High School was an impressive individual effort. After receiving the ball around forty metres out Maverick McCarthy stepped off his left foot to beat the first Marsden defender and break into space before suing a left arm fend to get rid of the fullback comfortably to score about ten metres to the right of the uprights.
In Round Two against Keebra Park State High School, Maverick McCarthy received the ball around twenty metres out and two passes off the ruck, immediately shrugging up an attempted tackle around his chest before breaking away down the right touch line to easily out pace the cover defence and he was able to bring the ball around to put it donw approximately fifteen metres to the right of the uprights.
Maverick McCarthy scored his third and final try of the 2020 Renouf Cup competition came in Round Five as PBC defeated Wavell State High School 28 – 12. Maverick McCarthy, playing on the right, burst through the Wavell defensive line around twenty metres out before beating the fullback by stepping off his right foot to beat the fullback.
Powerful Titans contracted front rower Larry Siala continued his outstanding 2020 season starting in the front row for Norths Blue as they defeated Norths Gold last Friday night in Round Eight of the U15 Ipswich Junior Rugby League competition.
Powerful Titans linked left second rower Sam Stephenson was a constant handful for opposing sides in the 2020 Renouf Cup school boy side and he was one of the reasons that PBC made it all the way to the Renouf Cup Grand Final. Unfortunately PBC went down in heart breaking fashion 10 – 8 to Marsden State High School with the Brisbane based school scoring a late try in the left corner saw PBC lose in heart breaking fashion.
As noted above 2020 saw Sam Stephenson play for PBC in the 2020 Renouf Cup school boy competition, including starting at left second row in the Grand Final against Marsden State High School.
Sam Stephenson was prominent for PBC throughout the regular season rounds of the 2020 Renouf Cup scoring or recording a try assist in each of the five 2020 Renouf Cup regular season rounds.
In Round One as PBC went down to eventual Grand Final opponents Marsden State High School, Sam Stephenson showed the rest of the competition what they would be up against when in the first half he broke the Marsden Right side defensive line with a powerful run that started in his own territory and was able, under heavy pressure get a great pass away to his left on the halfway mark to centre Tyler Small who ran fifty metres to score in a tough 44 – 20 loss.
Round Two as PBC defeated Keebra Park State High Schol 22 – 20 saw Sam Stephenson score a try as well as recording another try assist. The try assist resulted from powerful surge to break through the Keebra Park right side defense around seventy metres out with Sam Stephenson charging forty metres down field before drawing the fullback and passing to his left to send Tyler Small away down the left touch line.
Sam Stephenson’s Round Two try came in the second half. PBC threw the ball from one side of the field to the other, Sam Stephenson received the ball as PBC started to through the ball back to the right, shaking off one attempted tackle before veering to his right and charging fifteen metres to score five metres to the left of the uprights.
Sam Stephenson added two tries and two try assists to his outstanding 2020 Renouf Cup season in Round Three as PBC defeated Coombabah StateHigh School 40 – 12.
Sam Stephenson’s first try assist of the match came after he broke through the Coombabah defese around seventy metres out before drawing the fullback and passing to his right to his half back who was able to score under the posts. Sam Stephenson’s second try assist came after another long break, this time starting sixty metres out with Sam Stephenson charging down field and then drawing the fullback and passing to his left to send Tyler Small away to score.
Sam Stephenson’s first try of the match came thrugh sheer brute strength and power. Sam Stephenson took the ball from a PBC penalty tap ten metres out from the Coombabah line and charged straight and hard to crash over five metres to the left of the uprights.
Sam Stephenson’s second try of the match was scored near where he put the ball down for his fist one. After sending the ball to the right, the ball came back to the ball, finding Sam Stephenson in space and he ran twelve metres to dive over.
PBC defeated Forest Lake State High School 22 – 4 with Sam Stephenson scoring and adding another try assist in Round Four. Sam Stephenson’s try assist was as a result of a one armed offload to his left winger to score after Same Stephenson broke through the line.
Sam Stephenson scored in the match when he broke through the line on the left side of the field, before veering to his left away from the cover defence to score ten metres in from the left corner post.
Sam Stephenson finished off the 2020 Renuf Cup regular season in Round Five against Wavell, PBC won the match 28 – 12 with his fifth try of the season when he did what he had done all season and that was to break through the oppositions right side defence. Against Wavell, Sam Stephenson broke the line from around thirty metres and was unstoppable on his way to score PBC’s first try of the match.
Titans contracted Rowan Mansfield made his much deserved NRRRL First Grade debut on Sunday in Round Eight of the 2020 NRRRL competition off the bench as Ballina defeated Northern United 52 – 12.
In the preceding Reserve Grade match Rowan Mansfield had started at fullback (his first NRRRL Reserve Grade start) and scored as the Seagulls went down 20 – 16 to Northern United.
Young centre Nathaniel Ord had a great finish to the 2020 Group One U16.5 season scoring four tries for the Kyogle Turkeys as they defeated Casino RSM 58 – 0.
Ziah Piggott finished the 2020 Group One U16.5 season, starting from the bench and scoring for the Kyogle Turkeys as they defeated Casino RSM 58 – 0.
In total in the 2020 Group One U16.5 competition, Ziah Piggott scored three tries.
Young second rower Zac Toole scored last weekend for Ballina as they went down 28-17 to Clarence Coast, tomorrow he will start from the bench in the U16.5 Grand Final against the same opponents.
In Round Ten of the Group One U16.5 competition last weekend Reece Noble started at lock and scored for Ballina as they went down 28-17 to Clarence Coast, tomorrow he will start at lock once again in the U16.5 Grand Final against the same opponents.
Titans linked Kye Cooper will start at five eight for Ballina in the U15 Group One Grand Final against Casino RSM tomorrow and then be on the bench for the Seagulls in the U16.5 Grand Final against the Clarence Coast Magpies.
Last weekend in Round Ten of the Group One competition, Kye Cooper made his Group One U16.5 debut off the bench as Ballina went down 28-17 to the Clarence Coast Magpies.
Exciting Ballina five eight Dylan Watkins will start at five eight for Ballina as they take on the Grafton Ghosts in the Group One U13 Grand Final tomorrow.
The Group 18 Junior rugby league Grand Finals are on tomorrow, good luck to all teams.
In the U14 competition, Tweed Heads takes on Tugun, in the U15’s Bilambil are up against Byron Bay/Lennox Head and the U16 Grand Final sees South Tweed take on Murwillumbah.
Tomorrow’s Group One U14 Grand Final has a Titans flavour to it with Lockie McLaughlin and Joshua Donovan-Skinners Grafton side taking on a Clarence Coast side containing Tyrelle Waters, AJ Hickling and David Torrens.
Titans linked Damon Coldwell will start in the centres tomorrow for Ballina in their Group One U16.5 Grand Final against the Clarence Coast Magpies.
Titans linked Jamal Laurie will start at fullback tomorrow for Clarence Coast as they take on Ballina in the 2020 Group One U16.5 Grad Final.
Last weekend in Round Ten of the Group One U16.5 competition, Jamal Laurie started at fullback and scored in the final regular season round between the same two teams as Clarence Coast won 28-17.
Titans linked Noah Waldock, played the majority of the Group One season in the U14 competition but tomorrow will start on the bench for Ballina in the U15 Group One Grand Final as Ballina take on Casino RSM.
Titans linked Reshawn Anderson will start in the front row for Ballina in the U15 Group One Grand Final against Casino RSM tomorrow and then be on the bench for the Seagulls in the U16.5 Grand Final against the Clarence Coast Magpies.
Last weekend in Round Ten of the Group One competition, Reshawn Anderson made his Group One U16.5 debut off the bench as Ballina went down 28-17 to the Clarence Coast Magpies.
Titans linked Nic Torrens had a huge match last weekend in Round Ten of the Group One U16.5 competition scoring two tries and kicking three goals for Clarence Coast as they finished the regular season with a 28-17 win against Ballina.
Tomorrow Nic Torrens will start at lock in the 2020 Group One U16.5 Grand Final between the same two teams.
Titans contracted Lachlan Offley will be a busy person tomorrow in the Group One Grand Finals for Ballina.
He will start at fullback in the U15 Grand Final against Casino RSM and then be on the bench for the Seagulls in the U16.5 Grand Final against the Clarence Coast Magpies.
Titans linked Reshawn Anderson scored a double last night for Wooloongbar Alstonville in the U15 Far North Coast rugby competition, starting at No. 8 in a 47 - 0 win against the Grafton Redmen.
He will start in the front row today for Ballina in the Group One U15 rugby league Grand Final.
Titans contracted front rower Noah Johannssen will start in the front row this morning for Bilambil as they take on the Tweed Coast Raiders in an NRRRL U18 Elimination Final.
Titans contracted and PBC student Thomas Weaver (5/8), Jack Cullen (lock) and Oskar Bryant (bench) are part of the Cudgen Hornets NRRRL First Grade side that take on Bilambil in an NRRRL Elimination Final this afternoon.
Good win for the Grafton U13 side 32 -22 in their Group One U13 Grand Final against Ballina but The Ghosts U14's went down 30-16 in their Grand Final to Clarence Coast.
Titans linked Zane Harrison was named Player of the Group 18 U14 Grand Final as his Tweed Heads side defeated Tugun 30-4.
Sam Longabardi had a big day today, being named Group 18 U13 Player of the Grand Final and 2020 Player of the Year, but his Tugun side went down in today's decider 28-24 to Byron Bay/Lennox Head.
Mullumbimby's Cooper Nelson has been named 2020 Group 18 U14 Player of the Year.
Titans linked Reshawn Anderson was named Player of the Match this afternoon as Ballina won the Group One U15 Grand Final.
South Tweed defeated Murwillumbah 20-16 in the Group 18 U16 Grand Final this afternoon. Kai Smallwood named Player of the match.
2020 Best and Fairest players were Michael Roberts and Jemaine Henderson-Sabato.
Good win for the Clarence Coast Magpies U16.5 Group One side against Ballina in yesterdays Grand Final.
Well done to Titans linked AJ Hickling who was named Player of the Match in the Group One U14 Grand Final with his Clarence Coast side defeating Grafton in yesterday's decider.
Titans Reef Somerville (centre), Bailey Martin (front row) and Oskar Bryant (hooker) will line up for Cudgen today in their NRRRL Major sei-final against the Murwillumbah Mustangs.
With Titans contracted Arama Hau at the fore front Nerang were too good in their U16 Division One Grand Final against Runaway Bay.
Some of the collisions between Arama Hau and fellow Titan Joseph Shannon had to be seen to be believed.
Great to see Titans contracted Ryan Foran come off the bench yesterday for Murwillumbah in their NRRRL First Grade Major semi-final against the Tweed Coast Raiders.
Titans contracted Rowan Mansfield crossed for another try yesterday after starting at fullback for Ballina as they defeated Byron Bay in the NRRRL U18 competition.
Rowan Mansfield then backed up to play in Ballina's Reserve Grade match.
The exciting Elliott Speed moved to fullback in Round Nine of the NRRRL U18 competition on Sunday and had a day out scoring twenty four of the Rams 32 points (75%) from three tries and six goals (from as many attempts) in a 40 – 32 loss to Casino RSM.
Elliott Speed has played at half in the earlier rounds for the Marist Brothers Rams.
Ultra-talented Tyrhys Williams was on the move from a position perspective in Round Nine of the NRRRL U18 competition, starting at five eight as Casino RSM defeated the Marist Brothers Rams 40 – 32 in a high scoring encounter.
After his Round Eight hat trick, Cole Geyer also started at hooker in Round Nine of the GCRL First Grade competition against the Burleigh Bears on Saturday afternoon recording two try assists and was heavily involved in another as the Eagles won in the final minutes of the match.
Cole Geyer’s two try assist came in the second half with the first coming when he skipped out of dummy half to his right, throwing a short flat pass to interchange forward Ji Van Heerwaarden to crash over under the posts from close range. Cole Geyer’s second try assist resulted from a twenty metre long cut out pass to the left out of dummy half to find his left winger in space to score in the left corner.
Cole Geyer was also heavily involved in Currumbin’s match winning try when he threw a long cut out pass once again to his left for Currumbin to get on the outside of the Burleigh compressed defensive line.
After missing multiple weeks of the 2020 NRL season due to injury AJ Brimson was named on the Titans extended bench for Round Twelve against the Sydney Roosters. AJ Brimson however was a late addition to the Titans side, in fact starting the match at fullback, showing no signs that his injury lay off had impacted on his performance.
Playing all eighty minutes of the match AJ Brimson ran for ninety metres (twenty two post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.89 seconds and made four tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
AJ Brimson also started at fullback for the Titans Round Thirteen match against the North Queensland Cowboys and had an outstanding match scoring a double and running rampant whilst playing the entire match. AJ Brimson’s first try came when he backed up a break by Brian Kelly on the inside and scored his second from a great inside pass from Kevin Proctor.
In the match AJ Brimson ran for a team leading 207 metres (twenty seven post contact), made a line break, broke four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.46 seconds and made ten tackles at a tackling efficiency of 91%.
AJ Brimson also started at fullback in Round Fourteen against the Cronulla Sharks and in just his second match back from injury continued his impressive run on form over the entire eighty minutes. In that time AJ Brimson ran for 156 metres (thirty post contact), had a team leading two line breaks, broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.09 seconds and made eight tackles at a tackling efficiency of 88.89%.
AJ Brimson made it three NRL starts in a row at fullback in the Titans Round Fifitten match against the Canberra Raiders and scored an outstanding try in the second half when he charged onto a short pass from Jamal Fogerty to force his way over the line from seven metres.
In his eighty minutes on the field, AJ Brimson ran for 140 metres (thirty nine post contact), broke a team leading four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.23 seconds and made nine tackles at a 90% tackling efficiency.
In Round Sixteen against the St George Dragons AJ Brimson once again started at fullback and had an outstanding match including breaking the Dragons line to set up the Titans winning try with three minutes to go when he drew the fullback to send Jamal Fogerty away to score the match winner.
Playing the entire eighty minutes, AJ Brimson ran for a team leading 178 metres (thirty nine post contact), had a team leading two line breaks, broke four tackles, played the abll at an average speed of 3.9 seconds and had a 90% tackling efficiency whilst making nine tackles.
AJ Brismon continued his run of starts at fullback in Round Seventeen against the Canterbury Bulldogs an was once againt outstanding including setting up a try for Jamal Fogerty with a late first half scrum based move.
Playing the entire eighty minutes of the match, AJ Brimson ran for 131 metres (thirty one post contact), had a line break assist for the above mentioned Jamal Fogerty try, broke four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.63 seconds and made twelve tackles at a tackling efficiency of 92.31%.
In Round Eigheen against the Brisbane Bronco’s AJ Brimson started at fullback and continued his outstanding form in the Titans twelve point victory and as usual played the entire match, running for 173 metres (thirty post contact), had a tackle break, played the ball at an average speed of 3.56 seconds and made six tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Round Nineteen against Manly saw AJ Brimson start at fullback playing the entire eight minutes and producing a player of the match display including scoring two tries, the first of which was a seventy metre effort off a Titans tap restart and the second an inside ball from Ashley Taylor with AJ Brimson exploding for a thirty five metre run.
Agaisnt Manly AJ Brimson ran for a team leading 200 metres (fifteen post contact), made two line breaks, broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.32 seconds and made two tackles.
The final 2020 NRL regular season round, being Round Twenty saw AJ Brimson start at fullback against the Newcastle Knights and score two outstanding tries as the Titans finished the 2020 NRL season with a 36 – 6 victory.
AJ Brimson’s first try was a ninety five metre effort beating five Newcastle defenders and his second was even better when he stepped off both feet on multiple occasions to beat six defenders from just twenty metres out for an unbelievable try.
In his outstanding eighty minutes in the match, AJ Brimson ran for a team leading 212 metres (twenty seven post contact), broke six tackles, made two line breaks, played the ball at an averge speed of 4.07 seconds and made three tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
In total in the 2020 NRL competition AJ Brimsons played in nine matches, scoring seven tries, forcing two frop outs, had two try assists, a line break assist, broke the line thirteen times as well as breaking thirty tackles, ran for 1 490 metres (165 averge per match) and made sixty two tackles at an 87.4% tackling efficiency, whilst being on the field for 720 minutes.
After missing Round One of the 2020 NRL season Moeaki Fotuaika started from the bench against the Parramatta Eels playing thirty seven minutes in Round Two. In that time Moeaki Fotuaika ran for ninety seven metres (twenty nine post contact) from nine hit-ups, broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.5 seconds and made twenty nine tackles at a tackling efficiency of 91%.
After the Civid 19 season postponement Moeaki Fotuaika also started in the front row in Round Three in Townsville against the North Queensland Cowboys and had a huge match including a great line break late in the second half.
In Round Three Moeaki Fotuaika was on the field for fifty six minutes, running for a team leading 154 metres, a team leading fifty four of which were post contact. In addition to his line break Moeaki Fotuaika also broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.54 seconds and made a staggering forty three tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Moeaki Fotuaika once again started in the front row in Round Four against the Wests Tigers and once again was outstanding as the Titans defeated the Wests Tigers 28 – 23 through a lst minute Phillip Sami try.
In his fifty seven minutes on the field Moeaki Fotuaika ran for a team leading 217 metres (a team leading ninety two of which were post contact), broke an equal team leading four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.51 seconds and made thirty three tackles and a tackling efficiency of 91.67%.
Moeaki Fotuaika was also named to start in the front row for Round Five against the Souths Sydney Rabbitohs and once again was outstanding in his sixty two minutes on the field. In that time, Moeaki Fotuaika ran for 154 metres (a team leading seventy six post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.39 seconds and made a team leading forty three tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Once again Moeaki Fotuaika started in the front row in Round Six against the St George Dragons playing a stellar match in his seventy seven minutes on the field, running for a team leading 221 metres (a team leading eighty seven of which were post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.29 seconds and made forty one tackles at a tackling efficiency of 94.35%..
Once again Moeaki Fotuaika started in the front row for the Titans Round Seven local derby against the Brisbane Broncos playing fifty two minutes. In that time Moeaki Fotuaika ran for 154 metres ( a team leading fifty one of which were post contact), broke a team leading four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.44 seconds and made thirty tackles at a 93.75% tackling efficiency.
Moeaki Fotuaika continued his run of starts in Round Eight against the Cronulla Sharks when he started once again in the front row. In his sixty four minutes on the field Moeaki Fotuaika ran for ninety three metres (twenty four post contact), broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 2.61 seconds and made an equal team leading forty two tackles at a staggering 100% tackling efficiency.
Moeaki Fotuaika also started in the front row in Round Nine against the New Zealand Warriors and as has become the norm had an outstanding match. In his fifty eight minutes on the field Moeaki Fotuaika ran for 134 metres (sixty four post contact), broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.01 seconds and had a perfect 100% tackling efficiency whilst making a team leading thirty nine tackles.
Moeaki Fotuaika continued his run of NRL starts in the front row in Round Ten against the Melbourne Storm and was on the field for fifty six minutes. In that time Moeaki Fotuaika ran for a team leading 105 metres (thirty six post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.61 seconds and made twenty three tackles at a tackling efficiency of 92%.
Moeaki Fotuaika also started in the front row in Round Eleven against the Penrith Panthers and was on the field for fifty three minutes of the match. Moeaki Fotuika ran for fifty seven metres (twenty one post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.35 seconds and defensively was outstanding making forty tackles at a tackling efficiency of a perfect 100%.
Moeaki Fotuaika maintained his starting spot in the front row for Round Twelve against the Sydney Roosters and also maintained his outstanding season in his fifty seven minutes on the field. Moeaki Fotuaika ran for 130 metres (fifty post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.85 seconds and made thirty seven tackles at a 94.87% tackling efficiency.
Moeaki Fotuaika also started in the front row for the Titans Round Thirteen match against the North Queensland Cowboys putting in an outstanding forty three minutes on the field, running for 181 metres (a team leading ninety two post contact), broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3 seconds and made nineteen tackles at a 95% tackling efficiency.
Moeaki Fotuaika also started in the front row in Round Fourteen against the Cronulla Sharks playing sixty six minutes in his two stints on the field. Moeaki Fotuaika ran for 136 metres (forty five post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.53 seconds and had a 100% tackling efficiency of 100% whilst making his forty one tackles.
Whilst his role may not have changed Round Fifteen against the Canberra Raiders saw Moeaki Fotuaika run out at lock and was on the field for sixty four minutes.
Moeaki Fotuaika ran for ninety six metres (fifty one post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.58 seconds and made a team leading fifty tackles at an outstanding tackling efficiency of 98%.
After missing Round Sixteen through suspension Moeaki Fotuaika was back into the Titans NRL side for Round Seventeen against Canterbury, being named to start from the bench against the Bulldogs but coming on afer just ten minutes due to a leg injury to Jaiman Jolliffe, playing the remainder of the match.
In his impressive seventy minute stint Moeaki Fotuaika ran for a team leading 201 metres (a team leading seventy five of which were post contact), broke a team leading six tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.06 seconds and made forty five tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
In Round Eigheen against the Brisbane Bronco’s Moeaki Fotuaika was back in the starting line up in the front row recording an impressive sixty seven minutes. In that time, Moeaki Fotuaika ran for 179 metres (a team leading seventy one of which were post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.59 seconds and made thirty eight tackles at a tackling efficiency of 97.44%.
Round Nineteen against Manly saw Moeaki Fotuaika start in the front row playing fifty eight minutes, running for 139 metres (forty six post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.17 seconds and made twenty three tackles at a tackling efficiency of 95.83%.
The final 2020 NRL regular season round, being Round Twenty saw Moeaki Fotuaika start in the front row against the Newcastle Knights playing fifty eight minutes of the match. In that time, Moeaki Fotuaika ran for 171 metres (a team leading seventy one of which were post contact, broke a team leading eight tackles, played the bal at an average speed of 3.86 seconds and made twenty five tackles at a tackling efficiency of 92.95%.
In total in the NRL in 2020 Moeaki Fotuaika played in eighteen matches, being on the field for 1 166 minutes. In that time Moeaki Fotuaika ran for 2 627 metres, 1 044 of which were post contact (39.74%), broke forty tackles, offloaded fourteen times and made 639 tackles at a tackling efficiency of 91.6%).
Moeaki Fotuaika’s 2020 NRL per game averages included playing 64.78 minutes, running for 145 metres and made 35.5 tackles. Per eighty minutes in the NRL in 2020 Moeaki Fotuaika ran for 203.77 metres and made 49.89 tackles.
Round Nine of the GCRL First Grade competition on Saturday saw Jayden Campbell once again start at fullback for Burleigh against the Currumbin Eagles and once again producing a piece of magic to set up a Burleigh’s try and was heavily involved in another.
Early in the first half, Jayden Campbell received the ball two passes to the right of a Burleigh scrum win, thirty five metres out from the Currumbin line, skipping to his right to get outside his immediate opponent and then throwing a dummy to beat the defender looking to come in, after getting through the initial line, Jayden Campbell was able to get the ball away as he was being tackled for Jamie Anderson to score in the right corner.
As noted above Jayden Campbell was also heavily involved in another Burleigh try in the first half, when he broke the Currumbin line and after he was dragged down, Jayden Campbell got to his feet, playing the bal quickly for Burleigh to spin the ball out to the opposite side of the field for Allan Lockwood to score.
From a school boy rugby perspective in 2020 Titans contracted Nicholas Hilton started at No. 6 (blind side flanker) for the TSS First XV in their internal trial in mid-July 2020 even though he was still eligible for the TSS U16A school boy side. Nicholas Hilton also started at No. 6 against Nudgee College being the first trial TSS had against another GPS school. Nicholas Hilton was immediately in the match against Nudgee taking the kick off and was exceptional overall in the match including an incredible work rate in muddy and slippery conditions.
Nicholas Hilton also started at No. 6 in the TSS First XV’s final trial against Anglican Church Grammar School on the Gold Coast where his work rate around the ground stood out once again.
Round One of the GPS school boy rugby First XV competition proper saw Nicholas Hilton start at No. 6 for TSS against Brisbane State High School (BSHS) and such was his performance that Nicholas Hilton received a coaches honourable mention after the match. Two pieces of play in the match highlight all of the good qualities that Nicholas Hilton possesses in abundant quantities. Nicholas Hilton’s work rate and quality of play, both in attack and defence was simply outstanding over the course of the entire sixty minutes of the match.
The first piece of outstanding play came early in the match, Nicholas Hilton through sheer hard running broke through the BSHS line and under heavy pressure off laoded to front rower Carson Latu who ran thirty metres to score.
In the second half, after a TSS try, Nicholas Hilton waited under a high BSHS kick off with what seemed like the entire BSHS forward pack bearing down on him. Nicholas Hilton was immediately smashed as soon as he caught the ball by two BSHS forwards, but maintained his composure to quickly recycle the ball before the BSHS forwards could get back onside leading to a seventy metre try to star TSS centre Jojo Fifita down the blind side from the resultant TSS possession.
Nicholas Hilton also started at No. 6 in Round Two against Toowoomba Gramamr School and Round Three against Brisbane Grammar School. In the pivotal 2020 GPS school boy rugby First XV Round Four match against Brisbane Boys College Nicholas Hilton once again started at No. 6 and received one vote by the TSS coaches in the Player of the Year awards.
Round Four saw Nicholas Hilton continue in the No. 6 jersey for TSS against Gregory Terrace on the Gold Coast as he did in Round Five against Ipswich Grammar School.
Post the TSS GPS First XV rugby season Nicholas Hilton was named as the 2020 First XV’s best defender.
TSS had a Round Six bye but the TSS First XV side played a “trial” against Downlands College with Nicholas Hilton starting the match at No. 6 (blind side flanker) and was on the winning side as TSS finished their 2020 season with a 50 – 24 victory.
In early July 2020 Titans contracted Kaleb Ngamanu was part of the TSS school boy Senior Squad that undertook a three day rugby camp prior to the commencement of the 2020 GPS School Boy Rugby First XV competition and played the 2020 GPS school boy First XV season as a full colours TSS rugby representative and vie captain of the TSS First XV side.
Kaleb Ngamanu started at No. 12 (inside centre) as well as being named vice captain for the TSS First XV in their internal trial in mid-July 2020 and also started at inside centre against Nudgee College being the first trial TSS had against another GPS school. Kaleb Ngamanu was also the TSS vice captain for that trial as well.
Against Nudgee Kaleb Ngamanu had some very good moments including putting in the kick that resulted in the try that put TSS in front for good with two minutes to go. Kaleb Ngamanu received the ball to the right of the break down on around the half way mark and put in a right foot kick along the ground into space behind the Nudgee line, after the ball was retrieved by TSS, Jojo Fifita dived over out wide to seal a TSS 24 – 21 victory.
Kaleb Ngamanu also started at No. 12 and was also vice captain in the TSS First XV’s final trial against Anglican Church Grammar School on the Gold Coast. Kelab Ngamanu made numerous linke breaks in the match, including one in the first half off a TSS line out win when he split the Churchie defence running forty metres but he could not quite set up his support runer, being Jojo Fifita.
Also in the first half, Kaleb Ngamanu produced an outstanding series of playes which ended in a TSS try. With Churchie on the attack, Kaleb Ngamanu ripped the ball away from a Churchie attacker, retrieved it and went on a fifrty metre run down the left touch line. When he was eventually tackled, Kaleb Ngamanu recycled the ball quickly for Jye Gray to grubber through the disorganised Churchie line to score under the posts.
Round One of the GPS school boy rugby First XV competition proper saw Kaleb Nagmanu start at No. 12 and run on as TSS vice captain against Brisbane State High School. Round Two against Toowoomba Grammar School saw Kaleb Ngamanu move to outside centre (No. 13), scoring his first try of the season when he backed up on the inside after a one on one steal by Syris Schmidt to run forty metres to score. Kaleb Ngamanu laos made a thirty metre break early in the match which generated momentum for TSS eventually leading to Syris Schmidt slicing through the Toowoomba Grammar School defence to score.
Kaleb Ngamanu started at outside centre and vice captain once again in Round Three against Brisbane Grammar School recording a critical try assist late in the match when he burst through two defenders down a short blind side charing thirty metres before offloading to his right to his winger to score a key try in a 20 – 15 TSS victory.
In the pivotal 2020 GPS school boy rugby First XV Round Four match against Brisbane Boys College Kaleb Ngamanu moved back to inside centre. In Round Four against Gregory Terrace Kaleb Ngamanu moved back to No. 13 (outside centre) for the home match making a critical break down the right touch line in the dying moments of the match. TSS received a penalty from the next phase which Syris Schmidt kicked after the final siren to secure a 23 – 22 victory. Kaleb Ngamanu received one vote by the TSS coaches in the TSS First XV 2020 Player of the Season voting.
Kaleb Ngamanu continued at outside centre (No. 13) for Round Five against Ipswich Grammar School.
TSS had a Round Six bye but the TSS First XV side played a “trial” against Downlands College with Kaleb Ngamau starting at No. 13 and was vice-captain once again and was on the winning side as TSS finished their 2020 season with a 50 – 24 victory.
The 2020 season of Kea Pere:
Kea Pere started in the second row for the Titans first NRL trial of 2020 against Burleigh at Pizzey Park and certainly made a positive impression running for eighty nine metres (twenty four post contact), broke two tackles, had a line break assist and made thirty one tackles at a tackling efficiency of 93.94%.
Kea Pere started from the interchange bench for Burleigh in their final Queensland Cup trial against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
Kea Pere started Round One of the 2020 Queensland Cup competition for the Burleigh Bears at right centre after initially being named on the bench against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls. Kea Pere played all eighty minutes in the match, running for thirty eight metres (thirteen post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 5.56 seconds and made twelve tackles.
In late June 2020 Kea Pere was part of the Titans side that played an eleven on eleven match against the Bronocs at Suncopr Stadium prior to the same sides NRL match, with the match ending in a 16 all draw.
In early July 2020 Kea Pere was part of a Titans side that played a Cronulla Sharks side in a nine a side match as a curtain raiser to the same teams playing Round Eight of the NRL on the Gold Coast. Kea Pere was a stand out in the match scoring a hat trick in the 24 all draw. Playing on the left side of the field Kea Pere scored the Titans final three tries, all coming in the second half.
The 2020 season for Greg Marzhew (formally Leleisiuao):
Greg Marzhew made an immediate impression on the Titans coaching staff post his arrival being named in the Titans 2020 NRL 9’s 18 man squad. In the Titans opening match against the Canberra Raiders, Greg Marzhew ran for fifty seven metres on five carries, scoring a try, made a line break, broke four tackles and also made a tackle.
In the Titans quarter final victory over Manly Greg Marzhew ran for forty seven metres from four hit-ups and made three tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency. In the Titans semi-final loss to North Queensland Greg Marzhew ran for a team leading ninety three metres on five runs, made a line break, broke two tackles and made two tackles.
In total in the 2020 NRL Nine’s tournament in Perth, Greg Marzhew played in three matches, ran for 197 metres from fourteen carries, scored a try, broke six tackles, made two line breaks and made six tackles.
Greg Marzhew started on the right wing for the Titans first NRL trial of 2020 against Burleigh at Pizzey Park. In his time on the field Greg Lelesiuao ran for 112 metres (thirty four post contact), broke three tackles and had a 100% tackling efficiency.
Greg Marzhew also started from the bench in the Titans second and final NRL trial against the Brisbane Broncos in Redcliffe running for forty eight metres (eleven post contact), broke four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.93 seconds and made a tackle.
Greg Marzhew started Round One of the 2020 Queensland Cup competition for the Burleigh Bears on the right wing against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls breaking a ridiculous fourteen tackle breaks in his eighty minutes on the field.
In the match Greg Marzhew ran for 152 metres (thirty seven post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 4.3 seconds and had a 100% tackling efficiency whilst making five tackles, one of which was a try saving effort in the first half in the right corner when he held up the Wynnum Manly played who had looked certain to score by initially hitting the attacker with solid contact and rolling the Wynnum Manly player onto his back to prevent the ball being grounded in the Seagulls left corner.
In late June 2020 Greg Marzhew was part of the Titans side that played an eleven on eleven match against the Bronco’s at Suncopr Stadium prior to the same sides NRL match, with the match ending in a 16 all draw. Over the course of the match Greg Marzhew proved very difficult for the Bronco’s side to handle on the right side of the field, breaking numerous tackles over the course of the eleven a side match.
Greg Marzhew was named on the Titans extended bench for Round Nine against the New Zealand Warriors being the first occasion that he has been selected in an NRL twenty one man squad. Unfortunately for Greg Lelesiuao he missed the final seventeen players selected for the Friday night match. Greg Marzhew was also named on the Titans NRL extended bench for Round Ten against the Melbourne Storm.
The 2020 season of Tremain Spry:
Tremain Spry made his NRL debut on the left wing for the Titans in Round Nine against the New Zealand Warriors at Cbus Stadium. After a tough first touch Tremain Spry settled down to play the entire eighty minutes of the match. In his debut Tremain Spry ran for ninety three metres (forty one post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 2.93 seconds and made seven tackles at an 87.5% tackling efficiency.
Tremain Spry played his second career NRL game in Round Ten against the Melbourne Storm being named once again on the left wing and once again played all eighty minutes of the match. Tremain Spry ran for sixty three metres (twenty one post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.64 seconds and made five tackles at an 83.33% tackling efficiency.
After starting in the NRL in Round Nine and Ten, Tremain Spry was named on the Titans extended bench for Round Eleven against the Penrith Panthers and was also named on the Titans extended bench for Round Sixteen against the St George Dragons.
Tremain Spry was also named on the Titans NRL extended bench for Round Eighteen against the Brisbane Bronco’s however late in the week moved into the Titans starting line up at right centre, playing the entire match. Tremain Spry ran for ninety four metres (twenty eight post contact), broke a tackle, played the abll at an average speed of 3.5 seconds and made eleven tackles at a tackling efficiency of 84.62%.
Round Nineteen against Manly saw Tremain Spry start at left centre before moving to the left wing due to injuries playing the entire eight minutes and scoring his first NRL try when he followed through a grubber kick to bring the ball around to near the posts. Tremain Spry also scored a further try when he took at intercept running ninety metres but was brought down inches short in the left corner.
In the match Tremain Spry ran for 152 metres (twenty two post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 2.97 seconds and had a 100% tackling efficiency whislt making eight tackles.
Tremain Spry started on the left wing in Round Twenty against the Newcastle Knights and had an outstanding match that included three try assists as well as a big hand in another.
Tremain Spry’s first try assist in the match came when he broke down the left touch line and was able to pass inside to his right to Ashley Taylor to score. Tremain Spry’s second try assist came early in the second half when he took a chip kick on the full and made a break down the touch line before passing inside once again to Ashley Taylor to score in a move that covered eighty metres.
In relation to his third try assist, after a break down the left touch line, Tremain Spry stood in the tackle of the Knights fullback and offloaded to Kevin Proctor who rumbled firty metres to score. As noted above Tremain Spry was also heavily involved in Brian Kelly’s try just on half time when he jumped from in the field of paly and get the ball back inside to Kelly before his feet touched the ground.
In the Newcastle match, Tremain Spry ran for 194 metres (thirty seven metres), made three line breaks, broke two tackles, played the abll at an average speed of 3.34 seconds and made three tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
In total in the NRL in 2020 Tremain Spry played in five NRL matches, playing all eighty minutes in each, scored his first NRL try, had three assist, all of which came in Round Twenty, broke five tackles, rand for 599 metres (119 metre average) and made thirty four tackles at a tackling efficiency of 79.2%.
Tremain Spry’s first 2020 appearance was for the Titans in the 2020 NRL 9’s 18 man tournament in Perth in February. In the Titans opening match against the Canberra Raiders, Tremain Spry ran for thirty metres on three runs and made two tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency. In the Titans quarter final victory over Manly Tremain Spry ran for thirty eight metres from three hit-ups and broke a team leading five tackles.
In total in the 2020 NRL Nine’s tournament, Tremain Spry played in two matches, ran for sixty eight metres from six runs, broke five tackles and made two of his own.
Tremain Spry started from the bench in the Titans first NRL trial of 2020 against Burleigh at Pizzey Park. In the match Tremain Spry ran for forty four metres, an impressive twenty one of which were post contact, broke three tackles and made eleven tackles.
Tremain Spry also started at right centre for Tweed Heads in their final Queensland Cup trial against Burleigh. Tremain Spry did however miss out on Round One of the 2020 Queensland Cup competition which ended up being the only round prior to the cancellation of the competition due to the Covid 19 pandemic.
In late June 2020 Tremain Spry was part of the Titans side that played an eleven on eleven match against the Bronocs at Suncopr Stadium prior to the same sides NRL match, with the match ending in a 16 all draw scoring one of the Titans four tries in the match.
Tremain Spry’s try came early in the second half when he flew onto a pass from Toby Sexton who had himself received an off load from Sam Stone who had made the initial break in the Bronco’s defensive line.
In early July 2020 Tremain Spry was part of a Titans side that played a Cronulla Sharks side in a nine a side match as a curtain raiser to the same teams playing Round Eight of the NRL, scoring the Titans first two tries in the match that ended in a 26 all draw.
Tremain Spry’s tries came in the 8th and 10th minutes of the match with Tremain Spry playing on the left side of the field and for each of his tries Tremain Spry combined well with Toby Sexton. Tremain Spry’s second try in particular was an outstanding effort when he scored after a thirty metre angled run where he held the ball in one hand in his charge to the line. Tremain Spry also had a try assist when in the second hald after being put through a gap by Toby Sexton, Tremain Spry put Kea Pere away down the left for the first of Kea Pere’s three second half tries.
The 2020 season of Toby Sexton:
Toby Sexton participated in his first NRL pre-season in the 2019/20 off season with the Titans as part of his Titans NRL Development contract and immediately drew rave reviews from coaching staff including NRL Head Coach Justin Holbrook who amongst other things was impressed by Toby Sexton’s work ethic. Similarly NRL Assistant Coach Jim Dymock was also impressed with Toby Sexton’s calmness and maturity on multiple occasions during game simulations on the training paddock.
Toby Sexton commenced his 2020 season starting at five eight for the Titans Rookie Squad that played a Tweed Heads Seagulls Queensland Cup selection at Cudgen in wet and slippery conditions and even in those conditions put in an assured kicking display that is already of an NRL standard both in terms of attacking kicks as will as tactical kicking for field position.
Toby Sexton started at five eight for the Titans first NRL trial of 2020 against the Burleigh Bears at Pizzey Park scoring late in the match when he backed up a break when the Titans attacked down the left side of the field to take an inside pass and outpace the cover defence to score under the posts in a run over approximately thirty five metres.
The match was Toby Sexton’s first senior match and his try was obviously his first senior rugby league try. Like in his junior rugby league Toby Sexton put in an assured and confident display in his senior debut alongside Titans NRL Top 30 player, Tannah Boyd in the halves.
In total in the match Toby Sexton ran for forty eight metres (seven post contact), broke a tackle and made seventeen tackles at an impressive 100% tackling efficiency. Toby Sexton also kicked twice in general play with those two kicks accounting for a distance of forty seven metres.
Toby Sexton also started at five eight for the Tweed Heads A Grade side in their late February 2020 trial against the Burleigh Bears.
Toby Sexton started Round One of the 2020 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition for the Tweed Heads Seagulls at half against the Northern Pride and kicked five goals from seven attempts as Tweed Heads emerged with a first up victory with Toby Sexton playing a significant role in the big win, which unfortunately due to the Covid 19 virus was the one and only Hastings Deering’s Colts round of 2020.
It was obviously disappointing to see the 2020 Queensland rugby league season cancelled as there is no doubt Toby Sexton was a legimimate chance to make his Queensland Cup debut for Tweed Heads especially taking into account his assured display for the Titans against the Burleigh Bears Queensland Cup side in the Titans first 2020 trial. Toby Sexton’s Queensland Cup debut will now have to be delayed until the 2021 season.
In late June 2020 Toby Sexton was part of the Titans side that played an eleven on eleven match against the Bronocs at Suncopr Stadium prior to the same sides NRL match, with the match ending in a 16 all draw with Toby Sexton scoring the final try of the match as well as contributing a try assist in the match.
Toby Sexton was impressive in the eleven aside match scoring a try in the last minute to lock the match up at sixteen all. Playing on the right side of the field, Toby Sexton enginerred a three on two situation before dummying to his right and slicing through the Broncos left side defence to score from close range.
Toby Sexton also had a try assist in the eleven aside match when he backed up a Sam Stone break in the centre of the field to receive the offload before offloading himself to Tremain Spry who was flying onto the ball to score.
In early July 2020 Toby Sexton was outstanding of a Titans side that played a Cronulla Sharks side in a nine a side match as a curtain raiser to the same teams playing Round Eight of the NRL.
In the first half alone Toby Sexton had three try assists, the first two in the 8th and 10th minutes when he worked with Tremain Spry on the left side of the field for Spry to score on both occasions. Toby Sexton had another try assist in the 12th minute of the first hald when he broke four tackles before producing a great one armed off load to Ioane Seuili who crossed.
In the second half Toby Sexton was involved in two the three Titans tries with his first involvement when he put Tremain Spry into a gap who then set up Kea Pere for the first of his three tries and just a few minutes later Toby Sexton held the ball up perfectly for Sam Stone to run into a gap with the result being a Kea Pere try later in the same movement after Sam Stone off loaded to Nathan Peats who then off loaded to Kea Pere who subsequently scored.
Round Nineteen of the 2020 NRL season saw Toby Sexton named on the Titans extended NRL bench for the away match against Manly.
The 2020 season of Ioane Seuili:
Ioane Seuili started from the bench for the Titans in their first NRL trial of 2020 against Burleigh at Pizzey Park which was his first match back from the shoulder injury that he suffered late in the 2019 season. In the match Ioane Seuili ran for ninety one metres (twenty nine post contact) and made seventeen tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency playing in the second row when he came on in the first half.
Ioane Seuili also started in the second row for Tweed Heads in their Queensland Cup trial against Burleigh.
Ioane Seuili started Round One of the 2020 Queensland Cup competition for the Tweed Heads Seagulls from the interchange bench against the Northern Pride coming on to play sixty five uninterrupted minutes in the second row after coming on just fifteen minutes into the match.
In his sixty five minutes on the field Ioane Seuili ran for sixty five metres (twenty seven post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 4.05 seconds and made thirteen tackles at a solid 92.86% tackling efficiency.
In late June 2020 Ioane Seuili was part of the Titans side that played an eleven on eleven match against the Bronocs at Suncorp Stadium prior to the same sides NRL match (with the Titans winning the NRL match 30 – 12), with the match ending in a 16 all draw. Ioane Seuili thrived in the match, signalling that he is definitely an NRL calibre player of the near future if not already.
In early July 2020 Ioane Seuili was part of a Titans side that played a Cronulla Sharks side in a nine a side match as a curtain raiser to the same teams playing Round Eight of the NRL. In the match Ioane Seuili scored one of the Titans six tries when he ran onto a one handed Toby Sexton pass to score late in the first half.
The 2020 season of Darius Farmer:
In Round Sixteen of the 2020 NRL competition against the St George Dragons Darius Farmer was deservedly named on the Titans extended bench, however did not make the Titans final seventeen for the match. Darius Farmer was also named on the Titans NRL extended bench for Round Eighteen against the Brisbane Bronco’s, Round Nineteen against Manly and Round Twenty against the Newcastle Knights.
Darius Farmer’s first 2020 appearance was for the Titans in the 2020 NRL 9’s 18 man tournament in Perth in February. In the Titans opening match against the Canberra Raiders, Darius Farmer ran for twenty four metres on two carries and made four tackles.
Darius Farmer made a further twenty four metres from three runs and a tackle in Game Two against the Wests Tigers. In the Titans semi-final loss to North Queensland Darius Farmer ran for thirty eight metres on three carries, broke a tackle and made two tackles of his own.
In total in the 2020 NRL Nine’s tournament, Darius Farmer played in three matches, ran for eighty six metres from eight runs, broke a tackle and made seven tackles at a high tackling efficiency.
Darius Farmer started at lock for the Titans first NRL trial of 2020 against Burleigh at Pizzey Park and performed well in the new position for him running for an impressive 135 metres (twenty seven post contact), broke a tackle and made twenty six of his own.
Darius Farmer started from the interchange bench for Burleigh in their final Queensland Cup trial against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
Darius Farmer started Round One of the 2020 Queensland Cup competition for the Burleigh Bears from the bench against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls but had an impressive match after coming on in the 30th minute of the first half. Some of his charges into the teeth of the Seagulls defensive line were very impressive indeed and on each occasion fought to produce a quick play the ball to keep the Bears on the front foot.
In total in the match Darius Farmer was on the field for thirty six minutes, ran for an impressive ninety nine metres (thirty six post contact), broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.01 seconds and made seven tackles.
In late June 2020 Darius Farmer was part of the Titans side that played an eleven on eleven match against the Bronocs at Suncopr Stadium prior to the same sides NRL match, with the match ending in a 16 all draw.
The 2020 season of Jai Whitbread:
Jai Whitbread started Round One of the 2020 NRL Premiership from the bench for the Titans against the Canberra Raiders playing thirty two minutes. In his time on the field Jai Whitbread ran for 105 metres (twenty two post contact), broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.75 seconds and made twenty five tackles at a95.16% tackling efficiency.
Jai Whitbread was also named on the bench for Round Two against the Parramatta Eels playing forty six minutes. In addition Jai Whitbread ran for thirty one metres (ten post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.77 seconds and made forty two tackles at a tackling efficiency of 93.33%.
After the Covid 19 halt to the competition Jai Whitbread was named to start Round Three off the bench against the North Queensland Cowboys in Townsville. In the match Jai Whitbread was on the field for thirty eight minutes, running for fifty five metres (twenty one post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 2.15 seconds and made twenty six tackles at a tackling efficiency of 96.3%.
After not being selected for Round Three Jai Whitbread was named on the Titans extended bench for Round Five of the 2020 NRL competition against the Souths Sydney Rabbitohs and was also named on the Titans extended bench for Round Six against the St George Dragons.
In late June 2020 Jai Whitbread was part of the Titans side that played an eleven on eleven match against the Bronocs at Suncopr Stadium prior to the same sides NRL match, with the match ending in a 16 all draw. Jai Whitbread had an impressive outing in the eleven aside match and it would be fair to saw that Jai Whitbread was the only true middle forward in the Titans side in the match.
Round Eight saw Jai Whitbread once again named on the extended bench against the Cronulla Sharks as well as in Round Nine against the New Zealand Warriors, in Round Ten against the Melbourne Storm.
Jai Whitbread was initially named on the Titans extended bench for Round Eleven against the Penrith Panthers but ended up coming onto the bench on the day of the match. In the match, Jai Whitbread was on the field for twenty two minutes, ran for thirty metres (nine post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 2.27 seconds and made twenty three tackles at a perfect 100% tackling efficiency.
Jai Whitbread dropped back to the Titans extended bench for Round Twelve against the Sydney Roosters and was also named on the Titans extended bench for Round Thirteen against the North Queensland Cowboys and in Round Fourteen against the Cronulla Sharks.
Jai Whitbread was also named on the Titans extended bench for Round Fifteen against the Canberra Raiders but ended up starting from the bench for the Titans playing twenty four minutes, running for fifty eight minutes (twenty nine post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.13 seconds and made twenty three tackles at a tackling efficiency of 92%.
After his Round Fifteen cameo off the bench Jai Whitbread was also named on the bench for Round Sixteen against the St George Dragons coming on to play twenty nine minutes in the front row. In his time on the field Jai Whitbread ran for fifty four metres (twenty nine post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 2.22 seconds and made seventeen tackles at a perfect 100% tackling efficiency.
Jia Whitbread moved back to the Titans extended bench for Round Seventeen against the Canterbury Bulldogs.
In Round Eigheen against the Brisbane Bronco’s Jai Whitbread also started from the interchange bench playing twenty one solid minutes, running for twenty seven metres (nine post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 2.08 seconds and made fourteen tackles at a tackling efficiency of 93.33%.
Round Nineteen against Manly saw Jai Whitbread start from the bench once again playing thirty four minutes in the middle when he came on. In his time on the Jai Whitbread ran for eight four metres (thirty six post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 2.92 seconds and made twenty tackles at a tackling efficiency of 90.91%.
The final 2020 NRL regular season round, being Round Twenty saw Jai Whitbread start from the bench against the Newcastle Knights playing twenty three minutes in the middle of the field. Jai Whitbread ran for fifty two metres (twenty four post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 2.6 seconds and made sixteen tackles.
In total in the NRL in 2020 Jai Whitbread played in nine NRL matches, being on the field for a total of 269 minutes. In those minutes, Jai Whitbread broke three tackles, off loaded on three occasions, ran for 499 metres, 194 of which were post contact (38.88%) and made 207 tackles at a tackling efficiency of 92%.
Jai Whitbread’s 2020 NRL per game averages included playing 29.89 minutes, running for 55.44 metres and making 23 tackles. Per eighty minutes in the NRL in 2020 Jai Whitbread ran for 148.38 metres and made 61.56 tackles.
Jai Whitbread’s first 2020 appearance was for the Titans in the 2020 NRL 9’s 18 man tournament in Perth in February. In the Titans opening match against the Canberra Raiders, Jai Whitbread ran for twenty seven metres on three carries and made six tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency. Jai Whitbread made a further forty three metres from four runs, scored a try, made a line break, broke three tackles and made seven tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency in Game Two against the Wests Tigers.
In the Titans quarter final victory over Manly Jai Whitbread ran for twenty two metres from three hit-ups and made five tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency. In the Titans semi-final loss to North Queensland Jai Whitbread in addition to scoring his second tournament try ran for forty metres on four runs, made a line break, broke two tackles and made four tackles.
In total in the 2020 NRL Nine’s tournament, Jai Whitbread played in all four of the Titans matches scoring two tries, ran for 132 metres from fourteen runs, broke five tackles, made two line breaks and made twenty two tackles at a 95.65% tackling efficiency.
Jai Whitbread started from the bench in the Titans second and final NRL trial against the Brisbane Broncos in Redcliffe running for 102 metres (fifty four post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed for 3.39 seconds and made nineteen tackles at a 95% tackling efficiency.
The 2020 season of Tannah Boyd:
Tannah Boyd made his first 2020 NRL appearance and third overall in Round Four against the Wests Tigers when he started on the bench coming on to play the final thirty minutes of the match in the dummy half role as the Titans won 28 – 23 curtosy of a last minute Phillip Sami try.
In his thirty minutes on the field, Tannah Boyd ran for twenty two metres (six post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 2.88 seconds and made seventeen tackles at a tackling efficiency of 94.44%.
Tannah Boyd was also named to start from the bench for Round Five against the Souths Sydney Rabbitohs spending forty eight minutes i=on the field. Tannah Boyd played in the dummy half role when he came on but moved to half later in the match in the second half.
In his forty eight minutes on the field, Tannah Boyd ran for sixty metres (seventeen post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.61 seconds and made thirty four tackles at a tackling efficiency of 97.14%.
Tannah Boyd also started from the bench in Round Six against the St George Dragons scoing his first career NRL try when with a few minutes to go Tannah Boyd was on hand after St George could not defuse a bomb and Tannah Boyd, after receving a pass from Kevin Proctor to run twelve metres to score next to the left upright.
In his fifty one minutes on the field Tannah Boyd spent time at hooker, half back and left centre. In the match Tannah Boyd ran for fifty eight metres (thirteen post contact), broke three tackles, played the ball at ana average speed of 3.94 seconds and made twenty seven tackles at a 96.43% tackling efficiency. Tannah Boyd also kicked once making twenty metres.
Tannah Boyd once again started from the bench for the Round Seven local derby against the Brisbane Broncos coming on to play thirty one minutes, running for thirty three metres (six post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 4.12 seconds and made nineteen tackles at a 91.48% tackling efficiency.
Tannah Boyd continued his run of starts from the intrchange bench in Round Eight against the Cronulla Sharks. Tannah Boyd spent forty minutes on the field in the dummy half role in two stints after coming off with a shoulder injury initially before toughing it out for a second stint later in the match.
In his firty minutes on the field Tannah Boyd ran for forty two metres (four post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at ana average speed of 2.84 seconds and made twenty six tackles at a tackling efficiency of 86.67%.
Tannah Boyd also started from the interchange bench in Round Nine against the New Zealand Warriors, playing fifty minutes in the dummy half role when he came on. In his fifty minutes on the field Tannah Boyd ran for forty five metres (ten post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 2.97 seconds and made twenty four tackles at a tackling efficiency of 85.71%.
Tannah Boyd continued his run of NRL starts from the interchange bench in Round Ten against the Melbourne Storm coming on to play thirty five minutes in the dummy half role. In that time Tannah Boyd ran for eighteen minutes (twelve post contact), played the ball at an averge speed of 3.86 seconds, broke a tackle and made fourteen of his own at a tackling efficiency of 93.33%.
Tannah Boyd started once again from the interchange bench in Round Eleven against the Penrith Panthers coming on in the 65th minute of the match and playing the rest of the match in the dummy half role. Tannah Boyd made the most of his time, running for twenty eight metres (five post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 2.74 seconds and had a perfect 100% tackling efficiency from his thirteen tackles.
In Round Twelve against the Sydney Roosters Tannah Boyd once again started from the bench for the Titans coming on to play the final twenty six minutes of the match. In that time, Tannah Boyd ran for twenty four metres, played the ball at an average speed of 3.8 seconds and had a 100% tackling effiency whislt making his sixteen tackles.
Tannah Boyd also started from the bench for the Titans Round Thirteen match against the North Queensland Cowboys coming on to play the final eleven minutes of the match at half back. In his eleven minutes, Tannah Boyd ran for ten metres (three post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 2.63 seconds and made three tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Tannah Boyd was named to start from the bench in Round Fourteen against the Cronulla Sharks but was a late scratching.
Round Fifteen saw Tannah Boyd initially named on the Titans extended bench against the Canberra Raiders but came into the Titans side late, starting the match at five eight and recording a try assist with a deft right foot kick for Phillip Sami to score early in the first half. Tannah Boyd also had a line break assist in the match, when he took the ball to the line before popping a short pass to his left to Sam Stone who broke through the Raiders line.
Playing the entire eighty minutes, Tannah Boyd ran for sixty four metres (fourteen post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.66 seconds and made twenty four tackles at a tackling efficiency of 82.76%.
In Round Sixteen against the St George Dragons Tannah Boyd was named on the Titans extended bench as he was for Round Seventeen against the Canterbury Bulldogs and Round Eighteen against the Brisbane Bronco’s.
Tannah Boyd was back in the Titans NRL Seventeen in Round Nineteen against Manly coming off the bench and playing in the dummy half role in his forty two minutes on the field recording eighteen tackles at an 85.71% tackling efficiency.
The final 2020 NRL regular season round, being Round Twenty saw Tannah Boyd start from the bench against the Newcastle Knights playing eighteen minutes off the bench in the dummy half role. Tannah Boyd ran for eleven metres (four post contact) and made fourteen tackles at a tackling efficiency of 93.33%.
In total in the NRL in 2020 Tannah Boyd was involved in thirteen NRL matches, playing a total of 475 minutes and scoring one try. In addition, Tannah Boyd forced a line drop out, had a try assist, a line break assist, off loaded the ball on one occasion, ran for 418 metres and made 250 tackles at a tackling efficiency of 86.7%.
Tannah Boyd’s 2020 NRL per game averages included, playing 36.54 minutes, running for 32.15 metres and making 19.23 tackles. Per eighty minutes in the NRL in 2020, Tannah Boyd ran for 70.39 metres and made 42.11 tackles.
Tannah Boyd’s first 2020 appearance was for the Titans in the 2020 NRL 9’s 18 man tournament in Perth in February. In the Titans opening match against the Canberra Raiders, Tannah Boyd, in addition to kicking three conversions from as many attempts, ran for twenty four on three carries, had a try assist and made three tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Tannah Boyd made a further eight metres from a run and made two tackles in Game Two against the Wests Tigers. In the Titans semi-final loss to North Queensland Tannah Boyd ran for sixty four metres on four runs and made two tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
In total in the 2020 NRL Nine’s tournament that was held in Perth, Tannah Boyd three matches, ran for ninety six metres from eight runs, converted three tries and made seven tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Tannah Boyd started at half for the Titans first NRL trial of 2020 against Burleigh at Pizzey Park kicking two conversions from three attempts in an assured display. In total in the match Tannah Boyd ran for forty three metres (five post contact) and made fifteen tackles at a tackling efficiency of 88.24%. In addition, Tannah Boyd made 260 metres from his eleven tactical kicks.
Tannah Boyd also started from the bench in the Titans second and final NRL trial against the Brisbane Broncos in Redcliffe running for thirty seven metres, breaking a tackle and making six at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Tannah Boyd started Round One of the 2020 Queensland Cup season on the bench for Burleigh against Wynnum Manly playing five eight on the left side of the field when he came on and recorded a try assist when a pin point bomb he put up was taken on the full by Sami Sauiluma to score next to the left upright.
Tannah Boyd was on the field for twenty eight minutes running for eleven metres (four post contact), broke a tackle, kicked once for twenty two metres (being the bomb noted above), played the ball at an average speed of 4.18 seconds and made three tackles.
Congratulations to all of the young players who took part in the Titans trials tonight at CBus Stadium.
Great to see Juan Compain named to start Round Ten of the GCRL First Grade competition on Saturday for Currumbin as they take on the Ormeau Shearers.
After starring for the Bilambil Jets in their Group 18 U15 Grand Final victory 14-6 over Byron Bay/Lennox Head, including being name Player of the match powerful young second rower Jaylen Taewa, last night was part of the Titans Group 18 U14/15 side that played a trial match against a Titans Gold Coast U14 squad with the match being played at Cbus Stadium, giving the young players a great experience with an added bonus that the players wore Titans jerseys.
Jury Taewa was also part of the Titans Invitational side last night.
The Bilambil Jets Jermaine Henderson-Sabato has had a great week, first being named last Saturday as the joint 2020 Group 18 U16 Player of the Season and then last night was part of a Titans Group 18 U16 Invitational side that played a trial match against a Titans squad with the match being played at Cbus Stadium, giving the young players a great experience with an added bonus that the players wore Titans jerseys.
Another player to have a great week was Bilambil’s Cameron Bevan who last Saturday was part of their 14 – 6 Grand Final victory over Byron Bay/Lennox Head and post the Grand Final was named the 2020 Group 18 U15 Player of the Year.
Then last night he was part of the Titans Group 18 U14/15 side that played a trial match against a Titans Gold Coast U14 squad with the match being played at Cbus Stadium, giving the young players a great experience with an added bonus that the players wore Titans jerseys.
Great to see the son of a former champion progress in his rugby league career with Cooper Bai playing for the Titans U14 side last night against a Group 18 Invitational side at Cbus Stadium. Cooper of course is the son of Marcus Bai.
After being named player of the Group 18 U14 Grand Final last Saturday as his Tweed Heads Seagulls side prevailed 30-4 against the Tugun Seahawks Zane Harrison was part of the Titans NRRRL U14/U15 Invitational squad that played a match against a Titans Gold Coast based U14 side, with the match being played at Cbus Stadium last night, giving the young players a great experience and in a Titans jersey as well.
Titans contracted Riley Lack is set to start on the wing for Murwillumbah in their NRRRL First Grade Preliminary Final tomorrow against the Bilambil Jets.
Fellow Titans contracted 17 year old Ryan Foran will start from the bench for Murwillumbah and will play in the left second row position when he comes on.
Grafton Ghosts U13 Group One centre Beau Hartmann had some sort of Grand Final day last weekend, scoring a hat trick as the Ghosts won the Group One U13 Grand Final 32-22 against Ballina and then was on the bench for the U14 Grand Final.
Clarence Coast Magpies Group One U16 five eight Tye Eamens Gardiner was deservidly named Player of the Grand Final as he led the Magpies with a hat trick in a 28-26 win over Ballina in last weekend's Grand Final.
Electric Clarence Coast Magpies centre Levi Cavanough had a big hand in the Magpies 28-26 Group One U16.5 Grand Final victory over the Ballina Seagulls last weekend scoring a try and kicking two conversions.
In addition to being named Player of the 2020 Group One U15 Grand Final, Titans linked Reshawn Anderson was one of Ballina's try scorers as they defeated Casino RSM in the decider last weekend 28-10.
Th Clarence Coast Magpies produced a great second half come back in last weekend's Group One U14 Grand Final to beat the Grafton Ghosts 30 - 14 with Titans linked lock David Torrens being a key part of the comeback scoring one of the Magpies tries.
Classy Ballina five eight Dylan Watkins scored a hat trick and also kicked three conversions to score 18 of his side's 22 points in last weekend's Group One U13 Grand Final but it was not enough for them to overcome Grafton who prevailed 32-22.
The forward battle in today's NRRRL U18 Preliminary Final will be worth the price of admission alone with Cudgen's Titans contingent including Bailey Matron, Jack Cullen and Oskar Bryant up against Bilambil's fellow Titan Noah Johannssen and Sydney Rooster Josh Bevan.
Titans linked Tyrelle Waters was a key member of the Clarence Coast Magpies Group One U14 side that won their Grand Final last weekend 30 - 16 against the Grafton Ghosts with the young half one of the Magpies try scorers in the Premiership decider.
Last weekend's Group One U16.5 Grand Final was a hard fought tight affair with Clarence Coast prevailing 28-26 against Ballina.
For Clarence Coast Titans linked Nic Torrens was at the forefront of the contest scoring a try and kicking two goals in the Magpies two point victory.
Titans linked Clarence Coast Magpie AJ Hickling had a big day last Saturday starting in the front row in the Group One U14 Grand Final, scoring a double and being named Player of the Match as the Magpies won the Premiership on the back of a 30 - 16 victory.
Titans linked five eight Kye Cooper was one of a number of stand outs for the Ballina U15 Group One Grand Final winning team last weekend scoring a double and also kicking two goals as the Seagulls defeated Casino RSM 28-10.
Titans linked centre Damon Coldwell's Ballina side lost their Group One U16.5 Grand Final 28-26 last weekend to Clarence Coast but Damon Cold well did all that he could scoring a hat trick in the tough two point loss.
Titan's contracted Keano Kini was not able to play much rugby league in 2020 but was able to play First XV school boy rugby in New Zealand for Rosmini College, not bad at all for a 16 year old.
Keano Kini started the 2020 school boy rugby year at fullback (N0. 15) for Rosmini College in their pre-season match against Rangitoto Collage, and when he season proper started all six of Rosmini College's First XV matches at fullback, finishing second in the competition with five wins and just one loss.
Keano Kini started against Kaipara High School (Round One 59 - 0 win), Westlake Boys High School (Round Two 24 - 19 loss), TGS (Round Three 31 - 5 win), Massey High School (Round Four 14 - 0), Orewa College (Round Five 48 - 5 win) and Whangarei Boys High (Round Six 43 - 10 win).
Post the school boy First XV competition, Keano Kini was selected for the New Zealand Rugby Blues U18 training squad, once again an impressive achievement for a 16 year old.
Thomas Weaver with a double, three conversions, a forty metre penalty goal and two forced drop outs this afternoon as he led Cudgen to a 24-16 Preliminary Final U18 NRRRL victory over Bilambil.
After a tough 2020 season it was great to see Wailer Whaiapu back on the field for the Titans contracted young man.
Titans contracted Riley Lack scored a late try in the dying seconds to get Murwillumbah home in last nights NRRRL First Grade Preliminary Final 20-18 when he took a Kade Hill kick on the full to score in the right corner.
Minutes before PBC student Daniel Butterini scored a solo try under the posts to get Murwillumbah back into the match.
Titans contracted EJ Finau did not just play rugby league in 2020 but rugby as well as the Sunnybank Dragons and even though he was still U16 eligible EJ FInau started at outside centre in the U18 Brisbane Rugby Grand Final recently scoring the first try of the match when he took the ball on the right side of the field twenty metres out, charging into the defense, it looked like EJ Finau was held by two Souths defenders but he broke clear charging the remaining fifteen metres to score under pressure from two further Souths Defenders.
In SUnnybank' Grand Finla win EJ FInau also set up the Dragons second try when he broke clear down the left side of the field drawing the fullback and sending his left winger away down the left touch line to score in Sunnybank's big 48-20 Grand Final victory.
For the Titans in 2019 and 2020 against Balmain and Newcastle respectively EJ Finau started in the front row.
A big match by Southport Tigers left winger Callum Boomer yesterday scoring four tries and kicking four goals as the Tigers defeated Tugun in the final round of the GCRL First Grade competition.
The first three of Callum Booomer's tries came as a result of him backing up ball runners and the fourth when he chased through an attacking kick into the in-goal.
One talented player that was part of the Titans Group 18 U16 Invitational side that played a trial match against a Titans squad with the match being played at Cbus Stadium was Shane Davies-Caldwell.
In the 2020 Group 18 U16 competition Shane Davies-Caldwell played a number of matches late in the 2020 season for the South Tweed Bears including the Grand Final with the Bears defeating Murwillumbah 20 – 16 in the Grand Final.
In the regular season in the 2020 Group 18 U16 season, South Tweed won seven games and lost three, along the way scoring 210 points and conceding 160 to finish with a +50 points differential.
Prior to moving to South Tweed Shane Davies-Caldwell played a number of match for the Kempsey Dragons in the Group Three Junior Rugby League competition with his last match for the Dragons being in Round Six when he came off the bench.
Shane Davies-Caldwell had a great start to the 2020 Group Three U16 season with the Kempsey Dragons starting the opening two rounds of the competition at half back and scoring in both as well as kicking three conversions in Round One against the Taree Panthers and a conversion in Round Two against Forster Tuncurry.
Shane Davies-Caldwell started the 2020 season as part of the North Coast Bulldogs U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad starting at fullback in all five of their matches which were against Central Coast (Round One), the Parramatta Eels (Round Two), the Greater Northern Tigers (Round Three), the Newcastle Knights (Round Four) and the Northern Rivers Titans in Round Five.
Shane Davies-Caldwell had a particularly successful match in Round Three against the Greater Northern Tigers when he kicked six conversions from as many attempts and also kicked three conversions in Round Four against the Newcastle Knights as well as kicking conversions in Round Two and Five.
In late 2019 Shane Davies-Caldwell was selected in the 2020 New South Wales U16 Indigenous Squad. Also in late 2019 Shane Davies-Caldwell was named the 2019 Kempsey Dragons Rising Star Award winner.
In 2019 Shane Davies-Caldwell played for the Group Two U15 representative side at the 2019 New South Wales Country Age Championships, including scoring a try and kicking three gaols in the 2019 U15 Trophy Final that Group Two won 22 – 6 against the Central Coast Roosters.
Titans contracted Kobie Mackay-Taylor and Caleb Gould-Waiariki last last week represented the U18 South East Queensland Sharks at the National Youth Touch Championships with their side making it all of the way to the semi-finals where they went down 8-6 to the North Queensland Cyclones.
Earlier in 2020 Caleb Gould-Waiariki was named in the Queensland U20 touch side at just 17 years of age.
Similiarly Kobie Mackay-Taylor was U16 eligible but played for the U18's.
Both young men were part of the Titans U16 side that defeated a Newcastle Knights U16 side in Coffs Harbour and both attend Coombabah State High School.
Mr Bods
05-10-20, 03:20 PM
Titans contracted Riley Lack scored a late try in the dying seconds to get Murwillumbah home in last nights NRRRL First Grade Preliminary Final 20-18 when he took a Kade Hill kick on the full to score in the right corner.
Minutes before PBC student Daniel Butterini scored a solo try under the posts to get Murwillumbah back into the match.
I’m hearing this match had a very controversial finish to it
It was mate, the light was poor due to multiple injuries holding up play and a couple of other issues over the course of the match.
I’m hearing this match had a very controversial finish to it
To was great to see Kovi Ngan-Woo being part of the Titans Group 18 U16 Invitational side that played a trial match against a Titans squad with the match being played at Cbus Stadium, giving the young players a great experience with an added bonus that the players wore Titans jerseys.
In the 2020 Group 18 U16 competition Kovi Ngan-Woo played for the Bilambil Jets who finished the regular season winning five matches, scoring 152 points and conceding 118 to finish with a +34 points differential.
In addition to playing in the Group 18 U16 competition for Bilambil, Kovi Ngan- Woo played one match for the Jets in the 2020 NRRRL U18 competition with the match coming in early September 2020 against the Cudgen Hornets. Kovi Ngan-Woo had a dominating debut game being named Player of the Match against the Jets local rivals.
It may have been a shortened season but in 2020 Ty Kilpatrick still played a lot of rugby league matches including a match for the Titans Group 18 U16 Invitational side that played a trial match against a Titans U15 squad with the match being played at Cbus Stadium last Thursday night.
In the 2020 Group 18 U16 competition Ty Kilpatrick played for the Cudgen Hornets. The 2020 U16 Cudgen Hornets finished the regular season winning two games and losing eight, along the way scoring 138 points and conceding 244 to finish with a -106 points differential.
Ty Kilpatrick also played a number of matches for the Cudgen Hornets NRRRL U18 side in 2020 coming into the side after the competition was split into two due to the Queensland border restrictions. Ty Kilpatrick’s first match was off the bench against the Murwillumbah Mustangs in the “new” Round One and he also started from the bench in Round Two against Bilambil .
Ty Kilpatrick started the next three rounds at left centre against Bilambil (Round Three), Tweed Coast (Round Four) and Murwillumbah in Round Five.
In Round SIx against the Tweed Coast Raiders Ty Kilpatrick moved back to start from the bench and he also started from the bench in the 2020 NRRL U18 Major Semi-final against the Murwillumbah Mustangs.
Ty Kilpatrick started the 2020 season as part of the Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad starting all four of the matches the Titans played in the front row and was also named to start Round One in the front row against the Parramatta Eels but that match was washed out.
Ty Kilpatrick started in the front row against the Newcastle Knights (Round Two), the Central Coast Roosters (Round Three), the Greater Northern Tigers (Round Four) and the North Coast Bulldogs in Round Five.
Mr Bods
06-10-20, 08:47 AM
It was mate, the light was poor due to multiple injuries holding up play and a couple of other issues over the course of the match.
So did some more asking around. The Referee’s brother was playing for Mur’bah and Bilambil are filthy with his performance.
Don’t shoot the messenger I wasn’t there.
19 year old five eight Kade Hill continued his good form in the 2020 NRRRL First Grade Preliminary Final on Saturday scoring a first half try and setting up Murwillumbah’s last minute try that propelled them to a 20 – 18 victory to seal a Grand Final berth. Kade Hill’s try came in the first half when he was operating on the left side of the field down the short side, Kade Hill got on the outside of his immediate defender after dummying to his right and held off a defender with his left arm to score from ten metres out.
With just seconds to go in the match, Kade Hill recorded the critical try assist that propelled Murwillumbah into the 2020 NRRRL Green First Grade Grand Final when he put in a well weighted short chip kick to the right wing, for Titans contracted Riley Lack to take on the full and dive over.
Kade Hill is Colts eligible in 2020.
Exciting 19 year old hooking prospect Cole Geyer added a further try in Round Ten being the final GCRL First Grade regular season round on Saturday in a big Currumbin win against Ormeau.
Cole Geyer’s try came in the second half when he darted out of dummy half to his right, stopping quickly before cutting straight through the centre of the ruck to score from twenty five metres out.
Cole Geyer could have had a second try, when he backed up on the inside and received the ball once the fullback was drawn in running forty metres to the line. Instead of putting the ball down, Cole Geyer waited in the ingoal passing to his brother Nash Geyer to score. Normally I am not a fan of this but earlier in the match his father Matt Geyer (Melbourne Storm) had scored so by giving the ball to his brother it was an incredible situation where a father and two sons played in the same match and also all three scored.
Great effort on Sunday by Titans contracted 17 year old Rowan Mansfield who came off the Ballina Seagulls NRRRL Reserve Grade side and scored a double as the Seagulls defeated Marist Brothers Rams 54-6.
18 year old PBC student Daniel Butterini started at lock in the 2020 NRRRL First Grade Preliminary Final, with Daniel Butterini scoring a critical try with five minutes remaining to get back into the match that they eventually won against Bilambil on Saturday with a last minute try 20 – 18 to progress into the Grand Final.
Daniel Butterini’s late match try was an outstanding solo affair. With just five minutes to go, Daniel Butterini took a hit-up to the right of the paly the ball, immediately cutting back behind the play the ball and holding off a defender as he ran parralell to the defensive line with his left arm. When he was able to break free of the defender Daniel Butterini stepped off his left foot to get through the Bilambil defensive line and was able to outpace the cover defence to dive over next to the left upright.
In the final regular season round of the 2020 Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade competition on Saturday, being Round Ten, Will Evans started on the left wing for the Bears against the Mudgeeraba Redbacks scoring a long range try when he was on hand to swoop onto a Redbacks dropped ball and outpace the cover defence, running seventy eight metres to score as the Bears head into the Finals series on the back of a last start victory.
In the 2020 NRRRL U18 Preliminary Final on Saturday, former PBC student Josh Bevan started at lock and was close to the best player on the field, scoring a double, one in each half, in a tough 24 – 16 Jets loss.
Josh Bevan’s first half try resulted from a powerful charge from fifteen metres out when he took a hit up off the dummy half to the right of the play the ball to surge through the centre of the Cudgen forward pack to cross ten metres to the left of the uprights.
Josh Bevan’s try in the second half was not dis-similar to his first half try. Josh Bevan once again took a hit-up off the dummy half, this time to the left of the play the ball and once again was too strong for the Cudgen defence to score next to the left upright.
In the final regular season round of the 2020 Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade competition on Saturday, being Round Ten, Titans contracted Jayden Campbell started at fullback as the Bears defeated the Mudgeeraba Redbacks scoring a try and kicking four goals. Jayden Campbell’s try came down a short left side blind side close to the line. Jayden Campbell received the ball off the dummy half around four metres out and got down low and burrowed under the defence to score.
Mr Bods
07-10-20, 01:10 PM
18 year old PBC student Daniel Butterini started at lock in the 2020 NRRRL First Grade Preliminary Final, with Daniel Butterini scoring a critical try with five minutes remaining to get back into the match that they eventually won against Bilambil on Saturday with a last minute try 20 – 18 to progress into the Grand Final.
Daniel Butterini’s late match try was an outstanding solo affair. With just five minutes to go, Daniel Butterini took a hit-up to the right of the paly the ball, immediately cutting back behind the play the ball and holding off a defender as he ran parralell to the defensive line with his left arm. When he was able to break free of the defender Daniel Butterini stepped off his left foot to get through the Bilambil defensive line and was able to outpace the cover defence to dive over next to the left upright.
I believe this try was scored off the back of the Referee who’s brother plays for Murwillumbah giving repeated set of 6 restarts and penalties until Bilambil were inevitably scored against through sheer weight of possession.
I wasn’t there though but three sources told me it was a disgrace.
Titans linked Zane Harrison was a deserved Player of the Match in the Group 18 U14 Grand Final a fortnight ago after a three try assist and a long range solo try performance.
Zane Harrison’s first try assist came early in the first half when he threw a long cut-out pass to his left right onto the chest of left winger Creedence Donovan who dived over out wide. Zane Harrison’s second try assist came on the same side of the field when he took the ball right into the line before sending a pass to his left to put his left centre over.
Zane Harrison’s final try assist of the Grand Final came late in the match when once again he threw a perfectly weighted pass to Creedence Donovan who ran twenty metres to score near the left corner. Whilst all three of Zane Harrison’s try assist’s came when he was playing on the left, Zane Harrison also had some good moments whilst operating on the right (Zane Harrison literally moves from side to side to identify the best opportunity) including a great short ball early in the match to his right second rower who almost scored from twenty metres out. Zane Harrison set up a try on the opposite side of the field two play the ball later.
Zane Harrison put an exclamation mark on the Grand Final with a ninety five metre solo effort. Off a Tweed Heads scrum win ten metres out from their onw line, Zane Harrison received the ball on the right side of the field, two passes off the scrum win, producing a great show and go to beat the Tugun defensive line and simply proved too quick for the cover defence running ninety five metres to score.
In 2020 Titans contracted EJ Finau moved back to play for Logan Brothers in the GBJRL U16 Division One competition, after a season with Redcliffe, scoring an incredible six tries is his first match back in Logan’s Green and Yellow against Redlands at Logan Brothers home ground at Civic Park.
In fact it could have been seven but the touch judge ruled that EJ Finau had gone into touch when he dive over in the left corner in the second half, I must admit that it looked like EJ Finau had gotten the ball down before he went into touch, but six tries in a match is one heck of an effort.
EJ Finau spent time in the match, at both left centre and in the second row. EJ FInau’s first try of the match came when he followed through a grubber kick towards the right corner post to get to the ball first. EJ Finau’s second try came when he was operating at left centre, receiving the ball twelve metres out at the dressing room end of Civic Park and with a right foot step got on the outside of his immediate defender and beat another with pace to dive over in the left corner.
Whilst EJ Finau’s first half was impressive with two tries, his four try second half was even better and started when once again he was first through to dive on a Logan Brothers grubber kick, this time to the left side of the field. EJ Finau added a fourth try when ran out of dummy half to the left of the play the ball, diving over with four defenders trying in vain to stop him.
EJ Finau’s fifth try came when he cut underneath his play maker, cutting back behind the play the ball barging over after a ten metres run carrying two defenders with him. EJ Finau’s sixth and final try of the match came on the left side of the field once again, when he received the ball two passes off the play the ball, immediately cutting to the outside around three Redlands defenders to score five metres in from the left corner post.
Titans contracted Jayden Campbell and Tristian Powell will start for Burleigh in this weekend's GCRL First Grade semi-final against Southport.
Titans contracted Keano Kini has been named at fullback in the New Zealand Maori U17 All-tournament team after playing the tournament for Kotahitanga.
The NZ Maori U17 side will take on a New Zealand Residents U16 team on the 24 October at Rotorua International Stadium.
Titans contracted Thomas Weaver was easily the best player on the field last Saturday as Cudgen booked a place in the NRRRL U18 Green Grand Final scoring a double, kicking three conversions, a critical forty metre penalty goal and forcing two line drop outs in a 24 – 16 Preliminary Final win over the Bilambil Jets.
Thomas Weaver’s first try of the match came when he ran out of dummy half, running at a 45 degree angle at the line with the ball out in front of his body in two hands and shaped to pass before sliding through the defensive line to score.
Thomas Weaver received a long pass out of dummy half to score his second try. Once he received the ball from the dummy half Thomas Weaver immediately straightened up his run to slip through the Bilambil line that was sliding across the field to score adjacent to the left upright.
Titans contracted Ediq Ambrosyev is set to make his GCRL First Grade debut this weekend, when he starts from the bench for Runaway Bay in their semi-final clash against Mudgeeraba.
Titans Reef Somerville, Thomas Weaver, Bailey Martin, Jack Cullen and Oskar Bryant are in the Cudgen squad for tomorrow's NRRRL U18 Green Grand Final against Murwillumbah.
Harvey Moase, Ty Kilpatrick and Tanu Nona who were all part of the Titans U16 trial sides that played at CBus Stadium last week are all on the bench for the Cudgen Hornets U18 NRRRL Grand Final side for tomorrow's decider against Murwillumbah.
Titans contracted 17 year old Ryan Foran will start from the bench tomorrow for Murwillumbah in the NRRRL First Grade Green Grand Final.
Titans contracted 17 year old Rowan Mansfield is set to start from the bench of the Ballina Seagulls on Sunday in their NRRRL Reserve Grade Gold semi-final against Northern United.
One of the best things about the 2020 NRRRL First Grade season has been the number of U18 players who have received an opportunity, including Henry Lee who will line up in the centres for Marist Brothers today in their NRRRL Gold First Grade Preliminary Final against Northern United.
Few players who are still U16 eligible can make the step up to the U18 ranks but one young man who has done that this season in the NRRRL U18 competition is Byron Bay's Jedd Windle who who start in the Devils Preliminary Final this weekend against the Marist Brothers Rams in the second row.
Cudgen ran out winners in a bad tempered match.
Titans Reef Somerville, Thomas Weaver, Bailey Martin, Jack Cullen and Oskar Bryant are in the Cudgen squad for tomorrow's NRRRL U18 Green Grand Final against Murwillumbah.
Thomas Weaver scored a try, had two try assists, four goals and a 40/20 for Cudgen today in their NRRRL U18 Grand Final win.
The 2020 season of James Torrens.
He Torrens is a big strong barrel chested northern New South Wales junior who spent a fair portion of the 2019/20 off season training with the Tweed Heads Seagulls U20 Hastings Deering’s Colts squad even though he was still MM Cup eligible in 2020.
With the cancellation of the 2020 Hastings Deerings Colts competition James Torrens headed south to play in the 2020 NRRRL competition with Casino RSM, including starting at right centre in Round One of the NRRRL First Grade competition against Marist Brothers Rams. James Torrens was one of Casino RSM’s try scored in their 16 – 10 loss to the Rams.
James Torrens also started at right centre in Round Two against the Tweed Coast Raiders but moved to right second row for Round Four against Marist Brothers Lismore, being the first round where the NRRRL competition had to be split in two due to the Queensland/New South Wales strict border closure in August 2020.
Post that round James Torrens moved to the Gold Coast Rugby League competition to play for the Tugun Seahawks.
In Round Five of the 2020 Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade competition James Torrens came off the bench for the Tugun Seahawks in their match agaisnt Runaway Bay. Round Eight saw James Torrens move into the Tugun starting line-up in the left second row position where he was partnered by Solomon Torrens for the Seahawks match against the Currumbin Eagles with James Torrens one of the Seahawks try scorers in their 20 – 18 victory.
James Torrens try came when he chased through a Tugun bomb. The ball was coming done around a metre out from the try line but James Torrens was there to put pressure on the Currumbin defender who lost the ball forward. The ball then rebounded off another Currumbin defender straight back to James Torrens who by that time was in the ingoal area. All James Torrens had to do to have the try awarded was to drop to the ground, which he did two metres from the left goal post.
James Torrens also started in the left second row position against Runaway Bay in Round Nine and scored an outstanding long range solo try. James Torrens received the ball around sixty metres out from the line skipping immediately to his outside and proved to be far too quick for the Runaway Bay defence to score in the left corner.
In the final regular season round of the 2020 Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade competition being Round Ten, James Torrens started at left second row as the Seahawks took on the Southport Tigers.
The 2020 season of Josh Bevan.
Josh Bevan was to commence the 2020 season starting at hooker for the Roosters in their 2020 U18 SG Ball Round One match against the Norths Sydney Bears however the match was cancelled due to the extreme weather conditions in Sydney that particular weekend.
In Round Two against the Western Suburbs Magpies Josh Bevan was once again named to start at hooker for the Roosters scoring in the first half in the Roosters 50 – 4 victory. Josh Bevan’s try was an opportunist one out of dummy half. With the Roosters on the attack right on the Western Suburbs try line, Josh Bevan ran out of dummy half to his left from a metre out, crashing over between two Magpies defenders who were no chance to stop him.
In relation to his try, the Magpies initial contact was actually quite good on Josh Bevan but he pumped his legs and was able to crash over mid-way between the uprights and corner post on the left side of the field.
Josh Bevan also started at hooker in Round Three against the Parramatta Eels as well as in Round Four against the Canberra Raiders.
After the Roosters had a Round Five bye, Josh Bevan was back starting at hooker in Round Six against the Cronulla Sharks in what turned out to be a low scoring bruising encounter in what ended up being the last match before the season ended prematurely.
When community rugby league recommenced in July 2020 Josh Bevan turned out for the Bilambil Jets in the NRRRL U18 comeptition starting Round One at five eight against the Ballina Seagulls and also starting at five eight in Round Two against Murwillumbah.
Josh Bevan made it three starts in a row at five eight in Round Three against the Cudgen Hornets but Round Four against the Tweed Coast Raiders saw Josh Bevan move to lock. . In Round Seven Josh Bevan started in the second row against the Tweed Coast Raiders and also started in the second row in Round Eight against Murwillumbah.
Josh Bevan started at lock in Bilambil’s NRRRL U18 Elimination Final victory agaisnt the Tweed Coast Raiders. In the 2020 NRRRL U18 Preliminary Final, Josh Bevan also started at lock and was close to the best player on the field, scoring a double, one in each half, in a tough 24 – 16 Jets loss.
Josh Bevan’s first half try resulted from a powerful charge from fifteen metres out when he took a hit up off the dummy half to the right of the play the ball to surge through the centre of the Cudgen forward pack to cross ten metres to the left of the uprights.
Josh Bevan’s try in the second half was not dis-similar to his first half try. Josh Bevan once again took a hit-up off the dummy half, this time to the left of the play the ball and once again was too strong for the Cudgen defence to score next to the left upright.
Josh Bevan made his deserved NRRRL First Grade debut in Round Five of the 2020 season when he started from the bench against the Cudgen Hornets and also came off the bench in Round Six against Murwillumbah, Round Seven against the Tweed Coast Raiders and in Round Eights 12 all draw against the Cudgen Hornets. Josh Bevan also came off the bench in Bilambil’s last minute 20 – 18 2020 NRRRL First Grade Preliminary Final loss to Murwillumbah.
One of the more impressive first year players in the Gold Coast Rugby League competition this season has been Tyrone Gunn-James.
He played the 2020 Gold Coast Rugby League regular season with the Ormeau Shearers in the U18 Division One competition and was dominant in a number of matches including a stand out performance in Round Five against Helensvale when he scored three tries and also recorded a try assist, when after engaging the Helensvale side down a short right blind side he was able to get a right arm flick pass away to send his right winger away to score in the corner.
Tyrone Gunn-James’s first try of the match came from a set move from a Ormeau scrum win. Tyrone Gunn-James picked the ball up from the back of the scrum and ran the ball down a short right side blind side, putting his five eight into space around thirty five metres out. Tyrone Gunn-James did not then give up on play backing up and receiving an inside pass from his right winger to barge over from ten metres out.
In relation to his second try of the match it was once again a case of Tyrone Gunn-James working hard to back up and on that occasion backed up a ling brear by the Ormeau right winger sho was able to get the ball back inside to Tyrone Gunn-James who was able to beat the cover defence to the line.
Tyrone Gunn-James’s third try of the match was a result of Tyrone Gunn-James running onto a Syris Schmidt off-laod to score from ten metres out on the right side of the field.
In Round Seven Tyrone Gunn-James was dominant once again Seven against Mudgeeraba including being heavily involved including a long break through the centre of the Redbacks ruck from sixty metres out charging forty metres downfield before being brought down. Ormeau scored two two play the balls later.
Tyrone Gunn-James was also part of a couple of set moves off the back of scrums in the same match including one in the first half where the scrum packed on the half way mark, ten metres in from the left touchline. The move down the blind side saw the Ormeau right winger make a long break down the touchline from the scrum move.
Whilst the Cudgen U18 side that won the NRRRL U18 Green Grand Final had a number of Titans contracted players in the side, so did their opponents being Murwillumbah specifically left centre Riley Lack who scored a long range try and right second rower Ryan Foran who backed up to come off the bench in the NRRRL First Grade Grand Final later in the day.
Magnificent U18 NRRRL U18 Gold Preliminary Final this afternoon with Marist beating Byron Bay 32-24 in extra time. Great match.
The 2019 and 2020 seasons for Titans linked Reshawn Anderson.
Reshawn Anderson’s first 2020 hit-out came for one of the three Titans U15 sides that played round robin matches against each other in mid- February 2020 at Burleigh’s Pizzey Park. Reshawn Anderson’s team won both of their matches to finish the day undefeated, producing two impressive displays in front of Titans JTS staff.
When the Group One rugby league competition recommenced in July 2020, Reshawn Anderson started Round One of the competition in the front row and scored for Ballina as they went down 16 – 14 to Casino RSM.
Reshawn Anderson also started in the front row in Round Two kicking two conversions as Ballina defeated South Grafton 28 – 0 and was once again in the front row in Round Three as Ballina defeated Clarence Coast 18 - 12. Reshawn Anderson added a further try and goal in Round Four in a 28 – 6 win against the Kyogle Turkeys.
Reshawn Anderson had a huge match in Round Five against Ballina scored a staggering four tries as Ballina defeated Clarence Coast 44 – 10, once again starting in the front row. Starting in the front row once again in Round Six, Reshawn Anderson had yet another big match, scoring a double and kicking three gaols as the Seagulls defeated Grafton 32 – 22.
Reshawn Anderson continued his try scoring feats adding a double in Round Seven for Ballina as they defeated Casino RSM 32 – 0 and scored a further double in Round Nine as Ballina defeated South Grafton 38 - 14.
Reshawn Anderson also started in the front row and was one of the Seagulls try scorers as they defeated Clarence Coast 32 – 10 in Round Ten.
In total in the 2020 Group One U15 regular season competition Reshawn Anderson scored sixty six points from nine matches, made up of thirteen tries (144% strike rate) and seven conversions.
Reshawn Anderson started in the front row in the 2020 Group One U15 Grand Final against Casino RSM and was named Player of the Match in Ballina’s 28 - 10 victory with Reshawn Anderson one of the Seagulls try scorers.
In Round Ten of the Group One competition, being the final regular season round, Reshawn Anderson made his U16.5 debut off the bench as Ballina went down 28 – 17 to the Clarence Coast Magpies. Reshawn Anderson the following week was on the bench for Ballina in the 2020 Group One U16.5 Grand Final against the Clarence Coast Magpies.
In 2020 Reshawn Anderson also spent some time playing club rugby in the U15 Far North Coast Junior Rugby competition for Wollongbar Alstonville with his first match being in Round Four when he came off the bench against the Lennox Head Trojans.
In Round Five against Grafton Reshawn Anderson came off the bench once again and scored a hat trick as Wollongbar Alstonville defeated the Grafton Redmen 69 – 10. Reshawn Anderson added a further try after coming from the bench in a Monday night Round Six fixture against Casuarina Beach.
Round Seven of the Far North Coast junior rugby 2020 competition saw Reshawn Anderson make his first start when he started in the front row for Wollongbar Alstonville as they recorded a 101 – 0 win against the Brunswick Billygoats. Reshawn Anderson also started in the front row in Round Eight against Lismore.
After initially being named to start on the bench in Round Nine, Reshawn Anderson started at No. 8 and scored one of his team’s two tries as Wollongbar Alstonville went down 15 – 12 to the Lennox Head Trojans.
Reshawn Anderson also started at No. 8 in Round Ten and scored a double as Wollongbar Alstonville defeated the Grafton Redmen 47 – 0.
The Goal kicking front rower Reshawn Anderson started his 2019 campaign in impressive fashion scoring two tries and kicking a conversion for Ballina as they defeated Casino RSM 54 – 4 in Round Two in the Group One U14 competition, Ballina had a Round One bye.
In Round Three Reshawn Anderson continued his impressive form scoring a try and kicking two conversions as Ballina defeated Clarence Coast 44 – 8. Reshawn Anderson also scored a Round Six double against Lismore Marist Brothers. In Round Twelve against Grafton Reshawn Anderson added a try and a goal to his season’s points tally.
Reshawn Anderson had a huge Round Thirteen match against Lismore Marist Brothers scoring three tries and kicking three goals to finish the match with eighteen points.
In total in the 2019 Group One U14 regular season competition Reshawn Anderson played in eight matches for Ballina scoring sixty two points from nine tries (113% strike rate) and thirteen goals to average just under eight points per game.
In Week One of the Finals series, Reshawn Anderson scored as Ballina progressed on the back of a 34 – 6 win over South Grafton and was also a member of the Grand Final winning side and fact was named the Player of the Match in the Grand Final and deservedly so after scoring two tries in the Permiership victory.
Reshawn Anderson’s first Grand Final try came when he received a long cut out pass whilst he was operating on the left side of the field. When he received the ball Reshawn Anderson immediately stepped off his right foot to gain separation from the South Grafton defender looking to come out of the line and he beat that defender Reshawn Anderson was able to run the remaining five metres to score.
Reshawn Anderson’s second try of the Grand Final was as a result of his strength and power. After getting the ball ten metres out from the line, Reshawn Anderson shrugged off the first defender looking to take him high and then he rumbled through three defenders adjacent to the right upright.
Reshawn Anderson also recorded a try assist in the Grand Final when after a great run in the first half, Reshawn Anderson produced an outstanding right arm offload to his left to put Key Cooper away to score next to the goal posts on the left side of the field.
Post the Grand Final Reshawn Anderson’s Group One U14 Ballina side was named Team of the Group One Junior Rugby League competition for their unbeaten season. On an individual level Reshawn Anderson was also named 2019 Group One U14 Representative Player of the Year.
Reshawn Anderson in 2019 also played two matches in the Group One U15 competition, making his debut against Casino RSM and scored his first try in that competition in Round Thirteen against Lismore Marist Brothers.
Reshawn Anderson was named in the front row for the Group One U14 Taipans for the New South Wales Country Age Championships that were held in Port Macquarie in late September. In Group One’s first qualifying match Reshawn Anderson kicked two conversions as Group One drew 14 all with Newcastle and added a try and a conversion in Group One’s Northern Cup semi-final.
In early in October Reshawn Anderson was part of a Titans U14/15 NRRRL side that went down 32 – 10 to the Titans U14 Gold Coast/Brisbane Academy side in a development match at Tweed Heads a match for me at least Reshawn Anderson was one of the NRRRL sides best.
Reshawn Anderson also represented Ballina Coast High School in multiple school boy competitions in 2019 including being part of the Ballina Coast High School side that won the 2019 U15 Titans Cup when they won all four of their matches on the day.
Ballina Coast’s wins were against Alstonville High School 11 – 10 in Round One, St Joseph’s Banora Point 20 – 4 in Round Two, Woodlawn College 12 – 6 in the semi-final and Alstonville 18 – 6 in the Grand Final.
The 2020 season of Titans linked Damon Coldwell.
The outstanding young flyer kicked off his 2020 season being named in the centres for the Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup side in their Round One match at Cudgen against the Parramatta Eels however the match was cancelled due to the wet conditions prevailing that weekend in northern New South Wales.
Damon Coldwell started in Round Two of the U16 Andrew Johns Cup at left centre against the Newcastle Knights in Ballina scoring in the second half of the Titans 28 – 22 victory. Damon Coldwell showed admirable patience to score. Five eight Travis May put in a short grubber which was bouncing around near the try line with multiple players trying to get their hands on the ball. Instead of just trying to grab it Damon Coldwell held his nerve to wait until the right moment to grab the ball and crash over five metres from the left corner post.
Damon Coldwell also started at left centre in Round Three against the Central Coast Roosters and in Round Four against the Greater Northern Tigers scoring his second try of the season late in the Round Four match. Damon Coldwell had stayed on the left side of the field and received a long cut out pass from Northern Rivers Titans hooker Tanu Nona to score in the left corner.
Damon Coldwell also started at left centre in the Round Five local derby against the North Coast Bulldogs scoring once again after breaking into space around forty metres out to score in the left corner. As he was heading towards the left corner, the North Coast fullback was coming across Damon Coldwell straightened up slightly to hold the fullback in place before veering back to his left to score in the left corner with the North Coast fullback clutching at thin air.
For the 2020 Group One U16.5 competition Damon Coldwell moved to the Ballina Seagulls and started at five eight in Round One as the Seagulls defeated Casino RSM. Damon Coldwell moved to left centre for Round Three and made the most of the move, scoring a double as Ballina defeated Clarence Coast 18 – 12.
Damon Coldwell added a further double in Round Four when he started at left centre as Ballina defeated Kyogle 38 – 10. Starting at left centre in Round Five, Damon Coldwell added a further try as Ballina defeated Clarence Coast.
Starting at right centre in Round Six saw Coldwell add a hat trick to his impressive 2020 season as Ballina defeated the Kyogle Turkeys 38 – 22. In Round Seven Damon Coldwell made the most of coming off the bench, scoring a double in a big 58 – 24 win over Casino RSM.
In Round Eight of the Group One U16.5 competition Damon Coldwell was back in the Ballina starting side at fullback and contributed a double to the Seagulls 38 – 0 victory over Casino RSM. Damon Coldwell moved to five eight for Round Nine as Ballina defeated Casino RSM 36 – 10. In Round Ten Damon Coldwell was back in the centres as Ballina went down 28 – 17 to the Clarence Coast Magpies.
In total in the 2020 Group One U16.5 regular season competition Damon Coldwell scored twelve tries from eight matches to finish with a 150% strike rate.
Damon Coldwell started in the centres in the 2020 Group One U16.5 Grand Final against the Clarence Coast Magpies scoring a hat trick as Ballina went down by two points in a tight encounter 28 - 26.
A number of Damon Coldwell’s 2020 Group One U16.5 tries are described below to give people a sense of the strength, speed, power and tactical sense that Damon Coldwell possesses.
Against the Kyogle Turkeys whilst playing left centre, Damon Coldwell came back underneath his five eight around ten metres out from the line. Stepping off his left foot to beat the first Turkey’s defender who had stopped when the ball came back inside. Damon Coldwell then stepped off his right foot to straighten his run and then powered over to put the ball down under the goal posts.
Against the Clarence Coast Magpies, Damon Coldwell’s effort to chase through a Ballina bomb was rewarded when he was on hand to retrieve the ball when it was dropped by the fullback. Damon Coldwell was in fact dragged down two metres short of the line but was able to break free of the defender before he hit the ground, thus Damon Coldwell was able to legitimately get to his feet and bring the ball around to score under the posts.
Damon Coldwell got into dummy half against Clarence Coast around a metre out from the try line and even though the Magpies defence know that he was going to got for the line, when Damon Coldwell charged out of dummy half to the right of the play the ball, the two defenders had no chance to stop him.
Also against Clarence Coast, Damon Coldwell chased through a grubber kick and beat the defenders to the ball, diving on the ball fifteen metres in from the left corner post.
Against Casino RSM, whilst playing left centre Damon Coldwell was on the end of a Ballina backline movement when he scored possibly the easiest try of his career when he received the ball a metre out in a lot of space to score in the left corner.
Showcasing his ability to play on both sides of the field, Damon Coldwell was playing right centre against Casino RSM when he chased through a short attacking kick to get to the ball first to score five metres in from the right corner post.
In a match against Clarence Coast whilst playing left centre, Damon Coldwell cut inside to receive the ball behind his five eight running directly through the centre of the Magpies ruck before using his speed to veer to his left around the fullback to score untouched from forty metres out.
Once again playing left centre, Damon Coldwell received a long cut out pass five metres out from the line and engaged the Kyogle Turkeys right winger who tries to tackle him front one. After shrugging off the defender, Damon Coldwell pushed to the outside to score with centremetres to spare in the left corner.
Damon Coldwell once again against Casino RSM when he backed out a break down the left, receiving the ball around ten metres out from the line and he did well to hold his balance as he was hit by the Casino RSM fullback just as he was putting the ball down in the left corner.
Whilst playing fullback in Round Eight against Casino RSM, Damon Coldwell moved into dummy half with the play the ball two metres out from the line. Damon Coldwell ran down a left side blind side, dummying to his outside to draw the defenders to his support runners and then Damon Coldwell had an easy run to score.
Also in Round Eight, Damon Coldwell was all over the field and was on the right touch line when he followed through a winding run by the Ballina left second rower to take the off load to jog eight metres to score ten metres in from the right corner post.
Damon Coldwell showed his spatial awareness when he scored in the left corner against Clarence Coast. As Ballina were throwing the ball in his direction, Damon Coldwell positioned himself outside the Magpies last defender and once he got the ball Damon Coldwell accelerated away to score in the left corner.
Once again against Clarence Coast, Damon Coldwell showcased his good hands, when he held onto a difficult off load he got from his right and very close to him (he was playing left centre) to dive over from close range.
As he did on a number of occasions in 2020 Damon Coldwell once again was on hand to easily score from the left centre position when he followed thorugh a grubber kick from William James against the Kyogle Turkeys.
Damon Coldwell scored an outstanding power based try against Clarence Coast. Damon Coldwell mis-timed his cut back run, eventually receiving the ball when he was stationary around ten metres out from the Magpies line. Damon Coldwell engaged the defensive line around five metrs out and even when he appeared to be held close to the line, just kept fighting the tackle until he was able to push over close to the left upright.
In a Round Seven match against Casino RSM Damon Coldwell’s quick hands were once again on display when he plucked a hard long pass out of the air when it looked like it was going to sail a long way over his head to then run six metres to score out wide on the right.
A hard straight crash line from Damon Coldwell whilst palying left centre resulted in another Damon Coldwell try when he ran through the outstretched arms of a Kyogle Turkey’s defender from about eight metres out.
Also against Kyogle, as he did on more than one occasion in the 2020 Group One U16.5 competition, Damon Coldwell was on hand to beat the Turkeys defenders to the ball when he followed through a William James grubber kick that was directed to the Ballina left side attack.
From the above descriptions it would seem that Damon Coldwell is purely a try scorer but that is not the case, with the best example of that being in Round One against Casino RSM when Damon Coldwell played the entire match at five eight. From five eight, where he operated on the left side of the field, Damon Coldwell recorded two try assists when he took the ball to the line before sending flat passes to his left to support runners.
That same match saw Damon Coldwell also forced two goal line frop outs, when precise kicks of his could not be brought out of their own ingoal by the Casino RSM fullback. Impressively one kick was a short chip kick and the other a longer kick from thirty odd metres out that pulled up perfectly in the in goal.
The 2019 and 2020 seasons for Titans linked Kye Cooper.
Kye Cooper’s first 2020 hit out came for one of the three Titans U15 sides that played round robin matches against each other in mid- February 2020 at Burleigh’s Pizzey Park spending the majority of his time on the field in his two matches at five eight. Kye Cooper’s team won both of their matches in the series of round robin matches.
When community rugby league restarted in July 2020 Kye Cooper played once again for the Ballina Seagulls in the Group One competition, this season in the U16.5 competition and in Round One in a 16 – 14 loss against Casino RSM Kye Cooper started in the left second row position.
Kye Cooper moved to five eight for Round Two and scored as Ballina defeated South Grafton 28 – 0. Kye Cooper continued at five eight in Round Three and scored once again as Ballina defeated Clarence Coast 18 – 12. Kye Cooper also kicked three goals in the match to finish with a ten point haul.
Kye Cooper started at lock in Round Four against Kyogle scoring once again as Ballina defeated the Turkeys 28 – 6. In Round Six Kye Cooper was back at five eight and kicked a conversion as Ballina defeated Grafton 32 – 22. Kye Cooper also started at five eight in Round Seven as Ballina defeated Casino RSM 32 – 0.
Kye Cooper continued at five eight in Round Nine and scored one of Ballina’s tries as they defeated South Grafton 38 – 14. Kye Cooper also started at five eight and was one of the Seagulls try scorers as they defeated Clarence Coast 32 – 10.
In total in the 2020 Group One U15 regular season competition Kye Cooper scored twenty eight points from eight matches, made up of five tries and four conversions.
Kye Cooper started at five eight in the 2020 Group One U15 Grand Final against Casino RSM and was close to the best player on the field, scoring two tries and kicking two goals as Ballina defeated Casino RSM 28 – 10 to become 2020 Premiers..
In Round Ten of the Group One competition, being the final regular season round, Kye Cooper made his U16.5 debut off the bench as Ballina went down 28 – 17 to the Clarence Coast Magpies.
Kye Cooper also played rugby in 2020, playing the opening three matches of the Far North Coast U15 Junior Rugby competition at inside centre (No. 12) for the Lennox Head Trojans. In Round One against Casurina Beach Kye Cooper scored a double, also scored in Round Two against the Brunswick Billygoats and then added another double against the Grafton Redmen in Round Three.
In Round Five of the U15 Far North Coast Junior Rugby competition Kye Cooper started at inside centre (No. 12) and was amongst the Lennox Head try scorers in their match against Lismore. Kye Cooper once again started at inside centre in Round Six against Casuaina Beach scoring a double for the Trojans in their victory.
In Round Eight Kye Cooper also started at No. 12 (inside centre) for the Trojans as they defeated the Grafton Redmen with Kye Cooper scoring three tries in the big 64 – 0 win. Kye Cooper added a further try in Round Nine when he once again started at inside centre in a tight 15 – 12 win over Wollongbar Alstonville.
Late in 2019 Kye Cooper played for a Titans U14/U15 NRRRL Invitational side against a Titans U14 Gold Coast/Brisbane side at Piggabeen starting the match at five eight with the result being that the NRRRL side went down 32 - 10.
Kye Cooper started the 2019 Group One U14 competition off in outstanding fashion scoring two tries and kicking two goals for a game haul of twelve for Ballina in their 34 – 6 victory in Round One against the South Grafton Rebels.
Kye Cooper was on fire once again in Round Two scoring five tries and kicking two conversions as Ballina defeated Casino RSM 54 – 4.
Kye Cooper continued his try scoring feats in Round Three scoring a double as Ballina defeated Clarence Coast 44 – 8.
In Round Five against Lismore Marist Brothers Kye Cooper finished with an individual point’s tally of twelve from two tries and two goals in a big win against Lismore Marist Brothers.
Round Seven saw Kye Cooper continue to add points to his season tally when he kicked two conversions in a 38 – 0 win over Kyogle.
In Round Ten against Casino RSM Kye Cooper continued his outstanding season by scoring a hat trick and kicking two goals.
Round Twelve against Grafton saw Kye Cooper add two tries and three goals to his already impressive 2019 points tally.
Kye Cooper added a hat trick and four goals in finish the Round Thirteen match against Lismore Marist Brothers with an individual point’s tally of twenty.
In total in the Group One U14 regular season Kye Cooper scored 112 points from nine regular season matches, from nineteen tries and eighteen goals. Kye Cooper’s 2019 try scoring strike rate was 211% and Kye Cooper averaged just under 12.5 points per game.
A try that Kye Cooper scored against Marist Brothers Lismore highlighted the exceptional skill set that Kye Cooper possesses. Kye Cooper received the ball on the half way mark on the left side of the field and stepped to his outside to get around the compressed Turkeys defensive line and then he used his speed to outpace the cover defence down the left touch line before beating the fullback with a right arm fend.
In Round One of the 2019 Group One U14 Finals series, Kye Cooper scored a try and kicked five goals as Ballina defeated South Grafton 40 – 6 and was also a member of the Ballina side that won the Grand Final with Kye Cooper once again prominent, starting the Grand Final at half back.
Kye Cooper was one of the best players on the field in the Grand Final scoring two tries and also setting up four others in a confident and assured display.
Kye Coopers first try of the 2019 Group One U14 Grand Final came when he backed up a strong run from Reshawn Anderson and after his received a great one armed off-load from Reshwn Anderson, Kye Copper was able to score just to the left of the uprights.
Kye Cooper scored his second try of the Grand Final when he ran the ball down a short blind side on the right side of the field ten metres out, before stepping off his left foot and diving over with a Rebels defender hanging off him.
As noted above Kye Cooper also had four try assists in the Grand Final with the first coming when he put in a kick from a Ballina tap kick on the half way mark. IT must have been a set play as fullback Lachlan Offley flew downfield and got a perfect bounce to score in the left corner.
Kye Cooper recorded his second try assist of the Grand Final when he threw a long cut out pass to his left to find front rower Reshawn Anderson who stepped inside the first defender to score. Kye Cooper’s third try assist came when he put his left winger over after a supurb winding run by Kye Cooper left multiple defenders in his wake. Kye Cooper’s final Grand Final try assist occurred when Kye Cooper took the ball into the line before popping a short ball to his left for fullback Lachlan Offley to fly through a gap to score.
Post the Grand Final Kye Cooper’s Group One U14 Ballina side was named team of the Group One Junior Rugby League competition for their unbeaten season. On an individual level Kye Cooper was named Group One U14 Player of the Season to put an exclamation mark on an oustaanding 2019 rugby league season.
Kye Cooper made his Group One U15 debut in Round Thirteen against Lismore Marist (he had scored twenty points in the preceding U14 match) kicking a late conversion in a 32 – 18 Ballina victory.
The St Johns College Woodlawn student was selected in the 2019 New South Wales Combined Catholic Colleges (CCC) Lismore Diocese U15 side for their for the NSW CCC selection trials that were held in Sydney commencing 25 May, very impressive for a 14 year old.
The result was that Kye Cooper was selected in the New South Wales Combined Catholic Colleges U15 Country side.
Kye Cooper was named at five eight for the 2019 Group One U14 Taipans representative side for the New South Wales Country Age Championships that were held in Port Macquarie in late September and kicked a conversion in Group One’s 26 – 10 Northern Cup Final loss to Central Coast.
Hail Sezer
12-10-20, 08:52 AM
Mdrew I’ve noticed a few of our JTS players signing extensions in the last week or so. Do you know if any will be added as development players for next year?
Sorry mate, I am not sure, I will try to find out.
Mdrew I’ve noticed a few of our JTS players signing extensions in the last week or so. Do you know if any will be added as development players for next year?
Great to see Titans resign Josiah Pahulu for an additional three years.
The 2020 season of Titans contracted Noah Johannssen.
Noah Johannssen’s most recent match for the Titans was when he part of the Titans U18 side in their annual match against the Newcastle Knights SG Ball (U18) side in Coffs Harbour in February 2020.
Noah Johannssen was named the Titans best forward for the match, but a bad effort when you consider that he is still U18 eligible in 2021. In a piece of trivia, Noah Johannssen played against his older brother Tim in the match who was part of the Knights side.
Noah Johannssen was named to start in the front row for the Northern Rivers Titans in Round One of the 2020 U18 Laurie Daley Cup competition against the Parramatta Eels at Cudgen however the match was cancelled due to the wet conditions.
Noah Johannssen started Round Two of the U18 Laurie Daley Cup in the front row against the Newcastle Knights in Ballina and was impressive including a great break through the centre of the ruck in the first half of around forty metres before popping a pass to his right to send Reef Somerville away to score. It was an outstanding run by Noah Johannssen who just burst through the Knights defence and showed outstanding speed for a front rower when he space.
Noah Johannssen also started in the front row in Round Three against the Central Coast Roosters and yet again simply outstanding constantly making metres through the centre of the ruck. Noah Johannssen also produced a piece of quality late in the match when he took the ball close to the Central Coast line but at the last minute jinked to his left and popped a great short ball to fellow front rower Jack Cullen who scored adjacent to the left upright untouched.
Noah Johannssen also started in the front row in Round Four against the Greater Northern Tigers scoring a powerful try from close range in the first half scoring near the left upright after taking the pass from the dummy half.
In the match Noah Johannssen also produced an outstanding return from a Greater Northern Tigers drop out. The ball was taken fifty five metres out with the ball give immediately to Noah Johannssen who crashed through the initial defensive line dragging defenders with him on a thirty five metre exquisite effort.
Noah Johannssen was also in the front row for the start of the Round Five local derby against North Coast and once again led from the front making significant ground through the centre of the ruck, a lot of which were post contact metres.
Noah Johannssen made his deserved Titans debut when he came off the bench for the Titans in their U16 clash against the Newcastle Knights in January of 2019 in very very hot and steamy conditions in Coffs Harbour.
In the match, Noah Johannssen had spells on the field in both halves and took the ball into the Knights defensive line with a hard straight running mentality and also was on hand to back up at every opportunity including taking a good one hand pass from Joseph Shannon in the first half to get the ball into the Knights twenty metre defensive area.
Noah Johannssen also started in the front row for the Titans U16 squad in their early October 2019 match against PNG at Pizzey Park when he scored a barnstorming try under the posts dragging three PNG defenders with him from ten metres out. It was clear from the moment that he took the ball no-one was going to stop from from crossing the line.
In fact Noah Johannssen was specifically mentioned by Jamie McCormack as one of the Titans best in the match.
Noah Johannssen played the 2020 season with the Bilambil Jets in the NRRRL U18 competition starting Round One in the front row against the Ballina Seagulls and also starting in the front row in Round Two against Murwillumbah and scored his first try of the season as the Jets went down 24 – 18 against Murwillumbah.
Noah Johannssen made it three starts in a row in the front row in Round Three against the Cudgen Hornets and was one of the co-captains for the match and scored as Bilambil lost a close match 26 – 22 to the Hornets.
Noah Johannssen made his NRRRL First Grade debut in Round Four of the 2020 season, starting in the front row against the Tweed Coast Raiders.
Round Five saw Noah Johannssen back in the NRRRL U18 competition starting the match against the Cudgen Hornets in the front row and also started in the front row in Round Eight against the Murwillumbah Mustangs.
Noah Johannssen started in the front row in Bilambil’s 2020 NRRRL U18 Elimination Final victory against the Tweed Coast Raiders as well as in the Preliminary Final against the Cudgen Hornets, scoring a powerful try in the second half. Noah Johannssen scored near the left corner post after a strong surge when he was able to hold off Cudgen defenders with a strong left arm fend before scoring out wide to get Bilambil back into the match.
The 2019 and 2020 seasons for Titans contracted Lachlan Offley.
In early in October 2019 Lachlan Offley was part of a Titans U14/15 NRRRL Invitational side that played a Titans U14 Gold Coast/Brisbane Academy side in a development match at Tweed Heads playing well as the NRRRL side went down 32 – 10 in an entertaining and high quality match. Lachlan Offley started the match at fullback and proved a handful every time that he touched the ball for the defensive line.
Lachlan Offley was also involved in the Titans U15 Academy matches at Burleigh in early 2020 in hot and steamy conditions and post those round robin matches against two other Titans teams signed a contract with the Titans which will see him part of the Titans JTS program for the next couple of seasons at least.
In March 2020 the Alstonville High School student travelled to the Kadina High School Campus to compete at the Northern Rivers Zone 15 Years Boys Rugby League Trials. Post those trials Lachlan Offley was selected into the Northern Rivers Zone 15 Years Boys Rugby League Team. 2020 also saw Lachlan Offley trial for the Northern Rivers Zone 15 Years Boys Touch Team.
When the Group One rugby league competition recommenced in July 2020, Lachlan Offley started Round One of the competition in the right centre position and scored for Ballina as they went down 16 – 14 to Casino RSM.
In Round Two of the Group One U15 competition, Lachlan Offley moved from right centre to fullback and had a big match scoring a hat trick and kicking a conversion as Ballina defeated the South Grafton Rebels 28 – 0. Lachlan Offley finished the Round two match with an individual points haul of fourteen points.
Lachlan Offley also started at fullback in Round Three as Ballina defeated Clarence Coast 18 – 12.
Lachlan Offley added a further two tries in Round Four when he started at fullback as Ballina defeated Kyogle 28 – 6 and scored once again in Round Five against Clarence Coast from the fullback position in a 44 – 10 win.
Lachlan Offley also started at fullback in Round Six and scored a double in a scintillating display as the Seagulls defeated Grafton 32 – 22 and continued in the custodian role in Round Seven against Casino RSM.
Lachlan Offley also started at fullback in Round Eight against Casino RSM scoring a double as the Seagulls went down 36 – 18. Lachlan Offley also started at fullback, scoring once again as Ballina defeated South Grafton 38 – 14.
Round Ten of the 2020 Group One U15 competition saw Lachaln Offley start at fullback and score as Ballina defeated Clarence Coast 32 – 10.
In total in the 2020 Group One regular season U15 competition Lachlan Offley scored thirteen tries (130% strike rate) and kicked a conversion to finish the regular season with fifty four points.
Lachlan Offley started at fullback in the 2020 Group One U15 Grand Final against Casino RSM.
Lachlan Offley made his Group One U16.5 debut off the bench in Round Seven for Ballina as they defeated Casino RSM 58 – 24 and also came off the bench in Round Eight as Ballina defeated Casino RSM 38 – 0 as well as in Round Ten as Ballina went down 28 – 17 to the Clarence Coast Magpies.
Lachlan Offley started from the bench in the 2020 Group One U16.5 Grand Final against the Clarence Coast Magpies.
In 2019 for the outstanding Ballina side that went through the 2019 season undefeated Lachlan Offley scored a staggering 122 points from just ten matches to average 12.2 points per game.
Lachlan Offley scored twenty seven tries scoring in every match to finish with a ridiculous strike rate of 270% to finish the season as the competitions leading try scorer (five ahead of fellow Titan Kye Cooper) and second leading point’s scorer overall.
Lachlan Offley scored an incredible five tries in a midseason match against Kyogle and scored six doubles, including doubles in each of the first three rounds of the competition which were against South Grafton, Casino RSM and Clarence Coast respectively. Lachlan Offley’s other hat tricks came against Clarence Coast and Lismore Marist Brothers later in the season.
Lachlan Offley added a double against South Grafton late and also scored against Grafton on two occasions. With the boot Lachlan Offley primarily converted his own tries including kicking two conversions in Round Two against Casino RSM (one of his many hat trick matches).
A couple of matches stood out for me at least in 2019 for Lachlan Offley with those matches coming against Marist Brothers Lismore and the Kyogle Turkeys.
Against Marist Brothers Lismore Lachlan Offley had a huge day on his way to scoring three outstanding tries. The first try that I wanted to highlight was Lachlan Offley’s first try of the match, after making a break from sixty metres out down the left touch line, Lachlan Offley produced an outstanding double step (like a Benji Marshall in his prime high step) to bamboozle the fullback, eventually beating him on the inside ten metres out with Lachlan Offley putting the ball down for one of the best tries that I have ever seen three metres in from the left corner post.
Lachlan Offley scored another try in the match, this time on the right side when he received the ball from a Ballina backline movement twenty two metres out and was able to round the fullback through sheer speed to score in the right corner. The final highlighted try started when Lachlan Offley ran a great line into a gap fifty metres out and was found by Kye Cooper. After getting through the defensive line untouched, Lachlan Offley produced a great in and away to beat the fullback and bring the ball around to score under the posts.
A further 2019 Group One U14 match that I wanted to highlight that showcases Lachlan Offley’s skill set was a late 2019 season match against Kyogle, where three of Lachlan Offley’s tries highlight how lucky the Titans are to have him signed for the next couple of seasons.
Showcasing his speed in the match against Kyogle, Lachlan Offley flew through when chasing a grubber kick to score under the posts. That description does not sound particularly impressive but the speed and desire that Lachlan Offley showed was outstanding. It looked certain that the Turkeys had the ball covered but Lachlan Offley just wanted it more.
Lachlan Offley produced an outstanding left arm fend to break through the defensive line on the left side of the field and then easily outpaced the fullback and the third try to highlight was yet another long range effort, this time from sixty metres out, Lachlan Offley got on the outside of the defensive line sprinting down the left touch line before breaking through the tackle of the Kyogle fullback with strength, highlighting that Lachlan Offley has a lot more to his game than speed, a heck of a lot more.
Lachlan Offley was also outstanding in the 2019 Group One U14 Grand Final that Ballina won 40 – 6 agaisnt South Grafton with Lachlan Offley starting the match at fullback and scoring a double in the Premiership victory.
Lachlan Offley’s first try of the 2019 Grand Final when he chased through a Kye Cooper long kick off a Ballina tap penalty to receive a perfect bounce to dive over in the left corner, from what was surely a set move in the first half.
Lachlan Offley also scored in the second half when he ran onto a short ball from Key Cooper down the left side of the field and he was able to easily beat the cover defence with his speed to score in the big win.
Lachlan Offley also played in five Group One U15 matches in 2019 and was not overawed by playing up an age group as in those five matches he finished with a strike rate of 140% after scoring seven tries.
Lachlan Offley scored in his Group One U15 debut against Clarence Coast in May 2019 and then scored doubles in his final three U15 matches of the season which were against Lismore Marist Brothers, Kyogle and Clarence Coast.
Post the Group One season, Lachlan Offley was named at fullback for the 2019 Group One U14 representative side that played in the New South Wales Country Age Championships at Port Macquarie with Lachlan Offley scoring in Group One’s 14 all draw against Maitland on Day One, match that saw Group One progress as a result of scoring first in the match.
Titans linked centre Damon Coldwell scored a double yesterday in the NRRRL U18 Gold Preliminary Final to help his Ballina side make this coming weekend's Grand Final against Marist Brothers Lismore.
Damon Coldwell who is still U16 eligible this season if up there with the best performed Titans linked players of 2020, with the NRRRL U18 decider still to go.
Titans contracted Rowan Mansfield scored once again yesterday Ballina in their 52- 18 NRRRL U18 Gold Preliminary Final win against Casino RSM.
The young Ballina fullback and his Ballina team mates take on the Marist Brothers Rams this weekend in the Grand Final.
The 2020 season for Titans contracted Solomon Torrens.
Solomon Torrens spent the 2019/20 off season training with the Titans Rookie Squad as well as training with the Tweed Heads Seagulls Queensland Cup squad and was part of the Titans Rookie Squad that played the Tweed Heads Seagulls Queensland Cup side in early February 2020. Whilst the Titans Rookie squad went down in the match they all obtained outstanding experience playing against hardened Queensland Cup veterans.
Solomon Torrens also started from the bench for the Tweed Heads A Grade side in their late February 2020 trial against the Burleigh Bears which was played as a curtain raiser to the Titans against Burleigh NRL trial at Pizey Park.
Solomon Torrens started Round One of the 2020 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition for the Tweed Heads Seagulls from the bench against the Northern Pride making a big impression on the match when he came on late in the second half producing a number of outstanding runs as soon as he came on through the centre of the ruck, playing in the front row.
When the Gold Coast Rugby League restarted in early August 2020, Solomon Torrens started on the bench for the Tugun Seahawks in Round One of the Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade competition against the Oremau Shearers.
Solomon Torrens was outstanding in the match scoring a double as the Seahawks defeated Ormeau 52 – 28. Both of Solomon Torrens were as a result of powerful charges. Solomon Torren’s first try come in the first half, when, operating on the left Solomon Torrens charged onto the ball around ten metres out bursting through two defenders in the Ormeau front line before he dragged the fullback over the line with him.
Solomon Torren’s try in the second half was even better. Solomon Torrens received the ball twenty metres out bursting through the initial defensive line and then spub 360 degrees clockwise to twist past another defender before bumping off the Ormeau fullback to score next to the right upright, for an outstandint individual effort.
After his outstanding performance in Round One Solomon Torrens also started from the bench in Round Two against the Mudgeeraba Redbacks and in Round Three against the Currumbin Eagles and scored the winning try in the dying seconds.
With Tugun four points down late in the match, they flung the ball to the right and Solomon Torrens flew onto the ball from twenty metres, crashing through the initial defensive line and then straight over the fullback to score under the posts to win the match for the Seahawks.
Round Four saw Solomon Torrens once again start from the bench for Tugun against the Burleigh Bears but in Round Five Solomon Torrens moved into the Seahawks starting side at lock against Runaway Bay.
Solomon Torrens moved back to start on the bench for the Seahhawks in their Round Six match against the Southport Tigers before moving back into the starting line-up at right second row in Round Eight against Currumbin where he was partnered by James Torrens.
In the Seahawks 20 – 18 victory against the Eagles, Solomon Torrens recorded two try assists, one in each half. In essence both were identical. On both occasions Solomon Torrens was operating on the right side of the field, done short blind sides within ten metres of the Currumbin try line. On both occasions when Solomon Torrens received the ball he held the ball up just a fraction before producing short passes to his right, on the first occasion to his right winger and the second to his right centre for them to score.
Solomon Torrens also started in the right second row position against the Runaway Bay Seagulls in Round Nine. In the final regular season round of the 2020 Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade competition being Round Ten,Solomon Torrens started at right second row as the Seahawks took on the Southport Tigers.
Thanks again mate, for your knowledge, it is at a level that is well above anyone, and I mean anyone
Mdrew I’ve noticed a few of our JTS players signing extensions in the last week or so. Do you know if any will be added as development players for next year?
The 2020 season of Daniel Butterini.
Daniel Butterini was named to start in the centres for the Northern Rivers Titans in Round One of the 2020 U18 Laurie Daley Cup against the Parramatta Eels at Cudgen however the match was cancelled due to the wet conditions.
Daniel Butterini started Round Two of the U18 Laurie Daley Cup at left centre against the Newcastle Knights in Ballina.
Daniel Butterini also started at left centre in Round Three against the Central Coast Roosters and had a huge match on the way to scoring a hat trick. In relation to his first try, Daniel Butterini received the ball wide out to the left of the field after a Northern Rivers Titans scrum win fifteen metres out from the Central Coast line and immediately cut back inside twice to crash over five metres from the left upright.
Daniel Butterini scored his second try when he was on the spot to take a Thomas Weaver kick when it bounced perfectly. Daniel Butterini was able to take the bouncing ball above his head and place it down a metre inside the dead ball line.
Daniel Butterini scored his third and final try from a twenty metre dash out of dummy half. With the Central Coast defence back peddling Daniel Butterini got into dummy half and ran to the right of the play the ball producing a left foot step near the try line to wrong foot the remaining defenders to dive over mid-way between the corner post and the left goal post.
Daniel Butterini also started at left centre in Round Four against the Greater Northern Tigers adding a try assist to his 2020 stats sheet. Daniel Butterini cut inside off his left foot with the Titans on the attack and it looked like he would score himself but had his legs taken out from under him. Daniel Butterini was not held however and flicked the ball out of the back of his right hand when he was on his knees to Jaylon DeGroot to score.
Daniel Butterini also started at left centre in the Round Five local derby against North Coast scoring in the first half when he ran into a gap on the left side of the field and took a ball from Thomas Weaver who had drifted across the field.
Also in 2020 Daniel Butterini was part of the PBC Langer Cup Open school boy rugby league Open A squad for the Term Three school boy rugby league competition. In PBC’s first trial after the Covid 19 pandemic, Daniel Butterini started at left second row for the PBC A side that played against the PBC B side.
Daniel Butterini started Round One of the Langer Cup at right second row as PBC took on Ipswich State High School and also started in the second row in Round Two against Wavell State High School and in Round Three against St Mary’s Toowoomba.
Daniel Butterini also started at right second row in the Round Four local derby against Keebra Park and also started in that same position in Round Five against Marsden State High School, scoring PBC’s first try of the match and also recording a second half try assist.
Daniel Butterini’s try came early in the first half when he was on hand to dive on a grubber kick from Ryan Rivett. Daniel Butterini’s try assist was certainly not a conventional one, on the last tackle, PBC put up a hopeful cross field kick towards the left, Daniel Butterini took the ball on the full and was able to be a one armed, right arm pass over his head to his support to score in the left hand corner of the field.
Daniel Butterini also started at left second row for PBC as they qualified for the 2020 Langer Cup final on the back of an impressive 34 – 6 victory over Ipswich State High School.
Daniel Butterini started the 2020 Langer Cup Grand Final at left second row for PBC as they defeated Keebra Park 16 – 8 in a high quality match scoring PBC’s first try of the match when he ran a great line into a gap from round five metres out from the line to take a pass from Thomas Weaver to put the ball down five metres in from the left corner post.
In the Queensland School Boys Final against Kirwan State High School Daniel Butterini started at left second row as PBC travelled to take on their North Queensland based opponents with PBC going down 24 - 20.
Daniel Butterini played the 2020 season will the Murwillumbah Mustangs in the NRRRL First Grade competition playing primarily at lock including an outstanding performance in Round Four against Cudgen and an equally impressive performance in a physical Round Six match against the Tweed Coast Raiders. Daniel Butterini also started at lock in Round Eight against the Bilambil Jets.
Daniel Butterini also started at lock in the 2020 NRRRL First Grade Major Semi-final against the Tweed Coast Raiders and also in the Preliminary Final, with Daniel Butterini scoring a critical try with five minutes remaining to get back into the match that they eventually won with a last minute try 20 – 18 to progress into the Grand Final.
Daniel Butterini’s late match try was an outstanding solo affair. With just five minutes to go, Daniel Butterini took a hit-up to the right of the play the ball, immediately cutting back behind the play the ball and holding off a defender as he ran parralell to the defensive line with his left arm. When he was able to break free of the defender Daniel Butterini stepped off his left foot to get through the Bilambil defensive line and was able to outpace the cover defence to dive over next to the left upright.
Daniel BUtterini started at lock in the 2020 NRRRL First Grade Grand Final against the Tweed Coast Raiders, scoring a second half try, however that could not prevent Murwillumbah going donw 24 – 18 in the decider.
Daniel Butterini’s Grand Final try was yet another impressive individual effort. Daniel Butterini was on hand to retrieve a grubber kick that the Mustangs put in that rebounded off Raiders feet. When he collected the ball, Daniel Butterini ran across field to his left palming off three defenders with his right arm. When his progress was bloakced by additional defenders, Daniel Butterini propped and turned back to his right, using his left arm to fend off two more defenders before straightening up to score just to the right of the uprights to get Murwillumbah back to within six points.
Whilst Daniel Butterini lined up primarily for the Murwillumbah Mustangs NRRRL First Grade side in 2020, he did start in the back row in the NRRRL U18 Green Grand Final as the Mustangs went down 28 – 16 to the Cudgen Hornets, and then backed up to start at lock in the 2020 NRRRL First Grade Grand Final.
The 2020 season of Titans linked Harvey Moase.
Harvey Moase was part of the Titans U16 side that defeated the Newcastle Knights U16 Harold Matthews side in Coffs Harbour in January 2020, 18 - 14 in wet and slippery conditions coming off the bench in that fixture.
Harvey Moase kicked his 2020 representative season off starting at half back for the Northern Rivers Titans U16 side in their first trial of the season when they defeated the North Coast Bulldogs in an outstanding first up hit out in northern New South Wales.
Harvey Moase was set to start at half back for the Northern Rivers Titans in Round One of the 2020 U16 Andrew Johns Cup against the Eels at Cudgen however the match was cancelled due to the wet conditions prevailing that weekend.
Harvey Moase started Round Two of the U16 Andrew Johns Cup at halfback against the Newcastle Knights in Ballina kicking a conversion in their 28 – 22 victory and added a try assist early in the match when he threw the last pass to right winger Jamal Laurie after a scrum based move down a short right blind side.
Harvey Moase also started at half in Round Three against the Central Coast Roosters and recorded a try assist when he ran across field to his right to put centre Michael Roberts into a hole with a great weighted pass.
Harvey Moase also started at halfback in Round Four against the Greater Northern Tigers and added another try assist to his 2020 playing resume. In just the second minute of the match, Harvey Moase put in a pin point bomb to the right corner for winger Jamal Laurie to leap up and take on the full to score a spectacular try.
Harvey Moase was once again at half in the Round Five local derby against North Coast leading his side around the field well in their 20 – 18 victory.
Harvey Moase played the 2020 community rugby league season with the Cudgen Hornets in the Group 18 U16 competition primarily at half back including an outstanding effort in Round Four against South Tweed and a similiarly impressive performance in Round Five against the Murwillumbah Colts.
Harvey Moase made his NRRRL U18 debut for Cudgen in Round Four of that competition off the bench as the Hornets defeated Murwilumbah 18 – 14. Harvey Moase played for the Cudgen U16 side the previous day.
Harvey Moase continued his run in the NRRRL U18 competition in Round Five, starting the match against the Bilambil Jets at half back as well as Round Six against the Tweed Coast Raiders when he teamed up in the halves with Tanu Nona and also started at half back in Round Seven against the Murwillumbah Mustangs.
In Round Seven against the Bilambil Jets, Harvery Moase once again started at half back as he did in Round Eight against the Tweed Coast Raiders.
In Cudgen’s 2020 NRRRL U18 Major semi-final loss against Murwllumbah Harvey Moase started at half back. Harvey Moase was also on the bench in the 2020 NRRRL GRen U18 Grand Final playing right second row as the Hornets defeated Murwillumbah 28 – 16 in a bad tempered Grand Final.
In early October 2020 Harvey Moase was part of the Titans Group 18 U16 Invitational side that played a trial match against a Titans squad with the match being played at Cbus Stadium, giving the young players a great experience with an added bonus that the players wore Titans jerseys.
The 2020 season of Titans linked Tanu Nona.
Tanu Nona was outstanding for the Cudgen Hornets in Round One of the Group 18 U16 competition playing as a running forward, however the Hornets went down 36 – 26 to South Tweed. Tanu Nona was also outstanding in Round Five scoring on the bell as Cudgen defeated the top of the table Murwillumbah Colts.
Tanu Nona made his NRRRL U18 debut for Cudgen in round Four of that competition off the bench as the Hornets defeated Murwilumbah 18 – 14. Tana Nona played for the Cudgen U16 side the previous day.
In Round Six of the NRRRL U18 competition, Tanu Nona started on the interchange bench as the Hornets defeated the Bilambil Jets 20 -6 in an injury shortened match. Round Seven against the Tweed Coast Raiders saw Tanu Nona make his first NRRRL U18 start when he started at five eight against the Raiders, pairing in the halves Harvey Moase.
Round Seven of the NRRRL U18 competition saw Tanu Nona drop back to the bench for the Hornets match against the Bilambil Jets before Tanu Nona started on the wing in Round Eight against the Tweed Coast Raiders.
In Cudgen’s 2020 NRRRL U18 Major semi-final loss against Murwllumbah Tanu Nona started from the bench. Tanu Nona was also on the bench in the 2020 NRRRL GRen U18 Grand Final playing right second row as the Hornets defeated Murwillumbah 28 – 16 in a bad tempered Grand Final.
2020 also saw Tanu Nona part of the PBC Year Ten Walters Cup side including starting at hooker as PBC qualified to the 2020 Walters Cup final on the back of an 18 – 14 victory over Wavell State High School with Tanua Nona scoring a key second half try to put PBC in front and also contribute a try assist in the match. Tanu Nona also recorded a first half try assist.
With PBC on the attack less than a metre out from the line on the left side of the field, Tanu Nona moved into dummy half and when he took possession shaped to pass to his left, the dummy opened up a gap just to the right of the play the ball, which was exploited by Tanu Nona to dive over to put PBC back in front.
Tanu Nona’s try assist came on the first half and in fact resulted in PBC’s first try of the match. Tanu Nona put in a short attacking kick from dummy half, which after bouncing around was collected by front rower Caleb Temomo to put down in the in-goal.
In the 2020 Walters Cup Grand Final Tanu Nona started at hooker and was one of PBC’s best as they went down to a Titans contracted William Semu inspired Marsden SHS side. Tanu Nona was a constant danger out of dummy half, including one break in the first half when he darted out of dummy half to the right racing forty metres down field before he was raounded up.
Whilst Tanu Nona started the match at hooker, he spent time in the second half as a running forward and was also effective in that role, playing primarily on the right.
In early October 2020 Tanu Nona was part of a Titans squad that played a trial against a Titans Group 18 U16 Invitational side with the match being played at Cbus Stadium, giving the young players a great experience with an added bonus that the players wore Titans jerseys.
What's everyone's thoughts on the QRL decision not to change the Mal Meninga comp to U19?
I think that it is a very good decision, if they had changed it, few 17 year old boys would have played in the MM Cup next season.
19 year old's can play Colts as they are clearly more physically more mature.
What's everyone's thoughts on the QRL decision not to change the Mal Meninga comp to U19?
The 2020 season of Titan Reef Somerville.
To kick up his 2020 season Reef Somerville was named to start in the second row, specifically right second row for the Northern Rivers Titans in Round One of the 2020 U18 Laurie Daley Cup against the Parramatta Eels at Cudgen however the match was cancelled due to the wet conditions prevailing in the region that weekend.
Reef Sommerville started Round Two of the 2020 U18 Laurie Daley Cup at right second row against the Newcastle Knights in Ballina scoring a long range try when he loomed up in support to the right of a rampaging Noah Johannsen to run forty metres to score.
Reef Sommerville also started in the right second row position n Round Three against the Central Coast Roosters and in Round Four against the Greater Northern Tigers but moved back to start from the bench for the Round Five local derby against North Coast scoring in the first half when Reef Sommerville chased through a Thomas Weaver kick.
The ball rebounded off the left upright and Reef Somerville got down low to scope the ball up in both hands and dive over adjacent to the left upright highlighting Reef Sommerville’s safe hands and focus to get his body down low rather than just throwing his hands at the ball with little thought of his balance or body control.
Reef Sommerville started training with the Cudgen Hornets U18 NRRRL side in June 2020 and team mates in the side included fellow Titans Thomas Weaver, Jack Cullen and Bailey Martin amongst others.
Reef Sommerville started Round One of the 2020 NRRRL U18 competition at left centre as Cudgen travelled to Byron Bay to take on the Devils with Reef Sommervilel scoring in the Hornets 14 – 10 victory. Reef Sommerville also started in the centres in Round Three against the Bilambil Jets and scored his second try from as many NRRRL U18 matches as Cudgen defeated Bilambil 26 - 22.
Reef Sommerville also started in the centres in Round Four against the Murwillumbah Mustangs and in Round Five against the Bilambil Jets. After missing a number of rounds, Reef Somerville started Round Eight against the Tweed Coast Raiders in the centres.
In Cudgen’s 2020 NRRRL U18 Major semi-final loss against Murwllumbah Reef Somervilles started in the centres. Reef Somerville also started at right centre as Cudgen qualified for the 2020 NRRRL U18 Grand Final on the back of a 24 – 16 Preliminary Final victory over the Bilambil Jets.
In the 2020 NRRRL U18 Grand Final, Reef Somerville also started at right centre and had some very good long runs, including a long run down the right touch line in the last minute of the match as Cudgen defeated Murwillumbah to become the Premiers 28 – 16.
Also in 2020 Reef Sommerville was part of the PBC Langer Cup Open school boy rugby league Open A squad for the Term Three school boy rugby league competition. In PBC’s first trial after the Covid 19 pandemic, Reef Somerville started at left centre for the PBC Open A side that played against the PBC B side.
Reef Sommerville started Round One of the Langer Cup at right centre as PBC took on and defeated Ipswich State High School 22 – 10 at Pizzey Park also starting there in Round two against Wavell State High School in an 18 all draw and Round Three against St Mary’s Toowoomba.
In PBC’s 16 – 6 win over St Mary’s Reef Somerville scored his first try in PBC colours when he was on hand to take on off load from Troy Duckett after looping around Troy Duckett who had taken a bomb on the full. Reef Somerville was held by the leg by a St Mary’s defender but he was able to reach out to put the ball down with his right arm.
Reef Somerville also started at right centre in the Round Four local derby against Keebar Park as well as in Round Five against Marsden State High School.
Reef Somerville also started at right centre for PBC as they qualified for the 2020 Langer Cup final on the back of an impressive 34 – 6 victory over Ipswich State High School scoring the final try of the match when he stayed on his touch line line to run ten metres to score in the right corner after receiving a cut out pass from Ryan Rivett.
Reef Somerville started the 2020 Langer Cup Grand Final at right centre for PBC as they defeated Keebra Park 16 – 8 in a high quality match scoring the try that sealed PBC’s victory when he charged from around thirty five metres out to score fifteen metres in from the right corner post.
In the Queensland School Boys Final against Kirwan State High School Reef Somerville started at right centre as PBC travelled to take on their North Queensland based opponents.
The 2020 season of Titans contracted Jack Cullen
Jack Cullen was named to start in the front row for the Northern Rivers Titans in Round One of the 2020 U18 Laurie Daley Cup against the Parramatta Eels at Cudgen however the match was cancelled due to the wet conditions.
Jack Cullen started Round Two of the 2020 U18 Laurie Daley Cup in the front row against the Newcastle Knights in Ballina scoring in the first half when he barged over from close range to score adjacent to the right upright. The try was as a result of the set play. Fellow front rower Noah Johannssen ran back towards the play the ball and Jack Cullen ran the opposite direction receiving the ball in a big gap to score.
Jack Cullen also started in the front row in Round Three against the Central Coast Roosters and scored his second try from as many matches late in the match when he ran onto a great pass from fellow front rower Noah Johannssen to score adjacent to the left upright untouched.
Jack Cullen also started in the front row in Round Four against the Greater Northern Tigers but moved at start at lock for the Round Five local derby against North Coast.
Jack Cullen started training with the Cudgen Hornets U18 NRRRL side in June 2020 and team mates in the side included fellow Titans contracted or linked players Thomas Weaver, Bailey Martin, Keegan Pace and Reef Sommerville amongst others.
Jack Cullen started Round One of the 2020 NRRRL U18 competition in the front row as Cudgen travelled to Byron Bay to take on the Devils with the Hornets recording a 14 – 10 victory in slippery conditions. Jack Cullen also started in Round Three against Bilambil in slippery conditions again as Cudgen remained undefeated. Jack Cullen also started in the front row in Round Four against Murwillumbah.
Jack Cullen was at his powerful best after starting in the front row as Cudgen qualified for the 2020 NRRRL U18 Grand Final on the back of a 24 – 16 Preliminary Final victory over the Bilambil Jets.
Jack Cullen also started in the front row in the 2020 NRRRL U18 Grand Final and produced some telling charges through the centre of the ruck as Cudgen became Premiers on the back of a 28 – 16 win over Murwillumbah in a bad tempered match.
Jack Cullen made his NRRRL First Grade debut in Round Eight when he started from the bench against the Tweed Coast Raiders.
In a sign of the faith that Cudgen have in him, Jack Cullen started at lock in the Hornets 2020 NRRRL First Grade Elimination Final loss to the Bilambil Jets.
Also in 2020 Jack Cullen was part of the PBC Langer Cup Open A school boy rugby league squad, where he operated primarily in the front row, coming off the number in the majority of his appearances in his first year at PBC. In PBC’s first trial after the Covid 19 pandemic, Jack Cullen started in the front row for the PBC A side that played against the PBC B side.
Jack Cullen started Round One of the Langer Cup in the front row as PBC took on Ipswich State High School and had an impressive outing playing extended minutes in PBC’s 22 – 10 victory due to multiple injuries, in fact for me Jack Cullen was clearly the best front rower on the field regardless of team over the duration of the match.
Jack Cullen also started in the front row in Round Two against Wavell State High School and in Round Three against St Mary’s Toowoomba and also scored when he burst through the centre of the St Mary’s ruck and was only stopped less than a metre out from the line right under the goal posts.
After missing a couple of roundsJack Cullen started in the front row for PBC as they qualified for the 2020 Langer Cup final on the back of an impressive 34 – 6 victory over Ipswich State High School producing some outstanding last ditch defence.
Jack Cullen started the 2020 Langer Cup Grand Final in the front row for PBC as they defeated Keebra Park 16 – 8 in a high quality match and more than held his own against a bigger Keebra Park forward pack.
In the Queensland School Boys Final against Kirwan State High School Jack Cullen started in the front row as PBC travelled to take on their North Queensland based opponents going down 24 - 20.
The 2020 season of Titans contracted Riley Lack.
Riley Lack was named to start at five eight for the Northern Rivers Titans in Round One of the 2020 U18 Laurie Daley Cup against the Parramatta Eels at Cudgen however the match was cancelled due to the wet conditions.
Riley Lack started Round Two of the U18 Laurie Daley Cup at five eight against the Newcastle Knights in Ballina playing on the right side of the field as usual. Riley lack also scored late in the match after putting a bomb up to the right corner. Riley Lack immediately chased his own kick and after it was retrieved by Rowan Mansfield was on hand to take the pass from the fellow Titans contracted player to score.
Riley Lack moved to the right centre position for Round Three against the Central Coast Roosters scoring late in the second half. A kick was put up to the right wing, Rowan Mansfield leapt high to take the ball on the full and just as he was about to be pushed over the side line threw a one armed pass (like an NFL quarter back) back inside to Riley Lack who scored in the right corner from a metre out. Riley Lack will probably never score an easier one.
Riley Lack moved back to five eight for Round Four against the Greater Northern Tigers and for the Round Five local derby against North Coast.
When the 2020 NRRRL competition recommenced in late July Riley Lack was part of the Murwillumbah Mustangs U18 side, starting Round One at fullback and kicking three from four conversions as the Mustangs overcame the Tweed Coast Raiders 22 – 16. Round Two saw Riley Lack move to five eight and kick four conversions from as many attempts as Murwillumbah defeated the Bilambil Jets 24 – 18.
Riley Lack led the Murwillumbah U18 NRRRL side to the Green Grand Final, starting the decider at left centre and scored a late second half try as the Mustangs went down 28 – 16 to the Cudgen Hornets.
Riley Lack scored from a set play off the scrum. The scrum lacked in the left corner ten metres out from their own line, after winning the scrum the ball was kicked down field by the five eight. Riley Lack outpaced the Cudgen defence who had been caught off guard to score out wide on the left.
Riley Lack made his NRRRL First Grade debut in Round Eight when he came off the bench in Round Eight against the Bilambil Jets. In the 2020 NRRRL First Grade Preliminary Final, Riley Lack started on the right wing and scored the last minute try that sealed Murwillumbah’s 20 – 18 win when he chased through a Kade Hill chip kick to take the ball on the full and score wide out in the right corner.
The 2020 season of Titans contracted Oskar Bryant.
Oskar Bryant was named to start at hooker for the Northern Rivers Titans in Round One of the 2020 U18 Laurie Daley Cup against the Parramatta Eels at Cudgen however the match was cancelled due to the incredibly wet conditions in the area at that time.
Oskar Bryant started Round Two of the U18 Laurie Daley Cup at hooker against the Newcastle Knights in Ballina and was impressive including a great break through the centre of the ruck in the first half of around forty metres before he drew the Knights fullback to send fullback Jaylan DeGroot away to score.
Oskar Bryant also started at hooker in Round Three against the Central Coast Roosters and in Round Four against the Greater Northern Tigers recording a try assist when he threw the last pass to Noah Johannssen to score in the first half.
Oskar Bryant also started at hooker for the Round Five local derby against the North Coast Bulldogs and was his usual busy self in the centre of the ruck in both attack and defence.
One of the most recent matches that Oskar Bryant played in a Titans jersey was when he started from the bench for the Titans U18 side in their annual match against the Newcastle Knights SG Ball (U18) side in Coffs Harbour in January 2020.
Oskar Bryant started Round One of the 2020 NRRRL U18 competition at hooker as Cudgen travelled to Byron Bay to take on the Devils and also started at hooker in Round Three against the Bilambil Jets and in Round Five against the Bilambil Jets. After missing a number of rounds, Oskar Bryant started Round Eight against the Tweed Coast Raiders at hooker.
In Cudgen’s 2020 NRRRL U18 Major semi-final loss against Murwllumbah Oskar Bryant started at hooker and also started at hooker as Cudgen qualified for the 2020 NRRRL U18 Grand Final on the back of a 24 – 16 Preliminary Final victory over the Bilambil Jets.
Oskar Bryant recorded a first half try assist in the match when he darted out of dummy half to his right from fifty metres out, splitting the Jets defence right down the middle before drawing the fullback passing to his left to send his support runner away to score.
Oskar Bryant also started at hooker in the 2020 NRRRL U18 Grand Final and produced some telling dummy half runs through the centre of the ruck as Cudgen became Premiers on the back of a 28 – 16 win over Murwillumbah in a bad tempered match.
Oskar Bryant made his deserved NRRRL First Grade debut for the Cudgen Hornets in Round Six starting at half back against the Tweed Coast Raiders.
In a sign of the faith that Cudgen have in him, Oskar Bryant started from the bench in the Hornets 2020 NRRRL First Grade Elimination Final loss to the Bilambil Jets.
Also in 2020 Oskar Bryant was part of the PBC Langer Cup Open A school boy rugby league squad, where he operated primarily in the dummy half role. In PBC’s first trial after the Covid 19 pandemic, Oskar Bryant started at hooker for the PBC A side that played against the PBC B side.
Oskar Bryant started Round One of the Langer Cup on the bench as PBC took on Ipswich State High School and made an instant impact when he came on late in the first half, making a break through the centre of the ruck after running out of dummy half to the right of the play the ball. PBC scored two plays later with the Keebra Park defence still in disarray after Oskar Bryant’s line break.
Oskar Bryant was at it again early in the second half when he kicked down the centre of the field from dummy half, with the kick travelling sixty metres forcing the Ipswich fullback to bring the ball out of the in goal, with Oskar Bryant being one of the tacklers who brought him down less than a metre out. From the subsequent play the ball three PBC defenders, including Oskar Bryant forced the Keebra Park defender back into the in goal to force a goal line drop out.
Oskar Bryant in fact crossed the line in the second half when close to the line he dummied to his right before diving over but the potential try was called back when Reef Sommerville was adjudged (I am not sure why) to have interfered with the marker.
Oskar Bryant also started from the bench in Round Two of the 2020 Langer Cup and made a big difference when he came on, scoring in both halves in the 18 all draw. Oskar Bryant’s first try came in the dying moments of the first half. Oskar Bryant took off out of dummy half to his left charging five metres to score between two Wavell defenders fifteen metres to the left of the up rights.
Oskar Bryant completed his double mid-way through the second half. Two metres out from the line just to the left of the up rights, Oskar Bryant got into dummy half and after skipping out to his left, Oskar Bryant shaped to pass to his left (it was not a dummy per say) before diving over.
After missing Round Three Oskar Bryant started from the bench in the Round Four local derby against Keebra Park and also started from the bench in Round Five against Marsden State High School and recorded a second half try assist when he produced some good footwork and pass out of dummy half to put his older brother Parker over under the posts.
Oskar Bryant also started on the bench for PBC as they qualified for the 2020 Langer Cup final on the back of an impressive 34 – 6 victory over Ipswich State High School.
Oskar Bryant started the 2020 Langer Cup Grand Final from the bench row for PBC as they defeated Keebra Park 16 – 8 in a high quality match impressing with his high energy performance and also his short kicking game out of dummy half which resulted twice in Keebra Park having to restart play from a drop out.
In the Courier Mail 2020 Langer Cup Team of the Year, Oskar Bryant was named in starting side at hooker and in the Courier Mail 2020 Top 30 South East Queensland school boy rugby/rugby league list Oskar Bryant was named at No. 12.
In the Queensland School Boys Final against Kirwan State High School Oskar Bryant started on the bench as PBC travelled to take on their North Queensland based opponents and as usual added urgency and enthusiasm to the PBC when he came in into the dummy half role.
Oskar Bryant was also one of PBC’s try scorers in their 24 – 20 loss. Late in the second half, Oskar Bryant went into dummy half a metres out from the line. When the ball was played, Oskar Bryant took a couple of steps out of dummy half to the right of the play the ball and threw an extravagant dummy to his right only dive over next to the left upright. When I say next to the left upright, I literally mean right next to the left upright and it looked left he hit the upright as he was forcing his way over with two defenders trying to prevent him from scoring.
What's everyone's thoughts on the QRL decision not to change the Mal Meninga comp to U19?
I personally never saw the logic. I believe NSWRL have raised the ages to 19 & 21 for their comps which works out ok for the kids this year, but what happens next year? And what happens to the 16 year olds that would have qualified but now are competing against the 17 and 18s so basically 3 times the amount of kids.
It’s an unfortunate situation that this years comps were cancelled I just never saw adjusting the age groups as the answer.
And I am saying that as a parent of kid who was in his second year of Mal Mening.
The 2020 season of Titans contracted Ryan Foran.
After returning from a long term injury Ryan Foran was named on the Northern Rivers Titans extended bench for Round Three of the U18 Laurie Daley Cup competition against the Central Coast Roosters. Ryan Foran however ended up starting the match at left second row scoring a double with both tries coming off passes from fellow Titan Thomas Weaver.
Ryan Foran and Thomas Weaver have developed a great understanding on the left over the last couple of seasons and that combination was on display multiple times once again in the 2020 U18 Laurie Daley Cup competition for the Northern Rivers Titans as it was for the 2019 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup Grand Final winning side.
Ryan Foran’s first try in Round Three resulted when he ran an outside shoulder route close to the Central Coast Roosters line to crash over. Ryan Foran scored his second try in the second half when he backed up a Thomas Weaver break to take the pass when Thomas Weaver drew the fullback to run twenty metres to score near the left corner.
Ryan Foran also started at left second row in Round Four against the Greater Northern Tigers and in the Round Five local derby against North Coast scoring the Titans first try when he followed through a Thomas Weaver stab kick to pouch on the ball when the North Coast defence could not handle the bouncing ball.
Also in 2020 Ryan Foran was part of the PBC Langer Cup Open A school boy rugby league squad however due to injury Ryan Foran was not able to take the field for PBC when the competition commenced.
After missing the opening rounds of the competition Ryan Foran was named to start from the bench for the Round Three local derby against Keebra Park and started at left second row in rounds four and five against Keebra Park and Marsden State High Schools respectively.
Ryan Foran started the 2020 Langer Cup Grand Final from the interchange bench for PBC as they defeated Keebra Park 16 – 8 in a high quality match, playing on the left side of the field when he came on.
In the Queensland School Boys Final against Kirwan State High School Ryan Foran was named to start on the bench as PBC travelled to take on their North Queensland based opponents but came in the starting side at left centre late on the day of the match in PBC’s tough 24 – 20 loss.
Ryan Foran played the 2020 club season with Murwillumbah, making his NRRRL First Grade debut in Round Eight when he came off the bench in Round Eight against the Bilambil Jets. Ryan Foran also came off the bench in the 2020 NRRRL First Grade Major Semi-final against the Tweed Coast Raiders, spending time on both sides of the field.
Ryan Foran started from the bench and made some telling second half surges through the centre of the ruck as Murwillumbah prevailed 20 – 18 to earn a spot in the Grand Final. Ryan Foran also came off the bench in the Grand Final against the Tweed Coast Raiders. In the Mustangs 24 – 18 loss, Ryan Foran played in the left second rwo position when he came on, and could have scored a late try when he ran into space from around twenty metres out, instead of just running straight to the line, Ryan Foran guaranteed the Mustangs scored when he passed to left to his left centre.
Ryan Foran was also a key member of the Murwillumbah U18 NRRRL side in 2020 leading them to the Grand Final. Ryan Foran started at right second row and was promanent throughout as the Mustangs went down 28 – 16 to the Cudgen Hornets in a bad tempered Grand Final.
Titans contracted youngster Carsil Vaikai will be on the bench for Runaway Bay this weekend in the GCRL First Grade Grand Final against Burleigh.
Where Kedan Chan-Tung played in 2020:
The elusive Titans contracted outside back started at fullback for the Titans U18 side in their January 2020 match against the Newcastle Nights U18 SG Ball side scoring the Titans first try of the match and recording a try assist for the Titans second. Kedan Chan-Tung was deservedly named the Titans best back for his outstanding performance over the course of the match.
Kedan Chan-Tung scored the Titans first try of the match early in the first half. With the Titans having a scrum feed around forty metres out from the Newcastle line, Kedan Chan-Tung lined up two passes off the back of the scrum to the right of the field around about in line with the uprights.
After the Titans scrum win, Kedan Chan-Tung received the ball early running at the Newcastle line on a slight angle, probably around 30 degress, to the right of the field. Critically Kedan Chan-Tung ran at the line with the ball out in front of his body in two hands putting a degree of doubt in the Knights defensive line.
As he approached the defensive line, Kedan Chan-Tung shaped to pass the ball to his right but instead pulled the ball back into his body quickly and slid expertly through a small gap in the defensive line and easily outpaced the Knights cover defence in a forty metre run to the line, scroring around fifteen metres from the right corner post.
Late in the second half, Kedan Chan-Tung chased through a Thomas Weaver bomb, leaping over the Knights defence to take the ball on the full around three metres from the Knights line. With no way to get to the line Kedan Chan-Tung flicked the ball out of the back of his right hand to the left side of the field to an unmarked Jahreem Bula to dive over in the left corner untouched.
Kedan Chan-Tung started Round One of the 2020 MM Cup competition at five eight for the Ipswich Jets against the Townsville Blackhawks. 2020 was the second season in a row that Kedan Chan-Tung has been the starting five eight for the Ipswich Jets MM Cup side scoring twice the first half as Ipswich started off their campaign with an impressive first up victory.
Fellow Titans contracted player Orlando Swain was also a try scorer in that match for the Jets, in fact Orlando Swain scored the Jets first try of the match, with Kedan Chan-Tung scoring the second.
Mid-way through the 2020 season Kedan Chan-Tung commenced training with the Titans U20 Rookie Squad on a regular basis, such is the regard that the Titans hold him in.
In 2020 Kedan Chan-Tung also played rugby in Brisbane, playing for the Sunnybank Dragons in the Colts I competition operating primarily at No. 10. Kedan Chan-Tung had a particularly impressive match in Round Four when he started at fullback against Wests. Early in the second half Kedan Chan-Tung produced a great run beating at least four defenders before producing an outstanding off load to Samuel Samu who scored under the posts.
The 2020 season of Titans contracted Bailey Martin:
Unfortunately Bailey Martin suffered a shoulder injury playing in the City verses Country U16 match but was named in the 2020 South Coast Oceania U18 trial side as a result of a medical dispensation due the the shoulder injury he suffered in 2019.
Bailey Martin started training with the Cudgen Hornets U18 NRRRL side in June 2020 and team mates in the side included fellow Titans Thomas Weaver, Oskar Bryant, Jack Cullen and Reef Sommerville amongst others.
Bailey Martin unfortunately missed Round One of the 2020 NRRRL U18 competition due to injury but made his first NRRRL U18 appearance when he started from the bench in Round Three against the Bilambil Jets. Bailey Martin moved into the starting side in the front row in Round Four against Murwillumbah and in Round Five against the Bilambil Jets.
After missing a number of rounds, Bailey Martin started Round Eight against the Tweed Coast Raiders in the front row.
In Cudgen’s 2020 NRRRL U18 Major semi-final loss against Murwllumbah Bailey Martin started in the front row. Bailey moved to the bench as was at his hard working best as Cudgen qualified for the 2020 NRRRL U18 Grand Final on the back of a 24 – 16 Preliminary Final victory over the Bilambil Jets.
Bailey Martin also came off the bench in the GRadn Final as Cudgen became the 2020 NRRRL U18 Green Premiers on the back of a 28 – 16 win over Murwillumbah with Bailey Martin tackling everything that moved in the decider.
Also in 2020 Bailey Martin was part of the PBC Langer Cup Open A school boy rugby league squad, where he operated primarily at lock. In PBC’s first trial after the Covid 19 pandemic, Bailey Martin started at lock for the PBC A side that played against the PBC B side. Unfortunately due to injury Bailey Martin missed PBC’s Langer Cup Round One match against Ipswich State High School.
Bailey Martin came back into the PBC Open Langer Cup side, coming off the bench in Round Two against Wavell State High School and operating as a running forward when he came on in the first half. Bailey Martin was unlucky not to score late in the second half after making a break but a desperate tackle by the Wavell fullback meant he could not ground the ball when he was over the line.
Bailey Martin also started from the bench in Round Three of the Langer Cup against St Mary’s Toowoomba coming onto the field mid-way through the first half playing at lock for PBC as they maintained their unbeaten start to the 2020 Langer Cup competition on the back of a hard fought 16 – 6 victory.
Bailey Martin moved in the PBC starting line at lock for the Round Four Langer Cup local derby against Keebra Park State High School but moved back to the bench for Round Five against Marsden State High School.
Bailey Martin also started on the bench for PBC as they qualified for the 2020 Langer Cup Grand Final against Keebra Park on the back of an impressive 34 – 6 victory over Ipswich State High School. Bailey Martin was impressive in the match after coming on towards the end of the first half, especially defensively.
Bailey Martin however also produced an outstanding hit-up early in the second half breaking multiple tackles when he took the ball up just inside the Ipswich end on the left side of the field. As usual Bailey Martin smartly cut back behind the play the ball when he took possession of the ball catching defenders not moving up and made them pay with a twenty metre run.
Bailey Martin started the 2020 Langer Cup Grand Final from the bench for PBC as they defeated Keebra Park 16 – 8 in a high quality match, playing at lock when he came on and literally tackled everything that moved in his stint on the field.
In the Queensland School Boys Final against Kirwan State High School Bailey Martin started on the bench as PBC travelled to take on their North Queensland based opponents and as usual tackled everything that moved when he came on to play in the middle of the field as PBC went down 24 – 20 in tough circumstances.
Great to see former TSS First XV No. 7 Luc Lyndon lining up for Currumbin off the bench in this weekend's U20 GCRL Grand Final against the Helensvale Hornets.
One of the key players in this weekend's U20 GCRL Grand Final will be Helensvale's half back and captain Cameron Brown.
He is certainly one of a number of players in the match destined for higher honours.
I have been fortunate enough to see a few GCRL U20 matches this season and one of the best players in the competition (that I have seen at least) is Currumbin's Tyler Mahon.
The young man will line up at fullback this weekend for the Eagles in their GCRL U20 Grand Final against the Helensvale Hornets.
This weekend's GCRL U18 Division One Grand Final should be a very good battle in the forward pack with one of the leaders of the Currumbin pack will be Taanei Heu who will start in the front row against Burleigh.
Except to see a real spark off the bench for the Currumbin GCRL U18 Division One side when Phoenix Hunt comes on in this weekend's U18 Division One Grand Final against the Burleigh Bears.
Titans contracted Ben Liyou will start in the front row for Currumbin in this weekend's Doug Lipp Cup Grand Final against the Tugun Seahawks.
Jed Edwards will start at hooker for for the Currumbin Eagles U20 side in this weekend's U20 GCRL Grand Final against the Helensvale Hornets.
Great to see Juwan Compain lining up at right second row for the Currumbin Eagles in this weekend's U20 GCLR Grand Final against the Helensvale Hornets.
Great to see that the Titans have resigned giant young Keebra Park and Burleigh front rower Isaac Matalavea-Booth until the end of the 2021 season.
16 year old Keebra Park centre Jeremaiah Tamepo has extended his contract with the Titans until the end of the 2022 season and next year should be playing in the MM Cup competition.
Hail Sezer
15-10-20, 07:18 PM
Thanks Mdrew, you’re on fire.
Question for you - how long is Will Semu contracted for?
Signed a three year deal earlier this year mate, so locked up until the end of the 2022 season.
Thanks Mdrew, you’re on fire.
Question for you - how long is Will Semu contracted for?
Giant is an understatement! Been going well though so hope he has a big game!
Go Bears!
Great to see that the Titans have resigned giant young Keebra Park and Burleigh front rower Isaac Matalavea-Booth until the end of the 2021 season.
Outstanding forward prospect Christian Kiri will start in the front row for Burleigh in this weekends U18 Division One Grand Final against Currumbin.
He will start in the front row for Burleigh on Saturday in the U18 Division One Grand Final against Currumbin.
Great to see that the Titans have resigned giant young Keebra Park and Burleigh front rower Isaac Matalavea-Booth until the end of the 2021 season.
Thomas Weaver’s 2020 season:
In early 2020 Thomas Weaver started at half for the Titans U18 side in their annual match against the Newcastle Knights SG Ball (U18) side in Coffs Harbour. Thomas Weaver had a try assist late in the second half when he put up a bomb towards the left corner which the Northern Rivers Titans scored from.
Kedan Chan-Tung chased through Thomas Weaver’s perfectly weighted bomb, which landed two metres out from the Knights line, leaping over the Knights defence to take the ball on the full around three metres from the Knights line. With no way to get to the line Kedan Chan-Tung flicked the ball out of the back of his right hand to the left side of the field to an unmarked Jahreem Bula who was playing on the left wing to dive over in the left corner untouched.
Thomas Weaver was named to start at half back for the Northern Rivers Titans in Round One of the 2020 U18 Laurie Daley Cup against the Parramatta Eels at Cudgen however the match was cancelled due to the wet conditions on that weekend.
Thomas Weaver started Round Two of the U18 Laurie Daley Cup at half against the Newcastle Knights in Ballina kicking an outstanding nine from nine in the match. Thomas Weaver also showcased his outstanding tactical kicking skills in the match with a 40/20 plus a great forty five metre kick to trap the Knight fullback in his own in-goal.
Thomas Weaver also started at half back in Round Three against the Central Coast Roosters recording three try assists in the Northern Rivers Titans twenty six point victory. Thomas Weaver also kicked one conversion from two attempts in the win.
Thomas Weaver’s first try assist of the match was identical to many that he recorded last season. Thomas Weaver took the ball to the left of the field, close to the Central Coast line and threw a great pass to Titans left second rower and favourite target Ryan Foran who ran an outside shoulder route to crash over.
Thomas Weaver recorded a second try assist in the first half when a bomb that he put up to the left corner bounced perfectly for centre Daniel Butterini to put the ball down a metre inside the field of play.
Thomas Weaver’s third and final try assist of the match came in the centre half. He ran the ball to the right of the field shapes to pass but instead stepped off his left foot to break the line and drew the fullback to send Ryan Foran away to score near the left corner.
Thomas Weaver also started at half back in Round Four against the Greater Northern Tigers filling up the stats sheet with a try, a try assist and one goal from as many attempts as well as some strong defence.
In relation to his try, Thomas Weaver ran to the right of the play the ball with the ball in two hands. As he approached the defensive line on a forty five degree angle, Thomas Weaver dummied to his left stepping back inside off his left foot to slice through the Tigers line, when he came to the fullback, Thomas Weaver once again to comprehensively beat the fullback to score mid-way between the side line and goal posts on the left side of the field.
Thomas Weaver recorded a try assist in the first half when he ran to the left and popped a pass back to his right to send fullback Jaylan DeGroot into a big gap to score.
Thomas Weaver also started at half in the Round Five local derby against North Coast having an outstanding match in the twenty six all draw finishing with four try assists and five goals from six attempts including a pressure penalty goal with two minutes remaining in the match in lock the scores up at twenty six all.
The penalty goal in itself was not necessarily in itself a difficult kick with the kick being take from around fifteen metres to the left of the uprights, but with the game in the balance and the Titans unbeaten record on the line, it was certainly a pressure kick that Thomas Weaver easily kicked, showing no sign of nerves. His only miss was from right on the left touch line.
Thomas Weaver’s first try assist was scored by Ryan Foran, running to the left side of the field, Thomas Weaver put in a right footed stab kick which North Coast could not handle and Ryan Foran was on hand to score. His second try assist was also from a first half kick. Thomas Weaver clearly aimed for the left upright from seventeen metres out hitting it perfectly and Reef Somerville was on the spot to score next to the left upright.
An impressive aspect in relation to the two kicks that Thomas Weaverput in was that they were to opposite sides of the field, once again displaying just how good Thomas Weaver’s tactical kicking already is.
Thomas Weaver’s third try assist of the first half came when he drifted to his left and popped a great ball to a hard charging Daniel Butterini to burst into a gap and run twenty metres to score on the left side of the field. Thomas Weaver’s fourth and final try assist was a critical on elate in the match when he threw a long cut out pass to his left over the head of defenders to left winger Keegan Pace who scored in the left corner.
Thomas Weaver started training with the Cudgen Hornets U18 NRRRL side in June 2020 and team mates in the side included fellow Titans Bailey Martin, Jack Cullen and Reef Sommerville amongst others.
Thomas Weaver started Round One of the 2020 NRRRL U18 competition at half back as Cudgen travelled to Byron Bay to take on the Devils with Thomas Weaver scoring one of Cudgen’s three tries in their 14 – 10 victory.
Thomas Weaver was easily the best player on the field as Cudgen booked a place in the NRRRL U18 Green Grand Final scoring a double, kicking three conversions, a critical forty metre penalty goal and forcing two line drop outs in a 24 – 16 Preliminary Final win over the Bilambil Jets.
Thomas Weaver’s first try of the match came when he ran out of dummy half, running at a 45 degree angle at the line with the ball out in front of his body in two hands and shaped to pass before sliding through the defensive line to score.
Thomas Weaver received a long pass out of dummy half to score his second try. Once he received the ball from the dummy half Thomas Weaver immediately straightened up his run to slip through the Bilambil line that was sliding across the field to score adjacent to the left upright.
Thomas Weaver was also outstanding in the 2020 NRRRL U18 Green Grand Final, scoring one try, setting up two others, kicking four from five conversions including one from the left touchline in the second half and also kicking a 40/20 which ultimately led to a Cudgen try in the fist half.
Thomas Weaver’s try was an opportunist one, when he was on hand to pick up a bouncing ball after the Hornets had put in a grubber kick. The ball was bouncing off a number of legs, before Thmas Weaver scooped it up close to the line. Initially it appeared that Thomas Weaver had been stopped prior to the line but he was able to keep his arm holding the ball off the ground, being his right and then reach out with that arm to put the ball down ten metres in from the right touch line.
Both of Thomas Weaver’s try assist came in the first half and both were as a result of long cut out passes to his left to his support players. Really the only differene between the two passes was that the cut out pass to Jaylan De Groot was a touch longer.
Thomas Weaver made his NRRRL First Grade debut in Round Three when he started at five eight against the Bilambil Jets, recording a try assist and kicking two conversions in the Hornets victory. Thomas Weaver’s try assist came when he took the ball on the right side of the field and put in a grubber kick, which was pounched on by a Cudgen chaser after it rebounded off multiple legs. Both of Thomas Weaver’s conversions were exceptional kicks from the right touch line and were outstanding efforts.
After initially being named to start at five eight Thomas Weaver started from the bench in Round Four of the NRRRL First Grade competition kicking four goals from five attempts including an outstanding kick from the right touch line for his second conversion of the day against Murwillumbah as Cudgen won 28 – 20.
Round Five saw Thomas Weaver start at half back against the Bilambil Jets and scored his career first NRRRL First Grade try as well as kicking a conversion both in the second half as the Hornets went down 22 - 18.
Thomas Weaver also played in Round Eight of the 2020 NRRRL First Grade competition, starting from the bench against the Tweed Coast Raiders, kicking a conversion as the Hornets went down 18 – 14.
In a sign of the faith that Cudgen have in him, Thomas Weaver started at five eight in the Hornets 2020 NRRRL First Grade Elimination Final loss to the Bilambil Jets with Thomas Weaver kicking one from two conversions.
Also in 2020 Thomas Weaver, in his first year at PBC, was part of the PBC Langer Cup Open A school boy rugby league squad, where he operated primarily in the halves on the left side of the field.
Thomas Weaver started Round One of the Langer Cup at half back as PBC took on Ipswich State High School putting in an outstanding display in a PBC 22 – 10 victory, scoring a try, kicking three from three conversions, recording a try assist and throwing the final pass to his left on both occasions for Damon Sommerville’s two tries.
Thomas Weaver scored his try early in the first half and the try was in fact the first of the match. Thomas Weaver took the ball two passes off the ruck on the left side of the field ten metres out from the line, dummying to his outside before slicing through the defence and diving over under pressure from two Ipswich defenders.
The try assist that Thomas Weaver recorded came late in the match and sealed the PBC victory. Thomas Weaver got into dummy half throwing a dummy to his right before breaking through the centre of the ruck from sixty metres out. Thomas Weaver beautifully drew the fullback before sending front rower Xavier Williamson away to score under the post to seal the win. The try was one of the three that Thomas Weaver converted.
Thomas Weaver also started at half back in Round Two against Wavell State High School and filled up the stats sheet once again, recording two conversions and a late match penalty goal which tied the score at 18 all, recording a try assist, forcing a goal line restart and making a first half try saving tackle when he came from the clouds to crash into the Marsden five eight who was set to score Thomas Weaver literally came from nowhere to make the tackle.
Thomas Weavers try assist came early in the match when, operating to the left of the play the ball, Thomas Weaver put in a deft right foot kick from twenty metres out. The ball bounced perfectly up two metres out from the try line for the PBC left winger not to have to break stride to take the ball on his chest and dive over.
PBC’s Round Three Langer Cup match against St Mary’s Toowoomba also saw Thomas Weaver start at half back and kick two conversions from three attempts as PBC maintained their winning start to the 2020 Langer Cup competition.
In addition to his two conversions, Thomas Weaver forced to goal line restarts with short attacking kicks into the left corner which the St Mary’s defence had no choice but to take over the dead ball line. Also late in the first half, Thomas Weaver split the St Mary’s defence from a subtle dummy half to his left. It appears that he would score when he beat the fullback but Thomas Weaver was brought down just short of the line.
Thomas Weaver was also heavily involved in Reef Somerville’s second half try. Thomas Weaver put up an ideally weighted bomb to the right corner. Troy Duckett rose high to take the ball on the full and as he was being pushed back was able to pop the ball to Reef Somerville who crossed in the right corner.
Thomas Weaver also started at half back in the Round Four local derby against Keebra Park scoring one try, creating two others and kicking three from four conversions. Thomas Weaver’s try came late in the first half and at a critical point in the match. With PBC down 14 – 0 and PBC on the attack, Thomas Weaver took the ball on the right of the play the ball and took the line on himself from ten metres out. Thomas Weaver dummied twice to his left before breaking two tackles spinning counter clock wise to get to the line under heavy pressure and twisted further to get the ball down with two Keebra Park defenders hanging off him.
Both of Thomas Weaver’s try assist came in the second half and both were down the left side of the field. In relation to his first try assist, Thomas Weaver received the ball off the dummy half ten metres out from the Keebra Park line just to the left of the uprights and accelerated towards the defensive line before pulling up quickly and stepping subtly to put Daniel Butterini into a gap with a superbly weighted and timed pass.
Thomas Weaver’s second try assist just minutes later was no less impressive, once again with PBC on the attack also around ten metres out from the line, Thomas Weaver once again received the ball off the dummy half and immediately threw a great fifteen metres cut out pass to his left to winger Troy Duckett to score in the left corner. The key to the pass was not just its length it was also the speed it was thrown as the pass got to Troy Duckett so quickly that the Keebra Park right winger had absolutely no time to readjust and get to Troy Duckett before he scored.
Thomas Weaver continued at half back in Round Five against Marsden State High School, kicking four conversions from five attempts, including an outstanding first half effort from the left touch line, with his only miss in the second half also from the left touch line. To be fair the miss only barely missed.
Thomas Weaver also recorded two try assists which where for all intents and purposes identical, with one coming in each half. On both occasions, Thomas Weaver received the ball on the left side of the field, running at the ball to engage the defenders before throwing a long cut out pass to his left to Diane Mariner on both occasions to score in the left corner. The key to both tries was that Thomas Weaver looked to take the line on and thus hold the defenders in place and not just slide to cover the outside support runners.
Thomas Weaver also started at half back for PBC as they qualified for the 2020 Langer Cup final on the back of an impressive 34 – 6 victory over Ipswich State High School kicking five from six conversions and also throwing the final pass for PBC’s opening three tries of the match.
Thomas Weaver’s first try assist came early in the first half when he took the ball right to the line on the left side of the field before throwing a long cut out pass to left winger Troy Duckett who dived over from close range. Thomas Weaver’s third try assist, which came early in the second half was similar to his first with the recipient on that occasion being Deindre Mariner.
Thomas Weaver’s second try assist came in the first half, once again on the left side of the field, after shaping to throw a long pass, Thomas Weaver held the ball up to put fullback Jaylan De Groot into a gap and he was able to step the Ipswich fullback to bring the ball around to score under the posts.
Thomas Weaver started the 2020 Langer Cup Grand Final at half back for PBC as they defeated Keebra Park 16 – 8 in a high quality match kicking a conversion from the left touch line and a key penalty goal early in the second half, recording two try assists and also forcing Keebra Park to restart play on three occasions from drop outs as a result of outstanding attacking kicks, forcing Keebra Park to make the ball dead.
Both of Thomas Weaver’s try assists came in the first half and both on the left side of the field and like multiple other occasions in the Langer Cup in 2020, Thomas Weaver took the ball right to the line before off-loading to his left.
For his first try assist, Thomas Weaver put a great short pass to a charging Daniel Butterini who was running an outside shoulder route into a gap and his second was a long looping cut out pass to Troy Duckett to dive over in the corner.
Understandably Thomas Weaver was named the Player of the 2020 Langer Cup Final.
In the Tally for the Justin Hodges Medal for the Langer Cup Player of the Year, Thomas Weaver received two votes in Round One against Marsden State High School.
In the Courier Mail 2020 Langer Cup Team of the Year, Thomas Weaver was named in starting side at half back and in the Courier Mail 2020 Top 30 South East Queensland school boy rugby/rugby league list Thomas Weaver was named at No. 3 and in fact was the top rated rugby league player with the top two places being taken by rugby players.
In the Queensland School Boys Final against Kirwan State High School Thomas Weaver started at half back as PBC travelled to take on their North Queensland based opponents scoring a second half try and kicking two conversions in PBC’s 24 – 20 loss.
Thomas Weaver’s try came when he was operating on the left side of the field and he received the ball two posses wide of the ruck. Immediately when he received the ball Thomas Weaver ran at the line with the ball out in front of him in two hands, producing a great show and go to beat the defender directly in front of him before getting the ball down in the tackle of the Kirwan fullback fifteen metres in from the left corner post.
Titans contracted Rowan Mansfield will start at fullback for Ballina in this weekend's U18 NRRRL Gold Grand Final against the Marist Brothers Rams and is then set to start from the bench in the Reserve Grade Grand Final as the Seagulls take on Casino RSM in that Grade.
The youngest player on the field in today's U18 GCRL Division One Grand Final is Currumbin Eagles half Travis May as they take on Burleigh.
The young man has played in Titans development sides and earlier this season was part of the Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup side, starting all of their matches at five eight.
Travis May named Player of the Match in the U18 Division One Grand Final yesterday as Currumbin defeated Burleigh 18-0.
The youngest player on the field in today's U18 GCRL Division One Grand Final is Currumbin Eagles half Travis May as they take on Burleigh.
The young man has played in Titans development sides and earlier this season was part of the Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup side, starting all of their matches at five eight.
Ballina's 16 year old centre and Titans linked star in the making Damon Coldwell scored a hat trick yesterday in the NRRRL U18 Gold Grand Final as the Seagulls defeated Marist Brothers.
Damon Coldwell could have scored four but was ruled held up, but watching the replay it looked like to got the ball down.
Hail Sezer
18-10-20, 10:22 AM
Ballina's 16 year old centre and Titans linked star in the making Damon Coldwell scored a hat trick yesterday in the NRRRL U18 Gold Grand Final as the Seagulls defeated Marist Brothers.
Damon Coldwell could have scored four but was ruled held up, but watching the replay it looked like to got the ball down.
He looks very good. Do you know if he has any attention of moving up he Coast for his schoolboy footy?
Titans contracted Rowan Mansfield had a big day yesterday, being involved in two Grand Final victories for Ballina.
First he started at fullback in the NRRRL U18 Grand Final victory, setting up a try for Damon Coldwell and pulling off a try saving tackle in Lismore's Campbell Harvey.
Rowan Mansfield then came off the bench in the Reserve Grade Grand Final, playing on the left wing as Ballina defeated Casino RSM.
Not that I am aware of mate. He attends Ballina Coast High School with whom the Titans have a relationship with.
He looks very good. Do you know if he has any attention of moving up he Coast for his schoolboy footy?
He may have been on the losing team yesterday in the U18 NRRRL Gold Grand Final but it was hard not to be impressed with how Marist Brothers Lismore left centre Campbell Harvey went. Whilst he started the Grand Final at fullback, Campbell Harvey also spent time at fullback.
It was not just the Grand Final where Campbel Harvey impressed, he was probably the best player on the field in the Preliminary Final against Byron Bay and for that matter was outstanding over the course of the 2020 season as a whole.
One young player who probably flew under the radar a touch over the course of the 2020 NRRRL U18 season was Byron Bay hooker Kolbi Wood.
The young man is exceptional in the dummy half role with his distribution of of dummy half coupled with his speed out of dummy half making him a difficult proposition.
Kolbi Wood is also an outstanding defender in the centre of the ruck.
He is one young man whose career I will be keeping a close eye on.
In many respects Kolbi Wood has a touch of Cameron Murray about him, as he is also comfortable playing in the running forward role at lock, as he did on a number of occasions this season.
Earlier in his career, I believe that Kolbi Wood also spent time in the halves.
https://www.qrl.com.au/news/2020/10/19/qrl-commits-to-statewide-footprint-as-key-changes-unveiled/
Interesting to see that they are bringing back Cyril Connell (u16s) to be run by the ISC clubs replacing the preseason u16s tournament which was run by the districts. They are leaving Meninga as is but increasing the age of HDC to 21.
So this is a year after GCRL changed its age groups to from u17 and 19s to align with QRL major comps.
It also then takes HDC out of alignment with Emerging Origin pathways.
Interesting times.
Titans contracted Josiah Pahulu has been named 2020 Ipswich State High School Open A school boy rugby league Most Valuable Player.
He was also named 2020 Best Forward and 2020 Rugby League Senior of the Year and he was only in Year 11 this year.
Hail Sezer
21-10-20, 08:26 PM
Titans contracted Josiah Pahulu has been named 2020 Ipswich State High School Open A school boy rugby league Most Valuable Player.
He was also named 2020 Best Forward and 2020 Rugby League Senior of the Year and he was only in Year 11 this year.
This is great. We’ve got some immense talent in that age group.
Is he a front or back rower?
At this stage he can play both mate, but ultimately I think that he ends up in the front row.
This is great. We’ve got some immense talent in that age group.
Is he a front or back rower?
The 2020 season of Elliott Speed:
Elliott Speed was selected in the 2020 North Coast U18 Laurie Daley Cup squad and started at half in Round One against the Central Coast Roosters, operating primarily on the right side of the field and kicked four goals from seven attempts (three conversions and one penalty goal) in North Coast’s victory.
Elliott Speed also started at half in Round Two against the Parramatta Eels in Sydney kicking four from six as North Coast won their second match in a row.
Once again in Round Three against the Greater Northern Tigers, Elliott Speed started at half and kicked three from five in their tough two point loss. Elliott Speed made it four starts at half back in as many matches in Round Four against the Newcastle Knights scoring a try as well as kicking four from six conversions and one penalty goal from as many attempts in North Coast’s six point win.
Elliott Speed’s try came in the first half, he ran at the Knights line on a 45 degree angle around twelve metres out from the line, at the last moment he tucked the ball under his arm and took on the Knights left side defence, the initial contact made Elliott Speed spin 360 degrees counter clock wise, but he was able to maintain his balance and dive over near the left upright.
Elliott Speed also had a try assist in the match when he ran to the right of the play the ball about ten metres out from the try line producing a good short ball to his right to send his centre over.
Elliott Speed started the Round Five “local derby” against the Northern Rivers Titans also at half kicking three conversions from five attempts in the twenty six all draw.
In early 2020 Elliott Speed has selected as a reserve for the Lismore Diocese Combined Catholic Colleges (CCC) U18 touch school boy side.
With the cancellation of the 2020 Group Two competition Elliott Speed moved to the Marist Brothers Rams to play in the 2020 NRRRL U18 competition including starting from the bench in Round One against Casino RSM. When Elliott Speed came into the match he played in the halves and took over the goal kicking duties finishing the Rams 20 – 8 win against Casino RSM kicking two conversions.
Elliott Speed moved into the Marist Brothers Rams U18 starting side at half in Round Two against Ballina kicking a conversions in the Rams 30 – 14 loss at Ballina. Elliott Speed moved to five eight for Round Four against Casino RSM kicking two conversions in a 20 – 18 victory.
Elliott Speed also started at five eight in Round Five against Ballina kicking three conversions from as many attempts as the Rams defeated Ballina 18 – 14. In Round Nine Elliott Speed started at half back and kicked a conversion as the Rams went down 28 – 14 to the Byron Bay Devils.
Elliott Speed moved to fullback in Round Nine and had a day out scoring twenty four of the Rams 32 points (75%) from three tries and six goals (from as many attempts) in a 40 – 32 loss to Casino RSM.
In Marist Brothers Lismore’s 2020 NRRRL U18 Gold Preliminary Final against Byron Bay, Elliott Speed started at fullback, scoring one try, setting up another, kicking four conversions and also kicking a key second half penalty goal as Marist Brothers qualified for the Grand Final after winning 32 – 24 in extra time in just a great game that neither team deserved to lose.
Elliott Speed scored in the first half when he received an inside ball to slice through the middle of the Byron Bay ruck from five metres out to put the ball down near the right upright. In relation to his try assist which also came in the first half, Elliott Speed, whilst operating on the right, took the ball into the line before passing to his right to put his right centre into a hole and through to the try line.
Elliott Speed also started the 2020 NRRRL Gold U18 Grand Final at fullback for the Rams as they went down to Ballina, with Elliott Speed scoring a try and kicked three conversions from as many attempts. Whilst Elliott Speed started the match at fullback, he moved to half back in the second half as the Rams chased the match. Elliott Speed also had a try assist in the Grand Final when he put in a chip kick for Campbell Harvey to retrieve and score.
Elliott Speed kicked three conversions from as many attempts in the Grand Final and also scored an outstanding second half try after he had moved to half back for the Rams. With the Rams ten metres out from the Ballina line, Elliott Speed took it upon himself and took a hit-up to the right of the paly the ball, engaging the defensive line around four metres out from the line. Elliott Speed just kept pumping his legs and was able to force his way over with a number of Ballina forwards vaining trying to prevent him from getting the ball down.
In the 2020 NRRRL U18 Gold Grand Final Damon Coldwell started at left centre for Ballina as they took on the Marist Brothers Rams involving himself in just the third minute of the match when he made a long break down the left touchline before throwing a right arm flick pass inside. It was a sign of things to come for Marist Brothers as Damon Coldwell went on to score a hat trick in Ballina’s 30 – 18 victory.
In fact Damon Coldwell could have been credited with a fourth try after he was adjudged to be held up after being put away by Rowan Mansfield. Replays seemed to suggest that Damon Coldwell had in fact gotten the ball down, but the referee and touch judge saw it differently.
Whilst he was deemed held up after being put into space by Rowan Mansfield, the two combined for an almost identical play not much later in the match. Rowan Mansfield took the line on down a wide left blind side, getting through the line before offloading to his left to Damon Coldwell who easily beat the Marist Brothers fullback to score near the left corner.
Damon Coldwell scored his second Grand Final try when he ran into a gap on the left jogging fifteen matres to score. Damon Coldwell completed his hat trick in the second half when moved into dummy half a metres out from the Marist Brothers line. The play the ball was literally centremetres from the left touchline, and it appeared that there was no room there. Damon Coldwell had other idea’s however and was able to force his way over down the incredibly short blind side.
Jaylan To’O’s 2020 season:
Jaylan To’o’s first official hit out of the 2020 season came when he started from the bench for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in their Queensland Cup trial win over the Souths Logan Magpies at Tugun in mid-February in wet conditions just south of the New South Wales border.
Jaylan To’O also started from the bench for the Tweed Heads A Grade side in their late February 2020 trial against the Burleigh Bears.
Jaylan To’O started Round One of the 2020 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition for the Tweed Heads Seagulls at fullback against the Northern Pride with the Seagulls recording a big 50 – 20 win in what ended up being the only Round of the competition before its cancellation.
When rugby league restarted on the Gold Coast Jaylan To’O started Round One of the Gold Coast Rugby League competition at five eight for Runaway Bay against the Mudgeeraba Redbacks before moving to left centre in Round Two against the Ormeau Shearers, a match that saw him score his first try since the resumption of play as Runaway Bay and Ormeau played out a hard fought twenty all draw.
Jaylan To’O maintained his starting spot at right centre in Round Four against the Southport Tigers as well as in Round Five against the Tugun Seahawks before moving to the left wing in Round Six against the Currumbin Eagles, scoring the opening try of the match when Jaylan To’O was on the end of a back line movement which saw him dive over in the left corner from close range being around two metres or so out from the line.
Jaylan To’O, after being originally named in the centres for Runaway Bay in their Round Eight GCRL First Grade match against the Ormeau Shearers actually started on the left wing scoring four tries as the Seagulls recorded a 22 – 12 victory with all four of his tries coming in the second half of the match and all four were scored in (or near) the left corner.
Jaylan To’O’s first try of the match came when he received a long cut out pass around fifteen metres out from the Shearers line, Jaylan To’O charged towards the line but pulled up a metre or so short when it was clear that the cover defence would take him into touch. Jaylan To’O waited until the last possible second then stepped off his left foot that sent the first cover defender flying past and then a second left foot step sent the second defender flying past as well for Jaylan To’O to be able to bring the ball around a few metres from the corner post.
Jaylan To’O scored again not long later when once again he received a long cut out pass and produced a left foot step to beat his opposite winger before diving over in the tackle of an Ormeau cover defender. In what was clearly the theme of his four tries, for his third try Jaylan To’O once again received a long cut out pass around ten metres out. Jaylan To’O flew onto the pass and beat the disparing dive of his opposing down the left touchline to score in the left corner.
In relation to his third and final try of the match, Runaway threw the ball out to Jaylan To’O’s side of the wing and the Seagulls left centre dragged in the Ormeau winger giving Jaylan To’O space down the touchline, just prior to the corner post, Jaylan To’O stepped off his left foot sending two defenders flying past him and then Jaylan To’O to put the ball down five metres in from the left corner post.
After his Round Eight four try haul Jaylan To’0 also started on the left wing in Round Nine against Tugun and scored once again when he was on the end of a Seagulls back line to score from close range in the left corner.
In Runaway Bay’s 2020 Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade Semi-Final against the Mudgeeraba Redbacks, Jaylan To’O started on the left wing.
In the 2020 Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade Grand Final Jaylan To’O started on the left wing for Runaway Bay against Burleigh.
Will Evans 2020 season:
Will Evans commenced his 2020 season starting at right centre for the Titans Rookie Squad that played a Tweed Heads Seagulls Queensland Cup selection at Cudgen in wet and slippery conditions. Even though the Titans youngsters went down in the match, they acquitted theselves well against a team of seasoned Queensland Cup veterans in what where difficult conditions.
Will Evans then started on the right wing for the Burleigh Queensland Cup side in their 2020 trial against the Titans at Pizzey Park. Late in the match after switching to left centre Will Evans almost scored a long range when he took an intercept ten metres out from his own line and burst down the left wing, only to be caught in an outstanding tackle around a metre out from scoring by fellow Titan Jayden Campbell.
In total in the match against the Titans Will Evans ran for 117 metres (eighty seven post contact) and made ten tackles at a more than solid 90.81% tackling efficiency.
Will Evans also started on the right wing for Burleigh’s final 2020 Queensland Cup trial against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
Will Evans started Round One of the 2020 Queensland Cup competition for the Burleigh Bears on the left wing against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls and had an outstanding match scoring in the 73rd minute and also recording a try assist in what turned out to be the only Queensland Cup round played in 2020.
Will Evans try was a simple one as he took the ball around five metres out after a back line movement to score in the left corner, Will Evans try assist however was anything but easy. Will Evans chased a Burleigh clearing kick down the left touch line, the Wynnum Manly fullback flicked the ball back into the field after it was going to go out, it was not going to be a 40/20 so I had no idea what the fullback was doing.
Will Evans dived on the ball to get possession back for Burleigh. Will Evans immediately got back to his feet and stepped off his left foot to get inside a defender coming across. In the tackle Will Evans, as he was falling to the ground, flicked the ball out of the back of his right hand to a trailing Jamal Fogerty to run twenty five metres to score untouched.
In total in the Round One Queensland Cup match Will Evans played the entire eighty minutes, running for seventy four metres (nineteen post contact), made a line break, played the ball at an average speed of 2.84 seconds and made four tackles.
When the 2020 Gold Coast Rugby League competition restarted in August, Will Evans was part of the Burleigh Bears side that was looking to repeat their 2019 Premiership success starting Round One of the GCRL First Grade competition against Southport on the left wing.
Burleigh won the match 32 – 4 with Will Evans scoring a double with both tries coming in the second half.
Both of Will Evans tries were in many respects very similar, on both occasions Will Evans received the final pass from Taine Tuaupiki and on both occasions Will Evans ran around forty metres untouched to score need the left corner at the car park end of Pizzey Park.
After an impressive performance in Round One, Will Evans maintained his place on the left wing in Round Two against the Currumbin Eagles and for Round Three against the Ormeau Shearers scoring his third try of the season against the Shearers. Will Evans try was a smart piece of play, Burleigh kicked into Ormeau’s left corner, as the Ormeau right winger was trying to get to the ground after retrieving the ball, Will Evans stole the ball in a one on one tackle and dived over to score.
Round Four against Tugun saw Will Evans once again start on the left wing for Burleigh and after missing a number of matches, Will Evans was back in the Burleigh starting left wing position for Round Seven against Runaway Bay, in Round Eight against Southport and Round Nine against the Currumbin Eagles.
In the final regular season round of the 2020 Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade competition, being Round Ten, Will Evans started on the left wing for the Bears against the Mudgeeraba Redbacks scoring a long range try when he was on hand to swoop onto a Redbacks dropped ball and outpace the cover defence, running seventy eight metres to score as the Bears headed into the Finals series on the back of a last start victory.
In Burleigh’s 2020 Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade Semi-final Will Evans started on the left wing against the Southport Tigers.
Will Evans also started on the left wing for the Burleigh Bears against the Runaway Bay Seagulls in the 2020 Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade Grand Final with the Bears going down in the 2020 decider.
Cole Geyer’s 2020 season:
Cole Geyer started Round One of the 2020 Hastings Deerings Colts competition for the Burleigh Bears at hooker against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls scoring as Burleigh started their campaign with a first up victory.
When rugby league on the Gold Coast restarted in late July 2020 Cole Geyer played for the Currumbin Eagles in the Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade competition and after a Round One bye, Currumbin took on Burleigh in Round Two with Cole Geyer starting the match on the bench.
When he came on late in the first half Cole Geyer played in the dummy half role and was outstanding leading his forwards onto the ball and also caused some concern for the Burleigh defence with some darting runs out of dummy half.
Cole Geyer also started from the bench in Round Three against the Tugun Seahawks once again producing an outstanding performance when he came on in the dummy half role. Scoring a try and also recording a try assist.
Cole Geyer’s try came in the second half when he packed in at lock with Currumbin twenty metres out from the Tugun line. Cole Geyer picked up the ball from the base of the score taking off to his right. As usual Cole Geyer ran with the ball out in front of his body in two hands. The Tugun defence backed off and Cole Geyer burst through two defenders to score under the posts under pressure from the Seahawks fullback.
Cole Geyer’s try assist came in the first half. At dummy half close to the Tugun line, Cole Geyer skipped out of dummy half to his right and threw a perfectly weighted pass to his lock who ran into a gap to score just to the right of the posts.
Cole Geyer came off the bench once again in Round Four against the Ormeau Shearers scoring a double as the Eagles defeated the Shearers 28 - 22.
Cole Geyer’s first try of the match that he scored in the first half was an exceptional long range individual effort. Cole Geyer was at dummy half sixty metres out from the Shearers line two metres in from the left touch line. When the ball was played Cole Geyer darted out of dummy half to his left down the left touch line before stepping off his left foot to beat the Shearers fullback and outpace the cover defence to score a simply outstanding individual try.
Cole Geyer scored his second try of the match in the second half to break a twelve all dead lock. Cole Geyer darted out of dummy half to his right from a metre out to score next to the right up right for an opportunist try for the Eagles.
Cole Geyer also started from the bench for Currumbin’s Round Five GCRL First Grade match against the Southport Tigers before making his starting debut at hooker in Round Six against the Runaway Bay Seagulls and maintaining his starting hooker role in Round Seven against the Mudgeeraba Redbacks.
In Round Eight against the Tugun Seahawks Cole Geyer started at hooker and scored all three of Currumbin’s tries in their 20 – 18 loss, one in the first half and the other two in the second.
The first of Cole Geyer’s three tries resulted when Cole Geyer took off out of dummy half to the right of the play the ball around seven metres from the line. Cole Geyer ran at a 45 degree angle towards the goal posts, but stopped on the spot before cutting back towards the area behind the play the ball finding a gap and diving over. In fact Cole Geyer scored further to the left of the field than where the play the ball occurred.
Cole Geyer’s second try was also a close range effort. Cole Geyer darted out of dummy half to the right of the play the ball from around three metres out, throwing a big dummy to his right as soon as he had cleared the ruck. As the defence slid to their left as a result of the dummy, Cole Geyer straightened up and dived over adjacent to the right upright.
Cole Geyer’s final try came when he darted out of dummy half to the right once again from around twelve metres out after a quick play the ball and took off straight towards the try line with the defence still back peddling. Such was the speed that Cole Geyer took off that he had dived over well before the majority of Tugun defenders had made it back onside.
After his Round Eight hat trick, Cole Geyer also started at hooker in Round Nine against the Burleigh Bears recording two try assists and was heavily involved in another as the Eagles won in the final minutes of the match.
Cole Geyer’s two try assist came in the second half with the first coming when he skipped out of dummy half to his right, throwing a short flat pass to interchange forward Ji Van Heerwaarden to crash over under the posts from close range. Cole Geyer’s second try assist resulted from a twenty metre long cut out pass to the left out of dummy half to find his left winger in space to score in the left corner.
Cole Geyer was also heavily involved in Currumbin’s match winning try when he threw a long cut out pass once again to his left for Currumbin to get on the outside of the Burleigh compressed defensive line.
Cole Geyer added a further try in Round Ten being the final GCRL First Grade regular season round in a big Currumbin win against Ormeau. Cole Geyer’s try came in the second half when he darted out of dummy half to his right, stopping quickly before cutting straight through the centre of the ruck to score from twenty five metres out.
Cole Geyer could have had a second try, when he backed up on the inside and received the ball once the fullback was drawn in running forty metres to the line. Instead of putting the ball down, Cole Geyer waited in the ingoal passing to his brother Nash Geyer to score. Normally I am not a fan of this but earlier in the match his father Matt Geyer (Melbourne Storm) had scored so by giving the ball to his brother it was an incredible situation where a father and two sons played in the same match and also all three scored.
In the Gold Coast Bulliten’s 2020 Gold Coast Rugby League Team of the Year Cole Geyer was named on the bench.
In early October 2020 Riley Buchanan was part of the Titans NRRRL U14/U15 Invitational squad that played a match against a Titans Gold Coast based U14 side, with the match being played at Cbus Stadium, giving the young players a great experience and in a Titans jersey as well.
In 2020 Riley Buchanan played right second row for the Tweed Heads Seagulls U14 side in the Group 18 junior rugby league competition with the Seagulls going through the ten regular season rounds undefeated, scoring 316 points and conceding just 64 to finish the regular season with +252 points differential from their ten matches to record an average winning margin of just above twenty five points. Post the season Riley Buchanan was nominted to the Tweed Heads Seagulls Junior Rugby League’s International Player with the Most Potential.
As a result of their outstanding season the Tweed Heads Seagulls U14 side qualified for the Grand Final against the Tugun Seahawks. Tweed Heads prevailed in the 2020 decider 30 – 4 with Riley Buchanan starting the Grand Final at right second row and being heavily involved throughout, including a strong run in the early minutes of the match, with Tweed Head scoring from the subsequent quick play the ball.
Riley Buchanan also scored in the Grand Final when he scored next to the right goal posts in the first half. With Tweed Heads playing the ball two metres out from the try line, Riley Buchanan charged onto the ball to the right of the play the ball and dragged three defenders with him over the try line to get the ball down adjacent to the right upright.
Riley Buchanan also played touch in 2020 making the U14 Boys Queensland Fury side for the Queensland Oztag Super Series after representing the Tweed Coast Giants.
Rowan Mansfield’s 2020 season:
Rowan Mansfield was named to start on the wing for the Northern Rivers Titans in Round One of the 2020 U18 Laurie Daley Cup against the Parramatta Eels at Cudgen however the match was cancelled due to the wet conditions prevailing in northern New South Wales on that particular weekend.
Rowan Mansfield started Round Two of the 2020 U18 Laurie Daley Cup on the right wing against the Newcastle Knights in Ballina scoring in the first half when he took an intercept to run forty metres untouched to score under the posts.
Rowan Mansfield also produced a smart piece of play late in the match to add a try assist to his game stats. Rowan Mansfield retrieved a bomb that Newcastle let bounce but instead of trying to beat the remaining defender between himself and the line, held the ball up nicely to draw the defender to put Riley Lack away to score.
Rowan Mansfield also started on the right wing in Round Three against the Central Coast Roosters and recorded a try assist with a heads up play late in the match. A kick was put up to Rowan Mansfield’s right wing, he leapt high to take the ball on the full and just as he was about to be pushed over the side line threw a one armedright arm pass (like an NFL quarter back) back inside to Riley Lack who scored in the right corner from a metre out.
Rowan Mansfield also started on the right wing in Round Four against the Greater Northern Tigers as the Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup side maintained their unbeaten record on the back of a hard fought 26 all draw.
Rowan Mansfield played for the Ballina Seagulls once again in the NRRRL U18 competition once again in 2020 and In a Round One 34 – 18 loss to the Bilambil Jets, started at fullback and scored the Seagulls first try of the 2020 season.
Rowan Mansfield also started at fullback in Round Two against Marist Brothers Rams before starting in the centres in Round Five against Marist Brothers Lismore. Rowan Mansfield also started at left centre in Round Six against Casino RSM scoring in the Seagulls 26 – 12 loss.
Rowan Mansfield moved back to fullback and crossed once again in Round Seven as Ballina defeated Casino RSM 32 – 16. Rowan Mansfield scored from fullback once again in Round Nine as the Seagulls defeated Byron Bay 24 – 12.
Starting at fullback, Rowan Mansfield was one of Ballina’s try scorers as they defeated Casino RSM in the 2020 NRRRL U18 Gold Preliminary Final.
In the 2020 NRRRL U18 Gold Grand Final Rowan Mansfield started at fullback for Ballina as they took on the Marist Brothers Rams and winning 30 - 18. In the Grand Final Rowan Mansfield pulled off an early try saving tackle on a rampaging Campbell Harvey, taking him high and forcing him over the touch line.
Rowan Mansfield also had a Grand Final try assist when he took on the line on down a wide left blind side, getting through the line before offloading to his left to Damon Coldwell who easily beat the Marist Brothers fullback to score near the left corner.
Minutes prior the two combined for an almost identical play but Damon Coldwell was deemed to be held up even though replays seemed to suggest that Damon Coldwell had gotten the ball down.
Rowan Mansfield made his NRRRL Reserve Grade debut in Round Three against Northern United, caming off the bench and scoring as the teams played out a 28 all draw and also scored in Round Four against the Mullumbimby Giants when he started from the bench once again for the Seagulls Reserve Grade side.
Rowan Mansfield made it three NRRRL Reserve Grade matches in a row when he backed up from the U18 fixture to start from the bench in Round Five against Marist Brothers Lismore. Rowan Mansfield also started from the bench in Round Seven against Casino RSM.
Rowan Mansfield made his first NRRRL Reserve Grade start of his career in Round Eight in a 20 – 16 loss to Northern United with Rowan Mansfield starting at fullback and scoring in the Seagulls four point loss.
Round Nine saw Rowan Mansfield came off the bench for the Ballina Reserve Grade side in Round Nine in a Seagulls 38 – 18 victory over Mullumbimby and he also came off the bench in Round Ten against the Marist Brothers Rams scoring a double as Ballina ran away with the match to win 54 - 6.
Rowan Mansfield was also on the bench as Ballina qualified for the NRRRL Reserve Grand Final after beating Northern United in the Preliminary Final with Rowan Mansfield playing in the right centre position when he came on.
Rowan Mansfield was also one of Ballina’s try scorers in the Seagulls four point victory. The sequence of events that led to Rowan Mansfield’s try actually started thirty metres out from their own. Rowan Mansfield initially made a long break down the right after being put into a gap, and was able to offload to his right winger who was eventually dragged down eight metres out from the Northern United line.
Rowan Mansfield got into dummy half with the Northern United defence shot to bits, running out of dummy half to the right and crossing untouched to score a try that covered seventy metres at a key point in the match.
In the 2020 NRRRL Reserve Grade Grand Final Rowan Mansfield was named to start on the bench as Ballina took on Casino RSM in the decider after starting at fullback in the earlier U18 NRRRL Grand Final. When he came into the Grand Final Rowan Mansfield moved onto the left wing as Ballina defeated Casino RSM to make it two wins from as many Grand Finals for Rowan Mansfield on the day.
Rowan Mansfield made his much deserved NRRRL First Grade debut in Round Eight of the 2020 NRRRL competition off the bench as Ballina defeated Northern United 52 – 12. In the preceeding Reserve Grade match Rowan Mansfield had started at fullback (his first NRRRL Reserve Grade start) and scored as the Seagulls went down 20 – 16 to Northern United.
Tristian Powell’s 2020 season:
Tristian Powell started from the bench in the Titans first NRL trial of 2020 against Burleigh at Pizzey Park in an impressive senior rugby league debut. In total in the match Tristian Powell ran for 106 metres (thirty five post contact) and made fifteen tackles.
Tristian Powell started from the interchange bench for Burleigh in their final Queensland Cup trial against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
Tristian Powell started Round One of the 2020 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition for the Burleigh Bears in the second row against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.
When the 2020 Gold Coast Rugby League competition restarted in August, Tristian Powell was part of the Burleigh Bears side that was looking to repeat their 2019 Premiership success starting Round One of the GCRL First Grade competition against Southport from the interchange bench.
After an impressive performance off the bench in Round One, Tristian Powell was promoted to the starting line up at right second row in Round Two against the Currumbin Eagles and maintained his place as the starting right second rower for Round Three against the Ormeau Shearers.
In Round Four against the Tugun Seahawks Tristian Powell started at right second row again and scored in a 66 – 0 victory. Tristian Powell’s try was a result of an impressive hard straight run three passes of the ruck as Burleigh threw the ball to the right. Tristian Powell took the ball twenty metres out and ran straight between to defenders and gave the defensive line no chance.
Tristian Powell also started at right second row in Round Five against the Mudgeeraba Redbacks, in Round Seven against Runaway Bay and in Round Eight against Southport, a match that saw him score a second half when he charged onto the ball from a pass off the dummy half to crash over adjacent to the right uprights from three metres out.
Tristian Powell continued his run of second row starts in Round Nine of the GCRL First Grade competition against the Currumbin Eagles and was involved in Allan Lockwood’s first half try when he got the ball quickly to Allan Lockwood when he was in space.
In the final regular season round of the 2020 Gold Coast Rugby Leauge First Grade competition, being Round Ten, Tristian Powell started in the second row for the Bears against the Mudgeeraba Redbacks.
In Burleigh’s 2020 Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade Semi-final Tristian Powell started at right second row against the Southport Tigers.
Tristian Powell also started at right second row for the Burleigh Bears against the Runaway Bay Seagulls in the 2020 Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade Grand Final.
Jayden Campbell’s 2020 season:
Jayden Campbell started from the bench for the Titans in their first NRL trial of 2020 against the Burleigh Bears at Pizzey Park and made an outstanding impression at fullback on Titans coaching staff and supporters with the undoubted play of the match.
With only minutes to go and the Titans on the attack ten metres out from the Burleigh line, Bears left centre (and fellow Titan) Will Evans took an intercept racing down the left touch line. It looked for all money like Will Evans would score but Jayden Campbell, who was playing fullback, flew from the other side of the field to bring Will Evans down a metre short from the line. Will Evans subsequently lost the ball as he got up to try to play the ball quickly with Jayden Campbell heavily involved to force the error and save what looked a certain Burleigh try.
Jayden Campbell was also heavily involved in Jonas Pearson’s second half try, being the Titans second of the match. Jayden Campbell got into dummy half and threw a great cut out ball in one motion that travelled around twelve metres to his left down a short blind side to put Jonas Pearson into space and ultimately score.
In total in his time at fullback in the match for the Titans, Jayden Campbell ran for forty seven metres (eleven post contact), had a line break assist, a try assist being the Jonas Pearson try noted above, broke three tackles as well as finishing the match with a 100% tackling efficiency including that amazing come from the clouds tackle on a flying Will Evans.
Jayden Campbell started Round One of the 2020 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition for the Burleigh Bears at fullback showcasing his elite foot work against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls also captaining the side scoring a try and kicking four from four conversions as Burleigh started their campaign with a solid first up victory.
When the 2020 Gold Coast Rugby League competition restarted in August, Jayden Campbell was part of the Burleigh Bears side that was looking to repeat their 2019 Premiership success starting Round One of the GCRL First Grade competition at fullback.
In Burleigh’s 32 – 4 Round One victory, Jayden Campbell was his usual elusive self and finished the match with a line break, a try assist and he also kicked one conversion from as many attempts.
Jayden Campbell set up Burleigh’s first try of the match, he joined the backline on the right side of the field with Burleigh close to the line and threw a long cut out pass to his right to fellow Titan Lofi Khan-Periera who was able to stand up his direct opponent to score in the corner.
Jayden Campbell was also heavily involved in one of Will Evan’s two tries. With Southport on the attack, they put through a grubber kick. Jayden Campbell retrieved the ball five metres out from his own try line and then split the Southport defence with two outstanding left foot steps. Jayden Campbell was eventually brought down forty metrs out from the Southport line but the damage was done with Will Evans scoring from the resultant play the ball.
After missing multiple weeks Jayden Campbell started at fullback in Round Eight against the Southport Tigers contributing two try assists as Burleigh kicked a late field goal to prevail 23 - 22.
Jayden Campbell’s first haf try assist was an impressive effort. Jayden Campbell took off out of dummy half to the right of the play the ball only to cut back to the right stepping twice off his left foot as he was running parallel to the defensive line. A dummy and a right foot step saw Jayden Campbell split the line and draw the fullback to send the Burleigh right winger away.
For his second try assist of the match which came in the second half Jayden Campbell threw a long cut out pass to the right from close to the Southport try line to send the Burleigh winger over in the right corner.
Round Nine saw Jayden Campbell once again at fullback for Burleigh against the Currumbin Eagles and once again producing a piece of magic to set up a Burleigh try and was heavily involved in another.
Early in the first half, Jayden Campbell received the ball two passes to the right of a Burleigh scrum win, thirty five metres out from the Currumbin line, skipping to his right to get outside his immediate opponent and then throwing a dummy to beat the defender looking to come in, after getting through the initial line, Jayden Campbell was able to get the ball away as he was being tackled for Jamie Anderson to score in the right corner.
As noted above Jayden Campbell was also heavily involved in another Burleigh try in the first half, when he broke the Currumbin line and after he was dragged down, Jayden Campbell got to his feet, playing the bal quickly for Burleigh to spin the ball out to the opposite side of the field for Allan Lockwood to score.
In the final regular season round of the 2020 Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade competition, being Round Ten, Jayden Campbell started at fullback as the Bears defeated the Mudgeeraba Redbacks scoring a try and kicking four goals. Jayden Campbell’s try came down a short left side blind side close to the line. Jayden Campbell received the ball off the dummy half around four metres out and got down low and burrowed under the defence to score.
In Burleigh’s 2020 Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade Semi-final Jayden Campbell started at fullback against the Southport Tigers scoring yet again when after loitering around the ruck when Burleigh have the ball we was on hand to retrieve a bouncing ball from a Josh Rogers grubber kick to score under the posts. Jayden Campbell also kicked two goals as Burleigh qualified for the 2020 GCRL First Grade Grand Final on the back of a 20 – 16 victory.
Jayden Campbell also started at fullback for the Burleigh Bears against the Runaway Bay Seagulls in the 2020 Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade Grand Final converting Burleigh’s first try of their Grand Final loss.
In the Gold Coast Bulliten’s 2020 Gold Coast Rugby League Team of the Year, Jayden Campbell was named on the wing.
Early this month Chad Jones was part of a Titans Group 18 U16 Invitational side that played a trial match against a Titans squad with the match being played at Cbus Stadium, giving the young players a great experience with an added bonus that the players from both side wore Titans jerseys.
In the 2020 Group 18 U16 competition Chad Jones played for the Cudgen Hornets. In the regular season in the 2020 Group 18 U16 season, Cudgen won two games and lost eight, along the way scoring 138 points and conceding 244 to finish with a -106 points differential.
Post the competition of the 2020 Group 18 season, Chad Jones was named as the joint Cudgen Hornets Junior Representative Player of the 2020 season.
Chad Jones started the 2020 season as part of the Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad starting in the front row in three of the four matches that the Titans played in the front row and was also named to start Round One in the front row against the Parramatta Eels but that match was washed out.
Chad Jones started in the front row against the Central Coast Roosters (Round Three), the Greater Northern Tigers (Round Four) and the North Coast Bulldogs in Round Five. In Round Two against the Newcastle Knights, Chad Jones came off the bench for the Titans.
2020 also saw Chad Jones play one match for the Cudgen Hornets U18 NRRRL side being the final regular season round when he came off the bench against the Tweed Coast Raiders.
In 2019 Chad Jones played for the Group 18 U15 representative side at the New South Wales Country Age Championships, playing primarily in the front row.
Earlier this month Cooper Wolfe was part of a Titans Group 18 U16 Invitational side that played a trial match against a Titans squad with the match being played at Cbus Stadium, giving the young players a great experience with an added bonus that the players wore Titans jerseys in the match.
The young front rower played the 2020 season for the Murwillumbah Colts in the Group 18 U16 competition, including starting the 2020 Grand Final in the front row with the Colts going down in the Grand Final 20 – 16 to South Tweed.
In the 2020 Group 18 U16 regular season Murwillumbah won five matches and lost four, along the way scoring 154 points and conceding 112 to finish with a +42 points differential.
In 2019 Cooper Wolfe was a stand by player for the Group 18 U15 representative side for the New South Wales Country Age Championships and in 2018 Cooper Wolfe was part of the Group 18 U14 representative side for the New South Wales Country Age Championships, starting the majority of Group 18’s matches in the front row.
One of the best players on the field in the 2020 GCRL U18 Division One Grand Final was Currumbin right second rower Jayden Wright.
Jayden Wright was outstanding including scoring a strong first half try when he charged onto a pass from the dummy half down the blindside, crashing over from three metres.
Jayden Wright was also heavily involved in Currumbin’s other first half try when he challenged a Travis May chip kick which was dropped by Burleigh as a result of Jayden Wright’s pressure for Joshua Munckton to collect and dive over under the posts.
In early October 2020 Levi Dangerfield was part of the Titans Group 18 U14/15 Invitational side that played a trial match against a Titans Gold Coast U14 squad with the match being played at Cbus Stadium, giving the young players a great experience with an added bonus that the players wore Titans jerseys.
In the 2020 Group 18 U15 competition Levi Dangerfield played for the combined Cudgen/Murwillumbah side that two two games and lost eight, scoring 122 points and conceding 298 to finish the season with a -176 points differential. Post the season Levi Dangerfield was named the Cudgen Hornets Group 18 U15 Best and Fairest.
In 2019 Levi Dangerfield played for the Group 18 U14 representative side at the New South Wales Country Age Championships, playing primarily at lock.
Oliver Singh played for the Currumbin Eagles in the GCRL U20 competition and had a big 2020 season including starting the GCRL U20 Grand Final at half back for the Eagles against the Helensvale Hornets last weekend.
Oliver Singh kicked three goals from four attempts in the Grand Final and was named Player of the Match as Currumbin became 2020 Premiers on the back of a 22 – 20 victory.
Oliver Singh was also heavily involved in three of Currumbin’s tries in the Grand Final. On the first occasion, Oliver Singh to the ball on the right side of the field, two passes off the ruck and ran at the Helensvale line from round twenty metres out with the ball out in front of his body in both hands. Just prior to contact, Oliver Singh produced an exquisite on look inside pass to Tyler Mahon who flew through the resultant gap to score.
Oliver Singh’s other two 2020 Grand Final try involvements were as a result of pinpoint kicks. On the first of those occasions, Oliver Singh’s right foot kick towards the the right side of the field (it landed midway between the goal posts and touch line ten metres out) was spilled by the Helensvale defence for right second rower Charlie Murray to retrieve the ball and crash over under the posts.
In the second half, Oliver Singh once again put in a kick to the right, this time coming down a metre out from the line, the Helensvale winger tries to get away from the goal line but lost the ball, with the ball being picked up by Max Mallory to dive over near the right corner.
A number of Titans players took part in yesterday's GPS schools Athletics Carnival:
Titans contracted Kaleb Ngamanu was part of the TSS 4 x 100 metre Open Relay team. Kaleb Ngamanu ran the third leg of the relay for TSS who finished 7th in a time of 44.69 seconds.
Titans contracted In 2020 Orlando Swain was also a member of the Ipswich Grammar School’s GPS Athletics squad that won the 2020 GPS Athletics Carnival last Friday. At the carnival Orlando Swain represented Ipswich Grammar School in the Discuss and Shot Put events. In the discuss, Orlando Swain had a best throw of 45.83 metres to finish 5th and Orlando Swain finished 6th in the Shot Put with a best throw in the competition of 13.49 metres.
Titans contracted Antioch Faitala-Mariner ran 12.07 seconds in the 100 metre U16 sprint for Brisbane State High School, ran the second leg in the U16 4 x 100 metre relay with BSHS recording a time of 45.31 seconds and ran the final leg of the BSHS 4 x 400 metres relay team that finished 4th in a time of 3 minutes 59.01 seconds.
Bayside Titan
26-10-20, 10:29 AM
Hey Mdrew. What’s the feeling in the Juniors side of things with the way the Titans finished the Season and the players coming to the club ? Obviously we can’t keep them all but is there a small shift in the thoughts of the young players thinking they we stay now to see how things go ? Or has Covid like other industries put it all in limbo at the moment?
I would argue mate that the Junior Program is as strong as it has ever been and we have now easily surpassed the Cowboys and Broncos for the best system in Queensland and the only other NRL side that rivals the Titans is Penrith.
The JTS program is seriously stacked and the future us very bright indeed.
Hey Mdrew. What’s the feeling in the Juniors side of things with the way the Titans finished the Season and the players coming to the club ? Obviously we can’t keep them all but is there a small shift in the thoughts of the young players thinking they we stay now to see how things go ? Or has Covid like other industries put it all in limbo at the moment?
Bayside Titan
26-10-20, 03:38 PM
I would argue mate that the Junior Program is as strong as it has ever been and we have now easily surpassed the Cowboys and Broncos for the best system in Queensland and the only other NRL side that rivals the Titans is Penrith.
The JTS program is seriously stacked and the future us very bright indeed.
Good to hear mate. I was curious with the impacts of COVID across all industries and walks of life weather it’s had any effect on enthusiasm to stay in the game.
Plenty of Titans in the U16 and U18 2021 Northern Rivers Titans sides named earlier today.
FalconSloth
26-10-20, 04:46 PM
Mdrew, how do you know about all these titans juniors and what school/club they play for?
Most mate, the Northern Rivers Titans U16 and U18 squads seem to be a reasonably even split between the Group One and Group 18 Junior Rugby League competitions.
A few of the U18 boys from northern NSW have not been named so it would appear that they will play in the MM Cup in 2021 with Tweed Heads.
Mdrew, how do you know about all these titans juniors and what school/club they play for?
The 2020 season that was for Titans 2021 recruit David Fifita:
David Fifita started Round One of the 2020 NRL competition at left second row against the North Queensland Cowboys playing the entire eighty minutes and scoring one of the most outstanding individual tries that I have ever seen in the 57th minute of the match.
David Fifita received the ball on the left side of the field approximately seventy metres out from the Cowboys line. David Fifita surged through the initial defensive line including brushing off Cohen Hess and one other defender. After outpacing the Cowboys cover defence including the a fore mentioned Coen Hess, David Fifita produced a brilliant right foot step to easily beat Cowboys fullback Valentine Holmes who could only throw out his right arm that barely brushed David Fifita who then outpaced Kyle Feldt to score under the posts to score one of the best individual tries that I have ever seen in any competition let alone the NRL.
David Fifita played all eighty minutes of the match, running for 150 metres (twenty eight post contact), broke a team leading eight tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.44 seconds and made thirty one tackles at a 93.94% tackling efficiency.
David Fifita also started at left second row in Round Two against Souths Sydney and produced another outstanding performance in his eighty minutes on the field. David Fifita ran for 154 metres (forty post contact), broke seven tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.08 seconds and made twenty six tackles at a tackling efficiency of 96.3%.
After missing the restart of the 2020 NRL season post the Covid 19 “pause”, David Fifita came back into the Brisbane Broncos side for their Round Thirteen match against Souths Sydney playing the entire eighty minutes of the match in the right second row postion and scoring early in the second half.
David Fifita received the ball early ten metres out from the line and brushed off Souths Sydney five eight Cody Walker before taking two other defenders over the line with him. In his return from injury David Fifita ran for 118 metres (fifity post contact), broke the line for his try, broke a team leading seven tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.05 seconds and made twenty tackles at a tackling efficiency of 95.24%.
David Fifita maintained his spot at right second row for the Bronco’s in their Round Fourteen match against the Canberra Raiders in the nations capital playing the entire eighty minutes once again. In that time David Fifita ran for 129 metres (forty eight post contact), had a line break assist when he threw a great one armed out of the back of his right arm pass to Katoni Staggs, broke a team leading seven tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.13 seconds and made twenty five tackles at a tackling efficiency of 92.59%.
David Fifita also started in the right second row position for the Broncos in their Round Fifteen match against St George once again playing the entire eighty minutes, running for 145 metres (seventy one post contact), broke four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.25 seconds and made eighteen tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Round Sixteen of the 2020 NRL competition saw David Fifita move to left second row for the Bronco’s against the Sydney Roosters scoring an impressive try when he stepped twice off his right foot to get into space before running over the initial Roosters defender and breaking through another with a 360 degree clockwise spin and put the ball down under the posts.
Playing the entire eighty minutes David Fifita ran for 160 metres (seventy seven post contact), broke a team leading six tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.59 seconds, off loaded twice and made twenty three tackles at a tackling efficiency of 88.46%.
In Round Seventeen against the Penrith Panthers David Fifita started at left second row playing the entire eight minutes, running for ninety three metres (forty three post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.59 seconds and made twenty eight tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Against his 2021 NRL side, being the Titans in Round Eighteen David Fifita started at right second row almost scoring in the first half but the bal was knocked out of his hands over the try line.
Playing the entire eighty minutes, David Fifita ran for 132 metres (fifty nine post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.41 seconds, off loaded the ball on three occasions and made eighteen tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Round Nineteen against the Parramatta Eels saw David Fifita start at left second row playing forty two minutes and scoring a solid try when he shrugged off an attempted tackle by Mitchell Moses to run twelve metres to score. Unfortunately David Fifits suffered an ankle injury which ended his Bronco’s career.
In his forty two minutes on the field in his Bronco’s finale, David Fifita ran for seventy four metres (twenty seven post contact), had a line break for his try, broke two tackles, played the ball at an aaverage speed of 3.32 seconds and made seven tackles at a tackling efficiency of 87.5%.
In total in the 2020 NRL season David Fifita played in nine NRL matches, scored four tries, made four line breaks, had a line break assist, offloaded the ball eleven times, made 196 tackles at a tackling efficiency of 92.1% and ran for 1 159 metres at an average of 128 metres per game.
Unfortunately the injury that David Fifita suffered in Round Nineteen say David Fifita miss out on being selected in the initial 2020 Queensland State of Origin training squad that was selected from players whose teams did not make the 2020 NRL Finals Series.
At the start of the 2020 season, David Fifita was part of the Brisbane Broncos NRL Nines squad playing in both of their matches in Perth. In match One against North Queensland, David Fifita ran for eleven metres and made five tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency and in Game Two against Melbourne David Fifita ran for fifty one metres, broke two tackles and made four of his own, once again at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Great to see Clarence Coast Magpies youngster Kennyon Elisaia-Thomas selected to be part of the Titans Group One Elite Academy.
This season Kennyon Elisaia-Thomas played for the Clarence Coast Magpies in the Group One U14 competition, including starting at five eight in the Grand Final and scoring a try and kicking a conversion in the Magpies 30 - 16 Grand Final victory against Grafton.
In addition to his Grand Final points Kennyon Elisaia-Thomas scored and kicked a conversion in Round Five against Ballina (his first match of the season) and scored a double and kicked four goals for an individual points haul of sixteen points in Round Ten against Grafton.
Kennyon Elisaia-Thomas also played one match in the Group One U15 competition this season being Round Seven when he came off the bench against Kyogle.
The Titans have snared impressive young Auckland front rower Immanuel Kalekale who is on his way over to the Gold Coast to be part of the Titans JTS program.
lonegull
27-10-20, 08:04 PM
Great to see Kane Elgey back working for the titans working with the JTS
The 2020 NRL season for Tino Fa’asuamaleaui:
Tino Fa’asuamaleaui’s first action of the 2020 season came as part of the Melbourne Storm World Nine’s squad. In Perth Tino Fa’asuamaleaui played in both of the Storm’s matches. In Match One against Manly Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 59 metres from four runs, broke three tackles and also made three tackles.
In Match Two against the Brisbane Bronco’s Tino Fa’asuamaleaui carried the ball six times, making 44 metres, broke two tackles and made seven tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency as well as diving over to score from close range.
In total in the 2020 NRL Nine’s tournament, Tino Fa’asuamaleaui played in both of the Storm’s matches, running 103 metres from ten runs, scored a try, broke five tackles and made ten tackles of his own.
Tino Fa’asuamaleaui’s first NRL hit out of the 2020 season came when he started in the front row in the Melbourne Storm’s trial against the Warriors in New Zealand producing an outstanding display as the Storm scored late to win 18 – 16.
In the match Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 104 metres (thirty nine post contact), broke two tackles and made a team leading twenty nine tackles at a 93.55% tackling efficiency.
Tino Fa’asuamaleaui started from the bench in the Storms final 2020 NRL trial against North Queensland running for 110 metres (forty five post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.79 seconds and made twenty two tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Tino Fa’asuamaleaui started Round One of the 2020 NRL Premiership from the bench for the Melbourne Storm against Manly playing twenty nine minutes. Tino Fa’asuamaleaui made the most of that time running for 139 metres (forty one post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.54 seconds and made fifteen tackles, including some heavy contact at a tackling efficiency of 93.75%. Tino Fa’asuamaleaui was also involved in the lead up to the Storms try of the match and 2020 season for that matter.
Tino Fa’asuamaleaui was also named on the bench for the Storm for Round Two against the Cronulla Sharks and was very effective in his thirty three minutes on the field. In those minutes Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for seventy two metres (sixteen post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 2.86 seconds and made twenty tackles at a 95% tackling efficiency.
After the Covid 19 halt to the competition Tino Fa’asuamaleaui started on the bench for the Storm in their Round Three match against the Canberra Raiders. Whilst Tino Fa’asuamaleaui only played ten minutes in the second half he made the most of his time on the field running for fifty metres (twenty post contact) on seven hit-ups, played the ball at an average speed of 2.93 seconds and made eight tackles at a88.89% tacklingefficiency.
Tino Fa’asuamaleaui started from the bench also in Round Four against the Souths Sydney Rabbitohs and played a barnstorming twenty five minutes after coming on late in the first half. In his time on the field Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 133 metres from eleven hit-ups (fifty nine post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.34 seconds and made fifteen tackles at a tackling efficiency of 93.75%.
Tino Fa’asuamaleaui was also named to start from the bench for Round Five against the Newcastle Knights scoring his career first NRL try when late in the first half Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran onto a pass from Cameron Smith from around seven metres out crashing over after breaking through a David Klemmer tackle.
In his thirty eight minutes on the field Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 102 metres (forty three post contact), made a line break for his try, broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.23 seconds and made twenty eight tackles at a 96.55%.
Tino Fa’asuamaleaui started from the bench once again in Round Six against the Penrith Panthers playing forty minutes in another impressive appearance. In his time on the field Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 138 metres (fifty five post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 2.87 seconds and made sixteen tackles at an 88.89% tackling efficiency.
Tino Fa’asuamaleaui once again started from the bench in Round Seven against the New Zealand Warriors but found himself on the field within the first ten minutes of the match after a head knock to Christian Welch going on to play fifty five minutes.
In his time on the field Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 174 metres (a team leading seventy seven of which were post contact), had an offload, played the ball at an average speed of 3.8 seconds and made thirty one tackles at a tackling efficiency of 83.78%.
Tino Fa’asuamaleaui made a further start from the bench in Round Eight against the Sydney Roosters palying forty metres in what was an outstanding match. In his forty minutes Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 114 metres (fifty five post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at anaverage speed of 3.27 seconds and made twenty six tackles at a tackling efficiency of 92.86%.
One of Tino Fa’asuamaleaui’s tackles in the match was a supurb low tackle in the first half when he hit the Toosters Lindsay Collins low with his right shoulder with Brandon Smith coming over the top to smash the Roosters forward dislodging the ball in one of the tackles of the 2020 NRL season.
Tino Fa’asuamaleaui was to continue his run of NRL matches from the bench in Round Nine away to the Canberra Raiders but late in the week he came into the starting line up for the first time in his NRL career.
Starting at the right second row position Tino Fa’asuamaleaui played the entire eighty minutes running for 113 metres (forty three post contact), broke five tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.74 seconds and made thirty six tackles at a 94.74% tackling efficiency.
Tino Fa’asuamaleaui moved back to the interchange bench for Round Ten against the Titans and showed Titans supporters what they were getting in 2021 with a dominant display. In his forty one minutes on the field, Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 120 metres (fifty one post contact), broke five tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.97 seconds and made twenty one tackles at a tackling efficiency of 95.45%.
Round Eleven against the Brisbane Bronco’s saw Tino Fa’asuamaleaui start from the interchange bench once again. Tino Fa’asuamaleaui had an outstanding match including scoring a double. Both of Tino Fa’asuamaleaui’s tries came in the second half and both came as a result of him running off passes, the first from Dale Funicane when he crashed over amongst a host of Bronco’s and the second off a pass from Cameron Smith.
In just fifty minutes Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for the most metres of any forward in the match, being 169, fifty one of which were post contract, broke four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.54 seconds and made twenty three tackles of his own at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Tino Fa’asuamaleaui also started from the bench for the Storm in Round Twelve in their match against the Newcastle Knights and was the best player on the field, producing a dominating performance that included an impressiveg try showcasing his outstanding ability.
Tino Fa’asuamaleaui burst onto a pass from Brandon Smith, receiving the ball twenty metres out from the line, breaking through two defenders in the initial Knights defensive line and then easily breaking through an attempted Kayln Ponga tackle to score fifteen metres to the left of the goal posts.
In total in the match Tino Fa’asuamaleaui played the final sixty three minutes of the match after coming off the bench in the 17th minute. In those minutes Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 195 metres (a team leading eighty two of which were post contact), broke a team leading nine tackles, produced an off load, played the ball at an average speed of 3.55 seconds and made a team leading thirty five tackles at a tackling efficiency of 97.22%.
Tino Fa’asuamaleaui also was named to start from the bench in Round Thirteen against the Canterbury Bulldogs but on game day came into the starting side at lock, going on to play seventy one minutes. In that time Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 174 metres (a team leading eighy one post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.24 seconds and made twenty nine tackles at a tackling efficiency of 91%.
Tino Fa’asuamaleaui moved back to the bench for the Storms Round Fourteen match against the Sydney Roosters playing thirty five minutes in his two stints on the field. In that time, Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 104 metres (fifty two post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 4.24 seconds and made eighteen tackles at a 90% tackling efficiency.
Tino Fa’asuamaleaui moved back into the starting line up for Round Fifteen against the Parramatta Eels starting the match for the Storm at lock. Playing fifty four minutes in two stints, Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 128 metres (sixty post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.67 seconds and made thirty tackles at a tackling efficiency of 96.77%.
Tino Fa’asuamaleaui was set to move back to the bench for the Storm’s Round Sixteen NRL match against Manly but in the end started the match in the right second row position playing sixty nine minutes in the Storm 30 – 6 victory.
In Round Seventeen Tino Fa’asuamaleaui started at lock against Souths Sydney scoring from close range when he charged onto a Cameron Smith pass to the left of the play the ball to crash over with a couple of Rabbitohs defenders hanging off him.
In his forty nine minutes on the field Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 101 metres (thirty seven post contact), made a line break, broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.25 seconds and made forty tackles at a tackling efficiency of 97.56%.
In his time on the field Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 182 metres (a team leading sixty six post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.87 seconds and made twenty eight tackles at a 96.55% tackling efficiency.
Tino Fa’asuamaleaui also started at lock in Round Eighteen against the North Queensland Cowboys scoring once again when he ran onto a short pass to the right of the play the ball from Cameron Smith from three metres out to score under the posts.
Playing fifty three minutes, Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 167 metres (an equal team leading fifty six of which were post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.27 seconds and made an impressive thirty one tackles at a tackling efficiency of 96.88%.
Tino Fa’asuamaleaui was initially named to start on the bench for Round Nineteen against the Wests Tigers but ended up starting the match in the front row playing forty seven minutes and scoring the Storm’s final try of the match when he chased through a short grubber kick from Cameron Smith to score five metres in from the left corner post.
In his forty seven minutes on the field Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 138 metres (thirty six post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.25 seconds and made nineteen tackles at a tackling efficiency of 90.48%.
After being rested for the final 2020 NRL regular season round Tino Fa’asuamaleaui started from the bench for the Storm in Week One of the 2020 NRL Finals series against the Parramatta Eels having an impact in his thirty three minutes on the field. Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 104 metres (thirty five post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.13 seconds and made twelve tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
In the Storm’s 2020 NRL Preliminary Final against the Canberra Raiders, Tino Fa’asuamaleaui came off the bench playing forty four minutes, running seventy three minutes (twenty post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.99 seconds and made twenty five tackles at a tackling efficiency of 92.59%.
In the 2020 NRL Grand Final Tino Fa’asuamaleaui started from the bench against the Penrith Panthers playing twenty minutes in two stints on the field. In those twenty minutes Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for forty eight metres (twenty one post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.81 seconds and made four tackles.
In total in the NRL in 2020 Tino Fa’asuamaleaui played in twenty two matches, scoring seven tries. Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 2 751 metres, made exactly 500 tackles at a tackling efficiency of 89.2%, made six line breaks, offloaded twice and made forty three tackles breaks.
Tino Fa’asuamaleaui’s 2020 NRL per game averages included running for 125 metres and making 22.72 tackles per game whilst playing approximately forty two minutes. On a per eighty minute basis in the NRL in 2020 Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 238 metres and made 43.28 tackles.
Post the 2020 NRL Grand Final Tino Fa’asuamaleaui was named in the 2020 Queensland State of Origin squad alongside Titans, Phillip Sami, AJ Brimson and Moeaki Fotuaika.
In November 2020 Lockie McLaughlin will start once again training with the Titans development squad from the Group One region of northern New South Wales under the direction of former Titans NRL player Matt Srama.
Lockie McLaughlin started Round One of the 2020 Group One U14 competition at lock and scored for the Grafton Ghosts as their season got off to a winning start on the back of a 46 – 0 victory over the Kyogle Turkeys. After a wash out in Round Two against Clarence Coast, Lockie McLaughlin also started at lock as Grafton maintained their unbeaten start to the season on the back of a 22 – 6 win against Casino RSM.
Lockie McLaughlin had a big Round Four against Clarence Coast scoring a double as the Ghosts defeated the Magpies 22 – 16 starting the match once again at lock. Lockie McLaughlin then backed up to make his Group One U15 debut from the bench.
Starting at lock once again in Round Five against cross city rivals the South Grafton Rebels, Lockie McLaughlin was one of the Ghosts try scorers in their 32 – 12 win and then backed up to be on the bench for the U15 side.
Lockie McLaughlin also started at lock in Round Six as Grafton went down 20 – 14 to the Ballina Seagulls and then Lockie McLaughlin was once again on the bench of the U15 contest between the same two sides.
Lockie McLaughlin had a try scoring double in Round Seven after once again starting at lock against the South Grafton Rebels in a Ghosts 22 – 0 victory and then backed up for the following U15 match, starting that match also against South Grafton from the bench.
In Round Eight with his U14 Grafton side winning by forfeit, Lockie McLaughlin made his U15 starting debut in the second row and also scored his first U15 try as Grafton went down 22 – 18 to the Kyogle Turkeys.
Lockie McLaughlin came off the bench in Round Nine of the Group One U14 competition scoring a double as the Ghosts defeated Casino RSM 38 – 8 and then came off the bench in the U15 match between the same two teams with Grafton going down in that fixture 26 – 14.
In total in the Group One U14 regular season competition Lockie McLaughlin scored eight tries from seven matches to finish with a 114% strike rate.
Lockie McLaughlin started at lock in the 2020 Group One U14 Grand Final against the Clarence Coast Magpies as the Ghosts went down 30 – 16.
In November 2020 Anthony Hickling will start once again training with the Titans development squad from the Group One region under the direction of former Titans NRL player Matt Srama.
In late June 2020 AJ Hickling started training with his Claence Coast Magpies club side in preparation for the late start of the Group One U14 junior rugby league competition. Round One saw AJ Hickling start for the Magpies at left second row and score as Clarence Coast defeated the South Grafton Rebels 24 – 10.
After Clarence Coast’s Round Two match was postponed, AJ Hickling was back in the second row for Round Three against Ballina and made it two tries from as many matches, scoring as Clarence Coast defeated Ballina 24 – 8.
In Round Four against Grafton Anthony Hickling continued his run of scoring in every match in 2020 when he added a double as the Magpies went down 22 – 16 with Anthony Hickling once again starting in the second row. AJ Hickling also started in the second row in Round Five against Ballina as the Magpies recorded a 26 – 0 victory.
In Round Six AJ Hickling scored a hat trick after starting the 28 – 0 win over Casino RSM from the bench for the Magpies. AJ Hickling started Round Ten in the front row and scored twice as Clarence Coast defeated Ballina 52 – 6.
In total in the 2020 Group One U14 regular season AJ Hickling scored nine tries from six matches for a 150% strike rate.
AJ Hickling started the 2020 Group One U14 Grand Final in the front row as the Magpies took on the Grafton Ghosts and was named the Player of the Match in the Magpies 30 – 16 victory afer they came from behind at half time to win the premiership decider with AJ Hickling in devastating form recording two tries in the victory.
With the Clarence Coast U14 side recording a forfeit victory in Round Seven against Casino RSM, Anthony Hickling instead moved up to the Clarence Coast U15 side, coming off the bench for his U15 debut in the Magpies Round Seven 22 – 14 loss to the Kyogle Turkeys.
In November 2020 David Torrens will start once again training with the Titans development squad from the Group One region under the direction of former Titans NRL player Matt Srama.
In late June 2020 David Torrens started training with his Claence Coast Magpies club side in preparation for the late start of the Group One U14 junior rugby league competition. Round One saw David Torrens interestingly start for the Magpies at lock as Clarence Coast defeated the South Grafton Rebels 24 – 10.
After Clarence Coast’s Round Two match was postponed, Titans linked David Torrens was back at lock for Round Three of the Group One U13 competition scoring his first try of the 2020 season against Ballina as Clarence Coast defeated Ballina 24 – 8. David Torrens made it two tries from as many matches when he once again started at lock and scored in Round Five against Ballina.
Round Six against Casino RSM saw David Torrens move to half back as the Magpies defeated Casino RSM 28 – 0. In Round Ten David Torrens moved back to lock and scored as Clarence Coast defeated Ballina 52 – 6.
In total in the 2020 Group One U14 regular season David Torrens scored three tries from five matches in fiish the regular season with a 60% strike rate.
David Torrens started the 2020 Group One U14 Grand Final at lock as the Magpies took on the Grafton Ghosts, scoring as the Magpies became 2020 Premiers on the back of a 30 – 16 come back victory.
Brady Turner who played for the Titans U15 NRRRL Invitational side earlier this month has been named the Murwillumbah Group 18 U15 Best and Fairest.
Cooper Wolfe who played for a Titans U16 Invitational U16 NRRRL side early in October has been named the Murwillumbah Group 18 U16 Most Valuable Player.
Patrick Gray who played for a Titans U16 Invitational U16 NRRRL side early in October at CBus has been awarded the Ethan Booth Trophy for the Murwillumbah U16 Player with the Most Potential.
in November 2020 Tyrelle Waters will start once again training with the Titans development squad from the Group One region under the direction of former Titans NRL player Matt Srama.
In late June 2020 Tyrelle Waters started training with his Claence Coast Magpies club side in preparation for the late start of the Group One U14 junior rugby league competition. Round One saw Tyrelle Waters start for the Magpies at half back and score as Clarence Coast defeated the South Grafton Rebels 24 – 10.
After Clarence Coast’s Round Two match was postponed, Tyrelle Waters was back at half back for Round Three against Ballina and made it two tries from as many matches, scoring as Clarence Coast defeated Ballina 24 – 8. Tyrelle Waters also started at half back as Clarence Coast defeated Ballina 26 – 0 in Round Five.
Round Six against Tyrelle Waters saw move to five eight against Casino RSM and the talented young man scored as the Magpies recorded a 28 – 0 victory. Round Ten saw Tyrelle Waters start at half back and score as well as kick a conversion as the Magpies defeated Ballina 52 – 6.
In total in the Group One U14 regular season Tyrelle Waters scored four tries and kicked a conversion for an eighteen point haul from five matches.
Tyrelle Waters started the 2020 Group One U14 Grand Final at half back as the Magpies took on the Grafton Ghosts scoring as the Magpies became 2020 Premiers on the back of a 30 – 16 come back victory.
Plenty of Titans boys in the Burleigh MM Squad that has been announced today.
Multiple Titans players have been selected in the 2021 Cyril Connell U16 Academy Squad that was announced this afternoon.
Tristian Powell’s 2020 season:
Tristian Powell started from the bench in the Titans first NRL trial of 2020 against Burleigh at Pizzey Park in an impressive senior rugby league debut. In total in the match Tristian Powell ran for 106 metres (thirty five post contact) and made fifteen tackles.
Tristian Powell started from the interchange bench for Burleigh in their final Queensland Cup trial against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
Tristian Powell started Round One of the 2020 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition for the Burleigh Bears in the second row against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.
When the 2020 Gold Coast Rugby League competition restarted in August, Tristian Powell was part of the Burleigh Bears side that was looking to repeat their 2019 Premiership success starting Round One of the GCRL First Grade competition against Southport from the interchange bench.
Looking forward to seeing Tristan play QCUP next season. If depth at Burleigh is too strong, should be switched to Tweed.
One of the most interesting names in the Gold Coast Rugby League 2020 Cyril Connell Cup Academy Squad is Rocco Gollings.
The young man comes from rugby and was an impressive performer for the Surfers Paradise Rugby Club's U15 Grand Final 19 - 12 victory over Bind University. Rocco Gollings started the Grand Final at inside centre.
Grafton Ghosts youngster Joshua Donovan-Skinner has been named in the Titans Group One Elite Academy.
Titans contracted stand out Phillip Hakaria-Ngamotu is one of the Titans contracted players named in the Gold Coast Rugby League 2020 Cyril Connell Cup Academy Squad.
Titans contracted middle forward Wailer Whaiapu has been named in the named in the Gold Coast Rugby League 2020 Cyril Connell Cup Academy Squad.
The Burleigh 2021 MM Cup side will not lack size and aggression in the forward pack with Titans contracted Joseph Shannon in the squad.
Titans contracted flyer Matthew Barrow is another of the exciting talents that have been selected in the Gold Coast Rugby League 2020 Cyril Connell Cup Academy Squad.
The 2021 Burleigh MM side is very young but they will have the benefit of the talented Titans linked Syris Schmidt leading them around the field from either half or five eight.
Syris Schmidt's raking left foot will also be able to help Burleigh gain field position and thus be able to apply pressure.
Titans contracted Noah Johannssen was recently named the Bilambil Jets 2020 NRRRL U18 Best Forward.
The extraordinary talented Titans contracted Taelon Te Whiu Hopa is one of a number of stand out players that have been selected in the 2021 Gold Coast Rugby League 2020 U16 Cyril Connell Cup Academy Squad.
The young front rower is a star in the making.
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Fresh off signing a new two year deal with the Titans, Jeremaiah Tamepo has been named in the 2021 Burleigh Bears MM Cup squad.
Every team desires size, strength, speed and power on the fringes of the ruck and that is certainly what the 2021 Burleigh MM Cup side has with Titans contracted Arama Hau in the squad.
Injuries meant that he could not play club rugby league in 2020 but it is great to see Titans contracted Wailer Whaiapu named in the 2021 Gold Coast Rugby League 2020 U16 Cyril Connell Cup Academy Squad.
The 2021 Burleigh MM Cup selectors have certainly given youth a chance. One young player that I will be intrigued to see how he goes in Ormeau Shearers 2020 U16 Division One Forward of the Year VJ Semu.
After a Player of the Match performance in the 2020 GCRL U18 Division One Grand Final it is great to see Titans linked Travis May named in the 2021 Burleigh Bears MM Cup squad.
Great to see Titans linked and PBC front rower Jonah Beaven named in the 2021 Gold Coast Rugby League 2020 U16 Cyril Connell Cup Academy Squad.
All action/effort hooker Will Saunders is another Titans linked PBC student who has been named in the 2021 Gold Coast Rugby League 2020 U16 Cyril Connell Cup Academy Squad.
Try scoring Helensvale centre Junior Filimaua has been named in the 2021 Gold Coast Rugby League 2020 U16 Cyril Connell Cup Academy Squad.
I am a huge fan of junior rugby league players participating in other sports and that is the case for 2021 Gold Coast Rugby League 2020 U16 Cyril Connell Cup Academy Squad member Keahn Skipps.
In addition to playing for the Southport Tigers rugby league club, Keahn Skipps this season captained the TSS U15A school boy rugby side, playing the majority of the 2020 season at inside centre (No. 12) but did play a match or two early on in the GPS season at fullback.
Great to see Titans contracted Blake Forder named in the 2021 Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup squad.
The fullback will be hard to keep out of the starting line-up in Round One next season.
Titans linked Nic Torrens is another member of the 2020 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad that will move up to the U18 Laurie Daley Cup competition in 2021.
Nic Torrens had an outstanding 2020 including starting at lock for the Clarence Coast Magpies in their Group One U16.5 Grand Final winning side.
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