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Starting at fullback for the Marist Rams in Round Fourteen of the Group One U14 competition last weekend Traevon Basinauro scored all three of his teams tries in a tough loss against the Ballina Seagulls.
Exceptionally talented Group One U15 Kyogle Turkeys front rower Jed Mulcahy finished the regular season on a high last weekend by scoring a hat trick in a big 48-10 win over the Clarence Coast Magpies.
Teams rarely score 28 points in a match but last weekend in Round 14 of the Group One U15 competition Kyogle Turkeys centre Luke Barnett scored 28 points on his own by scoring four tries and kicking six conversions in a 48-10 victory against the Clarence Coast Magpies.
Titans contracted Beau Hartmann wore his usual No. 17 jersey last weekend in Round Fourteen of the Group One U15 competition with Beau Hartmann scoring a hat trick for the Grafton Ghosts against Casino RSM.
The 2022 NRRRL U18 season for Matthew Bollard:
In 2022 Matthew Bollard once again played for the Murwillumbah Mustangs in the NRRRL U18 competition and after missing Round One was named in the centres for Round Two against Northern United however the match ended up being postponed due to poor weather.
Matthew Bollard was also named in the centres in Round Three against the Lower Clarence Magpies, scoring a double in a big Mustangs win.
Matthew Bollard scored his first try in the 11th minute when he was on the end of a backline movement to his side of the field to put the ball down untouched five metres in from the left corner post.
Matthew Bollard completed his double in the 29th minute when he backed up a break to receive the ball fourteen metres and score comfortably on the left side of the field.
Matthew Bollard also started at right centre in Round Six against the Kyogle Turkeys with Matthew Bollard scoring a double for the second round in a row. After starting the match at right centre Matthew Bollard played the second half at fullback.
Matthew Bollards first try came in the 43rd minute when he received a good long pass from his right from his five eight to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Matthew Bollard added his second try in the 59th minute when whilst operating at fullback Matthew Bollard came forward to take a Turkey’s clearing kick on the full forty metres out from his own line. Immediately upon taking possession Matthew Bollard ran to his left and sliced between two defenders near the halfway mark. From there Matthew Bollard had too much speed for the cover defence and raced away to score five metres in from the left corner post.
Matthew Bollard then continued at right centre in Round Seven against the Byron Bay Devils then after Murwillumbah had a Round Eight bye, Matthew Bollard started at right centre in Round Nine against the Tweed Heads Seagulls and did well defensively in the 21st minute when he along with Cooper Wolfe held up one of the Tweed Heads front rowers over the try line.
Matthew Bollard was back at right centre in the Week One Qualifying Final against the Tweed Heads Seagulls as well as the Premiership Minor Semi-final against the Ballina Seagulls.
Titans contracted Nic Hilton produced an outstanding display for the TSS First XV in their big win over BSHS.
The 2022 NRRRL U18 season for Brady Turner:
Brady Turner played the start of the 2022 season with the Murwillumbah Mustangs in the NRRRL U18 competition putting in a try scoring double Player of the Match performance from the right second row in Round One against the Bilambil Jets.
Brady Turner scored the first of his two tries in the 36th minute through a great solo effort. With Murwillumbah restarting the game from a tap after a penalty Brady Turner ran onto the ball to the left of the tap restart and eighteen metres and literally burst straight through the centre of the Jets forward pack, breaking four tackles and carrying two more defenders over the line to crash over adjacent to the right upright.
Brady Turner scored his second try in the 57th minute but I will go back a play as if not for Brady Turner’s great effort on that play he would not have scored on the subsequent one. Brady Turner made a great line break of twenty five metres down the right channel and after breaking four tackles he got a great right arm off-load away to his inside with his team mate being tackled ten metres out from the try line. Brady Turner got to his feet and got back into position quickly as the ball came back to his side of the field with Brady Turner receiving the ball ten metres and then he cut back off his right foot and surged over mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Brady Turner was also named at right second row for Round Two against Northern United however the match ended up being postponed due to poor weather.
Brady Turner was also named at right second row in Round Three against the Lower Clarence Magpies and scored in the 50th minute when on the left side of the field and just four metres out, Brady Turner took a tap after the Mustangs were awarded a penalty and dived over basically untouched.
Brady Turner continued at right second row in Round Six against the Kyogle Turkeys with Brady Turner continuing his 2022 NRRRL U18 try scoring form when he crossed in the 46th minute. Brady Turner was stationed on the right side of the field and after taking possession from a long cut-out pass Brady Turner cut inside towards the centre of the field and from fifteen metres out burst through three tackles to crash over under the posts.
In addition to his strong run to score Brady Turner produced a strong run in the 36th minute when he made fifteen metres from a Mustangs penalty tap restart with Brady Turner producing an ultra-quick play the ball with Chad Jones scoring next to the posts as a result.
Brady Turner produced a further strong charge in the 43rd minute with his run starting near his own twenty metre mark and not finished until Brady Turner had carried the ball into Kyogle territory. Just three minutes later in the 46th minute Brady Turner made fifteen more metres and then produced a great right arm off-load to his left for his halfback to promote the ball further downfield.
Brady Turner was then named in jersey No. 15 in the Premiership Minor Semi-final against the Ballina Seagulls with Brady Turner playing at right second row and scoring in the 37th minute when with the play the ball just eight metres out and a metre in from the left touchline Brady Turner charged onto the ball and crashed over to score five metres in from the left corner post.
What a start to Cooper Nelson's First XV school boy rugby career with a try in the left corner for TSS after just 42 seconds, yes 42 seconds against Brisbane State High School.
The 2022 NRRRL U18 season for the Bilambil Jets and Titans contracted Jaylen Taewa:
In 2022 Jaylen Taewa played for the Bilambil Jets in the NRRRL U18 competition once again and started Round One of the competition at left second row against the Murwillumbah Mustangs and also started at left second row in Round Three against Northern United. Jaylen Taewa was then named on the bench for Round Six against Casino RSM.
After missing a number of rounds Jaylen Taewa was once again named on the interchange bench in Round Twelve against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Jaylen Taewa coming on operate in the front row mid-way through the first half. Jaylen Taewa made a number of strong charges in the match including in the 40th minute when he made eighteen metres to get the ball into Tweed Heads territory.
Jaylen Taewa then moved into the 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.
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 in the rescheduled Round Four 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.
Jaylen Taewa then started from the bench in the Qualifying Final against the Ballina Seagulls with Jaylen Taewa making a heavy front on tackle on one of the Seagulls replacement front rowers as he was bringing the ball out of his own twenty metre zone in the 20th minute. Then in the 48th minute Jaylen Taewa made a try saving tackle on the Ballina hooker next to the left upright after the hooker had tried to burrow his way over from dummy half.
Jaylen Taewa almost scored in the 42nd minute after a strong run from twelve metres out but with only the fullback to beat and Jaylen Taewa having all of the momentum Jaylen Taewa slipped as he approached the try line.
Jesse Soric played a number of matches for Keebra Park SHS in the 2022 Langer Cup Reserve competition including starting at halfback in Round One against Ipswich SHS and Jesse Soric also started at halfback in Round Three against Marsden SHS.
Jesse Soric continued at halfback in Round Five 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.
Jesse Soric continued at halfback in the Round Six local derby against PBC SHS as well as Round Seven 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.
Jesse Soric then started at halfback for Keebra Park SHS in the 2022 Langer Reserve Semi-final against PBC SHS with Jesse Soric making a try saving tackle on the PBC SHS right second rower just metres out from the try line and ten metres to the left of the uprights.
The 2022 School Boy Renouf Cup season for Keebra Park SHS’s Jacoebi Murphy:
Jacoebi Murphy started Round One against Ipswich SHS at right centre.
Jacoebi Murphy started Round Three against Mabel Park State High School at right centre and scored an impressive double in a big Keebra Park SHS victory.
Jacoebi Murphy’s opening try came in the 13th minute when after receiving a pass from his inside that put him into space around twenty metres out from the try line, Jacoebi Murphy executed a bit of a goose step as the Mabel Park SHS fullback came across but Jacoebi Murphy was too good and got the ball down ten metres in from the right corner post.
Jacoebi Murphy completed his double in the 27th minute when he picked up a Mabel Park SHS dropped ball, pushed off one defender with a left arm fend and then raced sixty five metres to score under the posts.
Jacoebi Murphy’s first of multiple significant contributions to Keebra Park SHS’s victory came in just the 2nd minute when after receiving an off-load Jacoebi Murphy was able to promote the ball twelve metres from inside his own territory.
Jacoebi Murphy started at left centre in Round Five 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.
Jacoebi Murphy continued at left centre in Round Six 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.
Jacoebi Murphy also started at left centre against Marsden SHS.
Jacoebi Murphy started the 2022 School Boy Renouf Cup Grand Final against Ipswich SHS at left centre with Jacoebi Murphy making a line break in the 5th minute with Jacoebi Murphy making a thirty five metre line break down the left touchline to get the ball within thirty five metres of the try line.
Jacoebi Murphy also did well in the 47th minute when after one of the Ipswich SHS players tried to trap a short Keebra Park SHS kick-off with his foot with the ball rebounding forward, Jacoebi Murphy ran through the take possession at full speed with Jacoebi Murphy making twenty metres downfield.
The 2022 School Boy Renouf Cup season for Keebra Park SHS’s Jeval Pitman:
Jeval Pitman started Round Two against Ipswich SHS at five eight.
Jeval Pitman started Round Three against Redcliffe State High School at five eight with Jeval Pitman coming close to scoring in the 37th minute when he ran the ball to the left side of the field from a Keebra Park SHS scrum win near the centre of the field with Jeval Pitman getting between two defenders but Javel Pitman was caught from behind with the try line in sight.
Jeval Pitman started at five eight in Round Four against Mabel Park SHS recording a try assist in the 40th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball around forty metres out, Jeval Pitman ran the ball down a wide left blindside, drawing in the Mabel Park SHS right winger and getting the ball to his left winger who raced away to score in the corner.
Jeval Pitman continued at five eight in Round Five against Caloundra State High School.
Jeval Pitman continued at five eight in Round Six 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.
Jeval Pitman then moved to halfback against Marsden SHS 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.
Jeval Pitman also started at five eight in the 2022 Renouf Cup Semi-Final against Marsden SHS.
Jeval Pitman started the 2022 School Boy Renouf Cup Grand Final against Ipswich SHS at five eight with Jeval Pitman scoring in the 49th minute when from eighteen metres out and to the left of the play the ball and the centre of the field, Jeval Pitman stepped off his foot and then had a clear run to score five metres to the right of the uprights.
Titans contracted Ryder Williams had a strong GCRL U16 Division One Preliminary Final yesterday for the Southport Tigers including a late second half try assist with a smart cut out pass to put his left winger over to score in the corner down a short blindside from five metres out but unfortunately for Ryder Williams and his team mates, the Tigers went down 16-12 to the Helensvale Hornets.
The week prior in the Tigers 42-10 victory over Burleigh Maroon Ryder Williams had a strong match including scoring in the 22nd minute when he backed up a line break down the right touchline to get the off-load and run eighteen metres to put the ball down next to the right upright.
Titans contracted EJ Finua will make his Hastings Deering's Colts starting debut today for the Burleigh Bears at left second row against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.
Titans contracted Seth Nikotemo will play his second Colts game off the bench in the same match.
Cooper Nelson was named to make his official First XV debut on the left wing for TSS in Round Seven of the GPS School Boy First XV competition against Brisbane State High School with Cooper Nelson scoring after just forty two seconds when Cooper Nelson dived over in the left corner after receiving the long cut-out pass from his inside.
Cooper Nelson scored his second try of the match in the 15th minute when once again Cooper Nelson dived over in the left corner, on the second occasion off a Jye Gray pass from his right.
Titans contracted Tanu Nona makes his Colts debut this afternoon off the bench for the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
Titans contracted Nicholas Hilton started at No. 8 for the TSS First XV in Round Seven of the School Boy GPS First XV competition against Brisbane State High School with Nicholas Hilton putting in an outstanding two try assist performance.
The first of Nicholas Hilton’s try assists came in the 35th minute when from five metres out and in front of the right upright Nicholas Hilton got an off-load away to his left to put his outside centre (No. 13) over to score under the posts.
Nicholas Hilton recorded his second try assist in the 40th minute when from eight metres out Nicholas Hilton picked up the ball from the back of a ruck and after running to his left Nicholas Hilton got an off-load away to his left for his halfback to dive over to score adjacent to the right upright.
The 2022 School Boy Renouf Cup season for Keebra Park SHS’s Qubin Anderson:
Round One against Ipswich SHS saw Qubin Anderson start at lock with Qubin Anderson scoring inside the opening minutes when from a play the ball in front of the posts Qubin Anderson received the ball off the dummy half to the right. Qubin Anderson executed a stutter step to get to his right and then Qubin Anderson dummied to his right before he sliced between two defenders to score five metres in from the right corner post for a type of try that is quickly becoming a trademark of Qubin Anderson’s game.
Qubin Anderson started Round Two against Redcliffe State High School at lock with Qubin Anderson scoring in the 18th minute when from twelve metres out and to the right of the dummy half Qubin Anderson shaped to pass to his left but instead stepped off his right foot to slice through the defensive line and dive over to score ten metres to the right of the uprights.
Qubin Anderson also started at lock in Round Three against Marsden SHS with Qubin Anderson scoring an outstanding solo try in the 10th minute in Round Four against Mabel Park SHS.
Qubin Anderson received the ball to the right of the play the ball fifty five metres out, stepping off his right foot and then almost immediately off his left to break through the Mabel Park SHS defensive line. Qubin Anderson then easily rounded the fullback by running to his right and scoring a great solo try in the right corner.
Qubin Anderson continued at lock in Round Five 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.
Qubin Anderson continued at lock in Round Six 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.
Qubin Anderson started the 2022 School Boy Renouf Cup Grand Final against Ipswich SHS at lock with Qubin Anderson making a line break in the 32nd minute when from twenty five metres out and to the right of the play the ball Qubin Anderson dummied to his right before stepping off his right foot and getting through the defensive line with Qubin Anderson being brought to ground two metres out from the try line. Qubin Anderson was able to get to his feet to execute a quick play the ball with Keebra Park SHS scoring from the play the ball in the right corner.
The 2022 School Boy Renouf Cup season for Keebra Park SHS’s Royal Tiato:
Royal Taito started Round One against Ipswich SHS at left second row.
Royal Taito also started Round Two against Redcliffe State High School at left second row and scored a great solo try in the 26th minute when after receiving a good ball from his right Royal Taito burst between two defenders who had no hope of stopping them and then Royal Taito raced seventy metres to score under the posts with no defenders in sight.
Royal Taito also made a line break in the 18th minute when he burst through a gap after receiving the ball two passes to the left of the play the ball with Royal Taito making eighteen metres before being tackled twelve metres out from the try line.
Royal Taito started Round Three against Mabel Park State High School at left second row and made the opening two tackles of the match after Keebra Park SHS had kicked off. In affecting the second tackle of the match Royal Taito picked up a dropped ball by Mabel Park SHS thirty metres from the line and immediately turned and charged towards the try line breaking three tackles to get to ten metres out from the try line and directly in front of the goal posts. Royal Taito then executed an exceptionally quick play the ball with Keebra Park SHS scoring through half Harvey Smith scoring as a result.
Royal Taito also did well in the 45th minute when he took possession from a Mabel Park SHS kick-off and was able to progress the ball thirty metres downfield, breaking three tackles in the process.
Royal Taito continued at left second row in Round Five 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.
Royal Taito continued at left second row in Round Six 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.
Royal Taito also started at left second row Marsden SHS with Royal Taito making the opening tackle of the match before backing that up by making the third tackle as well.
Royal Taito also did well defensively in the 36th minute when he chased down the Marsden SHS fullback from behind, grabbing the back of his jersey around two metres out from the try line when it looked a certain Marsden SHS try but Royal Taito was able to stop the five eight dead in his tracks to prevent the try being scored.
Royal Tiato also started at left second row in the 2022 Renouf Cup Semi-Final against Marsden SHS with Royal Tiato making a thirty five metre line break down the left touchline in the 13th minute.
Royal Tiato also made a line break in the 35th minute when from just inside his own territory Royal Tiato broke three tackles during an eighteen metre run before Royal Tiato was able to get an off-load away to his right to Kingston Seve.
Royal Tiato made a further strong run in the 18th minute when he ran an underneath route off Harvey Smith with Royal Tiato making sixteen metres to get the ball ten metres into Marsden SHS territory.
Royal Tiato started the 2022 School Boy Renouf Cup Grand Final against Ipswich SHS at left second row.
Samuel Shannon started at right second row for Burleigh in Round Seventeen of the HDC competition against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls with Samuel Shannon scoring in the 51st minute with a run to his left out of dummy half from close range to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Titans contracted Caleb Hodges started at right centre for Tweed Heads in Round Seventeen of the HDC competition against the Easts Tigers with Caleb Hodges scoring in the 79th minute when Caleb Hodges ran onto a short ball from his left from Max Liles to crash over twelve metres to the right of the uprights.
In 2022 Titans contracted Jimmy McCombie attended ST John’s College Woodlawn and after starting at halfback for the Lismore/Armidale representative squad at the U15 Northern Country trials at Tamworth, following Lismore Diocesan selection trials at Xavier College, Ballina, Jimmie McCrombie was named in the 2022 U15 Northern College Combined Catholic College School Boy Rugby League Representative squad for the New South Wales U15 School Boy Championships.
What an amazing couple of weeks Marist Rams Group One U15 player Sione Tonga has had, after scoring seven tries in the previous two weeks, Sione Tonga scored a double on the weekend for the Rams in their rescheduled Round Two match against the South Grafton Rebels.
Titans linked second rower Noah Reti scored once again on the weekend in the Group One U14 competition in the rescheduled Round Two match against Casino RSM.
Noah Reti has been a standout in the Group One competition for a number of seasons and this season has been no different for the young man who has already worn a Titans jersey on JTS matches.
Clarence Coast Magpie AJ Hickling started in the centres for the second week in a row in the rescheduled Round Two Group One U16 match against the Marist Rams with AJ Hickling scoring a double for the second week in a row.
Exceptionally talented Casino RSM centre Makiah Torrens had a big match on the weekend in the rescheduled Round Two Group One U14 match with Makiah Torrens scoring three tries and kicking as many goals in a win against the South Grafton Rebels.
The 2022 GCRL U18 Division One Week One Semi-final saw Jake Lateo start at halfback for the Currumbin Eagles against the Burleigh Bears with Jake Lateo making a line break in the 50th minute when Jake Lateo raced through and took a Currumbin short goal line drop-out to the right side of the field on the bounce just after the ball broke the ten metre plane with Jake Lateo then cutting back towards the centre of the field with Jake Lateo getting to within three metres of the halfway mark before being brought to ground.
The 2022 GCRL U18 Division One Week One Semi-final saw Caleb Te Momo start in the front row for the Burleigh Bears against the Currumbin Eagles with Caleb Te Momo crashing over to score under the posts with two defenders holding onto him after Caleb Te Momo had received a pass from his right around six metres out. Caleb Te Momo then made a great charge from the subsequent Currumbin kick-off.
The 2022 GCRL U18 Division One Week One Semi-final saw Titans contracted Bailey McConnell start at halfback for the Burleigh Bears against the Currumbin Eagles with Bailey McConnell recording a line break assist in the 28th minute when Bailey McConnell ran the ball to the defensive line on the right side of the field and threw a good short ball to his right to Wailer Whaiapu who made fourteen metres to get within eleven metres of the try line.
Bailey McConnell then forced a Currumbin goal line drop-out in the 50th minute when from the left side of the field and around ten metres out Bailey McConnell put in a tight foot grubber kick into the in-goal that had to be forced on the ground by the Eagles fullback.
Bailey McConnell forced a second Currumbin goal line drop-out in the final minute of regular time in the match when after receiving the ball near the centre of the field and thirty metres out, Bailey McConnell ran the ball to his left and when around fifteen metres out Bailey McConnell put in a right foot grubber which he came very close to getting back but ultimately the ball was forced dead in-goal by the Currumbin defence.
Klese Haas was named to make his NRL debut in Round Twenty Four of the 2022 season off the bench against the Newcastle Knights to become Titan Number 175. Playing thirty three minutes at right second row, Klese Hass ran for forty two metres (fifteen post contact) played the ball at an average speed of 3.49 seconds and made seventeen tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Jojo Fifita moved to right centre in Round Twenty Four against the Newcastle Knights an whilst playing all eighty minutes Jojo Fifita ran for 142 metres (fifty nine post contact), broke five tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.46 seconds and made twenty one tackles at an 84% tackling efficiency.
The 2022 U18 NRRRL Preliminary Final saw Damon Coldwell start at right centre for the Ballina Seagulls against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Damon Coldwell scoring a double as the Seagulls qualified for the Grand Final on the back of a 30 – 16 victory.
Damon Coldwell scored his first try in the 29th minute when with Ballina on the attack around ten metres out from the try line, the spun was spun to the right side of the field but the pass was low so instead of trying to take the low pass in his hands Damon Coldwell looked to trap the ball with his foot but the ball ended up going behind him. After Damon Coldwell turned and picked the ball up he was able to break one tackle and then bring the ball around and put in an extravagant dive to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Damon Coldwell completed his double in the 57th minute with a bullocking try near the left corner. Damon Coldwell received the ball around five metres out and four metres in from the right touchline and was immediately engaged by two Seagulls defenders but Damon Coldwell spun clockwise to gain separation and forced his way over the line to get the ball down three metres in from the left corner post.
Damon Coldwell had almost scored earlier in the match in the 12th minute when after cutting back inside from the right side of the field, Damon Coldwell was in the process of getting the ball down under the posts but the ball was knocked from his grasp as a result of a desperate tackle by Tweed Heads lock Isaac Harrison.
2023 Keebra Park SHS Rugby League Specialisation Scholarship student Cornelius Kelsall finished as the 2022 Victorian Rugby League U14 competition’s top try scorer with twenty two tries.
The 2022 U18 NRRRL Preliminary Final saw Desmond Ferguson start at halfback for the Ballina Seagulls against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Desmond Ferguson kicking five conversions from as many attempts as the Seagulls qualified for the Grand Final on the back of a 30 – 16 victory.
Desmond Ferguson also put in a heck of a touch finder in the 6th minute when with Ballina being awarded a penalty twenty metres out from their own try line and five metres in from the left touchline Desmond Ferguson kicked for touch with the ball initially bouncing in the field of play before going into touch just ten metres out from the try line at the other end of the field after a seventy metre gain for the Seagulls.
The 2022 U18 NRRRL Preliminary Final saw Isaac Harrison start at lock for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Ballina Seagulls with Isaac Harrison making a great try saving tackle in the 12th minute when he forced the ball loose from the grasp of Ballina right centre Damon Coldwell whilst he was over the try line and under the posts with Seagulls team mate Creedence Donovan picking the ball up two metres in his own in-goal and making twenty metres downfield.
The 2022 U18 NRRRL Preliminary Final saw Lachlan Offley start at fullback for the Ballina Seagulls against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Lachlan Offley scoring in the final minute of the match when after Tweed Heads had put in a desperate chip kick in from just ten metres out from their own line Lachlan Offley took possession thirty metres out and used both a left arm and right arm fend to beat defenders before carrying two more over the line to get the ball down three metres to the right of the uprights.
Lachlan Offley then did well in the 36th minute to save a try when he was able to get body in front of the Ballina five eight who had put a grubber into the in-goal but Lachlan Offley was able to get in front of the Seagulls player and knock the ball over the dead ball line.
The 2022 U18 NRRRL Preliminary Final saw Zac Windle start at left second row for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Ballina Seagulls with Zac Windle making a try saving tackle in the 28th minute when he raced to his right to hit the Ballina fullback Lachlan Offley less than a metre out from the try line when it looked like a certain Ballina try.
Zac Windle made another good tackle in the 43rd minute when he stopped the Ballina front rower (No. 10) in his tracks directly in front of the goal posts and less than a metre out. Then after the play the ball Zac Windle ran to his left to stop the Ballina lock from scoring next to the right upright.
The 2022 U18 NRRRL Preliminary Final saw Creedence Donovan start at fullback for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Ballina Seagulls with Creedence Donovan making a line break in the 12th minute when after Isaac Harrison forced the ball loose from the grasp of Ballina right centre Damon Coldwell whilst he was over the try line and under the posts, Creedence Donovan picking the ball up two metres in his own in-goal and making twenty metres downfield.
Creedence Donovan made a second line break in the 40th minute when after receiving a great inside ball from Zane Harrison around fifty five metres out Creedence Donovan raced through a gap before chipping over the onrushing Ballina fullback. Creedence Donovan chased through his own chip but at the last moment the ball took a horror bounce for Creedence Donovan just as he was able to collect the ball and score. Creedence Donovan however did not concede defeat and tackled the Ballina player who took possession in the in-goal to force a goal line drop-out.
In the 28th minute Creedence Donovan made a try saving tackle on the Ballina dummy half who after making a line break through the centre of the field tried to run around Creedence Donovan to his left but Creedence Donovan made a good low legs tackle with his left shoulder to bring the dummy half to ground just ten metres out from the Tweed Heads try line.
Creedence Donovan made a further good tackle in the 44th minute when he brought down the Ballina halfback around a metre out from the try line on the left side of the field.
The 2022 U18 NRRRL Preliminary Final saw Titans contracted Riley Buchanan start at right second row for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Ballina Seagulls with Riley Buchanan making a great line break in the 27th minute when as he was bringing the ball out of his own territory Riley Buchanan after engaging the Ballina defensive spun 360 degrees counter clockwise forty metres out from his own try line with Riley Buchanan continuing to charging downfield making thirty two metres through the centre of the field before off-loading the ball to his right to his five eight who had loomed up on his inside.
The 2022 U18 NRRRL Preliminary Final saw Zane Harrison start at halfback for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Ballina Seagulls with Zane Harrison kicking two conversions from three attempts in a tough loss for the Seagulls. Zane Harrison’s only miss was form the left touchline with the attempted conversion going just wide of the left upright.
Zane Harrison made a line break in the 36th minute when on the left side of the field and forty metres out Zane Harrison engaged the defensive line spinning 360 degrees counter clockwise and then raced downfield and was only brought to ground two metres out from the try line near the left corner.
Zane Harrison also recorded a line break assist in the 40th minute when after receiving the ball fifty five metres out and to the left of the play the ball Zane Harrison drew a defender out of the line and passed back to his inside to put Creedence Donovan into a big gap.
Zane Harrison also made a good run in the 13th minute when from twenty metres out from his own try line and in the centre of the field, Zane Harrison ran to his right out of dummy half making sixteen metres, breaking three tackles along the way.
Titans contracted Josiah Pahulu leads Ipswich SHS tomorrow in the Queensland School Boys Final against Ignatius Park SHS.
Titans contracted Max Liles started at five eight for Tweed Heads in Round Seventeen of the HDC competition against the Easts Tigers with Max Liles recording a try assist in the 79th minute when after feeding a scrum ten metres out and in the centre of the field Max Liles ran to the right side of the field and after receiving the ball from the back of the score, Max Liles ran the ball to the defensive line before passing to his right to Caleb Hodges who crashed over twelve metres to the right of the uprights.
Tremain Spry continued at right centre for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in Round Twenty of the Queensland Cup against the Easts Tigers with Tremain Spry scoring in the 65th minute with a fourteen metre charge to score twelve metres in from the right corner post after holding off one Tigers defender with a left arm fend.
Playing the entire match Tremain Spry ran for eighty five metres (twenty four post contact), broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 2.53 seconds and made eleven tackles at a tackling efficiency of 91.67%.
Tony Francis continued on the right wing for the Burleigh Bears in Round Twenty Queensland Cup against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls scoring a try either side of the halftime break.
Tony Francis scored his first try in the 38th minute when Tony Francis was on the end of a Bears backline movement with Tony Francis receiving the ball around ten metres out with Tony Francis placing the ball down in the right corner with the ball in his right hand after an acrobatic (and required) dive.
Tony Francis completed his double in the 43rd minute when once again Tony Francis was on the end of a Bears backline movement and once again Tony Francis had a bit of work to do after receiving the ball around ten metres out. Almost immediately upon receipt of the ball Tony Francis was engaged by his opposing winger but Tony Francis utilised his strength to force his opponent backwards before getting the ball down in the right corner as two other Seagulls defenders charged across in a wasted effort to stop Tony Francis from scoring.
Playing all eighty minutes Tony Francis ran for 120 metres (forty post contact), broke an equal team leading five tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.58 seconds and made three tackles.
Titansborn'n'bred
30-08-22, 07:39 PM
Klese Haas was named to make his NRL debut in Round Twenty Four of the 2022 season off the bench against the Newcastle Knights to become Titan Number 175. Playing thirty three minutes at right second row, Klese Hass ran for forty two metres (fifteen post contact) played the ball at an average speed of 3.49 seconds and made seventeen tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
It’s only been one game but I like what I see from young Haas. Seems like he can add that much needed starch to our pack and has a high ceiling but plenty to learn over the next few years. Good potential and looking forward to watching his growth
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Jojo Fifita moved to right centre in Round Twenty Four against the Newcastle Knights an whilst playing all eighty minutes Jojo Fifita ran for 142 metres (fifty nine post contact), broke five tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.46 seconds and made twenty one tackles at an 84% tackling efficiency.
Dunno about you mdrew, but I’ve been very impressed with JoJo this far. He seems likely to be our long term centre option. His defence reads and maturity in footy smarts he shown at such a young age and little NRL experience makes me look forward to seeing what he brings in the future. We’re desolately needing some quality in outside backs and although green and inexperienced, I think he ticks a lot of boxes
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Tony Francis continued on the right wing for the Burleigh Bears in Round Twenty Queensland Cup against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls scoring a try either side of the halftime break.
Tony Francis scored his first try in the 38th minute when Tony Francis was on the end of a Bears backline movement with Tony Francis receiving the ball around ten metres out with Tony Francis placing the ball down in the right corner with the ball in his right hand after an acrobatic (and required) dive.
Tony Francis completed his double in the 43rd minute when once again Tony Francis was on the end of a Bears backline movement and once again Tony Francis had a bit of work to do after receiving the ball around ten metres out. Almost immediately upon receipt of the ball Tony Francis was engaged by his opposing winger but Tony Francis utilised his strength to force his opponent backwards before getting the ball down in the right corner as two other Seagulls defenders charged across in a wasted effort to stop Tony Francis from scoring.
Playing all eighty minutes Tony Francis ran for 120 metres (forty post contact), broke an equal team leading five tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.58 seconds and made three tackles.
Haven’t seen a lot of T Francis but watched his last game for Burleigh and was impressed. His strengths seem to be in attack being a tall rangy winger which were in need of but how’s his defence mdrew? Can you see him as a future centre?
Tony Francis is definately a centre long term mate prior to this season has never played on the wing and whilst he has been very very good on the wing he is a centre long term and his defence is more than good enough too.
MaroonTitan
30-08-22, 08:50 PM
Hey mdrew, is Mo the first local junior to play 100 games for us? My stats man (aka 15 year old son) thinks he might be.
Hey mdrew, is Mo the first local junior to play 100 games for us? My stats man (aka 15 year old son) thinks he might be.
Second mate Ryan James was the first
The 2022 School Boy Renouf Cup season for Keebra Park SHS’s Israel Lotaki:
Round One against Ipswich SHS saw Israel Lotaki start at left centre with Israel Lotaki scoring in the 24th minute when he took an intercept around seventy metres out. Israel Lotaki got up into the Ipswich SHS line, taking the intercept and breaking away from two attempted tackles. After racing away the Ipswich SHS halfback grabbed Israel Lotaki’s left arm but Israel Lotaki got himself loose and raced away to score under the posts.
Israel Lotaki executed a brutal front on tackle in the 20th minute when the Ipswich SHS halfback ran the ball to his right from a scrum. Near the halfway mark, Israel Lotaki came out of the line and absolutely smashed him front on with Israel Lotaki’s heavy initial contact seeing the ball flew loose.
Israel Lotaki started at left centre, although he also spent time at right centre in Round Two against Redcliffe State High School.
Israel Lotaki scored his first try of the match in the 15th minute when after receiving a pass from his left from Kingston Seve, Israel Lotaki raced sixty five metres downfield to score under the posts after utilising a left foot step to easily beat the Redcliffe SHS fullback.
Israel Lotaki scored his second try in the 30th minute and it will probably be one of the easiest that he ever scores when after Israel Lotaki received a great ball from his left for Harvey Smith Israel Lotaki had to just fall over the try line with no defender to sight to score five metres in from the right corner.
Israel Lotaki scored a third try in the 33rd minute when after taking possession of the ball fifty five metes out Israel Lotaki pushed off one Redcliffe SHS defender and charged down the left touchline with Israel Lotaki bringing the ball around towards the posts but instead of just putting the ball down Israel Lotaki took on a Redcliffe SHS defender in the in-goal under the posts. I must admit it appeared that the defender may hold Israel Lotaki up but he shrugged him off to get the ball down under the posts.
Israel Lotaki also started at left centre in Round Three against Marsden State High School.
Israel Lotaki continued at right centre in Round Five 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.
Israel Lotaki continued at right centre in Round Six 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.
Israel Lotaki also started at right centre against Marsden SHS 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.
Israel Lotaki also started at right centre in the 2022 Renouf Cup Semi-Final against Marsden SHS with Israel Lotaki making a strong tackle on his opposite centre approximately thirty five metres from the try line. Israel Lotaki hit his oppoenent five metres in from the sideline with Israel Lotaki able to hold his opponent off the ground and then drive him into touch.
Israel Lotaki started the 2022 School Boy Renouf Cup Grand Final against Ipswich SHS at right centre with Israel Lotaki scoring in the 7th minute when ager good work on his inside by Harvey Smith, Israel Lotaki had an eight metre run to score two metres in from the right corner post.
Israel Lotaki made a line break in the 25th minute when he raced twenty five metres down the right touchline from a Keebra Park SHS scrum with Israel Lotaki being awarded a penalty at the end of his run after not being allowed to get to his feet to play the ball in an appropriate time frame.
In the 16th minute Israel Lotaki rag dolled the Ipswich SHS No. 14 dragging him back five metres in the tackle.
MaroonTitan
31-08-22, 08:53 AM
Thanks mdrew. Any word on young Luke Jones?
Thanks mdrew. Any word on young Luke Jones?
Had a solid season mate for PBC SHS in the Hancock Cup and also had some good moments for the Queensland School Boys U15 side.
The Victorian Rugby League U14 Grand Final certainly has a 2023 Keebra Park SHS flavour to it with four players from the Melton Bronco’s set to be part of the Keebra Park SHS Rugby League Sports Specialisation Program next season.
For Melton against the Altona Roosters, Cornelius Kelsall will start at fullback, Kason Tuai at right centre, Simione Tauelangi at left centre and Ezrah Tangianu at halfback.
Titans contracted Max Liles and Tanu Nona have been named in the Cudgen Hornets side for this weekend's U18 NRRRL Grand Final against the Ballina Seagulls.
Titans contracted Larry Siala will start in the second row for Ipswich Norths in the Ipswich Rugby League U17 Division One Grand Final this weekend against Ipswich Brothers.
The 2022 GBJRL U15 Division One Grand Final this weekend sees Titans contacted Taylan To’o named at start at right second row for the Souths Acacia Ridge Magpies against the Redcliffe Dolphins.
Impressively Vaka Sikahele has been named as the 18th man for the Burleigh Bears in their Queensland Cup Week One Final against the Norths Devils.
The 2022 School Boy Renouf Cup season for Keebra Park SHS’s Kingston Seve:
Kingston Seve played for Keebra Park in the 2022 Renouf Cup School Boy competition starting multiple matches at fullback including Round One against Ipswich State High School.
Kingston Seve started Round Two against Redcliffe State High School at fullback and in the 15th minute Kingston Seve threw the final pass to Israel Kotaki who raced sixty five metres to score under the posts.
Kingston Seve started Round Three against Mabel Park State High School at fullback and scored an impressive double in a big Keebra Park SHS victory.
Kingston Seve’s opening try came in the 19th minute when he received the ball off the dummy half from his left. After receiving the ball five metres out from the try line Kingston Seve looked up and saw no defender to sight and comfortably moved forward to score under the posts.
Kingston Seve completed his double in the 37th minute with a long range effort. Kingston Seve ran onto the ball to the right of the dummy half and just ten metres from his own line and Kingston Seve literally just kept running and simply streaked away to score next to the right upright in a show of exceptional speed over a long distance.
Kingston Seve also made a line break in the 13th minute when after Kingston Seve was looking to take a regulation hit-up forty metres out from his own try line and to the right of the play the ball, Kingston Seven literally ran straight through the centre of the Mabel Park SHS defence before being grabbed by a defender but Kingston Seve kept fighting in the tackle before finally being taken to ground after making thirty metres.
Kingston Seven recorded a second line break in the 32nd minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball Kingston Seven threatened to pass to his right when he was forty metres out from his own try line but after his opposing defender cheated to the outside Kingston Seve raced through the resultant gap, racing twenty eight metres but just as he was looking to execute a right foot step to take on the fullback, Kingston Seve lost his footing and slide to ground in front of the Mabel Park SHS fullback.
Kingston Seve also recorded a line break assist in the 47th minute when from right on the halfway mark Kingston Seve ran deep into the line and threw a good short ball to his right to put Harvey Smith through a gap with the halfback then drawing the Mabel Park SHS fullback to put his right winger over in the right corner.
Kingston Seve continued at fullback in Round Five 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.
Kingston Seve continued at fullback in Round Six 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.
Kingston Seve also started at fullback against Marsden SHS with a Kingston Seve short goal line drop-out in the 8th minute to the right going into touch eleven metres out to get the ball back for Keebra Park SHS deep in their own territory.
In the 26th minute Kingston Seve made a line break when after receiving an off-load Kingston Seven pushed away one defender before running to his left and racing thirty five metres down the left touchline line before being tackled on the halfway mark.
Kingston Seve also started at fullback in the 2022 Renouf Cup Semi-Final against Marsden SHS with Kingston Seve scoring an outstanding solo try in the 19th minute when after taking possession of a Marsden SHS kick on the first bounce ten metres out from his own try line whilst running back towards the try line around twelve metres in from the touchline on Keebra Park SHS’s left touchline. Once he took possession Kingston Seve ran the ball back towards the centre of the field bursting between a number of defenders before cutting to his left and racing down the left touchline near the halfway mark with Kingston Seve’s pace too much for the Marsden SHS cover defence with Kingston Seve scoring under the posts.
Kingston Seven had been dangerous earlier in the match coming close to scoring twice in the opening fifteen minutes of the match.
Kingston Seve started the 2022 School Boy Renouf Cup Grand Final against Ipswich SHS at fullback with Kingston Seve scoring a hat trick in a big Keebra Park SHS victory.
Kingston Seven scored his opening try in the 25th minute when after receiving the ball thirty metres out and on the left side of the field, Kingston Seven stepped off his left foot to beat one defender with Kingston Seve then racing away to score eight metres in from the left corner post.
Kingston Seven added a second try in the 27th minute with a thirty five metre run down the left channel with Kingston Seve carrying the Ipswich SHS fullback over the line to get the ball down in the left corner.
Kingston Seven completed his hat trick in the 39th minute when he backed up a long line break down the touchline by the Keebra Park SHS right winger with the winger getting the ball inside to Kington Seven who ran thirty metres and bring the ball around to put it down under the goal posts.
In the 17th minute Kingston Seve made a line break when from on the halfway mark Kingston Seve ran to his left and broke five tackles only being tackled ten metres out from the try line in front of the posts with Kingston Seve being awarded a penalty when he was not allowed to his feet in a timely fashion to play the ball.
Kingston Seve’s performance saw him deservedly named as Player of the Grand Final.
The 2022 School Boy Renouf Cup season for Keebra Park SHS’s Harvey Smith:
Round One against Ipswich SHS saw Harvey Smith start at halfback with Harvey Smith recording a try assist in the 10th minute when Harvey Smith received the ball to the right of the play the ball thirty five metres out, initially dummying to an inside runner before throwing a long cut-out pass to his right to put his right winger down the touchline to score in the corner.
What a start to the match Harvey Smith had with his kick-off spinning wickedly in the air and going into touch around twenty metres out to put PBC SHS on the attack immediately with Qubin Anderson scoring just two tackles later.
Harvey Smith started Round Two against Redcliffe State High School at halfback with Harvey Smith once again filling up the stats column by scoring a try, kicking seven conversions and recording three try assists.
Harvey Smith scored in the 21st minute and what a great solo try it was. Harvey Smith received the ball to the right of the play the ball around forty metres out and darted straight through the centre of the defensive line before beating the Redcliffe SHS fullback with a right foot step to score next to the right upright. Harvey Smith then stepped up to convert his own try.
In addition, the first of Harvey Smith’s try assists came just over one minute into the match when after receiving the ball near the centre of the field and inside the attacking twenty metre area, Harvey Smith took to steps to his right to settle his balance before throwing a long, hard, flat cut-out pass to his right to put his right centre into a wide expanse of space to score untouched ten metres in from the left corner.
Harvey Smith recorded his second try assist in the 30th minute when from the right of the play the ball Harvey Smith took the ball deep into the defensive line and when he was within a metre of the line Harvey Smith threw a great pass to his right to Israel Lotaki who literally had to just fall over to score.
Harvey Smith then added a third try assist in the 51st minute when from five metres inside his own territory Harvey Smith ran to his left after the ball was played near centre field and threw a long cut [out pass to his left to his left winger who raced down the left touchline to score in the corner.
Harvey Smith started Round Three against Mabel Park State High School at halfback and had as good a match as I have ever seen from a young play maker with Harvey Smith scoring a hat trick, setting up three more tries and also kicking seven conversions including an outstanding conversion from the left touchline in the 10th minute to convert Qubin Anderson’s outstanding solo try.
Harvey Smith scored inside the first minute of the match when after Mabel Park SHS turned the ball over on the second tackle of the match, Harvey Smith received the ball from the dummy half to his left around ten metres out and immediately dummied both to his inside and out before sliding between two defenders. Harvey Smith stepped off his left looking to beat the fullback but after being engaged by the Mabel Park fullback Harvey Smith fought through the tackle to get the ball down mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field. Harvey Smith then stepped up to convert his own try.
Harvey Smith’s second try came in just the 8th minute when after receiving the ball from his left from Qubin Anderson around fourteen metres out and in space, Harvey Smith dummied to his right before slicing through a gap and scoring once again mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field. Harvey Smith then stepped up to convert his own try once again.
Harvey Smith completed his hat trick in the in the 29th minute when from a Keebra Park SHS win ten metres out Harvey Smith ran to his right after receiving the ball from the base of the scrum from Qubin Anderson. As he approached the Mabel Park SHS defensive line Harvey Smith shaped to pass to his right but instead sliced through a gap to score five metres in from the right corner post.
The first of Harvey Smith’s try assists came in the 13th minute when on the right side of the field, Harvey Smith got on the outside of his direct opponent, then drawing in a further defender and off-loading to his right to put Jacoebi Murphy into space with the right centre running twenty metres to score ten metres in from the right corner post.
Harvey Smith’s second assist came in the 47th minute when after being put into a gap on halfway by Kingston Seven Harvey Smith drew the Mabel Park SHS fullback and passed to his right to put his winger over in the corner.
Harvey Smith also recorded a 43rd minute line break assist when whilst operating on the right side of the field near the halfway mark Harvey Smith ran deep into the defensive line and threw a long, hard cut-out pass to his right to put his winger away down the right touchline.
Harvey Smith continued at halfback in Round Five 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.
Harvey Smith continued at halfback in Round Six 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.
Harvey Smith then 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.
Harvey Smith started at halfback in the 2022 Renouf Cup Semi-Final against Marsden SHS with Harvey Smith kicking a conversion.
Harvey Smith also set up the Keebra Park SHS try that sent them into the Renouf Cup Grand Final when with just five minutes to go and Keebra Park SHS down by two points, Harvey Smith received the ball to the left of the play the ball around twelve metres out and took the ball to the defensive line before throwing a great cut-out pass to his left to put his winger over in the left corner to put Keebra Park SHS into the lead, which they held onto to propel then into the 2022 Renouf Cup Grand Final.
In fact just a couple of minutes earlier, Harvey Smith had thrown a similar pass to his left corner to get over the try line but the referee ruled the pass forward.
Even after setting up the match winning try in the 45th minute, Harvey Smith’s influence on the match was not over. With Marsden SHS deep on the attack in Keebra Park SHS territory they put in a chip kick from their right back towards the goal posts with Harvey Smith taking a sliding catch of the kick on the full three metres out in front of his posts whilst sliding back towards the try line.
Harvey Smith also executed a smart piece of play in the 36th minute with a one on one strip on one of the giant Marsden SHS front rowers with Harvey Smith taking possession just thirty five metres out to put Keebra Park SHS immediately onto the attack.
Harvey Smith started the 2022 School Boy Renouf Cup Grand Final against Ipswich SHS at halfback with Harvey Smith scoring two tries and kicking four conversions to lead Keebra Park SHS to a big victory.
Harvey Smith scored his opening try in the 18th minute when after receiving the ball on the left side of the play the ball Harvey Smith dummied to his right before stepping off his right foot and then raced ten metres to score under the posts. Harvey Smith then stepped up to convert his own try.
Harvey Smith completed his double in the 49th minute when after Keebra Park SHS were awarded a penalty ten metres out and fifteen metres in from the right touchline, Harvey Smith took the tap and ran to his right and force his way over to score eight metres in from the right corner post.
Harvey Smith also recorded a try assist in the 32nd minute when Harvey Smith ran the ball down a right blindside and when ten metres out, Harvey Smith threw a hard flat cut-out pass to his right to put his winger over in the corner.
Harvey Smith also forced a goal line drop-out in the 42nd minute when Harvey Smith took the ball down a right blindside and under pressure put in a right foot grubber kick into the in-goal from eight metres out with the Ipswich SHS fullback forced to take the ball over the dead ball line to concede a goal line drop-out.
Harvey Smith put a bomb in the 7th minute thirty metres out from the try line with Ipswich SHS fullback drooping the ball with the ball subsequently going dead in goal to force a second goal line drop-out.
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31-08-22, 07:54 PM
Impressively Vaka Sikahele has been named as the 18th man for the Burleigh Bears in their Queensland Cup Week One Final against the Norths Devils.
Nice, so he’s fully recovered from that serious injury then. How has he returned?
Nice, so he’s fully recovered from that serious injury then. How has he returned?
Slow start mate, but Vaka was Burleigh's best in the final couple of rounds playing both in the dummy half role as well as lock.
The 2022 School Boy Langer Cup season for Titans contracted Jac Finnigan:
Round One of the 2022 Langer Cup School Boy competition saw Jac Finnigan named to from the bench for PBC State High School against Marsden State High School for his Langer Cup debut with Jac Finnigan coming onto the field in the 21st minute to operate at right second row with Jac Finnigan’s first run coming almost as soon as he came on with Jac Finnigan’s hard charge getting the ball forty metres out from his own try line.
Jac Finnigan made a line break in the 24th minute when he charged onto a good ball from his left from Reico Ratana who from just inside his own territory had cut across field to his left before popping a short ball to Jac Finnigan who flew onto the ball and then stepped off his right foot to beat one defender before being brought down after making twenty five metres.
Jac Finnigan made a further strong run in the 44th minute making ten metres down the right channel to get the ball to the halfway mark. Jac Finnigan was at it again in the 55th minute making twelve metres into the attacking twenty metre zone after receiving a hard flat pass from his inside from Zane Harrison. Jac Finnigan was hit high by the Marsden SHS defence and was deservedly awarded a penalty.
Jac Finnigan continued off the bench in Round Two against Redcliffe State High School with Jac Finnigan coming onto the field late in the first half at right second row.
Round Three against Coombabah State High School saw Jac Finnigan making his Langer Cup starting debut at right second row.
After the mid-season break, Jac Finnigan started at left second row in Round Four against Ipswich State High School and in the 18th minute Jac Finnigan executed a great hit on the Ipswich SHS winger (No. 2) from a kick return.
Jac Finnigan then started at right second row in Round Five 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.
Jac Finnigan also started at right second row in the Round Six local derby against Keebra Park SHS with Jac Finnigan making a strong run of sixteen metres in the 45th minute down the right channel to get the ball three metres over the halfway mark.
Jac Finnigan continued at right second row in Round Seven against Wavell SHS.
Jac Finnigan continued at right second row in PBC SHS’s Langer Cup Quarter Final against Mabel Park SHS with Jac Finnigan getting the movement underway that led to PBC SHS’s opening try of their big win. In the 4th minute Jac Finnigan took the ball into the defensive line and whilst being dragged to ground Jac Finnigan got away a great two handed off-load to Keano Kini who ultimately scored in the right corner.
Jac Finnigan then did well in the 24th minute when he held up the Mabel Park SHS replacement dummy half who had tried to burrow his way over from dummy half on the right side of the field.
Jac Finnigan was then named at right second row for PBC SHS in the 2022 Langer Cup Semi-final against Keebra Park SHS.
Unfortunately for Jac Finnigan he was ruled out of the 2022 School Boy Langer Cup Grand Final against Ipswich SHS due to injury.
The 2022 School Boy Langer Cup season for Cooper Wolf:
2022 saw Cooper Wolf move to PBC State High School and start from the bench in Round One of the Langer Cup School Boy competition against Marsden State High School with Cooper Wolf coming onto the field in the 34th minute to play in the front row.
Cooper Wolf continued off the bench in Round Two against Redcliffe State High School as well as in Round Three against Coombabah State High School with Cooper Wolf coming onto the field to operate in the front row in the 27th minute.
Cooper Wolf made a number of strong runs, the best of which came in the 35th minute when he charged onto the ball making fifteen hard metres to get the ball to near the halfway mark.
Cooper Wolf showed his intensity in the 36th minute when as Coombabah SHS were trying to bring the ball out of their own twenty metre area, Cooper Wolf made three tackles in a row to completely stall Coombabah SHS’s momentum.
Cooper Wolf also started from the bench in the Round Six local derby against Keebra Park SHS with Cooper Wolf 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 Wolf 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 Wolf spun 360 degrees counter clockwise and continued his charge towards the try line.
Cooper Wolf was hit by Keebra Park SHS defenders once again still two metres short of the line and after being spun around, Cooper Wolf progressed the remaining two metres to the try line backwards. The after initially being held up over the try line, Cooper Wolf was able to spin to his right to get the ball down ten metres to the left of the uprights.
Cooper Wolf continued from the bench in Round Seven against Wavell SHS with Cooper Wolf coming onto the field in the 11th minute to operate in the front row.
Cooper Wolf was then named on the PBC SHS extended bench for the 2022 Langer Cup Semi-final against Keebra Park SHS.
Cooper Wolf also started from the bench for PBC SHS in the 2022 Langer Reserve Semi-final against Keebra Park SHS with Cooper Wolf coming onto the field in the 17th minute to operate in the front row. Cooper Wolf’s best moment of the semi-final victory came in the 55th minute with a sixteen metre run from the left of the play the ball to get the ball thirty five metres out from the try line.
The 2022 Walters Cup School Boy competition for Titans contracted Anton Whaiapu:
2022 also saw Anton Whaiapu continue at Keebra Park State High School, starting Round One of the School Boy Walters Cup competition at lock against Ipswich State High School.
Round Two saw Anton Whaiapu continue at lcok against Forest Lake State High School with Anton Whaiapu recording a 53rd minute try assist when from seventy metres out Anton Whaiapu charged out of dummy half to his left and burst through the centre of the Forest Lake SHS ruck before off-loading to his left centre to score after Anton Whaiapu had drawn the Forest Lake SHS fullback.
Earlier in the second half Anton Whaiapu had thrown the last pass to his right centre is easily score wide out on the right side of the field.
Anton Whaiapu continued at lock in Round Three against Marsden SHS and then after missing a number of rounds also 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.
Anton Whaiapu continued at lock in Round Seven against Mabel Park SHS.
Anton Whaiapu also started at lock for Keebra Park SHS in the 2022 Walters Cup School Boy semi-final against Mabel Park SHS with Anton Whaiapu making the second tackle of the match after Keebra Park SHS had kicked off.
The 2022 School Boy Walters Cup Grand Final saw Anton Whaiapu start at lock for Keebra Park SHS against Marsden SHS with Anton Whaiapu taking the second hit-up of the match to get the ball to forty two metres out from his own try line. Anton Whaiapu then took the fourth hit-up of the match to get the ball over the halfway mark.
Then in the 40th minute Anton Whaiapu charged onto the ball to the right of the play the ball with Anton Whaiapu getting the ball from thirty metres out from his own try line to five metres inside Marsden SHS territory.
There is one heck of a second row battle looming in Saturday's Group One U14 Final between South Grafton and Ballina with Noah Reti lining up in the second row for South Grafton and he will be taking on talented Ballina duo Jett Flatley and Harrison Clements.
Titans contracted Beau Hartmann will play for the Grafton Ghosts this weekend in the Group One U15 Final against the Marist Rams.
Titans contracted Luke Jones will lead from the front for the Currumbin Eagles in the Gold Coast Rugby League U15 Division One Grand Final this weekend against the Beaudesert Kingfishers.
The Burleigh White GCRL U16 Division One side for this weekends Grand Final against the Helensvale Hornets has Titans contracted Nayte Saage starting at halfback and hopefully fellow Titans Sam Stephenson and Ray Puru can overcome injury and take their place in the Bears side as well.
Titans contracted Izayah Patrichvich scored eleven points in Round Two of the GC U17 Division One Basketball competition in a 60-46 win for his Vipers side.
Izayah Petrichvich hit four 2 point shots and one three point shot.
The 2022 Walters Cup School Boy competition for Titans contracted Ryder Williams:
2022 saw Ryder Williams move to Keebra Park SHS making his first ‘official’ appearance for Keebra Park State High School in Round One of the 2022 School Boy Walters Cup competition when he started at halfback against Ipswich State High School.
Ryder Williams certainly made an impressive first impression including kicking five conversions from as many attempts including a great conversion from the right touchline in the 44th minute.
In fact Ryder Williams recorded a try assist for the try he converted from the right touchline when from on the halfway mark down a short right blindside Ryder Williams put in a hard low right foot kick with his right winger racing through to collect the ball just short of the try line and dive over to score in the right corner with the Ipswich SHS cover defence trailing by a fair distance.
Ryder Williams also started Round Three of the 2022 Walters Cup School Boy Rugby League competition at halfback against Marsden SHS with Ryder Williams scoring two tries and kicking six conversions including a great effort from the left touchline in the 48th minute of a big Keebra Park SHS victory.
Ryder Williams opening try came in just the 5th minute when after receiving a great short ball from his left from his hooker who had darted out of dummy half, Ryder Williams scored from three metres out with Ryder Williams getting the ball down five metres in from the left corner. Ryder Williams then stepped up and nailed the conversion.
Ryder Williams completed his double in the 35th minute with an easy try on the right side of the field. Keebra Park SHS made a big line break down the left touchline and from the play the ball less than a metre from the try line the ball was spun wide to the right with Ryder Williams getting the ball in acres of space around fourteen metres out and jogged across the try line and was still able to bring the ball around closer to the posts to make it easier for him to convert his own try which he subsequently did from five metres to the left of the uprights.
Ryder Williams also recorded a 16th minute try assist when from five metres out Ryder William took the ball down a short left blindside and threw a hard flat pass to his left winger on the outside of his opposite number to dive over in the left corner.
Ryder Williams showcased his attacking kicking skills in the 45th minute with a bomb from twenty five metres out and from down a short right blindside with the ball coming down just in the field of play giving the Marsden SHS fullback no chance after he was forced back into the in-goal as soon as he took the kick on the full.
Ryder Williams then started at halfback in Round Four 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.
Ryder Williams continued at halfback in Round Five against Redcliffe SHS with Ryder Williams kicking one 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.
Ryder Williams continued at half in Round Six 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 Keebra Park SHS try line.
Ryder Williams continued at halfback in Round Seven against Mabel Park SHS with Ryder Williams doing well in the 21st minute when after taking on the defensive line on the right side of the field, Ryder Williams when ten metres out produced a great right arm flick off-load whilst falling to ground to his right second rower who got within a metre of the try line.
Ryder Williams also started at halfback for Keebra Park SHS in the 2022 Walters Cup School Boy Semi-final against Mabel Park SHS with Ryder Williams kicking a conversion in Keebra Park SHS’s 18 – 12 victory which put them into the Grand Final.
Ryder Williams recorded a try assist in the 8th minute from a Keebra Park SHS scrum win twenty five metres out from the try line and to the right of the uprights. After feeding the scrum Ryder Williams in a set move ran to his left two passes off the back of the scrum and after receiving the ball ran at the back peddling defensive line and as the Mabel Park SHS right winger turned his right shoulder to the inside Ryder Williams got a pass away to his left winger Toni Fomai who was able to score in the left corner.
Ryder Williams recorded a second try assist in the 38th minute after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball Ryder Williams from ten metres out, threw a long cut out pass to his left to put the Keebra Park SHS left winger Toni Fomai over in the left corner.
In the 12th minute from the left of the play the ball and forty two metres out Ryder Williams put in a right foot kick into the corner with the Mabel Park SHS fullback barely able get back into the field of play before the Keebra Park SHS chasers got to him.
In the 8th minute Ryder Williams executed a great hit on the Mabel Park SHS five eight who had ran straight at Ryder Williams from a Mabel Park SHS scrum deep inside their own twenty metre area.
The 2022 School Boy Walters Cup Grand Final saw Ryder Williams start at halfback for Keebra Park SHS against Marsden SHS with Ryder Williams outstanding in a strong Keebra Park SHS victory.
Ryder Williams in addition to kicking four conversions from five attempts scored one try and set up another.
Ryder Williams scored in the 34th minute when he backed up a line break from his five eight with Ryder Williams receiving the ball from his left and running forty five metres to score under the posts. IT was in fact Ryder Williams that passed the ball for his five eight to make the line break from thirty five metres out from the Keebra Park SHS try line. Ryder Williams then stepped up to convert his own try.
Ryder Williams recorded his try assist in the 31st minute when after chasing through a Keebra Park SHS chip kick from inside their own territory, Ryder Williams got to the ball just before the Marsden SHS fullback and then got the ball away to his right to his support who crossed to score. Ryder Williams then stepped up to convert the try that he had set up.
The Grand Final was not just about attack for Ryder Williams as in the 38th minute Ryder Williams smashed one of the Marsden SHS front rowers (No. 10) who was taking a hit-up from a Marsden SHS penalty tap restart twelve metres out from the Keebra Park SHS try line.
Impressively Ryder Williams was named on the Keebra Park SHS extended bench for their Langer Cup Semi-final against PBC SHS and whilst Ryder Williams did not make the final seventeen his selection highlighted the faith that the Keebra Park SHS has in Ryder Williams.
The 2022 Langer Cup School Boy competition for Jake Lateo:
Jake Lateo returned to PBC State High School in 2022 coming off the bench in Round One of the Langer Cup School Boy competition against Marsden SHS coming on early in the second half to operate at five eight on the right side of the field.
Jake Lateo then started at halfback in Round Two against Redcliffe State High School.
After the mid-season break, Jake Lateo started from the bench in Round Four of the Langer Reserve competition against Ipswich State High School coming onto the field at the halftime break.
Jake Lateo also started from the bench in Round Five against Mabel Park SHS with Jake Lateo coming onto the field in the 15th minute to operate in the halves. Jake Lateo also started from the bench in Round Six against local rivals Keebra Park SHS with Jake Lateo coming into the match in the 17th minute.
Jake Lateo then moved into the PBC SHS starting side at five eight in Round Seven against Wavell SHS with Jake Lateo making a line break in the 19th minute with a twenty metre run down a right blindside to get the ball ten metres into Wavell SHS territory.
Jake Lateo then started from the bench for PBC SHS in the 2022 Langer Reserve Semi-final against Keebra Park SHS with Jake Lateo coming onto the field early in the second half to operate at halfback.
The 2022 School Boy Langer Reserve Grand Final saw Jake Lateo start at halfback for PBC SHS against Marsden SHS with Jake Lateo recording a try assist in the 12th minute when from the left of the play the ball around eighteen metres out and just to the right of the uprights, Jake Lateo put in a right foot bomb to the left with Creedence Donovan racing through to take the kick on the full just out from the try line and was able to get the ball down ten metres to the left of the uprights.
Jake Lateo also forced a goal line drop-out in unique circumstances in the 36th minute when from eighteen metres out and on the left side of the field Jake Lateo put up a bomb back towards the posts. The ball hit the cross bar on the full with the Marsden SHS forced to knock the ball dead in-goal.
The 2022 Langer Cup School Boy competition for Jury Taewa:
Jury Taewa returned to PBC State High School in 2022 starting Round One of the Langer Cup School Boy competition against Marsden SHS in the front row and took the second hit-up of the match after Marsden SHS had kicked off.
Jury Taewa produced another strong run in the 32nd minute when from the left of the play the ball Jury Taewa cut back to his right after receiving the ball and whilst in contact with the defensive line Jury Taewa was able to produce a left arm flick off-load to extend the play.
Jury Taewa used his size to his advantage in the 5th minute with a heavy defensive hit over the top of the Marsden SHS lock knocking him backwards and just a minute later smashed the same player again with another strong hit.
Jury Taewa also started in the front row in Round two against Redcliffe State High School and scored in the 30th minute from around six metres out after receiving a long pass from the dummy half from his left with Jury Taewa getting down low and barging his way over one defender to score mid-way between the corner post and goal posts on the right side of the field.
After the mid-season break, Jury Taewa started in the front row in Round Four of the Langer Reserve competition against Ipswich State High School wit hJury Taewa doing well in the 16th minute to hold up his opposite number over the try line.
Jury Taewa also started in the front row in Round Five against Mabel Park SHS as well as in Round Six in the local derby against Keebra Park SHS with Jury Taewa making a strong charge from a kick-off in the 30th minute after Ray Puru scored with Jury Taewa returning the ball to thirty metres out from his own try line.
Jury Taewa continued in the front row in Round Seven 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.
Jury Taewa then started in the front row for PBC SHS in the 2022 Langer Reserve Semi-final against Keebra Park SHS.
The 2022 School Boy Langer Reserve Grand Final saw Jury Taewa start in the front row for PBC SHS against Marsden SHS with Jury Taewa along with Creedence Donovan making a desperate try saving tackle in the left corner in the 48th minute with PBC SHS up by only six points.
The 2022 Langer Cup School Boy competition for Will Saunders:
Will Saunders was named to make his School Boy Langer Cup Open A debut in Round Three of the 2022 competition when he was named on the bench against Coombabah State High School with Will Saunders coming onto the field to operate in the dummy half role in the 23rd minute.
It did not take Will Saunders to make his mark on the match when in the 27th minute Will Saunders darted out of dummy half to his right from sixty five metres and raced straight through the centre of the ruck. Will Saunders’s speed took him all of the way to the Coombabah SHS fullback but his pass to his left was knocked down before it could reach his support.
Will Saunders did well from a defensive perspective in right on halftime when he along with Keano Kini, he was able to hold up the Coombabah SHS fullback over the line on the left side of the field after the fullback had cut inside from near the left touchline.
In the 39th minute with Coombabah SHS attacking around the halfway mark Will Saunders arrested the momentum back to PBC SHS with a well-executed one on one strip.
Will Saunders’s performance against Coombabah SHS was such that he was named on the bench in the Courier Mail Langer Cup Round Three Team of the Week.
After the mid-season break, Will Saunders started from the bench in Round Four against Ipswich State High School coming onto the field in the 23rd minute to operate in the dummy half role.
Will Saunders returned to PBC State High School in 2022 starting Round One of the Langer Cup School Boy competition against Marsden SHS at hooker and came close to scoring in the 21st minute when he was held up over the try line after running to his left out of dummy half from close range.
Will Saunders then made a 24th minute line break when after PBC SHS were awarded a penalty, Will Saunders took a quick tap and went straight through the centre of the Marsden SHS defensive line and broke away only to brought down from behind just ten metres out from the try line.
Will Saunders had done well in the 16th minute with a trade mark dummy half run to his right from forty metres out from his own line and was able to get the ball eight metres into Marsden SHS territory.
Will Saunders also started at hooker in Round two against Redcliffe State High School and scored a hat trick in a big PBC SHS victory.
Will Saunders scored his first try in the 9th minute when after receiving the ball two passes to the right of the play the ball Will Saunders beat two defenders who were rushing up on him with quick left foot steps before he cut to his right to beat the fullback and score next to the right upright from twenty metres out.
Will Saunders scored his second try in the 20th minute when he was able to pick up a ball flopped back to him by a team mate close to the try line and dart over from three metres out to score under the posts.
Will Saunders completed his hat trick in the 54th minute when from forty five metres from the try line Will Saunders ran to his right and literally ran through the middle of the Redcliffe SHS ruck and then Will Saunders dummied to his right to beat the fullback and score for all intents and purposes untouched under the posts.
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.
Will Saunders continued at hooker in Round Six against local rivals Keebra Park SHS with Will Saunders doing well defensively in the 14th minute when along with Ray Puru, Will Saunders held up the Keebra Park SHS hooker adjacent to the right upright.
Will Saunders also made a great tackle in the 44th minute on the Keebra Park SHS front rower No. 8 near the halfway mark with Will Saunders ball and all tackle forcing the ball loose to give PBC SHS an opportunity to close the six point gap in the dying moments.
Will Saunders continued at hooker in Round Seven 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 metres into Wavell SHS territory.
Will Saunders then started at hooker for PBC SHS in the 2022 Langer Reserve Semi-final against Keebra Park SHS with Will Saunders held up over the try lien in the 11th minute when he tried to force his way over from dummy half mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Will Saunders along with Ray Puru holding up the replacement Keebra Park SHS dummy half three metres to the right of the uprights after he had run out of dummy half from close range in the 23rd minute.
The 2022 School Boy Langer Reserve Grand Final saw Will Saunders start at hooker for PBC SHS against Marsden SHS with Will Saunders recording a try assist in the 8th minute when from forty metres out and in the centre of the field, Will Saunders ran to his right out of dummy half and burst through the middle of the defensive line and as he approached the twenty metre line, Will Saunders put in a right foot grubber kick back to his left to Jakeem Thompson racing through to collect the ball to score next to the left upright.
At the completion of the 2022 Queensland Cup regular season Lofi Khan-Pereira led the Queensland Cup with twenty two tries and also was the equal leaded in the Queensland Cup in terms of line breaks with twenty.
Tony Francis finished the 2022 Queensland Cup regular season with the fifty most line breaks with fifteen.
The 2022 Langer Cup School Boy competition for Creedence Donovan:
2022 saw Creedence Donovan once again line up for PBC SHS and started on the left wing in Round One of the School Boy Langer Cup Reserve Grade competition, scoring in the 49th minute when after PBC SHS won a scrum deep on the attack Creedence Donovan cahsed through a kick from the first tackle and got to the ball first to get the ball down ten metres in from the left corner post.
Creedence Donovan also started on the left wing in Round two against Redcliffe SHS and scored in the 49th minute when he chased through a Ray Puru chip kick to collect the ball on the bounce and dive over to score ten metres in from the right corner post.
After the mid-season break, Creedence Donovan moved to five eight in Round Four of the Langer Reserve competition against Ipswich State High School with Creedence Donovan coming sclose to scoring in the 48th minute when from a PBC SHS dcrum win twenty metres out, Creedence Donovan ran to his right and was able to get through a number of defenders only to be held up six metres in from the right corner.
Creedence Donovan made a great one on one ball and all tackle in the 16th minute just out from his own try line on the Ipswich SHS fullback to immediately halt the extreme attacking threat.
Creedence Donovan then moved to the left wing for Round Five against Mabel Park SHS with Creedence Donovan scoring in the 24th minute when he was on the end of the play when the ball was spun out to his wing with Creedence Donovan diving over to score in the left corner.
Creedence Donovan scored a second try in the 26th minute when he backed up a line break by Bailey McConnell to receive the off-load with Creedence Donovan bale to bring the ball around to score under the posts.
Creedence Donovan continued at fullback in Round Six 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.
Creedence Donovan continued on the left wing in Round Seven 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.
Creedence Donovan started on the left wing for PBC SHS in the 2022 Langer Reserve Semi-final against Keebra Park SHS with Creedence Donovan scoring in the 25th minute when Creedence Donovan chased a kick to his wing with Creedence Donovan diving on the ball four metres in from the left corner post.
The 2022 School Boy Langer Reserve Grand Final saw Creedence Donovan start at fullback for PBC SHS against Marsden SHS with Creedence Donovan scoring in the 12th minute in the 12th minute when from the left of the play the ball around eighteen metres out and just to the right of the uprights, Jake Lateo put in a right foot bomb to the left with Creedence Donovan racing through to take the kick on the full just out from the try line and was able to get the ball down ten metres to the left of the uprights.
Creedence Donovan also recorded a line break in the 3rd minute when after taking possession of the ball deep inside his own territory from a Marsden SHS clearing kick near his left corner, Creedence Donovan ran the ball to his right making twenty two metres to get the ball to within eight metres of the halfway mark.
Then Creedence Donovan along with Jury Taewa along made a desperate try saving tackle in the left corner in the 48th minute with PBC SHS up by only six points.
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01-09-22, 04:35 PM
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The 2022 School Boy Langer Cup season for Titans contracted Ray Puru:
Ray Puru returned to PBC State High School in 2022 starting Round One of the Langer Cup School Boy competition against Marsden SHS at fullback and produced a strong match which included a 25th minute try assist when whilst operating to the left of the play the ball Ray Puru threw a great cut-out pass to his left to put his left winger into space and dive over in the left corner.
Ray Puru’s first run of the match came in the 5th minute when he darted out of dummy half to his right to bring the ball away from his own try line. Ray Puru then did well in the 33rd minute when after taking a long clearing kick on the full thirty metres from his own try line he burst away down the left touchline before cutting inside to beat the Marsden SHS fullback but as the cover defence converged, unfortunately Ray Puru’s inside pass went to ground.
Ray Puru did exceptionally well in the 6th minute when he raced to his left and took a long Marsden SHS clearing kick on the full whilst sliding on his knees towards the right corner, Ray Puru was able to get to his feet and promote the ball downfield.
Ray Puru then started Round two against Redcliffe State High School at five eight and scored through a piece of individual brilliance in the 32nd minute when after receiving an off-load Ray Puru ran to his left before executing a brilliant left foot step to totally bamboozle the Redcliffe SHS defence and explode away to score ten metres to the right of the uprights.
After the mid-season break, Ray Puru started at fullback 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.
Ray Puru also started at fullback in Round Five 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.
Ray Puru continued at fullback in Round Six 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 Will Saunders, Ray Puru held up the Keebra Park SHS hooker adjacent to the right upright.
Ray Puru continued at fullback in Round Seven 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.
Ray Puru then started at fullback for PBC SHS in the 2022 Langer Reserve Semi-final against Keebra Park SHS with Ray Puru along with Will Saunders holding up the replacement Keebra Park SHS dummy half three metres to the right of the uprights after he had run out of dummy half from close range in the 23rd minute.
The 2022 Langer Cup School Boy competition for Titans contracted Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa:
Round One of the 2022 Langer Cup School Boy competition saw Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa named to start from the bench for Marsden State High School against PBC State High School with Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa coming on around twenty metre mark.
Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa also started from the bench in Round Two against Wavell State High School however he was a lae scratching from the match.
Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa was then named to start in the front row in Round Three against Keebra Park State High School.
Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa was then named on the bench in Marsden SHS’s Langer Cup Quarter Final against Wavell SHS.
Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa then 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.
Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa also started in the front row in Round Six against Mabel Park SHS before moving to right second row in Round Seven against Ipswich SHS.
Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa then started at right second row in the 2022 Langer Reserve Semi-Final against Ipswich SHS with Taleon Te Whiu-Hopa taking the opening hit-up of the match on the right side of the field after Marsden SHS had spun the ball from the kick-off from left to right with Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa able to get the ball to his own thirty metre mark.
Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa then took the 4th hit-up in the same set of six to get the ball within twenty two metres of the try line and five metres in from the right touchline.
The 2022 School Boy Langer Reserve Grand Final saw Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa start at right second row for Marsden SHS against PBC SHS with Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa recording a great try assist in the 41st minute when Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa charged onto the ball down a short left blindside from around ten metres out and after engaging the defensive line Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa got away a great right arm off-load to his left to put his winger over in the left corner.
Earlier in the match in the 27th minute Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa made a strong twenty metre charge down the right channel to get around twenty two metres out from the try line.
The 2022 Langer Cup School Boy competition for Titans contracted Corey Pearce:
Corey Pe**** returned to Marsden State High School in 2022 and started from the bench in Round One of the Langer Cup Reserve School Boy competition against PBC SHS, playing in the dummy half role when he came in towards the end of the first half.
Corey Pe**** also came off the bench in Round Three against Keebra Park State High School with Corey Pe**** coming onto the field in the 18th minute to operate in the dummy half role.
Corey Pe**** the moved into the starting side at hooker in Round Four 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.
Corey Pearce also started at hooker in Round Six against Mabel Park SHS as well as in Round Seven against Ipswich SHS.
Corey Pearce continued at hooker in the 2022 Langer Reserve Semi-Final against Ipswich SHS with Corey Pearce scoring a try in each half to lead Marsden SHS to a victory and a Grand Final berth.
Corey Pearce scored the first of his two tries when from twelve metres out from the line, Corey Pearce ran to his left, dummying to his left before Corey Pearce engaged the defensive line just short of the try line and spun 360 degrees counter clockwise to get the ball down under heavy pressure ten metres to the left of the uprights.
Corey Pearce’s second try also came from a run out of dummy half when from three metres out, Corey Pearce skipped out of dummy half to his left before darting over to score five metres to the right of the uprights.
Corey Pearce made the first of a number of strong runs out of dummy half when he ran to his right with Corey Pearce making nineteen metres to get the ball ten metres into Ipswich SHS territory.
The 2022 School Boy Langer Reserve Grand Final saw Corey Pearce start at hooker for Marsden SHS against PBC SHS.
The 2022 School Boy Langer Cup competition for Caleb Te Momo:
2022 saw Caleb Te Momo continued at PBC State High School starting Round One of the School Boy Langer Reserve competition in the front row against Marsden State High School.
After playing a number of matches with the PBC SHS Open Langer Cup side, Caleb Te Momo started Round Five of the Langer Reserve competition in the front row against Mabel Park SHS with Caleb Te Momo taking the opening hit-up of the match.
Caleb Momo was named to make his first 2022 Langer Cup Open A appearance in Round Three when he started from the bench against Coombabah State High School.
Caleb Te Momo came onto the field to operate in the front row in the 27th minute and made an immediate impact with a strong run from the kick-off from Blake Forder’s second try. Then in the 28th minute Caleb Te Momo made a great front on tackle on one of the Coombabah SHS front rowers with Caleb Te Momo’s low tackle cutting the front rowers legs from underneath him.
After the mid-season break, Caleb Te Momo continued in the front row in Round Four against Ipswich State High School coming off the bench in the 45th minute to operate in the front row.
Caleb Te Momo then started off the bench in Round Seven away at Wavell SHS with Caleb Te Momo coming onto the field in the 22nd minute to operate in the front row with Caleb Te Momo in the 29th minute along with Bailey McConnell 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.
Caleb Te Momo then started from the bench in PBC SHS’s Langer Cup Quarter Final against Mabel Park SHS with Caleb Te Momo coming onto the field to operate in the front row in the 22nd minute.
Caleb Te Momo was then named on the PBC SHS bench for the 2022 Langer Cup Semi-final against Keebra Park SHS with Caleb Te Momo coming onto the field to operate in the front row in the 24th minute.
Caleb Te Momo started from the bench in the 2022 School Boy Langer Cup Grand Final for PBC SHS against Ipswich SHS and in addition to making some strong runs with the ball Caleb Te Momo made two great tackles.
The first come in the 38th minute when along with Keano Kini, Caleb Te Momo smashed the Ipswich SHS No. 14 forty metes out with the ball coming loose as a result of the heavy contact.
Then in the 42nd minute Caleb Te Momo made a superb try saving tackle on a stepping Ipswich SHS five eight literally on the try line under the goal posts.
It is a battle of the Keebra Park SHS students in this weekend's Ipswcih Rugby League U14 Division One Grand Final with Royal Tiato starting in the centres for Redbank Plains against Tomasi Vaitai who will start in the front row for Goodna.
The 2022 School Boy Langer Cup competition for Jackson Le Pou:
Round One of the 2022 Langer Cup School Boy competition saw Jackson Le Pou start at lock for PBC State High School against Marsden State High School with Jackson Le Pou making a line break in the 16th minute when after Marsden SHS lost the ball forty metres out Jackson Le Pou swooped on the ball and raced downfield while all of the other players seemed to have stopped excepting a whistle. Jackson Le Pou was eventually tackled six metres out from the line and directly under the posts. A quick Jackson Le Pou play the ball later saw Zane Harrison score wide out on the right as a result.
Jackson Le Pou was then named at lock for Round Two against Redcliffe State High School and once again provided a strong link between his forwards and backline in another impressive PBC SHS victory.
After the mid-season break, Jackson Le Pou started from the bench in Round Four against Ipswich State High School coming onto the field in the 23rd minute to operate at lock.
Jackson Le Pou continued off the bench in Round Five against Mabel Park SHS coming onto the field to operate in the dummy half role in the 22nd minute.
Jackson Le Pou also started from the bench in the Round Six local derby against Keebra Park SHS with Jackson Le Pou coming into the match at lock in the 18th minute.
Jackson Le Pou then started from the bench in PBC SHS’s Langer Cup Quarter Final against Mabel Park SHS with Jackson Le Pou coming onto the field in the 39th minute.
Jackson Le Pou was then named on the PBC SHS extended bench for the 2022 Langer Cup Semi-final against Keebra Park SHS.
Jackson Le Pou started from the bench in the 2022 School Boy Langer Cup Grand Final against Ipswich SHS coming onto the field to operate at lock in the second half.
Jackson Le Pou then started at lock for PBC SHS in the 2022 Langer Reserve Semi-final against Keebra Park SHS.
One young man set to light up CBus Stadium in the Gold Coast Rugby League U14 Division One Grand Final tomorrow is Burleigh fullback Kingston Seve who has been outstanding all season for the Bears as well as Keebra Park SHS and opponents the Southport Tigers who be keeping a close eye on him.
2022 has seen Siu Pulepule continue to play for the Coomera Cutters in the Gold Coast Junior Rugby League U13 Division One competition, and tomorrow leads the Cutters to a Grand Final appearance against the Burleigh Bears with Siu Pulepule starting the Grand Final in the front row at Cbus Stadium.
Titans contracted Jaylan De Groot finish the 2022 Hastings Deering's Colts regular season with seventeen tries to finish in the Top Five in that category in the competition.
Jaylan De Groot will start at fullabck for the Seagulls in their Elimination Final this weekend against the Easts Tigers.
In 2022 Keebra Park SHS student Gazniah To’omaga continued to play for the Southport Tigers in the Gold Coast Junior Rugby League U14 Division One competition, leading the Tigers to a Grand Final appearance tomorrow against the Burleigh Bears with Gazniah To’omaga starting the Grand Final at Cbus Stadium at lock.
Titans contracted Thomas Weaver finished the 2022 Hastings Deering's Colts regular season with 99 points.
Thomas Weaver will start at halfback for the Seagulls in their Elimination Final this weekend against the Easts Tigers.
Great to see Casino RSM youngster Jykoven Torrens named on the bench for Casino RSM in their Group One U16 Week One Final against Ballina.
Jykoven Torrens had a strong season in the Group One U15 competition at hooker for Casino RSM this season before moving up an age group for the finals.
What a five eight battle it will be in this weekend's Group One U14 Week One Finals match between Casino RSM and Kyogle with Makiah Torrens line up at five eight for Casino and Malachy Laarhoven wearing the No. 6 for Kyogle.
Clarence Coast Magpies youngster Grant Brown as a busy day ahead of him tomorrow, first he lines up in Week One of the Group One U15 Finals at five eight from the Magpies against Kyogle and then he will start from the bench in the U16 Final against South Grafton.
Another youngster with a busy day tomorrow is Ballina Harrison Clements who will first start in the second row in the Group One U14 final against the South Grafton Rebels before lining up on wing for the Seagulls in the U16 Final against the Clarence Coast Magpies.
Tomorrow Noah Waldock starts at five eight for the Ballina Seagulls in Week One of the U16 Group One Finals against Casino RSM and then on Sunday he starts on the wing for Ballina in the U18 NRRRL Grand Final against the Cudgen Hornets.
The 2022 School Boy Langer Cup competition for Isaiah Scanlon:
Round One of the 2022 Langer Cup School Boy competition saw Isaiah Scanlon start in the front row for PBC State High School against Marsden State High School with Isaiah Scanlon making the opening tackle of the match along with Brady Turner after PBC SHS had kicked off. Isaiah Scanlon then backed up to also make the second tackle of the match along with Tanu Nona.
Isaiah Scanlon was then named in the front row for Round Two against Redcliffe State High School as well as in Round Three against Coombabah State High School and his performance against Coombabah SHS was such that he was named in the front row in the Courier Mail Langer Cup Round Three Team of the Week.
Against Coombabah SHS Isaiah Scanlon was immense for a PBC SHS side missing a number of forwards with Isaiah Scanlon leading from the front including a great twenty metre surge through the centre of the field to get the ball into Coombabah SHS territory.
After the mid-season break, Isaiah Scanlon continued in the front row in Round Four against Ipswich State High School as well as Round Five against Mabel Park SHS.
Isaiah Scanlon also started in the front row in the Round Six 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.
Isaiah Scanlon continued in the front row in PBC SHS’s Langer Cup Quarter Final against Mabel Park SHS.
Isaiah Scanlon was then named in the front row for PBC SHS in the 2022 Langer Cup Semi-final against Keebra Park SHS with Isaiah Scanlon taking the opening hit-up of the match from the kick-off. Isaiah Scanlon then backed up to make the fourth run of the match to get the ball over the halfway mark.
Isaiah Scanlon then made a great effort I the 41st minute when with Keebra Park SHS deep on the attack inside the attacking twenty metre zone, the fullback broke through the PBC SHS defensive line but Isaiah Scanlon willed himself to race back and collar the fullback just twelve metres out from the try line to prevent a near certain Keebra Park SHS try that would have gotten then back into the match.
Isaiah Scanlon started in the front row for PBC SHS in the 2022 School Boy Langer Cup Grand Final against Ipswich SHS with Isaiah Scanlon taking the opening hit-up of the match.
In the 54th minute along with Will Taylor, Isaiah Scanlon made a desperate try saving tackle on the Ipswich SHS No. 14 directly in front of the goal posts a metre out.
Titans contracted Blake Forder will start on the left wing for the Bilambil Jets First Grade side this Sunday in the NRRRL First Grade Grand Final against the Evans Head Bombers.
Fellow PBC SHS student Will Taylor will come off the bench for the Jets.
In October 2021 Titans contracted Antioch Faitala-Mariner was named in the 2022 Easts Tigers U18 MM Cup squad for the second season in a row.
Antioch Faitala-Mariner’s first match for the East Tigers MM Cup side in 2022 was in late January 2022 when he was part of the Tigers squad that went down 32 – 16 to a Melbourne Storm Development Squad.
After missing the opening two rounds, Antioch Faitala-Mariner started at left centre in Round Three against the Redcliffe Dolphins and came close to scoring in the first half when he charged onto the ball from ten metres out but Antioch Faitala-Mariner was stopped just centremetres short of the line in the left corner.
Antioch Faitala-Mariner was named to continue at left centre in Round Four against the Tweed Heads Seagulls however a late change saw Antioch Faitala-Mariner drop back to be the Tigers 18th man.
Antioch Faitala-Mariner was also named to start at left centre in Round Five against the Souths Logan Magpies and Antioch Faitala-Mariner’s performance was more than good enough to be named in the centres in the Courier Mail CC Cup Round Five Team of the Week.
Antioch Faitala-Mariner then continued at left centre in Round Six against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls as well as in the rescheduled Round One match against the Burleigh Bears.
Antioch Faitala-Mariner scored what I can only describe as an “odd” try against the Bears in the 34th minute. Antioch Faitala-Mariner was chasing a kick into the left corner when the Burleigh winger tries to trap the ball with his foot but the ball came off his leg way too hard and rebounded back to the Tigers left second rower who then flicked the ball to his left to an unmarked Antioch Faitala-Mariner who was able to cruise around eight metres. Just prior to the try line the Burleigh fullback was able to get to Antioch Faitala-Mariner and hold him around the legs and it seemed like it was in slow motion that Antioch Faitala-Mariner fell over the line to score just metres in from the left corner post.
The Nerang Roosters side to play in this weekend GCRL U18 Division One side in the Major Semi-final against Currumbin is full of Titans including right winger Jeremaiah Temapo in the starting line up and Nic Hilton, Jury Taewa and Immanuel Kalekale on the bench and amazingly that is even with Arama Hau not named at this stage.
No surprise that the Roosters are looking to repeat their 2021 Grand Final success.
Titans contracted Bailey McConnell (half) and Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu (second row) are in the Burleigh side for this weekends GCRL U18 Division One Minor Semi-final against the Helensvale Hornets.
The 2022 School Boy Langer Cup competition for Reico Ratana:
Round One of the 2022 Langer Cup School Boy competition saw Reico Ratana start in the front row for PBC State High School against Marsden State High School with Reico Ratana recording a 24th minute line break assist when from just inside his own territory had cut across field to his left before popping a short ball to Jac Finnigan who flew onto the ball and then stepped off his right foot to beat one defender before being brought down after making twenty five metres.
Reico Ratana was then named in the front row for Round Two against Redcliffe State High School before moving to lock in Round Four 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.
Reico Ratana continued at lock in Round Five 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.
Reico Ratana continued at lock in PBC SHS’s Langer Cup Quarter Final against Mabel Park SHS with Reico Ratana making a great run in the 38th minute when he charged thirty metres through the centre of the field to get the ball twelve metres out from the try line.
Reico Ratana made a further strong run in the 43rd minute when after running onto the ball to the left of the play the ball Reico Ratana made twenty metres before being brought to ground ten metres out and in front of the posts.
In the 24th minute, Reico Ratana along with Tanu Nona and Keano Kini did well to hold up the Mabel Park SHS No. 10 over the try line on the left side of the field.
Reico Ratana also took the first and third hit-ups of the match.
Reico Ratana was then named at lock for PBC SHS in the 2022 Langer Cup Semi-final against Keebra Park SHS with Reico Ratana making a strong fifteen metre run in the 17th minute after cutting back underneath Zane Harrison.
Reico Ratana started at lock in the 2022 School Boy Langer Cup Grand Final against Ipswich SHS and worked his guts out in both attack and defence as usual.
Cai Garrett started at outside centre and scored a ha trick last night in Round 16 of the Far North Coast Rugby U14 competition for Woolloongbar/Alstonville.
Powerhouse front rower Xhai Waerea hsa had a great first season on the Gold Coast and that culminates this morning when he lines up for the Burleigh Bears in their U14 GCRL Division One Grand Final against the Southport Tigers.
Xhai Waera also had a great season in the Renouf Cup winning Keebra Park SHS school boy side this season.
Congratulations to the Coomera Cutters for winning the GCRL U13 Division One Grand Final 18-16 against the Burleigh Bears.
Another great Gold Coast Junior Rugby League Grand Final with Southport prevailing 18-14 over the Burleigh Bears in the U14 Division One Grand Final.
He may have been on the losing side but Burleigh GCRL U13 Division One halfback and captain Murphy Phillips is some sort of talent.
Titanic
03-09-22, 12:13 PM
Would give my left one to be there. Thanks mdrew.
The Currumbin Eagles win the GCRL U15 Division Three Grand Final 24-12 against Runaway Bay.
The Runaway Bay Seagulls have defeated Ormeau in the GCRL U15 Division Two Grand Final 12-6 to continue the great games at CBus Stadium today.
Magnificent match with Titans Nelson Makaafi and Luke Jones leading Currumbin to a 24-20 Grand Final victory over Beaudesert in the GCRL U15 Division One Grand Final 24-20.
Every player on the field put in a great great effort full of determination and heart with all a credit to themselves, their families and club.
Wonderful stuff all.
Well done to the Tugun Seahawks for their GCRL U16 Division Two Grand Final victory.
Helensvale won the U16 Division One Grand Final 32-22 in a great performance against Burleigh
A recent signing for the Titans is Jack Schmidt. The young man originally from the Bundaberg region moved down to the Gold Coast to attend Keebra Park SHS and after playing a number of matches for Keebra Park SHS in the front row in the Titans Cup School Boy competition signed a multi year contract with the Titans.
On the Gold Coast in 2022 Jack Schmidt also played a number of matches for the Burleigh Bears in the U16 GCRL Division One competition but due to the lack of matches Jack Schmidt did not qualify of the Finals series.
Jack Schmidt started the 2022 season as part of the Wide Bay Bulls U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad and after the Bulls had a Round One bye Jack Schmidt started the Bulls remaining four matches in the front row.
Prior to his move to the Gold Coast Jack Schmidt played in the Bundaberg U16 Junior Rugby League competition for Bundaberg Brothers. Interestingly Jack Schmdt played his opening three Bundaberg U16 matches are five eight before moving to the second row in Round Six against the Bundaberg Waves.
Jack Schmidt’s move to the second row paid handsome dividends as in addition to scoring against the Waves Jack Schmidt also scored from the second row position in Rounds Seven and Eight, on both occasions against the Wests Panthers.
Jack Schmidt also played in the Bundaberg Junior Rugby League competition in 2021 and was named Player of the Match in the 2021 Grand Final playing five eight.
Titans Max Liles and Tsbu Nona scored for Cudgen in their NRRRL Grand Final win today
Titans contracted Larry Sials was part of the Norths side that won the Ipswich RL U17 Division One Grand Final yesterday
Contracted Titan Taylan To’o scored for the Magpies in their GBJRL U15 Preliminary Final to progress to next weekend’s Grand Final
Good batch of Titans selected in the QLD U17 sides @mdrew
https://www.qrl.com.au/news/2022/09/06/boys-teams-named-for-queensland-under-17-city-versus-country-clash/
Ballina’s Cai Garrett scored once again last weekend in the Group One U13 SF with Ballina going through to the Grand Final.
Casino five eight Makiah Torrens scored twice and kicked a conversion to lead Casino to Saturday weeks Group One U14 Grand Final.
Talented Ballina second rower Jett Flatley scored a double in a Group One U14 Finals win against South Grafton.
AJ Hickling scored a double to propel the Group One U16 Clarence Coast Magpies side to the Grand Final after beating South Grafton.
Titans contracted Beau Hartmann scored a double in Grafton Ghosts Group One U15 final last weekend against Marist.
Great to see Titans contracted Dallas Ingram named on the bench for the TSS U15A side in tomorrow’s final round of the GPS school boy rugby season against Ipswich Grammar School after a tough season with injury.
Outstanding half Kai Saunders will start at half for Bilambil in their Group 18 U14 Grand Final against South Tweed.
Callum Bowles will start in the second row for Tweed Heads in their Group 18 U16 grand Final against the Murwillumbah Colts.
Titans contracted Jimmy McCombie will start from the bench today for Byron Bay Lennox Head in the Group 18 U15 Grand Final against Murwillumbah.
Titans contracted Taylan To’o will start in the second row tomorrow for South’s in the GBJRL U15 Division One Grand Final against Norths.
Titans contracted Ryan McCann will start at fullback for Logan Brothers in the GBJRL U16 Divionn One Grand Final against Moreton Bay tomorrow and also has been named on the bench for the U17 GF against Easts.
Titans contracted Nic Hilton’s stellar GPS School Boy Rugby career comes to an end today when he starts at No 8 and vice captain for the TSS First XV against Ipswich Grammar School.
With a win he will go out with a joint premiership
Nic Hilton ended up captaining the TSS First XV side to a joint Premiership, oh and he scored a double as well.
Very interesting to see 2021 New Plymouth Boys High First XV No. 8 Che Potaka on the Gold Coast.
Titans contracted Nic Hilton has been named at No. 8 in the Courier Mail 2022 GPS Schoolboy Rugby First XV Team of the Year.
The 2022 School Boy Langer Cup competition for Brady Turner:
In 2022 Brady Turner moved to PBC State High School starting Round One of the 2022 Langer Cup School Boy competition at left second row against Marsden State High School with Brady Turner making the opening tackle of the match along with Isaiah Scanlon after PBC SHS had kicked off.
Brady Turner had a great Langer Cup debut for PBC SHS including scoring in the 19th minute when from twenty metres out he ran onto a great double pumped short ball from Keano Kini. The pass was a touch behind Brady Turner but he held his nerve to take possession after a slight juggle and raced twenty metres to score five metres in from the left corner post.
Brady Turner made another strong charge in the 33rd minute when after running onto the ball to the right of the dummy half Brady Turner promoted the ball from twenty four metres out to get within two metres of the try line.
Then in the 39th minute Brady Turner charged at the defensive line and just after receiving the ball Brady Turner was hit by three Marsden SHS defenders but he just bounced off all three, running to his left to make another ten post contact metres.
Brady Turner was then named at left second row for Round Two against Redcliffe State High School.
Brady Turner started at right second row in the 2022 School Boy Langer Cup Grand Final against Ipswich SHS.
After missing multiple matches through injury Brady Turner returned for PBC SHS in Round Six of the Langer Reserve competition in the local derby against Keebra Park SHS with Brady Turner coming off the bench.
Brady Turner continued from the bench in Round Seven against Wavell SHS coming onto the field in the 15th minute to operate at left second row. Brady Turner made a great tackle in the 20th minute when he charged out of the defensive line and smashed the Wavell SHS halfback front on in a ball and all tackle that rocked the halfback for a number of minutes. The in the 22nd minute Brady Turner smashed one of the Wavell SHS front rowers (No. 8) over the top bending him backwards in the tackle.
Titans contracted Josiah Pahulu will start at captain and front row for Ipswich SHS in the School Boy National Final against Patrician Brothers Fairfield.
Great to see Cudgen Hornet and PBC SHS youngster Jett Prichard to be part of the 2022/23 Titans U14 Elite Academy squad.
Seriously this young man hits like Victor Radley!
Titanic
13-09-22, 12:04 AM
Titans contracted Josiah Pahulu will start at captain and front row for Ipswich SHS in the School Boy National Final against Patrician Brothers Fairfield. Is it being broadcast?
Is it being broadcast?
Courier Mail website mate.
Well done to Titans contracted Zane Harrison for being awarded the 2022 Ron Lanesbury Medal as the best player in the U16 NSWRL Andrew Johns Cup.
Titans contracted Anton Whaiapu (lock) and Ryder Williams (half) will start for Keebra Park SHS today in the first ever Queensland Year Ten School Boys Rugby League Championship against Kirwan SHS.
Another Titans in the Keebra Park side for this afternoon’s Year 10 Queensland School Boy Final is recently signed front rower Jack Schmidt.
Titanic
13-09-22, 01:16 PM
Courier Mail website mate. awesome thanks
The 2022 School Boy Langer Cup competition for Cooper Camby:
Round One of the 2022 Langer Cup School Boy competition saw Cooper Camby start at right centre for PBC State High School against Marsden State High School with Cooper Camby recording a line break assist in the 41at minute with a catch and pass to his right to put Jett Forbes away down the right touchline.
Cooper Camby then did well in the 44th minute when he came forward to take a short Marsden SHS kick-off on the full knowing full well that he would be smashed by the oncoming defenders, which he was.
Cooper Camby was then named at right centre for Round Two against Redcliffe State High School with Cooper Camby recording a try assist in the 57th minute when after receiving the ball from his inside Cooper Camby was able to draw in the outside Redcliffe SHS defender and get the ball away to his right to put Jett Forbes over in the corner.
Cooper Camby executed a smart piece of play in the 33rd minute after being hemmed in near the right touchline around five metres out from the line, Cooper Camby put in a short right foot grubber kick into the in-goal that had to be forced in-goal by Redcliffe SHS to force a goal-line drop-out.
Cooper Camby then made a great play from a defensive perspective in the 37th minute when he came out of the PBC SHS defensive line to smash the Redcliffe SHS fullback around seventeen metres from the try line with PCB SHS facing an overlap.
Cooper Camby was also named to continue at right centre in Round Three against Coombabah State High School with Cooper Camby scoring in the 46th minute when Zane Harrison ran the ball to his right and threw a good pass to his right to Cooper Camby who cut off his right foot and crash over to score ten metres in from the right corner.
After the mid-season break, Cooper Camby continued at right centre in Round Four against Ipswich State High School and in the 20th minute threw the final pas to his right for Jett Forbes to score in the corner.
Cooper Camby continued at right centre in Round Five 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 righty corner.
Cooper Camby also executed an outstanding try saving tackle in the match when in the 35th minute along with Keano Kini, Cooper Camby 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.
Cooper Camby could not have been in the match earlier when he ran back the ball from the opening kick-off.
Cooper Camby also started at right centre in the Round Six local derby against Keebra Park SHS as well as in Round Seven 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.
Cooper Camby continued at right centre in PBC SHS’s Langer Cup Quarter Final against Mabel Park SHS with Cooper Camby scoring a try and recording a try assist as PBC SHS qualified for the semi-finals.
Cooper Camby scored in the 39th minute when after running to his right Zane Harrison passed the ball to Cooper Camby who was running an underneath route with Cooper Camby running the requisite ten metres to scored ten metres to the left of the uprights. Initially Cooper Camby was held up by a number of defenders over the line but Cooper Camby was able to get the ball down in his right hand.
Cooper Camby recorded his try assist in the 30th minute when after Cooper Camby took a Josh Lynn bomb on the full ten metres out and five metres in from the right touchline in his two hands above his head, Cooper Camby was able to get the ball away to his inside as the defence converged on him to Zane Harrison who was able to bring the ball around to put it down under the posts.
Cooper Camby was then named at right centre for PBC SHS in the 2022 Langer Cup Semi-final against Keebra Park SHS with Cooper Camby recording a try assist in the 52nd minute when after receiving the ball near the right touchline and around ten metres out, Cooper Camby engaged the Keebra Park SHS left winger and got a great right arm flick off-load away to Jett Forbes who was able to dive over in the right corner to seal the PBC SHS victory and propel then into the 2022 Langer Cup Grand Final.
Then in the 56th minute Cooper Camby picked up a dropped Keebra Park SHS pass just twenty five metres out from the try line with Cooper Camby then running thirty metres downfield before getting an off-load away just over the halfway mark to his left.
Cooper Camby started at right centre for PBC SHS in the 2022 School Boy Langer Cup Grand Final against Ipswich SHS with Cooper Camby making a smart defensive play in the 32nd minute when with Ipswich SHS on the attack around ten metres out from the try line they spun the ball to Cooper Camby’s side of the field and when facing an overlap Cooper Camby darted forward to take an intercept to snuff out a dangerous Ipswich SHS attacking move.
Then in the 47th minute with Ipswich SHS deep on the attack once again Cooper Camby came out of the defensive line and smashed the Ipswich SHS fullback to force the ball loose.
The 2022 School Boy Langer Cup competition for Will Taylor:
Round One of the 2022 Langer Cup School Boy competition saw Will Taylor start at right second row for PBC State High School against Marsden State High School with Will Taylor making a strong low tackle in the 9th minute to prevent an early Marsden SHS try on the lock who had broken through the PBC SHS line just ten metres out.
Will Taylor made a good line break in the 45th minute when from the right of the play the ball Will Taylor broke through the defensive line near the halfway mark, breaking two tackles to get the ball to within thirty two metres of the try line.
Will Taylor was then named at right second row for Round Two against Redcliffe State High School.
Will Taylor then moved to lock in Round Three against Coombabah State High School before starting Round Four against Ipswich State High School at right second row with Will Taylor making the second hit-up of the match.
Then in the 11th minute Will Taylor made a strong tackle, driving his left shoulder through his opposite number of force the ball loose as Ipswich SHS were trying to bring the ball out of their own twenty metre area.
Will Taylor then swapped to left second row in Round Five against Mabel Park SHS with Will Taylor making a strong eighteen metre charge, breaking three tackles with Will Taylor getting the ball to twenty two metres out from the try line. Will Taylor then made a further fifteen metres down the left channel to get the ball to forty metres from the PBC SHS try line.
Will Taylor also started at left second row in the Round Six local derby against Keebra Park SHS with Will Taylor in the match immediately by taking the second hit-up of the match.
Will Taylor then made a great tackle in the 46th minute when Will Taylor drove his right shoulder through the Keebra Park SHS left winger who was trying to bring the ball out of his own twenty metre area.
Will Taylor continued at left second row in Round Seven against Wavell SHS.
Will Taylor continued at left second row in PBC SHS’s Langer Cup Quarter Final against Mabel Park SHS with Will Taylor scoring twice as PBC SHS qualified for the semi-finals.
Will Taylor’s opening try came in the 20th minute when from twenty metres out Will Taylor charged onto a short ball from his right from Keano Kini with Will Taylor bursting between two defenders before steeping off his left foot to beat the Mabel Park SHS fullback to score under the posts from twenty metres out.
Will Taylor scored his second try in the 32nd minute when Will Taylor chased through a Josh Lynn righty foot grubber kick from thirty five metres out down a short left blindside and after the Mabel Park SHS right centre overran the ball, Will Taylor was on the spot to dive on the ball in the in-goal to score in the left corner.
Will Taylor executed a smart play in the 38th minute with a one on one strip of the ball forty metres out from his own try line with Will Taylor then able to make eighteen metres downfield. Will Taylor also did well in the 53rd minute when he took a Mabel Park SHS short kick-off in the full after the kick-off had travelled just over the required ten metres with Will Taylor taking the ball on the full running back towards the try line.
In the 48th minute along with Keano Kini, Will Taylor made a great covering tackle on the Mabel Park SHS hooker (No. 9) as he charged at the try line just to the left of the uprights.
Will Taylor was then named at left second row for PBC SHS in the 2022 Langer Cup Semi-final against Keebra Park SHS with Will Taylor taking the second hit-up of the match after Keebra Park SHS had kicked off to get the match underway.
Will Taylor then made a strong driving tackle in the 25th minute on Keebra park SHS right second rower Seth Nikotemo twenty metres out from his own try line.
Will Taylor started at left second row in the 2022 School Boy Langer Cup Grand Final against Ipswich SHS and in the 54th minute along with Isaiah Scanlon, Will Taylor made a desperate try saving tackle on the Ipswich SHS No. 14 directly in front of the goal posts a metre out.
The 2022 School Boy Langer Cup competition for Titans contracted Jaylen Taewa:
Round One of the 2022 Langer Cup School Boy competition saw Jaylen Taewa named to from the bench for PBC State High School against Marsden State High School with Jaylen Taewa coming off the bench late in the first half to operate in the front row.
Jaylen Taewa made a strong charge from the second half kick-off and then made a further strong charge in the 33rd minute to get the ball thirty metres out from his own try line.
After injury Jaylen Taewa came off the bench in Round Five 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.
Jaylen Taewa also started from the bench in the Round Six local derby against Keebra Park SHS with Jaylen Taewa coming into the match in the front row in the 15th minute.
Jaylen Taewa then moved into the PBC SHS starting side in the front row in Round Seven against Wavell SHS.
Jaylen Taewa then started from the bench in PBC SHS’s Langer Cup Quarter Final against Mabel Park SHS with Jaylen Taewa coming onto the field in the 22nd minute.
Jaylen Taewa made two of the most outstanding tackles at you will ever see against Mabel Park SHS with the first of those coming in the 23rd minute when Jaylen Taewa raced his right and did a superb job of holding up the Mabel Park SHS left second rower over the line after he had dived towards the line. Jaylen Taewa dived to his right and got his right arm under the ball and then controlled the Mabel Park SHS second rower on the ground as he tried multiple times to get the ball to the ground.
Then after PBC SHS had kicked off to get the second half under way, Jaylen Taewa smashed the Mabel Park SHS ball runner front on, knocking him backwards and off his feet.
Jaylen Taewa was then named on the PBC SHS bench for the 2022 Langer Cup Semi-final against Keebra Park SHS with Jaylen Taewa coming onto the field to operate in the front row in the 20th minute.
Jaylen Taewa along with Keano Kini and Tanu Nona in the 28th minute stopping the Keebra Park SHS dummy half Dorian Lotaki just short of the try line after a great run out of dummy half just to the right of the uprights.
Jaylen Taewa started from the bench for PBC SHS in the 2022 School Boy Langer Cup Grand Final against Ipswich SHS with Jaylen Taewa scoring in the 30th minute from ten metres out and mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field after running onto a good short ball from his left from Zane Harrison.
The 2022 School Boy Langer Cup competition for Titans contracted Bailey McConnell:
Round One of the 2022 Langer Cup School Boy competition saw Bailey McConnell named to from the bench for PBC State High School against Marsden State High School with Bailey McConnell coming onto the field to operate in the dummy half role in the 23rd minute.
Bailey McConnell made his first run out of dummy half in the 31st minute making ten metres to get the ball to the halfway mark after darting out of dummy half to his left.
Bailey McConnell continued off the bench for Round Two against Redcliffe State High School coming onto the field in the 26th minute to operate in the dummy half role.
Bailey McConnell was back in the PBC SHS 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.
Bailey McConnell then started from the bench in PBC SHS’s Langer Cup Quarter Final against Mabel Park SHS wityh Bailey McConnell coming onto the field to operate in the dummy half role in the 24th minute.
Bailey McConnell was then named on the PBC SHS bench for the 2022 Langer Cup Semi-final against Keebra Park SHS with Bailey McConnell coming onto the field to operate in the dummy ahlf role in the 26th minute.
Bailey McConnell started from the bench in the 2022 School Boy Langer Cup Grand Final against Ipswich SHS with Bailey McConnell operating in the dummy half role in the second half.
After the mid-season break, Bailey McConnell started at hooker 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.
Bailey McConnell then moved to five eight for Round Five 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.
Bailey McConnell continued at five eight in Round Six 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.
The 2022 School Boy Langer Cup competition for Titans contracted Blake Forder:
In 2022 Blake Forder moved to PBC State High School and started on the left wing in Round One of the 2022 Langer Cup School Boy competition against Marsden State High School with Blake Forder scoring a long range try in the 41st minute when he raced forty five metres to score untouched after receiving a great long cut-out pass from his inside from Josh Lynn with Blake Forder crossing the try line wide out on the left but Blake Forder was able to bring the ball around to put it down mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Blake Forder did well in the 8th minute when he came off his wing to take a hit-up through the centre of the field with Blake Forder able to get the ball from his own ten metre mark to the twenty metre mark. Blake Forder took another hit-up off his wing from deep inside his own territory just a minute later in the 9th minute.
Blake Forder also made a strong run to the left of the play the ball making twelve metres before being tackled on the halfway mark.
Late in the match in the 50th minute Blake Forder made a strong try saving tackle on his opposite winger. Initially near the halfway mark the Marsden SHS right winger was able to get on the outside of Blake Forder but Blake Forder did not give up and chased him down tackling him two metres short of the try line with Blake Forder’s strong contact forcing the ball loose.
Blake Forder was also named to continue on the left wing in Round Three against Coombabah State High School and had a huge afternoon scoring a hat trick.
Blake Forder’s opening try came in the 4th minute when the Coombabah SHS defence dropped a high Josh Lynn with Blake Forder collecting the ball on the bounce to score five metres in from the left corner.
Blake Forder scored his second try in the 24th minute in the left corner after receiving a long cut-out pass from his inside from Josh Lynn with Blake Forder easily covering the five metres needed to score in the left corner.
Blake Forder completed his hat trick in the 53rd minute when after getting on off-load from Michael Roberts three metres out with Blake Forder on the left touchline, he cut back behind the tackle and crashed over seven metres in from the left corner.
Blake Forder could easily have finished the match with four tries but in the 42nd minute when he dived over acrobatically in the left corner but the cut-out pass from his inside from Josh Lynn was strangely ruled to have gone forward.
Blake Forder also recorded a 20th minute line break when he made eighteen metres down the left touchline before cutting inside and beating three tackles along the way,
Blake Forder added a 22nd minute line break assist when after he collected a Coombabah SHS dropped ball he was able to flick a quick off-load to Michael Roberts who charged his way forty metres down the left touchline.
Blake Forder made the first of multiple strong runs in the 3rd minute when he cut back towards the centre of the field off his left wing, breaking four tackles in a winding run.
Blake Forder also did very well defensively in the 8th minute when after the Coombabah SHS right second rower made a line break, drawing Keano Kini and getting the ball away to his left to a support runner, Blake Forder came from the opposite side and was able to tackle the Coombabah SHS player from behind just five metres from the try line with the ball coming loose as a result of Blake Forder’s contact.
Blake Forder made another good defensive read in the 49th minute when facing a three person overlap Blake Forder raced out of the defensive line to hit the Coombabah SHS right second rower to stop the threat in its tracks.
After the mid-season break, Blake Forder continued on the left wing in Round Four against Ipswich State High School with Blake Forder making a strong kick return in the 19th minute when after taking the Ipswich SHS clearing kick on the bounce, Blake Forder beat three tackles in a stepping run that made fifteen metres.
Blake Forder continued on the left wing in Round Five against Mabel Park SHS with Blake Forder making a good run in the 18th minute when after receiving a cut-out pass from his inside on the halfway mark, Blake Forder cut back inside with Blake Forder making twenty metres and breaking three tackles.
Blake Forder also did a great job in the 34th minute with a try saving tackle on the Mable Park SHS replacement right second rower (No. 17) who had made a line break from twenty metres out with Blake Forder catching the second rower from behind just three metres out to prevent a Mabel Park SHS try.
Blake Forder also started on the left wing in the Round Six 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.
Blake Forder continued on the left wing in Round Seven 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.
Blake Forder continued on the left wing in PBC SHS’s Langer Cup Quarter Final against Mabel Park SHS with Blake Forder doing well in the 46th minute when after taking a Mabel Park SHS kick-off on the full whilst sliding forward, Blake Forder got to his feet five metres out from his own try line and was able to promote the ball through the centre of the field to thirty metres out from his own try line.
Blake Forder did even better in the 52nd minute when he jumped up on the left touchline to knock a Mabel Park SHS kick for touch for a penalty up in the air just in the field of play with Blake Forder then taking possession near the halfway mark and running the ball back twenty metres to put PBC SHS immediately on the attack.
Blake Forder was then named on the left wing for PBC SHS in the 2022 Langer Cup Semi-final against Keebra Park SHS.
Blake Forder started on the left wing in the 2022 School Boy Langer Cup Grand Final against Ipswich SHS with Blake Forder making a line break in the 36th minute from a PBC SHS scrum win deep inside PBC SHS territory with Blake Forder running the ball to the left of the scrum and making twenty two metres.
The 2022 School Boy Langer Cup competition for Titans contracted Zane Harrison:
Round One of the 2022 Langer Cup School Boy competition saw Zane Harrison start at halfback for PBC State High School against Marsden State High School with Zane Harrison having a dream debut in a PBC 44 – 0 victory that saw Zane Harrison score in each half as well as make eighteen tackles.
Zane Harrison’s first try came in the 16th minute when he received a long cut-out pass from his left to score untouched wide out on the right. The play earlier had seen Jack Le Pou burst through the line and execute a quick play the ball that saw Zane Harrison have room on the right.
Zane Harrison scored his second try in the 34th minute when after he put in a right foot grubber kick the Marsden SHS replacement left winger lost control of the ball and Zane Harrison who had chased his own kick through was able to dive forward and ground the rolling ball in the in-goal to score twelve metres in from the left corner post.
Zane Harrison also started at halfback in Round Two against Redcliffe State High School with Zane Harrison recording a 34th minute try assist when from twenty metres out and directly in front of the posts Zane Harrison put in a right foot bomb towards the right corner with Jett Forbes taking the kick on the full to score.
Zane Harrison put in another great kick in the 48th minute from three minutes inside his own territory and to the right of the play the ball. Zane Harrison’s long raking right foot kick bounced into the in-goal and had to be taken dead by the Redcliffe left winger to force another goal line drop-out.
Zane Harrison made it three outstanding kicks in the 59th minute when from forty two metres out Zane Harrison once again got the ball into the in-goal and it was Zane Harrison who chased his own kick through to tackle the Redcliffe SHS fullback in the in-goal and force yet another goal line drop out.
Zane Harrison was also named to continue at halfback in Round Three against Coombabah State High School and did very well immediately from the kick-off when the Coombabah SHS kick-off took a horror bounce but with the defence chasing through Zane Harrison took possession just prior to being belted by multiple defenders.
Zane Harrison recorded a 46th minute try assist when Zane Harrison ran the ball to his right and threw a good pass to his right to Cooper Camby who cut off his right foot and crash over to score ten metres in from the right corner.
After the mid-season break, Zane Harrison continued at halfback in Round Four against Ipswich State High School.
Zane Harrison continued at halfback in Round Five 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 in to his right was dropped by the Mabel Park SHS left winger with PBC SHS getting a repeat set of six.
Zane Harrison also started at halfback in the Round Six 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.
Zane Harrison continued at halfback in Round Seven against Wavell SHS with Zane Harrison racing to his right in the 9th minute to make a try saving tackle on the Wavell SHS left winger ten metres out from the corner after the winger had made a line break down the touchline.
Zane Harrison continued at halfback in PBC SHS’s Langer Cup Quarter Final against Mabel Park SHS with Keano Kini scoring one try and recording four try assists as PBC SHS qualified for the semi-finals.
Zane Harrison scored in the 30th minute when after Cooper Camby took a Josh Lynn bomb on the full ten metres out and five metres in from the right touchline in his two hands above his head, Cooper Camby was able to get the ball away to his inside as the defence converged on him to Zane Harrison who was able to bring the ball around to put it down under the posts.
Zane Harrison recorded his opening try assist in the 15th minute when Zane Harrison put in a chip kick towards the right wing with Jett Forbes taking the kick on the full and twist around to score in the right corner.
Zane Harrison recorded his second try assist in the 27th minute when Zane Harrison put in another right foot chip from twenty two metres out and to the left of the uprights with once again Jett Forbes taking the kick on the full to score mid-way between the goal posts and the corner post.
Zane Harrison added a third try assist in the 39th minute when after running to his right Zane Harrison passed the ball to Cooper Camby who was running an underneath route with Cooper Camby running the requisite ten metres to scored ten metres to the left of the uprights. Initially Cooper Camby was held up by a number of defenders over the line but Cooper Camby was able to get the ball down in his right hand.
Zane Harrison recorded his fourth try assist in the 53rd minute when from the right of the play the ball, Zane Harrison threw a good short ball to his right to put his front rower Jett Jackson over from ten metres out to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Zane Harrison put in a good kick in the 13th minute when from thirty five metres out and near the centre of the field, Zane Harrison put in a right foot bomb towards the right corner on the fourth tackle with Zane Harrison following through his own kick and got the ball back five metres out and three metres in from the right touchline.
Zane Harrison was then named at halfback for PBC SHS in the 2022 Langer Cup Semi-final against Keebra Park SHS with Zane Harrison forcing a goal line drop-out in the 12th minute when after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball, Zane Harrison put in a grubber kick into the in-goal from twelve metres out with the ball having to be taken dead by the Keebra Park SHS defence to force the drop-out.
Zane Harrison started at halfback for PBC SHS in the 2022 School Boy Langer Cup Grand Final against Ipswich SHS with Zane Harrison recording a try assist in the 30th minute when from ten metres out and mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side Zane Harrison threw a good short ball to his right to Jaylen Taewa who crashed over to score.
Che Potaka moved over to the Gold Coast from New Zealand in late 2022 and his first match on the Gold Coast was starting in the second row for the Burleigh Bears in theie Mahor Semi-final victory over the Currumbin Eagles.
Prior to moving over to the Gold Coast Che Potaka was part of the New Plymouth Old Boys 2022 U21 Colts Rugby squad also operating at No. 8.
In 2021 captained the New Plymouth Boys High First XV side as well as playing No. 8 and Che Potaka is also a former New Zealand Maori U18 Rugby side with Che Potaka playing for Maori in matches against New Zealand Secondary School and a New Zealand Barbarians U18 Representative side.
Also in 2021 Che Potaka was part of the Waikato Chiefs Super Rugby U18 Elite Performance Camp.
lonegull
14-09-22, 08:42 AM
Che Potaka moved over to the Gold Coast from New Zealand in late 2022 and his first match on the Gold Coast was starting in the second row for the Burleigh Bears in theie Mahor Semi-final victory over the Currumbin Eagles.
Prior to moving over to the Gold Coast Che Potaka was part of the New Plymouth Old Boys 2022 U21 Colts Rugby squad also operating at No. 8.
In 2021 captained the New Plymouth Boys High First XV side as well as playing No. 8 and Che Potaka is also a former New Zealand Maori U18 Rugby side with Che Potaka playing for Maori in matches against New Zealand Secondary School and a New Zealand Barbarians U18 Representative side.
Also in 2021 Che Potaka was part of the Waikato Chiefs Super Rugby U18 Elite Performance Camp.
Gee this kid has an impressive resume is he linked to the titans mdrew
Gee this kid has an impressive resume is he linked to the titans mdrew
Not 100% sure mate I am seeing what I can find out
Recently, Titans contracted Dahnte Te Whiu-Hopa was named in the 2022 South Queensland Maori U16 Tuakana representative squad.
Joshua Donovan-Skinner started at fullback for Keebra Park SHS in the inaugural Queensland School Boy Rugby League Year Ten School Boy Rugby League Championship against Kirwan SHS with Joshua Donovan-Skinner scoring in the 7th minute when he ran onto an inside pass from a set move twenty metres out and down a left blindside with Joshua Donovan-Skinner slicing through before stepping off his left foot to beat the Kirwan SHS fullback with Joshua Donovan-Skinner then able to bring the ball around to score under the posts.
Recently, Titans contracted Taylan To’o was named in the 2022 South Queensland Maori U16 Tiena representative squad.
After missing Week One of the 2022 Queensland Cup Finals series Lofi Khan-Pereira was back with a bang on the left win in Week Two against the Central Queensland Capra’s with Lofi Khan-Pereira scoring a hat trick.
Lofi Khan-Pereira scored his first try in the 15th minute when after receiving the ball eighty metres out, Lofi Khan-Pereira got on the outside of his opposite number to break through the defensive line before veering to his left at full speed to beat the fullback with Lofi Khan-Pereira then racing away to score under the posts.
Lofi Khan-Pereira scored his second try just four minutes later in the 19th minute when he received a pass from his inside from Taine Tuaupiki on the left way mark with Lofi khan-Pereira then racing away to score near the left corner.
Lofi Khan-Pereira completed his hat trick in the 67th minute with an eighty five metre effort when after receiving the ball Lofi Kha-Pereira beat his opposing defender on the outside with Lofi Khan-Pereira then racing away to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Playing all eighty minutes Lofi Khan-Pereira ran for a team leading 296 metres (sixteen post contact), made two line breaks, broke four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.02 seconds and made two tackles.
Lofi Khan-Pereira’s performance was strong enough that he was named on the left wing in the Queensland Rugby League Week Two Finals Team of the Week.
Great to see Titans contacted Wailer Whaiapu brought into the Queensland City U17 side.
The 2022 Queensland Cup season of Toby Sexton:
Round Nineteen of the 2022 Queensland Cup competition saw Toby Sexton start at halfback for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Townsville Blackhawks with Toby Sexton scoring in the 2nd minute when he received the ball two passes to the right of a Tweed Heads scrum win near the centre of the field and after he received the ball Toby Sexton continued to run to his right, dummying to his right before getting over the try line five metres in from the right corner post.
Playing all eighty minutes Toby Sexton ran for sixty five metres (eight post contact), broke a tackle played the ball at an average speed of 4.59 seconds and made fifteen tackles.
Toby Sexton continued at halfback in Round Twenty against the Easts Tigers and whilst playing the entire eighty minutes Toby Sexton ran for forty four metres (seven post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.73 seconds and made nineteen tackles.
Toby Sexton started at halfback for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in their Queensland Cup Week One Final against the Easts Tigers. In his eighty minutes on the field Toby Sexton ran for eighty six metres (seventeen post contact), recorded two try assists and two line break assists, broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 2.53 seconds and made fourteen tackles at a tackling efficiency of 87.5%.
Toby Sexton also started at halfback in Week Two of the Finals against the Sunshine Coast Falcons with Toby Sexton scoring in the 25th minute when he backed up a line break from Tremain Spry to receive the ball fifteen metres out and bring the ball around to score under the posts.
Playing all eighty three minutes Toby Sexton ran for 165 metres (thirteen post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.74 seconds and made sixteen tackles.
Toby Sexton’s performance was strong enough that he was named at halfback in the Queensland Rugby League Week Two Finals Team of the Week.
In total in the 2022 Queensland Cup competition Toby Sexton played in four matches scoring twice. Toby Sexton also forced three line drop-outs, kicked for an average of 204.8 metres per game, recorded two try assist and three line break assists, made sixty four tackles at a tackling efficiency of 84.2% and ran for 362 metres at an average of ninety metres per match.
Titans contracted Josiah Pahulu led from the front to give Ipswich SHS a National School Boy victory over Patrician Brothers Fairfield.
Titanic
14-09-22, 05:16 PM
Titans contracted Josiah Pahulu led from the front to give Ipswich SHS a National School Boy victory over Patrician Brothers Fairfield. That wasn't a victory that was a good old-fashioned hiding. Great coverage.
Titans contracted Ryder Williams started at halfback for Keebra Park SHS in the inaugural Queensland School Boy Rugby League Year Ten School Boy Rugby League Championship against Kirwan SHS with Ryder Williams putting on a clinic in a big 28 – 4 Keebra Park SHS Championship victory.
In to scoring a try and kicking four conversions from five attempts Ryder Williams recorded two line break assists and also forced a goal line drop-out.
Ryder Williams scored in the 17th minute from a Keebra Park SHS scrum move. With the scrum twenty metres out and ten metres in from the left touchline Ryder Williams fed the scrum before looping around to his right to receive the ball on the right side of the field. Ryder Williams initially ran towards the right corner before stopping and cutting back to his right to dive over between two defenders to get the ball down mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
The first of Ryder Williams line break assists came in the 3rd minute when from thirty five metres out from his own try line Ryder Williams ran the ball to his right down the blindside to put his right centre on a twenty run over the halfway mark.
Ryder Williams recorded his second line break assist in the 38th minute when after taking possession forty metres out and to the left of the play the ball, Ryder Williams ran the ball to the line and popped a good short ball to his left to one of his front rowers to charge through a gap.
In the 11th minute Ryder Williams received the ball from the dummy half ten metres out and near the right touchline and after running to his left Ryder Williams put in a grubber kick with the outside of his right foot into the in-goal to force a Kirwan SHS goal line drop-out.
The 2022 Victorian U14 Grand Final saw Kason Tuai named at start at right centre for the Melton Bronco’s against the Altona Roosters with Kason Tuai scoring in the second half of a 26 – 12 Melton Grand Final victory.
Kason Tuai scored in the second half when after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball sixty four metres out, Kason Tuai cut to his right to get on the outside of his opposite centre and used a left arm fend to break away with Kason Tuai then racing down the right touchline before Kason Tuai cut inside to beat the fullback and race away to score under the posts.
Kason Tuai also recorded a second half try assist when after receiving a right arm flick off-load from his inside from Cornelius Kelsall, Kason Tuai executed a great catch and pass to his right to put his winger over from close range.
The 2022 Victorian U14 Grand Final saw Simione Tauelangi named at start at left centre for the Melton Bronco’s against the Altona Roosters with Simione Tauelangi scoring in the second half of a 26 – 12 Melton Grand Final victory.
Simione Tauelangi scored in the second half when from sixty metres out Simione Tauelangi got on the outside of his opposing defender and race away down the left touchline to score a great long range try.
Week One of the 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts Final saw Eli Tuli start from the bench for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the Elimination Final against the Easts Tigers with Eli Tuli coming close to scoring in the 39th minute when Eli Tuli was held up five metres to the left of the uprights.
Then in the 48th minute Eli Tuli made a great charge from the kick-off to Jaylan De Groot’s try with Eli Tuli getting the ball over the thirty metre mark. Eli Tuli then made another strong charge in the 56th minute to the left of the play the ball with Eli Tuli able to make thirteen metres to get the ball to within twenty metres of the try line.
The 2022 Victorian U14 Grand Final saw Cornelius Kelsall named at start at fullback for the Melton Bronco’s against the Altona Roosters with Cornelius Kelsall scoring a great long range individual try in the second half of a 26 -12 Grand Final victory.
Cornelius Kelsall one of the more interesting tries that I have seen. In the second half Cornelius Kelsall took a kick-off on the full ten metres out from his own try line and near his right corner. After taking the ball Cornelius Kelsall initially started to jog slowly back towards the oncoming defence then just prior to the defence getting to him Cornelius Kelsall stepped off his left foot and exploded and then after another left foot step Cornelius Kelsall raced away down the right touchline and bring the ball around to score under the posts.
Cornelius Kelsall was also heavily involved in another Melton second half try when after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball around twelve metres out, Cornelius Kelsall executed a right foot step and then almost immediately a left foot step before engaging the defensive line. Cornelius Kelsall then got away a great right arm flock off-load to Kason Tuai who put his winger over in the right corner.
Week One of the 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts Final saw Titans contracted Kyhan Weir start from the bench for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the Elimination Final against the Easts Tigers with Kyhan Weir scoring in the 68th minute when after charging on the ball to the right of the play the ball Kyhan Weir crashed over from four metres out getting the ball down mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Kyhan Weir also started from the bench in Week Two of the Finals against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.
Week One of the 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts Final saw Jack Cullen start at lock row in the Elimination Final against the Easts Tigers with Jack Cullen scoring in the 51st minute from close range when Jack Cullen forced his way over to score next to the left upright.
Jack Cullen also made a strong tackle along with Ben Liyou in the 24th minute when the two Titans contracted forwards smashed the Easts front rower No. 10 just out from the try line in front of the posts with the ball flying loose as a result of the heavy initial contact.
Then in the 32nd minute Jack Cullen made another great hit, on this occasion on his opposite number once again just out from the try line and in front of the posts with the ball flying loose as a result of Jack Cullen’s heavy initial contact.
Jack Cullen also started at lock in Week Two of the Finals against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.
The 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts Week One Elimination Final saw Jaylan De Groot start at five eight for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Easts Tigers with Jaylan De Groot scoring in the 44th minute the Seagulls progressed to Week Two.
With Easts on the attack in the 46th minute Jaylan De Groot when facing an overlap while defending on the right side, Jaylan De Groot stepped up to take an intercept and then was able to race fifty eight metres to score ten metres to the right of the uprights.
Jaylan De Groot also made a line break in the opening minute of the match when on the right side of the field Jaylan De Groot sliced through the defensive line near the halfway mark with Jaylan De Groot tackled near the right touchline after a twenty metre charge.
Jaylan De Groot also forced a goal line drop-out in the 51st minute when from ten metres out and down a short right blindside Jaylan De Groot put in a right foot grubber kick which after rebounding between legs when into the in-goal with the Tigers fullback forced to ground the ball in-goal.
Week One of the 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts Final saw Titans contracted Ryan Foran start at left second row for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the Elimination Final against the Easts Tigers with Ryan Foran scoring in the 13th minute when after receiving the ball around twelve metres out Ryan Foran forced his way forward to carrying one defender over the line to score ten metres in from the left corner.
Ryan Foran could barely have been in the match earlier when he took the third hit-up of the match.
Ryan Foran in the 64th minute along with Thomas Weaver made a try saving tackle on the Tigers No. 9 when the dummy half tried to sneak over from dummy half. Ryan Foran and Thomas Weaver initially held up the dummy half over the try line before forcing him back into the field of play ten metres from the left corner.
To round out a strong match Ryan Foran converted Jesse Jackson’s 80th minute match winning try just to the right of the uprights.
Ryan Foran also started at left second row in Week Two of the Finals against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.
The 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts Week One Elimination Final saw Thomas Weaver start at halfback for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Easts Tigers with Thomas Weaver kicking three conversions from five attempts as the Seagulls progressed to Week Two of the Finals.
Thomas Weaver also set up the match winning try for Jesse Jackson when Thomas Weaver received the ball twenty metres out near the centre of the field and to the right of the play the ball. Thomas Weaver took the Tigers defensive line on and threw an inside ball to Jesse Jackson to crash over next to the right upright.
Thomas Weaver was in fact the reason that the Seagulls were in an attacking position when in the final minute of the match the Tigers halfback grubbered from less than ten metres out from the try line. After the ball hit the right upright Thomas Weaver picked up the ball on the try line and burst fifty five metres downfield with Thomas Weaver setting up Jesse Jackson later in the same set of six tackles.
Thomas Weaver in the 64th minute along with Ryan Foran made a try saving tackle on the Tigers No. 9 when the dummy half tried to sneak over from dummy half. Ryan Foran and Thomas Weaver initially held up the dummy half over the try line before forcing him back into the field of play ten metres from the left corner.
Then from the subsequent play the ball Thomas Weaver held up the Tigers fullback over the try line after he had also tried to force his way over from dummy half.
Thomas Weaver had made an earlier try saving tackle in the 8th minute when he crunched the Easts right second rower (No. 12) just on the try line with Thomas Weaver’s initial contact forcing the ball loose just as the ball was about to be placed over the try line.
The match also saw Thomas Weaver execute a great kick-off in the 38th minute when Thomas Weaver hit the ball hard and low to his left with the ball going into touch thirty metres out from the try line with Seagulls consequently getting the ball back.
Thomas Weaver also started at halfback and captain in Week Two of the Finals against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls with Thomas Weaver kicking two first half conversions from as many attempts.
Titans contracted Tanu Nona started from the bench for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in Week Two of the HDC Finals against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls with Tanu Nona recording a great try assist in the 28th minute when from just fourteen metres out from his own try line Tanu Nona ran to his right out of dummy half and burst through the centre of the Wynnum Manly defensive line. Then Tanu Nona initially took on the fullback after a fifty metre burst and in the tackle got away to right arm off-load to his left to Jett Forbes who raced away to score under the posts.
Quinton Dalton started at fullback for Burleigh in Week Two of the GCRL U18 Division One Finals against the Helensvale Hornets with Quinton Dalton scoring in the 35th minute when on the right side of the field Quinton Dalton received an inside pass from his five eight around ten metres out with Quinton Dalton scoring seven metres to the right of the uprights.
Earlier in the 11th minute Quinton Dalton made a desperate tackle on the Hornets right second rower with Quinton Dalton’s forcing the ball loose from the Helensvale player over the try line to prevent what appeared to be a certain try.
The 2022 NRRRL U18 Grand Final saw Lachlan Offley named at start at fullback for the Ballina Seagulls against the Cudgen Hornets with Lachlan Offley making the first of multiple great defensive efforts in the 27th minute when he brought down the Cudgen left winger Levi Dangerfield just two metres out from the try line after Levi Dangerfield had raced through to take a chip kick.
Lachlan Offley saved a second try in the 31st minute when after Lachlan Offley was confronted with a charging Cudgen left second rower, Lachlan Offley was able to reach out and get his hand to a pass to an unmarked support runner to prevent a try.
Lachlan Offley saved a third try in the 54th minute when after Cudgen centre Cooper Camby raced down his left touchline from an attempted Ballina short kick-off Lachlan Offley came from the clouds and tackled Camby into touch just five metres out from the corner post.
Titans contracted Bailey McConnell started at halfback for Burleigh in the 2022 GCRL U18 Division One Minor Semi-final against the Helensvale Hornets with Bailey McConnell showing his class inside the opening minute when from forty metres out from his own try line and to the right of the play the ball Bailey McConnell put in a right foot kick which went deep into the in-goal with the Hornets fullback only able to get two metres back into the field of play before he was tackled.
Then in the 32nd minute Bailey McConnell made a desperate effort to chase back and field a Hornets grubber kick into the in-goal just before the Helensvale chasers got to the ball.
The 2022 NRRRL First Grade Grand Final saw Titans contracted Blake Forder start on the left wing for the Bilambil’s Jets against the Evans Head Bombers with Blake Forder scoring in the final minute of the Jets Grand Final victory when after receiving the ball five metres out and on the left touchline, Blake Forder crossed the try line wide out on the left but was able to bring the ball all of the way around to dive over to get the ball down under the posts.
Will Saunders started at hooker for the Currumbin Eagles in the 2022 GCRL U18 Division One Major Semi-final against the Nerang Roosters with Will Saunders scoring in the 21st minute when Will Saunders ran to his right out of dummy half from three metres out to get the ball down four metres to the right of the uprights.
Titan Jury Taewa started in the front row for the Nerang Roosters in the 2022 Week Two GCRL U18 Division One Major Semi-final against the Currumbin Eagles with Jury Taewa scoring in the 26th minute when from nine metres out Jury Taewa charged onto a pass from his right to crash over under the posts.
Then in the 56th minute Jury Taewa made a run (and line break) of the match. From a Helensvale kick-off after a Jeremaiah Temapo try Jury Taewa took possession just five metres out from his own try line and charged at the oncoming Hornets defenders with Jury Taewa crashing between two of them and charging thirty seven metres downfield.
Jury Taewa then started in the front row in the 2022 GCRL U18 Division One Preliminary Final against the Helensvale Hornets with Jury Taewa taking the second and fourth hit-ups of the match after Helensvale had kicked off.
Jury Taewa also made a strong charge in the 50th minute making eighteen metres out from a run to the right of the play the ball that ended twenty metres out from the try line.
Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki started at left centre for the Nerang Roosters in the 2022 Week Two GCRL U18 Division One Major Semi-final against the Currumbin Eagles with Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki making multiple line breaks in a tough two point Roosters loss.
Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki’s opening line break arrived in the 25th minute when Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki charged onto the pass to the right of the play the ball and five metres inside his own territory with Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki breaking five tackles on a powerhouse run that only came to an end sixteen metres out from the try line.
Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki made a further line break in the 33rd minute when from forty metres out from the try line Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki burst onto the ball to the right of the play the ball and broke three tackles as he promoted the ball all of the way to within ten metres of the try line.
Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki made a further line break in the 48th minute when after receiving an off-load while under heavy pressure forty two metres out, Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki was able to push away from two defenders before cutting inside away from the left touchline and get the ball to twenty metres from the try line.
Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki added a fourth line break in the 50th minute when after receiving a cut-out pass from his inside around thirty metres out, Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki cut to his inside and beat three defenders to get the ball to within twelve metres of the try line. Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki was then awarded a penalty when he was not allowed to his feet to play the ball in a timely fashion.
Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki then started at left centre in the 2022 GCRL U18 Division One Preliminary Final against the Helensvale Hornets as the Roosters qualified for the Grand Final on the back of a 26 – 18 victory with Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki once again proving to be a handful for the oppositions defensive line.
Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki made the first of his strong runs in the 19th minute when from twenty metres out from his own try line Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki charged down the left channel to get the ball to the forty metre mark.
Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki then made a strong line break in the 36th minute when once again Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki charged down the left channel with his run tarting thirty eight metres out from his own try line. Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki pushed off one defender before being tackled thirty eight metres out from the other try line.
Then in the 45th minute from the left of a Nerang scrum win Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki charged from his own forty five metre mark to break three tackles as Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki promoted the ball to within twenty metres of the try line.
Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki started at hooker for the Nerang Roosters in the 2022 Week Two GCRL U18 Division One Major Semi-final against the Currumbin Eagles with Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki scoring in the 34th minute when after moving into dummy half with the play the ball less than a metre from the try line and mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field. Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki initially stepped to his right and looked to pass in that same direction before Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki darted back to his left to crash over ten metres in from the left corner post.
Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki also recorded a try assist in the 28th minute when from twenty metres out and just to the left of the uprights, Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki ran to his left out of dummy half and after engaging the defensive line still ten metres out Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki threw a long cut-out pass to his left to Jeremaiah Temapo who beat three defenders in a ten metre run to score in the left corner.
Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki then started at hooker in the 2022 GCRL U18 Division One Preliminary Final against the Helensvale Hornets with Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki scoring a double as the Roosters qualified for the Grand Final on the back of a 26 – 18 victory.
Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki’s opening try arrived in the 9th minute when after moving into dummy half with the play the ball a metre out from the try line and mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field, Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki initially took two steps backwards when he picked up the ball to give himself some room. Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki then dummied to his right before darting over to score mid-way between the corner post and goal posts on the left side of the field.
Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki completed his double in the 19th minute and it was one of the best solo tries that I have seen in a long time. Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki, from thirty five metres out from his own try line ran to his right out of dummy half with the play the ball on the left side of the field, producing a left arm fend to beat one defender before Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki burst through the Hornets defensive line, Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki then stepped off his left foot to beat the Hornets fullback with Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki then outpacing the Helensvale No. 14 to dive over to score five metres in from the left corner post.
Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki also made a line break in the 30th minute when after receiving the ball on the left side of the field around thirty five metres out from his own try line, Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki dummied to his left before engaging the Helensvale defensive line with Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki spinning 360 degrees counter clockwise to break contact with two defenders with Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki bumping off another defender as Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki charged to within fifteen metres of the try line.
After missing a number of rounds through injury Titans contracted Immanuel Kalekale started at right second row in the 2022 GCRL U18 Division One Preliminary Final against the Helensvale Hornets as the Nerang Roosters qualified for the Grand Final on the back of a 26 – 18 victory.
Immanuel Kalekale made his first run of the match in the 7th minute when from just inside his own territory Immanuel Kalekale ran the ball down the right channel and after bumping off one defender Immanuel Kalekale got away a right arm off-load to his inside.
Then in the 32nd minute Immanuel Kalekale charged onto the ball on the right side of the field from twelve metres out and whilst still running to his right Immanuel Kalekale whilst in contact with two defenders Immanuel Kalekale got to the try line but was ultimately forced back a metre near the right corner.
I must admit I know little about him but Helensvale U16 front rower Santiagi Perenara had a huge GCRL U16 Division One Grand Final as the Hornets defeated Burleigh 32-22.
Titans contracted Jeremaiah Temapo started on the right wing for the Nerang Roosters in the 2022 GCRL U18 Division One Major Semi-final against the Currumbin Eagles with Jeremaiah Temapo scoring twice in a touch two point Roosters loss.
Jeremaiah Temapo scored his first try in the 28th minute when from twenty metres out and just to the left of the uprights, Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki ran to his left out of dummy half and after engaging the defensive line still ten metres out Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki threw a long cut-out pass to his left to Jeremaiah Temapo. When he received the ball Jeremaiah Temapo still had a lot of work to do and burst between two defenders before carrying a third over the try line to crash over four metres in from the left corner post.
Jeremaiah Temapo completed his double in the 54th minute when whilst hugging the left touchline Jeremaiah Temapo received the ball from his inside when eighteen metres out with Jeremaiah Temapo charging down the touchline to crash over with two defenders hanging off him in the left corner.
Even prior to scoring his opening try Jeremaiah Temapo was at his rampaging best as was evidenced in the 25th minute when from twenty metres out from his own try line Jeremaiah Temapo charged onto the ball to the left of the play the ball with Jeremaiah Temapo able to make twenty six metres down the left channel.
Jeremaiah Temapo made an even longer line break in the 32nd minute when after receiving the ball to the left of a Nerang penalty tap thirty metres out from their own try line and in the centre of the field Jeremaiah Temapo ran to his left and utilised a right arm fend to beat one defender before Jeremaiah Temapo got on the outside of the Eagles right winger to get over the halfway mark before dragging two defenders ten more metres to get the ball ten metres into Currumbin territory.
Then in the 44th minute Jeremaiah Temapo was isolated on his left wing when Currumbin went in a cross field kick directed at his left but Jeremaiah Temapo leapt high to take the kick on the full just a metre out from his own try line under intense pressure.
Jeremaiah Temapo then moved to the right wing in the 2022 GCRL U18 Division One Preliminary Final against the Helensvale Hornets with Jeremaiah Temapo scoring once again as the Roosters qualified for the Grand Final on the back of a 26 – 18 victory.
Jeremaiah Temapo scored in the 22nd minute when he had a five metre run down the right touchline after receiving a good ball from his inside.
Jeremaiah Temapo came close to scoring a second try in the 32nd minute when he was held up five metres in from the right corner post after Jeremaiah Temapo had tried to force his way over the try line out of dummy half from three metres out.
Earlier in the 13th minute from twenty metres out from his own try line Jeremaiah Temapo made a strong run from the right of the play the ball with Jeremaiah Temapo making fifteen metres to help his team to get the ball away from his own try line.
Jeremaiah Temapo made a further strong run just two minutes later in the 15th minute when once again from the right of the play the ball, Jeremaiah Temapo charged from his own twenty metre mark to the forty metre mark.
Jeremaiah Temapo added a further strong run in the 35th minute when from a Nerang twenty metre tap restart Jeremaiah Temapo was able to make fifteen metres against a set Hornets defensive line with the final 50% of Jeremaiah Temapo’s run coming while he was facing his own try line.
Jeremaiah Temapo could not have gotten into the match earlier than he did with Jeremiaha Temapo taking the opening run of the match from the kick-off.
Titan Matthew Barrow started on the left wing for Ipswich Grammar School in Round Nine of the GPS First XV School Boy Rugby competition against the Southport School (TSS) with Matthew Barrow scoring in the 47th minute when Matthew Barrow followed through a grubber kick by the Ipswich Grammar School outside centre from near the halfway with Matthew Barrow racing through to retrieve the ball on the bounce and run twenty metres to dive over to score five metres in from the left corner post.
Round Nine of the School Boy GPS First XV Rugby Competition against Ipswich Grammar School saw Titans contracted Nicholas Hilton have the honour of captaining the TSS First XV for the first time in what was his final match for TSS and after winning the match TSS were named as joint Premiership winners on the back of an outstanding performance by Nicholas Hilton.
Nicholas Hilton scored in the 27th minute when from the left of a ruck that had formed on the right side of the field Nocholas Hilton charged onto the ball from six metres out and after engaging the defenders Nicholas Hilton spun 360 degrees counter clockwise to break the contact with Nicholas Hilton crashing over ten metres to the right of the uprights.
Nicholas Hilton also recorded a try assist in the 22nd minute when after TSS had a line-out throw just two metres out and on the right side of the field Nicholas Hilton looped around from the right to the left and after receiving the ball down a very short right blindside Nicholas Hilton got a ball away to his right to send his hooker over to score.
Such was Nicholas Hlton’s performance over the course of the 2022 GPS School Boy Rugby First XV competition that Nicholas Hilton was named at No. 8 in the Courier Mail 2022 GPS First XV Team of the Year. Nicholas Hilton was also named as the seventh best School Boy Rugby League or Rugby player in the 2022 Courier Mail Top 30 school boys.
Great to see Jojo Fifita named on the wing in the Prime Ministers XIII, what a great year.
Well done to Titans contracted Jack Cullen who has been awarded the Tweed Heads Seagulls Hastings Deering's Colts Player's Player Award.
Titans contracted Jaylan De Groot has been awarded the 2022 Tweed Heads Seagulls Hastings Deering's Colts Coaches Award.
The 2022 NRRRL U18 Grand Final saw Levi Dangerfield named at start on the left wing for the Cudgen Hornets against the Ballina Seagulls with Levi Dangerfield coming close to scoring in the 27th minute when he raced through to retrieve a Max Liles chip kick on the bounce with Levi Dangerfield getting to within three metres of the try line before he was brought to ground by the Ballina fullback.
Levi Danger field made a further line break in the 56th minute when after receiving a pass from his right Levi Dangerfield raced thirty five metres down the left touchline before being brought down just five metres out.
The 2022 NRRRL U18 Grand Final saw Cooper Camby named at start at left centre for the Cudgen Hornets against the Ballina Seagulls with Cooper Camby scoring in the 57th minute when from dummy half and four metres out from the try line and three metres in from the left touchline, Cooper Camby ran to his right to force his way over to score just in from the left corner.
Cooper Camby made the first of his two line breaks in the 13th minute when from just five metres out from his own try line Cooper Camby from the left side of the field received the ball to the right of the play the ball with Cooper Camby executing a right foot step to beat three defenders with Cooper Camby promoting the ball thirty five metres downfield before he was brought to ground.
Cooper Camby recorded a second line break in the 54th minute when Cooper Camby took a Ballina short kick-off on the bounce near the left touchline just after the ball had crossed the ten metre plain with Cooper Camby then racing fifty five metres downfield before he was tackled into touch just five metres out from the try line.
The 2022 NRRRL U18 Grand Final saw Harvey Moase named at start at halfback for the Cudgen Hornets against the Ballina Seagulls with Harvey Moase scoring sixteen of the Hornets forty Grand Final winning points from a 53rd minute try and kicking six conversions from seven attempts.
In the 53rd minute from around thirty metres out and to the right of the play the ball Harvey Moase put in a right foot chip kick over the oncoming Ballina defensive line for himself with Harvey Moase racing through to retrieve the ball on the bounce and dart away to dive over to score next to the right upright. Harvey Moase then stepped up to convert his own try.
Harvey Moase also recorded a try assist in the 36th minute when after breaking through the Ballina defensive line from five metres inside his own territory Harvey Moase drew the Ballina fullback and passed to his left to send Tanu Nona over to score under the posts.
Harvey Moase was also heavily involved in Max Liles 30th minute try when from forty metres out and to the right of the play the ball Harvey Moase put in a right foot chip kick which was regathered by Jett Forbes who subsequently got the ball away for Max Liles to score a key try right on halftime.
It was clear that it was Harvey Moase’s day when his kick-off to get the second half underway bounced over the dead ball line to force Ballina into a goal line drop-out.
The 2022 NRRRL U18 Grand Final saw Titans contracted Max Liles named at start at five eight for the Cudgen Hornets against the Ballina Seagull with Max Liles scoring in the 30th minute when he received a pass from his left from Jett Forbes who had retrieved a Harvey Moase chip kick. Max Liles initially juggled the ball but dragged the ball in with his right arm to cross the try line wide out on the right but Max Liles was able to bring the ball around to put the ball down near the right goal post.
Max Liles came close to scoring a second try in the 31st minute when Max Liles backed up a line break by the Cudgen left second rower but the Ballina fullback Lachlan Offley got his hand to a pass that would have gone to Max Liles who would no doubt have scored.
Max Liles also recorded a try assist in the 9th minute when from the left of the play the ball and twenty five metres out, Max Liles cut to his left and put his left second rower through a gap to score.
Max Liles added a second try assist in the 15th minute when from twenty metres out and to the right of the play the ball Max Liles executed a left foot grubber kick which say up perfectly for Jett Forbes in the in-goal with the centre scoring an easy try as a result.
Max Liles almost set up another try in the 27th minute when from forty metres out and down a short left blindside Max Liles put in a smart left foot chip kick with Hornets left winger Levi Dangerfield racing through to retrieve the ball but only to be dragged to ground three metres from the try line.
Talented Ballina second rower Cai Garrett scored a double in the Seagulls 24-14 Group One U13 Grand Final victory against the Kyogle Turkeys.
A very good Group One U14 Grand Final with Casino RSM defeating Ballina 32-20 with Makiah Torrens very good for the Cougars and Jett Flatley equally good for the Seagulls.
Clarence Coast Magpies five eight Grant Brown scored a try and kicked three goals in their Group One U15 Group One Grand Final victory over the Kyogle Turkeys for whom five eight Cohen Bateman scored a double.
Great to see Titans contracted Vaka Sikahele get on the field yesterday for his Queensland Cup yesterday for Burleigh in their Preliminary Final loss to Redcliffe.
In his six minutes on the field he ran for 27 metres, 12 post contact and made three tackles missing none.
What a great effort by still U13 eligible Judah Marsden for being named in the South Queensland Maori U14 Teina Representative Squad.
Great to see Kyogle Turkeys young U13 Group One fullback Ezrah Selesele selected in the Titans U14 Future Development Squad.
Ezrah Selesele started at fullback yesterday in the Group One U13 Grand Final against the Ballina Seagulls and finished as the competitions second leading try scorer with 24 tries.
The Titans have snared a very impressive young player for their 2022-23 U14 Future Titans development squad in fullback/five eight Macguinness Tiananga who attends Ipswich State High School and plays for the Souths Acacia Ridge Magpies.
This morning Titans contracted Antoich Faitala-Mariner will start at right centre for the Carina Tigers in the Brisbane Rugby League Premier Grand Final against the Brighton Roosters.
Beaudesert Kingfishers local junior Ethan Jackson had a strong 2022 season in the Gold Coast Rugby League U15 Division One competition including starting in the Grand Final against the Burleigh Bears on the left wing with Ethan Jackson making a great line break and recording a try assist in the 16th minute when after Ethan Jackson received the ball from his inside whilst thirty two metres out from his try line Ethan Jackson raced thirty metres down the left touchline before drawing the Currumbin fullback and passing to his right to Levin Bannon who raced away to score
Ethan Jackson made a second line break in the 49th minute when from just thirteen metres out from his own try line Ethan Jackson used a vicious right arm fend to dispatch his opposite number before Ethan Jackson charged twenty six metres down the left touchline before the cover defence got to him. Ethan Jackson then fought to get to his feet and was deservedly awarded a penalty when he was not allowed to his feet in a timely fashion.
The 2022 NRRRL U18 Grand Final saw Tanu Nona named at start from the bench for the Cudgen Hornets against the Ballina Seagulls with Tanu Nona scoring in the 36th minute when Tanu Nona backed up a line break by Harvey Moase to receive the ball after his halfback had drawn the fullback with Tanu Nona then running twenty metres to score under the posts.
Then in the 49th minute Tanu Nona made eighteen metres out of dummy half to his right to promote the ball over the halfway mark. Tanu Nona made a further strong run out of dummy half in the 50th minute, on this occasion to his left with Tanu Nona able to get the ball from thirty metres out to ten metres out.
Then in the 51st Tanu Nona ran to his right out of dummy half making twenty metres to forty metres out from the ty line with Tanu Nona able to get a short off-load away to his right at the end of his run.
To complete an outstanding sequence of runs Tanu Nona also ran out of dummy half in the 53rd minute to his left with Tanu Nona making seventeen strong metres.
2022 saw Harrison Doherty move up to the Gold Coast to play for the Currumbin Eagles in the Gold Coast Junior Rugby League U15 Division One competition, leading the Eagles to a Grand Final appearance against the Beaudesert Kingfishers with Harrison Doherty starting the Grand Final at halfback.
Harrison Doherty produced an exquisite piece of play in the 26th minute of the Grand Final when from a Currumbin scrum feed ten metres out from the try line Harrison Doherty ran the ball to his left and then dummied to an inside runner by way of a subtle throw of the ball to inside before throwing a great pass to his left to Dylan Watkins in a huge gap with the left centre set to score untouched before Harrison Doherty’s great pass was bizarrely ruled to have travelled forward.
2022 saw Dylan Watkins move up to the Gold Coast to play for the Currumbin Eagles in the Gold Coast Junior Rugby League U15 Division One competition, leading the Eagles to a Grand Final appearance against the Beaudesert Kingfishers with Dylan Watkins starting the Grand Final at left with Dylan Watkins scoring the match winning try in the Eagles 24 – 20 Grand Final victory.
In the 59th minute with the scores all locked up at 20 all Dylan Watkins ran onto a great off-load from his inside from Nelson Makaafi to cross the try line just three metres in from the left corner post.
Dylan Watkins had actually crossed the try line earlier in the match in the 26th minute but the great pass from is inside from Harrison Doherty was bizarrely ruled to have gone forward.
Dylan Watkins also made a strong run in the 36th minute from a Currumbin scrum win twenty metres out from their own try line and in the centre of the field, Dylan Watkins looped around from his left centre position to the right of the scrum with Dylan Watkins receiving the ball twenty metres out with Dylan Watkins promoting the ball to within five metres of the halfway mark with more than 50% of Dylan Watkins running metres from the effort coming post contact.
2022 saw Titus Marsden continue to play for the Helensvale Hornets in the Gold Coast Rugby League U16 Division One competition including wearing the No. 14 jersey as the Hornets defeated Burleigh in the 2022 Grand Final.
Titus Marsden made a strong impact when he came onto the field to operate on the right side of the field in the Hornets Grand Final victory including scoring in the 38th minute when after chasing through a kick into the in-goal Tits Marsden dived on the ball in the in-goal to core five metres in from the right corner post.
The 2022 Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One Grand Final saw Titan Jury Taewa start in the front row for the Nerang Roosters with Jury Taewa taking the opening hit-up of the match from the kick-off with Jury Taewa able to get the ball to twenty three metres away from his own try line.
Jury Taewa made a further strong charge in the 23rd minute when from a Nerang penalty tap restart twenty metres out from the try line, Jury Taewa charged into the Helensvale set defensive line with Jury Taewa rumbling to within eight metres of the try line.
Jury Taewa also had a strong Grand Final from a defensive perspective with Jury Taewa making a huge front on tackle in the 7th minute on his opposite number as the Hornets were trying to bring the ball out of their own twenty metre mark. Then in the 16th minute Jury Taewa executed a second great front on tackle rocking the Hornets forward backwards once again.
The 2022 Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One Grand Final saw Kanititeiti Sikahele start from the bench for the Nerang Roosters with Kanititeiti Sikahele coming onto the field to operate in the dummy half role in the 25th minute with Kanititeiti Sikahele making a heavy front on tackle on the Hornets right second rower (No. 12) just two minutes later.
Kanititeiti Sikahele backed that up with another strong tackle in the 44th minute when Kanititeiti Sikahele came out of the defensive line and once again smashed the Hornets No. 12 in the centre of the field and around dthirty five metres from the try line with Kanititeiti Sikahele’s heavy initial contact forcing the ball loose.
The 2022 Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One Grand Final saw Will Saunders start at hooker for the Currumbin Eagles against the Nerang Roosters with Will Saunders held up over the try line in the 18th minute six metres in from the left touchline after Will Saunders had tried to catch the Roosters defence off-guard by running out of dummy half.
Will Saunders also made a good run out of dummy half in the 30th minute when Will Saunders made fifteen metres after running to his left out of dummy half to get the ball ten metres into Nerang territory.
Dylan Patterson started the 2022 GCRL U15 Division One Grand Final at fullback for the Currumbin Eagles against the Beuadesert Kingfishers with Dylan Patterson putting in a Player of the Match Performance in Currubin’s 24 – 20 Grand final victory.
Dylan Patterson came close to scoring in just the 2nd minute of the Grand Final when after a ten metre burst after receiving an off-load from his hooker Dylan Patterson was held up near the right corner post.
Dylan Patterson also showed his elite skills in the 5th minute with a great catch and pass to his right centre just twenty metres out from the try line.
Dylan Patterson then made a line break in the 11th minute from a Currumbin scrum feed ten metres out from his own try line and just to the left of the uprights. After receiving the ball to the left of the scrum Dylan Patterson stepped off his right foot before pushing off a Beaudesert defender before bursting away with Dylan Patterson being tackled near the left corner and after a brilliant quick play the ball by Dylan Patterson the Currumbin left winger crashed over to score.
Dylan Patterson made a further line break in the 22nd minute when after the Beaudesert dummy half put in a short grubber kick from close range Dylan Patterson picked up the rolling ball just two minutes out from his own try line and directly in front of his own posts. After securing possession Dylan Patterson exploded downfield after steeping off his right foot to create space before off-loading to his left for Dylan Watkins to promote the ball further downfield to get the Eagles out of trouble.
Dylan Patterson showed his elite ball handling skills in the 39th minute when after juggling a tough pass on the left side of the field and twenty five metres out, Dylan Patterson was able to secure possession and was still able to get the ball to within ten metres of the try line.
Dylan Patterson was at it again in the 45th minute when after Dylan Patterson positioned himself directly behind the play the ball which was forty five metres out from his own try line Dylan Patterson darted to his right once the ball was played to receive the ball and make fifteen metres.
Perhaps Dylan Patterson’s best moment of the match came in the 48th minute when after Dylan Patterson took a long Beaudesert clearing kick on the full twenty eight metres out from his own try line and less than ten metres from the left touchline, Dylan Patterson ran to his left before stepping off his left foot on five separate occasions in a very short space of time, with each step beating at least one defender, Dylan Patterson burst between two more Kingfishers defenders to get the ball eight metres into Beaudesert territory.
The 2022 Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One Grand Final saw Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki start at left centre for the Nerang Roosters with Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki scoring in the 41st minute when after receiving the ball on the left side of the and around fifteen metres out from the try line, Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki cut inside off his left foot immediately breaking through to attempted tackles before Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki crashed through another tackle on the try line to score a powerhouse try twelve metres in from the left corner post.
Just a few minutes earlier in the 37th minute Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki had made a strong fifteen metre run down the left channel to get the ball to within five metres of the halfway mark.
Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki had some great moments defensively in the Grand Final including in the 39th minute when Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki came out of the Nerang defensive line and smashed the Currumbin five eight thirty eight metres out from the try line. Then in the 43rd minute Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki chased a Nerang grubber kick downfield and after the Eagles fullback took possession of the ball inside his own twenty metre area, Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki just aggressively rag dolled him to the ground with clearly bad intentions.
The 2022 Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One Grand Final saw Jake Lateo start at halfback and captain for the Currumbin Eagles against the Nerang Roosters with Jake Lateo setting up the match winning try literally in the dying seconds of the match when after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball and around twelve metres out Jake Lateo threw a superb hard flat cut-out pass to his right to put Zane Anderson over to score in the right corner.
Jake Lateo’s match winning try assist was just one of three in the Grand Final with Jake Lateo’s first try assist coming in the 11th minute when with the Currumbin play the ball around twenty metres out and near the left touchline Jake Lateo kicked to the right wing for his right centre to come forward with all of the momentum to take the kick on the full and score wide out on the right.
Jake Lateo recorded his second try assist in the 19th minute and once again it was from a kick from the left side of the field to the right corner with the Currumbin right winger taking Jake Lateo’s kick on the full and passing to his inside for his support to score.
Jake Lateo also forced a Nerang goal line drop-out in the 27th minute when from the right of the play the ball Jake lateo kicked deep in space with the kick perfectly weighted so that the Nerang left winger was tackled in-goal to force the goal line drop-out.
Jake Lateo also made good metres of his own in the 9th minute when from near the halfway mark Jake Lateo ran onto the ball to the right of the play the ball making eighteen metres, twelve of which were of the post contact variety.
Ezrah Selesele is a fullback from the Kyogle Turkeys who is part of the 2022/23 Titans U14 Elite Development Academy that commences training in November of this year.
Ezrah Selesele played for the Kyogle Turkeys in the Group One U13 competition including starting at fullback in the Grand Final against the Ballina Seagulls.
Ezrah Selesele finished as the Group One U13 competitions second leading try scorer with twenty four tries. Ezrah Selesele also finished as the competitions fourth top points scorer with ninety eight points.
Invariably if Ezrah Selesele scored in a match he went on to score at least once more with scoring three hat tricks and also scoring twice in seven matches as well as scoring in Round Fourteen against the Clarence Coast Magpies.
Ezrah Selesele scored all three of his hat tricks against the Grafton Ghosts in Round Eight, the rescheduled Round Three and Kyogle’s Preliminary Final victory.
Ezrah Selesele’s doubles came in Rounds One and Nine against Casino RSM Maroon, the rescheduled Round Five and Twelve against Marist Blue, Round Six against the South Grafton Rebels, Round Eleven against Casino RSM Grey and Week One of the Finals against the Ballina Seagulls.
Ezrah Selesele’s first season playing rugby league was in 2021 when he played for the Turkeys in the Group One U12 competition with Ezrah Selesele having a great start to his rugby league journey by scoring thirteen tries to finish fourth in the competition in terms of tries scored.
Ezrah Selesele scored an impressive four tries in Round Twelve against the Clarence Coast magpies and scored doubles in Round One against the South Grafton Rebels and Round Eight against the Grafton Ghosts.
Ezrah Selesele also scored in Round Two and Nine against Casino RSM Maroon, Round Five against the Marist Rams, Round Six against the South Grafton Rebels and Round Eleven against the Clarence Coast Magpies.
Whilst Ezrah Selesele played exclusively at fullback in 2022, in 2021 Ezrah Selesele played all of his matches for the Turkeys in the centres.
Ezrah Selesele has already had a taste of representative rugby league when in 2021 Ezrah Selesele was named in the North Coast U12 Primary School out of Kyogle Primary School.
The 2022 Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One Grand Final saw Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki start at hooker for the Nerang Roosters with Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki scoring in the 58th minute when after a quick play the ball from Immanuel Kalekale, Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki, from twelve metres out from the try line ran to his right out of dummy half to crash over to score eight metres to the left of the uprights.
Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki also made a line break in the 34th minute when in front of the Nerang goal posts Immanuel Kalekale smashed the Currumbin right second rower (No. 11) with the ball flying loose with Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki picking up the ball just metres out from the Nerang try line and making twenty metres downfield.
Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki made the first of a number of telling run in the Grand Final in the 3rd minute when Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki ran to his right out of dummy half to make nineteen metres to get the ball to within eleven metres of the try line.
Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki also executed a smart piece of play in the 49th minute with a one on one strip after Currumbin had made a line break with Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki’s smart effort eliminating the threat to the Nerang try line.
The 2022 Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One Grand Final saw Titans contracted Nicholas Hilton start from the bench for the Nerang Roosters with Nicholas Hilton coming onto the field to operate at left second row in the 20th minute with Nicholas Hilton making his first tackle of the Grand Final almost immediately after coming onto the field.
Then after Nerang kicked off to get the second half underway Nicholas Hilton executed two tackles in a row in the opening set of six tackles of the second half.
Titans contracted Ryan McCann continued playing for Logan Brothers in 2022 in the GBJRL U16 Division One competition and had an outstanding match from fullback in the Elimination Final against the Moreton Bay Raiders with Ryan McCann scoring a hat trick.
Ryan McCann also started at fullback in the Week Two Semi-Final against Carina.
Earlier in the 2022 GBJRL U16 Division One competition Ryan McCann scored twice in Round Nine against Aspley and Ryan McCann also scored in Rounds Seven and Fourteen against Redcliffe, Round Two against Aspley, the rescheduled Round Five against Norths and Round Thirteen against the Souths Acacia Ridge Magpies.
2022 saw Titans contracted Sam Stephenson play for the Burleigh Bears White side in the Gold Coast Junior Rugby League U16 Division One competition, leading the Bears to a Grand Final appearance against the Helensvale Hornets with Sam Stephenson starting the Grand Final at left centre.
Perhaps Sam Stephenson’s best moment of the Grand Final came in the 13th minute when Sam Stephenson made a lien break when he cut back underneath his five eight on the left side of the field thirty three metres out from the try line with Sam Stephenson bursting through three attempted tackles to get the ball to within ten metres of the try line and even though he had been engaged at that time by three Helensvale defenders Sam Stephenson was still able to get the ball away to his left to his five eight.
Sam Stephenson made another strong run in the opening minute of the second half when after receiving an off-load from the second half kick-off twenty eight metres out from his own try line, Sam Stephenson was able to make a line break down the left touchline to be tackled two metres inside Helensvale territory.
The one tackle later Sam Stephenson was on hand to receive another off-load on the left side of the field with Sam Stephenson running towards the centre of the field making sixteen more metres downfield.
The 2022 Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One Grand Final saw Titans contracted Jeremaiah Temapo start on the left wing for the Nerang Roosters with Jeremaiah Temapo scoring twice in a heart breaking last second loss.
Jeremaiah Temapo scored his opening try in the 3rd minute and to be honest it was a bit of an odd one. Nerang had put in a grubber kick near the left goal post but inexplicably the Currumbin fullback kicked the ball to his right with the ball rolling in front of Jeremaiah Temapo who just had to fall on the ball to score the opening try of the Grand Final near the left corner post.
Jeremaiah Temapo added a second try in the 50th minute with a twenty metre charge down the left touchline to score in the left corner.
Jeremaiah Temapo had come close to scoring in the 2nd minute but was held up after Jeremaiah Temapo had tried to force his way over near the left corner after Jeremaiah Temapo had run to his right out of dummy half.
Jeremaiah Temapo also recorded a line break assist in the Grand Final when in the 29th minute Jeremaiah Temapo received the ball to the left of the play the ball near the thirty metre mark with Jeremaiah Temapo drawing in two players before getting the ball away to his left to send his centre away down the touchline.
Jeremaiah Temapo made a strong run of his own in the 35th minute when from a Nerang penalty tap restart thirty metres out from the try line Jeremaiah Temapo took on the set Currumbin defensive line and was still able to get the ball within fifteen metres of the try line.
Then in the 57th minute Jeremaiah Temapo made fifteen metres, the majority of which were post contact metres before Jeremaiah Temapo got an off-load away to his right to Dorian Lotaki.
2022 saw Titans contracted Nelson Makaafi continue to play for the Currumbin Eagles in the Gold Coast Junior Rugby League U15 Division One competition, leading the Eagles to a Grand Final appearance against the Beaudesert Kingfishers with Nelson Makaafi starting the Grand Final at left second row and setting up the Eagles match winning try in the 59th minute.
In the final minute of the Grand Final with the scores locked at 20 all Nelson Makaafi received the ball from his right forty two metres out from the try line and immediately ran to his left with Nelson Makaafi then stepping off his left foot to beat two Kingfishers defenders with Nelson Makaafi then taking on another defender twenty metres out with Nelson Makaafi then getting away a right arm off-load in the tackle to his left to Dylan Watkins who scored untouched wide out on the left side of the field.
Nelson Makaafi had made a line break earlier in the match in the 34th minute when after receiving a pass from his left from Dylan Watkins whilst thirty six metres out from the try line, Nelson Makaafi stepped off his left foot to beat one defender before a second left foot step saw Nelson Makaafi get on the outside of another before Nelson Makaafi spun around and ran back to his left when still thirty metres out from the try line. Nelson Makaafi then beat two more Beaudesert defenders before being tackled just seven metres out from the try line.
Nelson Makaafi’s first strong run of the match came in the 14th minute when from a Currumbin penalty tap restart on the halfway mark Nelson Makaafi ran the ball to his left before stepping off his left foot to make sixteen metres with approximately 50% of those metres made post contact.
Nelson Makaafi showed that he is more than capable of making the hard runs in the 25th minute when from a Currumbin scrum win just ten metres out from their own try line, Nelson Makaafi received the ball to the left of the scrum and after executing a left foot step promoted the ball to twenty two metres out from his own try line.
Then in the 29th minute Nelson Makaafi charged onto the ball to the right of the play the ball with Nelson Makaafi rumbling to within four metres of the try line. Nelson Makaafi was on his feet in a heartbeat to execute a quick play the ball with the Eagles hooker taking the ultimate advantage to crash over from dummy half.
From a club rugby league perspective in 2022 Titans contracted Taylan To’o played for the Souths Acacia Ridge Magpies in the Brisbane Junior rugby League U15 Division One competition including starting at right second row in the Elimination Final against Brothers.
Taylan To’o also started at right second row in the Week Two Sem-Final against Logan Brothers.
The 2022 GBJRL U15 Division One Grand Final saw Taylan To’o named at start at right second row for the Souths Acacia Ridge Magpies against the Redcliffe Dolphins. With the Magpies scoring a tight Grand Final victory.
Earlier in the 2022 GBJRL U15 Division One Taylan To’o scored two tries in Rounds Seven and ten against Carina and Easts respectively and Taylan To’o also scored in Round Eleven against the Redcliffe Dolphins.
The 2022 Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One Grand Final saw Titans contracted Immanuel Kalekale start at right second row for the Nerang Roosters with Immanuel Kalekale scoring a powerhouse try in the 36th minute when after receiving an off-load eight metres out and on the right side of the field, Immanuel Kalekale took off from a standing start and broke through four tackles to crash over to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Immanuel Kalekale was also heavily involved in Dorian Lotaki’s 58th minute try which temporarily gave the Roosters the lead late in the match. After an eighteen metre charge from the right of the play the ball to around twelve metres out from the try line, Immanuel Kalekale with multiple defenders still on him, executed a lightning quick play the ball with Dorian Lotaki taking advantage of the still back peddling defensive line to crash over ten metres to the left of the uprights.
Immanuel Kalekale had come close to scoring earlier in the match in the 6th minute when he juggled a difficult pass but as he was about to score in the right corner Immanuel Kalekale could not regain possession.
Inside the opening minute of the Grand Final the Eagles know that they had their hands full with Immanuel Kalekale when he charged into the ball to the right of the play the ball and made a twenty five metres line break to get the ball within twelve metres of the try line.
Immanuel Kalekale made another strong charge in the 22nd minute when from thirty eight metres out and to the left of the play the ball, Immanuel Kalekale rumbled sixteen metres downfield.
Immanuel Kalekale showed that he is also a hard hitter from a defensive perspective in the 18th minute when Immanuel Kalekale smashed one of the Eagles replacement front rowers (No. 17) just on the try line to prevent a Currumbin try.
Immanuel Kalekale executed another big tackle in the 34th minute in front of his own posts when Immanuel Kalekale smashed the Currumbin right second rower (No. 11) with the ball flying loose with Nerang hooker Dorian Lotaki picking up the ball just metres out from the Nerang try line and making twenty metres downfield.
2022 saw Titans contracted Nayte Saaga play for the Burleigh Bears White side in the Gold Coast Junior Rugby League U16 Division One competition, leading the Bears to a Grand Final appearance against the Helensvale Hornets with Nayte Saaga starting the Grand Final at halfback and scoring fourteen of the Bears twenty two points in their tough loss from two tries and three conversions.
Nayte Saaga scored his opening try in the Grand Final in the 15th minute when whilst defending on the right side of the field and facing an overlap Nayte Saaga stepped forward to take an intercept forty eight metres out from the try line with Nayte Saaga beating the Hornets cover defence to dive over three metres in from the right corner post.
Nayte Saaga completed his double in the 59th minute when after moving into dummy half with the play the ball two metres out and mid-way between the corner post and goal posts on the right side of the field, Nayte Saaga ran to his left out of dummy half to force the ball down ten metres to the right of the uprights. Nayte Saaga then stepped up to convert his own try.
Nayte Saaga had almost scored earlier in the Grand Final 4th minute when from the left of the play the ball and twelve metres out Nayte Saaga executed a left foot step and was able to get to the try line but multiple Helensvale defenders were able to force him to have Nayte Saaga play the ball a metre out from the try line.
Nayte Saaga also recorded a Grand Final line break assist in the 18th minute when from thirty metres out and to the right of the play the ball inside Burleigh’s defensive twenty metre area Nayte Saaga cut across field to his right and send a good short ball away in the same direction to put right second rower Jac Finnigan into a gap.
In addition to scoring two tries Nayte Saaga also saved one when in the 29th minute Nayte Saaga raced across to his left to tackle the Helensvale right winger into touch just out from the left corner.
Nayte Saaga made a second try saving tackle in the 48th minute with once again Nayte Saaga effecting the tackle on the Helensvale right winger, on this occasion eight metres out from the left corner.
In Round One of the 2022 Group One U15 competition Cohan Bateman started in the centres for the Kyogle Turkeys against the Casino RSM Cougars kicking a conversion as the Turkeys got their season off with a good first up victory. Cohen Bateman also scored in Round Nine against Casino RSM.
Cohen Bateman started at five eight in the 2022 Group One U15 Grand final for the Turkeys as they went down 32 – 18 to the Clarence Coast Magpies with Cohen Bateman scoring two of Kyogle’s four tries in the Grand Final.
Cohen Bateman finished the 2022 Group One U15 season as the competitions seventh leading try scorer with nine tries and also finished as the competition’s eighth leading point’s scorer with forty six points.
Sione Tonga started in the centres for the Marist Brothers Rams in Round One of the 2022 Group One U15 competition against the Ballina Seagulls and Sione Tonga had a great match including scoring four tries. Sione Tonga added a further try in Round Eight against the South Grafton Rebels.
In addition to playing a number of matches in the centres Sione Tonga also played in the second row including in Round Eleven against the Clarence Coast Magpies with Sione Tonga also scoring in that match.
Then also from the second row position Sione Tonga scored an impressive hat trick in Round Thirteen before going one better by scoring four tries in Round Fourteen against the South Grafton Rebels.
Sione Tonga then started from the bench in the rescheduled Round Two match against the Clarence Coast Magpies with Sione Tonga scoring twice for the Rams.
In Week One of the 2022 Group One U15 Finals series Sione Tonga started in the centres for the Marist Rams against the Grafton Ghosts.
Sione Tonga finished the 2022 Group One U15 season as the competition’s leading try scorer with nineteen tries and finished third from an overall points scoring perspective with seventy eight points.
Round One of the 2022 Group One U14 competition saw Jett Flatley start at left second row for the Ballina Seagulls against the Marist Rams with Jett Flatley scoring in the Seagulls first up victory. Jett Flatley also scored in Round Nine against the South Grafton Rebels and in Round Fourteen against the Marists Rams.
In Week One of the 2022 Group One U14 Finals series Jett Flatley started in the second row for the Ballina Seagulls against the South Grafton Rebels with Jett Flatley scoring a double in a Seagulls 22 – 10 victory.
Jett Flatley also started in the second row in the Preliminary Final against the Kyogle Turkeys with Jett Flatley scoring two tries as the Seagulls progressed to the Grand Final.
Jett Flatley started in the second row and had another try scoring double in Ballina’s tough Group One U14 Grand Final loss against Casino RSM.
Jett Flatley finished the 2022 Group One U14 competition with ten tries to finish equal fifth in that category and also finished as the competition’s seventh leading points scorer with forty points.
In Round One of the 2022 Group One U15 competition Luke Barnett started in the centres for the Kyogle Turkeys 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. Luke Barnett then socred a try and kicked five goals in Round Nine against Casino RSM.
Luke Barnett then went on a tear starting in Round Twelve against the Grafton Ghosts by scoring three tries and kicking two conversions against the Grafton Ghosts and scoring twenty points on his own in Round Fourteen against the Clarence Coast Mapgies fron four tries and six conversions.
In Week One of the 2022 Group One U15 Finals series Luke Barnett started in the centres for the Kyogle Turkeys against the Clarence Coast Magpies with Luke Barnett scoring a try and kicking two conversions as the Turkeys progressed.
Luke Barnett started in the centres in the 2022 Group One U15 Grand final for the Turkeys as they went down 32 – 18 to the Clarence Coast Magpies with Luke Barnett kicking a conversion for the Turkeys.
Luke Barnett finished the 2022 Group One U15 season as the competitions second leading try scorer with eighteen and also finished as the competition’s leading point’s scorer with 118 points.
What a heck of a 2022 Group One U16 Grand Final Ballina halfback Finn Spencer had including kicking five goals from as many attempts as well as the match winning field goal in a dramatic Ballina 27-26 win against an unlucky Clarence Coast Magpies side.
2022 saw Riley Prendergast continue to play for the Coomera Cutters in the Gold Coast Junior Rugby League U13 Division One competition, leading the Cutters to a Grand Final appearance against the Burleigh Bears with Riley Prendergast starting the Grand Final in the centres.
Riley Prendergast made a line break in the Grand Final in the 21st minute when after receiving the pass from his inside forty two metres out from his own try line Riley Prendergast charged down the right touchline to get the ball to thirty eight metres out from the Burleigh try line.
Riley Prendergast made his first run of the match in just the 2nd minute when he ran to his left out of dummy half with Riley Prendergast’s run commencing on his own twenty metre mark.
Riley Prendergast made strong tackle in the 43rd minute with a great one on one tackle on the Burleigh fullback who was trying to chime into the Bears backline twelve metres out from the try line.
Fabion Cowan started the 2022 Gold Coast Junior Rugby League U13 Division One Grand Final at right second row for the Coomera Cutters as they defeated the Burleigh Bears 18 – 16 to become the 2022 Premiers.
Fabion Cowan recorded a try assist in relation to Coomera’s final try of their 18 -16 Grand Final victory in the 40th minute when with the play the ball just three metres out and just to the right of the uprights, Alex Ruiz ran to his right out of dummy half turning the ball back inside to Fabion Cowan who ran back against the grain to the opposite side of the play the ball before turning the ball inside to a charging Siu Pulepule who crashed over the top of a number of Bears defenders to get the ball down.
Fabion Cowan made a strong line break in the Grand Final in the 24th minute when after receiving a pass from his inside from Denzel Silby, Fabion Cowan received the ball on the halfway and rumbling fifteen metres downfield to get the ball within thirty five metres of the try line.
Fabion Cowan made a second line break in the 40th minute when after Marlee Smith took the ball to the right of the play the ball fifty six metres out he threw a good short ball to his right to a hard charging Fabion Cowan who burst through a gap on the halfway mark, with Fabion Cowan breaking three tackles as he promoted the ball to the twenty metre mark.
Fabion Cowan made his first strong run of the match in the 3rd minute with a strong fourteen metre run down a right channel to get the bell within seven metres of the try line near the right touchline.
Fabion Cowan made a further strong run in the 26th minute when after receiving an off-load from his right from Marlee Smith forty five metres out Fabion Cowan immediately bumped off one defender before burst through two more attempted tackles with Fabion Cowan then dragging two Bears defenders six more metres to get the ball within twenty eight metres of the try line.
Fabion Cowan’s most important run of the Grand Final came in the 55th minute with Coomera up by two points with Burleigh coming home with a wet sail and having all of the field position but from thirty metres out from his own try line Fabion Cowan charged onto the ball and was able to get the ball to within four metres of the halfway mark with at least 70% of the metres gained by Fabion Cowan being post contact metres.
Fabion Cowan, in the 7th minute highlighted his intensity and effort when he chased a Marlee Smith long tactical kick from inside Coomera territory with Fabion Cowan flying downfield to tackle the Burleigh fullback just five metres out from his own try line.
2022 saw Alex Ruiz continue to play for the Coomera Cutters in the Gold Coast Junior Rugby League U13 Division One competition, leading the Cutters to a Grand Final appearance against the Burleigh Bears with Alex Ruiz starting the Grand Final at hooker with Alex Ruiz putting in a Player of the Match performance in Coomera’s 18 – 16 Grand Final victory.
Alex Ruiz scored the opening try of the Grand Final in the 5th minute when after moving into dummy half with the play the ball around three metres out and to the left of the uprights, Alex Ruiz ran out of dummy half to his left and after being hit by multiple defenders still two metres out from the try line, Alex Ruiz spun counter clockwise and was then able to reach out with the ball in his right hand to get the ball down on the try line six metres to the left of the uprights.
Alex Ruiz was also heavily involved in Coomera’s final try of their 18 -16 Grand Final victory in the 40th minute when with the play the ball just three metres out and just to the right of the uprights, Alex Ruiz ran to his right out of dummy half turning the ball back inside to Fabion Cowan who ran back against the grain to the opposite side of the play the ball before turning the ball inside to a charging Siu Pulepule who crashed over the top of a number of Bears defenders to get the ball down.
Alex Ruiz made a great play in the 55th minute when from twenty six metres out from the try line, Alex Ruiz ran to his right out of dummy half and put in a smart left foot grubber kick and then chased his own grubber kick to tackle the Burleigh fullback a metre out from the try line with Coomera holding a slender two point lead.
Alex Ruiz made some smart (and good) runs out of dummy half in the Grand Final but perhaps the most critical of Alex Ruiz’s efforts out of dummy half came in the 58th minute of the match after Burleigh had been tackled less than a metre out from the Coomera try line on the final tackle to force a change over. With the changeover play the ball occurring less than a metre out and with Coomera clinging onto a two point lead Alex Ruiz darted out of dummy half to his right and kept low so as not to be forced back in-goal with Alex Ruiz able to will himself six metres downfield in the face of a desperate Burleigh defensive line.
Denzel Silby started the 2022 Gold Coast Junior Rugby League U13 Division One Grand Final at five eight of the Coomera Cutters as they defeated the Burleigh Bears 18 – 16 to become the 2022 Premiers.
Denzel Silby kicked his first conversion of the Grand Final in the 6th minute from six metres to the left of the uprights to convert Alex Ruiz’s try out of dummy half.
Denzel Silby made a great run in the 26th minute when after receiving the ball from the dummy half to the left of the play the ball and forty two metres out from his own try line, Denzel Silby stepped off his left foot and ran back to his right before a great Denzel Silby left arm fend getting rid of a defender with Denzel Silby then running over the halfway mark before shrugging off another defender before off-loading the ball to his inside.
With the Grand Final delicately poised with just five minutes to go and with Coomera up by just two points Denzel Silby took possession of the ball to the left of the play the ball from a cut-out pass with Denzel Selby making twelve metres to get the ball from forty metres out to twenty six metres out.
Denzel Silby also showcased his defensive ability in the 10th minute with a great low tackle in a charging Burleigh front rower (No. 8) just as the Bears player was able to charge through a big gap near the halfway mark.
A minute earlier in the 9th minute along with Marlee Smith, Denzel Silby hit one of the Burleigh front rowers (No. 10 on this occasion) in a great joint front on tackle forty metres out from the Cutters try line with the force of the contact immediately forcing the ball loose.
Denzel Silby continued his strong defensive match in the 28th minute when whilst defending on the left, Denzel Silby raced out of the defensive line with Burleigh on the attack just twenty metres out with Denzel Silby hitting the Bears right second rower just as the ball arrived with Denzel Silby throwing the second rower to ground. Denzel Silby was actually penalised for some reason, maybe for tackling too hard, not sure what else it could have been.
AJ Hickling played once again for the Clarence Coast Magpies in the 2022 Group One U16 competition and after a Round One washout AJ Hickling was part of the Magpies squad in Round Two against the Marist Rams. AJ Hickling had a particularly strong match in Round Ten against the South Grafton Rebels including scoring two tries.
Whilst AJ Hickling played the majority of the matches that he played in the Group One U16 competition in the front row AJ Hickling did play a number of matches towards the end of the season at right centre including in Round Fourteen against the South Grafton Rebels with AJ Hickling relishing the extra space by scoring a double.
AJ Hickling also started in the centres in the rescheduled Round Two match against the Marist Rams with AJ Hickling once again scoring a double for the Magpies.
In Week One of the 2022 Group One U16 Finals series AJ Hickling started in the centres for the Clarence Coast Magpies against the Ballina Seagulls with AJ Hickling scoring a double in a Magpies 20 -16 victory.
AJ Hickling continued in the centres the 2022 Group One U16 Grand Final with AJ Hickling scoring twice as the Magpies went down in a thriller 27 – 26 against the Ballina Seagulls.
AJ Hickling finished the 2022 Group One U16 season as the competitions leading try scorer with twelve tries and also finished fourth in terms of overall points scored.
2022 saw Jeval Pitman continue to play for the Coomera Cutters in the Gold Coast Junior Rugby League U13 Division One competition, leading the Cutters to a Grand Final appearance against the Burleigh Bears with Jeval Pitman starting the Grand Final at lock with Jeval Pitman making the opening tackle of the match after Coomera had kicked off to get the Grand Final underway.
Jeval Pitman made a line break in the Grand Final in the 31st minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball forty five metres out, Jeval Pitman stepped subtly off his left foot to break through the Burleigh defensive line and raced away only to be caught from behind just five metres out from the defensive line.
Jeval Pitman recorded the first of his line break assists in the 21st minute when after running the ball down a short right blindside, Jeval Pitman drew in a defender and threw a great short ball to Fabion Cowan who bust over the halfway mark with Jeval Pitman actually awarded a penely for a late hit after Jeval Pitman had passed the ball.
Jeval Pitman recorded a second Grand Final line break assist in the 24th minute when from five metrews inside his own territory Jeval Pitman ran the ball down a short right blindside and after drawing in two Bears defenders got a good ball away to his right to Fabion Cowan who burst away down the right touchline.
The first of a number of strong runs from Jeval Pitman came in the 12th minute when from the left of the play the ball and twelve metres out from the try line, Jeval Pitman knocked the ball backwards and after turning around and retrieving the ball Jeval Pitman ran the ball to his right and forced his way to within two metres of the try line near the right corner with Jeval Pitman forcing five Burleigh defenders to commit to the tackle to prevent Jeval Pitman from scoring.
Jeval Pitman’s short kicking game was on song in the Grand Final with the first of his start grubber kicks coming in the 11th minute when five metres inside his own territory Jeval Pitman ran the ball down a right blindside and put in a grubber kick with the Burleigh fullback getting the ball on his own twenty metre mark.
Then in the 16th minute when forty six metres out from the try line, Jeval Pitman lined up to the right of the play the ball looking to kick long downfield but with pressure coming Jeval Pitman cut back down a short left blindside and after taking the ball to the defensive line Jeval Pitman put in a short grubber kick for himself and after getting to the ball first Jeval Pitman grubbered the ball off the ground and then tackled the Burleigh fullback eighteen metres out from the try line.
Jeval Pitman then made a good defensive play in the 56th minute with Coomera up by just two points when Jeval Pitman raced out of the defensive line to smash one of the Burleigh front rowers being No. 10 to keep Burleigh pinned just three metres out from their own try line.
Jeval Pitman made a smart play in the 49th minute with the game on the line when he did very well to track back and dive on a Burleigh grubber kick through the defensive line just a metre out from the try line with Bears players in close proximity.
The 2022 NRRRL U18 season for Ethan Hickey:
The 2022 NRRRL U18 competition saw Ethan Hickey move from the Tweed Coast Raiders to the Cudgen Hornets and after the Hornets had a Round One bye Ethan Hickey started Round Two from the bench against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
Ethan Hickey moved into the Hornets starting side at hooker in Round Three against Casino RSM and also started at hooker in Round Six against the Byron Bay Devils and also started at hooker in Round Seven against the Bilambil Jets.
Ethan Hickey continued at hooker in Round Eight against the Kyogle Turkeys with Ethan Hickey scoring in the 49th minute when after the Hornets had spun the ball from wide out on the left side of the field to wide out on the right, Ethan Hickey received the ball around twelve metres out and three metre in from the touchline. As soon as he took possession Ethan Hickey executed a subtle right foot step to beat the Turkeys defender who had rushed up on him, Ethan Hickey then was able to dart over to score around ten metres in from the right corner post.
Ethan Hickey also started at hooker in Round Ten against the Murwillumbah Mustangs and was on hand in the 6th minute when along with Stevie O’Connor he held up the Murwillumabh hooker over the try line after he had tried to sneak over from cloe range from dummy half.
Ethan Hickey continued at hooker in Round Eleven against the Lower Clarence Magpies with Ethan Hickey doing what he does best and that is all of the little things that help his team win.
The first example of this in relation to Ethan Hickey came in the 4th minute when Ethan Hickey along with Ty Kilpatrick held up the Lower Clarence Magpies hooker who had tried to barge his way over from dummy half mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Ethan Hickey was involved in holding up another Magpie in the 21st minute when along with Max Liles and Stevie O’Connor he held up and then forced back into the field of play the Lower Clarence No. 14 six metres in from the right corner.
Ethan Hickey executed another smart piece of play in the 15th minute with a one on one steal from the Magpies right second rower (No. 12) with the Magpies attacking only twenty metres out from the Hornets line.
Ethan Hickey continued at hooker in Round Thirteen against the Ballina Seagulls with Ethan Hickey along with Ty Kilpatrick made the Hornets first tackle if the match when he chased the Hornets clearing kick downfield.
Ethan Hickey pulled off a smart piece of play in the 15th minute with a one on one strip on the thirty metre mark as Ballina were trying to work the ball out of their own territory.
Ethan Hickey then continued at hooker in for the rescheduled Round Four 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.
Ethan Hickey then started at hooker in the rescheduled Round Five match against the Byron Bay Devils.
Ethan Hickey then started at hooker for the Cudgen Hornets in the 2022 NRRRL Major Semi-final against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
The 2022 NRRRL U18 Grand Final saw Ethan Hickey named at start at hooker for the Cudgen Hornets against the Ballina Seagulls with Ethan Hickey held up over the try line in the 39th minute after he had tried to force his way over from dummy half.
2022 saw Siu Pulepule continue to play for the Coomera Cutters in the Gold Coast Junior Rugby League U13 Division One competition, leading the Cutters to a Grand Final appearance against the Burleigh Bears with Siu Pulepule starting the Grand Final in the front row.
Siu Pulepule scored the final try in Coomera’s 18 -16 Grand Final victory with Siu Pulepule scoring in the 40th minute with a strong straight charge from six metres out and six metres to the right of the uprights from a Coomera set move. With the play the ball just three metres out and just to the right of the uprights, Alex Ruiz ran to his right out of dummy half turning the ball back inside to Fabion Cowan who ran back against the grain to the opposite side of the play the ball before turning the ball inside to a charging Siu Pulepule who crashed over the top of a number of Bears defenders to get the ball down.
Siu Pulepule made the first of his strong runs and off-loads in the 7th minute when after receiving an off-load Siu Pulepule charged twelve metres from his own twenty metre mark before off-loading to his left to Riley Prendergast.
Siu Pulepule made a further strong run in the 22nd minute from a Coomera penalty tap restart forty two metres out from the try line with Siu Pulepule making twelve metes against a set Burleigh defensive line.
Then in the 29th minute Siu Pulepule charged onto the ball to the right of a Coomera scrum win with Siu Pulupule dragging three Bears defenders thirteen metres to thirty three metres out from his own try line. Siu Pulepule then made another sixteen metre run later in the same set of six tackles from the left of the play the ball with Siu Pulupule promoting the ball ten metres into Burleigh territory.
In the 31st minute when thirty metres out from his own try line Siu Pulepule charged onto the ball to the right of the play the ball with Siu Pulepule breaking five tackles as Siu Pulepule surged all of the way to eight metres into Burleigh territory after Siu Pulepule received the ball thirty metres out from his own try line.
Siu Pulepule made another strong charge in the 39th minute with Siu Pulepule receiving the ball to the right of a Coomera scrum win thirty metres out with Siu Pulepule charigng eighteen metres before Siu Pulepule was able to get a two handed off-load away to Alex Riuz.
Siu Pulepule executed some huge tackles in the Grand Final including in the 46th minute with a heavy hit on the Burleigh front rower (No. 10) from a Coomera kick-off with Siu Pulepule just man handling the Bears forward to crunch him to the ground twelve metres out from his own try line.
Exciting halfback Murphy Phillips for me was one of the true standouts in the Gold Coast rugby League U13 Division One competition with Murphy Phillips starting at halfback for the Burleigh Bears in the GCRL U13 Division One Grand Final against the Coomera Cutters.
Murphy Phillips, in addition to kicking two conversions from three attempts (his only miss was from the right touchline), Murphy Phillips recorded a try assist in the 51st minute when after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball and around forty metres out Murphy Phillips took the ball to the defensive line and put in a right foot grubber kick into the space between the Coomera defensive line and the fullback with the ball bouncing up perfectly for the Burleigh front rower (No. 10) to able to take possession on the charge to crash over in the right corner.
The first of Murphy Phillips two conversions came in the 36th minute when he converted a Burleigh try from directly in front of the goal posts. Murphy Phillips second conversionn came in the 44th minute from five metres ot the left of the uprights.
Murphy Phillips then made a line break in the 54th minute when from the left of the play the ball and twenty five metres out from his own try line and the Bears down by two points with less than six minutes to go Murphy Phillips took the ball deep into the Cutters defensive line before dummying to his left with Murphy Phillips then slicing through a gap between two defenders and racing fifty metres down the left touchline before being tackled into touch just twenty five metres out from the try line.
Murphy Phillips made another exceptional line break in the 58th minute with Burleigh on the attack just twenty three metres out from the try line and once again to the left of the play the ball Murphy Phillips dummied his way through the Cutters defensive line once again by way of a dummy to his left with Murphy Phillips then setting sail towards the left corner only to be brought down by a desperate tackle by Cutters second rower Marlee Smith.
Then with Burleigh still down by two points and in the final minute of the match Murphy Phillips was still trying to win the match with a stepping sixteen metres run from fifteen metres out from his own try line to thirty one metre away.
Murphy Phillips made the first of his smart Grand Final runs in the 9th minute when after recieivng the ball two passes to the left of a Bears scrum win five metres inside his own territory Murphy Phillips was able to force his way ten metres into Coomera territory.
Murphy Phillips, in the 13th minute showed that he is always prepared to roll up his sleaves and do the hard work when Murphy Phillips ran the ball to his right out of dummy half with the play the ball ten metres out from his own try line and directly in front of the goal posts with Murphy Phillips able to get the ball two metres out of the Bears twenty metre defensive area.
Murphy Phillips was at his running best once again in the 16th minute when from the right of the paly the ball and sixteen metres out from his own try line Murphy Phillips was able to get the ball to thirty metres out be relived the pressure on the Bears.
Murphy Philiips made a further strong run in the 23rd minute with Murphy Phillips receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball twenty metres out from his own try line. After stepping off his right foot to beat a defender Murphy Phillips cut back to his right and threw a great pass to his right to record a line break assist with his centre racing twenty metres downfield.
Murphy Phillips defended in the right side of the ruck for Burleigh in the Grand Final and even though he was constantly targeted by the giant Coomera forwards, Murphy Phiilips never once shirked his defensive line duties including a great ball and all tackle on Coomera front rower Siu Pulepule near the halfway mark in the 11th minute.
Murphy Phillips also made a try saving tackle when in the 31st minute after Coomera lock Jeval Pitman had split the Burleigh defensive line on the Cutters left from forty five metres out he set sail for the try line but Murphy Phillips raced to his left and got to the Cutters lock and brought him down from behind just five metres out from the try line to prevent whata appeared to be a certain Coomera try.
From a club rugby league perspective in 2022 Titans contracted Dominique Sandow played for the Souths Acacia Ridge Magpies in the Brisbane Junior rugby League competition in the U17 Nev Blair competition including starting the Week Two Semi-final against Carina at five eight.
Earlier in the 2022 Nev Blair Shield season Dominique Sandow from the fullback position scored a double in Round Nine against Carina and Dominique Sandow also scored in Round Seven against the Easts Tigers.
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 and Naoh Vakararawa also scored twice in Round Nine against Casino RSM.
In Week One of the 2022 Group One U15 Finals series Naoh Vakararawa started at lock for the Kyogle Turkeys against the Clarence Coast Magpies.
Naoh Vakararawa started at lock in the 2022 Group One U15 Grand final for the Turkeys as they went down 32 – 18 to the Clarence Coast Magpies with Naoh Vakararawa scoring one of the Turkey’s tries.
Naoh Vakararawa finished the 2022 Group One U15 season as the competitions fifth leading try scorer with thirteen tries and also finished as the competition’s seventh leading point’s scorer with fifty two points.
2022 saw Marlee Smith continue to play for the Coomera Cutters in the Gold Coast Junior Rugby League U13 Division One competition, leading the Cutters to a Grand Final appearance against the Burleigh Bears with Marlee Smith starting the Grand Final at left second row.
Marlee Smith scored a great solo try in the Grand Final in the 19th minute when Marlee Smith moved into dummy half with the play the ball around thirty metres out and on the right side of the field. After running to his right Marlee Smith kepy charging at a back peddling Burleigh left sided defensive line and when ten metres out from the tryline Marlee Smith burst through three attempted tackles before verring to his left to easily beat the fullback with Marell Smith then able to bring the ball around with his left arm raised in the air to put the ball down next ot the right upright.
Marlee Smith also recorded a line break assist in the when after Marlee Smith took the ball to the right of the play the ball fifty six metres out he threw a good short ball to his right to a hard charging Fabion Cowan who burst through a gap on the halfway mark, with Fabion Cowan breaking three tackles as he promoted the ball to the twenty metre mark. Then from the Fabion Cowan play the ball, Marlee Smith charged into the ball to the right of the play the ball to get within eight metres of the try line down a short right blindside.
In the opening minute of the second half Marlee Smith took the second hit-up after Burleigh kicked off with Marlee Smith charging onto the ball to the right of the play the ball with Marlee Smith able to get the ball thirty four metres away from his own try line with his run commencing twenty metres out.
Marlee Smith made a critical run with the game on the line in the 50th minute when with the play the ball just five metes out from his own try line and in the centre of the field, Marlee Smith ran onto the ball to the right of the play the ball and was able to get the ball over the twenty metre mark to relieve a lot of pressure on the Coomera side.
Marlee Smith also had a strong defensive Grand Final including in the 9th minute when along with Denzel Silby, Marlee Smith hit one of the Burleigh front rowers (No. 10) in a great joint front on tackle forty metres out from the Cutters try line with the fore of the contact immediately forcing the ball loose. Marlee Smith then picked up the ball and made eight metres downfield.
Marlee Smith made another strong tackle in the 54th minute with a heavy hit on one of the Bears forwards who was returning a Coomera kick-off with Marlee Smith then backing up to make the next tackle as well after lining up at marker.
Then in the 58th minute with Coomera still up by two points Marlee Smith made the most critical play of the Grand Final when Marlee Smith raced to his right to execute an exceptional try saving tackle on Burleigh halfback Murphy Phillips to bring him down five metres short of the ty line after he had sliced through the Cutters defensive line. To be honest I have no idea who Marlee Smith willed himself to get across the field to make the tackle but he did with the tackle essentially winning the Grand Final for the Coomera Cutters.
Marlee Smith also showcased his kicking skills in the Grand Final when in the 7th minute from five metres inside his own territory Marlee Smith put in a big right foot kick with the Burleigh fullback tackled just five metres out from his own try line as a result of the distance that Marlee Smith was able to generate.
Kyogle’s Euston Williams was the 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 U12 competition at lock against Casino RSM with Euston Williams scoring an impressive four tries to get his season underway in the best way possible. Also starting at lock in Round Two against Lismore Marist Brothers, Euston Williams scored a hat trick in another dominant display.
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. Euston Williams also scored a double in Round Eleven against the South Grafton Rebels to add to his already impressive 2022 season.
Euston Williams then had a great match in Round Twelve against the Marist Rams scoring four tries before Euston Williams scored a hat trick in Round Fourteen against the Clarence Coast Magpies.
In Week One of the 2022 Group One U12 Finals series Euston Williams started at lock for the Kyogle Turkeys against Ballina with Euston Williams one of the Turkey’s try scorers in their 14 – 10 victory which propelled Kyogle directly into the Grand Final.
Euston Williams also started at lock in the Grand Final will Kyogle winning the decider 24 – 16 against the Ballina Seagulls.
Euston Williams finished as the 2022 Group One U12 competitions leading try scorer with twenty eight tries and also finished as the competition’s leading points scorer with 128 points.
Round One of the 2022 Group One U14 competition saw Harrison Clements start at right second row for the Ballina Seagulls against the Marist Rams with Harrison Clements scoring in the Seagulls first up victory. Harrison Clements also scored in Round Eight against the Ballina Seagulls.
Harrison Clements then had a big match in Round Fourteen scoring an impressive four tries in Round Fourteen against the Marist Rams.
In Week One of the 2022 Group One U14 Finals series Harrison Clements started in the second row for the Ballina Seagulls against the South Grafton Rebels.
Harrison Clements also started in the second row in the Preliminary Final against the Kyogle Turkeys with Harrison Clements scoring two tries as the Seagulls progressed to the Grand Final.
Harrison Clements then started in the second row in Ballina’s tough Group One U14 Grand Final loss against Casino RSM.
Harrison Clements finished the 2022 Group One U14 competition with nine tries to finish sixth in that category and also finished as the competition’s ninth leading points scorer with thirty six points.
Round One of the 2022 Group One U15 competition saw Grant Brown start at five eight for the Clarence Coast Magpies as they took on the South Grafton Rebels however the match was postponed due to the wet weather conditions.
In Round Six against the Grafton Ghosts, Grant Brown scored a try and kicked a conversion. Grant Brown then kicked another conversion in Round Nine against the Grafton Ghosts. Grant Brown’s strong season continued in Round Eleven against Marist Brothers with Grant Brown scoring a try and kicking two conversions after also scoring in Round Ten against the South Grafton Rebels.
Grant Brown then scored two tries and kicked two conversions in Round Thirteen against Casino RSM after scoring a hat trick and kicking two conversions in Round Twelve against the Marist Rams.
Week One of the 2022 Group One U15 Finals series saw Grant Brown start at five eight and score two tries and converting one in a tough loss against the Kyogle Turkeys.
Grant Brown also started at five eight and scored a try and kicked four conversions in the Preliminary Final extra time victory over the Grafton Ghosts.
Grant Brown continued at five eight in the 2022 Group One U15 Grand Final with Grant Brown scoring a try and kicking three conversions as the Mapgies defeated Kyogle 32 – 18 to become the 2022 Premiers.
Grant Brown finished the 2022 Group One U15 season as the competitions third leading try scorer with fifteen tries and the second leading point’s scorer with 112 points.
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. Cai Garrett also scored in Round Thirteen against the Clarence Coast Magpies.
In Week One of the 2022 Group One U13 Finals series Cai Garrett started in the second row for the Ballina Seagulls against the Kyogle Turkeys with Cai Garrett in a Seagulls 24 – 12 victory which propelled Ballina directly into the Grand Final.
Cai Garrett also started in the second row in the 2022 Group One U13 Grand Final with Cai Garrett scoring a double as the Seagulls defeated the Kyogle Turkeys 24 – 14.
Cai Garrett finished the 2022 Group One U13 season as the competition’s leading try scorer with thirty one tries and the competition’s second leading points scorer with 124 points.
The 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts season of Arama Hau:
Arama Hau started at left second row in Round Two of the 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition for the Burleigh Bears in the local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls and what a debut Arama Hau had by scoring a first half double.
Arama Hau’s first Hastings Deering’s Colts try came in the 28th minute when after receiving the ball around twenty two metres from the line Arama Hau charged forward, dummying to his left, before executing a left foot step to beat Jaylan De Groot to score a great debut Colts try six metres in from the left corner post.
Arama Hau completed his double in the 37th minute when he charged onto the ball as it was spun to the right from close to the left touchline with Arama Hau bursting between two defenders ten metres out from the line and after that no one and I mean no one was going to stop Arama Hau from running around to put the ball down under the posts.
In fact Arama Hau almost scored in the 20th minute when after a seven metre run he got over the try line under the posts before being forced back into the field of play.
Arama Hua’s first touch of the ball in the Hastings Deering’s Colts competition came in just the second minute of the match. Arama Hau then continued his strong match in the 43rd minute making a tough twelve metres to get Burleigh inside their attacking twenty metre area.
Arama Hau continued his outstanding Hastings Deering’s Colts debut in the 53rd minute when after receiving the ball down a wide left blindside around eight metres from the try line, Arama Hau cut back to his right spinning 360 degrees twice and getting to around a metre out from the line next to the left upright before his forward momentum was halted.
Arama Hau proved that his game is not all about attack in the 54th minute with a crunching left shoulder tackle on his opposite number.
Arama Hau continued at left second row in Round Three against the Western Clydesdales and was heavily involved on Samuel Shannon’s sixth minute try when he engaged the Clysdales defensive line on the left side of the field from close range and after srawing in a number of defenders Arama Hau was able to get a right arm off-load away which then went through hands until Samual Shannon crashed over.
Just prior that in the 3rd minute Arama Hau made a strong seventeen metre line break down the left channel to within forty metres of the try line with Arama Hau then awarded a penalty to put Burleigh deeper into attack.
Arama Hau made a further line break in the 19th minute when from near halfway Arama Hau ran onto the ball to the right of the dummy half and in a great run Arama Hau broke an exceptional seven tackles before once again producing a great right arm off-load to his fullback to promote the ball further.
Arama Hau was once again named at left second row for Burleigh in Round Five against the Souths Logan Magpies however he was a late scratching after being selected in the Queensland U18 Emerging Origin Squad.
The exceptional TSS First XV School Boy Rugby career of Nicholas Hilton:
Nicholas Hilton was back at TSS in 2022 as a full colours rugby player and was named at No. 8 for the TSS First XV’s first trial against Brisbane Grammar School with TSS recording a 19 – 12 first up victory.
Nicholas Hilton was also named at No. 8 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 with the TSS First XV recording an impressive 49 – 19 trial victory.
Nicholas Hilton started at No. 8 and vice-captain of the 2022 TSS First XV side in Round One of the GPS School Boy Rugby First XV competition against St Jospeh’s College Nudgee.
Nicholas Hilton then had the honour of captaining the TSS First XV in TSS’s GPS Round Two bye week when they travelled to Toowoomba to take on Downlands College with Nicholas Hilton starting the match at No. 8.
Nicholas Hilton continued at No. 8 and vice-captain in Round Three 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.
Nicholas Hilton also started at No. 8 and Vice-captain in Round Four against Anglican Church Grammar at the Shark Tank as well as Round Five against Brisbane Boys College (BBC) with Nicholas Hilton recoding a try assist in the 35th minute when after TSS won a scrum against the feed ten metres out, Nicholas Hilton ran to the left of the scrum and drew in one defender before getting the ball to his outside centre who crashed over from five metres out and mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Nicholas Hilton came close to scoring himself in the 41st minute when from twenty five metres out Nicholas Hilton burst through the BBC defence on the right side of the field but when he was only around six metres out and only the fullback to beat Nicholas Hilton got tripped up from behind with Nicholas Hilton then throwing a desperate pass to his right to keep the movement going for TSS.
Nicholas Hilton also started at No. 8 in Round Six against Brisbane Grammar School as well as in Round Seven against Brisbane State High School with Nicholas Hilton putting in an outstanding two try assist performance.
The first of Nicholas Hilton’s try assists came in the 35th minute when from five metres out and in front of the right upright Nicholas Hilton got an off-load away to his left to put his outside centre (No. 13) over to score under the posts.
Nicholas Hilton recorded his second try assist in the 40th minute when from eight metres out Nicholas Hilton picked up the ball from the back of a ruck and after running to his left Nicholas Hilton got an off-load away to his left for his halfback to dive over to score adjacent to the right upright.
Nicholas Hilton also started at No. 8 and vice captain in Round Eight against St Joseph’s College Gregory Terrace with Nicholas Hilton making a line break in the 37th minute when from the left of a ruck thirty five metres out Nicholas Hilton produced a left foot step to break through the Ipswich Grammar School defensive line to beat the cover defence with Nicholas Hilton then able to get the ball away to his right to his right winger.
Round Nine against Ipswich Grammar School saw Nicholas Hilton have the honour of captaining the TSS First XV for the first time in what was his final match for TSS and after winning the match TSS were named as joint Premiership winners on the back of an outstanding performance by Nicholas Hilton.
Nicholas Hilton scored in the 27th minute when from the left of a ruck that had formed on the right side of the field Nocholas Hilton charged onto the ball from six metres out and after engaging the defenders Nicholas Hilton spun 360 degrees counter clockwise to break the contact with Nicholas Hilton crashing over ten metres to the right of the uprights.
Nicholas Hilton also recorded a try assist in the 22nd minute when after TSS had a line-out throw just two metres out and on the right side of the field Nicholas Hilton looped around from the right to the left and after receiving the ball down a very short right blindside Nicholas Hilton got a ball away to his right to send his hooker over to score.
Such was Nicholas Hlton’s performance over the course of the 2022 GPS School Boy Rugby First XV competition that Nicholas Hilton was named at No. 8 in the Courier Mail 2022 GPS First XV Team of the Year. Nicholas Hilton was also named as the seventh best School Boy Rugby League or Rugby player in the 2022 Courier Mail Top 30 school boys.
Nicholas Hilton was part of the TSS school boy rugby First XV once again in 2021, playing the season as a full colours player in what was Nicholas Hilton’s second season in the TSS First XV.
Nicholas Hilton was named as a stand by player in TSS’s opening GPS trials, being a set of round robin trials against Anglican Church Grammar School (Churchie) and Gregory Terrace.
Nicholas Hilton made his first appearance for TSS in late May 2021 for the First XV in TSS’s first full trial against Ipswich Grammar School when he started at No. 8.
Nicholas Hilton also started at No. 8 in TSS’s second 2021 First XV trial against Nudgee College on the Gold Coast and also started in the same position in the final full scale GPS First XV trial against Brisbane Boys College (BBC).
In TSS’s final trial before the commencement of the 2021 GPS First XV school boy rugby season, Nicholas Hilton continued at No. 8 against the TSS Second XV.
Round One of the 2021 GPS school boy rugby First XV competition saw Nicholas Hilton line up at No. 8 for TSS as they took on Brisbane Grammar School at home with Nicholas Hilton producing a couple of moments of class in TSS’s 71 – 5 victory including a try in the opening minutes when he broke away from a ruck to run fifty metres to score under the posts.
Nicholas Hilton contributed a try assist in the 48th minute when after receiving an off-load from Jye Gray Nicholas Hilton charged downfield before drawing the Brisbane Grammar School fullback and passing to his right to his unmarked right winger to score untouched.
The in the 48th minute Nicholas Hilton broke the Brisbane Grammar School line when running on the left side of the field after receiving the ball ten metres from his own line with Nicholas Hilton eventually being brought down after a thirty five metre run.
Such was Nicholas Hilton’s overall performance that he was awarded two points in the 2021 GPS First XV Coaches Award.
Round Two away to Anglican Church Grammar School saw Nicholas Hilton named at No. 8 for the TSS First XV and scored for the second week in a row when he burst onto a Kaleb Ngamanu pass from ten metres out in the 67th minute to crash over next to the right upright.
As a result of his performance in the match, Nicholas Hilton received an honourable mention from the TSS First XV coaches in their weekly awards.
After the GPS school boy rugby competition was suspended for a number of weeks, Nicholas Hilton started at No. 8 for the TSS First XV 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 2021 GPS First XV rugby season recommenced in late August, Nicholas Hilton started at No. 8 in Round Six against Toowoomba Grammar School with Nicholas Hilton performing solidly in the match including a line break in the 50th minute making twenty five metres after receiving a good ball from Syris Schmidt. Nicholas Hilton also pulled off a great front on tackle in the 43rd minute of the match.
Nicholas Hilton also started at No. 8 in Round Eight against Nudgee College, producing a strong front on tackle in the 61st minute from a short TSS kick-off. As a result of his impressive overall performance against Nudgee College, Nicholas Hilton was awarded three coaches votes in the 2021 TSS First XV Player of the Season Award.
Nicholas Hilton also started the final round of the 2021 GPS First XV School Boy Rugby season, being Round Nine against Gregory Terrace at No. 8, match that say fellow Titans contracted players Kaleb Ngamanu and Syris Schmidt play their last ever First XV game for TSS.
Nicholas Hilton was at his aggressive best during the match, including probably the best play of the match when in the 26th minute Nicholas Hilton charged directly through the middle of a ruck, totally destroying it and forcing a knock on by the Gregory Terrace halfback who was just picking up the ball from the back of the ruck when Nicholas Hilton destroyed it.
Nicholas Hilton did something similar in the 34th minute when once again with Gregory Terrace on the attack Nicholas Hilton smashed through the centre of a ruck forcing a knock on by the Gregory Terrace acting half.
The 37th minute saw Nicholas Hilton a key figure in a TSS try with he led a TSS rolling maul from a line-out with TSS rumbling forward to score.
Nicholas Hilton also recorded a 56th minute line break where he made thirty metres before off-loading through centre field.
To round out his match, Nicholas Hilton made a critical diving tackle from behind in the 62nd minute on the Gregory Terrace open side flanker who had broken through the TSS line from twelve metres and looked set to score bar the great tackle from Nicholas Hilton.
At the completion of the 2021 TSS First XV campaign Nicholas Hilton was named as the TSS First XV’s best defensive player.
From a school boy rugby perspective Nicholas Hilton started at No. 6 (blind side flanker) for the TSS First XV in their internal trial in mid-July 2020 even though he was still eligible for the TSS U16A school boy side.
Nicholas Hilton also started at No. 6 against Nudgee College being the first trial TSS had against another GPS school. Nicholas Hilton was immediately in the match against Nudgee taking the kick off and was exceptional overall in the match including an incredible work rate in muddy and slippery conditions.
Nicholas Hilton also started at No. 6 in the TSS First XV’s final trial against Anglican Church Grammar School on the Gold Coast where his work rate around the ground stood out once again.
Round One of the GPS school boy rugby First XV competition proper saw Nicholas Hilton start at No. 6 for TSS against Brisbane State High School (BSHS) and such was his performance that Nicholas Hilton received a coach’s honourable mention after the match. Two pieces of play in the match highlight all of the good qualities that Nicholas Hilton possesses in abundant quantities. Nicholas Hilton’s work rate and quality of play, both in attack and defence was simply outstanding over the course of the entire sixty minutes of the match.
The first piece of outstanding play came early in the match, Nicholas Hilton through sheer hard running broke through the BSHS line and under heavy pressure off loaded to front rower Carson Latu who ran thirty metres to score.
In the second half, after a TSS try, Nicholas Hilton waited under a high BSHS kick off with what seemed like the entire BSHS forward pack bearing down on him. Nicholas Hilton was immediately smashed as soon as he caught the ball by two BSHS forwards but maintained his composure to quickly recycle the ball before the BSHS forwards could get back onside leading to a seventy metre try to star TSS centre Jojo Fifita down the blind side from the resultant TSS possession.
Nicholas Hilton also started at No. 6 in Round Two against Toowoomba Grammar School and Round Three against Brisbane Grammar School. In the pivotal 2020 GPS school boy rugby First XV Round Four match against Brisbane Boys College Nicholas Hilton once again started at No. 6 and received one vote by the TSS coaches in the Player of the Year awards.
Round Four saw Nicholas Hilton continue in the No. 6 jersey for TSS against Gregory Terrace on the Gold Coast as he did in Round Five against Ipswich Grammar School.
Post the TSS GPS First XV rugby season Nicholas Hilton was named as the 2020 First XV’s best defender.
TSS had a Round Six bye but the TSS First XV side played a “trial” against Downlands College with Nicholas Hilton starting the match at No. 6 (blind side flanker) and was on the winning side as TSS finished their 2020 season with a 50 – 24 victory.
After Casino RM had a Round One bye in the 2022 Group One U14 competition Makiah Torrens started at five eight for Casino RSM in Round Two against the South Grafton Rebels scoring a try and kicking a conversion.
Makiah Torrens then scored two tries and kicked two conversions against the Marist Rams in Round Six, a try and a conversion in Round Seven against the South Grafton Rebels and Round Nine against the Kyogle Turkeys.
Makiah Torrens then scored twice and kicked a conversion in Round Twelve against the South Grafton Rebels before also scoring in Round Thirteen against the Clarence Coast Magpies after starting the match in the centres. Makiah Torrens added a try and a conversion in Round Fourteen agaisnt the South Grafton Rebels.
Makiah Torrens then had a great match in the rescheduled Round Two match against South Grafton Rebels with Makiah Torrens scoring a three tries and kicked three conversions to finish Casino RSM’s strong win with an individual points haul of eighteen points.
In Week One of the 2022 Group One U14 Finals series Makiah Torrens started at five eight for the Kyogle Turkeys against Casino RSM with Makiah Torrens scoring two tries and kicking a conversion in a 28 -14 Casino victory.
Makiah Torrens also started at five eight in the 2022 Group One U14 Grand Final with Makiah Torrens kicking three conversions as Casino RSM won the Premiership decider 32 – 20 against the Ballian Seagulls.
Makiah Torrens finished the 2022 Group One U14 season as the competition’s second leading try scorer with thirteen tries and also the competition’s second leading points scorer with ninety eight points.
Malachy Laarhaven started at lock and scored a hat trick for the Kyogle Turkeys in their 2022 Group One U14 Round One match against Casino RSM.
Malachy Laarhaven made it two rounds in a row with a hat trick in Round Two against Marist Brothers after once again starting the match at lock. Malachy Laarhaven then scored doubles in Round Six against the South Grafton Rebels and Round Eight against the Ballina Seagulls.
Malachy Laarhaven also scored in Round Eleven against the South Grafton Rebels and Round Twelve against the Marist Rams.
In Week One of the 2022 Group One U14 Finals series Malachy Laarhovon started at five eight for the Kyogle Turkeys against Casino RSM with Malachy Laarhaven scoring in the Turkeys tough 28 -14 loss.
Malachy Laarhoven also started at five eight in the Preliminary Final against the Ballina Seagulls with Malachy Laarhoven scoring a hat trick in a tough Turkey’s four point loss.
Malachy Laarhoven finished the 2022 Group One U14 season as the competition’s leading try scorer with eighteen tries and the competition’s third leading points scorer with seventy two points.
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.
Beau Hartmann then scored doubles in Rounds Twelve and Thirteen against the Kyogle Turkeys and Marist Rams respectively before scoring a hat trick in Round Fourteen against Casino RSM.
Week One of the 2022 Group One U15 Finals saw Beau Hartmann line up for the Grafton Ghosts against the Marist Rams with Beau Hartmann scoring a double in a Seagulls 18 – 8 victory.
Beau Hartmann also lined -up for the Grafton Ghosts in the 2022 Group One U15 Preliminary Final against the Clarence Coast Magpies with Beau Hartmann one of the Ghosts try scorers in a touch extra time 44 – 30 loss.
Beau Hartmann finished the 2022 Group One U15 season as the competition’s fourth leading try scorer with fourteen tries and the sixth leading points scorer with fifty six points.
Macguinness Tiananga is a young fullback or five eight from the Souths Acacia Ridge Magpies and Ipswich State High School who will be part of the 2022/23 Titans U14 Elite Development Academy.
In 2022 Macguinness Tiananga played for Ipswich State High School in the Renouf Shield School Boy competitions after playing in the Bronco’s Old Boys School Boy competition in 2021.
Macguinness Tiananga played in the 2022 Greater Brisbane Junior Rugby League competition with the Souths Acacia Ridge Magpies at fullback including a great match in the Elimination Final against Wests Arana Hills with Macguinness Tiananga scoring eighteen of the Magpies Thirty eight points from two tries and five goals.
Macguinness Tiananga continued at fullback in Week Two of the Finals against North’s juniors with Macguinness Tiananga scoring a try and kicking four goals as the Magpies progressed in the Finals.
Macguinness Tiananga also started at fullback in the Preliminary Final against Logan Brothers with Macguinness Tiananga kicking a conversion as the Magpies bowed out of the competition one win short of a Grand Final appearance.
Earlier in the 2022 Greater Brisbane Junior Rugby League competition Macguinness Tiananga had some big matches including in Round Eight against the Easts Tigers with Macguinness Tiananga recording an individual points haul of sixteen points from two tries and four goals.
Round Eleven against the Waterford Demons saw Macguinness Tiananga score a try and kick four goals and Macguinness Tiananga followed that performance up with a try and three goal effort in Round Twelve against Albany Creek.
2021 saw Macguinness Tiananga play in the Ipswich Rugby League U13 Division One competition for Goonda Blake with Macguinness Tiananga starting at halfback in the Grand Final against Goodna Blue.
Impressively in 2021 Macguinness Tiananga was selected in the Queensland U12 School Boy Merit side after playing in the Met West School Boy Rugby League representative side at the Queensland School Boy U12 Rugby League Championships.
In total in the 2021 Ipswich Rugby League U13 Division One competition Macguinness Tiananga scored thirty points from four tries and seven goals.
Macguinness Tiananga arrived in Brisbane from Victoria in 2021 to take up a position in the Ipswich SHS Rugby League Excellence Program with Macguinness Tiananga playing for the Werribee Bears prior to his arrival in Queensland.
Tyrelle Waters played for the Clarence Coast Magpies in the 2022 Group One U16 competition and after a Round One washout Tyrelle Waters was named to start at five eight in Round Two against the Marist Rams.
Tyrelle Waters then started at halfback and was one of the Magpies try scorers in Round Five against the Grafton Ghosts. Tyrelle Waters also started at halfback in Round Fourteen against the South Grafton Rebels with Tyrelle Waters scoring a double in a big Magpies victory.
In Week One of the 2022 Group One U16 Finals series Tyrelle Waters started at five eight for the Clarence Coast Magpies against the Ballina Seagull with Tyrelle Waters one of the Magpies scorers in their 20 -16 victory.
Tyrelle Waters continued at halfback in the 2022 Group One U16 Grand Final as the Magpies went down in a thriller 27 – 26 against the Ballina Seagulls.
Tyrelle Waters finished the 2022 Group One U16 season as the competitions equal fifth leading try scorer with seven tries.
2022 saw Kennyon Elisasia-Thomas line up for the Clarence Coast Magpies once again in the Group One U16 competition including starting at halfback and scoring in Round Eleven against the Marist Rams. Kennyon Elisasia-Thomas moved to five eight in Round Fourteen against the South Grafton Rebels and was one of the Magpies try scorers in a big win.
Kennyon Elisasia-Thomas also started at five eight in the rescheduled Round Two match against the Marist Rams with Kennyon Elisasia-Thomas once again scoring for the Magpies.
In Week One of the 2022 Group One U16 Finals series Kennyon Elisasia-Thomas started at halfback for the Clarence Coast Magpies against the Ballina Seagulls.
Kennyon Elisasia-Thomas continued at five eight in the 2022 Group One U16 Grand Final with Kennyon Elisasia-Thomas kicking three conversions from five attempts as the Magpies went down in a thriller 27 – 26 against the Ballina Seagulls.
Kennyon Elisasia-Thomas finished the 2022 Group One U16 season as the competitions fourth leading try scorer with eight tries and also finished sixth in terms of overall points scored with forty two points.
Samuel Petch started Round One of the Group One U16 competition 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.
Samuel Petch added a try and a conversion in Round Ten against the Clarence Coast Magpies before also scoring and kicking a conversion in Round Eleven against the Grafton Ghosts. Samuel Petch then kicked two conversions against the Clarence Coast Magpies in Round Fourteen and also kicked a conversion in the rescheduled Round Two match against Casino RSM.
In Week One of the 2022 Group One U16 Finals series Samuel Petch started at fullback for the South Grafton Rebels against the Clarence Coast Magpies with Samuel Petch kicking two conversions in a tough four point loss.
Samuel Petch also started at fullback in the 2022 Group One U16 Preliminary Final against the Grafton Ghosts.
Samuel Petch finished the 2022 Group One U16 season as the competition’s leading points scorer with sixty two points and was also the competition’s equal fifth leading try scorer with seven tries.
Round One of the 2022 Group One U16 competition saw Noah Waldock start at five eight for the Ballina Seagulls against the Marist Rams with Noah Waldock kicking one of Ballina’s conversions.
Noah Waldock continued at five eight in Round Two against the Grafton Ghosts, scoring ten of the Seagulls eighteen points from a try and three conversions from as many attempts. Noah Waldock continued at five eight in Round Six with Noah Waldock kicking a conversion.
In Week One of the 2022 Group One U16 Finals series Noah Waldock started at five eight for the Ballina Seagulls against Casino RSM.
Noah Waldock also started at five eight in the 2022 Group One U16 Preliminary Final against the South Grafton Rebels with Noah Waldock one of the Ghosts try scorers in their 13 -4 victory that propelled the Ghosts into the Grand Final.
Noah Waldock moved to fullback for the 2022 Group One U16 Grnad Final with Noah Waldock scoring as Ballina defeated the Clarence Coast Magpies in a thriller 27 – 26.
Noah Waldock finished the 2022 Group One U16 season in the Top Ten in the competition both in terms of tries scored and points scorer.
The 2022 School Boy Langer Cup competition for Titans contracted Tanu Nona:
Round One of the 2022 Langer Cup School Boy competition saw Tanu Nona start at hooker and captain for PBC State High School against Marsden State High School with Tanu Nona making the second tackle of the match along with Isaiah Scanlon after PBC SHS had kicked-off.
Tanu Nona’s first strong run out of dummy half came in the 15th minute when he made twenty five metres after running to his left after shaping to pass to his right with his run coming to its conclusion near the halfway mark.
Tanu Nona also had a strong match defensively including a strong tackle in the 22nd minute when Tanu Nona smashed one of the Marsden SHS front rowers front on around the chest, stopping the far bigger front rower in his tracks.
Tanu Nona was then named at hooker and captain for Round Two against Redcliffe State High School before moving to lock late in the first half when Bailey McConnell came off the bench to operate in the dummy half role.
Tanu Nona made a very good defensive play in the 37th minute he did a great job to hold up his opposite number over the try line on the final tackle after the hooker had tried to sneak over from dummy half from close range.
Tanu Nona was also named at hooker and captain in Round Three against Coombabah State High School high Tanu Nona scoring in the 12th minute when he followed through a break through the centre of the field, receiving the off-load from his left with Tanu Nona running eight metres to score under the posts.
Tanu Nona scored a second try in the dying moments when he backed up a long Keano Kini line break, eventually getting an off-load from Jett Forbes with Tanu Nona crashing over under the posts after running eight metres after receiving the ball.
Tanu Nona made the first of his trade mark dummy half runs in the 6th minute with a fourteen metres effort to get the ball to the halfway mark after running out of dummy half to his left.
Tanu Nona showed his intelligence in the 11th minute when from only twenty five metres out from his own line, Tanu Nona identified that the marker was not square and ran out of dummy half to the same side, being his left to catch the Coombabah SHS player off-side and win a penalty for PBC SHS.
After the mid-season break, Tanu Nona continued at hooker and captain in Round Four 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.
Tanu Nona continued at hooker in Round Five against Mabel Park SHS with Tanu Nona making a smart run out of dummy half in the 4th minute when after running to his right Tanu Nona made sixteen metres to get the ball to the forty metre mark.
Tanu Nona also started at hooker and captain in the Round Six local derby against Keebra Park SHS with Tanu Nona heavily involved in Isaiah Scanlon’s 43rd minute try when he threw a short pass from dummy half from three metres out for Isaiah Scanlon to crash over mid-way between the corner post and goal posts on the left side of the field.
Tanu Nona continued at hooker and captain in Round Seven against Wavell SHS.
Tanu Nona continued at hooker and captain in PBC SHS’s Langer Cup Quarter Final against Mabel Park SHS with Tanu Nona recording a try assist as PBC SHS qualified for the semi-finals.
In the 56th minute Tanu Nona ran to his right out of dummy half from sixty two metres out with Tanu Nona breaking the Mabel Park SHS defensive line before drawing the fullback and passing to his left to Jett Forbes who raced away to score.
In the 24th minute, Tanu Nona along with Reico Ratana and Keano Kini did well to hold up the Mabel Park SHS No. 10 over the try line on the left side of the field.
Whilst Tanu Nona started the match at dummy half, Tanu Nona also was very effective as a running forward after Bailey McConnell had come onto the field late in the first half.
Tanu Nona was then named at hooker and captain for PBC SHS in the 2022 Langer Cup Semi-final against Keebra Park SHS with Tanu Nona making the first of a number of smart runs out of dummy half when Tanu Nona ran to his left making eighteen metres to get the ball to withing twenty two metres of the try line.
Tanu Nona made another strong run out of dummy half in the 17th minute when Tanu Nona ran to his right making sixteen metres to get the ball to thirty metres out from the try line.
Then in the 51st minute Tanu Nona ran to his left out of dummy half from six metres out and just prior to the defensive line Tanu Nona put in a short right foot grubber kick into the in-goal which was forced dead in-goal by the Keebra Park SHS defence to force a goal line drop-out.
In the 28th minute Tanu Nona along with Jaylen Taewa and Keano Kini stopped the Keebra Park SHS dummy half Dorian Lotaki just short of the try line after a great run out of dummy half just to the right of the uprights.
Tanu Nona started at hooker and captain in the 2022 School Boy Langer Cup Grand Final against Ipswich SHS with Tanu Nona making a good run out of dummy half in the 37th minute making sixteen metres after running to his right to get the ball into Ipswich SHS territory.
The 2022 School Boy Langer Cup competition for Titans contracted Keano Kini:
Round One of the 2022 Langer Cup School Boy competition saw Keano Kini start at fullback for PBC State High School against Marsden State High School and put in a Player of the Match performance including scoring a great double in a big PBC SHS 44 – 0 victory.
Keano Kini’s opening try in the 12th was an absolute blinder. Keano Kini received the ball fifty five metres out from the line to the left of the play the ball. Upon receipt of the ball Keano Kini ran back to the right towards the centre of the field and to get through the line executed wicked right foot step. Once through the line Keano Kini easily outpaced the cover defence before another outstanding right foot step gave the Marsden SHS fullback no chance with Keano Kini racing past to dive over next to the left upright.
Keano Kini completed his double in the 56th minute when after PBC SHS spun the ball to the left Keano Kini flew onto the ball after cutting underneath Josh Lynn. Keano Kini received the ball off Josh Lynn twelve metres out and to the left of the uprights but whilst still two metres from the line crashed into the Marsden SHS hooker with Keano Kini reaching out with the ball in his right arm to slam the ball down under the posts.
The match also saw Keano Kini record a number of try assists with the first of those coming in the 19th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball Keano Kini veered slightly to his left to draw in one defender an then throw a great short ball in the same direction to send Brady Turner through a gap and subsequently score from twenty metres out near the left corner post.
Then in the 27th minute Keano Kini threw the final pass for Michael Roberts try. Keano Kini chimed into the PBC SHS backline on the left and after looking to split the line himself Keano Kini was able to keep his right arm off the ground as he was being spun around in a tackle and then execute a right arm off-load to Michael Roberts who came back inside to crash over.
Keano Kini recorded his third try assist in the 37th minute after having the foresight to get his feet back into the in-goal and take a Marsden SHS bomb on the full. Keano Kini then raced out to the twenty metre mark to take a quick tap restart. Keano Kini exploded through the middle of the Marsden SHS defensive line and after making twenty three metres was caught from behind but Keano Kini was able to keep his right arm free and off-load to his left to Jett Forbes who raced fifty seven metres untouched to score.
In fact in the 32nd minute Keano Kini once again positioned himself well to take a bomb on the full I the in-goal and looked to have burst through the Marsden SHS defensive line from the quick twenty metre tap restart but the referee ruled that one of the PBC SHS players was in front of Keano Kini so brought him back to take the tap restart a second time.
Keano Kini’s opening contribution for PBC SHS came in the 4th minute with his first run of the match when he made ten metres whilst bringing the ball off his own try line. Keano Kini made a strong run out of dummy half in the 15th minute when after he ran to his right making fifteen metres to thirty metres out.
Keano Kini’s ability to position himself correctly came to the fore in the 9th minute when with Marsden SHS on the attack Keano Kini raced to his left to take a Marsden SHS grubber kick on the bounce on his own try line and even with the chase coming through Keano Kini was able to promote the ball to ten metres away from the line.
Keano Kini was then named at fullback for Round Two against Redcliffe State High School with Keano Kini scoring in the 49th minute when after receiving a good short ball from his right from Josh Lynn, Keano Kini ran the ball down a short left blindside to score five metres in from the left corner post after slicing through the Redcliffe SHS right sided defensive line.
Keano Kini also recorded a try assist in the 27th minute when after joining the PBC SHS backline to the right of the play the ball Keano Kini took the ball deep into the defensive line before throwing a hard cut-out pass to his right to put Jett Forbes over in the right corner from eight metres out.
Keano Kini made a strong run in the 25th minute when from his own twenty metre mark Keano Kini executed a number of right foot steps to make eighteen metres.
The match also saw Keano Kini make a great try saving tackle in the 29th minute he raced to his left and smashed the Redcliffe SHS right winger just as he was preparing to put the ball down in the right corner with Keano Kini’s heavy contact knocking the ball from the wingers grasp just short of the try line.
Keano Kini also did well defensively in the 47th minute when after the Redcliffe SHS left winger got to a kick before him just fifteen metres out from the try line, Keano Kini did not panic and made suire of the tackle on the winger to eliminate the danger for PBC SHS.
Keano Kini was also named to continue at fullback in Round Three against Coombabah State High School and came desperately close to scoring in the 23rd minute when after chiming into the PBC SHS backline to the right and around twelve metres out Keano Kini stepped his way past a number of defenders before being caught but Keano Kini was close enough to reach out with his right arm but the referee adjudged that Keano Kini lost control of the ball he was able to get the ball over the line.
Keano Kini recorded a try assist in the 12th minute when from twenty five metres out and to the left of the play the ball, Keano Kini burst onto the ball, cutting off his left foot before in the tackle of the Coombabah SHS fullback getting away a right arm off-load to Tanu Nona who was backing up on Keano Kini’s right with Tanu Nona subsequently crashing over under the posts.
Keano Kini recorded a second try assist in the 57th minute when after lining up to the right of a PBC SHS scrum around forty metres out, Keano Kini received the ball from the back of the scrum and ran to his right to draw in two defenders before throwing a cut-out pass to his right winger who raced down the right touchline to score in the corner.
Keano Kini recorded a line break assist in the 7th minute when from a PBC SHS scrum wing, Keano Kini ran the ball to the left, darting across field before drawing in the last Coombabah SHS defender on the left side of the field and got the ball away to his left to put Jett Forbes away down the left touchline on a forty metre run.
The first of multiple Keano Kini line breaks came in the 37th minute when Coombabah SHS put up a high bomb that Keano Kini took on his own twenty metre mark under heavy pressure. Keano Kini was able to step past two on-rushing Coombabah SHS players and burst thirty three centres through the centre of the ruck to get the ball into Coombabah SHS territory.
Keano Kini made a further line break in the 46th minute when he made twenty metres as a result of a good ball from his inside from Josh Lynn.
The 55th minute saw Keano Kini make another line break when he made twenty two metres from the left of the play the ball with fifteen of the metres that Keano Kini made of the post contact variety.
Keano Kini continued his strong match in the 59th minute when after receiving an inside pass, Keano Kini burst through the line, making seventy metres before getting the ball away to Jett Forbes who subsequently found Tanu Nona backing up through the centre of the field to crash over under the posts.
Keano Kini made his first run of the match in the 3rd minute when he took a hit-up to the right of the play the ball with a great left foot step enabling Keano Kini to make twelve metres to promote the ball to near the halfway mark.
Keano Kini did well from a defensive perspective in right on halftime when he along with Will Saunders, he was able to hold up the Coombabah SHS fullback over the line on the left side of the field after the fullback had cut inside from near the left touchline.
Keano Kini’s performance against Coombabah SHS was such that he was named at five eight in the Courier Mail Langer Cup Round Three Team of the Week.
After the mid-season break, Keano Kini continued at fullback in Round Four against Ipswich State High School.
Keano Kini did well in the 14th minute when after receiving the ball in the attacking twenty metre zone to the left of the uprights, Keano Kini cut back towards the goal posts and when he was ten metrwes out Keano Kini put in a right foot grubber kick into the in-goal and then chased his own kick through to tackle the Ipswich SHS fullback in-goal and force a goal line drop-out.
Keano Kini made good tackle in the 36th minute when he along with Josh Lynn and Tanu Nona held up the giant Ipswich SHS front rower No. 8 over the line and directly under the posts.
Keano Kini continued at fullback in Round Five 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.
Keano Kini also started at fullback in the Round Six local derby against Keebra Park SHS with Keano Kini making a strong run in the 36th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball, Keano Kini cut back to the right being towards the centre of the field with Keano Kini executing multiple steps off both feet to make twenty five metres.
Keano Kini, from a defensive perspective executed a great tackle along with Isaiah Scanlon to stop a Keebra Park SHS dart out of dummy half from close range to prevent a near certain try.
Keano Kini continued at fullback in Round Seven 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.
Keano Kini continued at fullback in PBC SHS’s Langer Cup Quarter Final against Mabel Park SHS with Keano Kini scoring twice as PBC SHS qualified for the semi-finals.
Keano Kini’s opening try came in just the 4th minute when after receiving an off-load from Jac Finnigan sixty five metres out from the try line, Keano Kini ran to his right and after drawing the Mabel Park SHS left winger Keano Kini got the ball away to Jett Forbes who after running fifteen metres down the right touchline got the ball back inside to Keano Kini. As he ran towards the fullback Keano Kini stepped off his right foot and then immediately off his left to totally wrong foot the Mabel Park SHS fullback with Keano Kini racing to dive over to score in the right corner.
Keano Kini scored his second try in the 44th minute when from around ten metres out Keano Kini forced his way over the try line with three Mabel Park SHS defenders hanging off him to score seven metres in from the right corner post.
Keano Kini also recorded a try assist in the 20th minute when from twenty metres out Keano Kini threw a short to his left to Will Taylor who burst between two defenders before steeping off his left foot to beat the Mabel Park SHS fullback to score under the posts.
Keano Kini made line break in the 7th minute when after making a forty five metre stepping run through the middle of the Mabel Park SHS defensive line, Keano Kini’s pass to his right near the twenty metre mark went to ground.
Keano Kini made a further line break in the 14th minute when after taking a Mabel Park SHS kick Keano Kini made a thirty metre line break from the kick return after running to his right. Then in the 31st minute Keano Kini broke the Mabel Park SHS defensive line one again making twenty metres to get the ball two metres into Mabel Park SHS territory.
In the 24th minute, Keano Kini along with Reico Ratana and Tanu Nona did well to hold up the Mabel Park SHS No. 10 over the try line on the left side of the field. Then in the 48th minute along with Will Taylor, Keano Kini made a great covering tackle on the Mabel Park SHS hooker (No. 9) as he charged at the try line just to the left of the uprights.
Keano Kini was then named at fullback for PBC SHS in the 2022 Langer Cup Semi-final against Keebra Park SHS with Keano Kini scoring twice to propel PBC SHS into the Grand Final against Ipswich SHS.
Keano Kini’s opening try came in the 31st minute when Keano Kini received the ball to the left of a PBC SHS scrum win ten metres from the try line with Keano Kini sliding between two defenders to score ten metres in from the left corner.
Keano Kini scored his second try in the 37th minute and if you blinked you would have missed it. Keano Kini was on his own forty metre line as the Keebra Park SHS five eight ran directly at him after making a long line break with a support run to his right and Keano Kini’s left. At the last possible moment Keano Kini slid off the five eight just as he was passing the ball with Keano Kini taking the intercept cleanly.
After taking possession in the centre of the field, Keano Kini turned defence into attack and ran to his right getting to the right touchline before racing away to dive over in the right corner to score a truly spectacular try.
The intercept for his first try was not the only intercept that Keano Kini took in the match with Keano Kini taking another in the 41st minute when whilst defending on his own line with the Keebra Park SHS play the ball just a metre out from the try line they threw a cut out pass to PBC SHS’s right with Keano Kini flying off his line to take the intercept around four metres out from the try line with Keano Kini then making a winding fifty five metre run downfield.
Keano Kini was involved in PBC SHS’s first try of the match when in the 16th minute Keano Kini received the ball twenty metres out from the try line and on the left side of the field with Keano Kini stepping off his left foot to break the line with Keano Kini attracting multiple Keebra Park SHS defenders before being tackled by those multiple defenders two metres from the try line and mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field. Then even after being tackled by multiple defenders, Keano Kini was able to play the ball quickly with Michael Roberts being able to score from dummy half as a result.
Keano Kini took his opening run of the match in the 3rd minute when after letting a Keebra Park SHS kick go dead in-goal Keano Kini raced back to the twenty metre mark to take the quick tap himself with Keano Kini making seventeen metres.
Keano Kini made a great one on one low tackle on a rampaging Arama Hau in the 25th minute after the giant Keebra Park SHS lock had broken through the PBC SHS defensive line. Then in the 28th minute Keano Kini along with Jaylen Taewa and Tanu Nona stopped the Keebra Park SHS dummy half Dorian Lotaki just short of the try line after a great run out of dummy half just to the right of the uprights.
Keano Kini started at fullback for PBC SHS in the 2022 School Boy Langer Cup Grand Final against Ipswich SHS with Keano Kini’s first strong run of the match coming inside the opening minute when Keano Kini ran to his right out of dummy half making sixteen metres to get to twenty metres out from the try line and in front of the goal posts.
Then in the 33rd minute Keano Kini made eighteen metres down the right channel to get within thirty six metres out from the try line.
Whilst Keano Kini was his usual dangerous self in attack (until he was forced from the field), he was outstanding from a defensive perspective including a great sequence in the 33rd minute when initially Keano Kini made a great one on one tackle on the Ipswich SHS left centre who had made a line break and then on the next play Keano Kini made another great one on one tackle, this time on the Ipswich SHS left centre Tre Fotu just ten metres out from the try line to save what appeared to be a certain Ipswich SHS try.
Just two minute later in the 35th minute Keano Kini once again brought Tre Fotu who had made a line break with Keano Kini bringing down the centre with a strong low right shoulder tackle.
Then in the 38th minute when along with Caleb Te Momo, Keano Kini smashed the Ipswich SHS No. 14 forty metes out with the ball coming loose as a result of the heavy contact.
In 2022 Leeton Smith initially lined up for Northern United in the NRRRL U18 competition and after Northern United had a Round One bye and a Round Two washout, Leeton Smith started Round Three at hooker against the Bilambil Jets before moving to the centres in Round Seven against Casino RSM.
After a number of matches for Northern United, Leeton Smith moved to play for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the NRRRL U18 competition, coming off the bench on the majority of occasions before starting at left centre in Round Ten against the Kyogle Turkeys.
Leeton Smith then moved to left second row for Round Twelve 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.
Leeton Smith continued at left second row in the rescheduled Round Four match against the Murwillumbah Mustangs.
Leeton Smith then moved to start from the bench in the Week One Qualifying Final against the Murwillumbah Mustangs before starting the Major Preliminary Final against the Cudgen Hornets at right second row.
The 2022 U18 NRRRL Preliminary Final saw Leeton Smith start from the bench for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Ballina Seagulls with Leeton Smith coming onto the field to operate at right second row.
In 2022 even though he was still U16 eligible Harry Chadburn was part of the Tweed Heads Seagulls U18 NRRRL side, coming off the bench in Round One against the Byron Bay Devils and operated in the halves when he came on in the 20th minute in an outstanding 20 – 12 first up victory.
Harry Chadburn made a great play in the 31st minute when after Zane Harrison put in a kick to the corner from near the halfway, harry Chadburn raced downfield and executed the tackle on the Byron Bay left winger just two metres out from the try line.
Harry Chadburn produced a great tackle in the 41st minute with a great one on one tackle on the Byron Bay five eight who was looking dangerous as he took the line on.
Harry Chadburn also started from the bench in Round Two against the Cudgen Hornets coming on in the 22nd minute to play at five eight however Harry Chadburn did play in the dummy half role late in the first half and in the early minutes of the second half after the Seagulls hooker spent ten minutes in the sin-bin.
Harry Chadburn almost scored in the 39th minute when he tried to force his way over from dummy half from close range but he was held up over the try line.
The match also saw Harry Chadburn convert Zane Harrison’s 23rd minute solo try from just to the left of the uprights.
After missing a number of Rounds Harry Chadburn was named on the bench for Round Ten against the Kyogle Turkeys.
Harry Chadburn also started from the bench in Round Twelve against the Bilambil Jets with Harry Chadburn along with Zane Harrison making a great covering tackle on the Bilambil left winger who had broken away down the left touchline with the two Seagulls players coming across to make a great tackle forty metres out from the Jets line.
Harry Chadburn then continued off the bench in Round Thirteen 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.
Harry Chadburn also started from the bench in the Week One Qualifying Final against the Murwillumbah Mustangs as well as the Major Preliminary Final against the Cudgen Hornets.
The 2022 U18 NRRRL Preliminary Final saw Harry Chadburn start from the bench for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Ballina Seagulls with Harry Chadburn coming on to play on the left wing in the second half.
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