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Bilambil Jet Kai Smallwood continued at halfback in Round Eleven of the NRRRL U18 competition against the Ballina Seagulls with Kai Smallwood scoring a try and kicking five conversions from six attempts in a Jets 34 – 16 victory.
Kai Smallwood scored from a set scrum play in the 46th minute. With the Jets having a scrum feed ten metres out and a wide left blindside in front, Kai Smallwood fed the scrum and immediately ran around the scrum to the left blindside and after the Bilambil five eight had picked up the ball from the back of the scrum and ran the ball down the blindside he ran a pass away to Kai Smallwood who dived over to score ten metres in from the left corner post. Kai Smallwood then stepped up to convert his own try.
Kai Smallwood also recorded a try assist against the Seagulls when in the 38th minute Kai Smallwood received a pass from his left around thirty five metres out and in the centre of the field. Kai Smallwood initially dummied to his right before stepping off his right foot with Kai Smallwood finding space and racing through the centre of the field. Kai Smallwood, when confronted by the Ballina fullback, threw a long cut-out pass to his right with the ball finding the Jets right centre on the bounce to force his way over to score wide out on the right. Kai Smallwood then stepped up to convert the try that he has set up.
Titans contracted Nicholas Hilton has been named at No. 8 and vice-captain for the TSS GPS School Boy First XV in their Round One match this Saturday away to St Joseph's College Nudgee.
Ballina’s Lachlan Offley continued his try scoring exploits after starting at fullback in Round Eleven of the NRRRL U18 competition against the Bilambil Jets with Lachlan Offley scoring in the 52nd minute from a set move. With Ballina on the attacking inside the attacking twenty metre area the Seagulls threw the ball to their left to a running forward, Lachlan Offley looped around from the right side of the field to take a short ball from the forward with Lachlan Offley bursting through to put the ball down under the posts untouched.
Titans contracted Vaka Sikahele continued off the bench for the Burleigh Bears in Round Twelve of the Hastings Deering’s Colts competition against the Ipswich Jets with Vaka Sikahele scoring a smart try in the 43rd minute after coming on to operate in the dummy half role in the 32nd minute.
In the 43rd minute Vaka Sikahele moved into dummy half with the play the ball three metres out and mid-way between the goal line and corner post on the right side of the field. Vaka Sikahele darted out of dummy half to his right before straightening up and getting down low at attack the line. Vaka Sikahele was hit by two defenders still short of the line and was spun around but with his back towards the try line and going to ground, Vaka Sikahele was able to twist his left arm carrying the ball above his head and get the ball down right on the try line.
Titans contracted Oskar Bryant moved to five eight for Tweed Heads in Round Twelve of the Hastings Deering’s Colts competition against the Redcliffe Dolphins with Oskar Bryant recording a try assist in the 50th minute when from around eighteen metres out and on the left side of the field Oskar Bryant put up a bomb to the opposite side of the field with the ball coming down and being taken on the full a metre from the try line by Jothan Russell who got a pass away for Cooper Camby to score.
Oskar Bryant forced a goal line drop-out in the 42nd minute when on the last tackle Oskar Bryant put in a chip kick from twelve metres out with the Dolphins fullback subsequently being trapped into.
Oskar Bryant came close to kicking a great 40/20 in the 35th minute when from thirty five metres out from his own line Oskar Bryant put in a long kick which went into touch on the left side of the field less than a metre from the twenty metre mark.
Oskar Bryant pulled off a great try saving tackle in the 54th minute on his opposite number whilst defending on the left side of the field with Oskar Bryant taking his opposite number down just as he was able to burst through a gap three metres out from the line. Even though Oskar Bryant was injured whilst making the tackle, after a couple of minute he was able to get back to his feet and continue on.
Lofi Khan-Pereira also started on the left wing for Burleigh in Round Fourteen of the Queensland Cup against the Ipswich Jets with Lofi Khan-Pereira scoring a second half double.
Lofi Khan-Pereira scored the first of his two tries in the 70th minute when after receiving a pass from his inside seventy five metres out, Lofi Khan-Pereira who was ten metres in from the left touchline at the time, raced between two defenders before easily outpacing the Jets cover defence with Lofi Khan-Pereira then able to bring the ball around to near the left goal post.
Lofi Khan-Pereira scored his second try just six minutes later in the 76th minute when he dived over in the left corner, getting the ball down in his left hand after a dive from a couple of metres out after an eight metre burst.
Lofi Khan-Periera could easily have finished the match with a hat trick but after diving over in the left corner in the 22nd minute the linesman ruled correctly that Lofi Khan-Pereira’s left leg had gone over the touchline just prior to him getting the ball down.
Lofi Khan-Pereira, in the 25th minute made fifteen metres from a twenty metre tap restart after he had run off Tony Francis who had taken the tap.
In addition to scoring a double, Lofi Khan-Pereira also prevented a try in the 12th minute when he threw his opposite winger into touch just three metres from the left corner.
To round out a great all round match, in the 75th minute with the match already well in hand Lofi Khan-Pereira chased through a Burleigh attacking grubber to force the Ipswich fullback dead in-goal.
Playing all eighty minutes, Lofi Khan-Pereira ran for 157 metres (twenty two post contact), broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.63 seconds and made four tackles at an 80% tackling efficiency.
Titans contracted Ryan Foran started at left second row in Round Twelve of the Qld Colts competition for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Redcliffe Dolphins with Ryan Foran scoring in the 6th minute when from eight metres out Ryan Foran got over the line by way of a pass from Oskar Bryant only to be forced back with his back to the try line but Ryan Foran was able to spin to his left and get the ball down ten metres in from the left corner post.
In addition to scoring a try, Ryan Foran stopped one in the 34th minute with a great try saving tackle on the Redcliffe lock next to the right upright.
Bayside Titan
12-07-22, 09:25 AM
Mdrew how do you think Tristan Powell is going ? I feel he’s tracking pretty good with a solid performance each game. Do you think he has it to crack the NRL at all ? I’m aware that stats at QRL level are not a good indicator but I wonder if he will get a crack at NRL or ready for NRL ? Thanks in advance.
Mdrew how do you think Tristan Powell is going ? I feel he’s tracking pretty good with a solid performance each game. Do you think he has it to crack the NRL at all ? I’m aware that stats at QRL level are not a good indicator but I wonder if he will get a crack at NRL or ready for NRL ? Thanks in advance.
In short mate, yes I have no doubt Tristian Powell can play in the NRL, not just in the future but now. He is not going to be a star but he has the potential to be a very solid mobile front rower, hopefully with the Titans.
Tony Francis started on the right wing for Burleigh in Round Fourteen of the Queensland Cup against the Ipswich Jets with Tony Francis scoring a powerful try in the 59th minute when after receiving the ball six metres out and on the right touchline, Tony Francis ran over the top of the Jets left centre to crash over to score in the right corner.
In the 14th minute Tony Francis showed that he just does not put his head down when he runs when after taking a hit-up through the centre of the field to get into Ipswich territory Tony Francis got away a good offload to Esarn Marsters while his back was to the try line.
The in the 25th minute a sequence of events continued to highlight Tony Francis’s intelligence. After taking a bomb on the full in the in-goal near the right corner, Tony Francis raced out to the twenty metre mark to take a quick tap and then smartly altered the direction of the attack by passing inside to his left to Lofi Khan-Pereira who made fifteen metres. Then instead of running back to his wing, Tony Francis took the next hit-up to the right of the play the ball to catch the Jets defence offside.
Playing all eighty minutes, Tony Francis ran for ninety three metres (twenty four post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.11 seconds and made six tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Waaka Hepi has played a variety of positions for the Nerang Roosters in the GCRL U18 Division One competition this season and on the weekend he was on the move again to start at left second row in Round Thirteen against the Runaway Bay Seagulls with Waake Hepi scoring in the 3rd minute when afer receiving the ball from his right from Arama Hau Waaka Shepi burst through the Seagulls defensive line from twenty metres out to crash over seven metres sin from the left corner post.
Waaka Hepi showed his strong work ethic in the 51st minute when wit the match well and truly in hand, Waaka Hepi chased through a to trap the Seagulls front rower (No. 8) in-goal and force a goal line drop-out.
Bayside Titan
12-07-22, 12:21 PM
In short mate, yes I have no doubt Tristian Powell can play in the NRL, not just in the future but now. He is not going to be a star but he has the potential to be a very solid mobile front rower, hopefully with the Titans.
Thanks mate. I’ll keep watching him. Hopefully he gets a start next year.
Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki started at hooker for the Nerang Roosters in Round Thirteen of the GCRL U18 Division One competition against the Runaway Bay Seagulls with Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki scoring a great solo try in the 13th minute when Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki burst out of dummy half to his right from sixty five metres out from the try line with Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki charging straight through the centre of the ruck before veering to his left to run around the Seagulls fullback to get the ball down ten metres from the left upright.
Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki also recorded a try assist in the 28th minute when Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki took a Runaway Bay kick-off on the full thirty metres from his own try line and immediately charged down the left touchline before drawing the fullback and passing to his inside for Kyen Murphy to score.
Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki recorded a second try assist in the 48th minute when from forty metres out and in the centre of the field, Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki put in a right foot kick towards the right side of the field with Jeremaiah Temapo racing through to take the kick on the first bounce and break a number of tackles to score in the right corner.
Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki made a further line break in the 24th minute when after receiving an off-load around sixty five metres out, Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki broke through four attempted tackles and just as he was about to take on the fullback, Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki was tripped up from behind after making a thirty metre line break.
Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki made another line break in the 32nd minute when Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki retrieved a Runaway Bay kick twenty metres out from his own try line and then returned the kick straight through the centre of the field to get the ball into Seagulls territory before being tackled.
Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki made a third line break in the 57th minute he broke through two tackles making twenty five metres after running onto the ball to the right of the play the ball.
Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki also recorded a line break assist in the 37th minute when Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki ran to the right of a Roosters scrum win inside the defending twenty metre mark with Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki drawing in one defender before throwing a good ball to his left to put Xavier Collins into a gap.
Samuel Shannon continued at right second row for Burleigh in Round Twelve of the Colts competition against the Ipswich Jets and as has he has done regularly, Samuel Shannon scored in the opening minutes of the match, in the 2nd minute to be precise when he moved into dummy half for a play the ball one metre out and five metres to the right of the uprights. Samuel Shannon ran to his right out of dummy half to barge his way over to score next to the right upright.
Samuel Shannon scored a second try in the 25th minute when Samuel Shannon charged into the line around ten metres out and after his momentum till a couple of metres from the try line, Samuel Shannon got an off-load away to his hooker and then after getting an off-load back from the same player, Samuel Shannon ran around the tackle to his right to fore his way over to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Keebra Park’s Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki started at right centre for the Nerang Roosters in Round Thirteen of the GCRL U18 Division One competition against the Runaway Bay Seagulls and scored probably the easiest try that he has ever scored in the 21st minute when he received a pass from Jeremaiah Temapo from his inside around two metres out with no one near him. All Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki had to do to score was to take two steps forward and put the ball down with his right hand three metres in from the right corner post.
Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki’s first line break of the match occurred in just the 2nd minute when he charged forty metres down the right side of the field only to be brought down eight metres from the try line.
Titans contracted Isaac Matalavea-Booth continued in the front row for Burleigh in Round Twelve of the Hastings Deering’s Colts competition against the Ipswich Jets and in the fourth minute Isaac Matalavea-Booth made a seventeen metre charge from the right of the play the ball and once his momentum was halted Isaac Matalavea-Booth was able to get away a right arm off-load to TJ Devery who was able to promote the ball into Burleigh territory.
Then in the 9th minute Isaac Matalavea-Booth produced a smart play while defending on his own try line. With the play the ball just a metre from the try line the Ipswich hooker tried to put a grubber kick into the in-goal from dummy half. Isaac Matalavea-Booth stuck out his left foot to prevent the ball going into the in-goal and after the ball was propelled into the air from Isaac Matalavea-Booth’s boot, he had the foresight to jump higher than anybody else to take possession for Burleigh.
Then in the 11th minute Isaac Matalavea-Booth made ten metres to get to the halfway mark before he was initially held but Isaac Matalavea-Booth broke free of the two Ipswich defenders and able to make a further twelve metres.
In the 22nd minute Isaac Matalavea-Booth charged onto the ball to the left of the play the ball on the halfway mark and was able to get the ball sixteen metres into Ipswich territory.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth made another strong charge in the 59th minute when from the Burleigh attacking twenty metre mark, Isaac Matalavea-Booth rumbled all of the way to three metres from the try line, breaking three tackles along the way.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth got a trademark right arm flick off-load away in the 64th minute to Joseph Shannon when after getting the ball over the halfway mark Isaac Matalavea-Booth got the pass away with four Ipswich defenders hanging off him.
Then to round off a great match, in the 64th minute Isaac Matalavea-Booth got another off-load away with four defenders on him once again, on that occasions getting the ball away to his hooker.
Titans contracted Jeremaiah Temapo started on the right wing for the Nerang Roosters in Round Twelve of the GCRL U18 Division One competition against the Helensvale Hornets.
Jeremaiah Temapo started on the right wing in Round Thirteen against the Runaway Bay Seagulls with Jeremaiah Temapo had a heck of a match by scoring five tries.
The first of Jeremaiah Temapo’s tries came in the 16th minute when Jeremaiah Temapo was on the end of a Nerang backline movement to his side of the field with Jeremaiah Temapo running twenty five metres towards the right corner before cutting back inside at the last moment to beat the Seagulls fullback to get the ball down five metres in from the right corner post.
Jeremaiah Temapo scored his second try in the 26th minute when Jeremaiah Temapo received a pass from his inside from Shannon Donaldson with Jeremaiah Temapo cutting inside off his right wing to beat two attempted tackles to dive over to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Jeremaiah Temapo completed his hat trick in the 38th minute after receiving a long cut-out pass from his inside with Jeremaiah Temapo receiving the ball twenty metres out, breaking three tackles and then Jeremaiah Temapo grabbed a further defender over the try line to get the ball down five metres in from the right corner post.
Jeremaiah Temapo scored his fourth try in the 48th minute when he charged through to take a kick towards his wing from Dorian Lotaki on the first bounce with Jeremaiah Temapo immediately pushing off the Runaway Bay fullback with Jeremaiah Temapo then running twenty metres to score three metres in from the right corner post.
Jeremaiah Temapo made it five tries in the 58th minute when with the Nerang play the ball three metres out and three metres in from the right touchline, Jeremaiah Temapo ran to his left from dummy half and forced his way over to score five metres in from the corner post.
Jeremaiah Temapo also recorded a try assist in the 21st minute when Jeremaiah Temapo charged twenty metres towards the right corner but after cutting back inside, Jeremaiah Temapo was caught from behind by the left foot and even though no doubt Jeremaiah Temapo could have pulled up of the tackle and scored myself, Jeremaiah Temapo chose to pass the ball to his right for Taniela Lotaki to walk two steps forward and easily place the ball down just in from the right corner post.
Jeremaiah Temapo also recorded a line break assist in the 37th minute when after Jeremaiah Temapo received an off-load from his right from Xavier Collins, Jeremaiah Temapo got a good ball away to his left to put Arama Hau away down the right channel and over the halfway mark.
After being named in the Australian School Boys side on Friday afternoon Titans contracted Arama Hau lined up at halfback for the Nerang Roosters on Sunday in the GCRL U18 Division One competition in Round Thirteen against the Runaway Bay Seagulls.
Arama Hau recorded a try assist in the 11th minute when from ten metres out and to the left of the play the ball Arama Hau threw a long, hard, flat cut-out pass to his left to put Kyen Murphy over to score in the left corner.
Arama Hau was also heavily involved in Jeremaiah Temapo’s 26th minute try when Arama Hau ran the ball to his left from a Nerang scrum win with Arama Hau throwing an overhead pass to fullback Shannon Donaldson who then got the ball away to Jeremaiah Tempo who beat two defenders to score.
Arama Hau made a line break of his own in the 15th minute when he charged twenty five metres down a short left blindside to get the ball within twenty five metres of the try line.
Arama Hau recorded a further line break in the 37th minute when he ran onto a Xavier Collins off-load from his right with Arama Hau charging twenty five metres into Runaway Bay territory before Arama Hau put in a left foot grubber kick back towards the centre of the field with the kick being knocked on by Runaway Bay. Nerang scored from the subsequent scrum win through Jeremaiah Temapo.
In 2022 Harry Chadburn has continued at PBC State High School, in the Walters Cup competition including starting at five eight in Round Four against Ipswich State High School with Harry Chadburn recording a 7th minute try assist when from forty metres out Harry Chadburn put in a right foot kick towards the left corner with Ipswich SHS getting a horror bounce but it was ideal for the PBC SHS left second rower who raced through, took the ball on the bounce and ran around tow score under the posts.
Harry Chadburn recorded a second try assist in the 47th minute when from fifteen metres out and down a short left blindside, harry Chadburn threw a hard flat cut-out pass to put his left winger over in the corner. Harry Chadburn them stepped up in convert the try from the left touchline after earlier converting another PBC SHS try from close to the same spot.
Reico Ratana started at lock for PBC SHS in Round Four of the School Boy Langer Cup against Ipswich State High School with Reico Ratana making the third hit-up of the match.
Then in the 4th minute along with Josh Lynn, Reico Ratana executed a great tackle in the centre of the field in the giant Ipswich No. 18, forcing him back a number of metres. Reico Ratana continued his strong defensive match in the 34th minute with initial contact forcing the ball lose from one of the Ipswich SHS forwards twenty metres from his own try line.
Rowan Mansfield continued on the right wing for the Ballina Seagulls in Round Eleven of the NRRRL First Grade competition against the Bilambil Jets with Rowan Mansfield scoring in the 47th minute when he took a bomb to his wing on the full from the opposite side of the field just out from the try line. After taking the ball, Rowan Mansfield still had a lot to do and initially was held up after getting over the try line but Rowan Mansfield who backed over the line was able to spin to his left to eventually get the ball down near the right corner.
After the mid-season break, Titans contracted Josh Lynn continued at halfback for PBC SHS in Round Four of the School Boy Langer Cup against Ipswich State High School with Josh Lynn kicking two conversions from three attempts.
In the 20th minute with PBC SHS on the attack, from ten metres out Josh Lynn threw a good long ball to his left to Cooper Camby who then immediately got the ball away to right winger Jett Forbes who scored in the corner.
In the 4th minute along with Reico Ratana, Josh Lynn executed a great tackle in the centre of the field in the giant Ipswich No. 18, forcing him back a number of metres.
Josh Lynn made another good tackle in the 36th minute when he along with Keano Kini and Tanu Nona held up the giant Ipswich SHS front rower No. 8 over the line and directly under the posts.
Josh Lynn also kicked well I the heavy conditions, including in the 33rd minute when from the left of the play the ball, Josh Lynn kicked from thirty metres from his own try line with the ball pulling up a metre from the dead ball line with the Ipswich SHS fullback barely getting back into the field of play before the PBC SHS chasers including Josh Lynn got to him.
Titans contracted Ryan McCann then started on the right wing for Coombabah SHS in Round Four of the Langer Cup against Mabel Park State High School with Ryan McCann scoring mid-way through the second half when after taking a cross field kick Ryan MCCann raced sixty metres down the right touchline to score Coombabah SHS’s opening try of the match.
Titans contracted Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa started in the front row for the Marsden SHS Langer Reserve side in Round Four against Redcliffe State High School with Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa scoring in the 49th minute when after receiving an off-load from his left thirty metres out Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa charged through the defensive line before stepping off his left foot to beat the fullback with Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa then carrying three defenders over the try line when him to get the ball down mid-way between the corner post and goal posts on the left side of the field.
After the School Boy mid-season break, Titans contracted Ray Puru started at fullback for PBC SHS in Round Four of the Langer Reserve competition against Ipswich State High School and whilst Ray Puru did not get many opportunities to run the ball in the wet and heavy conditions at Tugun, Ray Puru had an outstanding match from a defensive perspective.
In the 29th minute Ray Puru was on the spot to hold up the hard charging Ipswich SHS left second rower (No. 12) mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field. Then in the 37th minute Ray Puru executed a great tackle on the Ipswich SHS No. 4 cutting him down near the right corner to save a certain try.
After the School Boy mid-season break, Titans contracted Bailey McConnell started at hooker for PBC SHS in Round Four of the Langer Reserve competition against Ipswich State High School.
Bailey McConnell made the first of a number of darts out of dummy half in the 6th minute when he ran out of dummy half to his left making eight metres to get the ball out of his own twenty metre area.
Bailey McConnell made another strong dart out of dummy half in the 38th minute when he initially ran to his left before cutting back to his right to make fifteen metres to get the ball to close to the halfway mark.
Another smart run out of dummy half in the dying minute of the match saw Bailey McConnell heavily involved in PBC SHS’s final try. Bailey McConnell ran to his left and then stepped off his left foot before getting the ball away and two passes later PBC SHS scored in the corner.
Bailey McConnell also kicked well out of dummy half, including in the 11th minute when he stepped to his right and put in a right foot kick from his own forty metre mark with the ball bouncing around a metre into the Ipswich SHS in-goal.
As per usual Bailey McConnell was also strong defensively and in the 9th minute after his opposite number had made a line break Bailey McConnell chased hard to catch him from behind before the hooker got to the PBC SHS fullback.
Titans contracted Nelson Makaafi scored a superb double this afternoon for the PBC SHS Walters Cup side in their victory over Wavell SHS.
The Titans have an outstanding second row prospect on their hands with Nelson Makaafi.
After the mid-season break, Sunny Kama started at right centre for PBC SHS in Round Four pf the Walters Cup School Boy competition against Ipswich State High School with Sunny Kama scoring in the 23rd minute of a good PBC SHS victory after receiving a pass from his inside from Sam Stephenson with Sunny Kaka having an easy eight metre run to the line to get the ball down ten metres in from the right corner post.
Sunny Kama was on song very early in the match when he took the fourth hit-up of the match down a shortish right blindside and then was awarded a penalty after being held down too long in the tackle.
Sunny Kama also executed one of the best tackles that I have ever seen in the match in the 33rd minute when after Ipswich SHS fed a scrum thirty metres out and just to the left of the uprights the halfback ran the ball to PBC SHS’s right, Sunny Kama came flying out of the line and smashed the halfback just as he was turning his head in Sunny Kama’s direction. Sunny Kama’s heavy initial contact forced the ball lose.
Earlier in the match in the 3rd minute Sunny Kama also had executed a strong tackle when once again after an Ipswich SHS scrum win deep on the attack the fullback felt the brunt of Sunny Kama’s right shoulder after he had come out of the line to affect the tackle.
After the mid-season break, Sam Stephenson started at fullback for PBC SHS in Round Four of the Walters Cup School Boy competition against Ipswich State High School with Sam Stephenson scoring a double and recording two try assists in a big PBC SHS victory.
Sam Stephenson scored his opening try in the 19th minute when after receiving the ball from his right from the base of a PBC SHS scrum win, Sam Stephenson from near the halfway mark burst between would be defenders and raced away to score under the posts.
Sam Stephenson completed his double in the final minute of the match when after getting an off-load from his inside Sam Stephenson had an easy ten metre run to score in the left corner.
The first of Sam Stephenson’s two try assists came in the 23rd minute when after receiving an off-load from his left Sam Stephenson got the ball away to his right to put Sunny Kama over to score wide out on the right.
Sam Stephenson recorded a second try assist in the 37th minute when after lining up to the left of a PBC SHS scrum win, Sam Stephenson received the ball thirty metres out near the centre of the field and ran the ball to his left and got halfway through a gap before getting an off-load away to his left for his winger to score in the left corner.
Sam Stephenson also made a line break in the 25th minute when Sam Stephenson ran onto the ball to the left of the play the ball twenty metres out from his own try line and burst straight through an attempted arm tackle and forty five metres down the left channel before his inside pass went to ground.
The first of Sam Stephenson’s strong runs in the match came in the 3rd minute when after taking an Ipswich SHS kick on the full eight metres out from his own try line and to the right of the goal posts Sam Stephenson got the ball thirty metres away from his own line.
Sam Stephenson also did well in the 29th minute when he picked up the ball near the his own try line in the right corner and after running towards the centre oft the field, straightened up and was able to promote the ball to twenty five metres out.
After the mid-season break, Titans contracted Tanu Nona continued at hooker and captain for PBC SHS in Round Four of the School Boy Walters Cup against Ipswich State High School with Tanu Nona scoring in the 15th minute when with the play the ball four metres out from the try line and to the left of the uprights, Tanu Nona initially shaped to pass to his right after taking a step in that direction before Tanu Nona straightened up and forced his way over to score ten metres in from the left corner post.
The first of Tanu Nona’s trade mark runs out of dummy half came inside the opening minute of the match when a run to the right from his own forty metre mark promoted the ball to thirty metres out from the try line.
From a defensive perspective Tanu Nona made a great front on tackle in the 7th minute when one of the Ipswich SHS front rowers charged onto the ball from a penalty tap restart with Tanu Nona’s strong initial contact forcing the ball loose.
Tanu Nona made another good tackle in the 36th minute when he along with Keano Kini and Josh Lynn held up the giant Ipswich SHS front rower No. 8 over the line and directly under the posts.
While Tanu Nona started the match in the dummy half role he transitioned to become a running backrower once Will Saunders came off the bench.
After the mid-season break, Josiah Pahulu started from the bench for Ipswich SHS in Round Four of the Schoolboy Langer Cup against PBC State High School coming onto the field in the 23rd minute to operate in the front row and in the seven minutes until the halftime break Josiah Pahulu made an impressive five hit-up, accounting for in excess of fifty metres gained.
Josiah Pahulu’s dominance continued in the second half including in the 39th minute with a strong charge and off-load and then in the 43rd minute Josiah Pahulu made twenty tough metres to forty metres out after taking possession to the right of the play the ball.
Titans contracted Izayah Petrichvich started on the left wing for Coombabah SHS in Round Four of the School Boy Langer Cup against Mabel Park State High School with Izayah Petrichvich scoring mid-way through the second half when after taking a Mabel Park SHS clearing kick, Izayah Petrichvich raced sixty metres down the left touchline to score after executing a magnificent right foot side step to beat the initial Mabel Park SHS defender who had looked to tackle him.
Titans contracted Corey Pe**** the moved into the Marsden SHS starting side at hooker in Round Four of the School Boy Langer Reserve competition against Redcliffe State High School with Corey Pe**** kicking three conversions in a 28 – 10 victory. The first of Corey Pe****’s conversions came in the 10th minute when from ten metres to the right of the uprights, Corey Pe**** converted Mark Nosa’s try.
Then in the 15th minute Corey Pe**** converted Marsden SHS’s second try from ten metres in from the right touchline and then in the 28th minute his team mates made it easy for him with Corey Pe****’s third and final conversion coming from directly in from of the posts.
As usual Corey Pe**** was dangerous running out of dummy half with the best of his effoerts in that area coming in the 32nd minute when after running to his left out of dummy half from on the halfway mark, Corey Pe**** got the ball to twenty metres out from the try line.
In 2022 Arame Milford has made the move from Keebra Park SHS to the Southport School and starts at Blindisde flanker (No. 6) in Round One of the GPS First XV School Boy Rugby competition away to St Joseph’s College Nudgee.
In February 2021 the rugby league front rower and Keebra Park SHS student was named in the U15 South Coast school boy rugby league squad for the 2021 U15 QSSRL Championships starting the Championship Final against Met West in the front row.
2021 saw Amare Milford line up for the Keebra Park SHS Year Nine school boy rugby league side, including a solid front row starting performance in early June against fierce local rivals PBC.
The young man who plays for the Runaway Bay Seagulls in the Gold Coast Junior Rugby League competition, in 2019 started in the front row for the Gold Coast Vikings U13 representative side and post the Hill Stumer Championships Amare Milford was named in the 2019 U13 South East Queensland Development Squad.
Hayden Miller has been named at outside centre for the Brisbane State High School First XV for this weekend's Round One of the GPS School Boy Rugby competition against Brisbane Boys College.
Mateo Faleono is a former Keebra Park State High School student who was part of the Titans partnered schools Rugby League Academy Program and has been an impressive performer in both rugby and rugby league over the last couple of seasons on the Gold Coast.
In 2022 Mateo Faleono transferred to The Southport School (TSS) and started at inside centre for the TSS U16A side in their opening 2022 trial against the Somerset College First XV in late May.
Mateo Faleono was also named at inside centre for the TSS U16A sides second trial against Brisbane State High School as wel as in the third trial against Gregory Terrace.
Mateo Faleono has been named to start at inside centre (No. 12) for the 2022 TSS U16A side in Round One of the GPS School Boy Rugby First XV competition against St Jospeh’s College Nudgee.
In late 2021 Mateo Faleono was named in the Coomera Chiefs Oztag side for the 2022 Queensland U15 Junior State Cup.
In 2021 Mateo Faleono was part of the Keebra Park SHS Hancock Cup side including starting in their 16 – 12 Grand Final loss from the bench against PBC SHS.
Late May 2021 saw Mateo Faleono named in the Gold Coast Cyclones U14 Representative Rugby Squad and 2021 also saw Mateo Faleono named in the South Coast Schools U15 Rugby Representative side.
In late August 2021 Mateo Faleono was named in the Queensland Barbarians U15 representative rugby side.
In 2020 Mateo Faleono played for the Colleges Knights in the GCRU U13 competition taking the competition by storm, including scoring four doubles.
Mateo Faleono scored doubles in Rounds Two, Three, Four and Eight against the Bond Pirates Red, Bond Pirates Blue, the Helensvale Hogs and Bond Pirates White respectively. Mateo Faleono also scored in Round Seven against Bond Pirates Red.
Mateo Faleono’s first exposure to representative rugby league came in 2019 when he was selected in the Queensland U12 side for the Australian Schools Championships with Queensland subsequently being named 2019 U12 National Champions.
Gold Coast local Billy Wellard has been named at the critical No. 7 position for the TSS First XV School Boy Rugby side for their GPS Round One match away to St Joseph’s College Nudgee.
Billy Wellard was named at No. 7 for the TSS First XV first trials being a round robin series of matches in late May against Nudgee College and Toowoomba Grammar School however the matches were ultimately rained out.
Billy Wellard then started at No. 7 in TSS’s First XV trial against Brisbane Grammar School with TSS recording a 19 – 12 first up victory. Billy Wellard was also named at No. 7 in TSS’s First XV’s second trial against Brisbane State High School as well as the third TSS First XV trial against Gregory Terrace.
In October 2021 Billy Wellard was named in the powerful Burleigh Bears U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
Round One of the 2022 U16 Cyril Connell Cup saw Billy Wellard named on the right wing for the Burleigh Bears against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Billy Wellard scoring an outstanding long range solo try.
In the 32nd minute Billy Wellard came off his wing to take a hit-up just twenty five metres out from his own tryline with Billy Wellard slicing through the Seagulls defence before palming off the fullback with a strong right arm fend. From that point no one was going to catch him and Billy Wellard raced away to score under the posts.
Billy Wellard’s first major contrinution to the match came in the 9th minute when he scooped up an errant Seagulls pass and raced down the right touchline before cutting back inside with Billy Wellard only being brought down from behind just metres out from the try line.
Billy Wellard was also named on the right wing for Round Two against the Souths Logan Magpies and continued on the right wing in Round Three against the Norths Devils scoring a great try in the 38th minute when he tip toe’d down the right touch line after receiving a looped cut-out pass ten metres out to dive over to score a spectacular highlight reel diving try in the right corner.
Billy Wellard then continued on the right wing in Round Four against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.
In total in the 2022 U16 Cyril Connell Cup competition Billy Wellard ran for the 22nd most metres being 336 metres at an average of ninety two metres per game and also made two line breaks.
Billy Wellard was named in the centres for the Bears opening 2022 trial against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
Titans contracted Brock Lennox has been named on stand-by for the TSS Second XV in their GPS School Boy Round One match against St Joseph’s College Nudgee.
Brock Lennox was also named as a stand-by for the TSS First XV’s first trial against Brisbane Grammar School.
In late October 2020, Brock Lennox was named in the Gold Coast Rugby League U16 Cyril Connell Cup Academy Squad and when the split occurred Brock Lennox was named in the Burleigh Cyril Connell Cup squad.
Brock Lennox started in the centres in the Bears first 2021 U16 Cyril Connell Cup trail in early February against the Tweed Heads Seagulls and also started at halfback in Burleigh’s second trial against the Easts Tigers however did not play in any of the Bears matches in the CC Cup competition proper.
Brock Lennox was once again at TSS in 2021 with his first official commitment with the TSS U16A side in 2021 being his attendance at a rugby skills day that was held towards the end of May. In TSS’s final trial before the commencement of the 2021 U16A GPS school boy rugby season, Brock Lennox came off the bench against the Gold Coast Cyclones U16 representative side.
Round One of the 2021 GPS school boy rugby U16B competition saw Brock Lennox line up at inside centre (No. 12) for TSS as they took on Brisbane Grammar School at home with Brock Lennox kicking two conversions in TSS’s victory.
Round Two away to Anglican Church Grammar School saw Brock Lennox named at outside centre for the TSS U16A side with Brock Lennox kicking two conversions from as many attempts in his side’s 15 – 14 loss.
With TSS having a GPS bye week, Brock Lennox was named to start at outside side centre for the TSS U16A side in a trial against Downlands College however the match was a casuality of a snap Covid 19 lockdown.
After the GPS school boy rugby competition was suspended for a number of weeks, Brock Lennox started at outside centre for the TSS U16A side that played an internal TSS trial in late August in preparation for the restart of the competition also in late August against Toowoomba Grammar School.
When the GPS school boy rugby competition restarted in late August 2021, Brock Lennox was named at inside centre (No. 12) against Toowoomba Grammar School with Brock Lennox kicking a conversion in TSS’s 21 – 17 loss.
Brock Lennox also started at outside centre in Round Eight against Nudgee College at the Shark Tank, converting TSS’s sole try in their tough loss.
At the completion of the 2021 GPS U16A season, Brock Lennox was named at the TSS U16 Kicking Champion.
Brock Lennox moved to the Southport School (TSS) in 2020 and in late July started at inside centre (No. 12) in the TSS U15A side in their first school boy rugby trial against another GPS school, being Nudgee College, with the trial being held in Brisbane with Brock Lennox converting TSS’s sole try of the match.
Brock Lennox moved to outside centre (No. 13) for the TSS U15A’s final trial against Churchie and kicked a conversion in the dying minutes to seal a 12 – 5 TSS victory.
Round One of the GPS school boy rugby U15A competition proper saw Brock Lennox start at outside centre (No. 13) for TSS against Brisbane State High School.
In Round Two Brock Lennox started at fullback and kicked four conversions as TSS outlasted Toowoomba Grammar School in a high scoring affair. Brock Lennox also started at fullback in Round Two against Brisbane Grammar School and Round Three against Brisbane Boys College where he converted TSS’s only try of the match.
Brock Lennox maintained his run of starts at fullback in Round Four against Gregory Terrace converting TSS’s sole try of the match and also started at fullback in Round Five against Ipswich Grammar School.
Post the TSS GPS rugby season Brock Lennox was named as the TSS U15 goal kicking champion for his efforts in the TSS U15A side.
In 2019 Brock Lennox played for the Helensvale Hornets in the GCJRL U14 Division One competition finishing the season as one of the competitions leading goal kickers and points scorers overall as he has for a number of seasons in yellow and green. It was a similar situation in 2018 in the GCRL U13 Division One competition for Brock Lennox.
In 2019 Brock Lennox also represented the Gold Coast Vikings representative U14 side at the Hill Stumer Championships starting at left centre that were held at Ipswich and post those Championships was named in the South East Queensland White side for the 2019 Queensland U14 Age Championships. Brock Lennox was the Gold Coast Vikings leading point’s scorer at those Championships.
For Queensland White at the Queensland Championships, Brock Lennox played in all four of their matches primarily at left centre and kicked five goals including two in the Championships third v fourth 16 – 14 play-off win against Central to round out an impressive 2019 representative season for the Titans contracted centre.
Brock Lennox also kicked two goals in Game One against Northern and one in Game Three against South East Queensland Green when he converted the try of fellow Titans contracted player, second rower Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu.
In 2018 Brock Lennox played for Merrimac High School in the NRL Gold Coast Titans Year 7/8 Challenge and was in fact named player of the competition after a number of outstanding displays for the Gold Coast based school.
It was a night for fullbacks last night for Keebra Park SHS and one that really stood out was Hancock Cup fullback Boston Hubbard the young man was a multiple try scorer and everything that he touched the ball Boston Hubbard was almost impossible for the Forest Lake SHS defense to contain.
Cooper Nelson has been named on stand-by for the TSS First XV School Boy Rugby side for their GPS Round One match away to St Joseph’s College Nudgee.
Cooper Nelson was named on the right wing for the TSS First XV first trials being a round robin series of matches in late May against Nudgee College and Toowoomba Grammar School however the matches were ultimately rained out.
Cooper Nelson was also named on the right wing for the TSS First XV’s first trial against Brisbane Grammar School with TSS recording a 19 – 12 first up victory.
Cooper Nelson was also named on the right wing in TSS’s First XV’s second trial against Brisbane State High School as well as the third TSS First XV trial against Gregory Terrace at the Shark Tank with the TSS First xv recording an impressive 49 – 19 trial victory.
Cooper Nelson started on the right wing in the 2022 TSS First XV side in Round One of the GPS School Boy Rugby First XV competition against St Jospeh’s College Nudgee.
In 2022 even though he was still U16 eligible Cooper Nelson was part of the Tweed Heads Seagulls U18 NRRRL side, coming off the bench in Round One against the Byron Bay Devils and operated on the right side of the field in an outstanding 20 – 12 first up victory.
Cooper Nelson was also named on the bench for Round Two against the Cudgen Hornets.
In mid-February 2021 Cooper Nelson played in the Titans U15 Invitational Trial at Burleigh, a trial which included only the best of the 2021 Titans U15 JTS squad members with the match being a high quality affair.
2021 saw Cooper Nelson move to TSS and he made his first appearance in the Red and Blue in late May 2021 when he started at outside centre for the U15A side in TSS’s first full trial against Ipswich Grammar School. Cooper Nelson also started at outside centre in the TSS U15A second trial against Nudgee College as well as in the full scale trial against Brisbane Boys College.
In TSS’s final trial before the commencement of the 2021 GPS school boy rugby season, Cooper Nelson started at outside centre against the PBC Alleygators. Then with the TSS U15A side having a Round One bye, Cooper Nelson lined up at outside centre in a trial against a South Coast U15 representative side.
Round Two away to Anglican Church Grammar School saw Cooper Nelson named at outside centre for the TSS U15A side. Then with the majority of TSS sides having a bye week, Cooper Nelson was named at outside centre in an away match against Brisbane State High School.
The electric young fullback or centre played for the Mullumbimby Colts in the 2020 Group 18 U14 competition and was named 2020 U14 Group 18 Player of the Season such was the quality of his season.
Mullumbimby finished third in the 2020 Group 18 U14 competition with five wins, a draw and four losses from their ten games, scoring 196 points and conceding 160 to finish with a +36 points differential.
In early November 2020 Cooper Nelson was a member of the victorious Mullumbiby High School team that won the 2020 U14 Titans 9’s competition that was held at Murwillumbah High School in northern New South Wales.
The recognition that Cooper Nelson received in 2020 was not the first that he had received (and likely not the last) with in 2018 Cooper Nelson being named the Mullumbimby Colts Mods Player of the Year.
Cooper Nelson is also an outstanding track and field athlete being named Far North Coast Athlete of the Year in 2018 (12 years) and 2019 (13 years) and in 2019 was also the Mullumbimby Public School Cross Country 13 Years Age Champion.
In 2018 at the Far North Coast Athletics Championships Cooper Nelson won the 100 metres (13.49 seconds), long jump (4.66 metres) and the 200 metres (27.95 seconds). Cooper Nelson also came second in the shot put (10.42 metres) and third in high jump (1.32 metres).
Desmond Ferguson has been named at halfback for the Ballina Seagulls in Round Twelve of the NRRRL U18 competition against the Murwillumbah Mustangs after being named on the bench in Round Eleven.
The young Ballina Seagulls fullback or winger and Ballina Coast High School student was selected in the Titans 2018/19 Group 18 U15 Development Squad.
In 2021 Desmond Ferguson represented a Titans NRRRL U18 side that played a Titans U17 JTS squad at Cbus Stadium in an NRL curtain-raiser.
Desmond Ferguson played the 2021 season in the 2021 NRRRL U18 competition at five eight, operating on the left side of the field for the Ballina Seagulls including an outstanding Round Thirteen match against the Murwillumbah Mustangs, with Desmond Ferguson scoring one try as well as setting up Ballina’s match winning try in the 53rd minute.
Desmond Ferguson scored in the 11th minute and he was also heavily involved in the lead up. Ballina halfback Jesse Beauchamp put up a mid-field bomb with Desmond Ferguson following through and retrieving the ball after the defence had let the ball bounce. Almost immediately upon taking possession Desmond Ferguson was tackled from behind but Desmond Ferguson had the composure to produce a right arm flick off-load to his right to Lachlan Offley. Desmond Ferguson was back on his feet in an instant and when Lachlan Offley kicked forward, Desmond Ferguson once again chased through the kick and when the fullback knocked the ball on, Desmond Ferguson was on hand to toe the ball forward and dived on the ball in the in-goal to score mid-way between the corner post and goal posts on the left side of the field.
The match also saw Desmond Ferguson record a 53rd minute try assist for the match winning try when from twenty five metres out Desmond Ferguson kicked to the left corner with the ball bouncing perfectly for Key Cooper to score five metres in from the left corner. Desmond Ferguson then stepped up to convert the match winning try that he set up.
Titans contracted Ryder Williams started at halfback for Keebra Park in Round Four of the School Boy Walters Cup against Wavell Park State High School with Ryder Williams kicking three conversions in a strong Keebra Park SHS victory.
The first of Ryder Williams conversions came in the 9th minute from directly in front of the posts. Ryder Williams added a second conversion in the 17th minute from the left touchline with Ryder Williams third and final conversion in the match coming in the 37th minute of the match.
In addition to his three conversions, Ryder Williams also forced two line drop-outs, the first of which came in the 12th minute when Ryder Williams put up a high bomb from thirty five metres which came down a metre from the try line and just to the right of the uprights. Ryder Williams bomb was just too much for the Wavell SHS defenders with the ball being dropped backwards and then taken dead in-goal by Wavell SHS to force the goal line drop-out.
Ryder Williams forced a second line drop-out just a minute later in the 13th minute when after receiving the ball two passes to the right of the play the ball and fifteen metres out, Ryder Williams put in a right foot grubber kick into the in-goal and once again the Wavell SHS defence was forced to take the ball dead in-goal and subsequently restart the match by way of a goal line drop-out.
In addition Ryder Williams also threw the final pass for a Keebra Park SHS try in the 17th minute with a pass to his right down a short blindside from ten metres out for his right centre to score three metres in from the left corner. This try was one of three tries that Ryder Williams converted in Keebra Park SHS’s victory.
Well done to Titans contracted Cooper Bai who has been named in the Queensland U16 Oztag Representative side.
Keebra Park SHS’s Jacoebi Murphy started at left centre in Round Five of the Hancock Cup against Caloundra State High School with Jacoebi Murphy scoring in the 41st minute when he burst onto the ball on the halfway mark with Jacoebi Murphy racing away to score in the right corner.
Jacoebi Murphy also recorded a try assist in the 20th minute when after receiving the ball thirty metres out Jacoebi Murphy spun clockwise to beat one defender before getting the ball away to his left wing to score in the corner.
Jacoebi Murphy also made a line break in the 27th minute when after tacking back to his own thirty metre mark after an errant Keebra Park SHS pass, Jacoebi Murphy raced thirty metres down the left touchline.
Israel Lotaki started at right centre for Keebra Park SHS in Round Five of the School Bou Hancock Cup against Caloundra State High School with Israel Lotaki scoring a double in a big 70 – 6 Keebra Park SHS victory.
The first of Israel Lotaki’s tries came in the 14th minute when Israel Lotaki moved into dummy half with the paly the ball five metres out from the try line and four metres in from the right touchline. Israel Lotaki ran out of dummy half to his right to force his way over to score five metres in from the right corner.
Israel Lotaki scored his second try in the 42nd minute when after receiving the ball thirty two metres out from his own try line, Israel Lotaki raced down the left touchline before cutting inside near the halfway mark with Israel Lotaki beating one of the Forest Lake SHS front rowers before racing forty metres to score seven metres to the left of the goal posts.
Israel Lotaki also made a line break in the 45th minute when he took a Forest Lake SHS short kick-off on the full after the ball had travelled two metres further than the required ten metres with Israel Lotaki then utilising a left arm fend to beat one defender before charging twenty eight metres down the left touchline.
Keebra Park SHS’s Qubin Anderson continued at lock in Round Five of the Hancock Cup against Forest Lake State High School with Qubin Anderson recording two try assists in a big Keebra Park SHS victory.
The first of Qubin Anderson’s try assists came in the 17th minute when Qubin Anderson received the ball to the right of the play the ball just inside his own territory and after taking the ball to the line Qubin Anderson threw a good short ball to his right to put second rower Royal Taito into a gap and run fifty metres to score.
Qubin Anderson recorded a second try assist in the 31st minute when once again he set up a try for Royal Taito. When he was forty metres out from his own try line and with the play the ball in the centre of the field, Qubin Anderson took possession to the left of the play the ball and after taking the ball to the line, once again got a short ball away to Royal Taito who burst through the defensive line to score next to the left upright.
Qubin Anderson also recorded a 19th minute line break when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball forty metres out from his own try line, Qubin Anderson stepped off his left foot twice to beat a number of tackles to get the ball ten metres into Forest Lake SHS territory.
Matt Barrow has been named on the right wing for the Ipswich Grammar School First XV in their Round One match against Toowoomba Grammar School tomorrow afternoon.
Harvey Smith continued at halfback for Keebra Park SHS in Round Five of the Hancock Cup against Caloundra State High School with Harvey Smith with Harvey Smith kicking a conversion in Keebra Park SHS’s 70 – 6 victory.
Harvey Smith also recorded a try assist in the 28th minute when Harvey Smith received the ball to the right of the play the ball that occurred three metres from the try line on the right side of the field. Harvey Smith took the ball down a wide right blindside and threw a hard flat cut-out pass to put his right winger over in the right corner.
Harvey Smith also made a line break in the 26th minute when from forty metres out from the try line on the final tackle Harvey Smith initially dummied to his right before getting between two defenders but Harvey Smith was tackled around twenty metres out.
Harvey Smith also executed a smart play in the 36th minute with when Forest Lake SHS were bringing the ball out from their own try line, Harvey Smith executed a good one on one strip to get the ball back for Keebra Park SHS.
Royal Taito has had a big week, first he scored a double for Keebra Park SHS in the Renouf Cup and then last night after starting in the centres he scored for Redbank Plains against Laidley/Rosewood in Round 10 of the Ipswich U14 Division One competition.
Titans contracted Larry Siala came off the bench last night for his Ipswich Norths side and scored a double in a win against Redbank Plains in Round Ten of the Ipswich Rugby League U17 Division One competition.
Clayton Guiney continues to have a great 2022 season and and this evening at just 17 years old starts at fullback for the Kyogle Turkeys in Round 12 of the NRRRL First Grade competition.
It is his first start in the NRRRL First Grade competition at fullback after earlier starting matches on the wing and in the centres.
Recently Clayton Guiney started in the wing for a Northern Rivers Titans U17 squad that played a Titans U16 JTS squad at CBus Stadium in an NRL curtain raiser.
Royal Taito continued at left second row for Keebra Park SHS in Round Five of the School Boy Hancock Cup against Caloundra State High School with Royal Taito scored a double in a big Keebra Park SHS victory.
Royal Taito scored his opening try in the 17th minute when from just inside Forest Lake SHS territory, Royal Taito charged into a gap off a short ball from his right from Qubin Anderson with Royal Taito racing forty three metres to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Royal Taito completed his double in the 31st minute when from forty metres out from his own try line Royal Taito once again charged into a gap off a Qubin Anderson short ball with Royal Taito stepping off his left foot at full speed to get past the front line defenders before a right foot step beat the fullback with Royal Taito then racing sixty metres to score next to the left upright.
While Keebra Park SHS’s Dynari Aiolupo started the Bronco’s Old Boys Cup in the centres, Round Five against Stretton College saw Dynari Aiolupo move to left second row with Dynari Aiolupo causing all sorts of the trouble for the Stretton College defensive line including a strong run in the 32nd minute when after receiving the ball twelve metres out, Dynari Aiolupo just kept pumping his legs after engaging the defensive line with Dynari Aiolupo eventually forcing his way to the try line near the left corner only for five defenders to hold him up over the line.
Keebra Park SHS Bronco’s Old Boys fullback William Hamblin had a great match in Round Five of the School Boy competition against Stretton College with the elusive fullback scoring two great long range tries in the first half of a strong Keebra Park SHS victory.
On both occasions William Hamblin charged onto the ball bursting through defenders and then proved way too fast for the cover defence.
Keebra Park SHS’s Gazniah To’omaga started at lock in Round Five of the School Boy Hancock Cup against Forest Lake SHS and what a match the young man had including scoring a try, making two line breaks and kicking a conversion in the 10th minute from four metres in from the left touchline.
Gazniah To’omaga scored a strong solo try in the 11th minute when Gazniah To’omaga charged onto the ball to the right of the play the ball and from fifty five metres out Gazniah To’omaga burst between two defenders before stepping off his right foot at full pace to beat the fullback with Gazniah To’omaga then charging away to score adjacent to the left upright.
Gazniah To’omaga’s initial line break came in the 21st minute when Gazniah To’omaga ran onto the ball to the left of the play the ball right on the halfway mark with Gazniah To’omaga easily breaking through three tackles to get the ball within twenty metres of the try line.
Gazniah To’omaga recorded a further line break in the 41st minute when after taking possession of the ball to the right of the play the ball and to the right of the play the ball, Gazniah To’omaga immediately cut back to the area behind the play the ball with Gazniah To’omaga breaking multiple tackles in a thirty metre charge.
Great to see Titans contracted Tyrell Waka-Rhind back on the field after a long illness, he is a very talented hooking prospect for the Titans.
Keebra Park SHS’s Tavake Tau’a’alo also started in the front row in Round Five of the Hancock Cup against Forest Lake SHS with Tavake Tau’a’alo scoring a strong try in the 33rd minute when after he received a pass from his right, Tavake Tau’a’alo stepped off his left foot to run over one defender ten metres from the line and then Tavake Tau’a’alo dragged four Forest Lake SHS defenders over the try line in a run that included a 360 degrees clockwise spin with Tavake Tau’a’alo getting the ball down ten metres to the left of the uprights.
Tavake Tau’a’alo showcased all sorts of skills in the match including a right foot grubber kick from ten metres out in the 14th minute with Keebra Park SHS getting a repeat set of six tackles with Keebra Park SHS scoring in that set.
Keebra Park SHS’s Kingston Seve started at fullback in Round Five of the School Boy Hancock Cup against Caloundra State High School with Kingston Seve having a huge match including scoring two tries and kicking six conversions in a big 70 – 6 Keebra Park SHS victory.
Kingston Seve scored his opening try in the 36th minute when Kingston Seven charged onto the ball to the left of the play the ball with Kingston Seven taking possession just twenty metres out from his own try line with Kingston Seve charging straight through the middle of the defensive line and racing eighty metres to score under the posts. Kingston Seve then stepped out to convert his own try.
Kingston Seve completed his double just two minutes later in the 38th minute when after receiving an off-load on the halfway mark, Kingston Seve used a right arm fend to get rid up one defender and after veering to his right Kingston Seven straightened up and ran between two would be defenders and raced away to score five metres to the left of the uprights.
Kingston Seve also recorded a try assist in the opening minute when after taking a Forest Lake SHS clearing kick on the full ten metres out from his own try line in from of his own posts, Kingston Seve ran to his left and was able to charge over seventy metres down the left touchline before off-loading back on his inside when confronted by the Forest Lake SHS fullback to put his left winger over to score the opening try of the match.
Kingston Seven also threw the final pass for the Keebra Park SHS right winger to score after Kingston Seven got the ball away to the winger around forty metres out.
Kingston Seve made a further line break in the 47th minute when he burst through the centre of the field from his own forty metre mark and was only brought to ground after making twenty five metres.
Titans contracted Nelson Makaafi started at right second row for PBC SHS in Round Five of the School Boy Hancock Cup against Wavell State High School with Nelson Makaafi recording an outstanding double.
Nelson Makaafi’s opening try came in the 11th minute when Nelson Makaafi received the ball around twenty one metres out and just to the right of the uprights. Nelson Makaafi used a strong left arm fend to beat one defender before switching the ball to his other arm and then executing a strong right arm fend to get rid of a defender just short of the try line with Nelson Makaafi then bringing the ball around to dive over under the posts.
Nelson Makaafi completed his double in the final minute of the match when after receiving the ball five metres in from the right touchline and right on the halfway mark, Nelson Makaafi burst away down the right touchline, leaving multiple Wavell SHS defenders in his wake. Whilst Nelson Makaafi crossed the try line wide out on the right he was able to bring the ball around to put it down under the goal posts.
Great to see Titans contracted Max Liles named at five eight this afternoon for the Tweed Heads Seagulls Colts in their match against the Sunshine Coast Falcons.
Whats Doing
18-07-22, 09:08 PM
Disappointed to see the Keebra trainer kitted out in Broncos gear in the match against Wavell.
Surely the Titans can do better than that if they are supposed to have some affiliation with the school.
Hail Sezer
19-07-22, 03:36 PM
Disappointed to see the Keebra trainer kitted out in Broncos gear in the match against Wavell.
Surely the Titans can do better than that if they are supposed to have some affiliation with the school.
It's annoying hey. It's because the Langer Trophy competition is sponsored by the Broncos so all of the uniforms have Broncos logos all over them, including the playing jerseys (if you look at the Keebra and PBC sleeves they've got Broncos logos on them too)
Whats Doing
19-07-22, 04:05 PM
It's annoying hey. It's because the Langer Trophy competition is sponsored by the Broncos so all of the uniforms have Broncos logos all over them, including the playing jerseys (if you look at the Keebra and PBC sleeves they've got Broncos logos on them too)
Thanks for the info as I didn’t realise there was a connection between the name of the comp and the logos.
First time I saw Keebra this year and that Hau has huge potential. I was also very impressed by the Keebra number 4 who has a tremendous outside swerve and looks a real prospect but unsure whether he is tied up with anyone
Jeval Pitman continued at five eight for Keebra Park SHS in Round Six of the Renouf Cup against PBC State High School with Jeval Pitman scoring in the 7th minute of a big Keebra Park SHS victory when after receiving an off-load from one of his front rowers Jeval Pitman raced twelve metres to score eight metres in from the left corner post.
Qubin Anderson continued at lock for Keebra Park SHS in Round Six of the Renouf Cup against PBC State High School with Qubin Anderson scoring in the 49th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball around fifteen metres out from the try line and in front of the posts, Qubin Anderson ran to his left before stepping off his left foot to beat two defenders to get through the defensive line to get the ball down eight metres to the left of the uprights.
Qubin Anderson also recorded a line break assist/try assist in the 34th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball Qubin Anderson floated across the field to his left and popped a good short ball to a charging Royal Taito who burst through a gap on the halfway mark with Royal Taito then stepping the PBC SHS fullback to score under the posts.
Keebra Park SHS’s Royal Taito continued at left second row in Round Six of the Renouf Cup against PBC State High School with Royal Taito scoring in the 34th minute when Royal Taito burst onto a pass from his right from Qubin Anderson on the halfway mark, Royal Taito then stepped off his left foot to beat the PBC SHS fullback to race away to put the ball down under the posts.
Royal Taito also made his presence felt defensively including in the 5th minute when he executed a strong front on tackle on the PBC SHS No. 8 who was bringing the ball out of his own twenty metre zone with the ball flying loose.
Royal Taito also executed a great tackle in the 16th minute when he charged out of the marker position to smash his opposite number with once again the ball flying loose, Royal Taito was able to pick up the ball and make ground downfield.
Gazniah To’omaga continued at lock for Keebra Park SHS in Round Six of the School Boy Hancock Cup against PBC SHS with Gazniah To’omaga reocrdind a try assist in the 20th minute when after making a line break from sixty metres out by way of a left foot step, Gazniah To’omaga drew the PBC SHS fullback before passing to his left to put his fullback over to score under the posts.
Jacoebi Murphy continued at left centre for Keebra Park SHS in Round Six of the Renouf Cup against PBC State High School with Kingston Seve scoring a double in a big Keebra Park SHS victory.
Jacoebi Murphy scored his first try of the match in the 37th minute when after receiving a pass from his inside from Jeval Pitman, Jacoebi Murphy had an easy ten metre run to score ten metres in from the right corner post.
Jacoebi Murphy also scored in the 42nd minute with a seventeen metre run towards the right corner and even though he was hit by a defender just short of the line, Jocoebi Murphy was able to get the ball down five metres in from the left corner post.
Keebra Park SHS’s Kingston Seve continued at fullback in Round Six of the Renouf Cup against PBC State High School with Kingston Seve scoring in the 18th minute when with the Keebra Park SHS play the ball five metres out and near the left touchline, Kingston Seve received the ball from the dummy half and crashed over twelve metres in from the left corner post.
The first of multiple Kingston Seve line breaks came in the 6th minute when after he collected a PBC SHS clearing kick forty metres out from his own try line with Kingston Seve then charging straight through the centre of the field getting the ball to within thirty five metres of the try line.
Kingston Seve made a further line break in the 14th minute when once again Kingston Seve took the ball on the full from a PBC SHS clearing kick twenty metres out from his own try line and once again burst through the centre of the field with Kingston Seven charging sixty metres downfield before being able to off-load to his left.
Kingston Seve collected another PBC SHS clearing kick on the full in the 15th minute forty metres out from his own try line with Kingston Seven making twenty metres to get the ball to forty metres out from the Keebra Park SHS try line.
Kingston Seve also did well in the 10th minute when he took possession from a PBC SHS grubber kick into the in-goal and after looking as if he would be trapped in-goal, Kingston Seve got a cheeky pass away to Harvey Smith who was able to get the ball back into the field of play.
It was not just running the ball where Kingston Seven was successful against PBC SHS with in the 48th minute Kingston Seve executed a good one on one tackle on his opposite number after the PBC SHS fullback had broken through the initial Keebra Park SHS defensive line.
After playing a number of matches with the PBC SHS Open Langer Cup side, Will Saunders started Round Five of the Langer Reserve competition at hooker against Mabel Park SHS with Will Saunders making the first of his trade mark runs out of dummy half in the 8th minute when Will Saunders ran to his left out of dummy half making sixteen metres to the forty metre mark with Will Saunders then being awarded a penalty when he was held down too long in the tackle.
Will Saunders also scored in the 49th minute when he ran out of dummy half to his left from twenty five metres out with Will Saunders easily breaking through the Mabel Park SHS defensive line before veering around the fullback to his right with Will Saunders putting the ball down five metres in from the left corner post.
Hail Sezer
21-07-22, 11:12 AM
Thanks for the info as I didn’t realise there was a connection between the name of the comp and the logos.
First time I saw Keebra this year and that Hau has huge potential. I was also very impressed by the Keebra number 4 who has a tremendous outside swerve and looks a real prospect but unsure whether he is tied up with anyone
I think you'd be looking at one of the Lotaki brothers (Dorian or Taniela) at centre, powerfully built and a very good carry of the ball. They arrived on the coast start of last year I think (from Auckland) and I don't think they're signed anywhere.
Glad you got to see Hau play for Keebra WD.
That age group in particular is really strong for the Titans with Hau, Kini and Pahulu forming the nucleus of that.
Titans contracted Bailey McConnell moved to five eight for PBC SHS Round Five of the Langer Reserve competition against Mabel Park SHS with Bailey McConnell recording a try assist in the 18th minute when after receiving the ball from the dummy half to the left of the play the ball and twenty metres out from the try line, Bailey McConnell stepped off his left foot to burst between two defenders before Bailey McConnell threw an exquisite right arm around the corner off-load to put his right centre away and then he was able to bring the ball around to put it down under the posts.
Bailey McConnell recorded another try assist in the 26th minute when from on the halfway mark Bailey McConnell ran to his left, dummying in the same direction before slicing through the line with Bailey McConnell then drawing the fullback and getting the ball away for his left second winger to bring the ball around to score under the posts.
Bailey McConnell put in a great kick in the 13th minute when from twenty metres out and near the centre of the field Bailey McConnell put in a well weighted kick towards the left corner with the Mabel Park SHS fullback forced to take the ball dead to force a goal line drop-out.
Titans contracted Ray Puru started at fullback for PBC SHS in Round Five on the Langer Reserve competition against Mabel Park SHS with Ray Puru scoring in the 32nd minute when after receiving an off-load thirty eight metres out, Ray Puru immediately put in a great right foot chip over the on-rushing Mabel Park SHS fullback with Ray Puru racing through to retrieve his kick on the bounce and race away to score under the posts.
Ray Puru had chimed into the backline on the left side of the field in the 14th minute with Ray Puru then throwing the last pass to his left centre who crashed over to score in the corner.
Whats Doing
21-07-22, 12:08 PM
I think you'd be looking at one of the Lotaki brothers (Dorian or Taniela) at centre, powerfully built and a very good carry of the ball. They arrived on the coast start of last year I think (from Auckland) and I don't think they're signed anywhere.
Glad you got to see Hau play for Keebra WD.
That age group in particular is really strong for the Titans with Hau, Kini and Pahulu forming the nucleus of that.
I think it was Taniela. Gee he was excellent, strong, good carry, has a great swerve and very fast.
Hau has such huge potential and is one of the best forwards seen in years at his age.
Keebra Park SHS’s Harvey Smith continued at halfback in Round Six of the Renouf Cup against PBC State High School with Harvey Smith kicking three conversions in a big Keebra Park SHS victory.
Harvey Smith also recorded tow try assists against PBC SHS with the first coming in the 27th minute when on the left side of the field around twenty metres out Harvey Smith took the PBC SHS defensive line on and after getting part way through the line Harvey Smith got a good off-load away to his right to Israel Lotaki who scored in the right corner.
Harvey Smith recorded his second try assist in the 30th minute when from thirty metres out from his own try line Harvey Smith threw a great ball to his right to put Israel Lotaki on the outside of the last PBC SHS left sided defender with Israel Lotaki then racing seventy metres to score nine metres in from the right corner.
The 38th minute highlighted that Harvey Smith has mastered the art of the high spiral bomb when Harvey Smith put up this type on bomb from forty six metres out from the try line with the PBC SHS fullback having no chance to take the kick with Keebra Park SHS getting the ball back with six more tackles twenty metres out from the try line.
Harvey Smith that he is also a plus defender when in the 15th minute Harvey Smith drove his right shoulder through the PBC SHS left centre, forcing him backwards as the centre was trying to bring the ball out of his own twenty metre zone.
Titans contracted Nelson Makaafi continued at right second row in Round Six of the Hancock Cup against Keebra Park SHS with Nelson Makaafi scoring in the 14th minute when after receiving the ball from his left twenty five metres out from the try line Nelson Makaafi stepped off his right foot to beat the initial Keebra Park SHS defender before a left foot step saw Nelson Makaafi beat the full to score a powerhouse try under the posts.
Earlier in the match in the 6th minute Nelson Makaafi made a sixteen metre run to get the ball over the halfway mark after running onto the ball to the right of the play the ball. Nelson Makaafi then made a further strong run in the 11th minute with another sixteen metre effort to forty metres of the try line with 60% of his run from the right of the play the ball, made up of post contact metres.
Keebra Park SHS’s Israel Lotaki continued at right centre in Round Six of the Renouf Cup against PBC State High School with Israel Lotaki Seve scoring a hat trick in a big Keebra Park SHS victory.
Israel Lotaki’s opening try came in the 21st minute when after receiving a pass from his inside in space around thirty five metres out, Israel Lotaki had an easy run to the try line to put the ball down in the right corner.
Israel Lotaki scored his second try in the 27th minute when after Harvey Smith had taken the ball into the defensive line, Harvey Smith got the ball away to Israel Loti who had a six metre run to put the ball down five metres in from the right corner post.
Israel Lotaki completed his hat trick in the 30th minute when from seventy metres out Israel Lotaki raced away down the right touchline with Israel Lotaki proving to be too big, strong and fast for the PBC SHS fullback who had come across with Israel Lotaki putting the ball down nine metres in from the right corner post.
Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki started at right centre for Keebra Park SHS in Round Four of the Langer Cup against against Wavell State High School in a match that was played as a curtain raiser to the Titans v Bronco’s NRL match with Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki scoring a double in a six point Keebra Park SHS victory.
Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki scored his opening try in the 21st minute when after receiving a pass from his inside eighteen metres from the line, Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki burst away to crash over five metres in from the right corner post.
Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki completed his double with a match sealing try in the 56th minute with a twelve metres burst down a short right blindside to crash over three metres in from the right corner post.
Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki also recorded a line break in the 40th minute from a Keebra Park SHS scrum win on their own twenty metre mark with Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki initially appearing to be held before breaking free to make twenty metres, breaking five tackles along the way.
Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki continued at left centre for Keebra Park SHS in Round Four of the Langer Cup against Wavell State High School in a match that was played as a curtain raiser to the Titans v Bronco’s NRL match with Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki scoring a try and kicking a conversion in a six point Keebra Park SHS victory.
Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki scored in the 32nd minute when from twelve metres out down the left side of the field Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki was able to get low and burrow his way over to score in the left corner.
Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki’s conversion was kicked in the 48th minute to convert Eli Tuli’s try from just to the right of the goal posts with Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki’s conversion giving Keebra Park their first lead of the match which they subsequently held onto.
The in the 53rd minute Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki from his own thirty metre mark was able to get the ball to the halfway mark down the left channel through sheer strength and power.
Arama Hau continued at lock in Round Four of the Langer Cup for Keebra Park SHS against Wavell State High School in a match that was played as a curtain raiser to the Titans v Bronco’s NRL match with Arama Hau leading Keebra park SHS to an 18 – 12 victory with a Player of the Match performance.
Arama Hau’s strong contribution to the victory started in the 21st minute with a strong charge from twenty five metres out and to the right of the play the ball, with Arama Hau rumbling to within five metres of the try line.
Arama Hau made another strong run in the 24th minute when after receiving an off-load from Tyrell Waka-Rhind, Arama Hau cut towards his inside and broke five tackles in a powerful eighteen metre run.
Arama Hau made a further line break in the 41st minute when after taking possession to the left of the play the ball and forty metres out Arama Hau stepped off his right foot before executing a left arm fend to beat a further defender with Arama Hau getting to within eleven metres of the try line near the left touchline.
Arama Hau’s strong match continued in the 55th minute when after making fifteen metres and being engaged by multiple defenders Arama Hau got away a good left arm off-load with his back facing the try line.
Arama Hau also made a number of very effective tackles against Wavell SHS including in the 17th minute when the Wavell SHS right centre broke the defensive line bursting over the halfway mark but Arama Hau raced across to his left and smashed the centre just as he was getting towards his top speed.
Jesse Soric started at halfback for Keebra Park SHS in Round Five of the Langer Reserve competition against Redcliffe SHS with Jesse Soric scoring a try, setting up another and kicking a conversion in a big Keebra Park SHS victory.
Jesse Soric scored in the 33rd minute when after backing up a line break by Taylor Whittington, Jesse Soric received an inside pass from Whittington to race thirty metres to score adjacent to the left upright.
Jesse Soric recorded his try assist in the 27th minute when after backing up a Keebra Park SHS line break through the centre of the field, Jesse Soric received the off-load and then drew the Redcliffe SHS fullback and then got the ball away to his left to Jai Vought who ran away to score next to the left upright.
Jesse Soric also made a good stepping run in the 8th minute when after receiving the ball thirty five metres out from his own try line Jesse Soric stepped his way to five metres inside Redcliffe SHS territory.
For the Lower Clarence Magpies Kaleb Hope started at five eight in Round Twelve of the NRRRL U18 competition against the Kyogle Turkeys with Kaleb Hope scoring a try and kicking three conversions in a solid Magpies victory.
Kaleb Hope scored in the 41st minute when after receiving the ball from the dummy half from his left when he was ten metres out and just to the right of the goal posts, Kaleb Hope initially shaped to pass to his right before spinning 360 degrees clockwise to gain separation from one defender before stepping off his right foot, then just prior to the line Kaleb Hope ran over the top of the Kyogle fullback to get the ball down three metres to the right of the uprights.
Whilst two of Kaleb Hope’s conversions were from near the uprights, his conversion in the 26th minute was kicked from six metres in from the left touchline.
Kaleb Hope also kicked well from a tactical perspective and in the 31st minute Kaleb Hope put in a towering bomb from the centre of the field and forty metres out with the kick just too tough for the Kyogle fullback who could not take possession with Lower Clarence getting the ball back with six more tackles two metres out with the left centre scoring from the subsequent play the ball.
Earlier in the match in the 24th minute Kaleb Hope had put up a bomb from on the halfway mark in the centre of the field with the Kyogle defence letting the ball bounce with the ball bouncing into the in-goal and the fullback was unable to get the ball back into the field of play.
Kaleb Hope also threw the last pass for the Lower Clarence No. 17 to score on the left side of the field in the 17th minute. This try was one of the ones that Kaleb Hope converted.
Lofi Khan-Pereira started on the left wing for Burleigh in Round Fifteen of the QCup against the Townsville Blackhawks with Lofi Khan-Pereira scoring a hat trick in a 30 – 16 Bears victory.
The first of Lofi Khan-Pereira’s tries came in the 14th minute after receiving the ball in space around eighteen metres out from the try line, Lofi Khan-Pereira hesitated slightly on his run to halt the momentum of the cover defender before exploding off the mark to cross the try line wide out on the left before bringing the ball around to put in down ten metres to the left of the uprights.
Lofi Khan-Pereira scored his second try in the 45th minute when after he was on the end of a movement to his wing, Lofi Khan-Pereira had a five metre run to put the ball down in the left corner.
Lofi Khan-Pereira completed his hat trick in the 80th minute when after Lofi Khan-Pereira received a good ball from his inside from Taine Tuaupiki Lofi Khan-Pereira flashed ten metres down the left touchline to score in the left corner.
Lofi Khan-Pereira also recorded a line break assist in the 37th minute when with Burleigh looking to bring the ball away from their own line, Lofi Khan-Pereira moved across to the opposite side of the field to take the ball to the left of the play the ball. Once he had taken possession Lofi Khan-Pereira skipped to his left before passing to Greg Marzhew who rumbled sixty metres downfield before off-loading to Tony Francis to get the ball within twenty metres of the try line at the opposite end of the field.
The match also highlighted that Lofi Khan-Pereira will come off his wing and do the hard work in the middle of the ruck as he did in the 53rd minute when from twenty metres out from his own try line Lofi Khan-Pereira charged onto the ball to the left of the play the ball and after stepping off his right foot was able to make sixteen metres.
Lofi Khan-Pereira’s speed was highlighted in the 38th minute when his opposing winger took a Burleigh bomb on the full two metres out from the ty line and immediately took off downfield. Even though he had to turn and chase Lofi Khan-Pereira mowed the winger down easily catching him before he had run more than twenty metres.
Playing the entire match, Lofi Khan-Pereira ran for 151 metres (thirty two post contact), broke five tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.41 seconds and made a tackle.
Lofi Khan-Pereira’s effort was such that he was named on the wing in the Queensland Rugby League Queensland Cup Round Fifteen Team of the Week.
Nerang’s Kanititeiti Sikahele was then back starting at hooker in Round Fourteen of the GCRL U18 Division One competition against the Ormeau Shearers with Kanititeiti Sikahele scoring in the 48th minute when he ran out of dummy half to his right from six metres out with Kanititeiti Sikahele burrowing under three defenders to score mid-way between the corner post and goal post on the left side of the field.
Kanititeiti Sikahele had made a strong run out of dummy half just prior to scoring when in the 47th minute Kanititeiti Sikahele ran to his left out of dummy half making fourteen metres to get within nine metres of the try line.
Nerang’s Jury Taewa continued in the front row in in Round Fourteen of the GCRL U18 Division One competition against the Ormeau Shearers with Jury Taewa scoring in the 58th minute when he ran onto the ball two passes to the right of the play the ball from ten metres out and after engaging the defensive line Jury Taewa spun 360 degrees clockwise and then after being held just out from the try line Jury Taewa reached out to put the ball down in his right hand whilst being held up by three Ormeau defenders.
Jury Taewa made a number of strong runs in the match including in the 10th minute with a twelve metre charge to his own forty metre line after running onto the ball to the right of the play the ball.
Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki started at five eight for the Nerang Roosters in Round Fourteen of the GCRL U18 Division One competition against the Ormeau Shearers and whilst Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki lined up in the halves in attack he operated at fullback from a defensive perspective.
The match saw Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki convert one of the Roosters eight tries. Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki also recorded a 17th minute try assist when after he received the ball thirty metres out and in the centre of the field, Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki ran to his left and after drawing in the Ormeau right winger, Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki pass to his right to send Josh Lynn over in the left corner. Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki then converted the try.
The first of Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki’s multiple line breaks came in the 7th minute when after moving into dummy half eighteen metres out from his own try line, Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki ran to his left and then almost immediately stepped off his right foot to target the area behind the play the ball, Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki then beat another defender with a strong left arm fend before a right foot step and another left arm fend beat additional defenders. Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki then stepped off his right foot to beat the fullback before being dragged down from behind after a sixty metre run.
Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki added a second line break in the 10th minute when once again he ran out of dummy half from his own forty metre mark. After picking up the ball Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki ran to his right and burst between two defenders before a left arm fend beat a third with Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki then running over the top of the Ormeau fullback during a forty metre line break.
Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki added a further line break to his already impressive match in the 50th minute when from a kick-off to the right side of the field Nerang threw the ball to their left with Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki receiving the ball just ten metres out from his own try line with Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki then charging down the left touchline only being brought down once he got five metres inside Ormeau territory.
Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki made it four line breaks in the match in the 55th minute when from thirty metres out from his own try line, Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki ran to his left out of dummy half and was able to make thirty metres down the left touchline before getting the ball away to his inside.
A fifth line break for Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki came in the 58th minute when he received a flick pass after cutting back inside of Josh Lynn on the halfway mark with Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki cutting through the centre of the field to make seventeen metres and break three tackles with Nerang scoring through Jury Taewa from Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki’s exceptionally quick play the ball.
Titans contracted Josh Lynn then started on the left wing (yes the left wing) for Nerang in Round Fourteen of the GCRL U18 Divisions One competition against the Ormeau Shearers with Josh Lynn scoring in the 17th minute with an easy fifteen metre run to the try line as a result of good work on his inside by Dorian Lotaki who was able to run from the centre of the field to his left and draw in the Shearers right winger to give Josh Lynn an easy run to the try line.
Josh Lynn also did well in the 6th minute when with Ormeau on the attack, Josh Lynn raced to his right off his wing to take a Shearer’s attacking grubber kick just in the in-goal area and Josh Lynn was able to get the ball back into the field of play near the left upright.
Josh Lynn also recorded a line break assist in the 58th minute when from on the halfway mark and to the left of the play the ball, Josh Lynn ran to his left and executed a right arm flick pass to his inside to put Dorian Lotaki away through the centre of the field.
Josh Lynn also forced a line drop-out in the 41st minute when from thirty metres Josh Lynn from the centre of the filed put in a hard grubber kick to his right with the ball knocked on in the in-goal by the Shearers fullback to force the line drop-out.
Then in the 47th minute Josh Lynn put in a hard grubber kick towards the left corner which Ormeau could not handle resulting in a six again for the Roosters.
Titans contracted Jeremaiah Temapo started on the right wing for the Nerang Roosters in Round Fourteen of the GCRL U18 Division One competition against the Ormeau Shearers with Jeremaiah Tempo continuing his incredible try scoring run by scoring in the 10th minute with a thirty five metre burst down the left touchline after receiving the ball from his inside from Nicholas Hilton with Jeremaiah Temapo crossing the try line near the right corner but he was able to bring the ball around fifteen metres closer to the right upright.
Jeremaiah Temapo was also heavily involved in Josh Lynn’s 17th minute try when after picking up a dropped mid-field bomb, Jeremaiah Temapo twisted the Ormeau defence knots near the right touchline before getting an off-load away with Nerang then spinning the ball to the opposite side of the field for Josh Lynn to score.
Jeremaiah Temapo also did well in the 2nd minute when he came forward to take a bomb to his wing under heavy pressure. The in the 40th minute Jeremaiah Temapo took a Shearers clearing kick on the full thirty metres out from his own line and near the right touchline. Jeremaiah Temapo then ran to his left and got the ball to within the halfway mark before his forward momentum was halted.
Jeremaiah Temapo made ground running the ball once again in the 44th minute when after Nerang picked up an Ormeau dropped ball just metres out from the try line, Jeremaiah Temapo received the ball around ten metres out and charged thirty five metres down the left touchline before being brought to ground. Jeremaiah Temapo was then awarded a penalty for being held down too long in the tackle. Jeremaiah Temapo then took the hit-up from the penalty restart, making a further fifteen metres.
After missing a number of rounds of the GCRL U18 Division One competition, Titans contracted Immanuel Kalekale came off the bench for Nerang in Round Fourteen against the Ormeau Shearers with Immanuel Kalekale scoring an astonishing try in the 55th minute after coming on to operate in the front row in the 48th minute.
In the 55th minute Immanuel Kalekale received the ball from his left thirty five metres out and as a result of a strong left arm fend Immanuel Kalekale got on the outside of the Shearers defensive line and charged down the right touchline. When still twenty metres out Immanuel Kalekale beat a second defender with a left arm fend and used a left arm fend to beat a third ten metres out before getting the ball down in the left corner. Immanuel Kalekale then stepped up to take the conversion but the ball fell short of the posts to be waved away.
This weekend Titans contracted Nicholas Hilton has the honour of captaining the TSS FIrst XV side from No.8 as TSS travel up to Toowoomba to take on Downlands College in their GPS Round Two bye week.
Great to see Lachlan Offley on the bench last weekend in what was his NRRRL First Grade debut for the Ballina Seagulls in Round Twelve against the Murwillumbah Mustangs.
Harvey Moase has been named at five eight for the Cudgen Hornets in Round Thirteen of the NRRRL First Grade competition this weekend against the Ballina Seagulls.
Last weekend Billy Wellard started at No. 7 for the 2022 TSS First XV side in Round One of the GPS School Boy Rugby First XV competition against St Joseph’s College Nudgee with Billy Wellard scoring in the 66th minute when after TSS won a line-out six metres out on the left side of the field from their own throw, TSS formed a driving maul with Billy Wellard having the ball at the back. After the maul as stalled still metres from the try line Billy Wellard spun 360 degrees counter clockwise and then ran to the open side to score six metres in from the left corner post.
Titans contracted Sam Stephenson started at fullback for PBC SHS in Round Five of the Walters Cup against Mabel Park SHS with Sam Stephenson scoring in the 27th minute when after joining the PBC SHS backline on the left side of the field and sliced between two defenders from twelve metres out to score ten metres in from the left corner post.
Sam Stephenson also threw the final pass to a PBC SHS try in the 31st minute when after once again chiming into the PBC SHS backline and after drawing in the Mabel Park SHS right winger passed to his left to put his left winger over to score in the corner.
Whilst Sam Stephenson was one of PBC SHS’s try scorers, Sam Stephenson’s best moment of the match came in the 36th minute with what can only be described as a magnificent try scoring tackle. One of the giant Mabel Park SHS front rowers broke through the PBC SHS defensive line and looked certain to score but Sam Stephenson flew across to his right and hit the front rower on the try line and flipped him onto his back to hold him up next to the right upright, it was a truly spectacular tackle.
Sam Stephenson’s first run of the match came in just the 2nd minute when he ran onto the ball to the left of the play the ball from ten metres out from his own try line with Sam Stephenson getting the ball a metre over his twenty metre mark.
Sam Stephenson then did well in the 10th minute when he came forward off his own try line to take a grubber kick cleanly at speed and made twenty metres by way of a stepping run.
Titans contracted Sunny Kama started at right centre for PBC SHS in Round Five of the Walters Cup against Mabel Park SHS with Sunny Kama scoring in the 48th minute when after jumping high to take a pass from his left above his head, Sunny Kama charged down the right channel twenty metres from the right touchline, beating a number of defenders with pace to score five metres in from the right corner post.
Sunny Kama also made another line break in the match when in the 8th minute Sunny Kama when just fifteen metres from his own try line, received the ball to the left of the play the ball and cut inside off his right foot and after breaking three tackles got the ball forty metres out from his own try line.
Sunny Kama made another strong run in the 36th minute when he made twenty eight metres after running onto the ball to the left of the play the ball just out from his own try line. Then in the 50th minute Sunny Kama ran an underneath route from his own forty metre mark to make twenty metres, breaking three tackles along the way.
In addition to scoring a try, Sunny Kama also saved one when after Mabel Park SHS made a break down their left side, the left centre got an off-load away five metres from the try line but Sunny Kama had turned and chased the play and got in between the two Mabel Park SHS players to take an intercept and stop a certain try.
Titans contracted Jac Finnigan started at right second row for PBC SHS in Round Five of the School Boy Langer Cup against Mabel Park SHS with Jac Finnigan scoring in the 4th minute when Jac Finnigan raced through to take a short chip kick from Zane Harrison to retrieve the ball around ten metres out and crash over eight metres in from the right corner post.
Keano Kini continued at fullback for PBC SHS in Round Five of the School Boy Langer Cup against Mabel Park SHS with Keano Kini scoring a simply spectacular try in the 13th minute. I will try to describe the try but there is no way that I will be able to do it justice.
Keano Kini, in the 13th minute received the ball after running an underneath route and after receiving the ball from Zane Harrison Keano Kini charged flat out into the defensive line, spinning 360 degrees clockwise after initial contact with the defensive line and then Keano Kini executed multiple left and right foot steps in an instant to beat multiple defenders to score an incredible try under the posts.
In addition to his spectacular try Keano Kini also recorded a try assist in just the 2nd minute of the match when he joined into the backline to the left of the play the ball with Keano Kini running the ball to within three metres of the try line and after drawing in the final defender got away a great off-load to his left to put his centre over of the first of many PBC SHS’s tries.
Keano Kini showed that he is not just a great ball runner in the 16th minute when after reengaging the defensive line Keano Kini was able to get an overhead off-load away to Blake Forder to continue to promote the ball.
Keano Kini also executed an outstanding try saving tackle in the match when in the 35th minute along with Cooper Camby, Keano Kini hit the Mabel Park SHS left centre literally right on the try line, stopping him dead and knocking him to the ground just inches short of the try line.
Joshua Donovan-Skinner continued at fullback for Keebra Park SHS in Round Five of the Walters Cup against Redcliffe SHS with Joshua Donovan-Skinner scoring in the 20th minute when after backing up through the centre of the ruck, Joshua Donovan-Skinner received an off-load from his left from one of his forwards who had broken the defensive line with Joshua Donovan-Skinner running forty metres untouched to score under the posts.
Joshua Donovan-Skinner desperately close to scoring a second try in the 36th minute when after receiving the ball around forty metres out and two passes to the left of the play the ball Joshua Donovan-Skinner raced towards the try line stepping off his left foot to beat the fullback but got caught by the cover defence who was able to hold him up over the try line to the right of the goal posts.
Joshua Donovan-Skinner’s initial positive run of the match came in the 6th minute when after taking a Redcliffe SHS clearing kick on the full forty metres from his own try line in the centre of the field, Joshua Donovan-Skinner ran the ball straight back at the defensive line getting the ball all of the way back to ten metres into Redcliffe SHS territory.
Joshua Donovan-Skinner also recorded a line break assist in the 6th minute when he stationed himself down a wide left blindside and after Joshua Donovan-Skinner ran the ball, he drew in the Redcliffe SHS right winger and put his own winger away down the left touchline with the winger only brought to ground after he had gotten to within five metres of the try line.
PBC SHS’s Cooper Camby continued at right centre in Round Five of the Langer Cup against Mabel Park SHS with Cooper Camby scoring a double in a big PBC SHS victory.
Cooper Camby’s opening try came in the 45th minute when after receiving a pass from Jett Forbes, Cooper Camby raced seventy five metres down the right touchline which included a left arm fend to beat the fullback with Cooper Camby putting the ball down mid-way between the corner post and goal post on the right side of the field.
Copper Camby completed his double in the 60th minute when after Zane Harrison put in a kick to the right corner, Jett Forbes took the kick on the full whilst still on the air and being pushed over the touchline Jett Forbes got the ball back inside to Cooper Camby who dived over to score in the right corner.
After injury Titans contracted Jaylen Taewa came off the bench for PBC SHS in Round Five of the School Boy Langer Cup against Mabel Park SHS with Jaylen Taewa making up for lost time by scoring a first half double in a big PBC SHS victory.
Jaylen Taewa scored his opening try in the 20th minute when Jaylen Taewa charged onto the ball from eight metres out and to the left of the play the ball with Jaylen Taewa crashing over five metres to the right of the uprights. Jaylen Taewa then made a strong run from the subsequent kick-off.
Jaylen Taewa scored his second try in the 25th minute he ran onto a short ball and after impacting the defensive line Jaylen Taewa spun 360 degrees clockwise for Jaylen Taewa to crash over ten metres to the right of the uprights.
Titans contracted Jeremaiah Temapo started on the right wing for Keebra Park SHS in Round Five of the Langer Cup against Redcliffe State High School with Jeremaiah Temapo scoring two tries in a 28 – 12 Keebra Park SHS victory.
Jeremaiah Temapo’s opening try came in the 35th minute when after receiving the ball from his inside whilst Jeremaiah Temapo was stationary around fifteen metres out and on the right touchline, Jeremaiah Temapo cut back to the inside and forced his way over to score ten metres in from the right corner post.
Jeremaiah Temapo scored his second try in the 41st minute when after receiving a cut-out pass from his inside, Jeremaiah Temapo had a thirty five metre uninterrupted run to put the ball down in the right corner.
Jeremaiah Temapo also showed his strength in the match when in the 26th minute the Redcliffe left second rower (No. 12) made the mistake of running at Jeremaiah Temapo when he was bringing the ball out of his own twenty metre area. Jeremaiah Temapo moved forward and hit the second rower with his right shoulder around the chest, putting him on his back before he even knew what hit him.
Titans contracted Josh Lynn continued at halfback for PBC SHS in Round Five of the Langer Cup against Mabel Park SHS with Josh Lynn kicking seven conversions in a big PBC SHS victory.
Josh Lynn also recorded two try assists with the first being recorded in the 9th minute when from twenty five metres out and to the left side of the field Josh Lynn took the ball deep into the line before throwing a short pass to his left to put his left centre away to score in the corner.
Josh Lynn added a second try assist in the 16th minute when Josh Lynn from twenty metres out put in a right foot ship kick towards the left which fell into the lap of Jett Forbes who then raced away to score next to the left upright.
Josh Lynn put in a further good kick in the 22nd minute with a kick from the left of the play the ball from forty metres out with the Mabel Park SHS taking the ball dead to force a goal line drop-out.
Titans contracted EJ Finau started at left second row for Keebra Park SHS in Round Five of the School Boy Langer Cup against Redcliffe State High School with EJ Finau scoring in the 8th minute when he fought his way over from dummy half after running to his right from a play the ball around three metres out with EJ Finau getting the ball down under heavy pressure six metres in from the left corner.
EJ Finau also made a line break in the 41st minute when EJ Finau received the ball from his inside around twenty metres out from his own try line with EJ Finau charging fifty metres downfield and when he was brought to ground around thirty metres out from the line, EJ Finau did well to stay in the field of play.
Titans contracted Zane Harrison continued at halfback for PBC SHS in Round Five of the Langer Cup against Mabel Park SHS with Zane Harrison recording a try assist in the 4th minute when after running the ball down a short right blindside from twenty metres out Zane Harrison put in a short right foot chip kick with was taken by Jac Finnigan who scored wide out near the right corner.
Zane Harrison was also heavily involved in Cooper Camby’s 60th minute try when after Zane Harrison put in a kick to the right corner, Jett Forbes took the kick on the full whilst still on the air and being pushed over the touchline Jett Forbes got the ball back inside to Cooper Camby who dived over to score in the right corner.
Zane Harrison’s short kicking game was on song throughout the match with the first example coming in just the 2nd minute when a chip that Zane Harrison put into his right was dropped by the Mabel Park SHS left winger with PBC SHS getting a repeat set of six.
Titans contracted Ryder Williams continued at halfback for Keebra Park SHS in Round Five of the School Boy Walters Cup against Redcliffe SHS with Ryder Williams kicking a conversion in a big Keebra Park SHS victory.
Ryder Williams also scored in the 7th minute when he chased through a grubber kick from his five eight with Ryder Williams diving on the ball in the in-goal mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Ryder Williams scored a second try in the 44th minute when after receiving a right arm flick off-load from his right second rower thirty metres out from the try line Ryder Williams was able to hold off one defender with his left arm to score three metres in from the left corner post
Ryder Williams added a try assist in the 32nd minute when Ryder Williams ran the ball down a wide right blindside from ten metres out with Ryder Williams taking the ball right to the line before throwing a short ball to his right to put his right centre over to score ten metres in from the right corner post.
Ryder Williams also recorded a line break in the 9th minute when after receiving an off-load thirty five metres out from his own try line, Ryder Williams raced twenty eight metres through the centre of the field but unfortunately Ryder Williams’s inside pass was ruled forward.
Ryder Williams put in a good grubber kick in the 24th minute when from twenty metres out to the right of the uprights, Ryder Williams put in a hard grubber kick towards the left upright with the Redcliffe SHS fullback knocking the ball one a metre out from the try line with Keebra Park SHS being awarded the scrum feed.
Ryder Williams also on two occasions put in short goal line drop-outs from which Keebra Park SHS got the ball back. The first occasion occurred in the 15th minute Ryder Williams put in a short drop-out to the right which was taken on the full by Keebra Park SHS then in the 22nd another short goal line drop out to the right was knocked on by Redcliffe SHS just after the ball had gone ten metres with Keebra Park SHS being awarded the subsequent scrum feed.
Arama Hau started at lock in Round Five of the School Boy Langer Cup for Keebra Park SHS against Redcliffe State High School with Arama Hau showing his strength in the 51st minute to score. Arama Hau received the ball to the left of the paly the ball near the centre of the field around fourteen metres out and ran to his left. After getting rid of one would be defender with a right arm fend, Aram Hau ducked under the attempted tackle of another defender before forcing his way over to score with two defenders on him to get the ball down mid-way between the corner post and goal post on the left side of the field.
Arama Hau had earlier come close to scoring in the 26th minute when he charged down an attempted Redcliffe SHS clearing kick with Arama Hau coming very close to taking possession just out from the Redcliffe SHS try line but the fullback got back just in the nick of time.
Arama Hau made another strong charge in the 27th minute with Arama Hau making twelve metres before getting away a right arm off-load to his right winger.
Arama Hau then did well in the 55th when as Redcliffe SHS were bringing the ball out of their own territory Arama Hau executed a one on one strip to put Keebra Park SHS immediately on the attack.
It was good to see Titans contracted Will Semu line up at right centre for Marsden SHS in Round Five of the Langer Cup against Coombabah SHS and while the ball did not get out to his side of the field that often Will Semu certainly made the most of his opportunities by breaking multiple tackles across his runs.
2022 has seen Zinzan Kahu return to Keebra Park SHS playing mainly in the Langer Reserve competition including strong performance in Round Five against Redcliffe SHS with Zinzan Kahu starting at five eight and scoring a great try in the 19th minute, Zinzan Kahu received the ball two passes to the right of the play the ball near the centre of the field and twenty five metres out and beat the initial defender with a great right foot step before a second right foot step beat another defender before Zinzan Kahu darted ten metres to score under the posts.
Zinzan Kahu recorded a try assist in the 30th minute when from the right of the play the ball and around fifteen metres out Zinzan Kahu ran at the line on the fifty tackle and then put in a grubber kick with the outside of his right foot with the ball travelling back to the right and into the path his right second rower who dived on the ball to score next to the right upright.
Zinzan Kahu also made a line break in the 25th minute when after taking a Redcliffe SHS kick-off on the full whilst running back towards his own try line, Zinzan Kahu turned around and dummied to his left before running away down the right touchline with Zinzan Kahu making it from his own twenty metre mark to the halfway mark but his inside pass was then ruled forward.
Zinzan Kahu also did well in the 8th minute when Zinzan Kahu took the ball into the defensive line to the right of the play the ball and forty metres from the try line with Zinzan Kahu getting a right arm flock off-load away to his right to one of his front rowers.
Zinzan Kahu also put in a good right foot kick in after running the ball down a right blindside twenty metres out with the ball slowing in the in-goal with the Redcliffe SHS defence required to take the ball dead in-goal to force a goal line drop-out.
Brent Barnes continued on the left wing for the Tweed Heads Seagulls Hastings Deering’s Colts side n Round Fifteen against the Sunshine Coast Falcons with Brent Barnes scoring a double with the first of his tries coming in the 16th minute when Brent Barnes took an intercept and ran ninety seven metres to put the ball down five metres in from the left corner.
Brent Barnes completed his double in the 55th minute when Brent Barnes swooped on a bouncing pass towards his wing with Brent Barnes racing ten metres to get the ball down in the left corner.
Titans contracted Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa started from the bench in Round Fourteen of the GCRL U18 Division One competition against the Helensvale Hornets with Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa involved in the Tigers try in the 59th minute that tied the match up at 22 all which ended up being the final score. In the final minute of the match Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa picked up a pass from the dummy half to his left after three or four bounces and initially cut back towards the play the ball and then whilst being held by the left leg by one defender with another trying to tackle him around the chest, Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa got away a right arm flick off-load which ultimately led to Southport scoring.
Titans contracted Ben Liyou continued in the front row for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in Round Thirteen of the Colts competition against the Sunshine Coast Falcons with Ben Liyou scoring in the 60th minute when from the right of the play the ball Ben Liyou ran onto a good no look short pass from Oskar Bryant to crash over from five metres out to the bell down mid-way between the corner post and goal posts on the left side of the field.
Last night in the Far North Coast U14 Rugby competition, standout Ballina junior Cai Garrett who is still U13 eligible scored once again from outside centre for Wollongbar/Alstonville in their 27-5 victory over Casaurina Beach.
The young man is a real talent.
Titans contracted Ryan McCann started on the right wing for Coombabah SHS in Round Five of the School Boy Langer Cup against Marsden State High School with Ryan McCann scoring Coombabah SHS’s only try of the match inside the opening two minutes when from sixty metres out Ryan McCann took an intercept after initially knocking the ball up in the air with his right hand. After Ryan McCann had secured possession he raced away down the right touchline to score in the right corner.
Titans contracted Joseph Shannon made his career first Hastings Deering’s Colts start in Round Thirteen for the Burleigh Bears when he started in the front row against the Townsville Blackhawks with Joseph Shannon celebrating that achievement by scoring in the final minute of the match when he chased through a Burleigh grubber kick and Joseph Shannon was on the spot to get his hands on the ball under the posts in the in-goal after it was mis-handled by the Townsville fullback.
Titans contracted Shannon Subritzky-Stewart made his Hastings Deering's Colts debut last night for the Norths Devils starting on the wing in the re-scheduled Round Seven clash against the Easts Tigers.
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Great to see Ty Kilpatrick named in the front row and captain for the Cudgen Hornets U18 NRRRL side for their Round 13 match tomorrow against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
Ty Kilpatrick has also been named on the bench for a Northern Rivers Titans U18 selection that will play at CBus Stadium next Saturday.
Oskar Bryant started at hooker for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in Round Thirteen of the Hastings Deering’s Colts competition against the Sunshine Coast Falcons with Oskar Bryant scoring a double in a tough four points Seagulls loss.
Oskar Bryant scored the first of his two tries in the 65th minute when he ran out of dummy half from four metres out and with the play the ball only three metres in from the left touchline. Oskar Bryant had the room to not just score but bring the ball around to near the right upright after an extravagant dummy to his left before darting over.
Oskar Bryant also scored in the 79th minute and once again it was a run out of dummy half that enabled Oskar Bryant to score. With the paly the ball five metres out from the try line and seven metres in from the right touchline, Oskar Bryant ran to his right and then was able to hold off one defender to score eight metres in from the right corner post.
Oskar Bryant also threw the final pass for Ben Liyou’s try in the 60th minute with a short no look pass to his right out of dummy half from close to the try line for Ben Liyou to crash over.
Titans contracted Isaac Matalavea-Booth started for Burleigh in the front row in Round Thirteen of the Hastings Deering’s Colts competition against the Townsville Blackhawks with Isaac Matalavea-Booth scoring in the 78th minute when wit the play the ball a metre out and mid-way between the corner post and goal posts on the left side of the field the Burleigh dummy half ran to his right with Isaac Matalavea-Booth cutting back underneath him to crash over.
Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup winner AJ Hickling has been named on the bench for the Lower Clarence Magpies in their Round 13 NRRRL U18 match against the Byron Bay Devils.
Another Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup winner playing in the NRRRL U18 competition in Round 13 is Aaron Singh-Goesel who will start in the second row for Murwillumbah against Casino RSM.
Titans contracted Zane Harrison showed how calm he is under pressure by converting Leeton Smith's last minute try after the final siren for the Tweed Heads Seagulls as they maintained their top spot on the NRRRL U18 table with a 12 all draw in Round 13 this morning against the Bilambil Jets.
Yesterday Matthew Barrow started on the left wing, No. 11 for the 2022 Ipswich Grammar School First XV side in Round Two against Anglican Church Grammar School (Churchie) with Matthew Barrow making two line breaks against Churchie.
Matthew Barrow made the first of his two line breaks in the 58th minute when from a scrum win on the opposite side of the field Ipswich Grammar School spun the ball to the left with Matthew Barrow receiving the ball around forty metres out and was able to progress the ball to within eighteen of the try line down the left touchline.
Matthew Barrow made his second line break of the match in the 67th minute when after he picked up the ball from the back of a ruck that had formed in the centre of the field and sixty metres out from the try line, Matthew Barrow broke through the Churchie defensive line before being tackled twenty metres out. Matthew Barrow was able to lay the ball back after being tackled with Ipswich Grammar School scoring wide out on the left from Matthew Barrow’s recycled ball.
Tyrese Bowman continued at fullback for the Bilambil Jets in Round Thirteen of the U18 NRRRL competition against the Tweed heads Seagulls for the second round in a row with Tyrese Bowman continuing his rich vein of form by scoring in the 21st minute when Tyrese Bowman backed out a line break through the centre of the field by Jets hooker Hasley McDonald from inside his own twenty metre area with Tyrese Bowman looking up on McDonald’s right to receive the ball thirty three metres out and after Tyrese Bowman was able to beat one defender as soon as he received the ball Tyrese Bowman ran away to score mid-way between the goal post and corner post on the right side of the field.
Tyrese Bowman also did well in the 58th minute when with Bilambil on the attack forty metres out from the try line running the ball to the left, Seagull Harry Chadburn took an intercept but Tyrese Bowman smartly got across to make a try saving tackle two metres inside his own territory.
Bayside Titan
25-07-22, 01:07 PM
Hi mdrew. Has the Titans ever looked at Miracle Tanagta at all ? Do you know much on him ?
Hi mdrew. Has the Titans ever looked at Miracle Tanagta at all ? Do you know much on him ?
Not sure whether the Titans have looked at him mate, but yes I have seen a bit of him this season in Rubgy with Kings College First XV Premiership side and he also has represented Queensland School Boys in rugby this year and the CC Cup for Tweed Heads last year.
Still MM Cup eligible next season and looks a solid player.
Leeton Smith moved to left second row for Round Thirteen of the NRRRL U18 competition for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Bilambil Jets and also started at left second row (he did spend time in the match at right second row) in Round Thirteen also against the Bilambil Jets with Leeton Smith scoring in the final minute of the match to enable Tweed Heads to come away from the match with a 12 all draw.
In the final minute Leeton Smith received the ball fifteen metres out and three passes to the right of the play the ball and after receiving the pass Leeton Smith dummied to his right before stepping off his right foot. As he hit the defensive line Leeton Smith spun 360 degrees clockwise and was able to reach out to score the match defining try five metres to the right of the uprights.
Bilambil’s Kaden Rees moved to left centre in Round Thirteen of the NRRRL U18 competition against the Tweed Heads Seagulls for the second round in a row with Kaden Rees recording a try assist in the 5th minute when after receiving the ball on the left side of the field on his own twenty metre mark, Kaden Rees got on the outside of the Seagulls right winger and raced down the left touchline. When the Seagulls fullback came across Kaden Rees passed the ball to his inside to Kai Smallwood who raced thirty metres out score.
Kaden Rees came exceptionally close to scoring a try of his own in the 47th minute when from twenty five metres out Kaden Rees broke through the Seagulls right sided defence and after stepping the fullback looked set to score mid-way between the goal post and corner post but an exceptional tackle by Zane Harrison held Kaden Rees up over the try line.
Kaden Rees was also strong defensively against the Seagulls including in the 41st minute with a strong ball and all tackle on his larger opposing centre twenty metres out from his own try line.
Seagulls Isaac Harrison continued at lock in Round Thirteen of the NRRRL U18 competition against the Bilambil Jets for the second round in a row with Isaac Harrison coming close to scoring in the 13th minute when after taking a penalty tap ten metres out and in front of the posts, Isaac Harrison ran the ball to his right and whilst he forced his way over the try line just to the right of the uprights, Isaac Harrison was held up by multiple Jets defenders.
Isaac Harrison also made a strong run in the 48th minute with a sixteen metre charge to forty metres out from the try line.
Bilambil’s Kai Smallwood then continued at half in Round Thirteen of the U18 NRRRL competition against the Tweed heads Seagulls for the second round in a row with Kai Smallwood scoring in the 5th minute and kicked two conversions from as many attempts in a 12 all draw.
In the 5th minute Kai Smallwood backed up on the inside of a long line break down the left touchline by Kaden Rees with Kai Smallwood getting the ball thirty eight metres from the try line to score mid-way between the corner post and goal post on the right side of the file. Kai Smallwood then stepped up to convert his own try.
Kai Smallwood made a further line break in the 48th minute when after Tweed Heads had lost the ball whilst on the attack, Kai Smallwood swooped on the ball thirty metres out from his own line with Kai Smallwood making thirty five metres downfield.
Kai Smallwood also kicked well tactically against the Seagulls including in the 4th minute when from the right of the play the ball around forty five metres out kai Smallwood drove the ball low and hard with the ball going into touch five metres out from the right corner.
Then in the 29th minute Kai Smallwood from twenty metres out ran out of dummy half to his right and put a right foot grubber kick into the in-goal to force a goal line drop-out by Tweed Heads.
Kai Smallwood added another good kick in the 32nd minute when from forty metres out from his own try line Kai Smallwood put up a spiralling mid-field bomb which the Seagulls fullback could not take with the ball going into touch after being touched by Tweed Heads ten metres out from the try line with Bilambil going back onto attack immediately.
After missing a number of rounds of the NRRRL U18 competition for the Tweed Heads Seagulls Zac Windle started at right second row in Round Thirteen against the Bilambil Jets with Zac Windle taking the second hit-up of the match. Zac Windle also made a strong run in the 12th minute with a twelve metre effort down the right channel to get within a metre of the try line and ten metres in from the right touchline.
Zac Windle made a further strong run in the 44th minute with a twelve metre run down the right channel to progress the ball to within twenty metres of the try line.
Harry Chadburn continued off the bench for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in Round Thirteen of the NRRRL U18 competition against the Bilambil Jets for the second round in a row, with Harry Chadburn coming on at halftime to operate at left centre with Harry Chadburn recording a try assist in the 41st minute when from eighteen metres out and to the left of the play the ball, Harry Chadburn put up a bomb to the left corner with the ball being dropped by Bilambil with the Tweed Heads Seagulls picking up the ball and scoring near the left corner.
Harry Chadburn was the reason that the reason that Seagulls were in a position to score the try that enabled them to get away with a draw when in the 58th minute with Bilambil on the attack forty metres out from the Seagulls try line, Harry Chadburn came out of the line on the right to intercept a Jets pass with Harry Chadburn getting the ball just into Bilambil territory with Tweed Heads scoring the try to lock up the match at 12 all later in the set of six.
Titans contracted Jaylen Taewa moved into the Bilambil Jets NRRRL U18 starting side at lock in Round Thirteen against the Tweed Heads Seagulls for the second round in a row with Jaylen Taewa coming very close to scoring in the 47th minute when Jaylen Taewa appeared to have forced his way over the try line next to the right upright from around ten metres out but Jaylen Taewa was adjudged to have knocked the ball on before me grounded the ball over the try line.
Jaylen Taewa made another strong run in the 45th minute when from forty metres out from his own try line, Jaylen Taewa charged onto the ball to the left of the play the ball and on the halfway mark Jaylen Taewa bumped off two would be defenders before making a further fifteen metres downfield.
Bayside Titan
25-07-22, 08:35 PM
Not sure whether the Titans have looked at him mate, but yes I have seen a bit of him this season in Rubgy with Kings College First XV Premiership side and he also has represented Queensland School Boys in rugby this year and the CC Cup for Tweed Heads last year.
Still MM Cup eligible next season and looks a solid player.
Thanks mate. I’ll keep and eye on him.
Titans contracted Zane Harrison continued at halfback for Tweed Heads in Round Thirteen of the NRRRL U18 competition against the Bilambil Jets for the second round in a row with Zane Harrison kicking two conversions from as many attempts including a conversion after the final siren of Leeton Smith’s try ten metres to the right of the uprights to draw the match 12 all.
The match also saw Zane Harrison make multiple line breaks with the first of them coming inside the opening minute of the match when from two metres inside Bilambil territory Zane Harrison ran the ball down a wide right blindside, getting between two metres and making eighteen metres before he was slung to ground.
Zane Harrison made another line break in the 17th minute when he received the ball from his five eight to the left of the play the ball, Zane Harrison stepped off his left foot twice to get the ball backs towards the centre of the field before executing a right foot step to straighten up his run with Zane Harrison finally tackled eighteen metres out from the try line and in front of the posts.
Zane Harrison made a third line break in the 25th minute when after the Jets dropped the ball thirty five metres from the Seagulls try line, Zane Harrison swooped on the ball and raced thirty metres downfield before he was bundled over the right touchline.
Zane Harrison made a smart run in the 54th minute when from on the halfway mark in the centre of the field and to the left of the play the ball, Zane Harrison almost stepped his way through the defensive line but was able to get a right arm off-load away to his left as he was being spun around.
Then in the 57th minute Zane Harrison almost stepped his way through the defensive line once again but Zane Harrison was able to get away a smart off-load to Creedence Donovan.
Zane Harrison also made the most outstanding tackle of the match in the 47th minute when he executed an outstanding tackle on the Bilambil left centre with Zane Harrison’s initial contact coming less than a metre from the try line with Zane Harrison then able to flip the much bigger centre onto his back and hold him up over the try line ten metres in from the corner post.
The Burleigh Bears GCRL U14 Division One side is undefeated through their first nine matches played and have scored 362 points and conceded only 36 to have a +326 points differential.
Great to see 2022 U16 Northern Rivers Titans Premiership player Samuel Petch score his career first NRRRL U18 try in Round Thirteen after starting at fullback for the South Grafton Rebels against the Coffs Harbour Comets.
On the weekend, former Keebra Park SHS student Mateo Faleono started at inside centre in TSS’s U16A GPS School Boy Round Two bye week when the travelled to Toowoomba to take on Downlands College with Mateo Faleono coring for TSS in their 17 – 11 victory.
What a great season the talented Coomera Cutters GCRL U13 Division One are having, they are currently undefeated in the nine matches that they have played, scoring an incredible 428 points (average 47.55 points per game) and have conceded just 38 to have a +390 points defferential.
Lower Clarence Magpie Zachariah Williams continued at right centre in Round Thirteen of the NRRRL U18 competition against the Byron Bay Devils with Zachariah Williams scoring in the 27th minute when after receiving the ball from is inside from Reece Warburton, Zachariah Williams shaped to pass to his right but ultimately ran the ball himself to put the ball down ten metres in from the right corner post.
Desmond Ferguson started at halfback for the Ballina Seagulls in Round Thirteen of the NRRRL U18 competition against the Cudgen Hornets with Desmond Ferguson scoring a try, recording a try assist and kicking a conversion in a 32 – 18 loss.
Desmond Ferguson scored in the 59th minute when he swooped on a Cudgen Hornets dropped ball forty metres out from the line with Desmond Ferguson racing the required forty metres to score under the posts, with Desmond Ferguson then stepping up to convert his own try.
Desmond Ferguson added a try assist in the 55th minute when after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball and around twenty metres out, Desmond Ferguson put in a right foot stab grubber kick towards the right wing with the ball perfectly waited for his right winger to race through and get the ball down just in from the dead ball line.
Desmond Ferguson’s initial significant contribution for the Seagulls in the match came in the 21st minute when to the right of the play the ball and sixty metres out Desmond Ferguson put in a long raking clearing kick with the ball pulling up a metre from the dead ball line with the Hornets fullback no chance to bring the ball back into the field of play with Cudgen forced into a goal line drop-out.
Reece Warburton continued at fullback for the Lower Clarence Magpies in Round Thirteen of the NRRRL U18 comeptition against the Byron Bay Devils with Reece Warburton kicking two conversions and scoring a smart solo try in the 22nd minute when he ran onto the ball thirty metres out and to the right of the play the ball with Reece Warburton executed a great stutter step to run straight through a yawning gap and race away to score under the black dot.
Reece Warburton also threw the last pass for Zachariah Williams try in the 27th minute.
Stevie O’Connor continued at fullback for the Cudgen Hornets in Round Thirteen of the NRRRL U18 competition against the Ballina Seagulls with Stevie O’Connor scoring half of the Hornets thirty two points from two tries and four conversions.
The first of Stevie O’Connor’s two tries come in the 26th minute when Stevie O’Connor received an off-load wide out on the left from his left second rower with Stevie O’Connor running ten metres to score the line wide out on the left with Stevie O’Connor able to bring the ball around to put it down five metres to the left of the uprights to make his own conversion, that he kicked, that much easier.
Stevie O’Connor scored his second try of the match in the 32nd minute when he backed up an initial break down the right side of the field from Cooper Camby with Stevie O’Connor ultimately receiving an off-load from his right from Jett Forbes to run twenty five metres to score under the posts. Then like his opening try Stevie O’Connor kicked the conversion.
This Saturday Stevie O’Connor will start at fullback for a Titans U18 selection at Cbus Stadium.
Ballina’s Rowan Mansfield started on the right in Round Thirteen of the NRRRL First Grade competition against the Cudgen Hornets with Rowan Mansfield scoring a double in a 22 – 16 Ballina victory.
Rowan Mansfield scored the opening try of his double in the 9th minute when Rowan Mansfield moved into dummy half with the play the ball three metres out from the try line and three metres in from the right touchline. After initially shaping to pass to the open side, Rowan Mansfield ran out of dummy half to his right to put the ball down in the right corner.
Rowan Mansfield them added a second try in the 53rd minute when with Ballina having a scrum feed mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on their right side of the field, Rowan Mansfield moved to the left taking the ball from the back of the scrum just ten metres out from his own line. Rowan Mansfield immediately ran to his left shaping to pass to his left before slicing between two defenders. Rowan Mansfield charged down the left touchline but ten metres before the try line Rowan Mansfield stopped on his run as a Hornets defender flew past with Rowan Mansfield then easily running the remaining ten metres to put the ball down in the left corner.
Cooper Camby continued at right centre for the Cudgen Hornets in Round Thirteen of the U18 NRRRL competition against the Ballina Seagulls with Cooper Camby doing well in the 6th minute from a defensive perspective. Cooper Camby was faced with a two man overlap around ten metres out from the try line and after holding his defensive positioning as the play unfolded in front on him, Cooper Camby raced out of the line and was able to knock down a pass when without Cooper Camby’s intervention, Ballina would surely have scored.
From an attacking perspective Cooper Camby was heavily involved in Stevie O’Connor’s 32nd minute try when Cooper Camby made a line break down the right side of the field near the halfway mark with Cooper Camby throwing a great right arm around the corner off-load to Jett Forbes who then sent Stevie O’Connor away to score under the posts.
Cooper Camby made a line break of his own in the 48th minute when after passing to his right winger just twenty metres out from his own try line, Copper Camby got the ball back from his winger and raced forty metres down the right touchline before passing back inside to his winger. It was an impressive interchange of passing.
Cooper Camby also did well in the 28th minute with he took a Ballina short kick-off on the full and after seemingly being held after a five metre run, Cooper Camby has able to break three tackles to progress the ball to within five metres of the halfway mark.
Lower Clarence Magpie Kaleb Hope continued at five eight in Round Thirteen of the NRRRL U18 competition against the Byron Bay Devils with Kaleb Hope kicking two conversions and scoring in the 16th minute when after receiving the ball from his right from the dummy half twelve metres out from the try line and just to the left of the uprights, Kaleb Hope stepped off his left foot to beat one defender before a second left foot step sent another defender the wrong way before Kaleb Hope then stepped off his right foot to get the ball down next to the right upright and I mean literally next to the right upright with Kaleb Hope getting the ball whilst the ball was touching the upright.
Kaleb Hope added a try assist in the 20th minute when with the play the ball ten metres out and wide out on the right, Kaleb Hope received the pass from the dummy half from his right and immediately stepped his left foot to beat a charging defender. Then after regaining his balance after a stumble, Kaleb Hope got a good ball away to his left to a charging Magpies No. 18 who forced his way over to score under the posts.
Kaleb Hope came close to scoring a second try in the 49th minute when after taking a quick penalty tap thirty metres out, Kaleb Hope stepped off his left foot twice to beat defenders before being tackled just two metres from the try line.
Jesse Soric started at halfback for the Byron Bay Devils in Round Thirteen of the NRRRL U18 competition against the Lower Clarence Magpies with Jesse Soric scoring a double in a six point Byron Bay victory.
Jesse Soric scored his opening try in the 42nd minute when after receiving an off-load from Taylor Whittington, Jesse Soric stepped off his right foot and then ran to his left but around a metre from the try line Jesse Soric was hit by a defender but spun 360 degrees and maintained his balance to get the ball down mid-way between the goal post and corner post on the left side of the field.
Jesse Soric scored his second try just four minutes later in the 46th minute when after receiving the ball fifteen metres out in front of the posts and to the left of the play the ball, Jesse Soric propped on his run and ran back to his right before straightening up his run by stepping off his right foot with Jesse Soric then able to get the ball down five metres to the left of the uprights.
Titans contracted Tanu Nona started for the Cudgen Hornets at five eight in Round Thirteen of the NRRRL U18 competition against the Ballina Seagulls with Tanu Nona scoring in the 45th minute when he ran to his right out of dummy half seventeen metres out from the line. Once he cleared the ruck, Tanu Nona stepped off his left foot, “breaking the ankles” of one Ballina defender before a left arm fend got rid of the fullback with Tanu Nona getting the ball down mid-way between the corner post and goal posts on the right side of the field.
Tanu Nona also recorded a try assist in the 12th minute when after receiving an off-load thirty metres from his own try line, Tanu Nona ran to his right and after drawing one defender got the ball away to his right to send Jett Forbes on a seventy metre run down the right touchline to score.
Tanu Nona recorded a second try assist in the 37th minute when he skipped out of dummy half to his left from three metres out before throwing a short ball to his left for Chaz Bond to crash over to the left of the uprights.
Tana Nona added a line break assist in the 24th minute when after receiving an off-load from Stevie O’Connor ten metres inside his own territory Tanu Nona got the ball to the halfway mark before getting a right arm off-load away to his left to put Jett Forbes into a big gap.
Jeval Pitman moved to halfback for Keebra Park SHS against Marsden SHS in the School Boy Renouf Cup with Jeval Pitman recording a 27th minute try assist when after receiving the ball ten metres out and to the right of the play the ball, Jeval Pitman threw a great cut-out pass to his right to put his winger on the outside of his opposite winger to score in the right corner.
Israel Lotaki started at right centre for Keebra Park SHS against Marsden SHS in the School Boy Renouf Cup with Israel Lotaki making a line break in the 38th minute down the right channel when after receiving the ball on the halfway mark, Israel Lotaki was able to promote the ball to twenty metres out from the try line.
Israel Lotaki made a strong tackle in the 34th minute with a big hit on the Marsden SHS left winger (No. 2) to stop a try in the right corner and then in the 36th minute Israel Lotaki executed another strong driving tackle on the Marsden SHS left second rower, stopping him in his tracks near the halfway mark.
Israel Lotaki made another noteworthy tackle in the 47th minute with a huge hit on his opposite centre ten metres out from the Marsden SHS try line.
Taine Tauapiki continued at fullback for Burleigh in Round Sixteen of the Queensland Cup against the Norths Devils with Taine Tuaupiki having another big match scoring a double and recording a try assist and two line break assists.
Taine Tuaupiki’s opening try came in the 43rd minute when Taine Tuaupiki backed up a line break through the centre of the field with Taine Tuaupiki receiving the ball ten metres out from his left to score under the posts.
Taine Tuaupiki added a second try in the 73rd minute when Taine Tuaupiki, on the right side of the filed, ran off the hip of his five eight to score from ten metres out, mid-way between the corner psot and gaol posts on the right side of the field.
Taine Tuaupiki recorded his try assist in the 28th minute with a great catch and pass to his right to Tony Francis who jogged five metres to put the ball down in the right corner.
Playing all eighty minutes, Taine Tuaupiki ran for 163 metres (nine post contact), made a equal team leading three line breaks, broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 2.12 seconds and made six tackles.
As a result of his performance, Taine Tuaupiki was named at fullback in the Queensland Rugby League Round Sixteen Team of the Week.
At the completition of Round Sixteen of the 2022 Queensland Cup competition Taine Tuaupiki was the equal leader in terms of line breaks with sixteen, equal third in try assists with fourteen, equal fourth in all runs with 201 and second in terms of kick return metres with 643 metres.
After playing the season to date at halfback for Keebra Park SHS in the Renouf Cup Harvey Smith moved to lock against Marsden SHS with Harvey Smith recording a 6th minute try assist when Harvey Smith ran the ball from thirty metres out and to the right of the play the ball with Harvey Smith getting halfway through the defensive line before getting the ball away to his right to put one of his front rowers over to score next to the right upright.
PBC SHS’s Creedence Donovan continued at fullback in Round Six of the School Boy Langer Reserve competition against local rivals Keebra Park SHS with Creedence Donovan scoring the first of his two tries in the 41st minute when he received an inside pass from his left centre around eight metres out to score in the left corner after a long cut-out pass from Bailey McConnell gave the PBC SHS outside backs room to move.
The reason that PBC SHS were down that end of the field for Creedence Donovan to score was in fact as a result of Creedence Donovan. Two minutes prior to his try in the 39th minute Creedence Donovan chased hard PBC SHS short kick up with Creedence Donovan getting to the ball first and kicked the ball forward with the ball rebounding off a Keebra Park SHS defender and then back into the hands of PBC SHS.
Creedence Donovan scored his second try in the 45th minute when he came off his wing to receive an off-load from his left from his centre when eight metres out. Creedence Donovan was tackled from behind just short of the line but bounced over to score twelve metres to the left of the uprights.
Creedence Donovan was heavily involved in the match inside the opening minute with a fifteen metre burst down the left touchline. Creedence Donovan then did well in the 8th minute when he leapt high to take a bomb to his wing on the full under heavy pressure with Creedence Donovan then being awarded a penalty for being tackled whilst still in the air.
Titans contracted Ray Puru started at fullback for PBC SHS in Round Six of the School Boy Langer Reserve competition against local rivals Keebra Park SHS with Ray Puru scoring a great solo try in the 28th minute. Ray Puru received the ball on the left side of the field around nineteen metres out and cut back to his right before straightening up and breaking three tackles to dive over five metres to the left of the uprights.
Ray Puru also made a line break in the 18th minute when after taking a Keebra Park SHS clearing kick on the full ten metres out from his own try line, Ray Puru ran to his right getting on the outside of the Keebra Park SHS defensive line with Ray Puru flying forty metres down the right touchline.
Ray Puru did well defensively in the 14th minute when along with Sill Saunders, Ray Puru held up the Keebra Park SHS hooker adjacent to the right upright.
Titans contracted Bailey McConnell started at five eight for PBC SHS in Round Six of the Langer Reserve competition against local rivals Keebra Park SHS with Bailey McConnell recording a try assist in the 12th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball around ten metres out Bailey McConnell ran the ball to the line before throwing a good short ball to his left to put his second rower over ten metres in from the left corner.
Bailey McConnell was also heavily involved in Creedence Donovan’s 41st minute when from the left of the play the ball Bailey McConnell threw a twenty metres long cut-out pass to his left to his left winger who then got the ball back inside for Creedence Donovan to score in the left corner.
The match also saw Bailey McConnell force a Keebra Park SHS goal line drop out when in the 11th minute Bailey McConnell put in a right foot grubber kick from ten metres out and to the left of the play the ball with the Keebra Park fullback unable to bring the ball back into the field of play.
With the match on the line Bailey McConnell came desperately close to making a line break in the 49th minute when on the left side and ten metres into Keebra Park SHS territory, Bailey McConnell looked as if he had broken through the defensive line but he was tripped up from behind just as he was accelerating towards full speed.
Titans contracted Anton Whaiapu started at lock in Round Six against PBC SHS with Anton Whaiapu making a strong run when he ran onto the ball to the right of the play the ball with Anton Whaiapu making fifteen metres to get the ball forty metres out from the try line.
Anton Whaiapu made a further strong charge in the 39th minute from a PBC SHS kick-off with Anton Whaiapu getting the ball to twenty two metres out from his own try line.
Keebra Park SHS’s Joshua Donovan-Skinner started at fullback in Round Six of the School Boy Walters Cup against Keebra Park SHS with Joshua Donovan-Skinner scoring in the 10th minute when he burst off the hip of his five eight to his right with Joshua Donovan-Skinner racing away from thirty five metres out to score in the left corner. To but fair Joshua Donovan-Skinner was tackled short of the try line and it did appear that his foot went into touch before Joshua Donovan-Skinner got the ball down but regardless of what I think, the try was awarded.
Joshua Donovan-Skinner scored a second try in the 40th minute when after Joseph Tupuse made a line break down the left touchline and kicked inside, Joshua Donovan-Skinner ran through on the inside to take the kick on the full with Joseph Donovan then running ten metres to score ten metres to the left of the goal posts.
Joshua Donovan-Skinner also recorded a try assist in the 19th minute when after joining the Keebra Park SHS backline on the left, Joshua Donovan-Skinner from eighteen metres out threw a cut-out pass to his left to put Joseph Tupuse into space and subsequently score near the left corner.
Joshua Donovan-Skinner added a line break to his great match in the 36th minute when he ran the ball down a wide left blindside with Joshua Donovan-Skinner making fifteen metres after receiving the ball five metres into PBC SHS territory. Joshua Donovan-Skinner was then awarded a penalty when he was not allowed to his feet in a timely fashion.
Joshua Donovan-Skinner also did well in the 8th minute when he raced out to the twenty metre mark to take a quick tap with Joshua Donovan-Skinner making fifteen metres.
Titans contracted Sam Stephenson continued at fullback for PBC SHS in Round Six of the Walters Cup against Keebra Park SHS with Sam Stephenson making a great kick return in the 28th minute when after taking a Keebra Park SHS clearing kick on the bounce Sam Stephenson charged onto the ball twenty five metres from his own try line with Sam Stephenson getting the ball five metres into Keebra Park SHS territory.
Sam Stephenson made another strong run in the 43rd minute making twenty metres from the left of the play the ball and from thirty metres out from his own thirty metre line to the halfway mark.
Then in the 48th minute Sam Stephenson threw the final pass to his left centre to score in the corner.
Titans contracted Ryder Williams started at half in Round Six of the Walters Cup competition for Keebra Park SHS against PBC SHS with Ryder Williams scoring a try and kicking four conversions in a strong Keebra Park SHS victory.
Ryder Williams scored in the 13th minute when he backed up a line break by his five eight who after he drew the PBC SHS fullback passed to his inside to Ryder Williams who ran ten metres to put the ball down under the posts.
Ryder Williams also had a strong match defensively including a great try saving tackle in the 7th minute when he brought down the PBC SHS hooker who had run the ball down a left blindside from the back of a PBC SHS scrum win ten metres out from the try line. Earlier in the 4th minute Ryder Williams smashed the PBC SHS lock, rocking him backwards just out from the try line.
Isaiah Scanlon started in the front row for PBC SHS in the Round Six Langer School Boy Cup local derby against Keebra Park SHS with Isaiah Scanlon scoring in the 43rd minute when he charged onto a short ball from his right form Tanu Nona to crash over to score from three metres out with Isaiah Scanlon getting the ball down under heavy pressure mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Isaiah Scanlon was in the match immediately by taking the opening hit-up of the match.
Isaiah Scanlon, from a defensive perspective executed a great tackle along with Keano Kini to stop a Keebra Park SHS dart out of dummy half from close range to prevent a near certain try.
Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki continued at right centre for Keebra Park SHS of the Round Six Langer Cup local derby against PBC SHS with Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki scoring in the 39th minute when after the dummy half had run to his right from three metres out, Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki cut back on an underneath route and crashed over the top of multiple PBC SHS defenders to get the ball down seven metres to the right of the uprights.
Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki also made a strong run in the 54th minute when Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki commencing his run to the left of the play the ball around thirty five metres from his own try line before Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki run to his right with Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki making sixteen metres to get the ball to the halfway mark.
From a defensive perspective in the 10th minute Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki, along with Seth Nikotemo and Jeremaiah Temapo grabbed PBC SHS left winger Blake Forder four metres out from the try line and dragged him back into the in-goal area to force a PBC SHS goal line drop-out.
Cooper Wolfe started from the bench for PBC SHS in the Round Six Langer Cup local derby against Keebra Park SHS with Cooper Wolfe scoring in the 48th minute after coming onto the field to operate in the front row in the 40th minute.
In the 48th minute PBC SHS were awarded a penalty ten metres out from the try line and mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field. After Tanu Nona took the tap restart he passed to his right to Cooper Wolfe who after running onto the ball hit the Keebra Park SHS defensive line still five metres out from the try line but to gain separation from the multiple defenders that had targeted him, Cooper Wolfe spun 360 degrees counter clockwise and continued his charge towards the try line.
Cooper Wolfe was hit by Keebra Park SHS defenders once again still two metres short of the line and after being spun around, Cooper Wolfe progressed the remaining two metres to the try line backwards. The after initially being held up over the try line, Cooper Wolfe was able to spin to his right to get the ball down ten metres to the left of the uprights.
Titans contracted Zane Harrison started at halfback for PBC SHS in the Round Six School Boy Langer Cup local derby against Keebra Park SHS with Zane Harrison in the 57th minute put in a right foot chip kick from ten metres out and down a right blindside, Zane Harrison chased his own kick through and tackled the Keebra Park SHS winger in-goal to force a goal line drop-out.
Titans contracted Tyrell Waka-Rhind started at hooker for Keebra Park SHS in the Round Six School Boy Langer Cup local derby against PBC SHS with Tyrell Waka-Rhind scoring in the 24th minute when Tyrell Waka-Rhind ran out of dummy half to his left from three metres out with Tyrell Waka-Rhind burrowing over from three metres out to get the ball down ten metres to the left of the uprights.
Titans contracted Josh Lynn started at five eight for PBC SHS in the Round Six School Boy Langer Cup local derby against Keebra Park SHS with Josh Lynn kicking two conversions from as many attempts.
The match also saw Josh Lynn force two Keebra Park SHS goal line drops, the first coming in the 7th minute after Josh Lynn ran down a short left blindside with Josh Lynn then putting in a right foot grubber kick from fifteen metres out with the Keebra Park SHS fullback forced to take the ball dead in-goal.
The second occasion that Josh Lynn forced a Keebra Park SHS goal line drop-out came in the 51st minute when Josh Lynn put in a right foot chip kick from thirty metres out down a left blindside with the Keebra Park SHS forced to ground the ball in-goal.
Titans contracted Blake Forder started on the left wing for PBC SHS in the Round Six School Boy Langer Cup local derby against Keebra Park SHS with Blake Forder making an exceptional effort in the 4th minute when after the Keebra Park SHS halfback took an intercept ten metres out from the try line, Blake Forder turned and chased and caught the halfback ten metres out and forced a pass that went forward with Blake Forder’s exceptional effort saving what appeared to be a certain Keebra Park SHS try against the run of play.
Just a minute later in the 5th minute and from the subsequent scrum that Blake Forder’s great chase forced, Blake Forder made a line break to the right of the scrum that was set ten metres out. After Blake Forder received the ball two passes from the back of the scrum, Blake Forder ran to his right before utilising his speed to burst between two defenders with Blake Forder able to promote the ball to the halfway mark before his inside pass went to ground.
Blake Forder made more metres in the 50th minute when Blake Forder came off his left wing to take a hit-up to the right of the play the ball with Blake Forder making sixteen hard metres with at least half of them of the post contact variety with Blake Forder able to promote the ball into Keebra Park SHS territory.
Titans contracted Arama Hau continued at lock and captain for Keebr aPark SHS in the Round Six local School Boy Langer Cup derby against PBC SHS with Arama Hau showcasing his exceptional ball playing skills in the 9th minute when after running at the PBC SHS defensive to the left of the play the ball, Arama Hau dummied to his inside before immediately throwing a great short pass to the opposite side being his left to a charging Eli Tuli to almost break through the PBC SHS defensive line.
Arama Hau made a strong charge of his own in the 19th minute when from five metres inside his own territory Arama Hau charged onto the ball of the left of the play the ball with Aram Hau breaking three tackles as he charged twenty metres into PBC SHS territory.
Then in the 24th minute after Arama Hau was awarded a penalty thirty metres out from the try line, Arama Hau took a quick tap and charged slightly to his left to get the ball to within eleven metres of the try line and ten metres in from the left touchline.
Arama Hau continued his strong match in the 33rd when from deep in his own territory Arama Hau ran onto the ball to the left of the play the ball with Arama Hau cutting back to his right to make a twenty five metre line break that included a 360 degrees counter clockwise spin.
Then in the 37th minute Arama Hau once again charged onto the ball to the left of the play the ball thirty five metres from the try line with Arama Hau only tackled when he got within ten metres of the try line.
Homer.J.
29-07-22, 05:20 PM
hey mdrew, love the thread been following it for the last couple of years. Cooper's surname is Wolf, he is the older brother of Kwinn Wolf, who also plays for PBC in the Hancock Cup.
Titanic
29-07-22, 05:40 PM
Welcome Homer and great that you’ve decided to post. Any and all insights very welcome.
hey mdrew, love the thread been following it for the last couple of years. Cooper's surname is Wolf, he is the older brother of Kwinn Wolf, who also plays for PBC in the Hancock Cup.
Sorry about the spelling of Cooper's surname, I had it in my head that there was an "e" on the end, I appreciate the heads up.
Hope he goes well tomorrow of the Northern Rivers Titans squad.
Yes watched Kwinn play left second row against Forest Lake SHS on Tuesday afternoon and earlier in the season as well. Kwinn has got some very good ball skills on the fringes of the ruck to be sure.
Interesting to see normal frontrower/lock Noah Vakararawa named on the wing today for Kyogle in the Group One U15 competition as the Turkeys take on Casino RSM.
Ballina's Noah Waldock has a busy weekend coming up, today he is set to start at five eight for Ballina in the Group One U16 competition against South Grafton and tomorrow he was been named at fullback for Ballina in the NRRRL U18 competition against the Lower Clarence Magpies.
Last Cai Garrett continued his exceptional season by scoring a double in the Far North Coast U14 Rugby competition against Leenox Head after starting the match at fullback.
Good win for the Titans U17 side against the Northern Rivers Titans U18's 36-8.
For anyone who was at the ground to watch the Titans U19 side play the electric Titans fullback was none other than Keano Kini who tore the Cowboys defense apart on more than one occasion.
After missing a significant portion of the 2022 season, Tremain Spry started from the bench of the Helensvale Hornets in the rescheduled Round Seven GCRL First Grade match against the Runaway Bay Seagulls with Tremain Spry coming on to operate at right centre and score in the 66th minute.
Tremain Spry received the ball in space on the right eighty metres out and charged down the right touchline. As the fullback came across in cover defence, Tremain Spry put in a grubber kick and amazingly multiple players from both teams over ran the ball with Tremain Spry regaining possession to crash over to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Tomorrow afternoon Gold Coast school Marymount College play Stretton College for a spot in the Langer Cup quarter-finals with Titans contracted Cooper Bai to start in the centres for Marymount College.
Seth Nikotemo started from the bench for the Titans U19 side that played their annual match against the North Queensland Cowboys that was played as a curtain raiser at Cbus Stadium to the Titans Round Twenty NRL match against the Canberra Raiders with Seth Nikotemo coming in the match to play at right second row in the 25th minute and just wo minutes later in the 27th minute Seth Nikotemo made a strong fifteen metre run down the right channel to get the ball within thirteen metres of the try line.
On the weekend Joseph Shannon started in the front row for a Titans U19 side that played their annual match against the North Queensland Cowboys that was played as a curtain raiser at Cbus Stadium to the Titans Round Twenty NRL match against the Canberra Raiders.
In his first stint on the field Joseph Shannon took the defensive line on multiple times including in the 12th minute with a strong charge to the left of the play the ball from his own twenty metre mark with Joseph Shannon making thirteen metres, the majority of which were post contact.
On Saturday afternoon Josiah Pahulu started in the front row for a Titans U19 side that played their annual match against the North Queensland Cowboys that was played as a curtain raiser at Cbus Stadium to the Titans Round Twenty NRL match against the Canberra Raiders with Josiah Pahulu making strong charge in the 12th minute from the kick-off return from Keano Kini’s opening try.
Josiah Pahulu made a further strong kick-off return in the 25th minute from the kick-off from another Keano Kini try with Josiah Pahulu able to promote the ball to twenty eight metres out from his own try line.
Ryan Foran started at left second row for a Titans U19 side that played their annual match against the North Queensland Cowboys U19’s that was played as a curtain raiser at Cbus Stadium to the Titans Round Twenty NRL match against the Canberra Raiders.
Ryan Foran recorded a try assist in the 47th minute when Ryan Foran received the ball around ten metres out on the left side of the field, Ryan Foran cut to his outside, drawing in the Cowboys winger and got the ball away to his right to put Jaylen De Groot over to score in the left corner.
Ryan Foran also made a line break against the Cowboys when in the 18th minute Ryan Foran ran over the top of the Cowboys five eight in the 51st minute with Ryan Foran making eighteen metres down the left channel to get the ball to within five metres of the halfway mark.
Defensively in the 6th minute along with Keano Kini and Thomas Weaver, Ryan Foran made a strong tackle on the North Queensland right second rower to prevent him from scoring just to the left of the uprights on the last tackle.
On Saturday afternoon Jack Cullen started at lock for a Titans U19 side that played their annual match against the North Queensland Cowboys that was played as a curtain raiser at Cbus Stadium to the Titans Round Twenty NRL match against the Canberra Raiders with Jack Cullen recording a line break and try assist in the 15th minute.
From inside his own territory Jack Cullen charged onto the ball the ball in the 15th minute and broke through the Cowboys defensive line after running back underneath Thomas Weaver. After smashing through the defensive line, Jack Cullen drew the fullback and got the ball away to his left to the backing up Keano Kini who raced away to score under the posts,
Jack Cullen made a strong impression in the match in just the 3rd minute with a sixteen metre charge out of his own thirty metre area after running onto the ball to the right of the play the ball before cutting off his right foot to target the area directing behind the two North Queensland markers.
Jack Cullen was at it again a minute later in the 4th minute once again running onto the ball to the right of the play the ball and inside his own twenty metre area, Jack Cullen took the defensive line on before getting a good right arm off-load away to front row partner Joseph Shannon.
Then in the 18th minute Jack Cullen once again charged onto the ball, on this occasion to the left of the play the ball from forty metre out from his own line with Jack Cullen breaking two tackles to get the ball five metres into North Queensland territory.
Thomas Weaver started at halfback for the Titans U19 side that played their annual match against the North Queensland Cowboys that was played as a curtain raiser at Cbus Stadium to the Titans Round Twenty NRL match against the Canberra Raiders with Thomas Weaver kicking three conversions including two outstanding conversions from both touch lines.
In the 11th minute Thomas Weaver kicked a great conversion from the right touchline to convert Keano Kini’s long range try, then in the 27th minute Thomas Weaver swapped sides to convert another Keano Kini try from the left touchline.
Thomas Weaver’s tactical kicking was also impressive against the Cowboys, including in the 3rd minute when from near the halfway mark Thomas Weave put up a towering bomb which came down just in the field of play with the Cowboys fullback subsequently forced back into his in-goal area with Thomas Weaver forcing the goal line drop-out.
In the 53rd minute Thomas Weaver put up a high towering bomb thirty metres out and in the centre of the field with the Cowboys fullback dropping the ball five metres out from his own try line with Jaylen De Groot scoring in the left corner from the subsequent set of six tackles for the Titans.
Then in the 6th minute along with Ryan Foran and Keano Kini, Thomas Weaver made a strong tackle on the North Queensland right second rower to prevent him from scoring just to the left of the uprights on the last tackle.
Arama Hau started at lock for a Titans U19 side that played their annual match against the North Queensland Cowboys that was played as a curtain raiser at Cbus Stadium to the Titans Round Twenty NRL match against the Canberra Raiders.
Arama Hau made a strong run in the 17th minute down the right channel from his own twenty metre mark to get the ball to thirty two metres out and then in the 35th minute Arama Hau made another strong hit-up down a short blindside with Arama Hau tackled nine metres out near the right touchline after making nineteen metres.
Arama Hau made another strong run in the 55th minute when he bumped off two would be tacklers in a fifteen metre run through the centre of the failed to get the ball within two metres out the halfway mark after making fifteen metres.
I do not recall seeing a match that Arama Hau plays where he does not get an off-load away and the match against the Cowboys was no different when in the 66th minute Arama Hau attacked the Cowboys line before getting a right arm off-load away to Thomas Weaver ten metres out from the try line.
Arama Hau made one of the better defensive efforts in the match in the 30th minute with a big hit as North Queensland were trying to bring the ball out of their own twenty metre area and then in the 59th minute after the North Queensland replacement dummy half (No. 14) broke through the Titans line, Arama Hau chased hard to catch him from behind just ten metres out from the try line.
After leading Marymount College to the Titans Cup School Boy Year 11/12 title, Sam McAlister lines up an right second row in a play-off match against Brisbane’s Stretton College with the winner making the School Boy Langer Cup Quarter Finals.
Tweed Heads Seagulls Jye Brady continued in the front row in the rescheduled Round Four NRRRL U18 match against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Jye Brady as usual leading the way for his youthful team mates including a great charge from the second half kick-off with Jye Brady able to promote the ball to thirty metres out from his own try line.
Then in the 48th minute Jye Brady made a line break when after charging onto the ball to the left of the play the ball and thirty metres out from his own try line, Jye Brady burst through the middle of the Mustangs defensive line and charged away before being tackled eight metres inside Murwillumbah territory.
Ballina Seagull’s Damon Coldwell then moved to left centre in the rescheduled Round Four NRRRL First Grade match against Marist Brothers with Damon Colwell scoring in the 35th minute when after receiving the ball around eight metres out, Damon Coldwell stepped inside one defender to dart over to score eight metres in from the left corner post.
Connor Te Kani also started at halfback and captain in the rescheduled GCRL U@0 Round Seven match for Helensvale against the Runaway Bay Seagulls with Connor Te Kani scoring in the 72nd minute when he followed through a short grubber kick through the Seagulls defensive line from Jay Blazek with the ball clean bowling the fullback with then Connor Te Kani to run through and collect the ball to score next to the right upright.
After starting at hooker for a Titans Northern Rivers U18 squad that played a Future Titans U17 side in a Titans against Canberra NRL match at Cbus Stadium on the Saturday, Ashton Harley continued at hooker for the Kyogle Turkeys in the rescheduled Round Four NRRRL U18 match against Casino RSM with Ashton Harley scoring a try and kicking two conversions from three attempts in the match which unfortunately had to be cut short due to a serious injury suffered by one of the Casino RSM players in the second half.
Ashton Harley scored in the 20th minute when from dummy half one metre out from the line and ten metres in from the left touchline, Ashton Harley picked up the ball and immediately spun 360 degrees clockwise to force his way over to get the ball down.
Ashton Harley also recorded a try assist inside the opening minute of the match when from forty metres out and to the right of the play the ball, Ashton Harley ran the ball towards the defensive line before putting in a right foot chip which took a great bounce for Kyogle when it bounced back towards them and away from the Casino RSM fullback with the Kyogle right centre racing through to take possession of the ball on the bounce and score under the posts.
Titans contracted Cooper Bai with two tries in the first half from the left centre position for Marymount College in their NRL School Boys Qualifier.
Left second rower Sam McAlister was also one of Marymount College's try scorers.
Great to see Marymount College qualify for the School Boy Langer Cup Quarter Finals on the back of their win this afternoon against Stretton College with Titans contracted Cooper Bai wit ha double and Titans linked Sam McAlister also scored a double.
Quinton Dalton has been a strong performer for Burleigh in the GCRL U18 Division One competition this season and tomorrow he lines up at fullback for Keebra Park against Marsden SHS in the School Boy Titans Cup competition.
The rescheduled Round Four NRRRL U18 match against the Lower Clarence Magpies saw Ballina’s Kye Cooper named at lock with Kye Cooper scoring in the 49th minute when Kye Cooper raced straight through the centre of the field from thirty metres out with Kye Cooper putting the ball down under the posts.
Kye Cooper added a try assist in the 25th minute when from forty metres out and to the left of the play the ball Kye Cooper threw a cut-out pass to his left to Riley Lyon who raced down the left touchline to score one of his two tries.
Kye Cooper added a line break assist in the 12th minute with a cut-out pass to his left from on the halfway mark with Noah Waldock charging twenty five metres before being brought to ground.
A good battle this weekend in the Queensland Cup when Burleigh take on Tweed Heads with TItans Tony Francis (Burleigh) and Kaleb Ngamanu (Tweed Heads) set to go head to head.
After starting from the bench for the Titans U19 side last weekend against North Queensland, Shannon Subritzky Stewart has been named on the bench for the Norths Colts side that takes on Souths Logan this weekend.
Bilambil’s Nicholas Novakovic started at right second row in the rescheduled Round Four NRRRL U18 match against the Cudgen Hornets with Nicholas Novakovic scoring in the 14th minute with a twelve metre effort off a Kai Smallwood pass with Nicholas Novakovic crashing over ten metres in from the right corner post.
Nicholas Novakovic continued his strong match in the 26th minute with a twenty metre run down the right channel to get the ball fifteen metres into Cudgen territory.
The rescheduled Round Four NRRRL U18 match against the Ballina Seagulls saw Lower Clarence Magpies Zachariah Williams named at right centre with Zachariah Williams scoring a double.
The first of Zachariah Williams two tries arrived in just the 2nd minute when after Reece Warburton received the ball in the centre of the field around ten metres out and immediately ran to his right and after he had drawn in the widest Seagulls defender Reece Warburton got a right arm over the head off-load away to Zachariah Williams who scored mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field after cutting to his inside near the try line to let a Ballina flew past him.
Zachariah Williams also scored in the 19th minute when he took a cross kick on the full from his halfback with Zachariah Williams literally just having to fall down to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Zachariah Williams made a line break in the 31st minute when after receiving the ball near the halfway mark, Zachariah Williams was grabbed by the Ballina defensive however as he was being spun around in the tackle, Zachariah Williams broke free of two defenders and ultimately made forty metres down the left touchline.
Zachariah Williams also did more than his fair share of work from a defensive perspective including making three tackles in a row between the 15th and 16th minutes including a heavy hit on the Ballina front rower No. 10.
Zachariah Williams also executed a smart play with a one on one strip forty metres out when he stole the ball from the Ballina interchange player No. 16.
Cudgen Hornet’s Ethan Hickey continued at hooker in for the rescheduled Round Four U18 NRRRL match against the Bilambil Jets and once again Ethan Hickey did a lot of the little things well that sometimes go unrecognised for example in the 19th minute when Ethan Hickey charged down an attempted Bilambil clearing kick with Cudgen taking possession from the charge down just inside Jets territory.
Ethan Hickey was also one of the Hornets try scorers when he scored next to the right uprights when after receiving an off-load from Max Liles in the 45th minute, Ethan Hickey, from twenty metres out dummied his way past one defender to score.
The rescheduled Round Four NRRRL U18 match against the Lower Clarence Magpies saw Ballina’s Desmond Ferguson named at halfback with Desmond Ferguson scoring two tries and kicking two conversions in a 46 – 16 Seagulls victory with Desmond Ferguson’s 25th minute conversion of one of Riley Lyons tries coming from right on the right touchline.
Desmond Ferguson scored the first of his two tries in the 41st minute when Desmond Ferguson from thirty metres out ran to his left before putting in a right foot chip over the top of the defensive line for himself with Desmond Ferguson running forward to retake possession and score ten metres to the left of the uprights. Desmond Ferguson then stepped up to convert his own try.
Desmond Ferguson added a second try in the 44th minute when after receiving an off-load from his left second rower (No. 12) sixty metres out, Desmond Ferguson just had a straight run to the try line with Desmond Ferguson getting the ball down ten metres from the left corner post.
Desmond Ferguson also recorded a 30th minute line break assist when from thirty five metres out and in the centre of the field, Desmond Ferguson ran to his right before double pumping a pass to his right to put his replacement second rower (No. 16) with the backrower tackled five metres out after a thirty metre line break.
For the Tweed Heads Seagulls Creedence Donovan moved to five eight in the rescheduled Round Four NRRRL U18 match against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Creedence Donovan scoring a double in a strong Seagulls victory as well as a try assist and a line break.
Creedence Donovan scored his opening try in the 55th minute when Zane Harrison put in a right foot stab kick which bounced up perfectly in the in-goal for Creedence Donovan to collect and five metres to the left of the uprights.
Creedence Donovan scored his second try in the 58th minute when after minute Zane Harrison ran the ball to the left after receiving the from the dummy half to his right thirty metres out from his own line with Zane Harrison taking the ball right to the line before throwing an inside ball to a flying Creedence Donovan who burst through a gap, beating the fullback by veering to his left to run away to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Creedence Donovan had come very close to scoring prior to his first try in the 52nd minute which in many respects was a trial run for a basically identical play that ultimately led to Creedence Donovan scoring in the 58th minute. Just like in the 58th minute Zane Harrison ran the ball to the left after receiving the from the dummy half to his right thirty metres out from his own line with Zane Harrison taking the ball right to the line before throwing an inside ball to a flying Creedence Donovan who burst through a gap, beating the fullback and two other defenders before being tackled from behind just two metres out from the line and directly in front of the goal posts.
Creedence Donovan’s try assist came inside the opening minute of the match after Murwillumbah had knocked on from the kick-off. From a Tweed Heads scrum win ten metres out and directly in from of the posts, Creedence Donovan ran to the left after receiving the ball and ran deep into the defensive line drawing two defenders before off-loading to his left to put Taysharn Cora into a gap with the fullback scoring wide out on the left.
In late July 2022 Kaleb Ngamanu started at left centre for a Titans U19 side that played their annual match against the North Queensland Cowboys that was played as a curtain raiser at Cbus Stadium to the Titans Round Twenty NRL match against the Canberra Raiders with Kaleb Ngamanu recording a try assist in the 22nd minute when after good work on his inside by Jaylen De Groot, Kaleb Ngamanu received the ball ten metres out from the try line and then drew the fullback to put Keano Kini over in the left corner.
Kaleb Ngamanu made a strong run in the 47th minute when a strong run down a short left blindside with Kaleb Ngamanu making sixteen metres being tackled five metres out with Kaleb Ngamanu doing very well to stay in the field of play with multiple defenders trying in vain to get him into touch.
Kaleb Ngamanu made another strong run in the 52nd minute with a sixteen metre run down a left blindside to get the ball ten metres into North Queensland territory.
Kaleb Ngamanu’s initial significant contribution in the match was form a defensive perspective and came in the 5th minute when Kaleb Ngamanu ran to his right to make a great covering tackle on the Cowboys right winger who had broken away down the touchline.
In late July 2022 Jaylan De Groot started on the left wing for a Titans U19 side that played their annual match against the North Queensland Cowboys that was played as a curtain raiser at Cbus Stadium to the Titans Round Twenty NRL match against the Canberra Raiders with Jaylan De Groot scoring a second half double.
Jaylen Dr Groot scored his opening try in the 47th minute when he dived over in the left corner after receiving a good ball from his inside from Ryan Foran.
Jaylen De Groot added a second try in the 53rd minute when he was put over in the left corner by way of a good ball from Keano Kini.
Jaylen De Groot also had a big hand in Keano Kini’s 22nd minute try after he had swapped with Keano Kini to spend time at fullback. As the Titans played the ball forty five metres out and on the left side of the field, Jaylan De Groot who had stationed himself behind the play the ball ran to his left and after receiving the ball from the dummy half, Jaylen De Groot drew in one defender and then got the ball away to his left to Kaleb Ngamanu who subsequently put Keano Kini over in the left corner.
In late July 2022 Keano Kini started at fullback for the U19 Future Titans Squad that played a North Queensland Cowboys U19 squad at Cbus Stadium as a curtain-raiser to the Round Twenty NRL match between the Titans and the Canberra Raiders with Keano Kini, in my opinion, being the best player on the field with a three try, one try assist effort in a Player of the Match performance.
Keano Kini scored his opening try in the 11th minute and what an absolutely superb solo try it was. Keano Kini took a North Queensland clearing kick in the centre of the field twenty metres out and immediately right to his right, running parallel to the defensive line before stepping off his right foot to burst between two defenders to race away downfield. As he approached the fullback near the halfway mark Keano Kini shaped to pass to his inside before stepping off his right foot to beat the fullback with Keano Kini then racing away to score in the right corner.
Keano Kini scored his second try just four minutes later in the 15th minute when he backed up a line break by Jack Cullen to receive the ball after Jack Cullen had drawn the fullback with Keano Kini racing away to score under the posts.
Keano Kini completed his hat trick in the 22nd minute when after good work from near the halfway mark from Jaylen De Groot, Keano Kini dived over in the left corner from close range after Kaleb Nagamanu had drawn the Cowboys fullback and passed to Keano Kini.
Keano Kini’s try assist came in the 53rd minute when Kenao Kini received the ball around ten metres out on the left side of the field, Keano Kini cut to his outside, drawing in the Cowboys winger and got the ball away to his right to put Jaylen De Groot over to score in the left corner.
Keano Kini also made a line break in the 29th minute when he received the ball on the halfway mark after cutting back underneath Thomas Weaver with Keano Kini stepping off his right foot to isolate and beat one defender with Keano Kini making twenty metres through the centre of the field as a result.
Keano Kini made a further line break in the 63rd minute when from twenty eight metres out on the left side of the field, Keano Kini dummied to his outside before slicing through only to be tackled four metres out from the try line.
Keano Kini also did well in the 35th minute when after running onto the ball to the right of the play the ball, Keano Kini was able to get halfway through the line before getting away a good right arm off-load.
Keano Kini got a further off-load away in the 57th minute when after running the ball on the left side of the field twenty metres from the try line Keano Kini stepped off his left foot before getting an off-load away to his right to Oskar Bryant.
Keano Kini also had a strong match defensively starting inside the opening minute of the match when after the Cowboys fullback had made a line break through the centre of the field from the Titans first clearing kick of the match, Keano Kini took him in a great low one on one tackle near the halfway mark.
Then in the 6th minute along with Ryan Foran and Thomas Weaver, Keano Kini made a strong tackle on the North Queensland right second rower to prevent him from scoring just to the left of the uprights on the last tackle.
Kenao Kini made a great take of a high Cowboys bomb in the 46th minute with Keano Kini leaping high to take the ball on the full just out from his own try line with Keano Kini subsequently being awarded a penalty for being tackled in the air.
In the 21st minute Keano Kini when just six metres out from his own try line took a Cowboys kick on the full over his head with Keano Kini breaking two tackles as he promoted the ball to twenty six metres out from his own line.
Whilst Kenao Kini played the majority of the match at fullback, he did spend time on the left wing after swapping with Jaylan De Groot.
Titans contracted Nicholas Hilton continued at No. 8 and vice-captain for the TSS First XV in Round Three of the School Boy GPS First XV competition against Toowoomba Grammar School with Nicholas Hilton making a strong run from the back of a TSS scrum win thirty five metres out with Nicholas Hilton running to his right, making fifteen metres before recycling the ball with TSS scoring from the next phase with TSS going onto win 19 – 17.
The rescheduled Round Four NRRRL U18 match against the Ballina Seagulls saw Reece Warburton named at fullback for the Lower Clarence Magpies with Reece Warburton recording a try assist in just the 2nd minute of the match. Reece Warburton received the ball in the centre of the field around ten metres out and immediately ran to his right and after he had drawn in the widest Seagulls defender Reece Warburton got a right arm over the head off-load away to Zachariah Williams who score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Reece Warburton also recorded a 35th minute line break assist when Reece Warburton threw a long cut-out pass to his left from on the halfway mark with the Magpies left winger racing thirty five metres down the left touchline before he was brought to ground.
After starting at halfback for a Titans Northern Rivers U18 squad that played a Future Titans U17 side in a Titans against Canberra NRL match at Cbus Stadium on the Saturday, Harvey Moase started at halfback for the Cudgen Hornets in the rescheduled Round Four NRRRL U18 match against the Bilambil Jets with Harvey Moase scoring twenty of the Hornets forty four points by way of scoring two tries and kicking six conversions from eight attempts.
Harvey Moase scored the first of his two tries in the 7th minute when he started the movement back near the halfway mark and of course finished it by scoring under the posts. Harvey Moase received the ball to the right of the play the ball and threw a hard flat pass to his right to Jett Forbes who made a line break before getting the ball away to his winger. After Jett Forbes got the ball back from the winger he off-loaded to his inside to Harvey Moase ten metres out after Harvey Moase had backed up the line break on the inside. Harvey Moase then stepped up to convert his own try.
Harvey Moase scored his second try in the 37th minute when he chased through a Max Liles and Harvey Moase was on the spot to take the ball on the bounce after the Jets fullback got a terrible bounce with Harvey Moase collecting the ball and running twenty five metres to dive over under the posts. Harvey Moase then stepped up to convert his own try.
Harvey Moase also recorded a try assist in the 34th minute when from the left of the play the ball and ten metres out, Harvey Moase threw a long cut-out pass to put his left winger over in the corner.
Harvey Moase literally made a significant impact on the match in the opening seconds when his kick-off to start the match was dropped by the Jets in the in-goal necessitating a Bilambil goal line drop-out.
Harvey Moase also did well in the 10th minute when he identified that Bilambil were going to put in a chip from their right side of the field to the left with Harvey Moase getting back to take the chip kick on the full just out from the try line with Harvey Moase then finding the ground to ensure that he was not dragged back into the in-goal.
The rescheduled Round Four NRRRL U18 match against the Lower Clarence Magpies saw Noah Waldock named at fullback for the Ballina Seagulls with Noah Waldock scoring in the 16th minute when after receiving the ball from his inside whilst on the left side of the field, Noah Waldock dummied to his left before stepping off his left foot with Noah Waldock then able to bring the ball around to put it down seven metres to the left of the uprights.
Noah Waldock also recorded a 10th minute try assist when he threw the final pass to his right centre from five metres out for him to score near the corner post.
Noah Waldock added a line break in the 12th minute when after receiving a good ball from on the halfway mark from Kye Cooper, Noah Waldock made a twenty five metre line break.
Noah Waldock then did well in the 49th minute when he ran back to take possession on a long Magpies clearing kick in his own in-goal on the left side of the field. As the Lower Clarence chasers converged Noah Waldock ran to the opposite side of the posts whilst still in the in-goal before Noah Waldock straightened up and was able to get the ball twenty metres out from his own try line.
Former New Zealand Junior Age Representative Cairo Rangihuni-Ruri will start from the bench for the Marsden SHS Langer Cup side this afternoon against Ipswich SHS.
The second rower, in his first season in Australia has really made me sit up and take notice.
After starting at fullback for a Titans Northern Rivers U18 squad that played a Future Titans U17 side in a Titans against Canberra NRL match at Cbus Stadium on the Saturday, Stevie O’Connor started at fullback for the Cudgen Hornets in the rescheduled Round Four NRRRL U18 match against the Bilambil Jets with Stevie O’Connor scoring in the 58th minute when after receiving the ball thirty metres out and near the right touchline, Stevie O’Connor cut inside and after stepping off his right foot on three separate occasions and breaking three tackles, Stevie O’Connor speared his way over to score five metres to the left of the uprights.
Stevie O’Connor then recorded a line break and line break assist in the same play in the 29th minute when after Max Liles received an off-load sixty five metres out and immediately ran towards the centre of the field and after making fifteen metres off-loaded the ball in a tackle to Stevie O’Connor who after dummying to his right beat one defender before veered to his left to round the fullback before Stevie O’Connor got an off-load away to his left to Max Liles who got all of the way to ten metres out from the try line.
Stevie O’Connor recorded another line break in the 42nd minute from just ten metres out from his own try line. In fact Stevie O’Connor almost dropped the pass from the dummy half but was able to trap the ball against his hip with his right hand before securing possession. Once possession was secured Stevie O’Connor ran to his right before dummying his way between two defenders before getting a great off-load away to his right as he was being flung to ground after making thirty five metres.
The match also saw Stevie O’Connor execute a number of great takes of the ball, the first being in the 44th minute when he leapt high to take a Kai Smallwood bomb on the full under heavy pressure ten metres out from his own line and in front of his posts.
Then in the 47th minute a Bilambil kick-off came very close to hitting the cross bar on the full but Stevie O’Connor was able to keep focussed knocking the ball double handed up in the air before securing possession.
After starting at lock for the future Titans U17 side that played a Titans Northern Rivers U18 squad in a Titans against Canberra NRL match at Cbus Stadium on the Saturday, Jaylen Taewa started at lock for the Bilambil Jets in the rescheduled Round Four U18 NRRRL match against the Cudgen Hornets with Jaylen Taewa scoring in the 54th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball around eight metres out, Jaylen Taewa immediately stepped off his left foot before holding one defender off with his left arm to crash over in a tackle next to the left upright.
It was clear from as early as the 2nd minute that Jaylen Taewa was in for a big game when he made a twenty metre charge from the halfway mark after running onto the ball to the eight of the play the ball.
Jaylen Taewa also made a strong run in the 54th minute just prior to his try when he charged fifteen metres through the centre of the field to get the ball into Hornets territory.
Jaylen Taewa executed the tackle of the match in the 27th minute when he smashed Cudgen fullback Stevie O’Connor front on, knocking him off his feet as he was trying to bring the ball out of his own twenty metre area.
Jaylen Taewa showed a previously hidden skill in the 43rd minute when from thirty metres out from his own try line and to the right of the play the ball, Jaylen Taewa put in a great long, low and hard right foot kick that was only fielded on the bounce inside the ten metre mark.
After starting from the bench for the Future Titans U19 side squad that played a North Queensland Cowboys U19 side in a Titans against Canberra NRL match at Cbus Stadium on the Saturday, Max Liles started at five eight for the Cudgen Hornets in the rescheduled Round Four NRRRL U18 match against the Bilambil Jets.
Max Liles recorded the try assist and what a heck of a run it was by Max Liles before he threw the final pass for Jett Forbes to score. Initially Max Liles received the ball from the dummy half ten metres out from the try line to the right of the uprights and ran to his left, dummying to an inside runner before pulling up to assess his options before running twenty five metres parallel to the defensive line towards the right corner and once he enticed one defender out of the line Max Liles threw a sharp ball to his right to put Jett Forbes through.
Max Liles recorded a second try assist in the 37th minute when from forty five metres out from his own line and to the left of the play the ball Max Liles put in a long raking left foot kick which took a horror bounce just in front of the Bilambil fullback with Harvey Moase racing through the retrieve the ball on the bounce and run twenty five metres to score under the posts.
Max Liles then recorded a line break and line break assist in the same play in the 29th minute when after Max Liles received an off-load sixty five metres out and immediately ran towards the centre of the field and after making fifteen metres off-loaded the ball in a tackle to Stevie O’Connor who after dummying to his right beat one defender before veered to his left to round the fullback before Stevie O’Connor got an off-load away to his left to Max Liles who got all of the way to ten metres out from the try line.
Max Liles was also heavily involved in Ethan Hickey’s 45th minute try when from sixty metres out Max Liles threw a long cut-out pass to his right to Jett Forbes away down the right touchline with Max Liles backing up on the inside so that when Jett Forbes off-loading to his inside, Max Liles was on the spot to take possession on the bounce and off-load to his left in one motion to Ethan Hickey who ran twenty metres to score next to the right upright.
Max Liles showcased his off-loading skills in the 41st minute when after receiving the ball from the dummy half from his left, Max Liles ran the ball to the right and threw a great left arm low around the corner pass to Jett Forbes. Max Liles then did not rest on his laurels and backed up to get the ball back from Forbes with Max Liles then running the ball towards the centre of the field before putting in a left foot grubber kick towards the left with Bilambil subsequently being tackled just a metre out from their own try line.
Impressively after starting for the Future Titans U16 side in a match at Cbus Stadium as a curtain-raiser to the Round Twenty NRL match between the Titans and Canberra Raiders earlier in the day, yes earlier in the day, Zane Harrison came off the bench at halftime for the Tweed Heads Seagulls to operate at halfback in the rescheduled Round Four NRRRL U18 match against the Murwillumbah Mustangs.
Zane Harrison showed no signs of fatigue on the way to kicking four conversions from as many attempts as well as recording two try assists and a line break assist.
Zane Harrison’s first try assist came in the 55th minute when after receiving the ball ten metres out from his right and directly in front of the posts, Zane Harrison took the ball to the defensive line and put in a right foot stab kick which bounced up perfectly in the in-goal for Creedence Donovan to collect and five metres to the left of the uprights.
Zane Harrison added a try assist in the 58th minute when after minute Zane Harrison ran the ball to the left after receiving the from the dummy half to his right thirty metres out from his own line with Zane Harrison taking the ball right to the line before throwing an inside ball to a flying Creedence Donovan who burst through a gap, beating the fullback by veering to his left to run away to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Prior to his first try assist Zane Harrison recorded a lien break assist in the 52nd minute which in many respects was a trial run for a basically identical play that ultimately led to Creedence Donovan scoring in the 58th minute. Just like in the 58th minute Zane Harrison ran the ball to the left after receiving the from the dummy half to his right thirty metres out from his own line with Zane Harrison taking the ball right to the line before throwing an inside ball to a flying Creedence Donovan who burst through a gap, beating the fullback and two other defenders before being tackled from behind just two metres out from the line and directly in front of the goal posts.
To add to his outstanding match Zane Harrison forced a goal line drop out in the 54th minute when from thirty metres out from his own try line and to the right of the play the ball, Zane Harrison put in a deep kick which pulled up a metre from the dead ball line in the left corner with the Murwillumbah fullback trapped in-goal. Zane Harrison set up a try in the next set of six.
Zane Harrison also put up a bomb in the 38th minute from forty metres out with the spiral on the ball proving to be too much for the Mustang fullback who knocked the ball on just ten metres out from the try line.
Keano Kini with a freakish performance for PBC SHS to lead them to a victory this evening away to Wavell SHS.
Sam McAlister lined up at left second row for Marymount College in an NRL School Boy play-off match against Brisbane’s Stretton College with the winner making the School Boy Langer Cup Quarter Finals with Sam McAlister scoring as double in a Marymount College 36 – 8 victory.
Sam McAlister’s opening try arrived in the 18th minute when Sam McAlister charged onto the ball from eighteen metres out in front of the posts and to the left of the play the ball. After receiving the pass Sam McAlister cut of his left foot slightly breaking through three attempted tackles to force the ball down four metres to the right of the uprights.
Sam McAlister completed his double in the 36th minute when he barged his way over under the posts after running onto the ball from eight metres out and to the left of the play the ball.
Sam McAlister also threw the final pass for Cooper Bail to score in the 7th minute when Sam McAlister drew the last Stretton College defender on the left and got the ball away in the same direction to Cooper Bai.
The first of Sam McAlister’s strong runs in the match came in just the 2nd minute with a fifteen metre effort through the centre of the field to get the ball into Stretton College territory. Sam McAlister made a further strong charge in the 22nd minute from the kick-off from Cooper Bai’s second row.
Sam McAlister also had a defensively strong match including in the 16th minute with a heavy front on tackle on the Stretton College front rower (No. 8) who was bringing the ball back from a kick-off.
Titans contracted Cooper Bai lined up at left centre for Marymount College in a School Boy play-off match against Brisbane’s Stretton College with the winner making the School Boy Langer Cup Quarter Finals with Cooper Bai scoring as double in a Marymount College 36 – 8 victory.
Cooper Bai’s opening try arrived in the 7th minute when after receiving the ball in space on the left side of the field and thirty metres out, Cooper Bai got to the left corner untouched and then smartly brought the ball around to score under the posts after receiving the last pass from Sam McAlister.
Cooper Bai completed his double in the 21st minute when after shrugging off one defender Cooper Bai had a twelve metre run to put the ball down in the left corner.
The first of Cooper Bai’s line breaks in the match came before even a minute of the match had gone by when Cooper Bai made a line break through the centre of the field to make twenty five metres to promote the ball into Stretton College territory.
Cooper Bai made a further line break in the 35th minute when from forty metres out Cooper Bai ran onto the ball to the left of the play the ball with Cooper Bai breaking two tackles as he got the ball to within eight metres of the try line.
Cooper Bai added a further line break in the 39th minute with a twenty five metre run down the left channel. Then in the 55th minute Cooper Bai ran the ball to the left of a Marymount College scrum win with Cooper Bai made sixteen metres, breaking two tackles along the way.
Jury Taewa continued in the front row for PBC SHS in Round Seven of the Langer Reserve competition against Wavell SHS with Jury Taewa making two strong hit-ups inside the opening two minutes. Jury Taewa also made a strong charge from the kick-off to Creedence Donovan’s second try of the match with Jury Taewa able to get the ball twenty eight metres away from his try line in the 11th minute.
In the 12th minute Jury Taewa made a strong driving tackle on the Wavell SHS lock and then in the 14th minute smashed the Wavell SHS No. 10 in another big tackle.
Larry Siala who started in the front row for the Titans U17 side against the Northern Rivers Titans U18's started at lock on Tuesday night for Norths and scored in their Round 11 Ipswich Rugby League U17 Division One match against Brothers.
Cooper Camby started at right centre for PBC SHS in Round Seven of the Langer Cup against Wavell SHS with Cooper Camby making strong one on one tackle on the Wavell SHS fullback five metres out from the try line to halt a Wavell SHS try scoring opportunity.
Cooper Camby then did well in the 32nd minute to chase a Zane Harrison chip through with Cooper Camby getting above the Wavell SHS defenders to take the ball on the full on the final tackle ten metres out from the try line.
Will Saunders continued at hooker for PBC SHS in Round Seven of the Langer Reserve competition against Wavell SHS with Will Saunders involved in the opening two tackles of the match.
Will Saunders made a line break in the 43rd minute when after receiving an off-load from Brady Turner, Will Saunders, from twenty two metres out, darted towards the try line only being brought down two metres short.
Earlier in the match in the 13th minute Will Saunders made a sixteen metre dart out of dummy half after running to his left to get the ball ten minutes into Wavell SHS territory.
Reico Ratana started at lock for PBC SHS in Round Five of the Langer Cup against Mabel Park SHS as was as in in the Round Six local derby against Keebra Park SHS as well as in Round Seven against Wavell SHS with Reico Ratana making the opening tackle of the match.
Reico Ratana then made a strong impression from his first hit-up of the match when in just the second minute Reico Ratana made a strong thirteen metre charge to the halfway mark before getting a right arm off-load away to Tanu Nona who was able to promote the ball a further ten metres as a result.
Titans contracted Josh Lynn started at five eight for PBC SHS in Round Seven of the Langer Cup against Wavell SHS with Josh Lynn kicking three conversions from four attempts in a solid ten point PBC SHS victory. Josh Lynn also forced a Wavell SHS goal line drop-out when in the 58th minute Josh Lynn from the left of the play the ball and thirty five metres out put in a right foot chip into the in-goal with the Wavell SHS fullback having no choice but to ground the ball in-goal.
Josh Lynn also recorded a try assist in the 55th minute when Keano Kini ran a straight hard line off a good Josh Lynn short ball to the left and burst between two defenders from twenty metres out with Keano Kini getting the ball down mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Great to see Titans contracted Josiah Pahulu captain the Ipswich SHS Langer Cup side to a last minute victory against Marsden SHS in Round Seven with Ipswich SHS going through the regular rounds undefeated.
Loko Jnr Pasifika-Tonga who palys his club rugby league in the GCLR U18 Division One competition for the Ormeau Shearers started from the bench for Ipswich SHS in the Langer Cup School Boy competition against Marsden SHS are really took it to his more well known opposition.
I have been lucky enough to see Loko Jnr Pasifika-Tonga on multiple occasions for both Ormeau and Ipswich SHS and the young man is an immense talent.
Titans contracted Jeriah Vagana put in a great two try assist performance from the centres for Ipswich SHS in their Langer Reserve victory against a Marsden SHS side that included Titans Corey Pearce Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa and Dominique Sandow.
Creedence Donovan continued on the left wing for PBC SHS in Round Seven of the Langer Reserve competition against Wavell SHS with Creedence Donovan scoring an impressive four tries with all four in many respects being very similar with Creedence Donovan scoring in the left corner with acrobatic dives under pressure to get the ball down. Three of Creedence Donovan’s tries came from passes from his inside from Ray Puru the Creedence Donovan scoring those tries in the 2nd, 16th and 36th minutes, Creedence Donovan also scored in the 9th minute.
Titans contracted Bailey McConnell was back in the PBC SHS Langer Cup side for Round Seven against Wavell SHS with Bailey McConnell starting the match from the bench and coming onto the field in the 24th minute to operate in the dummy half role.
Bailey McConnell scored a smart try in the 43rd minute when with the play the ball seven metres out and just to the left of the goal posts, Bailey McConnell ran out of dummy half to his right with Bailey McConnell initially shaping to pass to his right before Bailey McConnell darted at the line himself to get the ball down under the posts.
In the 29th minute Bailey McConnell along with Caleb Te Momo made a great joint try saving tackle on a hard charging Wavell SHS No. 10, dropping the front rower just centremetres out from the try line. Then just a moment later Bailey McConnell made another try saving tackle when he stopped the Wavell SHS replacement hooker (No. 14) from forcing his way over from dummy half and from close range.
Titans contracted Ray Puru continued at fullback for PBC SHS in Round Seven of the Langer Reserve competition against Wavell SHS with Ray Puru recording three try assists in a solid PBC SHS.
In many respects all three of Ray Puru’s try assists which came in the 2nd minute, 16th minute and 36th minute were similar both in terms of execution and also who Ray Puru set up to score. On each occasion Ray Puru received the ball on the left of either the play the ball or a PBC SHS scrum win and ran flat out to his left at the defensive line and on each occasion Ray Puru’s speed and running line meant that he got on the outside of his direct opponent and forced the Wavell SHS right winger to come in. As soon as the wing committed to Ray Puru he passed to his left to Creedence Donovan who raced over to score in the left corner.
One of Ray Puru’s try assists did stand out however in terms of the lead-up, when in the 16th minute Ray Puru made a great sixty metre line break from a kick return before off-loading to Creedence Donovan to score in the left corner.
Ray Puru almost scored himself in the 9th minute when Ray Puru received the ball from the back of a PBC SHS scrum win with Ray Puru receiving the ball twelve metres out and running to his right only to be brought down just short of the line near the right corner.
Titans contracted Blake Forder started on the left wing for PBC SHS in Round Seven of the School Boy Langer Cup against Wavell SHS with Blake Forder scoring in the 18th minute when he backed up a long break from Keano Kini with Blake Forder receiving the ball from his right after Keano Kini had drawn the Wavell SHS fullback with Blake Forder racing forty metres to score under the posts.
Blake Forder also made a line break in the 36th minute with an eighteen metre break down the left touchline from inside his own twenty metre area with Blake Forder receiving a penalty at the end of his run when he was dragged over the touchline after he was clearly held.
In addition to scoring a try, Blake Forder also saved a try in the 35th minute when he hit his opposing winger and forced him over the touchline just as the Wavell SHS winger was looking to get the ball down.
A very good head to head battle looms on Sunday when Tweed Heads takes on Burleigh in the Colts competition with Titans contracted hooker Oskar Bryant (Seagulls) up against Vaka Sikahele (Bears).
Titans contracted Keano Kini continued at fullback for PBC SHS in Round Seven of the Langer Cup against Wavell SHS with Keano Kini scoring in the 55th minute when he ran a straight hard line and burst between two defenders from twenty metres out with Keano Kini getting the ball down mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Keano Kini also recorded the first of his two try assists in the 28th minute when from twenty metres out from his own line, Keano Kini made a line break down the left touchline and after racing fifty metres downfield Kenao Kini drew the Wavell SHS fullback and got the ball away to Blake Forder who raced away to score under the posts.
Keano Kini recorded his second try assist in the 22nd minute with a great catch and pass under heavy pressure on the right side of the field and ten metres out with Keano Kini’s great pass to his right giving Jett Forbes the room to dive over in the right corner.
Keano Kini also saved a try in the 26th minute when he raced across field to his right to smash the Wavell SHS left winger and knock him into touch with the corner post going flying as a result of the Keano Kini.
Keano Kini also made a strong run in the 12th minute when from the right of the play the ball and eighteen metres out from his own try line, Keano Kini was able to make fourteen metres.
Euston Williams, the young man from Kyogle is a stand-out player in the Group One U12 competition in 2022 with multiple dominant performances for the Turkeys.
Euston Williams started Round One of the 2022 Group One U13 competition at lock against Casino RSM with Euston Williams scoring an impressive four tries. Also starting at lock in Round Two against Lismore Marist Brothers, Euston Williams scored a hat trick.
Euston Williams moved to five eight in Round Three against the Ballina Seagulls with the change in position having absolutely no impact on Euston Williams try scoring exploits with Euston Williams scoring another hat trick in a Kyogle victory.
Euston Williams then scored a hat trick in Round Six against the South Grafton Rebels before scoring a double in Round Eight against the Ballina Seagulls.
Round Seven of the Langer Reserve competition saw Waaka Hepi start on the bench for Keebra Park SHS against Mabel Park SHS with Waaka Hepi coming on to operate at left second row in the 13th minute with Waaka Hepi scoring in the 25th minute when he followed through a grubber kick from close range from the Keebra Park SHS replacement dummy half with Waaka Hepi getting through and smartly taking his time to ground the ball three metres to the right of the uprights.
Bayside Titan
05-08-22, 09:05 AM
Hey Mdrew. I was wondering something. With Mat Geyer at the club now could that open the door for Cole to come to the Titans in the future? Also if that were to happen where does he sit in terms of the young hookers in our current system in your opinion ?
Hey Mdrew. I was wondering something. With Mat Geyer at the club now could that open the door for Cole to come to the Titans in the future? Also if that were to happen where does he sit in terms of the young hookers in our current system in your opinion ?
Cole Geyer has been playing very well for the Storm U20 side mate. It would be great for him to come back to the Coast. If he did where would he sit in the hooker hierarchy?
Interesting question, the Titans have a number of outstanding hooker prospects in Oskar Bryant Vaka Skiahele and Tanu Nona above the U16 level and a stand-out in Corey Pearce at the U16 level.
I have Vaka Sikahele the closest to the NRL (still a few seasons) due to his size with Oskar Bryant not far behind. In saying that Tanu Nona may surpass both in a year or two such is his talent.
Cole Geyer is similiar in my opinion to Oskar Bryant but he can also operate at lock which is is big bonus.
Titans contracted Wailer Whaiapu continued from the bench in Round Seven of the School Boy Langer Cup against Mabel Park SHS in Round Seven with Wailer Whaiapu scoring in the 46th minute when he backed up a Keebra Park SHS line break to receive the ball from his left with Wailer Whaiapu then running fifteen metres to score under the posts.
Jesse Soric continued at halfback in Round Seven of the Langer Reserve competition for Keebra Park SHS against Mabel Park SHS with Jesse Soric recording a try assist in the 21st minute when from right side of the field and to the right of the play the ball, Jesse Soric put in a left foot chip kick from twelve metres out with the Keebra Park SHS able to take Jesse Soric’s chip kick on the full in plenty of space to score wide out.
Jesse Soric recorded a second try assist in the 40th minute when from twelve metres out and to the left of the play the ball, Jesse Soric double pumped a short ball to his left and then popped a short ball to Taylor Whittington was running off Jesse Soric’s hip to score.
Jesse Soric then made a line break in the 29th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball Jesse Soric stepped to his inside off his left foot to beat one defender before racing twenty metres downfield before being brought to ground twenty metres out from the try line.
Jesse Soric then put in a good kick in the 34th minute when from on the halfway mark Jesse Soric drove a low hard left foot kick into the left corner with the Mabel Park SHS barely able to stay in the field of play after he was pinned in the left corner.
Round Seven of the Langer Reserve competition saw Titans contracted Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu start on the bench for Keebra Park SHS against Mabel Park SHS with Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu coming onto the field in the 14th minute to operate at right second row with Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu scoring in the 53rd minute when after receiving the ball on the right side of the field and twelve metres out, Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu ran over the top of one Mabel Park SHS defender to get the ball down ten metres in from the right corner post.
Round Seven of the Langer Cup competition saw Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki start at right centre for Keebra Park SHS against Mabel Park SHS with Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki scoring the try of the match in the 49th minute. After Keebra Park SHS were awarded a penalty further downfield, they kicked for touch with Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki moving up to take the tap restart forty metres out from the try line.
After taking the tap Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki initially ran the ball straight at the defensive line before Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki stepped off his left foot towards the left touchline with Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki pushing off two defenders as got broke the defensive line down the right touchline. Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki beat a further Mabel Park SHS defender as he charged down the touchline before Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki carried the Mabel Park SHS fullback over the line with Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki getting the ball down in the right corner.
Carlos Pauli started in the front row for Keebra Park SHS in Round Seven of the Langer Reserve competition against Mabel Park SHS with Carlos Pauli and with Gary Whare-Herlihy making the opening tackle of the match after Keebra Park SHS had kicked off.
Carlos Pauli also scored two outstanding tries against Mabel Park SHS with the first coming in just the second minute of the match when Carlos Pauli charged onto the ball to the left of the play the ball from twenty five metres out with Carlos Pauli bumping off one defender before a 360 degree clockwise spin enabled Carlos Pauli to gain separation from a second defender before Carlos Pauli powered over to score eight metres to the left of the uprights.
Carlos Pauli scored his second impressive try in the 11th minute when with the play the ball fifteen metres out and ten metres in from the left touchline, Carlos Pauli charged onto the ball to the right of the play the ball, running a line that saw Carlos Pauli angle back towards the area behind the play the ball with Carlos Pauli breaking through one tackle before dragging the Mabel Park SHS fullback along with him with Carlos Pauli reaching out to get the ball down twelve metres in from the left corner post.
Round Seven of the Langer Reserve competition saw Titans contracted Gary Whare-Herlihy start at hooker for Keebra Park SHS against Mabel Park SHS with Gary Whare-Herlihy along with Carlos Pauli making the opening tackle of the match after Keebra Park SHS had kicked off to get the match underway.
Gary Whare-Herlihy made a line break in the 36th minute when after receiving an off-load from Taylor Whittington, Gary Whare-Herlihy darted fourteen metres through the centre of the field and his line break would likely have gone further but as Gary Whare-Herlihy looked to step past the Mabel Park SHS fullback he slipped coming down right on the halfway mark.
Gary Whare-Herlihy also made a smart run out of dummy half in the 34th minute when Gary Whare-Herlihy ran to his left making twelve metres to get the ball forty two metres away from his own try line.
Gary Whare-Herlihy showcased his diverse skill set in the dummy half role in the 9th minute when from thirty metres out from his own try line, Gary Whare-Herlihy stepped out of dummy half to his right and put in a hard flat right foot kick which was collected by the Mabel Park SHS fullback thirty metres out from his try line. Gary Whare-Herlihy was then the first Keebra Park SHS chaser downfield to complete the tackle.
Round Seven of the Langer Cup competition saw Arama Hau start at lock for Keebra Park SHS against Mabel Park SHS and was heavily involved in Wailer Whaiapu’s 46th minute try with Arama Hau recording a line break assist that led to Wailer Whaiapu’s try. Forty metres out from the line, Arama Hau received the ball to the right of the play the ball and took the ball to the defensive line before throwing an inside ball to his front rower who then charged away, drew the fullback and got the ball away to Wailer Whaiapu who scored under the posts.
Titans contracted Larry Siala was one of Norths try scorers in their big win tonight over Ipswich Brothers.
Post the 2022 U16 Andrew Johns Cup competition Samuel Petch has transitioned back to the Group One U16 competition starting Round One for the South Grafton Rebels at fullback against the Clarence Coast Magpies however the match was postponed due to the wet conditions. Samuel Petch was also named at fullback in Round Two against Casino RSM.
Samuel Petch had a big Round Seven against the Ballina Seagulls, scoring twenty points from three tries and four goals against the Ballina Seagulls. Samuel Petch then added two conversions in Round Nine against the Ballina Seagulls.
Even though he was still U16 eligible Samuel Petch also played a number of matches for the South Grafton Rebels in the Group Two U18 competition with his first match being in Round Two when he started at right second row in a 30 – 16 victory over the Sawtell Panthers.
Round Six against Coffs Harbour saw Samuel Petch start at right centre before starting at fullback in the Round Eight local derby against the Grafton Ghosts as well as in Round Nine against the Sawtell Panthers and Round Eleven against Woolgoolga. Samuel Petch also started at fullback in Round Twelve against Macksville.
Samuel Petch scored his career first NRRRL U18 try in Round Thirteen after starting at fullback against the Coffs Harbour Comets.
Samuel Petch also started at fullback in Round Fourteen against Nambucca Heads.
Round One of the 2022 Group One U13 competition saw Cai Garrett start in the second row for the Ballina Seagulls against Lismore Marist Brothers and what an opening round it was for Gai Garrett as he crossed for a staggering five tries.
Cai Garrett also started in the second row in Round two against the Grafton Ghosts and added a double to his 2022 try scoring tally.
Cai Garrett continued in the second row in Round Three against Casino RSM with Cai Garrett scoring four more tries in another dominant display.
After Round Four was postponed due to poor weather Cai Garrett scored once again in Round Five against the South Grafton Rebels. Cai Garrett then added a double in Round Six against the Grafton Ghosts.
Cai Garrett was also an his rampaging best in Round Nine against the South Grafton Rebels, scoring another four tries.
In late news Cai Garrett also scored last night in the Far North Coast U14 Rugby competition when he scored after starting the match at outside centre against Ballina.
In Round One of the 2022 Group One U15 competition Noah Vakararawa started at lock for the Kyogle Turkeys against the Casino RSM Cougars and scored a hat trick in the Turkeys strong first up victory.
Naoh Vakararawa then scored in Round Six against the South Grafton and then followed up with a double in Round Seven also against the South Grafton Rebels.
2022 also saw Naoh Vakararawa start in the front row for the Northern Country U15 side for the New South Wales Combined Catholic Colleges (NSWCCC) School Boy Representative Rugby League trials.
In Round One of the 2022 Group One U15 competition Luke Barnett started in the centres against the Casino RSM Cougars and scored one of the Turkeys tries in their first up victory. Luke Barnett then scored a double in Round Six against the South Grafton Rebels.
Round Eight against the Grafton Ghosts saw Luke Barnett put in a dominant performance including scoring a hat trick.
2022 also saw Luke Barnett start in the second row for the Northern Country U15 side for the New South Wales Combined Catholic Colleges (NSWCCC) School Boy Representative Rugby League trials.
After missing the early rounds of the 2022 Group One U15 competition, Round Six saw Titans contracted Beau Hartmann named in his usual No. 17 jersey as his Grafton Ghosts took on the Clarence Coast Magpies with Beau Hartmann one of the hosts try scorers. Beau Hartmann also scored in Round Seven against Casino RSM.
Beau Hartmann then scored a double in Round Nine against the Clarence Coast Magpies.
Bayside Titan
06-08-22, 12:38 PM
Cole Geyer has been playing very well for the Storm U20 side mate. It would be great for him to come back to the Coast. If he did where would he sit in the hooker hierarchy?
Interesting question, the Titans have a number of outstanding hooker prospects in Oskar Bryant Vaka Skiahele and Tanu Nona above the U16 level and a stand-out in Corey Pearce at the U16 level.
I have Vaka Sikahele the closest to the NRL (still a few seasons) due to his size with Oskar Bryant not far behind. In saying that Tanu Nona may surpass both in a year or two such is his talent.
Cole Geyer is similiar in my opinion to Oskar Bryant but he can also operate at lock which is is big bonus.
Thanks mate... It will be fascinating to see how the next few months play out.
Great to see Cooper Nelson line up on the left wing this afternoon for the TSS U16A side in their 14-10 win over Churchie.
Titans contracted Nic Hilton put in a typically strong performance this afternoon from No. 8 for the TSS First XV side in their GPS School Boy Rugby Round Four win over Churchie 22-12.
He did however get a yellow card with a touch under ten minutes to go after tackling a Churchie player without the ball.
Matt Barrow probably scored one of the fastest tries of his career yesterday when he scored in the left corner after a twelve metre run down the left touch line after just 62 seconds in a last minute victory for the Ipswich Grammar School First XV in their GPS School Boy Rugby victory against Brisbane Grammar School.
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