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Great article on the Titans U16 side to play the Roosters with Friday night.
https://www.titans.com.au/news/2022/09/22/talented-half-headlines-future-titans-to-face-roosters/?fbclid=IwAR04MYH3LsVkP_HIHeNwWs74PD3sJXEhcPDLH_y2 SByXEjZMgm4CT_gSumo
Great to see a few players set to wear a Titans jersey for the first time such as Keebra Park SHS Walters Cup Queensland Champions Daniel Rakena and Jack Schmidt and Helensvale GCRL U16 Division One Grand Final winners Zac Kumbamong and Disharne Tonihi (also Keebra Park SHS) and PBC U15 school boy representative Kaleb Smith.
Zac Kumbamong a front row or second row from Keebra Park SHS is set to start from the bench for a Titans U16 side against a Sydney Roosters U16 side at Pizzey Park.
2022 saw Zac Kumbamong play for the Helensvale Hornets in the GCRL U16 Division One competition including starting in the front row in the Hornets 32 – 22 Grand Final victory against the Burleigh Bears with Zac Kumbamong recording a try assist in the 54th minute when after receiving the ball on the left side of the field thirty five metres out from his own try line Zac Kumbamong charged through a big gap before using a left arm fend to get rid of the Burleigh right winger. Zac Kumbamong then when still forty metres out from the try line drew the Bears fullback before passing to his right to Disharne Tonihi who raced away to score under the posts.
Zac Kumbamong also made a try saving tackle in the match when in the 14th minute Zac Kumbamong when defending on his own try line got low and hit the Burleigh dummy half who had tried to sneak over from dummy half with Zac Kumbamong’s contact forcing the Bears player to knock the ball on.
Utility Disharne Tonihi from Keebra Park SHS has been named to start at five eight for a Titans U16 side 2022 against a Sydney Roosters U16 side at Pizzey Park.
2022 saw Disharne Tonihi play for the Helensvale Hornets in the GCRL U16 Division One competition including starting at left centre in the Hornets 32 – 22 Grand Final victory against the Burleigh Bears with Disharne Tonihi scoring two tries and recording a try assist in a great performance.
Disharne Tonihi scored the first of his two tries in the 8th minute when after receiving the ball thirteen metres out after the Hornets had spun the ball to the left, Disharne Tonihi burst onto the ball immediately getting on the outside of his direct opponent before Disharne Tonihi used a left arm fend to hold off the Bears right winger with Disharne Tonihi then reaching out with his right arm to get the ball down three metres in from the left corner.
Disharne Tonihi completed his double in the 54th minute when he backed up a great line break by Zac Kumbamong with Disharne Tonihi then getting an off-load from the front rower with Disharne Tonihi then racing forty metres down the left touchline to cross the try line near the left corner but then Disharne Tonihi brought the ball around to get the ball down under the posts.
Disharne Tonihi recorded his try assist in the 22nd minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball which occurred in the centre of the field and twenty five metres out, Disharne Tonihi ran to his left and drew in the Burleigh right winger and passed to his left to put his left winger in a long run to score under the posts.
Disharne Tonihi came close to recording a second try assist with a great catch and pass in the 29th minute to his left winger but the Hornets winger was ruled to have gone into touch just before getting the ball down in the left corner.
The 2022 season saw Jye Brady move to play for the Tweed Heads Seagulls U18 side in the NRRRL U18 competition starting Round One of the competition in the front row against the Byron Bay Devils with Jye Brady being involved in the opening tackle of the match after the Seagulls had kicked off to get the match underway.
Then in the 18th minute Jye Brady led from the front by making a strong charge from the kick-off from the Seagulls opening try of the match. Then in the 20th minute Jye Brady made a further strong charge making twenty metres from the right of the dummy half to get the ball over the halfway mark.
The halftime break did not slow Jye Brady down with Jye Brady taking the hit-up from the second half kick-off and was able to get the ball immediately to the thirty metre mark.
Jye Brady also led the way defensively for the Seagulls including in the 41st minute when he held up the Byron Bay hooker over the line after he had tried to sneak over from dummy half.
Jye Brady also started in the front row in Round Two against the Cudgen Hornets and in the 7th minute along with Isaac Harrison smashed Cudgen front rower Ty Kilpatrick forcing him back around four metres.
Jye Brady also did exceptionally well in the 23rd minute when he came back underneath Zane Harrison and broke two tackles as he made twenty five metres to get the ball within ten metres of the try line.
Jye Brady was at it again in the 39th minute when he charged onto the ball to the left of the dummy half and was able to break four tackles in a twenty seven metre run to in front of the posts and ten metres out with Jye Brady then winning a penalty for a strip in the tackle.
Jye Brady then started in the front row in Round Seven against the Lower Clarence Magpies as well as in Round Eight against Casino RSM with Jye Brady taking the fifth hit-up of the match.
Jye Brady also started in the front row in Round Nine against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Jye Brady taking the second and fourth hit-ups of the match.
Jye Brady also started in the front row in Round Ten against the Kyogle Turkeys and along with Riley Buchanan made the second tackle of the match after the Seagulls had kicked off. Then Jye Brady made a strong charge from the kick-off to get the second half underway with Jye Brady making right through the centre to the oncoming Turkey’s defensive line with Jye Brady’s run only coming to an end when he was tripped up from behind on the halfway mark.
Jye Brady made a further strong tackle in the 38th minute when he raced to his left to smash his opposite number just ten metres out from the try line and directly in front of the posts. Jye Brady followed that up with another big front-on tackle in the 45th minute.
Jye Brady also started in the front row in Round Twelve and Round Thirteen against the Bilambil Jets with Jye Brady taking the opening hit-up of the match from the kick-off with Jye Brady crashing straight through the Bilambil defensive line with Jye Brady getting the ball to within ten metres of the halfway mark.
Jye Brady continued in the front row in the rescheduled Round Four match against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Jye Brady as usual leading the way for his youthful team mates including a great charge from the second half kick-off with Jye Brady able to promote the ball to thirty metres out from his own try line.
Then in the 48th minute Jye Brady made a line break when after charging onto the ball to the left of the play the ball and thirty metres out from his own try line, Jye Brady burst through the middle of the Mustangs defensive line and charged away before being tackled eight metres inside Murwillumbah territory.
Jye Brady also started in the front row in the Week One Qualifying Final against the Murwillumbah Mustangs as well as the Major Preliminary Final against the Cudgen Hornets with Jye Brady taking the second hit-up of the match.
The 2022 U18 NRRRL Preliminary Final saw Jye Brady start in the front row for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Ballina Seagulls.
The 2022 season saw Zac Windle play for the Tweed Heads Seagulls U18 side in the NRRRL U18 competition starting Round One of the competition at right second row against the Byron Bay Devils in an outstanding first up 20 – 12 victory by the Seagulls.
Zac Windle had a strong match including throwing the final pass in the 16th minute for the Seagulls opening try of the match when he drew the Devils winger to put his centre away down the touchline to score in the left corner.
Zac Windle swapped to left right second row in Round Two against the Cudgen Hornets and made the opening tackle of the match after Tweed Heads had kicked off. The 8th minute saw Zac Windle make a great tackle with a ball and all effort on his opposite number just a couple of metres out from the try line to save an early Hornets try.
Zac Windle made a further strong run in the 32nd minute when he was able to make fourteen metres to get within eight metres of the try line. Then in the 37th minute Zac Windle made twelve more metres from the right of the play the ball with Zac Windle getting the ball into Cudgen territory.
Zac Windle also started at left second row in Round Six against the Ballina Seagulls.
Zac Windle then continued at left second row in Round Seven against the Lower Clarence Magpies and scored a great try in the 8th minute when he charged onto a short ball from Zane Harrison twenty five metres out from the line. Once through the Magpies defensive line Zac Windle veered to his right to round the fullback and then put the ball down under the posts.
Zac Windle also started at left second row in Round Eight against Casino RSM with Zac Windle scoring a double in a big Seagulls victory.
Zac Windle’s opening try came in the 7th minute when from eighteen metres out on the left side of the field Zac Windle burst through the Casino RSM line after a good ball from his inside from Creedence Donovan found him is pace with Zac Windle cutting off his left foot to easily beat the fullback and score comfortably under the posts.
Zac Windle completed his double in the 41st minute when he backed up a long break from Riley Buchanan to receive the ball around thirty metres out and race away to put the ball down under the posts untouched. Zac Windle then made a strong hit-up from the resultant kick-off.
Zac Windle also started at left second row in Round Nine against the Murwillumbah Mustangs and in the 6th minute Zac Windle along with Isaac Harrison executed a great tackle on one of the Mustangs front rowers who was taking a hit-up from a penalty tap with Zac Windle and Isaac Harrison forcing the front rower three metres backwards before dumping him on his back.
After missing a number of round Zac Windle started at right second row in Round Thirteen against the Bilambil Jets with Zac Windle taking the second hit-up of the match. Zac Windle also made a strong run in the 12th minute with a twelve metre effort down the right channel to get within a metre of the try line and ten metres in from the right touchline.
Zac Windle made a further strong run in the 44th minute with a twelve metre run down the right channel to progress the ball to within twenty metres of the try line.
Zac Windle also started at right second row 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 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 season saw Isaac Harrison play for the Tweed Heads Seagulls U18 side in the NRRRL U18 competition, even though he was still U16 eligible, starting Round One of the competition at lock against the Byron Bay Devils.
One of Isaac Harrison’s best runs of the match came in the 37th minute with a great charge from the kick-off from Creedence Donovan’s opening try with Isaac Harrison able to get the ball over the twenty metre mark.
Isaac Harrison was also strong defensively as was evidenced in the 39th minute with a big tackle on his opposite number to stop a try from being scored.
Isaac Harrison also started at lock in Round Two against the Cudgen Hornets and in the 7th minute along with Jye Brady smashed Cudgen front rower Ty Kilpatrick forcing him back around four metres. Isaac Harrison backed up that strong tackle three tackles later in the same set of six with a big tackle on the Cudgen hooker.
Isaac Harrison then made a strong run in the 17th minute when he ran the ball from the left of the dummy half with Isaac Harrison making thirteen metres to get the ball ten metres into Cudgen territory.
Isaac Harrison continued his strong running in the 25th minute with a big fourteen metre charge down the left channel from inside his own territory.
Isaac Harrison also started at lock in Round Six against the Ballina Seagulls as well as in Round Eight against Casino RSM with Isaac Harrison taking the third hit-up of the match.
Isaac Harrison also started at lock in Round Nine against the Murwillumbah Mustangs and in the 6th minute Isaac Harrison along with Zac Windle executed a great tackle on one of the Mustangs front rowers who was taking a hit-up from a penalty tap with Isaac Harrison and Zac Windle forcing the front rower three metres backwards before dumping him on his back.
Isaac also started at lock in Round Ten against the Kyogle Turkeys with Isaac Harrison involved in the opening tackle of the match after the Seagulls kicked off.
Isaac Harrison then continued at lock in Round Thirteen against the Bilambil Jets for the second round in a row with Isaac Harrison coming close to scoring in the 13th minute when after taking a penalty tap ten metres out and in front of the posts, Isaac Harrison ran the ball to his right and whilst he forced his way over the try line just to the right of the uprights, Isaac Harrison was held up by multiple Jets defenders.
Isaac Harrison also made a strong run in the 48th minute with a sixteen metre charge to forty metres out from the try line.
Isaac Harrison continued at lock in the rescheduled Round Four match against the Murwillumbah Mustangs.
Isaac Harrison also started at lock in the Week One Qualifying Final against the Murwillumbah Mustangs as well as the Major Preliminary Final against the Cudgen Hornets with Isaac Harrison taking the third hit-up of the match.
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.
In 2022 even though he was still U16 eligible Ricco Watititi was part of the Tweed Heads Seagulls U18 NRRRL side, starting Round One against the Byron Bay Devils at left second row. in an outstanding 20 – 12 first up victory.
One of Ricco Watititi’s best runs in the match came in the 30th minute with an eighteen metres line break down the left channel to get the ball into the Seagulls attacking twenty metre area on the last tackle.
Ricco Watititi showed that even though most of his opponents were two years is senior he had no quams belting them in defence as was evidenced in the 32nd minute with a strong front on tackle on the Byron Bay right centre with Ricco Waitititi’s initial contact forcing the ball loose and immediately putting Tweed Heads deep on the attack.
Round Two against the Cudgen Hornets saw Ricco Waitititi move to start at right centre against the Cudgen Hornets with Ricco Waitititi scoring the match winning try in the 58th minute when he burst over from close range five metres in from the right corner post.
Ricco Waititit was also heavily involved in a Seagulls 20th minute try when after he received a pass from his left from Creedence Donovan, Ricco Waitititi from twenty metres out got halfway through the defensive line and was able to execute a right arm flick pass to Creedance Donovan who looped around behind him with Creedence Donovan then able to get an off-load away to put his right centre over in the corner.
Ricco Waitititi started off the match with a strong defensive effort in the 9th minute when he came out of the defensive line to smash the Hornets five eight inside Cudgen’s attacking twenty metre area.
Ricco Waitititi then started at left centre in Round Seven against the Lower Clarence Magpies, scoring in the Seagulls 50 – 0 in the 26th minute when he burst through a gap thirty metres out by way of a good ball from his inside by Creedence Donovan with Ricco Waitititi easily brushing off the Lower Clarence on the way to putting the ball down under the posts.
Ricco Waitititi also recorded a 5th minute try assist and it certainly was not of the average variety. From his inside Creedence Donovan when ten metres out from the line threw a high cut out pass intended for his left winger but the ball was touched in flight by Lower Clarence with the ball then bouncing in front of Ricco Waitititi who then just as he was being pushed over the left touchline flicked the ball back inside and right into the hands of his left winger who dived over in the left corner from close range.
Ricco Waitititi made a strong line break in the 33rd minute when he was on the end of a Seagulls backline movement to his side of the field just sixteen metres out from his own line and after he received the ball in space Ricco Waitititi raced down the left touchline line before finally being tackled after a forty metre sojourn down the touchline.
Ricco Waitititi also recorded an 18th minute line break assist when after receiving the ball Ricco Waitititi ran at the Magpies right winger, drawing him in and then passing to his left to put his winger away down the sideline on a twenty metre run.
Ricco Waitititi’s initial contribution in the match came in the 5th minute when after receiving the ball wide out on the left Ricco Waitititi cut inside off his left foot from thirty metres out and when engaged by the defensive line was able to get a left arm flick off-load away.
Ricco Waitititi then continued at left centre in Round Eight against Casino RSM with Ricco Waitititi recording a 22nd minute try assist when after finding himself in space down the left ide of the field, Ricco Waitititi drew the Casino RSM fullback and got the ball away to his left winger who raced ten metres to dive over in the left corner.
Ricco Waitititi then moved to right second row for Round Nine against the Murwillumbah Mustangs and continued at right second row in Round Ten against the Kyogle Turkeys with Ricco Waitititi making a 16th minute line break against the Turkeys when from thirty five metres out from his own line Ricco Waitititi burst through the defensive line and raced fifty metres downfield before off-loading to fullback Creedence Donovan.
Ricco Waitititi then moved to right centre in Round Twelve against the Bilambil Jets with Ricco Waitititi held up over the try line in the 32nd minute.
Ricco Waitititi then continued at right centre in Round Thirteen against the Bilambil Jets for the second round in a row. Ricco Waitititi then continued at right centre in the rescheduled Round Four match against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Ricco Waitititi making a great covering tackle in the 6th minute when he chased down from behind the Mustangs right winger who had made a break down the touchline with Ricco Waitititi grabbing his jersey from behind with his right hand and rag dolling him to the ground ten metres out from the try line.
Ricco Waitititi then did well in the 47th minute to get down low and take a hard grubber kick from Murwillumbah just out from the try line with Ricco Waitititi then finding the ground to ensure that he was not dragged back in the in-goal.
Ricco Waitititi also started at right centre in the Week One Qualifying Final against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Ricco Waititi scoring in the 17th minute 17th minute when after Creedence Donovan received a pass from his right after a Seagulls line break from just inside their own territory Creedence Donovan then got a pass away to his inside to Ricco Waitititi who then raced thirty metres to score in the right corner.
The 2022 season saw Creedence Donovan play for the Tweed Heads Seagulls U18 side in the NRRRL U18 competititon starting Round One of the competition at fullback against the Byron Bay Devils with Creedence Donovan scoring two long range tries to seal an outstanding 20 – 12 first up victory for Tweed Heads.
Creedence Donovan’s opening try came in the 36th minute with Tweed Heads deep inside their own territory. Creedence Doovan ran to the ball to the left of the dummy half with the play the ball just ten metres out from his own line and ten metres in from the left touchline. Creedence Donovan drew in the Byron Bay right winger and put his left centre down the left touchline and then backed up on the inside to get the pass back and run sixty metres to score under the posts.
Creedence Donovan completed his double just six minutes later in the 42nd minute and once again the try line was near length of the field effort. Byron Bay were deep on the attack and from close range put in a hard low kick towards the in-goal, just two metres from his own line Creedence Donovan took the kick on the full in front of the right upright and after cutting slightly to his left ran ninety eight metres untouched to score to the left of the uprights.
It was immediately clear in the match that Creedence Donovan was set for a strong match when in the 3rd minute he took the Seagulls opening hit-up of the match with Creedence Donovan initially taking the ball ten metres out from his own tryline and to the left of the play the ball with Creedence Donovan able to get the ball fifteen metres downfield.
Creedence Donovan made a further strong run in the 25th minute when he positioned himself well to take a Devils chip ten metres out from his own line and directly in front of the goal posts. From there Creedence Donovan stepped off his left foot and burst through two defenders to get the ball thirty metres away from his own line and then on the 4th tackle in the same set of six Creedence Donovan backed up to make a further run to get the ball to near the halfway mark.
Creedence Donovan also started at fullback in Round Two against the Cudgen Hornets and was heavily involved in the Seagulls 20th minute try. Creedence Donovan initially received the ball around twenty metres out to the right of the play the ball and got the ball away to his right to Ricco Waitititi who after getting part way through the ball off-loaded to Creedence Donovan who had looped around behind him. After getting the ball back Creedence Donovan ran ten metres before getting the ball away to his his right to put his centre over in the right corner.
Creedence Donovan produced a strong defensive effort in the 45th minute when after Cudgen put up a high kick towards the Seagulls right wing, Creedence Donovan waited until the Hornets winger took the ball on the full and then Creedence Donovan drove him over the touch line around twenty metres out from the try line.
Creedence Donovan also did well in the 54th minute when he showed some real courage when he raced forward and dived on a Hornets grubber kick just in front of three chasers.
Creedence Donovan moved to five eight in Round Six against the Ballina Seagulls scoring one of the Seagulls tries in their tough loss.
Creedence Donovan then started at five eight in Round Seven against the Lower Clarence Magpies and scored an impressive hat trick in a 50 – 0 win for the Seagulls.
Creedence Donovan’s opening try came in the 38th minute when on the halfway mark to the right of the play the ball Zane Harrison dummied to his inside and then exploded through a gap before drawing the Magpies fullback and passing to his left to Creedence Donovan who scored mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Creedence Donovan added a second try in the 51st minute when he followed through a line breaks through the centre of the field by his hooker and received the ball after the Lower Clarence was drawn by his No. 9 to dive over ten metres in from the left corner post.
Creedence Donovan completed his hat trick in the 53rd minute when Zane Harrison ran the ball on the left side of the field just fifteen metres out from his own line and after double pumping a pass to his left put Creedence Donovan onto a gap with the five eight racing eighty metres to dive over under the posts.
Creedence Donovan also recorded a 26th minute try assist when on the left side of the field and thirty metres out he threw a good short ball to his left to a hard charging Ricco Waitititi who bursting through the defensive line to score under the posts.
After starting at five eight in Round Eight against Casino RSM, Creedence Donovan had a huge afternoon scoring a hat trick and setting up another try in a big Seagulls victory.
The first of Creedence Donovan’s tries came in the 30th minute when from ten metres inside Tweed Heads territory Zane Harrison received the ball to the right of the play the ball and immediately charged at the defensive line but that the last moment threw a no look pass back on his inside to Creedence Donovan on the halfway mark with Creedence Donovan racing straight through a gap and proving to be way too quick for the Casino RSM fullback to score seven metres in from the right corner post.
Creedence Donovan scored his second try in the 49th minute when he received the ball to the right of the play the ball from the dummy half five metres out and literally when he looked up there was no one in front of Creedence Donovan so he darted forward to score under the posts.
Creedence Donovan rounded out his hat trick in the 58th minute when he received the ball around forty metres out and just to the right of the uprights. From there Creedence Donovan exploded off the mark and raced through a giant gap and easily and I mean easily rounded the Casino RSM fullback to score five metres to the left of the uprights.
Creedence Donovan showed that he can also set up tries when he recorded a 7th minute try assist when he threw a good short ball to his left to put Zac Windle into a gap with the left second rower charging eighteen metres to score under the posts.
Creedence Donovan also executed a good defensive play in the 48th minute when the Casino RSM right second rower tried to force his way over from close range down a short blindside but Creedence Donovan along with Zane Harrison was on hand to initially hold him up and then force him over the touchline just out from the corner post.
Creedence Donovan then moved to fullback for Round Nine against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Creedence Donovan throwing the final pass in the 23rd minute for his left centre to score in the left corner.
Creedence Donovan recorded a 49th minute line break through the centre of the field after receiving an off-load with Creedence Donovan making wenty metres before getting an off-load away to Zane Harrison who was able to promote the ball a further fifteen metres.
Creedence Donovan also started at fullback in Round Ten against the Kyogle Turkeys with Creedence Donovan scoring a double.
The first of Creedence Donovan’s two tries came in the 8th minute when Creedence Donovan chased through a Zane Harrison kick to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Creedence Donovan completed his double in the 48th minute and what a spectacular try it was. Kyogle were on the attack just four metres out and directly in front of the posts when the Turkeys dummy half knocked the ball on when he was attempting to pick the ball up, Creedence Donovan swooped on the ball and raced ninety seven metres to score under the posts.
Creedence Donovan also started at fullback in Round Twleve against the Bilambil Jets with Creedene Donovan scoring a double and making a line break in a big 40 – 14 Seagulls victory. Creedence Donovan then continued at fullback in Round Thirteen against the Bilambil Jets for the second round in a row.
Creedence Donovan then moved to five eight in the rescheduled Round Four match against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Creedence Donovan scoring a double in a strong Seagulls victory as well as a try assist and a line break.
Creedence Donovan scored his opening try in the 55th minute when Zane Harrison put in a right foot stab kick which bounced up perfectly in the in-goal for Creedence Donovan to collect and five metres to the left of the uprights.
Creedence Donovan scored his second try in the 58th minute when after minute Zane Harrison ran the ball to the left after receiving the from the dummy half to his right thirty metres out from his own line with Zane Harrison taking the ball right to the line before throwing an inside ball to a flying Creedence Donovan who burst through a gap, beating the fullback by veering to his left to run away to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Creedence Donovan had come very close to scoring prior to his first try in the 52nd minute which in many respects was a trial run for a basically identical play that ultimately led to Creedence Donovan scoring in the 58th minute. Just like in the 58th minute Zane Harrison ran the ball to the left after receiving the from the dummy half to his right thirty metres out from his own line with Zane Harrison taking the ball right to the line before throwing an inside ball to a flying Creedence Donovan who burst through a gap, beating the fullback and two other defenders before being tackled from behind just two metres out from the line and directly in front of the goal posts.
Creedence Donovan’s try assist came inside the opening minute of the match after Murwillumbah had knocked on from the kick-off. From a Tweed Heads scrum win ten metres out and directly in from of the posts, Creedence Donovan ran to the left after receiving the ball and ran deep into the defensive line drawing two defenders before off-loading to his left to put Taysharn Cora into a gap with the fullback scoring wide out on the left.
Creedence Donovan also started at fullback in the Week One Qualifying Final against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Creedence Donovan scoring in the 42nd minute when Creedence Donovan backed up a line break by Taysharn Cora receiving the ball from his left with Creedence Donovan then racing fifty five metres before making a huge dive over the try line to score ten metres to the left of the uprights.
Creedence Donovan recorded the first of his two try assists in the 17th minute when after Creedence Donovan received a pass from his right after a Seagulls line break from just inside their own territory Creedence Donovan then got a pass away to his inside to Ricco Waititi who then raced thirty metres to score in the right corner.
Creedence Donovan recorded a second try assist in the 30th minute when after receiving an inside pass from his five eight seventy metres out, Creedence Donovan raced forty metres downfield before drawing the Mustangs fullback and passing the ball to his left back to his five eight who ran away to score under the posts.
Creedence Donovan continued at fullback in the Major Preliminary Final against the Cudgen Hornets with Creedence Donovan making a great try saving tackle in the 26th minute when he hit the Cudgen left second rower right on the try line near the right upright with Creedence Donovan’s contact forcing the ball loose and going forward over the dead ball line for a Seagulls twenty metre tap restart.
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.
In 2022 even though he was still U16 eligible Riley Buchanan was part of the Tweed Heads Seagulls U18 NRRRL side, being named on the bench in Round Two against the Cudgen Hornets however a late change saw Riley Buchanan start the match at right second row.
Riley Buchanan’s first run of the match came in the 4th minute when he cut underneath Zane Harrison, breaking through the defensive line after receiving the ball thirty metres out. Riley Buchanan then broke four tackles as he got the ball to within eight metres of the try line.
Riley Buchanan also did well in the 35th minute when after receiving the ball two passes to the left of the play the ball Riley Buchanan was able to get from the eighteen metre mark to within two metres of the try line. Riley Buchanan also get to within a metre or so of the try line in the 39th minute after making ten metres after cutting back underneath route.
Riley Buchanan also had a great debut from a defensive perspective including in the 9th minute when he flew out of the defensive line to smash one of the Hornets front rowers a long way behind the advantage line.
Riley Buchanan also started at right second row in Round Six against the Ballina Seagulls before moving into the front row for Round Seven against the Lower Clarence Magpies.
Riley Buchanan continued in the front row in Round Eight against Casino RSM taking the fourth hit-up of the match.
Riley Buchanan made a great play in the 41st minute resulting in a line break and try assist for him. From just thirty metres out from his own line, Riley Buchanan ran the ball to the left of the play and ball and broke through two attempted tackles before showing impressive speed to get to the Casino RSM fullback, draw him and off-load to his left to Zac Windle who raced away to score under the posts.
Riley Buchanan had a great match defensively against a much larger Casino RSM forward pack with the first of a number of outstanding tackles that Riley Buchanan executed coming in the 5th minute when he came forward and smashed the Casino RSM front rower (No. 10) with a front on left shoulder hit as the front rower was returning a kick-off.
Then in the 36th minute with Casino RSM on the attack ten metres out and in front of the posts the Casino RSM front rower No. 8 tried to charge over under the posts but Riley Buchanan was having none of that and came forward and drove his right shoulder straight into the chest of his opposite number halting his forward momentum in an instant.
Riley Buchanan also started in the front row in Round Nine against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Riley Buchanan taking the first hit-up of the match from a penalty restart after Murwillumbah’s kick-off had gone out on the full.
Riley Buchanan produced a couple of outstanding tackles in the match with the first coming in the 9th minute when Riley Buchanan executing a front on crunching tackle on the Murwillumbah right winger who was looking to bring the ball off his own try line.
Riley Buchanan executed another great front on tackle in the 20th with a monster hit on one of the Murwillumbah front rowers just on the halfway mark.
Riley Buchanan also started in the front row in Round Ten against the Kyogle Turkeys and along with Jye Brady made the second tackle of the match after the Seagulls had kicked off.
Riley Buchanan made another crunching tackle in the 33rd minute on Kyogle hooker Ashton Harley who darted out of dummy half to his right. Then in the 37th minute Riley Buchanan smashed his opposite number who was trying to get over the try line from close range by running a crash line. Riley Buchanan drove his right shoulder into his opposite number, initially stopping him in his tracks before forcing him back all of the way to ten metres out from the line.
Riley Buchanan then moved to the bench for the rescheduled Round Four match against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Riley Buchanan coming onto the field to operate in the front row mid-way through the opening half.
Riley Buchanan did well in the 21st minute when after Murwillumbah let a Seagulls kick-off bounce, the ball bounced back towards the on-coming Tweed Heads chasers with Riley Buchanan being at the right place at the right time to get to the ball before multiple other players from both his team and the Mustangs to put the Seagulls immediately in the attack.
Riley Buchanan also started from the bench in the Week One Qualifying Final against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Riley Buchanan coming off the bench to operate in the front row in the 12th minute.
Riley Buchanan continued from the bench in the Major Preliminary Final against the Cudgen Hornets with Riley Buchanan coming onto the field to operate at left second row in just the 5th minute due to a team mates coming off the field for a HIA.
Riley Buchanan made a great play in the 30th minute when thirty five metres out from his own line Riley Buchanan raced out of the defensive line and hit Cudgen’s Tanu Nona, stopping him in place and then Riley Buchanan took the opportunity to execute a one on one steal to get the ball back for Tweed Heads.
The 2022 U18 NRRRL Preliminary Final saw 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.
Daniel Rakena, the Keebra Park SHS five eight has been named to start from the bench for a Titans U16 side against a Sydney Roosters U16 side at Pizzey Park.
Round One of the 2022 School Boy Walters Cup School Boy Competition saw Daniel Rakena start at five eight for Keebra Park SHS against Ipswich SHS with Daniel Rakena recording a try assist in the 24th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball, Daniel Rakena stepped off his right foot to beat two defenders before off-loading to his inside in traffic to Joshua Donovan-Skinner who crashed over under the posts.
Daniel Rakena also recorded a line break assist in the 10th minute when from fifty five metres out and to the left of the play the ball Daniel Rakena threw a cut-out pass to his left down a left blindside to put his winger away.
Round Three against Marsden SHS saw Daniel Rakena continue at five eight against Marsden SHS with Daniel Rakena recording a try assist in the 38th minute when from the right of the play the ball Daniel Rakena threw an overhead cut-out pass to his right to put Ryder Williams into space and to subsequently score.
Daniel Rakena also recorded a line break assist in the 13th minute when to the left of the play the ball and thirty five metres out from his own try line Daniel Rakena threw a hard flat cut-out pass to his left to put his left centre Joseph Tupuse outside the defensive line and on a thirty metre run downfield.
In Round Four against Wavell SHS Daniel Rakena continued at five eight and recorded a try assist in the 31st minute with a cut-out pass to his right to put his right centre over wide out.
Daniel Rakena recorded a try assist and line break assist in Round Six against PBC SHS. Daniel Rakena recorded his try assist in the 13th minute when after Daniel Rakena made a line break through the centre of the field, Daniel Rakena drew the Wavell SHS fullback and passed to his right to Ryder Williams who raced away to score under the posts.
Daniel Rakena recorded his line break assist in the 23rd minute when he threw a long cut-out pass to his left to put favourite target Joseph Tupuse away down the left touchline.
Daniel Rakena continued at five eight in Round Seven against Mabel Park SHS with Daniel Rakena recording a try assist in the 34th minute when from twenty five metres out and to the right of the play the ball Daniel Rakena put Joshua Donovan-Skinner into a gap to cross wide out before Joshua Donovan-Skinner was able to bring the ball around closer to the posts. Daniel Rakena then stepped up to convert the try.
Daniel Rakena started at five eight in the 2022 School Boy Walters Cup Grand Final against Marsden SHS with Daniel Rakena recording two try assists as well as being heavily involved in another in a dominating Keebra Park SHS Grand Final victory.
Daniel Rakena recorded the first of his try assists in the 19th minute when after taking the ball down a left blindside, Daniel Rakena took the ball deep into the defensive lien and when eight metres out threw a great cut out pass to his left to put left centre Joseph Tupuse over to score in the corner.
Daniel Rakena added a second try assist in the 34th minute when after breaking through the Marsden SHS defensive line thirty metres out, Daniel Rakena drew the Marsden SHS fullback and pass to his right to send Ryder Williams away to score under the posts.
Daniel Rakena was also included in Keebra Park SHS’s 31st minute try when from thirty five metres out from the try line Daniel Rakena put in a chip kick into the space behind the defensive line with Ryder Williams taking the kick on the bounce and then getting the ball away for Keebra Park SHS to score.
Daniel Rakena then started at five eight in the inaugural Queensland Year Ten School Boy Championship match against Kirwan SHS with Daniel Rakena putting on a clinic in a 28 – 4 Keebra Park SHS victory with Daniel Rakena scoring a try, recording two try assists as well as a line break assist.
Daniel Rakena scored in the 38th minute when he backed up a break by one of his front rowers to receive the off-load around thirty five metres out with Daniel Rakena racing away to score under the posts.
Daniel Rakena recorded the first of his two try assists in the 7th minute when from twenty metres out and to the left of the play the ball Daniel Rakena threw a pre-planned inside pass to Joshua Donovan-Skinner to score under the posts.
Daniel Rakena recorded his second try assist in the 24th minute when Daniel Rakena took the ball down a short left blindside ten metres out with Daniel Rakena stepping off his left foot to straighten up the attack before throwing a good short ball to his left to second rower Tyrell Laben to crash over to score.
Daniel Rakena was also involved in a Keebra Park SHS try in the 17th minute when from twenty three metres out and to the left of the goal posts Daniel Rakena packed into a Keebra Park SHS scrum and after picking up the ball at the base of the scrum Daniel Rakena passed the ball to his right with Daniel Rakena then doing an old fashioned run around with the fullback with Daniel Rakena then continuing running to his right before getting the ball away to his right to Ryder Williams who has able to cut inside to score.
Daniel Rakena also recorded a line break assist in the opening minute if the Championship Final when he ran the ball down a short left blindside thirty five metres out from his own try line to put his left winger away down the left touchline with Daniel Rakena then staying alive to receive a pass back inside from his winger near the halfway mark.
Daniel Rakena also did well in the 11th minute when he chased through a Ryder Williams grubber kick with Daniel Rakena tackling the Kirwan SHS fullback in-goal to force a goal line drop-out.
Daniel Rakena showcased his tactical kicking skills in the 9th minute with a long raking right foot kick from fifty five metres out with the ball finding touch three metres from the right corner.
In 2022 Zac Kumbamong started at right second row in all of Keebra Park SHS’s Walters Cup matches at right second row including Keebra Park SHS’s 2022 Walters Cup School Boy Grand Final victory over Marsden SHS.
Zac Kumbamong’s only try of his 2022 School Boy season came in the 27th minute of Round Two against Forest Lake SHS when Zac Kumbamong received a cut-out pass from his inside from Ryder Williams with Zac Kumbamong having an easy uninterrupted twelve metre run to the try line to put the ball down ten metres in from the right corner post.
Zac Kumbamong also started at right second row in the inaugural Queensland School Boys Year Ten Championship Final against Kirwan SHS with Zac Kumbamong doing well in the 9th minute when he was able to collect a bouncing Kirwan SHS kick-off with Zac Kumbamong forced to tip toe along the sideline with Zac Kumbamong able to get the ball thirty metres away from his own try line.
Perhaps Zac Kumbamong’s best run of the match came in the 29th minute when from a Keebra Park SHS penalty restart twenty metres out and in the centre of the field, Zac Kumbamong ran to his right and broke three tackles to get the ball within five metres of the try line with Zac Kumbamong being awarded a penalty for being held down too long. Zac Kumbamong then charged onto the ball from then penalty restart to get within two metres of the try line.
Kaleb Smith has been named to start from the bench for a Titans U16 side against a Sydney Roosters U16 side at Pizzey Park.
The Gold Coast local lock from Palm Beach Currumbin (PBC) State High School was selected in the 2022 Queensland Maroon U15 Queensland School Boy Rugby League Representative Side for the Australian Championships after representing South Coast at the Queensland U15 School Boy Championships that were held at Cbus Stadium.
Kaleb Smith started from the bench in the opening match of the Championships against NSW CHS with Kaleb Smith coming off the bench mid-way through the opening half with Kaleb Smith operating as a link between the Qld Maroon forwards and backline.
Kaleb Smith also started from the bench in Match Two against NSW CCC coming on mid-way through the first half to operate at lock. Kaleb Smith then moved into the starting side at lock in Queensland Maroon’s heart breaking golden point extra time semi-final loss against NSW CIS.
2022 also saw Kaleb Smith play for the PBC SHS Walters Cup School Boy Rugby League side with Kaleb Smith operating primarily at lock although Kaleb Smith did start Round Six against Keebra Park SHS in the front row with Kaleb Smith bumping off one Keebra Park SHS defender in the 19th minute on the way to making twelve metres to get the ball within thirty metres of the PBC SHS try line.
Kaleb Smith also started at lock for PBC SHS in the 2022 Walters Cup semi-final against Marsden SHS.
At the completion of the 2022 School Boy Walters Cup competition Kaleb Smith was named at lock in the 2022 Courier Mail Walters Cup Team of the Season.
The Queensland Maroon U15 ASSRL School Boy side was not the first representative side that Kaleb Smith has made as in 2019 Kaleb Smith was named in the Queensland U12 Primary School Boy Rugby League Representative side.
Joseph Pouniu has been named to start in the front row for a Titans U16 side against a Sydney Roosters U16 side at Pizzey Park.
The 195cm tall, powerhouse front rower from the North Lakes Kangaroo’s club in Brisbane’s northern suburbs signed a multi-year contract with the Titans in early 2021 after being a stand out junior in Brisbane both at club and representative level for a number of seasons.
In late January 2022 Joseph Pouniu started in the front row for the Titans U16 side in a match at Pizzey Park against the Sydney Bulldogs with Joseph Pouniu taking the first hit-up of the match for the Titans in just the 2nd minute of the match.
Joseph Pouniu made another strong charge in the 38th minute from a penalty restart he made an impressive fourteen metres against a set Bulldogs defensive line.
In early May 2022 Joseph Pouniu also started in the front row for the Titans JTS U16 squad that took on a Northern Rivers Titans U17 squad at Cbus Stadium as a curtain-raiser to the Titans NRL Round Fourteen against the Souths Sydney Rabbitohs with Joseph Pouniu charging over to score late in the second half.
In mid-December 2021 Joseph Pouniu had the opportunity to train with the Titans NRL squad in a joint training session between the Titans NRL squad and the Titans JTS Program Squads.
Round One of the 2022 U16 Cyril Connell Cup saw Joseph Pouniu named in the front row for the Redcliffe Dolphins against the Easts Tigers however the match rained out due to a once in a decade rain event. The Round One match against Easts was re-scheduled in Round Three with Josiah Pouniu once again being named in the front row.
Joseph Pouniu was also named in the front row for Round Two against the Tweed Heads Seagulls and scored in the 55th minute when he crashed over from around five metres out and to the left of the play the ball with Joseph Pouniu spinning counter clockwise right on the try line to get the ball down with authority under the posts.
Such was the quality of Joseph Pouniu’s performance that he was named as a reserve in the Courier Mail’s Cyril Connell Cup Round Two Team of the Week.
After Redcliffe had a Round Three Joseph Pouniu was back in the front row for Round Four against the Souths Logan Magpies with Joseph Pouniu probably scoring the easiest try that he is ever scored and is ever likely to. In the 18th minute Joseph Pouniu chased through a short grubber kick into the in-goal. It looked as if the Magpies would handle the kick but instead the ball was lost with the ball bouncing straight to Joseph Pouniu who just had to get his hands down low, take the ball and place it down underneath the goal posts.
Joseph Pouniu continued in the front row in Round Five against the Norths Devils with Joseph Pouniu putting in an exceptional performance which deservedly saw him named in the front row in the Courier Mail CC Cup Round Five Team of the Week.
In total in the 2022 U16 Cyril Connell Cup competition Joseph Pouniu ran for the 13th most metres being 450 metres at an average of 113 metres per game and also made two line breaks.
In late March 2022 Joseph Pouniu was named to attend the Queensland Rugby League Positional Skills Day as part of the Sunshine Coast Falcons Squad.
In late May 2022 Joseph Pouniu also represented Wide Bay in the U18 QSSRL School Boy Championships.
The 2022 GCRL U18 Division One season of Kanititeiti Sikahele:
Kanititeiti Sikahele started at hooker and put in an assured and composed performance out of dummy half for the Nerang Roosters in Round One of the 2022 Gold Coast U18 Division One competition as the defending champions got their campaign underway on the back of a comprehensive 42 – 10 victory over the Mudgeeraba Redbacks.
Kanititeiti Sikahele also started at hooked in Round Two against the Burleigh Bears and once again put in an assured performance including throwing the last pass to his right from very close to the try line to lead Xavier Collins onto the ball to subsequently crash over to score in the 14th minute of the Roosters big win near the left upright.
Kanititeiti Sikahele continued at hooker in Round Three against the Southport Tigers in a match that saw Nerang loss their first match of the season.
Round Four against the Currumbin Eagles saw Kanititeiti Sikahele named to start from the bench however in a late tactical change, Kanititeiti Sikahele started the match at hooker. As usual the match saw Kanititeiti Sikahele distribute the ball effectively out of dummy half but it was his defence that stood out for example in the 20th minute when he effected a great front on hit on one of the Currumbin second rowers with the ball coming loose as a result of Kanititeiti Sikahele’s strong initial contact.
Kanititeiti Sikahele also started at hooker in Round Nine against the Burleigh Bears and was held up over the try line in the 36th minute after he had tried to force his way over from close range after running to his right out of dummy half.
Kanititeiti Sikahele showed his pace in the 12th minute when after Burleigh took an intercept with Nerang deep on the attack Kanititeiti Sikahele raced back in cover defence and was able to make up significant ground and tackle the Bears right winger from behind after a forty metre chase.
Kanititeiti Sikahele then started Round Ten against the Southport Tigers from the bench, coming onto the field in the 24th minute to operate in the dummy half role.
Kanititeiti Sikahele as then back in the starting side at hooker for Round Eleven against the Helensvale Hornets as well as in Round Twelve against the Helensvale Hornets.
Kanititeiti Sikahele then moved to start from the bench in Round Thirteen against the Runaway Bay Seagulls.
Kanititeiti Sikahele was then back starting at hooker in Round Fourteen against the Ormeau Shearers with Kanititeiti Sikahele scoring in the 48th minute when he ran out of dummy half to his right from six metres out with Kanititeiti Sikahele burrowing under three defenders to score mid-way between the corner post and goal post on the left side of the field.
Kanititeiti Sikahele had made a strong run out of dummy half just prior to scoring when in the 47th minute Kanititeiti Sikahele ran to his left out of dummy half making fourteen metres to get within nine metres of the try line.
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 thirty five metres from the try line with Kanititeiti Sikahele’s heavy initial contact forcing the ball loose.
The 2022 season saw Zane Harrison play for the Tweed Heads Seagulls U18 side in the NRRRL U18 competititon, even though he was still U16 eligible, starting Round One of the competition at halfback and captain against the Byron Bay Devils with Zane Harrison kicking two conversions from four attempts, including a 16th minute conversion from the left touchline in a great 20 -12 first up victory for the Seagulls.
Zane Harrison made his first run of the match in the 14th minute when after receiving the ball to the right of the dummy half, Zane Harrison stepped off his right foot to beat one defender and make fifteen metres to get the ball forty metres out from the try line. The just a moment later Zane Harrison once again stepped of his right foot once again making ten more metres before being tackled just five metres out on the fifth tackle.
Zane Harrison also kicked well tactically in the match including in the 20th minute when from forty seven metres out Zane Harrison kicked deep into the left corner with the Devils winger only getting the ball three metres away from the try line before he was brought to ground.
Zane Harrison executed a further tactical kick in the 31st minute, on this occasion from forty metres out with the ball pulling up in the in-goal near the left corner with the Byron Bay right winger only just getting out of the in-goal area.
Zane Harrison also started at halfback and captain in Round Two against the Cudgen Hornets with Zane Harrison scoring an outstanding solo try in the 23rd minute. Zane Harrison received the ball to the right of the dummy half around twelve metres out and almost immediately stepped off his right foot to wrong foot one Cudgen defender before stepping off his left to straighten up. Just as Zane Harrison looked to step off his right to beat the Hornets fullback Zane Harrison slipped but he had the foresight to maintain his composure and get the ball down one metre to the left of the uprights.
The match also saw Zane Harrison record a 40th minute try assist when whilst operating on the right side of the field and deep on the attack Zane Harrison threw a long cut-out pass to his right to put his winger over in the corner.
Zane Harrison also saved a try in the 9th minute when he raced across to his right to come over the top to tackle the Cudgen left winger who had gotten away down the touchline but Zane Harrison hit the winger and forced him into touch just three metres out of the try line.
Zane Harrison put in a great long tactical kick in the 26th minute from the right of the dummy half and fifty four metres out with Zane Harrison chasing his own kick and tackling the Cudgen fullback inside his own twenty metre area.
Zane Harrison also put in another good kick in the 42nd minute from inside his own forty metre area he just missed a 40/20 after kicking from the right of the play the ball.
Zane Harrison also started at half in Round Six against the Ballian Seagulls scoring a try and kicking two conversions in a tough loss.
Zane Harrison then started at halfback in Round Seven against the Lower Clarence Magpies and what a game the captain had including kicking five conversions and recording five, yes five try assists in the Seagulls 50 – 0 victory.
The first of Zane Harrison’s five try assists came in the 8th minute when he ran the ball to the line on the left side around twenty five metres from the line and threw a good short ball to his left to a charging Zac Windle who burst through the line to score under the posts.
Zane Harrison recorded his second try assist in the 23rd minute when he ran the ball on the right side of the field near the halfway mark and after drawing two defenders to him, Zane Harrison threw a short ball to his right to put his right centre through a gap to race after and score under the posts.
Zane Harrison added a third try assist in the 29th minute and in many respects it was similar to his 23rd minute try assist when on the right Zane Harrison put his centre into a gap once again and also once again the centre was able to race away and score under the posts.
Zane Harrison recorded his fourth try assist in the 38th minute when on the halfway mark to the right of the play the ball Zane Harrison dummied to his inside and then exploded through a gap before drawing the Magpies fullback and passing to his left to Creedence Donovan who scored mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Zane Harrison added a fifth try assist in the 53rd minute when he ran the ball on the left side of the field just fifteen metres out from his own line and after double pumping a pass to his left put Creedence Donovan onto a gap with the five eight racing eighty metres to dive over under the posts.
Zane Harrison continued at halfback in Round Eight against Casino RSM and before being given a well-earned break mid-way through the second half Zane Harrison kicked four conversions, including an outstanding conversion from the left touchline in the 22nd minute.
Zane Harrison also recorded two try assists and two line breaks in a big Seagulls victory.
The first of Zane Harrison’s two try assists arrived in the 27th minute when Zane Harrison ran the ball to the left of the play the ball, stepping off his right to give himself some room to throw a long hard cut-out pass to his left to put his left winger into space twenty metres out with his left winger getting the ball down in the left corner.
Zane Harrison recorded his second try assist in the 30th minute when from ten metres inside his own territory Zane Harrison received the ball to the right of the play the ball and immediately charged at the defensive line but that the last moment threw a no look pass back on his inside to Creedence Donovan on the halfway mark with Creedence Donovan racing straight through a gap and proving to be way too quick for the Casino RSM fullback to score seven metres in from the right corner post.
Zane Harrison made his line break in the 27th minute when from thirty five metres out Zane Harrison ran the ball to the defensive line after receiving the ball to the left of the pay the ball, executing left and right foot steps seemingly simultaneously to split the ball. Zane Harrison then ran directly at the Casino RSM fullback but his pass to his right went to ground ten metres out from the try line and directly in front of the goal posts.
Zane Harrison made another line break in the 44th minute with a twenty metres run down the left channel leaving a number of Casino RSM defenders in his wake.
Zane Harrison also executed a good defensive play in the 48th minute when the Casino RSM right second rower tried to force his way over from close range down a short blindside but Zane Harrison along with Creedence Donovan was on hand to initially hold him up and then force him over the touchline just out from the corner post.
Zane Harrison also started at halfback in Round Nine against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Zane Harrison kicking two conversions from three attempts in a hard fought 16 -12 come from behind victory.
Zane Harrison was also involved in the Seagulls 53rd minute try with gave Tweed Heads their first lead of the match when Zane Harrison threw a long flat cut-out pass to Taysharn Cora who then set up his winger to score in the corner. Zane Harrison then stepped to convert the try.
Zane Harrison made a 7th minute line break when from thirty metres out and to the left of the play the ball, Zane Harrison dummied to his inside before executing two left foot steps to get break the defensive line before Zane Harrison was tackled just four metres out and directly in front of the posts.
Zane Harrison also kicked well tactically to keep the Mustangs off balance including in the 21st minute when Zane Harrison executed a sixty metre kick into the right corner with the Murwillumbah winger forced to bring the ball out of his own in-goal and was only able to get the ball two metres away from his own try line.
Zane Harrison also started at halfback in Round Ten against the Kyogle Turkeys with Zane Harrison scoring a double and also kicking three conversions.
The first of Zane Harrison’s two tries came in the 29th minute when after good work on his inside Zane Harrison ran onto the ball from around ten metres out and wide on the right and got between two Kyogle defenders to dive over six metres in from the left corner post.
Zane Harrison completed his double in the 59th minute when after the Seagulls ran the ball down a short left blindside forty five metres out, Zane Harrison received a good short ball from his five eight to race away down the left touchline to score near the left corner. Zane Harrison then stepped up to nail the conversion from the side line.
Zane Harrison also recorded a try assist in the match when in the 8th minute after receiving the ball around twenty metres out and to the right of the play the ball, Zane Harrison cut to his right from right in front of the goal posts and put in a right foot grubber kick into the inf-goal with the ball sitting up perfectly for Creedence Donovan to collect and score. Zane Harrison then stepped up to convert the try.
Zane Harrison also recorded a 51st minute line break assist when one pass to the right of the play the ball and thirty five metres out, Zane Harrison threw a long cut-out past to his right to put Taysharn Cora into space with the right centre being finally tackled just two metres short of the try line.
Zane Harrison also started at halfback in Round Twelve against the Bilambil Jets and kicked six conversions from seven attempts in a big 40 – 14 Seagulls victory.
Zane Harrison also recorde a try assist in the 16th minute when on the final tackle Zane Harrison ran the ball to the left of the play the ball and from ten metres out put in a deft grubber kick into the in-goal for his five eight to chash through and score.
Zane Harrison was also heavily involved in another Seagulls try in the 28th minute when after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball on the final tackle and forty metres out, Zane Harrison shaped to kick before throwing a great cut-out pass to his right to Taysharn Cora who charged away before putting the Seagulls right winger over to score.
Zane Harrison along with Harry Chadburn made 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.
Zane Harrison then continued at halfback in Round Thirteen against the Bilambil Jets for the second round in a row with Zane Harrison kicking two conversions from as many attempts including a conversion after the final siren of Leeton Smith’s try ten metres to the right of the uprights to draw the match 12 all.
The match also saw Zane Harrison make multiple line breaks with the first of them coming inside the opening minute of the match when from two metres inside Bilambil territory Zane Harrison ran the ball down a wide right blindside, getting between two metres and making eighteen metres before he was slung to ground.
Zane Harrison made another line break in the 17th minute when he received the ball from his five eight to the left of the play the ball, Zane Harrison stepped off his left foot twice to get the ball backs towards the centre of the field before executing a right foot step to straighten up his run with Zane Harrison finally tackled eighteen metres out from the try line and in front of the posts.
Zane Harrison made a third line break in the 25th minute when after the Jets dropped the ball thirty five metres from the Seagulls try line, Zane Harrison swooped on the ball and raced thirty metres downfield before he was bundled over the right touchline.
Zane Harrison made a smart run in the 54th minute when from on the halfway mark in the centre of the field and to the left of the play the ball, Zane Harrison almost stepped his way through the defensive line but was able to get a right arm off-load away to his left as he was being spun around.
Then in the 57th minute Zane Harrison almost stepped his way through the defensive line once again but Zane Harrison was able to get away a smart off-load to Creedence Donovan.
Zane Harrison also made the most outstanding tackle of the match in the 47th minute when he executed an outstanding tackle on the Bilambil left centre with Zane Harrison’s initial contact coming less than a metre from the try line with Zane Harrison then able to flip the much bigger centre onto his back and hold him up over the try line ten metres in from the corner post.
Impressively after starting for the Future Titans U16 side in a match at Cbus Stadium as a curtain-raiser to the Round Twenty NRL match between the Titans and Canberra Raiders earlier in the day, yes earlier in the day, Zane Harrison came off the bench at halftime to operate at halfback in the rescheduled Round Four match against the Murwillumbah Mustangs.
Zane Harrison showed no signs of fatigue on the way to kicking four conversions from as many attempts as well as recording two try assists and a line break assist.
Zane Harrison’s first try assist came in the 55th minute when after receiving the ball ten metres out from his right and directly in front of the posts, Zane Harrison took the ball to the defensive line and put in a right foot stab kick which bounced up perfectly in the in-goal for Creedence Donovan to collect and five metres to the left of the uprights.
Zane Harrison added a try assist in the 58th minute when after minute Zane Harrison ran the ball to the left after receiving the from the dummy half to his right thirty metres out from his own line with Zane Harrison taking the ball right to the line before throwing an inside ball to a flying Creedence Donovan who burst through a gap, beating the fullback by veering to his left to run away to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Prior to his first try assist Zane Harrison recorded a line break assist in the 52nd minute which in many respects was a trial run for a basically identical play that ultimately led to Creedence Donovan scoring in the 58th minute. Just like in the 58th minute Zane Harrison ran the ball to the left after receiving the from the dummy half to his right thirty metres out from his own line with Zane Harrison taking the ball right to the line before throwing an inside ball to a flying Creedence Donovan who burst through a gap, beating the fullback and two other defenders before being tackled from behind just two metres out from the line and directly in front of the goal posts.
To add to his outstanding match Zane Harrison forced a goal line drop out in the 54th minute when from thirty metres out from his own try line and to the right of the play the ball, Zane Harrison put in a deep kick which pulled up a metre from the dead ball line in the left corner with the Murwillumbah fullback trapped in-goal. Zane Harrison set up a try in the next set of six.
Zane Harrison also put up a bomb in the 38th minute from forty metres out with the spiral on the ball proving to be too much for the Mustang fullback who knocked the ball on just ten metres out from the try line.
Zane Harrison also started at halfback in the Week One Qualifying Final against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Zane Harrison kicking four conversions from five attempts.
I do not think that I can call it a try assist but Zane Harrison was involved in Taysharn Cora’s try after just six seconds, yes I did get that right, six seconds. Zane Harrison kicked off to get the match underway and after Murwillumbah let the kick-off bounce, Taysharn Cora raced through taking the ball on the bounce at full speed to score the quickest try that I have ever seen (or heard of).
Zane Harrison got the movement going that led to Ricco Waitititi’s 17th minute try when from five metres inside his own territory on the final tackle, Zane Harrison initially shaped to kick downfield before throwing a long cut-out pass to his right to initiate a line break that ultimately led to Ricco Waititiati scoring in the right corner.
Zane Harrison continued at halfback in the Major Preliminary Final against the Cudgen Hornets with Zane Harrison taking the opening kick-off on the full and took the ball back into the defensive line.
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.
Well done to 2022 Burleigh CC Cup player Billy Wellard for being named in the Queensland U16 Rugby Representative side.
Lofi Khan-Pereira has been named in the 2022 Queensland Cup Team of the Year.
Round One of the 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition saw TJ Devery named in the front row for the Burleigh Bears as they got their season underway against the Redcliffe Dolphins and was also named to start in the front row in the Round Two local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls however he was late scratching from the match.
TJ Devery was then named on the Burleigh extended bench for Round Three against the Western Clydesdales but in a late change TJ Devery started the match in the front row in a Bears 28 – 20 victory.
TJ Devery was once again named in the front row for Burleigh in Round Five against the Souths Logan Magpies as well as Round Six against the Mackay Cutters.
TJ Devery continued in the front row in Round Seven against the Central Queensland Capra’s with TJ Devery involved in the opening two tackles of the match after Burleigh kicked off.
TJ Devery also started in the front row in Round Eight against Easts Tigers as well as in Round Nine against the Sunshine Coast Falcons and Round Ten against the Norths Devils with TJ Devery taking the second hit-up of the match after the Devils had kicked-off.
TJ Devery then did well in the 53rd minute when he along with Isaac Matalavea-Booth held up the Norths hooker who had tried to burrow his way over from dummy half from close range.
TJ Devery continued in the front row in Round Eleven against the Northern Pride with TJ Devery taking the second hit-up of the match in a big Burleigh 78 – 12 victory.
TJ Devery continued in the front row in Round Twelve against the Ipswich Jets with TJ Devery scoring in the 16th minute after a strong run to the left of the paly the ball behind a dummy runner with TJ Devery crashing over three metres to the left of the uprights.
TJ Devery then moved to the bench for Round Thirteen against the Townsville Blackhawks before starting in the front row in the Round Fourteen local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with TJ Devery taking the second hit-up of the match.
TJ Devery then started from the bench in Round Sixteen against the Western Clydesdales before moving back into the starting side in the front row in Round Seventeen against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.
TJ Devery’s first 2022 hit-out came in the Burleigh Hastings Deering’s Colts sides first trial in late January when he started in the front row in a trial match against a Titans U19 side at Pizzey Park with TJ Devery converting the Burleigh opening try in the 31st minute when he converted front row partner Ben Kay’s try from next to the right upright.
Tj Devery then started in the front row in Burleigh’s first official 2022 trial against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
Round One of the 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition saw Sam McIntyre named at left second row for the Burleigh Bears as they got their season underway against the Redcliffe Dolphins.
Sam McIntyre was one of the two Burleigh try scorers in the match with Sam McIntyre scoring in the 56th minute. Sam McIntyre was positioned to the left of a scrum with a Burleigh feed approximately twenty metres out. After some good work on his inside from Caleb Gould-Waiariki charged onto the ball, forcing his way over the line between two Dolphins defenders to score ten metres in from the left corner post.
Sam McIntyre was also named to start at right second row in the Round Seven local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls as well as in Round Three against the Western Clydesdales but a late change saw Sam McIntyre start the match at lock.
Sam McIntyre scored the Bears opening try of the match in the 4th minute when after receiving a hard flat pass from his right from Samuel Shannon eight metres out Sam McIntyre engaged the defensive line before gaining separation with a 360 degrees clockwise spin before crashing over eight to the left of the uprights.
Sam McIntyre was once again named at lock for Burleigh in Round Five against the Souths Logan Magpies but in a late switch started the match at right second row and scored in the 58th minute when from ten metres out he forced his way over ten metres in from the right corner post.
Sam McIntyre continued at right second row in Round Six against the Mackay Cutters with Sam McIntyre coming close to scoring in the 24th minute from ten metres out with Sam McIntyre only dragged down just short of the try line after a 360 degree counter clockwise spin.
Sam McIntyre also started at right second row and in fact captained the Burleigh side in Round Eight against the Easts Tigers and even though lost heavily Sam McIntyre kept trying to the end including a 79th minute run down the right channel with Sam McIntyre making twenty metres.
Sam McIntyre continued at right second row in Round Nine against the Sunshine Coast Falcons with Sam McIntyre scoring in the 27th minute when from twelve metres from the try line Sam McIntyre ran into a gap as a result of a good short ball from his inside from Samuel Shannon with Sam McIntyre executing a right foot step to get past the Sunshine Coast fullback at get the ball down mid-way between the corner post and goal posts on the right side of the field.
Sam McIntyre moved to left second row in Round Ten against the Norths Devils before moving to right second row late in the first half. Sam McIntyre made a strong charge in the 4th minute from the kick-off to Samuel Shannon’s early try with Sam McIntyre’s run getting the ball thirty metres away from the Bears try line.
Sam McIntyre continued at left second row in Round Eleven against the Northern Pride with Sam McIntyre one of the Bears try scorers in a big Burleigh 78 – 12 victory.
Sam McIntyre scored in the 57th minute when after moving over to the right second row position, Sam McIntyre, from eleven metres out ran off a good short ball from his inside to score mid-way between the corner post and goal posts on the left side of the field.
Sam McIntyre then moved to right centre in Round Twelve against the Ipswich Jets as well as in Round Thirteen against the Townsville Blackhawks.
Sam McIntyre was on the move again, starting at left second row in the front row in the Round Fourteen local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls before moving to right second row in Round Fifteen against the Mackay Cutters with Sam McIntyre scoring in the 70th minute when he chased through a Boston Tagg bomb to take the bomb on the full on the try line with Sam McIntyre getting the ball down ten metres in from the right corner post.
Sam McIntyre had earlier done well in the 6th minute when he held up the Cutters fullback five metres in from the right corner post.
Sam McIntyre then started at left second row in Round Sixteen against the Western Clydesdales with Sam McIntyre scoring in the 59th minute when he chased through a Boston Tagg grubber kick into the in-goal with Samuel McInrtyre getting to the ball first.
Sam McIntyre also recorded a try assist in the 73rd minute when he through a high cut-out pass to his left to put fullback Tuvalli Khan-Pereira over in the corner.
Sam McIntyre then started at right centre in Round Seventeen against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.
Sam McIntyre’s first 2022 hit-out came in the Burleigh Hastings Deering’s Colts sides first trial in late January when he started at left second row in a trial match against a Titans U19 side at Pizzey Park.
Sam McIntyre then started at left second row in Burleigh’s first official 2022 trial against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
Titan Oscar Laffranchi has been named in the Southern Storm U16 Oztag squad for the upcoming Oztag National Junior Championships.
Daniel Rakena has been named in the Southern Storm U17 Oztag squad for the upcoming Oztag National Junior Championships.
Round One of the 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition saw Samuel Shannon named at lock and captain for the Burleigh Bears as they got their season underway against the Redcliffe Dolphins with Samuel Shannon recorded a 46th minute line break assist when after taking the ball to the line deep inside his own territory Samuel Shannon got an off-load away to his left to Caleb Gould-Waiariki who was able to make fifty five metres downfield.
Samuel Shannon was then named to start at right second row in the Round Seven local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls however a late tactical change saw Samuel Shannon start the match at lock.
Samuel Shannon came close to scoring in the 36th minute when he got within a metre of the try line near the left upright after a strong fourteen metre effort that started on the opposite side of the goal posts.
Samuel Shannon almost scored once again in the 48th minute when after receiving an off-load from Josiah Pahulu he forced his way over the try line only to be held up by three Seagulls defenders.
Samuel Shannon was named to continue at lock in Round Three against the Western Clydesdales however a late change saw Samuel Shannon move up to the front row with Samuel Shannon taking the opening hit-up of the match from the kick-off.
Samuel Shannon scored Burleigh’s second try of the match in the 6th minute when after good work to his right from Arama Hau Samuel Shannon received a pass five metres out and crashed over five metres to the right of the uprights.
Samuel Shannon also recorded a try assist when in the 4th minute he threw a hard flat pass to his right to put Sam McIntyre over seven metres to the left of the uprights.
Samuel Shannon was once again named in the front row and captain for Burleigh in Round Five against the Souths Logan Magpies but late in the week he moved to the front row.
Round Six against the Mackay Cutters saw Samuel Shannon start at lock before Round Seven against the Central Queensland Capra’s saw Samuel Shannon start at right second row and score in the 33rd minute when from close to the line Samuel Shannon ran out of dummy half to his right and after a battle Samuel Shannon finally got the ball down mid-way between the corner post and goal posts on the right side of the field.
Sam Shannon then started Round Nine against the Sunshine Coast Falcons at left second row with Samuel Shannon recording a try assist in the 27th minute when from twelve metres from the try line Sam McIntyre ran into a gap as a result of a good short ball from his inside from Samuel Shannon with Sam McIntyre getting the ball down mid-way between the corner post and goal posts on the right side of the field.
Samuel Shannon moved to right second row for Round Ten against the Norths Devils with Samuel Shannon scoring inside the opening two minutes of the match after also taking the third hit-up of the match to get the ball into Devils territory by two metres.
In the 2nd minute Samuel Shannon when after receiving the ball from his inside four metres out, Samuel Shannon spun 360 degrees counter clockwise to break contact with two defenders with Samuel Shannon subsequently forcing his way over to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Samuel Shannon also had a strong match defensively against the Devils including in the 14th minute when he along with Vaka Sikahale held up the giant Norths front rower No. 18 midway between the cover post and goal posts on the right side of the field after the front rower had tried to barge his way over from close range.
Earlier in the match in the 9th minute Samuel Shannon made a great cover defending tackle on the Devils left winger who had made a line break down the touchline with Samuel Shannon coming across in cover defence and taking the winger into touch.
Samuel Shannon continued at right second row in Round Eleven against the Northern Pride with Sam McIntyre one of the Bears try scorers in a big Burleigh 78 – 12 victory. Samuel Shannon scored in just the 3rd minute when from ten metres out Samuel Shannon charged onto a short ball from five eight Boston Tagg to score ten metres in from the right corner post.
Samuel Shannon also did well in the 12th minute when after running the ball down a short right blindside from near halfway, Samuel Shannon produced a great right arm flick off-load to send his winger away down the touchline with Boston Tagg scoring after two more off-loads.
Samuel Shannon continued at right second row in Round Twelve against the Ipswich Jets and as has he has done regularly, Samuel Shannon scored in the opening minutes of the match, in the 2nd minute to be precise when he moved into dummy half for a play the ball one metre out and five metres to the right of the uprights. Samuel Shannon ran to his right out of dummy half to barge his way over to score next to the right upright.
Samuel Shannon scored a second try in the 25th minute when Samuel Shannon charged into the line around ten metres out and after his momentum till a couple of metres from the try line, Samuel Shannon got an off-load away to his hooker and then after getting an off-load back from the same player, Samuel Shannon ran around the tackle to his right to fore his way over to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Samuel Shannon also started at right second row in Round Thirteen against the Townsville Blackhawks and continued at right second row in the Round Fourteen local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Samuel Shannon taking the opening hit-up of the match.
Samuel Shannon also made a big tackle in the one of the Seagulls replacement front rowers in the 51st minute as the front rower was bringing back the ball from a kick-off.
Samuel Shannon then started at right second row in Round Sixteen against the Western Clydesdales.
Samuel Shannon then started at right second row in Round Seventeen 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.
Samuel Shannon started at lock in Burleigh’s first official 2022 trial against the Tweed Heads Seagulls playing the first half before being rested in the second but Samuel Shannon made the most of his time on the field including a 34th minute solo try. Burleigh were awarded a penalty ten metres and just to the right of the goal posts. Samuel Shannon charged onto the ball to the left of the resultant tap restart running to his right.
When he engaged the initial defender who had come off their line Samuel Shannon spun 360 degrees clockwise before also immediately then spinning back 360 degrees counter clockwise and then he was able to crash over with three Seagulls defenders trying to vain to stop him to get the ball down five metres to the right of the uprights.
Round One of the 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition saw Tuvalli Khan-Pereira named at right centre for the Burleigh Bears as they got their season underway against the Redcliffe Dolphins.
In the 43rd minute Tuvalli Khan-Pereira set up Burleigh’s first try of the match (and season) when he took the ball deep into the defensive line on the right side of the field and when the Dolphins left winger was drawn towards him Tuvalli Khan-Pereira produced a great right arm flick off-load to put Kalani Skipps over to score.
Tuvalli Khan-Pereira was also named to start at right centre in the Round Seven local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Tuvalli Khan-Pereira scoring in the 11th minute when he burst onto a catch and pass from Dion Sameula to crash over ten metres in from the right corner post.
In the 50th minute Tuvalli Khan-Pereira produced an outstanding cover defending try saving tackle when he chased back to drag down Brent Barnes from behind around five metres away from the left corner with Tuvalli Khan-Pereira’s tackle forcing Brent Barnes to lose the ball in the tackle.
Tuvalli Khan-Pereira was named to continue at right centre in Round Three against the Western Clydesdales as well as in Round Five against the Souths Logan Magpies however he was a late scratching from the match.
Tuvalli Khan-Pereira was back at right centre in Round Six against the Mackay Cutters and recorded a try assist in the 15th minute when after receiving the ball around twenty metres from the line got on the outside of his opposite and after drawing in the Cutters left winger executed a great right arm flick pass to send his winger over in the eight corner.
Tuvalli Khan-Pereira continued at right centre in Round Seven against the Central Queensland Capra’s scoring in the 60th minute when he raced through to collect a Boston Tagg grubber just out from the line to dive over to score ten metres in from the left corner.
Tuvalli Khan-Pereira then moved to fullback for Round Nine against the Sunshine Coast Falcons with the move paying immediate dividends for both Tuvalli Khan-Pereira and Burleigh as Tuvalli Khan-Pereira scored a hat trick in an impressive Bears victory.
Tuvalli Khan-Pereira’s opening try came in the when on the right side of the field Tuvalli Khan-Pereira chimed into the backline receiving the ball twelve metres out before stepping off his right foot and barging his way over to score eight metres in from the right corner post.
Tuvalli Khan-Pereira scored a second try in the 21st minute when once again he chimed into the balkline to the right of the play the ball with Tuvalli Khan-Pereira taking possession twelve metres out and after impacting a defender just short of the try line Tuvalli Khan-Pereira spun counter clockwise to gain separation and get the ball down six metres in from the right corner post.
Tuvalli Khan-Pereira completed his hat trick in the 73rd minute when to the right of the play the ball, Tuvalli Khan-Pereira chased through a Boston Tagg grubber kick into the in-goal with the ball sitting up perfectly for Tuvalli Khan-Pereira to ground the ball mid-way between the corner post and goal posts on the right side of the field.
In addition to his three tries Tuvalli Khan-Pereira made a line break in the 3rd minute when after the Burleigh left winger dropped a Falcons clearing kick backwards, Tuvalli Khan-Pereira picked the ball up on his own twenty metre line and darted down the right touchline before cutting inside and being tackled just short of the halfway mark.
Tuvalli Khan-Pereira was also heavily involved in Kalani Skipps 59th minute try when on the left side of the field Tuvalli Khan-Pereira cut back to his right after receiving the ball and continued to cut across field as a result of two left foot steps, beating five defenders along the way before off-loading to Sam McIntyre who then off-loaded for Kalani Skipps to score.
After missing a number of rounds Tuvalli Khan-Pereira was back at fullback in the Round Fourteen local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Tuvalli Khan-Pereira recording a try assist in the 60th minute when after receiving the ball on the right side of the field Tuvalli Khan-Pereira got a right arm flick off-load away from ten metres out for his right winger to score in the corner.
Tuvalli Khan-Pereira continued at fullback in Round Fifteen against the Mackay Cutters with Tuvalli Khan-Pereira making a great take of a high bomb a metre out from his own try line and three metres in from the left touchline.
Tuvalli Khan-Pereira then started at fullback in Round Sixteen against the Western Clydesdales with Tuvalli Khan-Pereira scoring twice with his first try coming in the 13th minute when after receiving the ball to the right of a Burleigh scrum win near the centre of the field, Tuvalli Khan-Pereira ran the ball to his right and was able to slide through a gap to score ten metres in from the right corner post.
Tuvalli Khan-Pereira scored his second try in the 73rd minute when he received a long high pass from his inside from Sam McIntyre to run twelve metres to score in the right corner.
Tuvalli Khan-Pereira also recorded a try assist in the 69th minute when on the right side of the field Tuvalli Khan-Pereira threw a cut-out pass to his right to put his winger over to score in the right corner.
Tuvalli Khan-Pereira’s first 2022 hit-out came in the Burleigh Hastings Deering’s Colts sides first trial in late January when he started at right centre in a trial match against a Titans U19 side at Pizzey Park.
Tuvalli Khan-Pereira also started at right centre in Burleigh’s first official 2022 trial against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Tuvalli Khan-Pereira taking the hit-up from the kick-off After the Seagulls got the match underway.
The 8th minute saw Tuvalli Khan-Pereira be part of a long Burleigh break off their own line. A Burleigh defender picked up a Seagulls attacking kick on his own line and raced thirty metres downfield before finding Tuvalli Khan-Pereira who had loomed up on the right in support, with Tuvalli Khan-Pereira making a further thirty metres into Tweed Heads territory to turn defence into attack in the space of seconds.
Then in the 42nd minute Tuvalli Khan-Pereira recorded a try assist when he took the ball into the line on the right around five metres from the line and produced a great right arm flick pass to his unmarked right winger who dived over in the corner untouched.
After missing Round One of the 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition Isaac Matalavea-Booth was named to come off the bench in the Round Two local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls however he was a late scratching from the match when he was promoted to the 18th man spot in the Burleigh Bears Queensland Cup squad.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth was then named on the bench for Round Three against the Western Clydesdales coming into the match in the front row mid-way through the first half and impressively scoring a hat trick in Burleigh’s big win.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth’s opening try came in the 28th minute when he ran onto a good ball from his right from Josiah Pahulu with Isaac Matalavea-Booth crashing over from six metres out to get across the line five metres to the left of the uprights bur Isaac Matalavea-Booth was then able to bring the ball around to score under the posts.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth scored his second try in the 35th minute when after charging at the line from around ten metres out to the left of the play the ball, Isaac Matalavea-Booth was initially held up over the line by five (yes five) defenders but he was able to spin clockwise and force the ball down to score ten metres to the left of the uprights.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth completed his hat trick in the dying minutes when he ran the ball from ten metres out and to the left of the play the ball with Isaac Matalavea-Booth breaking three tackles to crash over ten metres to the left of the uprights.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth also recorded a try assist in the first half when in the 39th minute Isaac Matalavea-Booth charged at the line from close range getting to withing three metres of the try line before getting a right arm off-load away to Josiah Pahulu to was able to force his way over near the left upright.
In total in the match Isaac Matalavea-Booth ran for a team leading and match leading 201 metres and also made a team leading three line breaks.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth was once again named on the bench for Burleigh in Round Five against the Souths Logan Magpies before moving into the Burleigh starting side in the front row in Round Six against the Mackay Cutters with Isaac Matalavea-Booth scoring in the 62nd minute when from close range he charged onto the ball to the left of the play the ball. As he impacted the defensive line Isaac Matalavea-Booth spun counter clockwise and crashed over next to the left upright.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth took the second hit-up of the match after the Cutters kicked-off and then also took the fourth hit-up and after getting part way through the defensive line Isaac Matalavea-Booth was able to get away a good right arm off-load to his left to progress the play further.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth continued in the front row in Round Seven against the Central Queensland Capra’s with Isaac Matalavea-Booth involved in the second and third tackles of the match after Burleigh kicked off.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth almost scored in the 14th minute when from close range and to the right of the play the ball Isaac Matalavea-Booth got over the line but was held up mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth also did well in the 7th minute with a twenty metre burst that only ended just centre metres short of the try line after Isaac Matalavea-Booth had broken three tackles in a great burst forward.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth also started in the front row in Round Eight against Easts Tigers as well as in Round Nine against the Sunshine Coast Falcons.
Against the Sunshine Coast Falcons Isaac Matalavea-Booth made his presence felt in just the second minute when he smashed the Flacons fullback with a heavy front on hit as he was returning a kick after Burleigh’s opening set of six in the match.
Isaac Matalavea-booth made another strong tackle in the 5th minute when he hit one of the Falcons front rowers (No. 18) with a heavy hit over the top to force him back from the try line to prevent him from scoring.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth finished the match against the Sunshine Coast Flacons with a team leading 193 metres gained.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth continued in the front row in Round Ten against the Norths Devils with Isaac Matalavea-Booth scoring a key try in the 73rd minute. With Burleigh on the attack around three metres from the line and in front of the posts the hooker darted out of dummy half to his right with Isaac Matalavea-Booth running straight and hard onto the ball as the hooker passed the ball back towards the play the ball. Initially it appeared that the Norths defence was able to hold Isaac Matalavea-Booth up over the line after they had flipped him onto his back but Isaac Matalavea-Booth was able to reach over his left shoulder to get the ball down under the posts in both hands.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth literally could not have been in the match any earlier after taking the opening hit-up of the match from the kick-off and getting the ball out to twenty five metres from his own line.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth executed a smart play in the 21st minute when as Norths were bringing the ball off their own twenty mete line, Isaac Matalavea-Booth engaged one of his opposing front rowers and stole the ball one on one in the centre of the field.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth then did well in the 53rd minute when he along with TJ Devery held up the Norths hooker who had tried to burrow his way over from dummy half from close range.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth continued in the front row in Round Eleven against the Northern Pride with Isaac Matalavea-Booth taking the opening hit-up of the match in a big Burleigh 78 – 12 victory with Isaac Matalavea-booth getting the ball twenty five metres out from his own try line after receiving the ball on the goal line.
Isaac Matalavea-Both continued his 2022 try scoring exploits by scoring the double with his opening try coming in the 18th minute when after the Burleigh dummy half ran the ball to the right from three metres out Isaac Matalavea-Booth cut back on an underneath route and was just too big and strong for the defence to crash over next to the left upright.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth completed his double in the 62nd minute when with the Bears play the ball five metres out and ten metres in from the left touchline Isaac Matalavea-Booth charged onto the ball to the right and crashed over mid-way between the goal posts and corner post.
Impressively Isaac Matalavea-Booth has heavily involved in a Bears try from the subsequent kick-off. After the Northern Pride kicked the ball to their left, Burleigh immediately spun the ball to the opposite side of the field with Isaac Matalavea-Booth receiving the ball and charging at the defensive line. Isaac Matalavea-booth, after knocking the Pride right centre backwards was able to get a great right arm off-load away to Tate Roberts who broke away down the left before getting the ball away to his winger who raced away to score.
Noted above was Isaac Matalavea-Booth strong kick-off from the opening kick-off but his 5th minute kick-off return after Samuel Shannon’s 3rd minute try was just as impressive with Isaac Matalavea-booth once again getting the ball twenty five metres away from his own try line. The Isaac Matalavea-booth took the fourth hit-up in same set of six to make a further fifteen metres.
Then to continue the kick-off theme Isaac Matalavea-Booth ran the ball back from another Northern Pride kick-off with Isaac Matalavea-booth once again getting the ball twenty five metres from his own try line.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth showed that he is more than just a front rower who just puts his head down and runs straight in the 15th minute when after taking the ball to the line he threw a good short ball to his left to front row partner TJ Devery who made a half break as a result of Isaac Matalavea-booth’s good short ball.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth ran for an impressive team leading 221 metres.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth continued in the front row in Round Twelve against the Ipswich Jets and in the fourth minute Isaac Matalavea-Booth made a seventeen metre charge from the right of the play the ball and once his momentum was halted Isaac Matalavea-Booth was able to get away a right arm off-load to TJ Devery who was able to promote the ball into Burleigh territory.
Then in the 9th minute Isaac Matalavea-Booth produced a smart play while defending on his own try line. With the play the ball just a metre from the try line the Ipswich hooker tried to put a grubber kick into the in-goal from dummy half. Isaac Matalavea-Booth stuck out his left foot to prevent the ball going into the in-goal and after the ball was propelled into the air from Isaac Matalavea-Booth’s boot, he had the foresight to jump higher than anybody else to take possession for Burleigh.
Then in the 11th minute Isaac Matalavea-Booth made ten metres to get to the halfway mark before he was initially held but Isaac Matalavea-Booth broke free of the two Ipswich defenders and able to make a further twelve metres.
In the 22nd minute Isaac Matalavea-Booth charged onto the ball to the left of the play the ball on the halfway mark and was able to get the ball sixteen metres into Ipswich territory.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth made another strong charge in the 59th minute when from the Burleigh attacking twenty metre mark, Isaac Matalavea-Booth rumbled all of the way to three metres from the try line, breaking three tackles along the way.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth got a trademark right arm flick off-load away in the 64th minute to Joseph Shannon when after getting the ball over the halfway mark Isaac Matalavea-Booth got the pass away with four Ipswich defenders hanging off him.
Then to round off a great match, in the 64th minute Isaac Matalavea-Booth got another off-load away with four defenders on him once again, on that occasions getting the ball away to his hooker.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth also started in the front row in Round Thirteen against the Townsville Blackhawks with Isaac Matalavea-Booth scoring in the 78th minute when wit the play the ball a metre out and mid-way between the corner post and goal posts on the left side of the field the Burleigh dummy half ran to his right with Isaac Matalavea-Booth cutting back underneath him to crash over.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth continued in the front row in the Round Fourteen local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Isaac Matalavea-Booth taking the third and fifty hit-ups of the match.
Isaac Matalavea-Booth continued in the front row in Round Fifteen against the Mackay Cutters
The 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts season for Titans contracted Joseph Shannon:
Even though he was still U18 eligible Joseph Shannon was named to make his Hastings Deering’s Colts debut off the bench for Burleigh in Round Six against the Mackay Cutters however he was not in the final match day seventeen.
Joseph Shannon was then named on Burleigh’s extended bench for their Round Eight Hastings Deering’s Colts match against the Easts Tigers.
Round Nine against the Sunshine Coast Falcons saw Joseph Shannon once again named on the Burleigh interchange bench coming into the match in the 25th minute to play in the front row with Joseph Shannon’s first effort with the ball coming almost immediately with Joseph Shannon getting the ball to around thirty metres from the try line.
In the 38th minute showed that playing against older players was not intimidating for him when he raced out of the line and smashed the Flacon’s No. 14 who was taking a hit-up. Then in the 39th minute Joseph Shannon made a great covering tackle after the Falcons fullback had made a half break and offloaded to a support who looked as if he would break away but Joseph Shannon raced to his right to make a great covering tackle.
Joseph Shannon also came off the bench in Round Ten against the Norths Devils coming onto the field late in the first half to operate at left second row with Joseph Shannon making the opening tackle of the second half.
Joseph Shannon continued from the bench in Round Twelve against the Ipswich Jets with Joseph Shannon coming close to scoring in the 68th minute when from seventeen metres out and to the left of the play the ball Joseph Shannon burst onto the ball and even though his initial engagement with the defensive line occurred still twelve metres out from the try line, Joseph Shannon just kept pumping his legs and also spun 360 degrees counter clockwise to get over the try line but he was held up under the posts by three defenders.
Joseph Shannon came off the bench to operate in the front row in the 52nd minute just three minutes later in the 55th minute Joseph Shannon made a fourteen metre run from the right of the play the ball with Joseph Shannon taking the pass on the halfway mark.
Joseph Shannon made his career first Hastings Deering’s Colts start in Round Thirteen of the 2022 season when he started in the front row against the Townsville Blackhawks with Joseph Shannon celebrating that achievement by scoring in the final minute of the match when he chased through a Burleigh grubber kick and Joseph Shannon was on the spot to get his hands on the ball under the posts in the in-goal after it was mis-handled by the Townsville fullback.
Joseph Shannon then moved to the bench in the Round Fourteen local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Joseph Shannon coming onto the field in the 21st minute to operate in the front row with Joseph Shannon making his first hit-up almost immediately with Joseph Shannon charging onto the ball to the right of the play the ball with Joseph Shannon making fifteen metres to get the ball to within twenty metres of the try line.
Joseph Shannon then did well in the 35th minute when after charging onto the ball to the left of the play the ball from his own thirty metre area with after making fifteen metres Joseph Shannon got away a great right arm flick off-load to his right centre who was able to promote the ball a further twenty five metres.
Joseph Shannon made a further strong run in the 53rd minute when from thirty metres out from his own try line, Joseph Shannon ran over the top of one Seagulls defender and was able to the ball to within three metres of the halfway mark.
Joseph Shannon also made a try saving tackle in the match when in the 44th minute when Joseph Shannon stopped Seagulls interchange forward Kyhan Weir in front of the posts with a heavy tackle and then in the 48th minute Joseph Shannon stopped Brooklyn Stanley from scoring from dummy half just to the right of the uprights.
Joseph Shannon continued from the bench in Round Fifteen against the Mackay Cutters with Joseph Shannon scoring in the 42nd minute when from a metre out Joseph Shannon ran out of dummy half to his left to crash over five metres to the right of the uprights.
Joseph Shannon then moved into the Bears starting side in the front row in Round Sixteen against the Western Clydesdales and in the 58th minute after engaging the defensive line near the halfway mark Joseph Shannon got away a great right arm flick off-load to send his brother Samuel on a thirty five metres charge.
Joseph Shannon then started in the front row in Round Seventeen against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.
The 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts season for Titans contracted Vaka Sikahele:
After an extended injury lay-off Vaka Sikahele was named on the Burleigh Bears Hastings Deering’s Colts extended bench for their Round Eight match against the Easts Tigers before starting the match on the bench and coming on in the 21st minute to operate in the dummy half role.
Vaka Sikahele did well in the 26th minute when after positioning himself as the first receiver to the left of the play the ball and after receiving the pass Vaka Sikahele ran to his left dummying to a runner who came back underneath before taking the ball deep into the defensive line before throwing a hard flat pass to the left that created space for Burleigh to score wide out on the left through Tate Roberts.
Vaka Sikahele continued off the bench in Round Nine against the Sunshine Coast Falcons with Vaka Sikahele coming onto the field in the second half to operate primarily as a running forward.
Round Ten against the Norths Devils saw Vaka Sikahele start at hooker before transitioning to a running forward role towards the end of the first half.
Vaka Sikahele made his initial dummy half run in the 30th minute when he ran to his right and was able to take ten hard fought metres to get the ball thirty five metres out from the try line. The in the 35th minute whilst he was operating as a running backrower Vaka Sikahele made a strong run to the right of the play the ball with Vaka Sikahele’s run accounting for fifteen metres from the halfway mark. Then in the 37th minute Vaka Sikahele was able to make thirteen more metres into Norths territory from the right of the play the ball.
Vaka Sikahele also had a strong match defensively against the Devils including in the 14th minute when he along with Samuel Shannon held up the giant Norths front rower No. 18 midway between the cover post and goal posts on the right side of the field after the front rower had tried to barge his way over from close range.
Then Vaka Sikahele made the second tackle of the second half with Vaka Sikahele’s strong initial contact forcing the ball loose and putting Burleigh immediately onto the attack.
Vaka Sikahele continued off the bench in Round Eleven against the Northern Pride with Vaka Sikahele operating as a running backrower in the second half in a big Burleigh 78 – 12 victory.
Vaka Sikahele performed very well as a running forward including in the 56th minute when he was able to make fourteen metres after running onto the ball to the right of the play the ball with Vaka more than 50% of Vaka Sikahele’s metres being of the post contact variety with Vaka Sikahele getting the ball to within three metres of the halfway mark.
Vaka Sikahele made another strong run in the 60th minute when after running onto the ball to the right of the play the ball, Vaka Sikahele, from own forty metres mark made eighteen metres to get the ball into Northern Pride territory.
Vaka Sikahele continued off the bench in Round Twelve against the Ipswich Jets with Vaka Sikahele scoring a smart try in the 43rd minute after coming on to operate in the dummy half role in the 32nd minute.
In the 43rd minute Vaka Sikahele moved into dummy half with the play the ball three metres out and mid-way between the goal line and corner post on the right side of the field. Vaka Sikahele darted out of dummy half to his right before straightening up and getting down low at attack the line. Vaka Sikahele was hit by two defenders still short of the line and was spun around but with his back towards the try line and going to ground, Vaka Sikahele was able to twist his left arm carrying the ball above his head and get the ball down right on the try line.
Vaka Sikahele then started at lock in Round Thirteen against the Townsville Blackhawks.
Vaka Sikahele then moved back to hooker for the Round Fourteen local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Vaka Sikahele scoring a double in a tough six point loss.
Vaka Sikahele scored the first of his two tries in the 16th minute when after receiving an off-load five metres out, Vaka Sikahele darted to his right and after initially being held up, Vaka Sikahele was able to reach out and plant the ball down with his right hand to get the ball down five metres to the left of the uprights,
Vaka Sikahele scored his second try in the 53rd minute when from ten metres out and in front of the posts Vaka Sikahele ran to his right out of dummy half and crashed through three tackles to get the ball down under the posts.
Vaka Sikahele continued at hooker in Round Fifteen against the Mackay Cutters with Vaka Sikahele making the opening tackle of the match.
Vaka Sikahele was then back at lock in Round Sixteen against the Western Clydesdales and also in Round Seventeen against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.
The 2022 GCRL U18 Division One season of Arama Hau:
2022 also saw Arama Hau line up for the Nerang Roosters once again in the GCRL U18 Division One competition with Arama Hau starting at halfback in Round Thirteen against the Runaway Bay Seagulls.
Arama Hau recorded a try assist in the 11th minute when from ten metres out and to the left of the play the ball Arama Hau threw a long, hard, flat cut-out pass to his left to put Kyen Murphy over to score in the left corner.
Arama Hau was also heavily involved in Jeremaiah Temapo’s 26th minute try when Arama Hau ran the ball to his left from a Nerang scrum win with Arama Hau throwing an overhead pass to fullback Shannon Donaldson who then got the ball away to Jeremaiah Tempo who beat two defenders to score.
Arama Hau made a line break of his own in the 15th minute when he charged twenty five metres down a short left blindside to get the ball within twenty five metres of the try line.
Arama Hau recorded a further line break in the 37th minute when he ran onto a Xavier Collins off-load from his right with Arama Hau charging twenty five metres into Runaway Bay territory before Arama Hau put in a left foot grubber kick back towards the centre of the field with the kick being knocked on by Runaway Bay. Nerang scored from the subsequent scrum win through Jeremaiah Temapo.
Arama Hau then started from the bench in Round Sixteen against the Burleigh Bears with Arama Hau scoring a long range try in the 36th minutes when whilst defending on the left and just two metres out from his own try line, Arama Hau took a hard Burleigh kick on the full and ran ninety eight metres down the field to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Arama Hau also made a line break in the 29th minute when after receiving the ball from Josh Lynn from a Burleigh kick-off, Arama Hau produced a powerful right arm fend to beat the initial Bears defender with Arama Hau then bursting forty metres down the left touchline but unfortunately his pass inside back to Josh Lynn went to ground.
The 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts season for Charlie Murray:
Round One of the 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition saw Charlie Murray named to start at lock for the Tweed Heads Seagulls as they got their season underway against the Norths Devils however the match was postponed due to the extreme weather conditions in northern New South Wales.
Charlie Murray then started at lock in Round two in the local derby against the Burleigh Bears and along with Oskar Bryant and Jack Cullen made the second tackle of the match after Tweed Heads had kicked off to get the match underway.
Charlie Murray also scored in just the 4th minute of the match when he received an off-load whilst twelve metres out from Ben Liyou and got within a metre of the try line before he was stopped. Charlie Murray then made a further sixteen metres down the left channel in the 15th minute.
Charlie Murray was also good defensively against the Bears including a great try saving tackle in the 37th minute with a desperate tackle racing to his right on Burleigh fullback Dion Samuela who looked as if he was going to slice through and score near the Bears left corner.
Charlie Murray continued at lock in Round Three against the Townsville Blackhawks with Charlie Murray along with Jack Cullen making the opening tackle of the match after Tweed Heads had gotten the match underway. Charlie Murray then backed up to be involved in the following tackle as well.
Round Four against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls saw Charlie Murray start at right second row with Charlie Murray one of the Seagulls best including scoring a double.
Charlie Murray scored his opening try in the 45th minute when from ten metres out from the line and on the right side of the field Charlie Murray put in a grubber kick for himself and was able to retrieve the ball and score ten metres from the right corner.
Charlie Murray’s second try came just five minutes later in the 50th minute as a result of a strong twelve metre run. Initially it looked as if Charlie Murray was stopped still around eight metres from the line but Charlie Murray just pumping his legs and he was able to get the ball down five metres to the right of the uprights.
Charlie Murray made a strong tackle along with Brock Priesltey when they hit the Wynnum Manly fullback who was returning a kick, with the two Seagulls players forcing the fullback back more than ten metres.
Charlie Murray continued at lock in Round Six against the Northern Pride in a Seagulls big 66 – 0 victory with Charlie Murray taking the fourth hit-up of the match. Charlie Murray also threw the final pass to his left from a Seagulls scrum win to put his right winger away in the 72nd minute.
Charlie Murray also started at lock in the rescheduled Round One match against the Norths Devils with Charlie Murray taking the fourth hit-up of the match and almost scored in the 21st minute when on the left side of the field Charlie Murray was able to get over the line from fifteen metres out however the Norths defence was good enough to hold him up over the try line.
Charlie Murray recorded a try assist in the 41st minute when from near halfway Charlie Murray charged onto the ball to the left of the play the ball and after breaking three tackles drew the fullback and passed to his left to Jaylan De Groot who raced away to score under the goal posts.
The 13th minute saw Charlie Murray record a line break assist when after picking up a Norths dropped just inside Seagulls territory Charlie Murray ran to his left and got Brent Barnes to cut back inside with Brent Barnes breaking the defensive line and making thirty metres and breaking three tackles.
Then in the 17th minute Charlie Murray along with Ryan Foran held up over the line next to the left upright one of the Devils front rowers (No. 10) who had charged onto the ball from close range.
Charlie Murray held up another Norths attacker on this occasion the Devils right centre in the 28th minute who had charged straight at Charlie Murray on the last tackle.
Round Eight against the Western Clydesdales saw Charlie Murray start at lock.
The 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts season for Klese Haas:
Round One of the 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition saw Klese Haas named to start at left second row for the Tweed Heads Seagulls as they got their season underway against the Norths Devils however the match was postponed due to the extreme weather conditions in northern New South Wales.
Klese Haas was also named at left second row in the Round Two local derby against the Burleigh Bears and was easily the best player on the field on his way to a great hat trick to lead Tweed Heads to a comprehensive 40 – 16 victory.
Klese Hass just had to wait until the 3rd minute of Hastings Deering’s Colts debut to get on the scoreboard when he burst onto a face ball from Jaylan De Groot to burst over from five metres out and five metres in from the left corner.
Klese Haas added his second try in the 59th minute with a great solo effort. The movement actually started wide out on the right with a Thomas Weaver shot grubber kick through the line that was retrieved by the Seagulls. The ball was then spun out to the opposite side of the field getting to Klese Haas around twenty two metres from the line. Klese Haas, who had received the ball whilst stationary, immediately charge at the line, stepping off his left foot to beat one defender before carrying four (yes four) defenders over the line to get the ball down seven metres in from the left corner post.
Klese Haas then completed his hat trick in the 69th minute with another great solo effort. Klese Haas received the ball around twelve metres out and as he charged at the defensive line dummied to his left before a left arm beat one defender. Klese Haas then easily shrugged off a second defender who had tried to tackle Klese Haas around the chest. Klese Haas then carried another Bears defender over the line to get the ball down ten metres in from the left corner post.
Klese Haas also made a 38th minute line break when he broke away down the left touchline before off-loading to his left to allow Brent Barnes to make a further fifteen metres down the left touchline.
The 49th minute saw Klese Haas record a line break assist when from forty metres and after running at the defensive line, Klese Hass threw a great pass to his left to put Brent Barnes away but the left winger was dragged down from behind just five metres away from the left corner.
In addition to the three runs for his tries Klese Hass also produced some other outstanding efforts including a twelve metre run down the left channel in the 24th minute to get the ball within five metres of the halfway mark.
Klese Haas dominated the Burleigh defence once again in the 62nd minute with a strong seventeen run over the halfway mark with around 60% of Klese Haas’s run coming from post contact metres.
In the 69th minute Klese Haas showed that he does not just put his head down and run when after engaging the Burleigh right sided defence, Klese Haas when just two metres out and whilst in contact with defenders, Klese Haas executed a great right arm flock off-load to Jaylan De Groot who almost snuck over the try line as a result of Klese Haas’s off-load.
The hard work in the gym and while training with the Titans NRL squad was on display in the 20th minute when Klese Hass executed a great front on tackle on Burleigh second rower Sam McIntyre that stopped him dead right on the try line.
Klese Haas continued at left second row in Round Three against the Townsville Blackhawks however he was a late scratching from the match.
Klese Haas was back at right second row in Round Six against the Northern Pride in the Seagulls big 66 – 0 victory.
Klese Haas’s initial significant contribution came in the 15th minute when he charged onto the ball to the left of the play the ball forty metres out from his own line and was able to make sixteen metres after cutting off his right foot and running at a soft spot in the defensive line behind the play the ball. Klese Haas made another strong run in the 39th minute when from inside his own territory Klese Haas was able to break three tackles before off-loading to his left.
Klese Haas made a great line break in the 67th minute when he ran the ball down a short left blindside sixty metres out. Klese Haas used his size and speed to burst through two defenders before a left arm fend got rid of another. After charging fifty metres downfield, Klese Haas was tripped up around ten metres out but was back to his feet without hesitation and got within five metres of the try line.
Klese Haas also started at left second row in the rescheduled Round One match against the Norths Devils with Klese Haas scoring in the 59th minute when he chased through a Thomas Weaver grubber kick into the in-goal with the ball sitting up for Klese Haas to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Whilst he was solid in the first half, Klese Haas really turned up his performance in the second half starting with a strong run in the 44th minute with a fifteen metre run from his own twenty metre mark down the left channel.
Klese Haas then made another strong charge down the left channel in the 55th minute making sixteen metres with at least ten of those metres of the post contact variety. Then in the 64th minute Klese Haas made twenty metres after making a half break to get the ball over the halfway mark with Klese Haas subsequently being awarded a penalty when he was not afforded the opportunity to play the ball quickly.
Klese Haas’s best run of the second half and match as a while came in the 61st minute with a superb line break. Klese Haas burst onto the ball to the left of the play the ball deep inside his own territory with his size, speed and power allowing him two break two tackles before Klese Hass charged downfield before cutting back towards the centre of the field, making sixty metres before three Norths defenders converged on him and putting him to ground after Klese Haas put up one heck of a fight.
Round Eight against the Western Clydesdales saw Klese Haas start at right second row and score a powerhouse try in the 51st minute after he received the ball forty eight metres out Klese Hass shoved his way past two defenders before bursting downfield and stepped off his left foot to easily dispose of the fullback to crash over just to the left of the uprights.
Klese Haas also recorded a 67th minute try assist when after engaging the defensive line around eighteen metres off and directly in front of the goal posts Klese Haas got away a left arm off-load to Jaylan De Groot with three defenders on him with Jaylan De Groot exploiting the space to run away to score under the posts.
Klese Haas’s explosiveness was highlighted once again in the 66th minute when after receiving the ball near the halfway mark on the right Klese Haas cut back to his left and powered through five attempted tackles to make fourteen hard fought metres.
Impressively in the match against the Western Clydesdales Klese Hass ran for a team high 2021 metres.
Klese Haas also started at right second row in Round Nine against the Ipswich Jets.
Great to see Titans Joshua Donovan-Skinner, Riley Buchanan and Zane Harrison named in the 2023 U18 Laurie Daley Cup Northern Rivers Titans train on squad.
The 2022 Queensland Cup season for Ioane Seuili:
Ioane Seuili was named to start from the bench for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in Round One of the 2022 competition against the Easts Tigers.
Playing fifty two minutes in the second row Ioane Seuili ran for seventy four metres (thirty seven post contact), broke a tackle played the ball at an average speed of 3.81 seconds and made ten tackles at a tackling efficiency of 90.9%.
Ioane Seuili was also named to start on the bench in Round Two against the Sunshine Coast Falcons. In his thirty minutes on the field Ioane Seuili ran for twenty nine metres (sixteen post contract), played the ball at an average speed of 3.53 seconds and made thirteen tackles to record a tackling efficiency of 92.86%.
Ioane Seuili also was named to come off the bench in Round Three against the Redcliffe Dolphins however he was a late scratching from the match. Ioane Seuili was then named to come off the bench in the Round Four local derby against the Burleigh Bears and scoring in the 56th minute and it was certainly an interesting try.
Paul Turner received the ball three passes to the right of the dummy half around thirty five metres out from the line with Paul Turner bringing Ioane Seuili on an underneath run. Ioane Seuili broke through the Burleigh defensive lien and just as he was being brought down for behind Ioane Seuili produced a great right arm flick off-load to Paul Turner who had loomed up on the left.
After Paul Turner juggled the pass while running at full speed, he stepped off his right foot but was caught from behind by the back of his jersey. Paul Turner was spun around but was able to keep his feet with Ioane Seuili getting to his feet and ran onto a Paul Turner off-load around ten metres from the line. From there Ioane Seuili was able to force his way all of the way to try line, backing up part of the way but when he got to the try line Ioane Seuili had four defenders holding him up over the line but somehow Ioane Seuili was able to twist around and get the ball down to score under the posts.
Ioane Seuili made the most of his twenty seven minutes on the field by running for forty eight metres (eleven post contact), broke a team leading eight tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 5.84 seconds and made nine tackles.
Ioane Seuili was also named on the bench for Round Five against the Townsville Blackhawks. Coming on to play thirty minutes at right second row and in that time Ioane Seuili ran for twenty five metres (fifteen post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.1 seconds and made thirteen tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Ioane Seuili was also named on the bench in Round Six against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls with Ioane Seuili coming on to play twenty seven minutes in the second row. In that time Ioane Seuili ran for thirty three metres (twelve post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.24 seconds and made six tackles.
Ioane Seuili continued from the bench in Round Eight against the Northern Pride, scoring in the 70th minute when he charged onto a short ball from his left to burst over to score next to the right upright.
Playing forty five minutes Ioane Seuili ran for seventy nine metres (eighteen post contact), recorded a try assist and line break assist, broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.48 seconds and made five tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Ioane Seuili then started in the second row in Round Ten against the PNG Hunters, playing the entire match Ioane Seuili ran for eighty two metres (thirty seven post contact), made a line break, played the ball at an average speed of 4.18 seconds and made twenty tackles at a 94.24% tackling efficiency.
Ioane Seuili continued at right second row in Round Eleven against the Ipswich Jets with Ioane Seuili scoring in the 78th minute when he followed through a line break by his fullback to get the ball from his left with Ioane Seuili then able to bring the ball around from the right side of the dield to score under the posts.
Playing all eighty minutes Ioane Seuili ran for ninety four metres (twenty nine post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.22 seconds and made twenty four tackles at a tackling efficiency of 96%.
Ioane Seuili then moved to start at right centre in Round Twelve against the Mackay Cutters. Playing the entire match, Ioane Seuili ran for seventy two metres (thirty three post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.23 seconds and made nine tackles.
Ioane Seuili continued at right centre in the rescheduled Round Nine match against the Souths Logan Magpies with Ioane Seuili making his first run with the ball in the match inside the opening two minutes with a fifteen metre effort down the right channel with Ioane Seuili’s run starting from his own twenty metre mark.
Playing all eighty minutes against the Magpies, Ioane Seuili ran for 132 metres (fifty eight post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.65 seconds and made fourteen tackles at a tackling efficiency of 93.33%.
Ioane Seuili started at right second row in Round Thirteen against the Central Queensland Capra’s and whilst playing all eight minutes, Ioane Seuili ran for eighty five metres (thirty four post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.77 seconds and made eighteen tackles at a tackling efficiency of 94.74%.
Ioane Seuili’s performance was such that he was named in the centre in the Queensland Rugby League Queensland Cup Round Thirteen Team of the Week.
Ioane Seuili also started at right centre in Round Fourteen against the Redcliffe Dolphins and whilst playing all eighty minutes of the match, Ioane Seuili ran for ninety nine metres (twenty five post contact), had a line break assist, had a try assist, made a tackle break, played the ball at an average speed of 4.55 seconds and made fifteen tackles.
Ioane Seuili moved to the right wing in Round Fifteen against the Sunshine Coast Falcons and whilst playing all eighty minutes of the match Ioane Seuili ran for 164 metres (seventy two post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.71 seconds and made two tackles.
Ioane Seuili then moved back to right second row in Round Sixteen against the Ipswich Jets and whilst playing the entire match, Ioane Seuili ran for sixty five metres (twenty nine post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.19 seconds and made thirteen tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Ioane Seuili then swapped to left second row in Round Seventeen being the local derby against the Burleigh Bears with Ioane Seuili recording a 53rd minute try assist when he got away a great around the corner right arm off-load to Kaleb Ngamanu who dived over to score in the left corner from six metres out.
Playing all eighty minutes Ioane Seuili ran for eighty six metres (thirty six post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.11 seconds and made twenty three tackles at a tackling efficiency of 92%.
Ioane Seuili continued at left second row in Round Eighteen against the Northern Pride and whilst playing all eighty minutes of the match Ioane Seuili ran for ninety four metres (thirty seven post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 2.98 seconds and made twenty one tackles at a tackling efficiency of 87.5%.
Ioane Seuili was also named at left second row in Round Nineteen against the Townsville Blackhawks and whilst playing all eighty minutes Ioane Seuili recorded a try assist and a line break assist, ran for 140 metres (sixty three post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.02 seconds and made eleven tackles at a tackling efficiency of 91.67%.
Ioane Seuili continued at left second row in Round Twenty against the Easts Tigers and whilst playing all eighty minutes Ioane Seuili ran for fifty eight metres (seventeen post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.17 seconds and made a team leading twenty five tackles at a tackling efficiency of 92.59%.
Ioane Seuili started at left second row for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in their Queensland Cup Week One Final against the Easts Tigers and whilst playing the entire match, Ioane Seuili ran for fifty three metres (twenty five post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.17 seconds and made nineteen tackles at a tackling efficiency of 86.36%.
Ioane Seuili also started at left second row in Week Two of the Finals against the Sunshine Coast Falcons and whilst playing all eighty three minutes Ioane Seuili ran for fifty six minutes (twenty eight post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 2.21 seconds and made twenty six tackles at an tackling efficiency of 86.67%.
In total in the 2022 Queensland Cup competition Ioane Seuili played in twenty matches scoring three tries. Ioane Seuili also recorded six try assists, broke nineteen tackles, made three line breaks, made 296 tackles at a tackling efficiency of 90.2% and ran for 1 577 metres at an average of seventy eight metres per match.
Ioane Seuili was named at right second row for the first half of the Tweed Heads Seagulls opening 2022 Queensland Cup trial against the Souths Logan Magpies and scored one of the Seagulls two tries in their first up 10 – 4 victory.
The 2022 Queensland Cup season for Charlie Murray:
Round One of the 2022 Queensland Cup competition saw Charlie Murray named on an extended for the Tweed Heads Seagulls as they took on the Easts Tigers.
In Round Three Charlie Murray started from the bench against the Norths Devils coming on to play twenty nine minutes. In that time Charlie Murray ran for sixty three metres (thirty four post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.25 seconds and made twenty five tackles at a tackling efficiency of 92.59%.
Charlie Murray was then named as the 18th man for the Seagulls in Round Six against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.
Charlie Murray then started from the bench in Round Eleven against the Ipswich Jets with Charlie Murray playing thirty minutes in the backrow. In that time Charlie Murray ran for seventy five metres (twenty eight post contact), broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.32 seconds and made seven tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Charlie Murray continued from the bench in Round Twelve against the Mackay Cutters with Charlie Murray scoring his first Queensland Cup try of his career in the 35th minute when after receiving the ball from his left around five metres out whilst stationary, Charlie Murray shrugged off one defender front on before darting towards the line. Initially it appeared that the referee was going to call that Charlie Murray was held up by four defenders but a call from the touch judge saw a try awarded.
Playing thirty four minutes Charlie Murray ran for thirty nine metres (eleven post contact), broke four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 2.7 seconds and made twenty tackle at a 95.24% tackling efficiency.
Charlie Murray continued from the bench in the rescheduled Round Nine match against the Souths Logan Magpies.
Playing thirty nine minutes against the Magpies Charlie Murray ran for seventy four metres (forty three post contact), broke four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.33 seconds and made fifteen tackles at a tackling efficiency of 88.24%.
Charlie Murray made his career first Queensland Cup start in Round Thirteen against the Central Queensland Capra’s at right second row. Playing all eighty minute Charlie Murray ran for seventy two metres (forty post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.34 seconds and had a 100% tackling efficiency whilst making twenty six tackles.
Charlie Murray moved to the bench in Round Fourteen against the Redcliffe Dolphins. Playing thirty eight minutes, Charlie Murray ran for fifty eight metres (fourteen post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.23 seconds and made twenty five tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Charlie Murray moved to right second row in Round Fifteen against the Sunshine Coast Falcons and whilst playing all eighty minutes, Charlie Murray ran for forty seven metres (nineteen post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 4.37 tackles and made a team leading forty one tackles at a tackling efficiency of 97.62%.
Charlie Murray then moved to lock in Round Sixteen against the Ipswich Jets and whilst playing all eighty minutes, Charlie Murray ran for 103 metres, broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.43 seconds and made twenty tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Charlie Murray also started at lock in Round Seventeen being the local derby against the Burleigh Bears and in his fifty one minutes on the field Charlie Murray ran for ninety four metres (thirty one post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.27 seconds and made twenty four tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Charlie Murray moved to start at hooker in Round Eighteen against the Northern Pride and in his seventy minutes on the field Charlie Murray ran for 142 metres (fifty two post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.29 seconds and made twenty seven tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Charlie Murray was then named at lock in Round Nineteen against the Townsville Blackhawks and in his fifty three minutes on the field Charlie Murray ran for 155 metres (thirty four post contact) broke a tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.03 seconds and made twenty four tackles at a tackling efficiency of 96%.
Charlie Murray continued at lock in Round Twenty against the Easts Tigers and in his fifty seven minutes on the field Charlie Murray ran for sixty seven metres (nineteen post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.24 seconds and made sixteen tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Charlie Murray started at hooker for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in their Queensland Cup Week One Final against the Easts Tigers and in his fifty one minute on the field Charlie Murray ran for forty seven metres (seventeen post contact), recorded a try assist and line break assist, broke a tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.7 seconds and made twenty one tackles at a tackling efficiency of 86%.
Charlie Murray then started at lock in Week Two of the Finals against the Sunshine Coast Falcons and in his sixty nine minutes on the field Charlie Murray ran for eighty eight metres (twenty four post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 4.27 second and made a team leading thirty four tackles at a tackling efficiency of 97.14%.
In total in the 2022 Queensland Cup competition Charlie Murray played in fourteen matches scoring the one try. Charlie Murray also broke eighteen tackles, made 325 tackles at a tackling efficiency of 96.4% and ran for 1 131 metres (418.6 post contact) at an average of eighty metres per match.
Hail Sezer
24-09-22, 01:20 PM
Charlie Murray really showed up this year and didn't look out of place at 9 either. Big fan.
Titans21
24-09-22, 02:04 PM
Hey @mdrew. Thanks for the threads and the updates with the U14 Junior Development team. I am hoping the Titans continue to look in their own backyard as there is a heap of talent in the U13 division. My son plays for Southport Tigers and I have followed this division and the year 7 BBOB cup closely. Some stand out players I believe are...
Burleigh have a great number 7 who has all the skills which lead them to the GF which they lost in a close game. Strong defender and controls the game well. Runaway Bay dummy half is a skillful player scoring 3 tries in their semi against Burleigh, with solid defense in the middle. He played in the BOBB cup with Keebra Park team that lost in a close game against Wavell in the GF. I believe he played out of position as lock and 5/8 in the BBOB cup, which he didn't look out of place.
Helensvale has an electric player that plays lock or 5/8. Has great ball skills and solid kicking game. Coomera Cutters were the stand out team this year winning the comp. Second rower that plays in the year 7 BBOB cup for Marsden can do it all. Strong defender, ball playing lock and carries the ball well. They also have a center or 5/8 that also plays in the BBOB cup for Keebra. Is able to read the defense well and shut down shape plays with strong tackles. Great kicking game and kicks goals as well.
All these players would be a great addition to the development squad.
The 2022 Queensland Cup season for Tremain Spry:
Tremain Spry made his return to the Queensland Cup for the Tweed Heads Seagulls at right centre in Round Seventeen being the local derby against the Burleigh Bears and whilst playing the entire match Tremain Spry ran for fifty nine metres (fifteen post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 2.85 seconds and made twelve tackles at a tackling efficiency of 85.71%.
Tremain Spry continued at right centre in Round Eighteen against the Northern Pride and whilst playing all eighty minutes of the match Tremain Spry ran for 108 metres (twenty eight post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 2.7 seconds and made four tackles.
Tremain Spry was also named at right centre in Round Nineteen against the Townsville Blackhawks with Tremain Spry scoring a double with Tremain Spry’s opening try coming in the 10th minute when after receiving the ball around twelve metres out and on the right side of the field Tremain Spry ran at the defensive line, dummying to his right before slicing through a gap to get the ball down five metres in from the right corner post.
Tremain Spry completed his double in the 73rd minute when he ran a hard straight line to get the ball five metres out and in a gap to score seven metres in from the right corner post.
Playing all eighty minutes, Tremain Spry ran for eighty six metres (twenty five post contact), broke five tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.54 seconds and made four tackles.
Such was Tremain Spry’s performance, he was named in the centre in the Queensland Rugby League Round Nineteen Queensland Cup Team of the Week.
Tremain Spry continued at right centre in Round Twenty 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%.
Tremain Spry started at right centre for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in their Queensland Cup Week One Final against the Easts Tigers and whilst playing all eighty minutes of the match Tremain Spry ran for seventy three metres (thirty two post contact), recorded a line break assist, made a line break of his own, played the ball at an average speed of 3.69 seconds and made seven tackles at a tackling efficiency of 87.5%.
Tremain Spry also started at right centre in Week Two of the Finals against the Sunshine Coast Flacons and in his seventy nine minutes on the field Tremain Spry ran for 106 metres (twenty nine post contact), broke a team leading five tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.09 seconds and made six tackles.
In total in the 2022 Queensland Cup competition Tremain Spry played in six matches scoring three tries. Tremain Spry also recorded a try assist, broke sixteen tackles, made five line breaks, made forty four tackles at a tackling efficiency of 77.2% and ran for 518 metres at a per game average of eighty six metres.
Hey @mdrew. Thanks for the threads and the updates with the U14 Junior Development team. I am hoping the Titans continue to look in their own backyard as there is a heap of talent in the U13 division. My son plays for Southport Tigers and I have followed this division and the year 7 BBOB cup closely. Some stand out players I believe are...
Burleigh have a great number 7 who has all the skills which lead them to the GF which they lost in a close game. Strong defender and controls the game well. Runaway Bay dummy half is a skillful player scoring 3 tries in their semi against Burleigh, with solid defense in the middle. He played in the BOBB cup with Keebra Park team that lost in a close game against Wavell in the GF. I believe he played out of position as lock and 5/8 in the BBOB cup, which he didn't look out of place.
Helensvale has an electric player that plays lock or 5/8. Has great ball skills and solid kicking game. Coomera Cutters were the stand out team this year winning the comp. Second rower that plays in the year 7 BBOB cup for Marsden can do it all. Strong defender, ball playing lock and carries the ball well. They also have a center or 5/8 that also plays in the BBOB cup for Keebra. Is able to read the defense well and shut down shape plays with strong tackles. Great kicking game and kicks goals as well.
All these players would be a great addition to the development squad.
I agree mate, the U13 Div One competition was the strongest that I have ever seen and the players you have mentioned are outstanding including Burleigh half Murphy Phillips, Seagulls hooker Deshawn Compton, Coomera pair Denzel Silby and Marlee Smith and Helensvale stand out Judah Marsden plenty more too.
Great to see Zac Kumbamong score in his first match in Titans colours against the Roosters when he crashed over under the posts at the car park end of Pizzey Park.
The 2022 Queensland Cup season for Paul Turner:
Paul Turner was named to start at fullback for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in Round One of the 2022 Queensland Cup competition against the Easts Tigers with Paul Turner causing numerous problems for the Tigers defence all afternoon.
Playing the whole eighty minutes Paul Turner ran for 121 metres (thirty four post contact), made a line break, broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.84 seconds and made two tackles. Such was Paul Turner’s performance that he was named the Tweed Heads Seagulls Round One Queensland Cup Players Player.
Paul Turner’s initial impact on the match was an outstanding try saving tackle in the 16th minute. With Easts attacking down their left side the Tigers halfback slide through the Seagulls right sided defence and looked as if he would score easily in the corner but Paul Turner came from the clouds hitting the Tigers halfback around the ribcage and knocking him into touch just two metres out from the right corner post.
Paul Turner made another exceptional defensive play in the 35th minute when with the Seagulls attacking the Tigers line, the ball went to ground and was picked up by the Tigers and after one pass the Easts left winger flew done the touchline but once again Paul Turner came from the clouds chewing up the distance between the two the Paul Turner getting to the Tigers winger less than ten metres to spare with the attempted pass inside from the Tigers winger missed its mark.
Paul Turner then reacted quickly to collect the dropped ball around ten metres from his own line and returned the ball to the halfway mark before the defence finally got him to ground.
Them yet again in the 43rd minute Paul Turner was on hand right on his own try line to prevent the giant East Tigers replacement front rower from getting the ball down with the ball subsequently coming loose.
Paul Turner was also named to start at fullback in Round Two against the Sunshine Coast Falcons once again playing the entire match. In that time Paul Turner ran for exactly 100 metres (twenty eight post contact), broke a team leading seven tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.56 seconds and made three tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Paul Turner then was named to continue at fullback in Round Three against the Norths Devils however a late change saw Paul Turner move to start the match at five eight with Paul Turner proving difficult to handle for the Norths defence down the left side of the field and Paul Turner also did well defensively including holding up the Norths five eight over the line.
Playing all eighty minutes of the match Paul Turner ran for sixty five metres (twenty five post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.53 seconds and made sixteen tackles.
Paul Turner was then named at fullback in the Round Four local derby against the Burleigh Bears with Paul Turner having a big match including setting up a 56th minute try for Ioane Seuili as well as setting up both of Jojo Fifita’s two tries.
Paul Turner stationed himself in the Tweed Heads backline as they shifted the ball to the wide to the right. After receiving the ball Paul Turner ran towards the line before throwing a long cut out pass to his left to an unmarked Jojo Fifita who cruised over to put the ball down in the left corner.
In relation to Jojo Fifita’s second try in the 33rd minute, for all intents and purposes it was a carbon copy of when Paul Turner and Jojo Fifita combined in the 3rd minute with Paul Turner once again throwing the final cut-out pass to put Jojo Fifita into space.
Paul Turner’s 56th minute try assist was not so simple. Paul Turner received the ball three passes to the right of the dummy half around thirty five metres out from the line with Paul Turner bringing Ioane Seuili on an underneath run. Ioane Seuili broke through the Burleigh defensive lien and just as he was being brought down for behind Ioane Seuili produced a great right arm flick off-load to Paul Turner who had loomed up on the left.
After Paul Turner juggled the pass while running at full speed, he stepped off his right foot but was caught from behind by the back of his jersey. Paul Turner was spun around but was able to keep his feet with Ioane Seuili getting to his feet and ran onto the Paul Turner off-load around ten metres from the line. From there Ioane Seuili was able to force his way over to score under the posts.
Paul Turner made a great run of his own making in the 22nd minute when he chimed into the backline on the right side of the field and sliced through the Burleigh defence but just was unable to break away from one annoying Burleigh defender who kept with Paul Turner from the thirty metre mark all of the way down to the ten metre mark where he was finally able to get Paul Turner to the ground.
Paul Turner then made a good kick return in the 43rd minute when he tracked back to take possession of the ball six metres out from his own line and Paul Turner was able return the ball to just over the twenty metre mark.
Paul Turner was not just good running the ball against Burleigh including in the 11th minute when he tackled a rampaging Tristian Powell one on one after the Burleigh front rower had split the Seagulls defence. Paul Turner was able to take Tristian Powell down ten metres out and directly in front of the goal posts.
Paul Turner showed very good positioning sense at the fullback position in the 75th minute when he raced across to his left to field a grubber kick just in the in-goal and then Paul Turner was then able to get the ball back into the field of play.
In his seventy six minutes on the field Paul Turner ran for ninety three metres (twenty nine post contact), made a line break which resulted in Ioane Seuili’s try, broke four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.96 seconds and made three tackles.
Paul Turner was also named at fullback for Round Five against the Townsville Blackhawks however in a late change Paul Turner moved to start the match at left centre. Once again playing all eighty minutes Paul Turner ran for sixty six metres (twenty nine post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.2 seconds and made thirteen at a 92.86%.
Paul Turner also started at left centre in Round Six against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls and once again played the entire match running for 122 metres (thirty post contact), made a line break, had three line break assists, had two try assists, broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.92 seconds and made six tackles.
Paul Turner moved back to fullback for Round Eight against the Northern Pride, scoring in the 13th minute of a Seagulls shutout victory.
In the 13th minute Paul Turner chimed into the Seagulls backline on the right, receiving the ball around the halfway mark. Upon receipt of the ball Paul Turner cut back towards the centre of the field off his left foot before straightening up and executing a left arm fend to beat the Pride fullback and from there Paul Turner was just too quick for the cover defence to score five metres in from the right corner post.
Playing the entire eighty minutes Paul Turner ran for 196 metres (thirty one post contact), recorded two line break assists and a try assist, broke a team leading nine tackle breaks, played the ball at an average speed of 3.44 seconds and made four tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Paul Turner’s effort was such that he was named on the bench in the Queensland Rugby League Queensland Cup Round Eight Team of the Week.
After a number of weeks with the Titans NRL squad Paul Turner was back at fullback in Round Sixteen against the Ipswich Jets. Playing all eighty minutes Paul Turner ran for 200 metres (thirty one post contact), made a team leading four tackle breaks, had a line break assist and try assist, played the ball at an average speed of 2.74 seconds and made a tackle.
Paul Turner continued at fullback in Round Eighteen against the Northern Pride and whilst playing the entire match Paul Turner ran for 175 metres (twenty seven post contact), broke a team leading seven tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.47 seconds and made a tackle.
Paul Turner was also named at fullback in Round Nineteen against the Townsville Blackhawks.
After a number of weeks in the NRL Paul Turner was back to start on the wing in Week Two of the Queensland Cup Finals against the Sunshine Coast Falcons and whilst playing all eighty three minutes Paul Turner ran for 143 metres (forty nine post contact), broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.57 seconds and made seven tackles at a tackling efficiency of 87.5%.
In total in the 2022 Queensland Cup competition Paul Turner played in ten metres scoring once. Paul Turner also forced two line drop-outs, recorded seven try assists and eight line break assists, made fifty six tackles at a tackling efficiency of 87.5% and ran for 1 287 metres at an average of 128 metres per match.
The 2022 Queensland Cup season for Kaleb Ngamanu:
Round One of the 2022 Queensland Cup competition saw Kaleb Ngamanu named on an extended for the Tweed Heads Seagulls as they took on the Easts Tigers and Kaleb Ngamanu was also named on the Seagulls extended bench for Round Two against the Sunshine Coast Falcons.
Round Three of the 2022 Queensland Cup competition saw Kaleb Ngamanu named to start on the left wing for his debut match for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Norths Devils with Kaleb Ngamanu having a very very solid Queensland Cup debut.
Playing the entire eighty minutes Kaleb Ngamanu ran for ninety two metres (forty nine post contact), made a line break, played the ball at an average speed of 3.26 seconds and made eight tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Kaleb Ngamanu played his second Queensland Cup match in Round Ten against the PNG Hunters when he started on the left wing. Playing all eighty minutes Kaleb Ngamanu ran for ninety four metres (thirty four post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.28 seconds, made a line break and made three tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Kaleb Ngamanu continued on the left wing in Round Eleven against the Ipswich Jets with Kaleb Ngamanu scoring his career first Queensland Cup try in the 25th minute when he was on the end of a sweeping backline movement to his left wing with Kaleb Ngamanu receiving the ball six metres and flying over to score in the left corner.
Playing all eighty minutes Kaleb Ngamanu ran for 123 metres (forty one post contact), made a line break, broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.79 seconds and made a tackle.
Kaleb Ngamanu was back on the left wing in Round Seventeen being the local derby against the Burleigh Bears with Kaleb Ngamanu scoring in the 53rd minute when after receiving a right arm around the corner off-load from Ioane Seuili, Kaleb Ngamanu had a six metre run down the touchline to dive over to score in the left corner.
Playing all eighty minutes of the match Kaleb Ngamanu ran for seventy six metres (seventeen post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.68 seconds and made three tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Kaleb Ngamanu also started at left centre in Round Sixteen against the Townsville Blackhawks as well as Round in Round Seventeen against the Easts Tigers.
In total in the 2022 Queensland Cup competition Kaleb Ngamanu played in four matches, scoring twice. Kaleb Ngamanu also broke two tackles, made four line breaks, made fifteen tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency and ran for 387 metres at a per game average of ninety six metres.
The 2022 Queensland Cup season for Thomas Weaver:
Thomas Weaver made his Queensland Cup debut for the Tweed Heads Seagulls, starting at halfback in Round Fourteen against the Redcliffe Dolphins. Playing all eighty minutes of the match, Thomas Weaver ran for fifty two metres (five post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.93 seconds and made twenty three tackles at a tackling efficiency of 82.14%.
Thomas Weaver continued at halfback in Round Fifteen against the Sunshine Coast Falcons and whilst playing the entire match Thomas Weaver ran for thirty seven metres (three post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.52 seconds and made nineteen tackles. Thomas Weaver also kicked on three occasions making twenty three metres.
In total in the 2022 Queensland Cup competition Thomas Weaver played in two matches kicking for an average of 45,2 metres per match. Thomas Weaver also made forty two tackles at a tackling efficiency of 80.8% and ran for ninety metres at an average of forty five metres per match.
The 2022 Queensland Cup season for Klese Haas:
Klese Haas made his Queensland Cup debut in Round Twelve of the 2022 competition, starting from the bench against the Mackay Cutters. Playing twenty eight minutes in Queensland Cup debut at right second row Klese Haas ran for forty three metres (twenty six post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.15 seconds and made twelve tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Klese Hass made his Queensland Cup starting debut at right second row in the rescheduled Round Nine match against the Souths Logan Magpies with Klese Haas making his first tackle of the match inside the opening minute. Klese Haas then took his opening hit-up of the match inside two minutes with a seventeen metre run down a right blindside with Klese Haas getting the ball ten metres into Magpies territory.
Playing all eighty minutes Klese Haas ran for eighty six metres (forty five post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.62 seconds and made twenty six tackles at a tackling efficiency of 96.3%.
Klese Haas also started at right second row in Round Fourteen against the Redcliffe Dolphins and whilst playing all eighty minutes of the match, Klese Haas ran for forty eight metres (fourteen post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 4.39 seconds and made thirty three tackles at a tackling efficiency of 97.06%.
Klese Haas continued at right second row in Round Fifteen against the Sunshine Coast Falcons.
Klese Haas also started at right second row in Round Seventeen being the local derby against the Burleigh Bears and whilst playing all eighty minutes of the match Klese Haas ran for sixty two metres (twenty post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 2.8% and made a team leading thirty tackles at a tackling efficiency of 93.75%.
Klese Haas continued at right second row in Round Eighteen against the Northern Pride and whislt playing all eighty minutes Klese Hass ran for 104 metres (forty one psot contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.03 seconds and made twenty three tackles at an tackling effieincy of 92%.
Klese Haas was also named at right second row in Round Nineteen against the Townsville Blackhawks an whilst playing the entire match Klese Haas ran for fifty eight metres (twenty four post contact) broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.37 seconds and made a team leading thirty four tackles at a tackling efficiency of 97.14%.
In total in the 2022 Queensland Cup competition Klese Haas played in six matches making 158 tackles at a tackling efficiency of 95.8% and ran for 403 metres at a per game average of sixty seven metres.
The 2022 Queensland Cup season for Jojo Fifita:
Jojo Fifita was named to start on the right wing for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in Round One of the 2022 Queensland Cup competition against the Easts Tigers, scoring on debut in a tough four point loss.
In the 25th minute Jojo Fifita received the ball wide out on the right around nine metres out in space and took off towards the right corner, a metre or two out from the line with the cover defence coming across, Jojo Fifita looked to cut back inside off his right foot but slipped in the heavy conditions with two Tigers defenders going straight over the top of him. Jojo Fifita then had the foresight to still make sure that he grounded the ball in the right corner.
In his Queensland Cup debut Jojo Fifita played the entire eighty minutes on the right wing running for an impressive 152 metres, an equal team leading fifty two of which were post contact metres. Jojo Fifita also made two line breaks, broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.66 seconds and made three tackles.
Jojo Fifita took his first hit-up in the Queensland Cup in the 7th minute of the match when he came off his wing to take a hit-up through centre field with Jojo Fifita taking the ball to the right of the play the ball ten metres out from his own try line with continual pumping his legs and making ten metres before being taken to ground. Jojo Fifita was then awarded a penalty when he was not allowed to his feet in a timely fashion.
Then in the 34th minute Jojo Fifita made a strong kick return when after tracking the ball back into his own twenty metre area, Jojo Fifita received the ball from Paul Turner eighteen metres out from his own line and was able to promote the ball to the thirty five metre mark.
A run in the 59th minute showed again that Jojo Fifita is prepared to do the hard work when he came off his right wing to take a hit-up near the mid-field and to the right of the dummy half inside his own twenty metre mark with Jojo Fifita breaking two tackles in a tough hard ten metre gain.
Defensively Jojo Fifita made his first Queensland Cup tackle in just the second minute of the match and then in the 16th minute Jojo Fifita executed a great ball and all tackle on the Easts Tigers left centre when Jojo Fifita was facing an overlap. It was an exceptional defensive play and certainly belies Jojo Fifita’s limited rugby league experience.
Jojo Fifita was also named to start on the right wing in Round Two against the Sunshine Coast Falcons and was once again outstanding including a number of try saving tackles in the Seagulls big win.
Playing the entire eighty minutes, Jojo Fifita ran for seventy six metres (thirty one post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.69 seconds and recorded a 100% tackling efficiency whilst making eight tackles.
Jojo Fifita continued on the right wing in Round Three against the Norths Devils with Jojo Fifita scoring in the 12th minute when he raced forward and leapt above the Norths left sided defenders to take the cross kick on the full and crash over ten metres in from the right corner.
Playing all eighty minutes of the match, Jojo Fifita ran for a team leading 136 metres (forty six post contact), made a line break, broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.71 seconds and made five tackles.
Jojo Fifita was then named on the right wing in the Round Four local derby against the Burleigh Bears scoring a double in the Seagulls 32 – 18 victory.
Jojo Fifita had to wait just three minutes to score the first of his two tries when he ran onto a long cut-out pass from Paulo Turner to cross untouched in the right corner.
Jojo Fifita added his second try in the 33rd minute and it was a near carbon copy of his try in the 3rd minute when once again Jojo Fifita ran onto a cut out pass from Paul Turner to score untouched in the right corner.
Jojo Fifita did very well from the Burleigh kick-off from his own try when after the ball was knocked back by Tweed Heads Jojo Fifita tracked back six metre into the in-gaol to take possession of the ball and did well to get the ball five metres back into the field of play.
Jojo Fifita showed that he was prepared to do the heavy lifting in the 75th minute when to the left of the play the ball and a metre out from his own try line Jojo Fifita charged forward and was able to break one tackle and impressively get the ball to sixteen metres away from his own try line against an on rushing Bears defence that was hell bent on pinning the Seagulls on their own line. Jojo Fifita’s run immediately put paid to that notion.
Jojo Fifita was also very good defensively against Burleigh including in the 14th minute when came off his wing to smash Bears left centre Sami Sauiluma just as he took possession with a try in the offing. Jojo Fifita’s initial contact knocked the ball loose and saved a certain try.
Jojo Fifita made another good tackle in the 13th minute when he followed through a kick that Burleigh let bounce and just as fellow Titan Lofi Khan-Pereira took possession of the ball, Jojo Fifita smashed him front on.
In the dying moments of the match, Jojo Fifita once again made a strong tackle near his own try line on the Burleigh left centre who had made a line break. Jojo Fifita had dropped back in anticipation of a kick but when the Bears line break was name, Jojo Fifita moved up and just as Sami Sauiluma tried to put in a grubber kick Jojo Fifita was in his face with the attempted kick bounced off Jojo Fifita and went into touch. As Jojo Fifita did not play at the ball, Tweed Heads received possession of the ball.
Playing all eighty minutes Jojo Fifita ran for 102 metres (thirty two post contact), made a team leading two line breaks for his two tries, broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.29 seconds and made six tackles.
After the opening four rounds of the 2022 Queensland Cup competition Jojo Fifita was equal second on the try scoring list with four tries and also equal second in terms of the number of line breaks with five. Co-incidentally Jojo Fifita was equal in both of those categories with fellow Titan Tony Francis.
Jojo Fifita was also named on the right wing for Round Five against the Townsville Blackhawks with Jojo Fifita saving a try as a result of a timely intercept with the Blackhawks deep on the attack.
Playing all eighty minutes of the match Jojo Fifita ran for ninety four metres (thirty six post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.86 seconds and made eleven tackles at a tackling efficiency of 91.67%.
Jojo Fifita was named to continue on the right wing in Round Six against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls however he was a late scratching from the match.
After six rounds of the 2022 Queensland Cup season Jojo Fifita was equal fourth line breaks with fellow Titan Tony Francis with five line-breaks.
After missing a number of rounds Jojo Fifita started Round Ten against the PNG Hunters on the right wing and scored in the 52nd minute when he leapt above the Hunters left winger to take a bomb on the full in the in-goal and get the ball down five metres in from the right corner post.
Playing the entire eighty minutes Jojo Fifita ran for eighty one metres (thirty five post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 4.07 seconds and made ten tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Jojo Fifita continued on the right wing in Round Eleven against the Ipswich Jets with Jojo Fifita scoring the Seagulls go ahead try in the 75th minute when after receiving the ball from his inside seven metres out from the line and right on the touchline line, Jojo Fifita cutting inside off his right foot to beat one defender before being hit by two defenders right on the try line with the two defenders flipping Jojo Fifita onto his back over the line. Jojo Fifita however would not be denied and forced the ball in the in-goal over his head.
Playing all eighty minutes Jojo Fifita ran for 104 metres (twenty six post contact), made a line break, recorded a try assist and a line break assist, broke four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.69 seconds and made five tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
After missing Round Twelve due to Queensland U19 Representative commitments Jojo Fifita was back on the right wing in Round Thirteen against the Central Queensland Capra’s with Jojo Fifita scoring in the 15th minute when he raced twenty metres to score in the right corner after some good work on his inside.
Playing all eighty minutes of the match, Jojo Fifita ran for a team leading 133 metres (twenty seven post contact), recorded a try assist, broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.53 seconds and made six tackles at a tackling efficiency of 85.71%.
In total in the 2022 Queensland Cup competition Jojo Fifita played in eight matches and scored seven tries. Jojo Fifita also recorded two try assists, seventeen tackle breaks seven line breaks, made fifty two tackles at a tackling efficiency of 88.1% and ran for 881 metres at an average of 110 metres per match.
The 2022 NRL season for Toby Sexton:
Round One of the 2022 NRL competition saw Toby Sexton start at halfback for the Titans against the Parramatta Eels. Playing all eighty minutes, in addition to kicking four conversions from five attempts Toby Sexton ran for thirty seven metres (eight post contact) had a line break assist, played the ball at an average speed of 3.41 seconds made fifteen tackles and kicked on eleven occasions for 280 metres.
Toby Sexton also had a 23rd minute try assist when he threw a long cut-out pass to his left which put Brian Kelly over in the left corner.
Toby Sexton also started at halfback in Round Two against the New Zealand Warriors in the Titans first home game of 2022 kicking two conversions from four attempts in the Titans 20 – 18 victory.
Playing the entire eighty minutes Toby Sexton ran for 111 metres (twelve post contact), broke two tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.36 tackles, made twenty six tackles at a tackling efficiency of 89.66% and kicked on fourteen occasions for 407 metres and also forced two line drop-outs.
Toby Sexton also started at halfback in Round Three away to the Canberra Raiders and kicked three conversions from four attempts. Playing the entire match, Toby Sexton ran for fifty seven metres (ten post contact), recorded a try assist for Beau Fermor, a line break assist for David Fifita, broke four tackles in a touch run that saw him held up over the line adjacent to the left upright, played the ball at an average speed of 3.12 seconds, made eighteen tackles and kicked on eleven occasions making 361 metres.
Toby Sexton continued at halfback in Round Four against the Wests Tigers, kicking a first half penalty goal and then with less than a minute to go converted AJ Brimson’s bizarre try to give the Titans an 8 – 6 victory.
Toby Sexton was also awarded a try assist for his 79th minute kick that hit the left goal post on the full and was then lost by the Wests Tigers for AJ Brimson to score the only try of the match.
Playing all eighty minutes of the match Toby Sexton ran for fifty three metres (twelve post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.77 seconds, made seventeen tackles and kicked on seven occasions making 140 metres.
Toby Sexton also started at halfback in Round Five against the Parramatta Eels, kicking two conversions from four attempts with another conversion hitting the posts. One of Toby Sexton’s successful conversions was from the right touchline to convert David Fifita’s unbelievable 66th minute try.
In his eighty minutes on the field Toby Sexton ran for thirty seven metres (ten post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.17 seconds, made fourteen tackles and kicked on eleven occasions, accounting for 398 metres.
Toby Sexton continued at halfback in Round Six against the Manly Sea Eagles and kicked one conversion from four attempts but two of the misses hit the post with both of those conversions being kicked from each touchline.
Playing all eighty minutes, Toby Sexton ran for seventy nine metres (six post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.78 seconds and made seventeen tackles at a tackling efficiency of 89.47%.
Toby Sexton also started at halfback in Round Seven against the North Queensland Cowboys once again playing all eighty minutes of the match. In those minutes Toby Sexton ran for five metres, played the ball at an average speed of 2.86 seconds, made eleven tackles and kicked on ten occasions accounting for 298 metres.
Toby Sexton also started at halfback in Round Eight against the Penrith Panthers. Once again playing all eighty minutes Toby Sexton ran for forty one metres (eleven post contact), broke a tackle played the ball at an average speed of 3.88 seconds, made thirteen tackles and kicked on twelve occasions for 255 metres.
Toby Sexton continued at halfback in Round Nine against the Sydney Roosters with Toby Sexton kicking two goals from four attempts with one of his misses hitting the post.
In his eighty minutes on the field Toby Sexton ran for ninety three metres (eighteen post contact), made a line break, broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.57 seconds, made fourteen tackles and kicked on eight occasions accounting for 187 metres.
Toby Sexton continued at halfback in Round Ten being the NRL Magic Rounds against the St George Dragons. Playing all ninety minutes Toby Sexton ran for thirty four metres (eleven post contact), recorded a line break assist and a try assist, played the ball at an average speed of 3.55 seconds, made twenty three tackles at a tackling efficiency of 88.46% and kicked on nineteen occasions for 544 metres as well as forcing four line drop outs.
Toby Sexton also started at halfback in Round Eleven against the Cronulla Sharks and in his eighty minutes on the field Toby Sexton ran for fifty metres (eleven post contact), recorded a try assist, broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.9 seconds, made thirty two tackles at a 88.89% and kicked on fifteen occasions for 365 metres.
Toby Sexton continued at halfback in the Round Twelve local derby against the Brisbane Bronco’s contributing three first half try assist, two with short kicks with the outside of his right foot and a great long cut out pass to his left to put Cory Thompson.
Playing forty nine minutes Toby Sexton ran for thirty six metres (four post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 4.52 seconds, made fourteen tackles and kicked on nine occasions for 282 metres.
Toby Sexton also started at halfback in Round Thirteen against the North Queensland Cowboys with Toby Sexton scoring in the 15th minute diving over on the left side of the field after receiving an off-load from AJ Brimson.
Playing the entire eighty minutes Toby Sexton ran for forty three metres (nine post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 4.23 seconds, made twenty three tackles and kicked on eighteen occasions making 418 metres.
Toby Sexton continued at halfback in Round Fourteen against the Souths Sydney Rabbitohs a threw the long cut out pass to Greg Marzhew for his early first half try.
Playing the entire eighty minutes Toby Sexton ran for sixty two metres (twelve post contact), broke four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.76 seconds and made twenty six tackles.
Toby Sexton also started at halfback in Round Fifteen against the Cronulla Sharks and in his eight minutes, Toby Sexton ran for sixty two metres (one post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 4.28 seconds and made eleven tackles.
Toby Sexton continued at halfback in Round Sixteen against the Newcastle Knights and whilst playing all eighty minutes, made twenty tackles at a tackling efficiency of 95.24% and kicked on eleven occasions to make 347 metres.
Toby Sexton also started at halfback in Round Eighteen against the Brisbane Bronco’s with Toby Sexton recording a try assist in the 28th minute after he put in a grubber kick to the left of the uprights for Tannah Boyd to chase through to dive on the ball in the in-goal ten metres to the left of the uprights.
Playing all eighty minutes of the match, Toby Sexton ran for sixty metres, played the ball at an average speed of 3.32 seconds, made twenty six tackles at a 92.86% tackling efficiency, forced three drop-outs and kicked on nineteen occasions making 599 metres.
Toby Sexton also started at halfback in Round Nineteen against the Canterbury Bulldogs scoring one try, setting out two more and kicking three conversions. Toby Sexton scored in the 9th minute when he followed through an Aaron Booth grubber into the in-goal out of dummy half for Toby Sexton to ground the ball next to the right upright.
Both of Toby Sexton’s try assists were similar. On both occasions, in the 38th minute for David Fifita to score and in the 52nd minute for Phillip Sami, Toby Sexton put in a right foot grubber kick into the in-goal.
Playing all eighty minutes, Toby Sexton ran for sixty six metres, played the ball at an average speed of 3.34 seconds, made twenty four tackles at an 88.89% tackling efficiency and kicked on sixteen occasions accounting for 340 metres.
Toby Sexton continued at halfback in Round Twenty against the Canberra Raiders with Toby Sexton kicking four conversions from as many attempts. Playing all eighty minutes, Toby Sexton ran for twenty two metres (two pot contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.74 seconds, made eight tackles and kicked on eight occasions for 264 metres.
In total in the 2022 NRL competition Toby Sexton played in nineteen matches scoring two tries and kicking twenty five goals (62.5% conversion rate) to finish with fifty eight points). Toby Sexton also forced twenty three line drop-outs, kicked for an average of 360.4 metres per match, recorded nine try assists and five line break assists, made 355 tackles at a tackling efficiency of 82.8% and ran for 954 metres at an average of fifty metres per match.
Titans contracted Josiah Pahulu, Keano Kini and Arama Hau were presented with their Australian School Boy jerseys yesterday as they prepare to head to Fiji to play a number of matches.
Keano Kini was presented with the No. 1 jersey, Josiah Pahulu No. 8 and Arama Hau No. 16.
The 2022 NRL season for Tannah Boyd:
Round One of the 2022 NRL competition saw Tannah Boyd initially named on the Titans extended bench for their match against the Parramatta Eels however late in the week Tannah Boyd moved into the Titans seventeen to start from the bench after AJ Brimson was ruled out.
When he came on Tannah Boyd played twenty four minutes in the dummy half role running for twelve metres (two post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 2.24 seconds and made thirteen tackles.
Round Two against the New Zealand Warriors saw Tannah Boyd move back to the Titans extended bench. After missing a number of weeks as a result of a broken jaw, Tannah Boyd was named on the Titans NRL extended bench for Round Six against the Manly Sea Eagles and also in Round Seven against the North Queensland Cowboys.
Tannah Boyd then made his return to the Titans side in Round Eight when he was named on the bench against the Penrith Panthers coming on in the second half to play twenty two minutes in the dummy half role.
In his twenty two minutes on the field Tannah Boyd ran for five metres (one post contact), played the ball at a speed of 3.64 seconds and made ten tackles at a tackling efficiency of 90.91%.
Tannah Boyd was also named on the bench for Round Nine against the Sydney Roosters coming on in the second half to play in the dummy half role. In his twenty seven minutes on the field Tannah Boyd ran for eighteen metres (three post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 2.6 seconds and made twelve tackles.
Tannah Boyd continued off the bench in Round Ten being the NRL Magic Rounds against the St George Dragons, playing thirty one minutes in the dummy half role and recording a late try assist for Jarrod Wallace to score to send the match into golden points.
In his time on the field Tannah Boyd ran for fifty eight metres (nineteen post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.17 seconds and made seventeen tackles at a tackling efficiency of 94.44%.
Tannah Boyd also started from the bench in Round Eleven against the Cronulla Sharks and in his twenty four minutes in the dummy half role Tannah Boyd ran for nineteen metres (three post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.68 seconds and made sixteen tackles at a tackling efficiency of 88.89%.
Tannah Boyd continued off the bench in the Round Twelve local derby against the Brisbane Bronco’s coming on late in the first half to play at halfback before transitioning to the dummy half role in the second half.
Playing forty eight minutes Tannah Boyd made twenty three tackles at a tackling efficiency of 88.46% and kicked on two occasions making sixty six metres.
Tannah Boyd also started from the bench in Round Thirteen against the North Queensland Cowboys playing thirty nine minutes in the dummy half role. In those minutes Tannah Boyd ran for twenty eight metres (four post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.84 seconds and made twenty one tackles at a tackling efficiency of 93.3%.
Tannah Boyd continued off the bench in Round Fourteen against the Souths Sydney Rabbitohs and recorded a try assist in the 48th minute when from close range Tannah Boyd threw a good short ball to his left to put Tino Fa'asuamaleaui over the first of the Titans captains two tries.
Playing thirty six minutes in the dummy half role Tannah Boyd ran for twenty five metres (seven post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.48 seconds and made nineteen tackles.
Tannah Boyd also started from the bench in Round Fifteen against the Cronulla Sharks playing forty six minutes in the dummy half role, running for thirteen metres (two post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.28 seconds and made twenty six tackles at a tackling efficiency of 92.86%.
Tannah Boyd continued off the bench in Round Sixteen against the Newcastle Knights a recorded a try assist in the 57th minute when he threw a long cut out pass to his left to put Greg Marzhew over in the left corner.
Playing thirty three minutes in the dummy half role Tannah Boyd made seventeen tackles at a tackling efficiency of 94.44%.
Tannah Boyd then moved to start at five eight in Round Eighteen against the Brisbane Bronco’s with Tannah Boyd scoring in the 28th minute after he chased through a Toby Sexton grubbed kick to dive on the ball in the in-goal ten metres to the left of the uprights.
Playing all eighty minutes of the match, Tannah Boyd ran for seventy seven metres (eleven post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.78 seconds and made twenty tackles.
Tannah Boyd also started at five eight in Round Nineteen against the Canterbury Bulldogs recording a try assist in the 57th minute when a cross kick from the left side of the field was taken on the full by Patrick Herbert in the in-goal.
Playing all eighty minutes of the match including a stint in the dummy half role in the second half, Tannah Boyd ran for twenty three metres, played the ball at an average speed of 5.14 seconds, made twenty tackles at a tackling efficiency of 90.91% and kicked on two occasions, making twenty three metres.
Tannah Boyd continued at five eight in Round Twenty against the Canberra Raiders with Tannah Boyd scoring a try and setting up another.
Tannah Boyd scored in the 39th minute when from eight metres out Tannah Boyd ran to his left out of dummy half to score adjacent to the right upright.
Tannah Boyd’s try assist came in the 12th minute with a deft right foot grubber whilst running to his right with the ball sitting up for Brian Kelly to score.
Playing all eighty minutes Tannah Boyd ran for fifty metres (six post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.74 seconds and made thirty one tackles at a tackling efficiency of 93.94%.
Tannah Boyd then moved to halfback in Round Twenty One against the Melbourne Storm kicking one conversion from three attempts.
Playing the entire eighty minutes of the match Tannah Boyd ran for sixty eight metres (six post contact), broke four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.94 seconds, made sixteen tackles and kicked on nine occasions making 256 metres.
Tannah Boyd continued at halfback in Round Twenty Two against the Manly Sea Eagles with Tannah Boyd kicking six conversions from seven attempts as well as recording a try assist in the 21st minute with a long cut-out pass to the right wing to put Jojo Fifita over in the right corner.
Playing all eighty minutes Tannah Boyd ran for fifty three metres, broke a tackle, played the ball at ana average speed of 5.2 seconds, made fifteen tackles at a tackling efficiency of 83.33%, kicked on eleven occasions for 320 metres and forced two line drop-outs.
Tannah Boyd also started at halfback in Round Twenty Three against the St George Dragons with Tannah Boyd kicking four conversions from as many attempts as well as a penalty goal near half time.
Playing all eighty minutes of the match Tanah Boyd ran for fifty one metres (six post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 4.42 seconds and made twenty nine tackles at a tackling efficiency of 93.55%.
Tannah Boyd also started at halfback in Round Twenty Four against the Newcastle Knights with Tannah Boyd scoring a 35th minute try when he ran off a great off-load from Tino Fa’asuamaleaui to score twelve metres to the left of the uprights and kicking four conversions.
Playing all eighty two minutes Tannah Boyd ran for forty nine metres (sixteen post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.73 seconds, made nineteen tackles at a 95% tackling efficiency and kicked on seventeen occasions making 528 metres.
Tannah Boyd also started at halfback in the final round of the 2022 NRL Premiership season, being Round Twenty Five against the New Zealand Warriors with Tannah Boyd kicking the match winning field goal in the 4th minute of golden point. Tannah Boyd also kicked four conversion and a penalty goal from as many attempts.
Playing all eighty four minutes Tanna Boyd ran for fifty eight metres (six post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.04 seconds and made twenty tackled at a tackling efficiency of 83.33%.
In total in the 2022 NRL competition Tannah Boyd played in eighteen matches, scoring three tries and kicking twenty three conversions (82.1% conversion rate) to finish with fifty eight points. Tannah Boyd also forced five goal line drop-outs, recorded seven try assists and six line break assists, kicked for an average of 104.7 metres per game, made 344 tackles at a tackling efficiency of 87.5% and ran for 616 metres at an average of thirty four metres per match.
The 2022 NRL season for Paul Turner:
Paul Turner was named to make his Titans NRL debut at five eight in Round Fourteen against the Souths Sydney Rabbitohs. Playing all eighty minutes Paul Turner ran for forty nine metres (ten post contact), made a line break, broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.63 seconds and made twenty five tackles at a tackling efficiency of 92.59%.
Paul Turner also started at five eight in Round Fifteen against the Cronulla Sharks and recorded a 24th minute try assist when he threw a cut-out pass to his left for Greg Marzhew to score in the left corner.
Playing sixty seven minutes before calf tightness forced him off, Paul Turner ran for forty three metres (five post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.62 seconds and made eighteen tackles.
Paul Turner continued at five eight in Round Sixteen against the Newcastle Knights and whilst playing the entire match ran for fifty three metres (fifteen post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.65 seconds and made twenty two tackles at a tackling efficiency of 91.67%.
Paul Turner then moved to the interchange bench for Round Eighteen against the Brisbane Bronco’s coming on in the second half to operate in the dummy half role. In his fifteen minutes on the field Paul Turner ran for eight metres, broke two tackles and made six tackles of his own with a 100% tackling efficiency.
Paul Turner also started from the bench in Round Twenty Three against the St George Dragons with Paul Turner coming on in the openings minutes to operate at right centre after Phillip Sami failed his HIA.
Playing seventy nine minutes of the match Paul Turner ran for forty six metres (eleven post contact), made a line break, recorded a line break assist, played the ball at an average speed of 3.87 seconds and made fourteen tackles.
Paul Turner also started from the bench in Round Twenty Four against the Newcastle Knights with Paul Turner playing twenty two minutes in the dummy half role making six tackles.
Paul Turner also started from the bench in the final round of the 2022 NRL Premiership season, being Round Twenty Five against the New Zealand Warriors with Paul Turner scoring his first NRL in Titans colours in the 75th minute when he backed up a line break from Beau Fermor to score to the left of the uprights.
Playing forty seven minutes Paul Turner ran for twenty four metres (five post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.08 seconds and made twenty five tackles at a tackling efficiency of 92.59%.
In total in the 2022 NRL competition Paul Turner played in seven matches scoring the one try. Paul Turner also recorded two try assists, three line break assists, made 116 tackles at a tackling efficiency of 85.9% and ran for 223 metres at an average of thirty one metres per match.
The 2022 NRL season for Jayden Campbell;
Round One of the 2022 NRL competition saw Jayden Campbell start at fullback for the Titans against the Parramatta Eels. Playing the entire eighty minutes Jayden Campbell ran for eighty five metres (thirty one post contact), had a line break assist, broke an equal team leading seven tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.98 seconds and made three tackles.
Jayden Campbell also started at fullback in Round Two against the New Zealand Warriors in the Titans first home game of 2022 with Jayden Campbell recording a 14th minute try assist when on the right side of the field he threw a long cut out pass to his right to put Greg Marzhew over for the first of his two tries.
In his eighty minutes on the field Jayden Campbell ran for 146 metres (thirty six post contact), had a line break assist, broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.23 seconds and made eight tackles.
Jayden Campbell then continued at fullback in Round Three away to the Canberra Raiders. Playing seventy seven metres Jayden Campbell ran for eighty eight metres (sixteen post contact), broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.79 metres and made one tackle.
Unfortunately a rib injury that Jayden Campbell suffered in the final minutes against the Raiders ruled him out until Round Seven when Jayden Campbell was named on the Titans NRL extended bench against the North Queensland Cowboys as well as in Round Eight against the Penrith Panthers and Round Nine against the Sydney Roosters.
Jayden Campbell returned to the Titans NRL side, starting at fullback in Round Ten being the NRL Magic Round against the St George Dragons.
In a Player of the match performance Jayden Campbell played the entire ninety minutes, running for a team leading and match leading 266 metres (forty nine post contact), made a line break from a great kick return, broke an unbelievable team leading thirteen tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 2.84 seconds and made two tackles.
Jayden Campbell also started at fullback in Round Eleven against the Cronulla Sharks and in his eighty minutes on the field Jayden Campbell ran for a team leading 165 metres (sixty post contact), recorded a line break assist and try assist, broke four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.66 seconds and made ten tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Jayden Campbell continued at fullback in the Round Twelve local derby against the Brisbane Bronco’s scoring in the first half when he sliced through the Bronco’s lien to score wide out on the left.
Playing all eighty minutes Jayden Campbell ran for 135 metres (thirty nine post contact), made a line break, broke two tackles played the ball at an average speed of 2.88 seconds and made eight tackles at a tackling efficiency of 88.88%.
Jayden Campbell also started at fullback in Round Thirteen against the North Queensland Cowboys but unfortunately had to come off after fifty nine minutes with a hamstring injury. In those minutes Jayden Campbell ran for 132 metres (twenty four post contact), broke six tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.03 seconds and made four tackles.
After missing multiple rounds Jayden Campbell started from the bench in Round Nineteen against the Canterbury Bulldogs. Playing the final thirty one minutes of the match at fullback, Jayden Campbell ran for eighty three metres (twenty five post contact), broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.07 seconds and made four tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Jayden Campbell continued off the bench in Round Twenty against the Canberra Raiders with Jayden Campbell scoring the final two Titans tries.
The first of Jayden Campbell’s tries came in the 56th minute when he backed up a line break by Beau Fermor to score under the posts. Jayden Campbell scored his second try in the 79th minute when once again he backed up a line break by Beau Fermor to once again score under the posts.
Playing forty three minutes, Jayden Campbell ran for eighty six metres (nineteen post contact), broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 2.72 seconds and made seven tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Jayden Campbell moved back into the Titans starting side at fullback in Round Twenty One against the Melbourne Storm.
Playing the entire eighty minutes of the match Jayden Campbell ran for 113 metres (thirty one post contact), broke seven tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.77 seconds and made nine tackles at a tackling efficiency of 81.82%.
Jayden Campbell continued at fullback in Round Twenty Two against the Manly Sea Eagles and in his eighty minutes on the field Jayden Campbell ran for 155 metres (thirty four post contact), broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.67 seconds and made six tackles at a tackling efficiency of 85.71%.
Jayden Campbell also started at fullback in Round Twenty Three against the St George Dragons and whilst playing all eighty minutes of the match Jayden Campbell ran for a team leading 238 metres (sixty four post contact), broke seven tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.14 seconds and made five tackles.
Jayden Campbell also started at fullback in Round Twenty Four against the Newcastle Knights with Hayden Campbell recording try assists for David Fifita in the 11th minute and Greg Marzhew from a grubber kick in the 32nd minute.
Playing sixty seven minutes Jayden Campbell ran for 125 metres (thirty two post contact), had a line break assist, played the ball at an average speed of 2.71 seconds and made nine tackles.
Jayden Campbell also started at fullback in the final round of the 2022 NRL Premiership season, being Round Twenty Five against the New Zealand Warrior with Jayden Campbell scoring a slashing try under the posts in the 73rd minute of the Titans Gold Points 27 -26 victory.
Playing all eighty four minutes Jayden Campbell ran for a team leading 220 metres (sixty seven post contact), broke eight tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.21 seconds and made eight tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
In the 2022 NRL competition Jayden Campbell played in fourteen matches, scoring four tries, recoding four try assists, made four line breaks, broke seventy two tackles, made eighty four tackles at a tackling efficiency of 85.7% and ran for 2 067 metres at an average of 147 metres per match.
The 2022 NRL season for Greg Marzhew:
Round One of the 2022 NRL competition saw Greg Marzhew named on the Titans extended bench for their match against the Parramatta Eels however after Corey Thompson was ruled out late in the week Greg Marzhew started in the right wing against the Eels.
Playing the entire eighty minutes Greg Marzhew ran for 120 metres, a team leading fifty five of which were post contact metres, broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 2.94 seconds and made three tackles.
Greg Marzhew also started on the right wing in Round Two against the New Zealand Warriors which was the Titans opening home game of 2022 and made the most of two outstanding cut-up passes to him by scoring in the 14th and 24th minute.
In the 14th minute Greg Marzhew received a great cut out pass from Jayden Campbell, taking the ball around thirty metres out, Greg Marzhew then put on a great left arm fend into the face of Marcelo Montoya and then was able to bring the ball around closer to the posts. In the 24th minute took a great cut-out pass around twenty metres out from David Fifita and literally ran over the top of Reece Walsh to crash over in the right corner.
Playing all eighty metres of the match Greg Marzhew ran for a team leading 222 metres (forty eight post contact and forty three kick return), made two line breaks for his two tries, broke a team leading eleven tackles, played the ball at an average of 2.83 seconds and made two tackles.
Greg Marzhew also continued to start on the right wing for Round Three’s away match against the Canberra Raiders. Playing all eighty minutes, Greg Marzhew ran for 117 metres (forty eight post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 2.94 seconds and made six tackles.
Greg Marzhew moved to the left in Round Four against the Wests Tigers. Playing all eighty minutes, Greg Marzhew ran for 143 metres (sixty seven post contact), broke seven tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.21 seconds and made a tackle.
Greg Marzhew also started on the left wing in Round Five against the Parramatta Eels and scored in the 74th minute when from eight metres out he ran to his right out of dummy half to fight his way over to get the ball down five metres in from the left corner post.
Once again playing the entire match Greg Marzhew ran for a team leading 148 metres, a team leading sixty one metres of which were post contact, broke a team leading seven tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.17 seconds and made three tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
After the opening five rounds of the 2022 NRL season Greg Marzhew led the NRL in tackle breaks with twenty nine.
Greg Marzhew continued on the right wing in Round Six against the Manly Sea Eagles. Playing all eighty minutes. Greg Marzhew ran for 137 metres (forty post contact), broke a team leading seven tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.25 seconds and had a 100% tackling efficiency whilst making five tackles.
After the opening six rounds of the 2022 NRL season Greg Marzhew led the NRL in tackle breaks with thirty six.
Greg Marzhew also started on the right wing in Round Seven against the North Queensland Cowboys and once again played the entire eighty minutes. In that time Greg Marzhew ran for 114 metres (forty seven post contact), broke a team leading six tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 2.35 seconds and made three tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Greg Marzhew also started on the left wing in Round Eight against the Penrith Panthers with Greg Marzhew scoring the Titans only try in the match late in the first half when after the Titans threw the ball around on the opposite side of the field, he took a Will Smith kick to his wing on the full around five metres out and after stepping inside to beat one defender, dived over to score five metres in from the left corner post.
Playing all eighty minutes in the match Greg Marzhew ran for a team leading 195 metres, a team leading eighty four of which were post contact, broke a team leading twelve tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 2.63 seconds and made two tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Greg Marzhew continued on the right wing in Round Nine against the Sydney Roosters once again playing eighty minutes. In that time Greg Marzhew ran for 106 metres, a team leading forty six of which were post contact, broke a team leading five tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.17 seconds and made a tackle.
After missing Round Ten Greg Marzhew was named on the Titans extended bench for Round Eleven against the Cronulla Sharks as well as in Round Twelve against the Brisbane Bronco’s and Round Thirteen against the North Queensland Cowboys.
Greg Marzhew was then named on the left wing in Round Fourteen against the Souths Sydney Rabbitohs, scoring early in the first half when he charged over in the left corner to score after receiving a cut-out pass from his inside from Toby Sexton.
Playing the entire eighty minutes ran Marzhew ran for a team leading 272 metres, a team leading ninety three of which were post contact, broke a team leading fifteen tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.65 seconds and made five tackles.
At the completion of Round Fourteen of the 2022 NRL competition Greg Marzhew was sitting equal second in terms of tackles breaks with seventy four to average 6.6 tackle breaks per match.
Greg Marzhew also started on the left wing in Round Fifteen against the Cronulla Sharks and scored I the 24th minute when he forced his way over in the left corner after receiving a long pass from is inside from Paul Turner.
Playing all eighty minutes, Greg Marzhew ran for 137 metres (sixty nine post contact), broke four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.24 second and made six tackles.
At the conclusion of Round Fifteen Greg Marzhew had broken the second most number of tackles with seventy eight.
Greg Marzhew continued on the left wing in Round Sixteen against the Newcastle Knights an scored in the 57th minute when he received a cut out pass from his inside from Tannah Boyd to crash over from close range in the left corner.
Playing all eighty minutes Greg Marzhew ran for 170 metres, a team leading sixty three of which were post contact, broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.81 seconds and made seven tackles at a tackling efficiency of 87.5%.
Greg Marzhew was then named on the Titans extended bench for Round Eighteen against the Brisbane Bronco’s.
Greg Marzhew was back in the NRL being named on the bench for Round Twenty One against the Melbourne Storm before a late change saw Greg Marzhew start the match on the left wing.
Playing all eight minutes Greg Marzhew ran for 183 metres, a team leading eighty three of which were post contact, broke four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.43 seconds and made a tackle.
Greg Marzhew was then named on the bench in Round Twenty Two against the Manly Sea Eagles with Greg Marzhew coming onto the field for the final four minutes of the match to operate at right second row. Greg Marzhew ran for twelve metres, four of which were post contact, played the ball at a speed of 3.13 seconds and made a tackle.
Greg Marzhew then started on the wing in Round Twenty Three against the St George Dragons with whilst playing all eighty minutes of the match Greg Marzhew ran for 153 metres, a team leading seventy one of which were post contact broke a team leading ten tackles played the ball at an average speed of 3.45 seconds and made seven tackles.
Greg Marzhew also started on the left wing in Round Twenty Four against the Newcastle Knights with Greg Marzhew scoring in the 6th and 32nd minutes off kicks from AJ Brimson and Jayden Campbell respectively.
Playing all eighty minutes of the match Greg Marzhew ran for 153 metres (fifty five post contact) broke a team leading eight tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.51 seconds and made seven tackles at a tackling efficiency of 87.5%.
Greg Marzhew also started on the left wing in the final round of the 2022 NRL Premiership season, being Round Twenty Five against the New Zealand Warriors. In his eighty four minutes on the field Greg Marzhew ran for 195 metres and team leading ninety five of which were post contact, broke a team leading fourteen tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.51 seconds and made a tackle.
In total in the 2022 NRL competition Greg Marzhew played in seventeen matches and scored nine tries. Greg Marzhew also recorded a try assist, broke 117 tackles, made seven line breaks, made sixty two tackles at a tackling efficiency of 73.8 % and ran for 2 585 metres at an average of 152 metres per match.
The 2022 NRL season for Klese Haas:
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, by any measure, a very good debut from Klese Haas.
Klese Haas also started from the bench in the final round of the 2022 NRL Premiership season, being Round Twenty Five against the New Zealand Warriors. Playing twenty eight minutes at right second row Klese Haas ran for forty six metres (twenty post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.97 seconds and made five tackles.
In total in his two 2022 NRL matches, Klese Haas made twenty two tackles at a tackling efficiency of 95.6% and ran for eighty eight metres at an average of forty four metres per match.
The 2022 NRL season for Jojo Fifita:
Jojo Fifita made his NRL debut for the Titans in Round Eighteen of the 2022 season on the left wing against the Brisbane Bronco’s and what a great debut it was from Jojo Fifita including a great line break of seventy metres from literally his own dead ball line in the second half.
Playing the entire eighty minutes of the match, Jojo Fifita ran for 208 metres (forty eight post contact), made the a fore mentioned line break, broke five tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.46 seconds and made seven tackles at a tackling efficiency of 87.5%.
Jojo Fifita also started on the left wing in Round Nineteen against the Canterbury Bulldogs with Jojo Fifita scoring the first NR try of his career when he dived over in the left corner from close range in the 66th minute.
Playing all eighty minutes of the match, Jojo Fifita ran for 114 metres (forty post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.51 seconds and made four tackles at an 80% tackling efficiency.
Jojo Fifita continued on the left wing in Round Twenty against the Canberra Raiders and whilst playing all eighty minutes, Jojo Fifita ran for 100 metres (forty one post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.19 seconds and made eight tackle at an 80% tackling efficiency.
Jojo Fifita continued on the right wing in Round Twenty One against the Melbourne Storm with Jojo Fifita saving a multitude of tries knocking the ball out of the grasp of opponents over the try line, making try saving tackles close to the line to force a double movement to getting under Storm attackers to hold them up over the try line.
Playing the entire eighty minutes of the match Jojo Fifita ran for sixty six metres (twenty seven post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.59 seconds and made fifteen tackles.
Jojo Fifita continued on the right wing in Round Twenty Two against the Manly Sea Eagles with Jojo Fifita scoring in the 21st minute in the right corner after receiving a cut-out pass from his inside from Tannah Boyd.
Playing all eighty minutes Jojo Fifita ran for ninety seven metres, played the ball at an average speed of 3.23 seconds and made eleven tackles at a tackling efficiency of 91.67%.
Jojo Fifita also started on the right wing in Round Twenty Three against the St George Dragons with Jojo Fifita scoring in the 60th minute with a fifteen metre run to score in the right corner after a failed Dragons short goal line drop-out.
Playing all eighty minutes of the match Jojo Fifita ran for 134 metres (forty seven post contact), made a team leading three line breaks, broke five tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.37 seconds and made seven 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.
Jojo Fifita also started at right centre in the final round of the 2022 NRL Premiership season, being Round Twenty Five against the New Zealand Warriors. In his eighty four minutes on the field Jojo Fifita ran for 117 metres (forty seven post contact), broke four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.36 seconds and made twenty tackles at a tackling efficiency of 90.91%.
In total in the 2022 NRL competition Jojo Fifita played in eight matches scoring three tries. Jojo Fifita also broke twenty one tackles, made six line breaks, made ninety three tackles at a tackling efficiency of 85.3% and ran for 982 metres at an average of 122 metres per match.
The 2022 Queensland Cup season for Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui:
Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui was named to start from the bench for the Burleigh Bears in Round One of the 2022 competition against the Wynnum Manly Seagull however when the Titans players who did not play in Round Two of the NRL dropped back, Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui dropped out of the game day seventeen.
Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui was also named on the Bears interchange bench for Round Two against the Townsville Blackhawks, coming into the match mid-way through the opening half for his opening moments in the Queensland Cup.
To say that Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui had an outstanding Queensland Cup debut would be a major understatement. Playing twenty nine minutes Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui ran for an exceptional ninety three metres, forty five of which were post contact, broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.13 seconds and made sixteen tackles, missing only one to record a debut tackling efficiency of 94.12%.
Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui also came off the bench in Round Three against the Redcliffe Dolphins playing thirty minutes. In that time Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui ran for seventy seven metres (twenty nine post contact), broke four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.68 seconds and made nineteen tackles at a tackling efficiency of 90.48%.
Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui was then named to continue coming off the bench in the Round Four local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls however he was a late scratching from the match.
Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui was then named on the bench for Round Five against the PNG Hunters but like in Round Four he was a late scratching from the match.
Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui was once again named on the bench for Burleigh in Round Seven against the Souths Logan Magpies. In an impressive twenty six minutes on the field Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui ran for sixty eight metres (twenty four post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 2.93 seconds and made twenty tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui made his first Queensland Cup start in Round Eight against the Mackay Cutters when he started in the front row. In his forty seven minutes on the field Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 109 metres (forty eight post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.77 seconds and made thirty tackles at a tackling efficiency of 93.75%.
Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui came off the bench once again in Round Ten against the Easts Tigers in the 35th minute to play in the front row with Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui’s first run coming almost immediately when after taking the ball thirty eight metres out he was able to promote the ball to within ten metres of the try line.
Playing twenty eight minutes Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui ran for ninety six metres (forty four post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.69 seconds and made twelve tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui once again started from the bench in Round Eleven against the Sunshine Coast Falcons playing twenty eight minutes in the front row. In those minutes Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui ran for forty eight metres (twenty six post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 4.34 seconds and made twenty three tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui continued from the bench in Round Twelve against the Norths Devils, playing twenty five minutes in the centre of the field. In those minutes Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui ran for sixty seven metres (nineteen post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 4.03 seconds and made fifteen tackles at a tackling efficiency of 93.75%.
Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui made his career first Queensland Cup start in Round Thirteen against the Northern Pride when he started in the front row. Playing thirty three minutes, Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui ran for forty seven metres (twenty post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 4.35 seconds and made twenty two tackles at a tackling efficiency of 95.65%.
Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui also started in the front row in Round Fourteen against the Ipswich Jets and Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui along with front row partner Tristian Powell making the opening tackle of the match. Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui then along with Taine Tuaupiki held up the Redcliffe lock over the try line in the 3rd minute.
Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui, playing thirty seven minutes in the front row, ran for ninety four metres (thirty eight post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 4.11 seconds and made nineteen tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui was also named in the front row in Round Fifteen against the Townsville Blackhawks with Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui involved in the opening tackle of the match after Burleigh had kicked off to get the match underway.
Running with the ball, one of Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui’s best runs came in the 2nd minute when he made sixteen metres to thirty metres away from his own try line after running onto the ball to the left of the play the ball.
In his thirty minutes on the field Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui ran for thirty six metres (twenty one post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 2.79 seconds and made fourteen tackles at a tackling efficiency of 93.33%.
Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui continued in the front row in Round Sixteen against the Norths Devils and in his fifty one metres on the field Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 133 metres, played the ball at an average speed of 2.61 seconds and made twenty four tackles at a tackling efficiency of 92.31%.
Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui continued from the bench in Round Twenty against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.
Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui was named on the bench for the Burleigh Bears in their Queensland Cup Week One Final against the Norths Devils and in his twenty seven minutes on the field Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui ran for thirty six metres (nineteen post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.34 seconds and made fourteen tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui also came off the bench in Week Two of the Finals against the Central Queensland Capra’s and whilst playing thirty two minutes ran for eighty eight metres (twenty eight post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.57 seconds and made nineteen tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui also started from the bench in the 2022 Queensland Cup Preliminary Final against the Redcliffe Dolphins and whilst playing thirty minutes in the front row Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui ran for forty two metres (sixteen post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.37 seconds and made nineteen tackles at a tackling efficiency of 86.36%.
In total in the 2022 Queensland Cup competition Iszac Fa’asuamaleaui played in fourteen matches, broke eleven tackles, ran for 1 040 metres at an average of seventy four metres per match with 429.4 of those metres post contact and made 264 tackles at a tackling efficiency of 94.6%.
The 2022 Queensland Cup season for Tony Francis:
Tony Francis was named to start on the right wing for the Burleigh Bears in Round One of the 2022 competition against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls and what a debut the young man had, scoring a double in an outstanding display. Tony Francis’s debut saw him become Burleigh Queensland Cup player No. 378.
Tony Francis’s first ever Queensland Cup try came in just the 4th minute of the match with his first ever touch of the ball when he received a long cut out pass from his left and then Tony Francis flew fifteen metres down the right touchline to put the ball down in the right corner.
Tony Francis completed his double in the 44th minute when after Taine Tuaupiki had chimed into the Burleigh backline on the right side of the field, at the last moment Tony Francis cut back on the inside around three metres from the line and was able to force his way over to score three metres in from the right corner post.
Tony Francis was close to scoring another try in the 15th minute but a swift catch and pass from Taine Tuaupiki did not quite find its mark with Tony Francis in space eighteen metres out from the line and the right corner wide open.
Tony Francis made his first ever Queensland Cup tackle in the 3rd minute when from a Wynnum Manly scrum win the Seagulls left centre attacked down Tony Francis’s side of the field but Tony Francis was up to the task, wrapping up the centre thirteen metres out from the try line.
Playing the entire eighty minutes of the match on the right wing Tony Francis ran for sixty eight metres (eleven post contact), had a line break, broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.5 seconds and made nine tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Tony Francis’s Round One debut performance was good enough to see him named on the bench for the Queensland Rugby League Queensland Cup Round One Team of the Week.
Tony Francis was also named to start on the right wing in Round Two against the Townsville Blackhawks with Tony Francis scoring the match winning try with the last touch of the match. With time running down and the Bears down by two, a scrum was packed around thirty metres out near centre field with a Burleigh feed. Burleigh ran the ball to the right with Taine Tuaupiki taking the ball deep into the line before passing to Tony Francis around four metres out and right on the touchline, Tony Francis then fought his way over whilst being engaged by three defenders to miraculously getting the ball down in the right corner.
Earlier Tony Francis turned the match on its head with a seventy eight metre line break. With Burleigh down 12 – 6 and under immense pressure Tony Francis took it upon himself to flip that situation on its head when from a twenty metre restart Tony Francis ran to his left before straightening up and splitting the Blackhawks line between two defenders. It looked as if Tony Francis would run away to score but he was dragged down from behind just two metres from scoring what would have been a spectacular solo try.
Tony Francis literally could not have had an earlier impact on the match when he took the opening kick-off on the full in the right corner and got the ball back to the twenty metre mark before being awarded a penalty for being held down for too long in the tackle.
Playing the entire eighty minutes on the right wing Tony Francis ran for a team leading 193 metres (fifty four post contact), broke a team leading eight tackles, made a team leading two line breaks, played the ball at an average speed of 4.22 seconds and had a 100% tackling efficiency whilst making three tackles.
After two rounds of the 2022 Queensland Cup competition, Tony Francis led the league in line breaks and was equal second in both the number of tries scored and tackles broken.
Round Three saw Tony Francis continue on the right wing against the Redcliffe Dolphins with Tony Francis scoring the fourth try of his fledging Queensland Cup career in the 50th minute when after receiving a pass from his inside from Taine Tuaupiki three metres from the line and in limited space on the right touchline, Tony Francis dived full length to the ball in his right hand, getting the ball down in the right corner before the defence was able to knock him into touch.
Playing all eighty minutes Tony Francis ran for eighty one metres (twenty five post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.96 seconds and made five tackles at an 87% tackling efficiency.
After three rounds of the 2022 Queensland Cup competition, Tony Francis was second on the try scoring list with four, equal first in line breaks with five and third in tackle breaks with fifteen.
Tony Francis was then named to start on the right wing in the Round Four local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Tony Francis’s first effort with the ball coming in the 6th minute when he ran the ball back from a kick return making ten metres from the thirty metre line to the forty metre line.
Tony Francis then did well in the 11th minute when after he received the ball hemmed in on the right touchline, Tony Francis ran inside away from the touchline beating three tackles in a winding run back towards the posts.
Tony Francis did well once again in the 48th minute when after he received a long cut-out pass from his left Tony Francis, after he cut inside twice after receiving the ball around twelve metres out was able to get within two metres of the try line.
Tony Francis also had some strong defensive moments in the match including in the 9th minute when he came in off his wing to hit the Seagulls left centre to knock the ball loose with a Seagulls dangerous move developing.
Tony Francis also made a crunching tackle in the 42nd minute when he came off his left to hit the Seagulls left centre just two metres from the defensive line. Tony Francis then ran from dummy half from the play the ball restart and fought for every metre from deep inside his own twenty metre area.
Tony Francis also proved that he was more than capable under the high ball with a case in point being in the 28th minute when he leapt high to take a towering bomb on the full that was put up high to his wing.
Tony Francis once again played all eighty metres of the match. Tony Francis ran for seventy nine metres (forty one post contact, being 51.9%), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.05 seconds and made six tackles at a tackling efficiency of 85.71%.
After the opening four rounds of the 2022 Queensland Cup competition Tony Francis was equal second on the try scoring list with four tries and also equal second in terms of the number of line breaks with five. Co-incidentally Jojo Fifita was equal in both of those categories with fellow Titan Jojo Fifita.
Tony Francis continued on the right wing in Round Five against the PNG Hunters and once again played all eighty minutes, running for 125 metres (fifty five post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.86 seconds and made four tackles at an 80% tackling efficiency.
After five rounds of the 2022 Queensland Cup season Tony Francis was equal fourth line breaks with fellow Titan Jojo Fifita with five line-breaks.
Tony Francis was once again named on the right wing for Burleigh in Round Seven against the Souths Logan Magpies and in an impressive eighty minutes Tony Francis ran for 143 metres (twenty one post contact) and played the ball at an average of 4.13 seconds.
Tony Francis continued on the right wing in Round Eight against the Mackay Cutters and in his eighty minutes on the field Tony Francis ran for 111 metres (forty five post contact), broke four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.09 seconds and made five tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Tony Francis continued on the right wing in Round Nine against the Central Queensland Capra’s with Tony Francis scoring in the 53rd minute when he jumped high to take a cut-out pass to his wing and then ran ten metres untouched to score in the corner.
Playing all eighty minutes Tony Francis ran for 151 metres, a team leading sixty six of which were post contact, broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.31 seconds and made four tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Tony Francis also started on the right wing in Round Ten against the Easts Tigers and in the 16th minute Tony Francis ran the ball from six metres from his own try line and was able to get the ball to twenty metres out as a result of a winding run.
Tony Francis recorded a line break assist in the 25th minute when he ran the ball from near his right wing position to wide out on the left and after he was held twenty metres from his own line Tony Francis got away a left arm off-load to Lofi Khan-Pereira who burst fifty five metres down the left touchline.
Tony Francis made another bustling run in the 45th minute from inside his own territory and broke two tackles in making twelve metres.
Tony Francis did well from a defensive stand point in the 15th minute when he was faced with an overhead but Tony Francis maintained his composure and took the player with the ball in a ball and all tackle.
Playing all eighty minutes Tony Francis ran for 117 metres (forty nine post contact), broke six tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.68 seconds and made two tackles, missing none.
Tony Francis also started on the right wing in Round Eleven against the Sunshine Coast Falcons with Tony Francis scoring in the 36th minute when he barged over the top of one Falcons defender to score five metres in from the right corner from ten metres out after receiving a pass from his inside from Taine Tuaupiki off a Bears scrum movement to Tony Francis’s right side of the field.
Tony Francis also did well in the 6th minute when with Burleigh under pressure trying to bring the ball out of their own territory Tony Francis came off his wing to take a hit-up and was able to get the ball forty metres out from his own try line.
Playing all eighty minutes Tony Francis ran for 102 metres (forty seven post contact), made a line break, broke five tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.51 seconds and made five tackles at a tackling efficiency of 83.33%.
Tony Francis was named to continue on the right wing in Round Thirteen against the Northern Pride with Tony Francis scoring in the 50th minute when after receiving a pass from his inside ten metres out Tony Francis ran the ball down the right touchline and dove at the try line from around three metres out and got the ball down in the right corner in his outstretched right arm with the remainder of his body in the air over the touchline.
Playing all eighty minutes Tony Francis ran for a team leading 193 metres, a team leading ninety three of which were post contact, broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.21 seconds and made two tackles.
Tony Francis also started on the right wing in Round Fourteen against the Ipswich Jets with Tony Francis scoring a powerful try in the 59th minute when after receiving the ball six metres out and on the right touchline, Tony Francis ran over the top of the Jets left centre to crash over to score in the right corner.
In the 14th minute Tony Francis showed that he just does not put his head down when he runs when after taking a hit-up through the centre of the field to get into Ipswich territory Tony Francis got away a good offload to Esarn Marsters while his back was to the try line.
The in the 25th minute a sequence of events continued to highlight Tony Francis’s intelligence. After taking a bomb on the full in the in-goal near the right corner, Tony Francis raced out to the twenty metre mark to take a quick tap and then smartly altered the direction of the attack by passing inside to his left to Lofi Khan-Pereira who made fifteen metres. Then instead of running back to his wing, Tony Francis took the next hit-up to the right of the play the ball to catch the Jets defence offside.
Playing all eighty minutes, Tony Francis ran for ninety three metres (twenty four post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.11 seconds and made six tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Tony Francis was also named on the right wing in Round Fifteen against the Townsville Blackhawks.
Playing the entire match, Tony Francis ran for 128 metres (sixty two post contact), broke four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.23 seconds and made four tackles at an 80% tackling efficiency.
Tony Francis continued on the right wing in Round Sixteen against the Norths Devils with Tony Francis scoring in the 28th minute when after receiving a great ball from his inside from Taine Tuaupiki, Tony Francis had an easy five metre jog to put the ball down in the right corner.
Playing all eighty minutes, Tony Francis ran for 111 metres, broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 2.89 seconds and made three tackles.
Tony Francis continued on the right wing in Round Seventeen being the local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Tony Francis scoring in just the second minute of the match when he forced his way over from dummy half from a metre out after running to his left with Tony Francis getting the ball down mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Playing all eighty minutes Tony Francis ran for sixty six metres (nineteen post contact), broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.41 seconds and made five tackles.
Tony Francis continued on the right wing in Round Eighteen against the Mackay Cutters and whilst playing all eighty minutes Tony Francis ran for 167 metres (seventy post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.41 seconds and made three tackles.
Tony Francis was also named on the right wing in Round Nineteen against the PNG Hunters with Tony Francis scoring a double.
Tony Francis scored his first try in the 67th minute when after receiving the ball from his inside from Taine Tuaupiki, Tony Francis was able to score wide out on the right after an eight metre run down the right touchline.
Tony Francis added a second try in the 76th minute with the try being similar to his first try as he was able to exploit the room that he had down the right touchline to score in the corner.
Playing all eighty minutes Tony Francis ran for 145 metres (fifty two post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.87 seconds and made three tackles.
Tony Francis continued on the right wing in Round Twenty 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.
Tony Francis finished the 2022 Queensland Cup regular season with the fifty most line breaks with fifteen.
Tony Francis was named on the right wing for the Burleigh Bears in their Queensland Cup Week One Final against the Norths Devils and in his eighty minutes on the field Tony Francis ran for 121 metres (fifty one post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 4.07 seconds and made seven tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Tony Francis also started on the right wing in Week Two of the Finals against the Central Queensland Carpa’s coming off in the 59th minute with an injury. In his time on the field Tony Francis ran for eighty eight metres (twenty eight post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.92 seconds and made two tackles.
In total in the 2022 Queensland Cup competition Tony Francis played in twenty matches, scoring fourteen tries to finish the season with a strike rate of 70%. Tony Francis also broke sixty one tackles, made fifteen line breaks, ran for 2 427 metres at an average of 121 metres per match and made eighty one tackles at a tackling efficiency of 84.4%.
The 2022 Queensland Cup season for Lofi Khan-Pereira:
Lofi Khan-Pereira was named to start on the left wing for the Burleigh Bears in Round One of the 2022 competition against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls but unfortunately Lofi Khan-Pereira was only able to play sixteen minutes before coming off with a HIA and was not able to return to the field. However in those minutes Lofi Khan-Pereira ran for fourteen metres (five post contact) and played the ball at an average speed of 3.52 seconds.
Lofi Khan-Pereira in fact was the first player that was tackled after Wynnum Manly had kicked off. Wynnum Manly actually kicked off to the opposite side of the field but Burleigh immediately spun the ball to the left with Lofi Khan-Pereira eventually receiving the ball and getting it over the twenty metre mark.
After missing Round Two due to a head knock suffered in Round One, Lofi Khan-Pereira was back for Round Three, starting on the left wing against the Redcliffe Dolphins. Lofi Khan-Pereira had to wait only four minutes to score when he followed through a kick to his wing. Lofi Khan-Pereira’s speed got him to the ball first but a high bounce saw Lofi Khan-Pereira have to reach above his head but he maintained his composure to keep his feet in the in-goal and ground the ball a fraction before the dead ball line.
Lofi Khan-Pereira played all eighty minutes, running for ninety six metres (thirty eight post contact), broke three tackles, played the ball at ana average speed of 3.23 seconds and made four tackles.
Lofi Khan-Pereira also started on the left wing in Round Four in the local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls and actually scored in the left corner in the 15th minute but the cut-out pass from Taine Tuaupiki on his inside was ruled forward.
Lofi Khan-Pereira showed that he is prepared to do the hard work in bringing the ball out of his team’s own territory including in the 7th minute with a run to the left of the dummy half that made twenty metres to get the ball over the halfway mark.
Lofi Khan-Pereira made another great run from deep inside his own territory in the 13th minute with the run making eighteen valuable metres. Then Lofi Khan-Pereira came off his wing once again in the 44th minute to take a hit-up from a twenty metre restart with Lofi Khan-Pereira making ten metres.
Playing the entire match Lofi Khan-Pereira ran for sixty eight metres (eighteen post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 4.13 seconds and made a tackle.
Lofi Khan-Pereira continued on the left wing in Round Five against the PNG Hunters and playing all eighty minutes Lofi Khan-Pereira ran for 125 metres (eighteen post contact), made an equal team leading two line breaks, broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.41 seconds and made three tackles of his own at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Lofi Khan-Pereira was once again named on the left wing for Burleigh in Round Seven against the Souths Logan Magpies with the flyer scoring a double in a big Burleigh victory.
Lofi Khan-Pereira scored his opening try in the 21st minute when after receiving an off-load from his inside from Taine Tuaupiki raced seventy five metres to score under the posts after veering to his right to round the Souths Logan Magpies fullback.
Lofi Khan-Pereira scored a second try in the 50th minute when he was on the end of a Burleigh backline movement to his side of the field with Lofi Khan-Pereira running twelve metres to dive over in the left corner.
Playing the entire eighty minutes Lofi Khan-Pereira ran for a team leading and game leading 183 metres (eighteen metres post contact), broke two tackles and played the ball at an average speed of 2.75 seconds.
As a result of his performance against Souths Logan Lofi Khan-Pereira was named on the wing in the Queensland Rugby League Round Seven Queensland Cup Team of the Week.
Lofi Khan-Pereira continued on the left wing in Round Eight against the Mackay Cutters with Lofi Khan-Pereira scoring in the 23rd and 65th minutes.
In the 23rd minute Lofi Khan-Pereira chased through a grubber kick from inside Burleigh’s attacking twenty and was too quick for the defence to score easily wide out on the left.
Lofi Khan-Pereira scored once again in the 65th minute with a long range effort. Taine Tuaupiki split the defence from right on his own try line and just before the halfway mark Lofi Khan Pereira loomed up on his right to receive the ball and race fifty five metres to score in the left corner.
Playing the entire eighty minutes Lofi Khan-Pereira ran for 129 metres (twenty five post contact), broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.61 seconds and made two tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Lofi Khan-Pereira’s effort was such that he was named on the wing in the Queensland Rugby League Queensland Cup Round Eight Team of the Week.
Lofi Khan-Pereira continued on the left wing in Round Nine against the Central Queensland Capra’s with Lofi Khan-Pereira scoring once again in the 37th minute when he took possession of a cross kick to his wing on the bounce to get the ball down three metres in from the left corner post.
Playing all eighty minutes Lofi Khan-Pereira ran for ninety four metres (twenty six post contact), broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.35 seconds and made a tackle.
Lofi Khan-Pereira also started on the left wing in Round Ten against the Easts Tigers and scored in the 27th minute when in a set play from twenty five metres out Lofi Khan-Pereira ran to the right side where the Burleigh play was going and at the last moment popped up to the right of Josh Rogers who popped a short pass with Lofi Khan-Pereira exploding through a gap to score ten metres in from the right corner post.
Lofi Khan-Pereira made another line break in the 25th minute when he burst fifty five metres down the left touchline from twenty metres out from his own try line and receiving an off-load from Tony Francis.
Lofi Khan-Pereira’s third line break of the match came in the 78th minute when he received ball thirty five metres out from his own try line and then cut back inside before slicing through a gap. Two left foot steps from Lofi Khan-Pereira got him away from the fullback and the retreating Tigers left winger before he was taken to ground twenty metres out from the try line.
Playing the entire eighty minutes Lofi Khan-Pereira ran for a team leading 219 metres (thirty one post contact), made three line breaks, broke three tackles and played the ball at an average speed for 3.93 seconds.
Lofi Khan-Pereira also started on the left wing in Round Eleven against the Sunshine Coast Falcons and had a day out scoring an impressive hat trick.
Lofi Khan-Pereira scored his first try in the 7th minute when he received a pass from his inside from Taine Tuaupiki around eight metres out and raced over to score in the left corner untouched.
Lofi Khan-Pereira added a second try in the 39th minute when after good work on his inside Lofi Khan-Pereira raced five metres to score in the left corner.
Lofi Khan-Pereira completed his hat trick in the 71st minute when after receiving a pass five metres out from his inside Lofi Khan-Pereira was able to get the ball down in the left corner, once again untouched.
Lofi Khan-Pereira’s first touch of the match came inside the opening minute with Lofi Khan-Pereira taking the second hit-up after the Falcons had kicked off to get the ball thirty metres out from the Bears line.
Lofi Khan-Pereira also did well in the 10th minute with a line break down the left touchline of twenty two metres after receiving the ball twenty metres out from his own line.
Playing all eighty minutes Lofi Khan-Pereira ran for 109 metres (thirty post contact), made three line breaks, played the ball at an average speed of 3.55 seconds and made three tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
With his hat trick, at the conclusion of Round Eleven of the 2022 Queensland Cup season Lofi Khan-Pereira found himself at the top of the try scoring list with ten tries and equal second in terms of line breaks with eleven.
Lofi Khan-Pereira’s effort was such that he was named on the wing in the Queensland Rugby League Queensland Cup Round Eleven Team of the Week.
Lofi Khan-Pereira continued on the left wing in Round Twelve against the Norths Devils scoring in the 34th minute he chased through a short grubber kick towards his wing and after the ball eluded a number of both Burleigh and Norths hands, Lofi Khan-Pereira was able to take possession and get the ball down just before the dead ball line.
Lofi Khan-Pereira threatened early in the match, in the 10th minute when from inside his own twenty metres area Lofi Khan-Pereira who had lined up two players in from the left touchline had also gotten around his opposite number but was dragged down from behind after making twelve metres and then was awarded a penalty when he was not allowed to his feet in a timely fashion.
Playing all eighty minutes Lofi Khan-Pereira ran for eighty metres (twenty post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.13 seconds and made a tackle.
At the completion of Round Twelve of the Queensland Cup Lofi Khan-Pereira continued as the competition’s leading try scorer with eleven and third on terms of line breaks with eleven also.
Lofi Khan-Pereira continued on the left wing row in Round Thirteen against the Northern Pride and whilst playing all eighty minutes, Lofi Khan-Pereira ran for seventy seven metres (twenty seven post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 2.9 seconds and made three tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Lofi Khan-Pereira also started on the left wing in Round Fourteen against the Ipswich Jets with Lofi Khan-Pereira scoring a second half double.
Lofi Khan-Pereira scored the first of his two tries in the 70th minute when after receiving a pass from his inside seventy five metres out, Lofi Khan-Pereira who was ten metres in from the left touchline at the time, raced between two defenders before easily outpacing the Jets cover defence with Lofi Khan-Pereira then able to bring the ball around to near the left goal post.
Lofi Khan-Pereira scored his second try just six minutes later in the 76th minute when he dived over in the left corner, getting the ball down in his left hand after a dive from a couple of metres out after an eight metre burst.
Lofi Khan-Pereira could easily have finished the match with a hat trick but after diving over in the left corner in the 22nd minute the linesman ruled correctly that Lofi Khan-Pereira’s left leg had gone over the touchline just prior to him getting the ball down.
Lofi Khan-Pereira, in the 25th minute made fifteen metres from a twenty metre tap restart after he had run off Tony Francis who had taken the tap.
In addition to scoring a double, Lofi Khan-Pereira also prevented a try in the 12th minute when he threw his opposite winger into touch just three metres from the left corner.
To round out a great all round match, in the 75th minute with the match already well in hand Lofi Khan-Pereira chased through a Burleigh attacking grubber to force the Ipswich fullback dead in-goal.
Playing all eighty minutes, Lofi Khan-Pereira ran for 157 metres (twenty two post contact), broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.63 seconds and made four tackles at an 80% tackling efficiency.
At the completion of Round Fourteen of the Queensland Cup competition, Lofi Khan-Pereira continued to maintain his place atop of the 2022 Queensland Cup try scoring tally.
Lofi Khan-Pereira was also named on the left wing in Round Fifteen against the Townsville Blackhawks with Lofi Khan-Pereira scoring a hat trick in a 30 – 16 Bears victory.
The first of Lofi Khan-Pereira’s tries came in the 14th minute after receiving the ball in space around eighteen metres out from the try line, Lofi Khan-Pereira hesitated slightly on his run to halt the momentum of the cover defender before exploding off the mark to cross the try line wide out on the left before bringing the ball around to put in down ten metres to the left of the uprights.
Lofi Khan-Pereira scored his second try in the 45th minute when after he was on the end of a movement to his wing, Lofi Khan-Pereira had a five metre run to put the ball down in the left corner.
Lofi Khan-Pereira completed his hat trick in the 80th minute when after Lofi Khan-Pereira received a good ball from his inside from Taine Tuaupiki Lofi Khan-Pereira flashed ten metres down the left touchline to score in the left corner.
Lofi Khan-Pereira also recorded a line break assist in the 37th minute when with Burleigh looking to bring the ball away from their own line, Lofi Khan-Pereira moved across to the opposite side of the field to take the ball to the left of the play the ball. Once he had taken possession Lofi Khan-Pereira skipped to his left before passing to Greg Marzhew who rumbled sixty metres downfield before off-loading to Tony Francis to get the ball within twenty metres of the try line at the opposite end of the field.
The match also highlighted that Lofi Khan-Pereira will come off his wing and do the hard work in the middle of the ruck as he did in the 53rd minute when from twenty metres out from his own try line Lofi Khan-Pereira charged onto the ball to the left of the play the ball and after stepping off his right foot was able to make sixteen metres.
Lofi Khan-Pereira’s speed was highlighted in the 38th minute when his opposing winger took a Burleigh bomb on the full two metres out from the ty line and immediately took off downfield. Even though he had to turn and chase Lofi Khan-Pereira mowed the winger down easily catching him before he had run more than twenty metres.
Playing the entire match, Lofi Khan-Pereira ran for 151 metres (thirty two post contact), broke five tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.41 seconds and made a tackle.
Lofi Khan-Pereira’s effort was such that he was named on the wing in the Queensland Rugby League Queensland Cup Round Fifteen Team of the Week.
Lofi Khan-Pereira continued on the left wing in Round Sixteen against the Norths Devils with Lofi Khan-Pereira scoring in the 20th minute when after receiving a pass from his inside, Lofi Khan-Pereira had a ten metre run to score in a tackle in the left corner.
Playing all eighty minutes, Lofi khan-Pereira ran for 102 metres, played the ball at an average speed of 2.02 seconds and made two tackles.
At the completion of Round Sixteen of the 2022 Queensland Cup competition Lofi Khan-Pereira continued to top the try scorer lost with sixteen tries to lead the category by two tries.
Lofi Khan-Pereira continued on the left wing in Round Seventeen being the local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Lofi Khan-Pereira scoring in the 44th minute when he took a chip to his wing on the full and had a short three metre sprint to the try line to score in the left corner.
Playing all eighty minutes of the match Lofi Khan-Pereira ran for eighty three metres (twenty post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.1 seconds and made two tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Lofi Khan-Pereira continued on the left wing in Round Eighteen against the Mackay Cutters with Lofi Khan-Pereira scoring a ninety metre runaway intercept try under the posts in the 13th minute.
Lofi Khan-Pereira scored a second try in the 16th minute when he received a pass from his inside from Kea Pere who had drown the winger to give Lofi Khan-Pereira a free run to the try line from five metres out with Lofi Khan-Pereira able to bring the ball around to put it down seven metres to the left of the uprights.
Lofi Khan-Pereira’s third try arrived in the 51st minute when after the Burleigh hooker made a line break through the centre of the field he kicked to the left wing with Lofi Khan-Pereira running through to collect the ball on the bounce five metres out to score in the left corner.
Lofi Khan-Pereira scored a fourth try in the 64th minute when he crossed in the left corner after receiving a cut-out pass from his inside when five metres out from the try line.
Lofi Khan-Pereira added a try assist in the 70th minute when from a Burleigh scrum win sixty five metres out, Lofi Khan-Pereira made a line break down the left touchline and when thirty metres out Lofi Khan-Pereira threw a great left arm off-load to his inside to Taine Tuaupiki who raced thirty metres out with Taine Tuaupiki running away to score under the posts.
Playing all eight minutes of the match Lofi Khan-Pereira ran for a team leading 195 metres (fifteen post contact), made two line breaks, broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.81 seconds and made four tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
At the completion of the Round Eighteen match Lofi Khan-Pereira led the Queensland Cup with twenty two tries, seven ahead of the second leading try scorer. Lofi Khan-Pereira was also equal first in line breaks with nineteen line breaks alongside Burleigh team mate Taine Tuaupiki.
Lofi Khan-Pereira’s effort was such that he was named on the wing in the Queensland Rugby League Queensland Cup Round Eighteen Team of the Week.
Lofi Khan-Pereira was also named on the left wing in Round Nineteen against the PNG Hunters with Lofi Khan-Pereira scoring in the 73rd minute when after receiving the ball around seventy metres out and fifteen metres in from the left touchline Lofi Khan-Pereira ran to his left to get on the outside of the Hunters defensive line and then it was shut the gate as Lofi Khan-Pereira raced away down the left touchline to score in the corner.
Playing all eighty minutes Lofi Khan-Pereira ran for ninety four metres (forty four post contact) broke five tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.44 seconds and made four tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
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.
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.
Lofi Khan-Pereira also started on the left wing in the 2022 Queensland Cup Preliminary Final against the Redcliffe Dolphins and whilst playing the entire eighty minutes Lofi Khan-Pereira ran for forty eight metres (fifteen post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 2.96 seconds and made two tackles.
In total in the 2022 Queensland Cup competition Lofi Khan-Pereira played in nineteen matches and scored a competition leading twenty five tries to finish with a try scoring strike rate of 132%. Lofi Khan-Pereira also recorded two try assist, broke forty three tackles, made twenty two line breaks, ran for 2 411 metres at an average of 126 metres per match and made thirty nine tackles at a tackling efficiency of 67.2%.
Well done to Cudgen's Harvey Moase who has been named in the 2022 NRRRL U18 Player of the Year.
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The 2022 NRRRL U18 season of Jesse Soric:
Jesse Soric started the 2022 season as a member of the Byron Bay Devils U18 NRRRL side, starting Round One against the Tweed Heads Seagulls at halfback.
Jesse Soric also started at halfback in Round Two against the Ballina Seagulls with Jesse Soric scoring a double in wet conditions.
Jesse Soric’s opening try came in just the 4th minute when from around twenty metres out and to the right of the play the ball Jesse Soric received the ball and initially shaped to kick before stepping off his right foot before another right foot step saw Jesse Soric get to within ten metres of the try line. Jesse Soric was initially held short of the line but he kept fighting the tackle and forced his way over to score under the posts.
Jesse Soric’s second try came in the 60th minute when near the line Tyler Whittington forced out an off-load, Jesse Soric picked the ball from the ground and cut to his left to dive over, once again under the posts.
Jesse Soric also started at halfback in Round Six against the Cudgen Hornets in a tough loss for the Devils. Jesse Soric then continued at halfback in Round Seven against the Murwillumbah Mustangs.
Jesse Soric continued at halfback in Round Nine against the Bilambil Jets and recorded a try assist in the 12th minute. Jesse Soric took an off-load (after a couple of juggles in his outstretched right hand) around ten metres out and just to the left of the uprights. After Jesse Soric secured the ball he ran towards the posts before executing a great right arm flick pass with two Jets defenders on him to Taylor Whittington who as able to crash over adjacent to the left upright.
Jesse Soric also started at halfback in Round Eleven against the Kyogle Turkeys.
Jesse Soric also started at halfback in Round Twelve against Casino RSM with Jesse Soric scoring in the 32 minute of a big Devils victory. Initially Jesse Soric made a half break from on the halfway mark, making fifteen metres before being put down ten metres in from the right touchline. Jesse Soric executed a quick play the ball with Taylor Whittington running on the bell to the right of the play the ball before getting the ball back to the left to Jesse Soric who burst away to put the ball down in the left corner.
Jesse Soric also recorded a try assist in the 12th minute when from on the halfway mark Jesse Soric threw a long cut out pass to his left to put his centre on a fifty metre run to score in the left corner with Jesse Soric backing him up on the inside for the entire journey just in case he was needed.
Jesse Soric also started at halfback in Round Thirteen against the Lower Clarence Magpies with Jesse Soric scoring a double in a six point Byron Bay victory.
Jesse Soric scored his opening try in the 42nd minute when after receiving an off-load from Taylor Whittington, Jesse Soric stepped off his right foot and then ran to his left but around a metre from the try line Jesse Soric was hit by a defender but spun 360 degrees and maintained his balance to get the ball down mid-way between the goal post and corner post on the left side of the field.
Jesse Soric scored his second try just four minutes later in the 46th minute when after receiving the ball fifteen metres out in front of the posts and to the left of the play the ball, Jesse Soric propped on his run and ran back to his right before straightening up his run by stepping off his right foot with Jesse Soric then able to get the ball down five metres to the left of the uprights.
Jesse Soric continued at halfback in the rescheduled Round Five match against the Byron Bay Devils with Jesse Soric recording two try assists.
Jesse Soric’s opening try assist arrived in the 11th minute when Jesse Soric received the ball to the left of the play the ball ten metres out with Jesse Soric then putting in a left foot grubber kick with Taylor Whittington the beneficiary to run through to score five metres from the left upright.
Jesse Soric recorded his second try assist in the 26th minute when from eleven metres out, Jesse Soric threw a long cut out pass to his left to put his winger over to score in the left corner.
Jesse Soric then started at halfback and captain in the Trophy Qualifying Final against the Lower Clarence Magpies and once again led the Devils around the field well in a big win with Byron Bay progressing to the Trophy Grand Final against Kyogle as a result.
Jesse Soric then started at halfback in the 2022 NRRRL U18 Trophy Grand Final against the Kyogle Turkeys with Jesse Soric being a key reason for Byron Bay’s Trophy Premiership success.
Recently Billy Kilduff was named in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup train on squad.
In early December 2021 Billy Kilduff was named in the 2022 U16 Andrew Johns Cup Northern Rivers Titans Train-on Squad and was named on Titans extended bench in Round Two against the North Coast Bulldogs.
Round Three against the Greater Northern Tigers saw Billy Kilduff move into the Northern Rivers Titans starting line-up at right second row against the Greater Northern Tigers with Billy Kilduff recording a try assist in the 9th minute when from wide out on the left side of the field and around twenty metres out, Zane Harrison kicked across field towards the right touchline with the ball coming down two metres from the try line and ten metres to the right of the uprights. Second rower Billy Kilduff took the ball on the full over the Greater Northern Tigers fullback and was able to off-load to Jackson Bennett to score.
Billy Kilduff also started at right second row in Round Four against the Central Coast Roosters and the twice delayed final round being Round Five against the Newcastle Knights in Grafton as well as in the Northern Rivers Titans Week One Final against St George where along with Noah Waldock and Callum Bowles, he was involved in the opening tackle of the match after the Titans kicked-off to get the match underway.
Billy Kilduff executed another strong tackle in the 5th minute when he drove his left shoulder through the St George ball runner with the ball coming loose as a result of Billy Kilduff’s strong initial contact to put the Northern Rivers Titans on the attack just thirty metres out from the try line.
Once again in the 28th minute Billy Kilduff was on hand to make a great tackle, on that occasions a grass cutting tackle moving to his left to cut down the St George halfback who had gotten through the defensive line and looked set to score only for Billy Kilduff to cut him down three metres out from the try line.
Billy Kilduff also started at right second row for the Northern Rivers Titans in the 2022 U16 Andrew Johns Cup Grand Final against the Wests Tigers with Billy Kilduff scoring a key second half try of the Norther Rivers Titans in their great 24 – 22 Grand Final victory.
In the 47th minute Callum Bowles after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball around twelve metres out and in front of the posts, he stepped back to his left to gain separation before putting in a right foot stab kick to his right into the in-goal. The ball was initially collected by the Wests Tigers fullback but as he was trying to bring the ball out of the in-goal he suffered a head clash with another Tigers player with the ball spilling loose and into the path of Billy Kilduff who placed his hand on the ball to be awarded a key try mid-way between the goal post and corner post on the right side of the field.
In 2022 Deshawn Compton played for the Runaway Bay Seagulls in the GCRL U13 Division One competition, including a great performance in the Seagulls Preliminary Final against Burleigh with Deshawn Compton starting the match at hooker and scoring in a tough Seagulls loss.
Deshawn Compton scored his try in the final minutes of the first half when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball and eight metres out from the try line Deshawn Compton ran the ball down a short left blindside and crashed over to score two metres in from the left corner post.
Deshawn Compton had almost scored another try in the opening minutes of the first half when from three metres out and directly in front of the posts, Deshawn Compton initially shaped to pass to his right before darting to his left only to be held up under the posts by three Burleigh defenders.
Deshawn Compton also started at hooker in Week Two of the Finals against the Coomera Cutters with Deshawn Compton scoring the Seagulls only try of the match in the dying minutes when from two metres out Deshawn Compton ran to his right out of dummy half and burrowed his way over to get the ball down ten metres to the right of the uprights.
Week One of the 2022 GCR LU13 Division One Finals saw Deshawn Compton continue at hooker against Burleigh with Deshawn Compton scoring an impressive hat trick in a Seagulls 20 -10 victory.
Deshawn Compton scoring his opening try of the match inside the opening minute when with the play the ball less than a metre from the try line on the right side of the field Deshawn Compton after picking up the ball took a step backwards and shaped to pass to his left but at the last second darted forward to score just to the right of the play the ball and ten metres in from the right corner post.
Deshawn Compton scored his second try 21st minute and once again Deshawn Compton scored from a drat out of dummy half, on this occasion running to his right and three metres out from the right corner post.
Deshawn Compton completed his hat trick from dummy half once again in the 53rd minute and as was the case for his opening three tries, Deshawn Compton got down low and ran to his right to force his way over to get the ball down under the posts.
Recently Ayden Byrnes was named in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup train on squad.
In October 2021 Ayden Byrnes was named in the Tweed Heads Seagulls U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad where Ayden Byrnes and Ayden Byrnes was part of the Tweed Heads Seagull Cyril Connell Cup squad that played their opening 2022 trial against the Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad at Pizzey Park.
After missing the opening rounds of the 2022 Cyril Connell Cup competition Ayden Byrnes was named at hooker for Round Four against the Easts Tigers and had a great debut including scoring the Seagulls opening try in the 27th minute. Ayden Byrnes moved into dummy half around six metres from the line and just to the left of the goal posts. Upon picking up the ball Ayden Byrnes skipped out to his right, throwing a big dummy to his right before darting towards the line and diving over to score seven metres to the left of the uprights.
Such was the quality of Ayden Byrne’s performance that he was named on the bench in the Courier Mail’s CC Cup Round Four Team of the Week.
Ayden Byrnes continued at hooker in Round Five against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls and more than held his own defensively including a great low grassing tackle on his opposite number in the 6th minute as the Wynnum Manly hooker was trying to dart over from five metres out.
Ayden Byrne made a second desperate try saving tackle in the 22nd minute when he flew to his left to cut down the Wynnum Manly right second rower who had broken the Seagulls line and looked certain to score but for Ayden Byrne’s outstanding low tackle.
Ayden Byrnes also took the opportunity to run the ball out of dummy half when the opportunity presented itself with his best run coming in the 23rd minute when he ran out of dummy half to his right from ten metres out from his own try line to get the ball to twenty one metres out.
Ayden Byrnes continued at PBC SHS in 2022 and at the completion of the 2022 School Boy Walters Cup competition for PBC SHS Ayden Byrnes was named on the bench in the 2022 Courier Mail Walters Cup Team of the Season.
Recently Cameron Bevan was named in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup train on squad.
Cameron Bevan was named at hooker for the 2021 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup side for their Round One match against the Wests Tigers. Even though the Northern Rivers Titans went down in the match, Cameron Bevan was an impressive performer for the Northern Rivers Titans, leading his forwards onto the ball well from dummy half and also defending exceptionally well in the centre of the ruck against a huge Wests Tigers forward pack.
Cameron Bevan also started at hooker in Round Two against local rivals the North Coast Bulldogs in Nambucca Heads and in Round Three against the Greater Northern Tigers producing some moments of class in the 30 – 16 victory including a second half try.
Early in the first half Cameron Bevan forced the Tigers to restart by way of a goal line drop when he grubber kicked out of dummy half into the in-goal.
Early in the second half Cameron Bevan was unlucky not to score when he darted out of dummy half to his left from close range but unfortunately he was held up. Cameron Bevan made up for that in the 48th minute when he darted out of dummy half to the right of the play the ball to score next to the left upright.
Cameron Bevan was very good defensively in the match including being on hand to hold up the Greater Northern Tigers front rower over the line with the assistance of front rower Brady Turner.
Cameron Bevan continued at hooker in Round Four against the Central Coast Roosters where once again he provided good service out of dummy half.
Cameron Bevan also started at hooker in Round Five against the Newcastle Knights. Against Newcastle Cameron Bevan showed his intelligence in the 23rd minute. Cameron Bevan was at dummy half less than a metre out from the Newcastle line with nowhere to go, Cameron Bevan deliberately grubber kicked the ball out of dummy half hard into the Knights defenders who were crouched low, forcing a penalty for offside and winning the ball back for the Northern Rivers Titans.
By my count 18 Titans contacted players and a few more with links have been named in the 2023 Burleigh MM Cup side including Cory Pearce (spelt with an s but that causes issues with the forum) who has moved from the Souths Logan Magpies and Gary Whare-Herlihy and Zyroam Herlihy who have come from the Easts Tigers, all three are Titans.
What a talented squad!
Recently Isaac Harrison was named in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup train on squad.
In early December 2021 Isaac Harrison was named in the 2022 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup Train-on Squad.
Round One of the 2022 U16 Andrew Johns Cup competition saw Isaac Harrison start at lock for the Northern Rivers Titans side against the Macquarie Wests Tigers in Sydney’s west and Isaac Harrison also started at lock in Round Two against the North Coast Bulldogs with Isaac Harrison taking the third hit-up of the match after the North Coast Bulldogs had kicked off to get the match underway.
Isaac Harrison continued at lock for Round Three against the Greater Northern Tigers and as in Round Four against the Central Coast Roosters and in the twice delayed final round being Round Five against the Newcastle Knights in Grafton with Isaac Harrison scoring his first try of the season, and what a critical try it was in the 51st minute.
With the Titans attacking a metre out and directly in front of the goal post the dummy half ran to his left with Isaac Harrison cutting back against the grain and coming underneath to receive the ball just three metres from the line. Isaac Harrison was hit by two defenders still a metre from the line but refused to be denied to force his way over to get the ball down under the posts.
Isaac Harrison then continued at lock for the Northern Rivers Titans Week One Final against St George and was in the match early with a great front on driving tackle on the St George lock in just the 3rd minute.
Isaac Harrison also started at lock for the Northern Rivers Titans in the 2022 U16 Andrew Johns Cup Grand Final against the Wests Tigers with Isaac Harrison recording a 23rd minute line break assist in the Titans great last minute 24 – 22 Grand Final victory when after a good run he was able to off-load to his right to Jackson Bennett who broke away down the right channel to get the ball over the halfway mark.
Isaac Harrison showed what he is all about in the 39th minute with a desperate covering tackle on his opposite number to force the ball loose just twenty metres out from the try line.
At the 2022 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup Presentation Night Isaac Harrison was awarded the Players Player Award.
Recently AJ Hickling was named in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup train on squad.
AJ Hickling’s first 2022 match for the Northern Rivers Titans U16 side came on late January when he was part of the Titans side that defeated local rivals, the North Coast Bulldogs four tries to one in a trial at Sawtell.
Round One of the 2022 U16 Andrew Johns Cup competition saw AJ Hickling start in the front row for the Northern Rivers Titans side against the Macquarie Wests Tigers in Sydney’s west with AJ Hickling taking the second hit-up of the match after the Wests Tigers had kicked off to get the match underway.
AJ Hickling made a further strong hit-up in the 15th minute when he charged onto the ball to the left of the dummy half, with AJ Hickling make twelve metres to get the ball inside the Northern Rivers Titans attacking twenty metre zone. AJ Hickling was at it again just two tackles later, making a further eight metres to get to within five metres of the try line directly in front of the goal posts.
AJ Hickling also started in the front row in the Round Two local derby against the North Coast Bulldogs and took the second hit-up of the match after North Coast had kicked off to get the match underway.
AJ Hickling continued in the front row for Round Three against the Greater Northern Tigers and AJ Hickling could not have made a better start to the match when from the kick-off AJ Hickling charged onto the ball and went straight through the Greater Northern Tigers defensive line making twenty five metres. AJ Hickling then took the 4th hit-up from the same opening set of six tackles.
Then in the 9th minute AJ Hickling made a further twenty metre run, the majority of which were post contact metres to get the ball to within twenty metres of the try line.
AJ Hickling also started in the front row in Round Four against the Central Coast Roosters with AJ Hickling making a great driving left shoulder tackle on the Central Coast front rower attempting to return the Northern Rivers kick-off.
AJ Hickling then continued in the front row in the twice delayed final round being Round Five against the Newcastle Knights in Grafton with AJ Hickling producing a strong run to the right of the dummy half in the 51st minute when after contact with the defensive line after s slight jink off his right foot AJ Hickling was able to get away a right arm off-load to his left to put Zane Harrison through a gap with the halfback making a sixteen metre line break to put the Titans deep into attack.
AJ Hickling also had a strong run in the 54th minute when he charged sixteen metres from the second hit-up from Isaac Harrison’s 51st minute try with AJ Hickling getting the ball away from the Titans defensive twenty metre zone.
AJ Hickling then continued in the front row for the Northern Rivers Titans Week One Final against St George with AJ Hickling taking his first hit-up of the match in just the 4th minute.
AJ Hickling also started in the front row for the Northern Rivers Titans in the 2022 U16 Andrew Johns Cup Grand Final against the Wests Tigers with AJ Hickling making some strong charges in the Titans great last second 24 – 22 Grand Final victory including in the 42nd minute with a twelve metres run to the right of the play the ball out of his own twenty metre area.
Jojo Fifita started on the right wing in the Prime Ministers XIII for the match against PNG at Suncorp Stadium and whilst playing the entire match Jojo Fifita ran for 141 metres, twenty nine of which were post contact and forty nine from kick returns. Jojo Fifita also made two line breaks, broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.94 seconds and made four tackles at an 80% tackling efficiency.
GC Hornet
27-09-22, 07:41 AM
[QUOTE=mdrew;432871]By my count 18 Titans contacted players and a few more with links have been named in the 2023 Burleigh MM Cup side including Cory Pearce (spelt with an s but that causes issues with the forum) who has moved from the Souths Logan Magpies and Gary Whare-Herlihy and Zyroam Herlihy who have come from the Easts Tigers, all three are Titans.
What a talented squad![/QUOTE
M Drew
A lot of hookers and Half’s in that squad . For Development would have been smarter to spread them around so that they all play MM cup . What is your thoughts M Drew. Great for injury’s but not for Development of Titians juniors
Do Titians have a say where players go ? Burliegh or Tweed .
18 Titians in Squad will make them favourites to win MM cup don’t you think M Drew.
M Drew
A lot of hookers and Half’s in that squad . For Development would have been smarter to spread them around so that they all play MM cup . What is your thoughts M Drew. Great for injury’s but not for Development of Titians juniors
Do Titians have a say where players go ? Burliegh or Tweed .
18 Titians in Squad will make them favourites to win MM cup don’t you think M Drew.[/QUOTE]
I agree with you GC Hornet that there are a lot of hookers and halves in the quad, but also a lot of outside backs. There is also a even spread of second year MM Cup players and players that are MM Cup eligible in 2024. I do not think that it is a case of the Titans able to direct players where to play and I do not think that they would want to as there are so many factors wuch as where they live, what school they attend etc.
It is hard not to see the Bears as one of the better teams, but as usual the Souths Logan Magpies will be strong and Redcliffe will also be a good side.
The Tweed Heads MM Cup side in 2022 contained a lot of players who should back up in 2023 and no doubt more than a few northern NSW players who previously played for the Northern Rivers Titans will transition to the MM Cup.
The 2022 NRRRL season of Damon Coldwell:
In Round One of the 2022 NRRRL U18 competition Damon Coldwell started at right centre for the Ballina Seagulls as they had a big win over the Kyogle Turkeys.
Damon Coldwell continued at right centre in Round Two against the Byron Bay Devils and was involved in Ballina’s 26th minute try when after receiving a good catch and pass from his inside Damon Coldwell was able to draw in the Byron Bay right winger to put his own winger over in the corner.
Damon Coldwell almost scored himself in the 33rd minute when after receiving the the ball to the left of the play the ball and around twelve metres out Damon Coldwell cut back towards centre field and was able to get to within centremetres of the try line and directly under the posts before he was brought to ground.
Damon Coldwell was to continue at right centre in Round Three against the Kyogle Turkeys however the match had to be postponed due to wet weather.
Damon Coldwell was then named at right centre for Round Four against the Lower Clarence Magpies before coming off the bench in Round Eight against Northern United.
Damon Coldwell continued at right centre in Round Ten against the Lower Clarence Magpies with Damon Coldwell scoring a hat trick in a big 50 – 6 Seagulls victory with Damon Coldwell’s scoring his opening try in the 35th minute when he showed his strength to push away from two Lower Clarence defenders after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball around twelve metres out with Damon Coldwell getting the ball down five metres in from the right corner post.
Damon Coldwell added a second try in the 42nd minute when after receiving the ball around eighteen metres out, Damon Coldwell used his powerful left arm fend to get rid of four defenders to surge over to score eight metres in from the right corner post.
Damon Coldwell completed his hat trick in the 50th minute when he received the ball in space just six metres out after getting rid of one defender with a left arm fend Damon Coldwell put the ball down eight metres in from the right corner post.
In fact Damon Coldwell could easily have scored a fourth try but after crossing the try line wide out on the right in the 55th minute the pass to Damon Coldwell was called forward and the try disallowed.
The match also saw Damon Coldwell record a try assist in the opening minutes, specifically in just the 2nd minute when after receiving the ball eighteen metres out Damon Coldwell took on the defence and broke four tackles with more defenders coming across before throwing a right arm flick offload when he was around four metres out to his right to put his winger over to score in the corner.
Damon Coldwell recorded a second try assist in the 57th minute when once again whilst engaged with Magpies defenders wide out on the right Damon Coldwell threw a right arm flick off-load from around eight metres out to put his right winger over to score in the right corner.
The rescheduled Round Four match against the Lower Clarence Magpies saw Damon Coldwell named on the left wing.
Damon Coldwell was named at right centre in the 2022 NRRRL U18 Premiership Minor Semi-final against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Damon Coldwell scoring in the 5th minute when after receiving the ball around six metres out Damon Coldwell held off two defenders with his left arm to reach out and get the ball down in the right corner.
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.
The 2022 NRRRL U18 Grand Final saw Damon Coldwell named to start at right centre for the Ballina Seagulls against the Cudgen Hornets.
After starting at left centre in the earlier match Damon Coldwell also started at left centre for the Ballina Seagulls in Round One of the NRRRL Reserve Grade competition against the Kyogle Turkeys with Damon Coldwell scoring a double in his second match of the afternoon.
Damon Coldwell’s first try came in just the 6th minute when he was on the end of a Seagulls back line movement with Damon Coldwell receiving the ball in space from his right and was able to run ten metres to score untouched three metres in from the left corner.
Damon Coldwell completed his double in the 19th minute when after a flurry of passes in centre field Damon Coldwell received a pass from his right around three metres from the line. Upon receipt of the ball Damon Coldwell immediately cut inside and even though he was held by the collar short of the line, Damon Coldwell was able to reach out with his right arm to get the ball down eight metres in from the left corner post.
Damon Coldwell continued at left centre in Round Two against the Byron Bay Devils, scoring once again when in the 32nd minute when he backed up a Ballina line break receiving the ball in space on the left and around twenty two metres from the try line. Damon Coldwell dummied to his left to beat the Devils fullback and put the ball down mid-way between the corner post and goal posts on the left side of the field.
Damon Coldwell made his first 2022 NRRRL First Grade start when he started on the right wing in Round Six against the Mullumbimby Giants before moving to the left wing for Round Eight against Northern United.
Damon Coldwell also started on the left wing in Round Nine against the Evans Head Bombers before starting from the bench in Round Ten against the Lower Clarence Magpies after scoring a hat trick in the U18 fixture against the same opponent earlier in the day.
Damon Coldwell continued on the left wing in Round Twelve against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Damon Coldwell scoring in the 79th minute when after Carl Lolohea charged twenty five metres towards the left corner and after drawing in the Mustangs winger Carl Lolohea threw an overhead American football type of pass with his left hand to put Damon Coldwell over in the left corner.
Damon Coldwell also started on the left wing in Round Thirteen against the Cudgen Hornets.
Damon Coldwell then moved to left centre in the rescheduled Round Four match against Marist Brothers with Damon Colwell scoring in the 35th minute when after receiving the ball around eight metres out, Damon Coldwell stepped inside one defender to dart over to score eight metres in from the left corner post.
Damon Coldwell was then named on the left wing for the Ballina Seagulls in the 2022 NRRRL First Grade Premiership Qualifying Final C against the Murwillumbah Mustangs.
Austin Marsters is a 2022 Auckland U16 Rugby League Representative lock who played his club rugby league in New Zealand with the Marist Saints Rugby League in Auckland and in 2023 Austin Marsters will move over to Australia and will be part of the 2023 Burleigh Bears U18 MM Cup squad. Austin Marsters will also be MM Cup eligible in 2024.
The Titans have had a great deal of success bringing young players over from the Marist Saints with recent arrivals including Keano Kini and Ryder Williams.
Chayse Davis, the young halfback had a strong 2022 season in the Group One U13 competition with Casino RSM Grey finishing as the competition’s fourth leading try scorer with twenty tries. Chayse Davis also finished as the competitions third leading points scorer with 118 points.
Chayse Davis scored a staggering five tries in Round Nine against the Marist Rams and also kicked four conversions in that match to finish with an individual points haul of twenty eight points. Chayse Davis scored a hat trick in Round Seven against the South Grafton Rebels and doubles in Rounds Five and Thirteen against Casino RSM Maroon, Round One against the Grafton Ghosts, Round Eleven against the Kyogle Turkeys and the rescheduled Round Two match against the South Grafton Rebels. Chayse Davis also scored in Round Eight against the Ballina Seagulls.
From a goal kicking perspective Chayse Davis in addition to kicking four conversions in Round Nine against the Marist Rams kicked three goals against South Grafton in Round Seven and against the Clarence Coast Magpies in Round Twelve.
Chayse Davis was also a prolific try scorer in the 2021 Group One U12 competition with Chayse Davis scoring twelve tries in limited matches during the peak of the Covid 19 lockdowns.
Julean Woods is a young fullback who had a strong 2022 season in the Group One U13 competition with the Clarence Coast Magpies finishing as the competition’s equal third leading try scorer with twenty one tries. Julean Woods also finished as the competition’s sixth leading points scorer with eighty four points.
Julean Woods scored four hat tricks in 2022 being in Rounds Three and Eight against Casino RSM Maroon, the rescheduled Round Two match against Casino RSM Gray and Week One of the Finals against the Ballina Seagulls.
Julean Woods also scored a double against the Marist Rams in Round Seven and also scored in Rounds Five and Nine against the Grafton Ghosts, Rounds Six and Twelve against Casino RSM Gray, Round Ten against the South Grafton Rebels, Round Eleven against the Marist Rams and Round Thirteen against the Ballina Seagulls.
Jesse Martin is a young front rower who had a strong 2022 season in the Group One U13 competition with the South Grafton Rebels finishing as the competition’s equal third leading try scorer with twenty one tries. Jesse Martin also finished as the competition’s fifth leading points scorer with ninety four points.
Jesse Martin scored four tries in a match twice in 2022 against the Marist Rams in Round Eight and Casino RSM Gray in Round Fourteen. Jesse Martin also scored three tries in Round Seven against Casino RSM Gray as well as in the rescheduled Round Two match against Casino RSM Maroon and scored doubles in Round Nine against the Ballina Seagulls and Round Twelve against Casino RSM Maroon. Jesse Martin also scored in Round Five against the Ballina Seagulls, Round Ten against the Clarence Coast Magpies and Round Ten against the Grafton Ghosts.
Jesse Martin also kicked five conversions in 2002, each coming in a separate match with the first coming in Round Ten against the Clarence Coast Magpies.
2023 will see Jesse Martin move up to the Group One U14 competition with the South Grafton Rebels.
Recently Titans contracted Corey Pearce was named in the 2023 Burleigh Bears MM Cup squad after playing for the Souths Logan Magpies in the 2021 Cyril Connell Cup competition.
In late October 2021 Corey Pearce was named in the 2022 Souths Logan Magpies U16 Cyril Connell Cup side and after the Magpies had a Round One bye, Corey Pearce was named at hooker and captain for Round Two against the Burleigh Bears, converting Duquan Talaepa’s 47th minute try.
Corey Pearce continued at hooker and captain in Round Three against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls with Corey Pearce scoring the opening try of the match in the 10th minute when he moved into dummy half on the right side of the field eight metres out. Corey Pearce motioned to pass to his right but literally just held the ball out to his right before darting forward once the Wynnum Manly marker had moved across field to dive over mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Corey Pearce produced a smart piece of play in the final minute of the match when he spotted Seagulls players offside and ran at them to the left of the dummy half and subsequently being a awarded a penalty with Bailey Trew kicking a penalty goal after the final siren to give the Magpies a 22 – 20 victory.
Corey Pearce’s outstanding performance saw him named at hooker in the Courier Mail Cyril Connell Cup Round Three Team of the Week.
Corey Pearce continued at hooker and captain in Round Four against the Redcliffe Dolphins, kicking two conversions from three attempts in the Magpies tough 28 – 20 loss.
Corey Pearce also continued at hooker and captain in Round Five against the Easts Tigers with Corey Pearce scoring eight of the Magpies forty points from a try and two conversions. Corey Pearce scored in the 37th minute when after moving into dummy half around a metre from the try line and ten metres in from the left touchline, Corey Pearce moved out of dummy half to his right and threw a dummy in the same direction before diving over the line back to his left in the dead zone behind the play the ball.
Recently Titans contracted Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo was named in the 2023 Burleigh Bears MM Cup squad after playing for the Bears in the 2021 Cyril Connell Cup competition.
Round One of the 2022 U16 Cyril Connell Cup saw Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo named at five eight for the Burleigh Bears against the Tweed Heads Seagulls however he was a game day scratching from the match.
Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo was also named at five eight for Round Two against the Souths Logan Magpies.
The 28th minute of the match saw Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo score a freakish solo try in the 28th minute. Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo received the ball forty metres from the try line on his usual left side of the field. After dummying to his left Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo took the line on himself initially using a right arm fend to keep one defender away from him, but the Magpies defender kept persisting and jumped on Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo’s back but somehow Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo was able to shrug the defender off and break into the backfield.
Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo veered to his right to look to beat the Magpies fullback but once again the defender jumped on his back but once again Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo was able to shrug the defender off, spinning 360 degrees counter clockwise in the process. Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo then still had twenty metres to run but was too quick for the cover defence, crossing the line ten metres from the left upright and then was able to bring the ball around closer to the posts.
Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo also took over the goal kicking duties, kicking his first goal in Australia when he converted Sam Stephenson’s 12th minute try from five metres in from the left touchline.
Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo then stepped up to convert his own 29th minute try from adjacent to the left upright. Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo then added a third conversion in the 32nd minute when he converted Nayte Saaga early second half try from directly in front.
Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo made his first run of the match in the 4th minute when after receiving the ball to the right of the dummy half just inside Souths Logan territory Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo stepped off his right foot and was able to make eight metres after breaking one tackle.
Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo also had a strong match defensively including a great try saving tackle in the 18th minute when he cut down the Souths Logan Magpies right second rower with a scything low tackle just a metre out from the try line.
Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo continued at five eight in Round Three against the Norths Devils put on a master class in the Bears 20 – 10 win with Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo scoring one try, setting up a another and kicking two conversions including a great conversion three metres in from the left touchline to convert Sam Stephenson’s 27th minute try.
Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo scored an outstanding eighty metre solo try to seal the match for Burleigh in the 57th minute. Burleigh fed a scrum just twenty metres out from his own try line with Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo stationed to the left of the scrum. After Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo received the ball from the back of the scrum and ran across field to his left. As he got towards the left side of the field Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo turned his back towards the Norths defensive line and ion fact threw the ball slightly up out of his hands thus intimating that he was bringing someone underneath him but instead Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo took control the ball and slice through the Magpies right sided defence and then outpaced to the cover defence to dive over five metres in from the left corner to seal the match for the Bears.
Amarni added a try assist to his exceptional match in the 27th minute when after the ball was played around four metres from the try line, Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo called the ball down a very short left blindside holding the ball up for a fraction of a second to draw in two defenders and then put a great soft short ball to a charging Sam Stephenson who crashed over to score three metres in from the left corner post.
Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo in the 26th minute was part of a good Bears team movement that almost saw Izayah Petrichvich score in the left corner. Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo took the ball down a wide left blindside throwing a great cut-out pass to his left to Sam Stephenson who executed a great catch and pass to put Izayah Petrichvich on a seventeen run down the left touchline but he was bundled into touch just two metres out from the left corner.
Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo put in a good short attacking kick in the 28th minute that ultimately led to the Bears opening try of the match. Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo in a right foot grubber kick from twenty five metres out which was knocked on by the Norths fullback. Sam Stephenson scored from the resultant Burleigh set of six.
In a complete match for Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo made a try saving tackle in the 36th minute when he got across on the try line to his left to tackle the Norths right winger who had cut back off his wing with Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo getting across to stop his momentum literally right on the try line.
Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo then continued at five eight in Round Four against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls with Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo kicking one conversion, recording a try assist and making a line break.
In the 33rd minute Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo whilst operating down a short left blindside initially ran the ball away from the touchline to his right before cutting back to his left and even in heavy traffic Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo popped a good short ball from four metres out from the line to his left to Anton Whaiapu who crashed over wide out on the left. Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo then stepped up to convert the try.
Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo made his line break in the 48th minute when he ran the ball on the left side of the field, stepping twice off his left foot to get to the outside of the Wynnum Manly right sided defensive line and then Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo burst away down the left touchline getting within five metres of the left corner but unfortunately his pass back inside went forward.
Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo never gave up in the match and even with only a couple of minutes to go Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo was still at it, making a twelve metres winding run to get within fifteen metres of the try line.
Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo was also solid defensively including along with Anton Whaiapu and Ray Puru he held the Wynnum Manly five eight over the try line in the 39th minute.
Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo was named on the bench for the Bears opening 2022 trail against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo operating at five eight on the left side of the field in the second half after coming on at halftime.
Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo scored one of the best tries that you will ever see and the first of I am sure of many in Australia and for Burleigh in the 42nd minute when he scored a spectacular ninety five metre solo try.
Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo called the ball down a short left blindside just five metres from his own line. Upon receipt of the ball Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo ran to his left, dummying twice to players coming back underneath him and then after freezing the defensive line Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo flew down the left touchline. To beat the Tweed Heads fullback who was coming across in cover defence Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo produced a goose step and then was not going to be caught with Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo putting the ball down mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
It took just two minutes of the second half for Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo to make his presence felt by recording a try assist when after receiving an offload around five metres out from the line on the left side of the field Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo skipped around one defender and then shrugged off another before off-loading to his left in a tackle to put Izayah Petrichvich over in the left corner.
Then just three minutes later in the 35th minute Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo recorded a line break assist when he took the ball from the dummy half on the left and threw a flat pass to his left to lead Sam Stephenson into a big gap with the left centre then drawing the fullback and sending Nayte Saaga over for a great Burleigh long range try.
Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo then started at five eight for Burleigh in their final 2022 trial against the Western Clydesdales operating on the left side of the field and recording two first half line breaks before coming off at halftime.
Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo’s opening line break of the match came in the 9th minute when from just inside his own territory down a wide left blindside Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo ran at the defensive line with the ball out in front of his body in both hands. Just as he was nearing the line Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo produced a great dummy and go to his left, slicing through the defensive line, making twenty five metres.
Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo produced his second line break in the 17th minute when he backed up a sniping run out of dummy half by his hooker. Immediately upon receipt of the ball near halfway Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo ran to his left dummying to beat one defender and break the line. Once into open space Amarni Wetini-Ngaropo was able to position Sam Stephenson and put the left centre into space down the left channel.
The 2022 NRRRL U18 season of Desmond Ferguson:
Desmond Ferguson was named to start from the bench for the Ballina Seagulls in Round Eleven of the NRRRL U18 competition against the Bilambil Jets.
Desmond Ferguson was then named at halfback in Round Twelve against the Murwillumbah Mustangs.
Desmond Ferguson also started at halfback in Round Thirteen against the Cudgen Hornets with Desmond Ferguson scoring a try, recording a try assist and kicking a conversion in a 32 – 18 loss.
Desmond Ferguson scored in the 59th minute when he swooped on a Cudgen Hornets dropped ball forty metres out from the line with Desmond Ferguson racing the required forty metres to score under the posts, with Desmond Ferguson then stepping up to convert his own try.
Desmond Ferguson added a try assist in the 55th minute when after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball and around twenty metres out, Desmond Ferguson put in a right foot stab grubber kick towards the right wing with the ball perfectly waited for his right winger to race through and get the ball down just in from the dead ball line.
Desmond Ferguson’s initial significant contribution for the Seagulls in the match came in the 21st minute when to the right of the play the ball and sixty metres out Desmond Ferguson put in a long raking clearing kick with the ball pulling up a metre from the dead ball line with the Hornets fullback no chance to bring the ball back into the field of play with Cudgen forced into a goal line drop-out.
The rescheduled Round Four match against the Lower Clarence Magpies saw Desmond Ferguson named at halfback with Desmond Ferguson scoring two tries and kicking two conversions in a 46 – 16 Seagulls victory with Desmond Ferguson’s 25th minute conversion of one of Riley Lyons tries coming from right on the right touchline.
Desmond Ferguson scored the first of his two tries in the 41st minute when Desmond Ferguson from thirty metres out ran to his left before putting in a right foot chip over the top of the defensive line for himself with Desmond Ferguson running forward to retake possession and score ten metres to the left of the uprights. Desmond Ferguson then stepped up to convert his own try.
Desmond Ferguson added a second try in the 44th minute when after receiving an off-load from his left second rower (No. 12) sixty metres out, Desmond Ferguson just had a straight run to the try line with Desmond Ferguson getting the ball down ten metres from the left corner post.
Desmond Ferguson also recorded a 30th minute line break assist when from thirty five metres out and in the centre of the field, Desmond Ferguson ran to his right before double pumping a pass to his right to put his replacement second rower (No. 16) with the backrower tackled five metres out after a thirty metre line break.
Desmond Ferguson also started at halfback in the rescheduled Round Five match against Casino RSM with Desmond Fergusson kicking seven conversions from ten attempts including a great conversion in the 53rd minute from the left touchline to convert Kye Cooper’s second try.
Desmond Ferguson also started at halfback in the Week One Qualifying Final against the Bilambil Jets with Desmond Ferguson kicking five conversions from five attempts and also kicked two penalty goals from as many attempts.
Desmond Ferguson continued at halfback in the Premiership Minor Semi-final against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Desmond Ferguson scoring a try and kicking three conversions from as many attempts as the Seagulls progressed to the next week of the finals series.
Desmond Ferguson’s first conversion being in the 5th minute was an outstanding kick from the right touchline to convert Damon Coldwell’s try.
Desmond Ferguson scored in the 55th minute when after receiving the ball around twelve metres out and in front of the goal posts Desmond Ferguson ran the ball to his right bumping off one defender around ten metres out with the collusion redirecting Desmond Ferguson to his left with Desmond Ferguson then racing ten metres to dive over next to the right upright. Desmond Ferguson then stepped up to convert his own try.
Desmond Ferguson was also involved in Damon Coldwell’s fifty minute try when Desmond Ferguson ran the ball down a short left blindside eight metres out and drew in one defender before passing to his right with Damon Coldwell subsequently just getting the ball down in the right corner.
In the 3rd minute Damon Coldwell put in a smart kick in the 3rd minute when he put in a right foot kick from forty metres out down a short left blindside with the Mustangs left winger knocking the ball on to give Ballina the scrum feed with Damon Coldwell scoring in the subsequent set of six tackles.
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 NRRRL U18 Grand Final saw Desmond Ferguson named at start at halfback for the Ballina Seagulls against the Cudgen Hornets with Desmond Ferguson kicking an early penalty goal before Desmond Ferguson kicked two conversions from as many attempts.
Desmond Ferguson also forced a goal line drop-out in the 23rd minute when with the play the ball wide on the left side of the field, Desmond Ferguson received the ball from his left around twenty metres out and after stepping back inside Desmond Ferguson kicked towards the right corner with the Cudgen winger forced back into the in-goal.
Calais Hallett-Wharewaka had a strong match in Round Fourteen of the GCRL U14 Division One competition for the Southport Tigers against the Beaudesert Kingfishers with Calais Hallett-Wharewaka recording a try assist in just the 2nd minute of the match when after receiving the ball on the left side of the field around twenty metres out, Calais Hallett-Wharewaka drew in the Beaudesert right winger and passed to his own winger to score in the left corner.
Calais Hallett-Wharewaka scored himself in the 37th minute when after receiving the ball two passes to the right of the play the ball Calais Hallett-Wharewaka dummied to his right twelve metres out from the try line and then ran himself to get the ball down ten metres in from the right corner post.
Tweed Heads Seagulls MM cup player and PBC SHS student Jett Jackson started from the bench for the Queensland City U17 side against Queensland Country and in his forty two minutes on the field Jett Jackson ran for eighty four metres (forty one post contact), broke five tackles and made fifteen tackles at a tackling efficiency of 88.24%.
Gazniah To’omaga had a strong match in Round Fourteen GCRL U14 Division One match for the Southport Tigers against the Beausdesert Kingfishers coming off the bench to operate at lock with Gazniah To’omaga making a strong line break in the 33rd minute when after packing into a scrum with a Southport feed ten metres out from the Tigers try line, Gazniah To’omaga after packing at lock, Gazniah To’omaga picked up the ball and ran to his left and used a left arm fend to break through the Beaudesert defensive line and charge seventy metres downfield before being tackled from behind.
Gazniah To’omaga made another line break in the 40th minute when from fifty five metres out and to the right of the play the ball Gazniah To’omaga broke through the defensive line and was able to promote the ball forty metres downfield.
In September 2022 Isaiah Scanlon was selected at lock for the Queensland Rugby League U17 Queensland City side that played a Queensland Country U17 side in a curtain-raiser to the 2022 Queensland Cup Grand Final.
In his thirty three minutes on the field Isaiah Scanlon ran for thirty three metres (fifteen post contact), broke two tackles and made twelve tackles.
For the Southport Tigers U14 Division One side ZJ Watene had a strong match in Round Fourteen against the Beaudesert Kingfishers with ZJ Watene scoring a first half double with ZJ Watene’s opening try of the half coming in the 13th minute when ZJ Watene backing up on the inside of a Tigers line break on the left side of the field with ZJ Watene receiving the ball and racing thirty metres to score untouched under the posts.
ZJ Watene scored his second try of the first half in the 19th minute and in relation to this try ZJ Watene did it all himself. ZJ Watene stepped off his left foot to beat the fullback after breaking through the Beaudesert defensive line with ZJ Watene then racing away to score next to the right upright.
ZJ Watene then made a line break in the 49th minute when after Southport let a Beaudesert clearing kick bounce, it bounced back towards the Southport try line with ZJ Watene swooping onto the ball fifty metres out and raced thirty five metres downfield before off-loading to his left to his winger.
In September 2022 Larry Siala was selected on the bench for the Queensland Rugby League U17 Queensland City side that played a Queensland Country U17 side in a curtain-raiser to the 2022 Queensland Cup Grand Final.
In his forty one minutes on the field Larry Siala ran for fifty six metres (twenty seven post contact), broke two tackles and made eleven tackles.
Southport Tigers U14 Division One’s Storm Enoka had a strong match in Round Fourteen against the Beaudesert Kingfishers with Storm Enoka making a great line break in the 20th minute when Storm Enoka received the ball to the left of a Southport scrum win thirty eight metres out with Storm Enoka then breaking four tackles as he got the ball within two metres of the try line before finally being dragged to ground.
Storm Enoka also scored a second half double with his first try coming in the 44th minute when from twelve metres out Storm Enoka burst onto a good short ball from his right to crash between two defenders and bring the ball around to score under the posts.
Storm Enoka scored his second try in the 51st minute when with the play the ball around eight metres out and near the left touchline, Storm Enoka charged onto the ball to the right of the play the ball and was just too big, strong and powerful for the defence breaking four tackles as he crashed over ten metres in from the right corner post.
Storm Enoka also recorded a try assist in the 57th minute when after receiving the ball in space down the left channel Storm Enoka drew in the Beaudesert right winger to put Alysus Willis away to score in the left corner.
In September 2022 William Semu was selected at right centre for the Queensland Rugby League U17 Queensland City side that played a Queensland Country U17 side in a curtain-raiser to the 2022 Queensland Cup Grand Final.
In his forty nine minutes on the field William Semu ran for fifty five metres (twenty seven post contact), broke five tackles and made two tackles of his own.
The 2022 NRRRL U18 season for Kobi Walpole:
The 2022 NRRRL U18 competition saw Kobi Walpole play for the Cudgen Hornets and after the Hornets had a Round One bye Kobi Walpole started Round Two at left second row against the Tweed Heads Seagulls as well as in Round Three against Casino RSM however a late change saw Kobi Walpole start from the bench against Casino RSM.
Kobi Walpole also started from the bench in Round Six against the Byron Bay Devils before moving into the starting side in the left second row position in Round Seven against the Bilambil Jets with Kobi Walpole making a 40th minute line break when from ten metres out from his own try line Kobi Walpole charged onto the ball to the left of the play the ball and got the ball to within eight metres of the halfway mark and then Kobi Walpole was awarded a penalty when he was not allowed to his feet to play the ball.
Kobi Walpole then started at right second row in Round Ten against the Murwillumbah Mustangs and scored a runway try in the 7th minute when he backed up a long break by Jett Forbes down the right touchline through the centre of the field and after Jett Forbes had drawn the fullback and passed to Kobi Walpole he raced thirty five metres. Kobi Walpole was certainly happy to score as he was waving his left arm in the air well before he dived over to score under the posts not far in front of the Mustang’s cover defenders.
Kobi Walpole’s strong start to the match came earlier than his try when in the 3rd minute after Cudgen had lost the ball backwards just metres out from their own line, Kobi Walpole raced across to his right and slide across to take possession just out from his own try line with three Murwillumbah chasers in close proximity.
Kobi Walpole then moved to the front row for the rescheduled Round Four match against the Bilambil Jets and also started in the front row in the rescheduled Round Five match against the Byron Bay Devils.
Kobi Walpole then started at left second row for the Cudgen Hornets in the 2022 NRRRL Major Semi-final against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
The 2022 NRRRL U18 Grand Final saw Kobi Walpole named at start at right second row for the Cudgen Hornets against the Ballina Seagulls with Kobi Walpole making a twenty metre run in the 38th minute down the right touchline from inside his own territory with Kobi Walpole then able to get the ball inside to Ethan Hickey who was backing up on the inside.
The 2022 GCRL U18 Division One season for Waaka Hepi:
In 2022 Waaka Hepi was a member of the Nerang Roosters Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One side, starting Round Three against the Southport Tigers at right second row. Waaka Hepi then moved to left second row for Round Four against the Currumbin Eagles.
Waaka Hepi then moved to the bench for Round Five against the Helensvale Hornets.
Waaka Hepi highlighted his versatility in Round Nine against the Burleigh Bears when he started on the right wing with Waaka Hepi making two line breaks in the match with the first of them coming in the 39th minute when he burst through the centre of the field from deep inside his own territory and after making twenty five metres Waaka Hepi was tackled near the halfway mark.
Waaka Hepi’s second line break came in the 55th minute when from five metres inside his own territory Waaka Hepi ran onto the ball to the left of the play the ball and after contact with the defensive line Waaka Hepi just kept pumping his legs and broke five tackles in a strong twenty two metre run.
In the 17th minute Waaka Hepi came off his wing to take a hit-up inside of his own territory with Waaka Hepi receiving the ball from the dummy half from his right and was able to make twelve metres to get the ball to the halfway mark.
Waaka Hepi continued on the right wing in Round Ten against the Southport Tigers with Waaka Hepi scoring in the 47th minute when after receiving a pass from his inside around twenty five metres out Waaka Hepi cut to his right and just kept going and after crossing the try line was able to bring the ball around to within six metres of the uprights.
Waaka Hepi then moved to right second row in Round Twelve against the Helensvale Hornets.
Waaka Hepi then moved to start at left second row in Round Thirteen against the Runaway Bay Seagulls with Waaka Hepi scoring in the 3rd minute when after receiving the ball from his right from Arama Hau Waaka Hepi burst through the Seagulls defensive line from twenty metres out to crash over seven metres sin from the left corner post.
Waaka Hepi showed his strong work ethic in the 51st minute when wit the match well and truly in hand, Waaka Hepi chased through a to trap the Seagulls front rower (No. 8) in-goal and force a goal line drop-out.
Waaka Hepi continued at left second row in Round Fourteen against the Ormeau Shearers with the first of a number of strong runs coming in the 3rd minute when after charging into the defensive line on his own forty metre mark, Waaka Hepi was able to get a good right arm off-load away to his hooker.
Waaka Hepi made a further strong run in the 20th minute with a twenty metre charge down the left channel to get the ball eight metres into Ormeau territory with around 60% of Waaka Hepi’s run post contact.
Waaka Hepi’s strong match continued in the 40th minute with an eighteen metre charge down the left channel to get the ball eight metres into Ormeau territory.
Waaka Hepi then moved to right centre for Round Sixteen against the Burleigh Bears with Waaka Hepi making a twenty five metre line break down the left channel with Waaka Hepi only being tackled after he had gotten to within five metres of the try line.
Waaka Hepi then started from the bench in Round Seventeen against the Southport Tigers.
Waaka Hepi then started from the bench in the 2022 Week Two GCRL U18 Division One Major Semi-final against the Currumbin Eagles with Waaka Hepi coming onto the field to operate at right second row in the second half.
The 2022 Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One Grand Final saw Waaka Hepi start at left second row for the Nerang Roosters
Powerful young front rower Cooper Clatworthy from the Bilambil Jets was the best player on the field in the Jets Group One U13 Grand Final victory against the Byron Bay Devils.
Christian Faigame, in addition to having a dominant Group 18 U14 season overall, propelled his game another level in the Finals series for the Bilambil Jets dominating in the front row and was named the Player of the Match in Bilambil’s first final as well as their Grand Final victory over the South Tweed Bears.
2022 saw Lexin Hill one again line up for the Souths Acacia Ridge Magpies Junior Rugby League club in the GBJRL U14 Division One competition including starting at fullback in the Elimination Final victory 26 – 20 against Redlands with Lexin Hill recording a try assist and a line break assist as the Magpies moved on die to a 26 – 20 victory.
Lexin Hill recorded his try assist midway through the second half when he received the ball on the left side of the field and continued to run to his left to draw in the Redlands right winger to put his own winger over in the left corner.
Five minutes later Lexin Hill recorded his line break assist when he ran the ball to the right of a Magpies scrum win near the centre of the field and just ten metres out from his own try line with Lexin Hill drawing in one defender to put his right second rower in a sixty metre run down the right touchline.
Lexin Hill also started at fullback for the Magpies in the Week Two Semi-Final match against Logan Brothers.
All of the great elements of Lexin Hill’s game was on display late in the 2022 GBJRL U14 Division One competition in a match against North’s with Lexin Hill recording three try assists and a line break assist in an exceptional display from fullback.
The first of Lexin Hill’s try assists came in the 6th minute when from the right of the play the ball but to the left of the posts Lexin Hill put up a right foot bomb to the right with the Magpies right winger taking the ball on the full and falling over the try line to score in the right corner.
The second of Lexin Hill’s try assists came in the 9th minute when Lexin Hill took the ball to the defensive line on the right side of the field and from twelve metres out with Lexin Hill throwing a good short ball to his right to put his support runner through a hole and over to score next to the right uprights. Lexin Hill then stepped up and converted the try.
Lexin Hill added a third try assist in 39th minute when after slcing through the defensive line from thirty five metres out and on the right side of the field with Lexin Hill then drawing the Devils fullback and passing to his inside to put his team mate under the posts. Lexin Hill also converted that try.
Lexin Hill also recorded a line break assist in the 44th minute when after the Magpies put up a mid-field bomb Lexin Hill tapped the ball back on the bounce to his hooker who raced twenty five metres only to be brought down just out from the try line and directly in from of the goal posts.
Titans contracted Ryder Williams and Nayte Saaga have been named in the Queensland Samoa Southern Sharks U16 Representative side.
2022 saw Chris Vaimili once again line up for the Logan Brothers Junior Rugby League club in the GBJRL U13 Division One competition including starting at fullback in the Elimination Final victory 54 – 4 against Norths Juniors with Chris Vaimili kicking a conversion in the big win.
The 2022 GBJRL U14 Division One Grand Final saw Chris Vaimili named at start at fullback for Logan Brothers against the Redcliffe Dolphins wit hLogan Brothers scoring an impressive 26 – 14 victory.
Chris Vaimili also started at fullback in the Preliminary Final against the Souths Acacia Ridge magpies with Chris Vaimili scoring a double in a big Logan Brothers victory.
Chris Vaimili also started at fullback in the Week Two Semi-Final match against the Redcliffe Dolphins with Chris Vaimili recording a try assist in the 46th minute when from a Logan Brothers scrum win in the centre of the field and around twenty metres out, Chris Vaimili running to his right drawing in the Dolphins left winger before putting his right winger over in the corner.
Chris Vaimili had some impressive matches for Logan Brothers including a two try effort against the Waterford Demons. Chris Vaimili’s opening try came when Chris Vaimili received the ball on the right side of the field and from twenty metres out Chris Vaimili cut off his right foot to break the defensive line to score six metres to the right of the uprights.
Chris Vaimili’s second try came after he picked up a dropped Waterford ball in the centre of the field and broke two tackles on his way to scoring under the posts.
Chris Vaimili finished the GBJRL U13 Division One season as the competitions third leading try scorer with sixteen tries.
2022 saw Marquis Sando once again line up for the Logan Brothers Junior Rugby League club in the GBJRL U13 Division One competition including starting at lock in the Elimination Final victory 54 – 4 against Norths Juniors with Marquis Sando scoring a try in the big win.
Marquis Sando then moved to the front row in the Week Two Semi-Final match against the Redcliffe Dolphins with Marquis Sando scoring in the 52nd minute when after receiving a lot cut out pass from his inside Marquis Sando had a five metre run to score eight metres in from the left corner post.
Marquis Sando also scored in Logan Brothers 26 – 14 2022 GBJRL U13 Division One Grand Final victory against Redcliffe.
2022 also saw Marquis Sando play rugby with Marquis Sando being named in the 2022 Brisbane Junior Rugby U13 train-on squad.
In 2022 Connor Johnson played for the Casino RSM Maroon side in the Group One U13 competition finishing as the competition’s fifth leading try scorer with sixteen tries.
Connor Johnson scored a hat trick in Round Twelve against the South Grafton Rebels and scored doubles in Round Nine against the Kyogle Turkeys, Round Eleven against the Ballina Seagulls, Round Fourteen against the Grafton Ghosts and the rescheduled Round Two match against the South Grafton Rebels.
Connor Johnson also scored against Kyogle in Round One, Clarence Coast in Round Three, Grafton in Round Seven and against Casino RSM – Grey in Rounds Five and Thirteen.
Connor Johnson started the season in the second row before moving to lock in the second half of the season.
A Titans U14 side plays an NRRRL Titans U15 side this afternoon in Tweed Heads and following that a Titan U16 play the Balmain Tigers in their annual U16 match.
Good luck to all.
Not your fault @mdrew that the Titans are too slow on that front.
Titans U16's defeated Balmain 40-8 last night to win the Anthony Laffranchi Cup.
I do have to apologise to the Titans, I have been told that other NRL clubs use what is said on this forum to look at players, I apologise sincerely, negatively impacting on the Titans was NEVER my intention and I will sick to be honest about what I have done.
The Titans JTS Program is outstanding, every one please keep supporting it.
Maybe you should spruke your clear talent scouting abilities to the titans @mrdrew I think they could use the help hahaha
I don’t know if the clubs themselves would use our forum when every club pretty much has their own forums and I assume plugged in locals who know about their own local juniors and they would be getting scout reports from all players at the games you would think 🤔
Or maybe mrdrew you are so far above the other clubs enthusiasts fans 😅
Very good points Token, seriously takes for the reality check, I was being a bit (a lot) precious!!!!
Keano Kini scored a try and recorded a try assist for the Australian School Boys in their big win over Fiji Schools this afternoon.
Josiah Pahulu also had a great game after starting in the front row and to round out the Titans contributions, Arama Hau came off the bench and played strongly at both right and left second over the course of the match.
Titans contracted Nelson Makaafi, Luke Jones, Dallas Ingram and Daniel Rakena have been named in the Burleigh 2023 CC Cup squad.
Titans 16's defeated Balmain Tigers 16's 40-8 to win the Anthony Laffranchi Cup.
Titanic
30-09-22, 04:44 PM
Very good points Token, seriously takes for the reality check, I was being a bit (a lot) precious!!!!mdrew, if the Titans had half your dedication to identifying and tracking juniors we would be in an even better position for the future. If other clubs are trolling your work then you should take great pride in the respect they are giving you. Keep it up, in all senses of the expression :-)
Keebra Park SHS student Jet Rimaputa had an outstanding 2022 season including starring in the centres in the Keebra Park SHS Bronco’s Old Boys School Boys side as well as playing for the Gold Coast Cyclones U13 Rugby Representative side also in the centres, the tall, long striding centre is an outstanding talent in both rugby and rugby league.
I started watching Jojo Fifita playing rugby at TSS when he was 13 and just went I thought I would not see another junior rugby player even close to the ability of Jojo, along comes outstanding Gold Coast Rugby talent Shanuka Silva.
The exceptional talent at either centre position, wing or fullback was outstanding in 2022 in both club and representative rugby on the Gold Coast.
With the path that Jojo Fifita has taken maybe just maybe lightning may strike twice with someone like Shanuka Silva.
Regardless of rugby code in 2022 I had the distinct pleasure of seeing one of the most outstanding young players that I have even seen in Dylan Terblanche.
The young man plays rugby on the Gold Coast and in 2022 did just about everything including captaining the Gold Coast Cyclones U14 Representative side from outside centre. PS he is an outstanding goal kicker as well. What an exceptional talent and from all reports an outstanding young man as well.
The Titans partnered Keebra Park SHS had a strong 2022 School Boy rugby league season across all of their teams but one young player seeming flew under the radar in their Grand Final winning Renouf Shield side with that player being Isaiah Ormsby.
The young front rower was outstanding over the course of the season and was a key reason for Keebra Park SHS winning it all.
Isaiah Ormsby was also a key reason for the Burleigh Bears making it all of the way to the GCRL U14 Division One Grand Final against the Southport Tigers.
Exciting fullback prospect William Hamblin had a great 2021 season for Beaudesert and he was also named in the Qld U12 Merit side but 2022 saw William Hamblin take his game to another level with Keebra Park SHS in the School Boy Bronco’s Old Boys competition as was a key reason for Keebra Park SHS progressing all of the way to the Grand Final in 2022.
Great to see Tweed Heads Seagulls youngster Chase Penna line up for the Titans U14 side on Thursday afternoon.
Agapetos Lote-Felo as a giant of a young man from the Gold Coast that plays No. 8 in both club and representative rugby and recently has been named in the Queensland Reds U15 side to play their NSW counter parts, but heck he would look great in a rugby league jersey in the second row with his size, speed and power combination.
Great to see Titans Bailey McConnell and Tanu Nona named in the 2022 Qld Murri U18 Boys Probable side.
Electric try scoring wingers are very difficult to find in either rugby or rugby league but there is one on the Gold Coast in left winger Junior Siaunuua. At the moment Junior Siaunuua plays rugby but on the end of a rugby league backline he would be outstanding to watch.
What an incredible couple of weeks the Titans U16 side has had, first the defeated a top class Sydney Roosters U16 side 32-8 and then backed that up to beat a Balmain Tigers U16 side 40-8.
The future is very bright at the Titans to say the least.
Hail Sezer
01-10-22, 09:29 AM
What an incredible couple of weeks the Titans U16 side has had, first the defeated a top class Sydney Roosters U16 side 32-8 and then backed that up to beat a Balmain Tigers U16 side 40-8.
The future is very bright at the Titans to say the least.
That side is very strong. A quality age group for the Titans.
In 2022 Mokena Marsh played for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the CC Cup but 2023 sees him move to Burleigh for the MM Cup.
In 2022 Mokena Marsh also played for Coombabah SHS in the Titans Cup school boy competition and also started in the second row for Helensvale in their U16 Division One Grand Final victory against the Burleigh Bears.
Braydon Wong had a great 2022 season with the Helensvale Hornets in the GCRL U16 Division One competition leading them to a Grand Final victory against the Burleigh Bears and to round out a great year he has been named in the 2023 Burleigh Bears U18 Mal Meninga Cup squad.
Recently Julius Anderson-Hiroti was named in the 2023 Burleigh Bears U18 Mal Meninga Cup squad.
Juilius Anderson-Hiroti started Round One of the 2021 Langer Cup School Boy Reserve Grade Competition for Keebra Park SHS on the left wing, scoring Keebra Park’s only try of the match against Marsden State High School in the 12th minute when after receiving a cut-out pass from his inside, he was able to sprint eight metres to dive over in the left corner.
In 2020 Juilius Anderson-Hiroti played in the Western Australian U15 Rugby League competition for the Kalamunda Bulldogs, who went on to become Premiers after a series of hard fought matches including against intense rivals, the South Perth Lions.
In the 2020 Western Australian U15 Rugby League Grand Final, Juilius Anderson-Hiroti started the match at fullback as the Bulldogs defeated their arch rivals, The South Perth Lions 12 – 8, unfortunately Juilius Anderson-Hiroti was unable to finish the Grand Final due to an injury suffered in the course of the match which forced him off the field.
Juilius Anderson-Hiroti’s 2020 Western Australian U15 rugby league season was outstanding by any measure and was punctuated by multiple long range solo tries, with the first of those signature tries coming in Round Three against the Freemantle Roosters when Juilius Anderson-Hiroti split the defensive line in his own territory and easily outpaced the cover defence to score the first of many highlight reel tries over the course of the 2020 season.
Juilius Anderson-Hiroti was at it again in Round Four against eventual Grand Final opponents, the South Perth Lions when he tracked back and retrieved a long South Perth kick on the bounce, twenty metres from his own line. An eighty metre run and four tackle breaks later saw Juilius Anderson-Hiroti place the ball down under the posts for ultimately what I can say was one of the best individual tries of the 2020 Western Australian U15 season.
Juilius Anderson-Hiroti was at it again in Round Five recording a double against the Freemantle Roosters with both tries long range solo efforts by the lightning quick, explosive fullback.
Juilius Anderson-Hiroti added another long range solo try in Round Six once again against South Perth when he split the Lions defence from inside his own territory in a hard fought 10 all draw.
In Round Nine against Ellenbrook Juilius Anderson-Hiroti once again showcased his kick return skills with another ling range try after he retrieved a kick on the bounce and was simply too fast and elusive in an eighty run to score, and has become another trade mark, Juilius Anderson-Hiroti put the ball down directly under the black dot.
In December 2020 Juilius Anderson-Hiroti represented the U15 Northern Fusion side at the rugby league twelve a side Kwinana Klassic Tournament and the young man was a 2019 Western Australian U15 representative.
In 2020 Juilius Anderson-Hiroti did not just tear up the U15 Western Australian Rugby League competition, he did the exact same thing in the 2020 Western Australian U16 Rugby Competition, playing for the Kalamunda Districts Rugby Club, once again scoring multiple long range solo tries with defenders grasping at thin air in his wake.
Juilius Anderson-Hiroti played thirteen matches in the 2020 Western Australian U15 Rugby Competition, scoring twelve tries, including a try in Kalamunda’s finals victory against the Mandurah Pirates.
Juilius Anderson-Hiroti scored hat tricks in Round Three against Rockingham and Round Five against the University of Western Australia as well as a double in Round Seven against Wanneroo. Juilius Anderson-Hiroti also scored in Round Four against Palmyra, Round Six against the Mandurah Pirates and Round Nine against Joondalup.
From a rugby position perspective Juilius Anderson-Hiroti started twelve of his thirteen matches at fullback, starting from the bench in his remaining match which was against Arks Rugby Club in Round Eight.
The 2022 NRRRL season for Kye Cooper:
In 2022 Kye Cooper once again lined up for the Ballina NRRRL U18 side for the second season in a row, starting Round One against the Kyogle Turkeys at lock.
Kye Cooper also started at lock in Round Two against the Byron Bay Devils with Kye Cooper scoring in the 33rd minute when after receiving a low pass from the dummy half from his left Kye Cooper was able to barge his way over from six metres out surging between two defenders to get the ball down ten metres to the right of the uprights.
Kye Cooper was to continue at lock in Round Three against the Kyogle Turkeys however the match had to be postponed due to wet weather. Kye Cooper also started at lock in Round Six against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
Kye Cooper moved to start at five eight in Round Ten against the Lower Clarence Magpies with Kye Cooper scoring in the 15th minute. Initially Kye Cooper received the ball from the dummy half around thirty metres and after moving down a wide left blindside, Kye Cooper threw a cut-out pass to his left to put his winger away down the sideline. Kye Cooper then backed up to receive the ball back when the winger was confronted by the fullback with Kye Cooper crossing the try line to score mid-way between the corner post and goal posts on the left side of the field.
Kye Cooper also recorded a try assist in the 18th minute when he took the ball down a wide left blindside around forty metres out from the try line and after pushing out of one tackle, Kye Cooper was able to progress downfield before off-loading to his left to Lachlan Offley who stepped inside to bear the Magpies fullback and race away to score under the posts.
Kye Cooper moved back to lock in Round Eleven against the Bilambil Jets and continued at lock in Round Twelve against the Murwillumbah Mustangs.
The rescheduled Round Four match against the Lower Clarence Magpies saw Kye Cooper named at lock with Kye Cooper scoring in the 49th minute when Kye Cooper raced straight through the centre of the field from thirty metres out with Kye Cooper putting the ball down under the posts.
Kye Cooper added a try assist in the 25th minute when from forty metres out and to the left of the play the ball Kye Cooper threw a cut-out pass to his left to Riley Lyon who raced down the left touchline to score one of his two tries.
Kye Cooper added a line break assist in the 12th minute with a cut-out pass to his left from on the halfway mark with Noah Waldock charging twenty five metres before being brought to ground.
Kye Cooper also started at lock in the rescheduled Round Five match against Casino RSM with Kye Cooper scoring a double in a big Seagulls victory.
Kye Cooper’s scored his first try in the 7th minute when after receiving the ball on the left side of the field around twenty two metres out Kye Cooper stepped off his left foot to break through the initial Casino RSM defensive line with Kye Cooper then racing away to score under the posts.
Kye Cooper’s second try came in the 53rd minute when after receiving an off-load from his inside Kye Cooper had an easy ten metre run to put the ball down five metres in from the right corner post,
Kye Cooper also recorded a try assist in the 43rd minute when after running the ball in space Kye Cooper drew in the final Casino RSM defender on their left side of the field to send his left centre over to score.
Kye Cooper also started at lock in the Week One Qualifying Final against the Bilambil Jets with Kye Cooper scoring in the 28th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball, Kye Cooper stepped off his left foot and then his right with Kye Cooper then able to get the ball down three metres to the left of the uprights.
Kye Cooper continued at lock in the Premiership Minor Semi-final against the Murwillumbah Mustangs.
The 2022 NRRRL U18 Grand Final saw Kye Cooper named at start at lock for the Ballina Seagulls against the Cudgen Hornets.
Great official site article on the Titans U16's big win against the Balmain Tigers.
https://www.titans.com.au/news/2022/10/01/stephenson-special-helps-future-titans-claim-laffranchi-cup-with-big-win-over-tigers/
The 2022 NRRRL U18 season for Stevie O’Connor:
The 2022 NRRRL U18 competition saw Stevie O’Connor move from the Tweed Coast Raiders to the Cudgen Hornets and after the Hornets had a Round One bye Stevie O’Connor started Round Two at fullback against the Tweed Heads Seagulls and did well in the 46th minute when around twenty metres out and down the left side of the field Stevie O’Connor put in a short grubber kick into the in-goal and due to his great chase Tweed Heads had to take the ball dead in-goal.
Stevie O’Conner continued at fullback in Round Three against Casino RSM with Stevie O’Connor making a 20th minute line break when after receiving an inside pass from Harvey Moase, Stevie O’Connor burst fifteen metres downfield before getting the ball back to Harvey Moase but unfortunately Stevie O’Connor’s off-load was deemed to have travelled forward.
The 50th minute saw Stevie O’Connor record a try assist when he chimed into the back line on the right and threw a long cut-out pass to his right to send his winger away on a twenty metre run to score in the corner.
Stevie O’Connor also started at fullback in Round Six against the Byron Bay Devils and scored in the final minute of the match when after he collected the ball on the bounce on the right side of the field around eighteen metres out Stevie O’Connor ran to his right, using a great left arm fend to beat one defender before sliding between two defenders and score five metres in from the right corner post.
In the 31st minute Stevie O’Connor executed a great catch and pass to his left to put Cooper Camby into a gap with the left centre breaking three tackles whilst making twenty metres to get the ball into Byron Bay territory.
Stevie O’Connor then did very well in the 43rd minute when he raced to his left to take possession of a bouncing ball from a Devils clearing kick with Stevie O’Connor sticking out his right arm to take possession after a wicked bounce.
Stevie O’Connor continued at fullback in Round Seven against the Bilambil Jets and recorded a late first half try assist when he ran the ball at the defensive line on the right side of the field and when he was hit in a tackle two metres from the try line threw a great right arm flick pass as he was going to ground to his right to Jett Forbes to score in the right corner.
Stevie O’Connor also made a 31st minute line break when after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball and forty metres from his own line Stevie O’Connor ran at the Bilambil defensive line with the ball out in front of his body in both hands. Just prior to engaging the Jets defensive line, Stevie O’Connor dummied to his left and accelerated through a gap between two defenders who had both fallen for the dummy. It initially appeared that Stevie O’Connor would race away to score but he in the end was dragged down from behind just three metres out from the try line.
Stevie O’Connor continued at fullback in Round Eight against the Kyogle Turkeys scoring in the 32nd minute from close range and just in from the right corner. The Hornets right winger had tried to force his way over from dummy half but after being caught two metres short of the line was able to get his right arm free to get the ball away to Stevie O’Connor who reacted quickly to dive over before the Kyogle defence even knew what was going on.
Stevie O’Connor also recorded a try assist in the 60th minute when with time running down Stevie O’Connor received the ball from is right around twenty metres out and in the centre of the field, put in a right foot kick to the left corner with his winger taking the kick on the full in the in-goal and got the ball to ground just in front of the dead ball line.
Stevie O’Connor also started at fullback in Round Ten against the Murwillumbah Mustangs and was on hand in the 6th minute when along with Ethan Hickey, he held up the Murwillumbah hooker over the try line after he had tried to sneak over from close range from dummy half.
Stevie O’Connor made a line break in the 38th minute line break when he broke away down the right side of the field when after receiving the ball on the halfway mark Stevie O’Connor broke two tackles whilst making twenty five metres.
The first of a number of smart runs from Stevie O’Connor came in the 9th minute when Stevie O’Connor ran out of dummy half to his left from twelve metres out and near the centre of the field with Stevie O’Connor able to make a half break whilst making seventeen metres, the majority of which were of the post contact variety.
Stevie O’Connor continued at fullback in Round Eleven against the Lower Clarence Magpies with Stevie O’Connor scoring an outstanding solo try in the 44th minute when after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball only twenty metres out and six metres in from the left touchline Stevie O’Connor halted on his run to let two Magpies defenders go flying by before Stevie O’Connor then exploded off the mark to race down the left touchline. Stevie O’Connor was hit around two metres from the left corner but was able to stay in the field of play and reach out to get the ball down with the ball in his right hand.
Stevie O’Connor also did well in the 50th minute when after taking a Magpies clearing kick on the bounce twenty metres out from his own try line, Stevie O’Connor broke three tackles with three consecutive left arm fends to make fifteen metres.
Stevie O’Connor was involved in holding up a Magpie in the 21st minute when along with Ethan Hickey and Max Liles, he held up and then forced back into the field of play the Lower Clarence No. 14 six metres in from the right corner.
Stevie O’Connor continued at fullback in Round Thirteen against the Ballina Seagulls with Stevie O’Connor scoring half of the Hornets thirty two points from two tries and four conversions.
The first of Stevie O’Connor’s two tries come in the 26th minute when Stevie O’Connor received an off-load wide out on the left from his left second rower with Stevie O’Connor running ten metres to score the line wide out on the left with Stevie O’Connor able to bring the ball around to put it down five metres to the left of the uprights to make his own conversion, that he kicked, that much easier.
Stevie O’Connor scored his second try of the match in the 32nd minute when he backed up an initial break down the right side of the field from Cooper Camby with Stevie O’Connor ultimately receiving an off-load from his right from Jett Forbes to run twenty five metres to score under the posts. Then like his opening try Stevie O’Connor kicked the conversion.
After starting at fullback for a Titans Northern Rivers U18 squad that played a Future Titans U17 side in a Titans against Canberra NRL match at Cbus Stadium on the Saturday, Stevie O’Connor started at fullback in the rescheduled Round Four match against the Bilambil Jets with Stevie O’Connor scoring in the 58th minute when after receiving the ball thirty metres out and near the right touchline, Stevie O’Connor cut inside and after stepping off his right foot on three separate occasions and breaking three tackles, Stevie O’Connor speared his way over to score five metres to the left of the uprights.
Stevie O’Connor then recorded a line break and line break assist in the same play in the 29th minute when after Max Liles received an off-load sixty five metres out and immediately ran towards the centre of the field and after making fifteen metres off-loaded the ball in a tackle to Stevie O’Connor who after dummying to his right beat one defender before veered to his left to round the fullback before Stevie O’Connor got an off-load away to his left to Max Liles who got all of the way to ten metres out from the try line.
Stevie O’Connor recorded another line break in the 42nd minute from just ten metres out from his own try line. In fact Stevie O’Connor almost dropped the pass from the dummy half but was able to trap the ball against his hip with his right hand before securing possession. Once possession was secured Stevie O’Connor ran to his right before dummying his way between two defenders before getting a great off-load away to his right as he was being flung to ground after making thirty five metres.
The match also saw Stevie O’Connor execute a number of great takes of the ball, the first being in the 44th minute when he leapt high to take a Kai Smallwood bomb on the full under heavy pressure ten metres out from his own line and in front of his posts.
Then in the 47th minute a Bilambil kick-off came very close to hitting the cross bar on the full but Stevie O’Connor was able to keep focussed knocking the ball double handed up in the air before securing possession.
Stevie O’Connor continued at fullback in the rescheduled Round Five match against the Byron Bay Devils with Stevie O’Connor making a line break in the 7th minute when from forty metres out from his own try line Stevie O’Connor ran the ball to the left of the play the ball and got the ball ten metres into Byron Bay territory.
Stevie O’Connor then started at fullback for the Cudgen Hornets in the 2022 NRRRL Major Semi-final against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
The 2022 NRRRL U18 Grand Final saw Stevie O’Connor named at start at fullback for the Cudgen Hornets against the Ballina Seagulls with Stevie O’Connor along with Ty Kilpatrick holding up the Ballina hooker over the try line after he had tried to sneak over from dummy half.
Stevie O’Connor then made a line break in the 34th minute when Stevie O’Connor made twenty two metres through the centre of the field and over the halfway mark before Stevie O’Connor was able to get a right arm off-load away to a trailing support runner.
The 2022 NRRRL U18 season for Noah Waldock:
A couple of weeks after his U16 Andrew Johns Cup success with the Northern Rivers Titans, Noah Waldock was named on the left wing for the Ballina Seagulls in their Round One U18 NRRRL clahs against the Kyogle Turkeys even though Noah Waldock was still U16 eligible. Noah Waldock then moved to the right wing for the second half.
Noah Waldock had an outstanding debut scoring an impressive double with his first try coming in the 21st minute when after being on the end of a Seagulls backline movement to his left side of the field Noah Waldock stepped inside two defenders to dive over five metres in from the left corner post.
Noah Waldock completed his double in the 53rd minute with a strong solo effort that started near halfway when Noah Waldock was put away down the right touchline. When in space Naoh Waldock stepped back inside off his right foot to get past one defender before another right foot step wrong footed another defender with Noah Waldock diving over to get the ball down mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
In addition to his two tries Noah Waldock also made a line break in the 15th minute when after taking a Turkey’s clearing kick on the full near the halfway line on his left wing, Noah Waldock ran back towards the centre of the field, bumping off one defender before straighteneing up. Just as he was about to break into open space Noah Waldock was tackled from behind, dropping down to his knees but as he was held Noah Waldock regained his feet and overall made twenty five metres.
Noah Waldock was in the action early taking Ballina’s second hit-up of the match when from twenty one metres from his own try line and to the left of the dummy half Noah Waldock ran the ball twenty metres after beating one defender with a left foot step and fending off another.
Even against opponents in the main two years older than him Noah Waldock put his hand up to bring the ball out of Ballina territory including i the 10th miute when he came off his wing to take the ball to the left of the dummy half and was able to break one tackle in a run that took Ballina twenty metres downfield.
Noah Waldock made a strong run out of dummy half to the 40th minute aafter running to his left making eighteen metres to get within five metres of the defensive line.
Noah Waldock also had a strong match defensively with Noah Waldock making a standout front on tackle in the 26th minute on the Kyogle right centre.
Noah Waldock was to continue on the left wing in Round Two against the Byron Bay Devils as well as in Round Three against theKyogle Turkeys however the match had to be postponed due to wet weather. Noah Waldock also started on the left wing in Round Six against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
Noah Waldock also started on the left wing in Round Eight against Northern United andthen after missing a number of Rounds Noah Waldock came off the bench to operate on the left wing in Round Twelve against the Murwillumbah Mustangs.
Noah Waldock also started from the bench in Round Thirteen against the Cudgen Hornets coming on in the 15th minute to operate on the left wing.
The rescheduled Round Four match against the Lower Clarence Magpies saw Noah Waldock named at fullback with Noah Waldock scoring in the 16th minute when after receiving the ball from his inside whilst on the left side of the field, Noah Waldock dummied to his left before stepping off his left foot with Noah Waldock then able to bring the ball around to put it down seven metres to the left of the uprights.
Noah Waldock also recorded a 10th minute try assist when he threw the final pass to his right centre from five metres out for him to score near the corner post.
Noah Waldock added a line break in the 12th minute when after receiving a good ball from on the halfway mark from Kye Cooper, Noah Waldock made a twenty five metre line break.
Noah Waldock then did well in the 49th minute when he ran back to take possession on a long Magpies clearing kick in his own in-goal on the left side of the field. As the Lower Clarence chasers converged Noah Waldock ran to the opposite side of the posts whilst still in the in-goal before Noah Waldock straightened up and was able to get the ball twenty metres out from his own try line.
Noah Waldock started on the right wing in the rescheduled Round Five match against Casino RSM with Noah Waldock then moving to fullback in the second half. Noah Waldock also scored one of the tries of the season inside the opening one of the match when he chased through a Desmond Ferguson chip to his wing with Noah Waldock tip toeing his way along the right touch in goal line and it appeared that Noah Waldock had taken the ball on the bounce and incredibly gotten the ball down just prior in the dead ball line and just inside the side line but the lines person being a spoil sport ruled no try.
Noah Waldock did not dwell on the no try and in the 3rd minute came off his win and made fifteen metres through the centre of the field from fifteen metres out from his own try line.
Noah Waldock then made a line break in the 50th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball and on his own twenty metre mark Noah Waldock produced a left foot step to make forty metres through the centre of the field.
Noah Waldock also started on the right wing in the Week One Qualifying Final against the Bilambil Jets as well as the Premiership Minor Semi-final against the Murwillumbah Mustangs.
The 2022 U18 NRRRL Preliminary Final saw Noah Waldock start on the left wing for the Ballina Seagulls against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
The 2022 NRRRL U18 Grand Final saw Noah Waldock named at start on the left wing for the Ballina Seagulls against the Cudgen Hornets.
The 2022 GCFRL U18 Division One season of Kanititeiti Sikahele:
Kanititeiti Sikahele started at hooker and put in an assured and composed performance out of dummy half for the Nerang Roosters in Round One of the 2022 Gold Coast U18 Division One competition as the defending champions got their campaign underway on the back of a comprehensive 42 – 10 victory over the Mudgeeraba Redbacks.
Kanititeiti Sikahele also started at hooked in Round Two against the Burleigh Bears and once again put in an assured performance including throwing the last pass to his right from very close to the try line to lead Xavier Collins onto the ball to subsequently crash over to score in the 14th minute of the Roosters big win near the left upright.
Kanititeiti Sikahele continued at hooker in Round Three against the Southport Tigers in a match that saw Nerang loss their first match of the season.
Round Four against the Currumbin Eagles saw Kanititeiti Sikahele named to start from the bench however in a late tactical change, Kanititeiti Sikahele started the match at hooker. As usual the match saw Kanititeiti Sikahele distribute the ball effectively out of dummy half but it was his defence that stood out for example in the 20th minute when he effected a great front on hit on one of the Currumbin second rowers with the ball coming loose as a result of Kanititeiti Sikahele’s strong initial contact.
Kanititeiti Sikahele also started at hooker in Round Nine against the Burleigh Bears and was held up over the try line in the 36th minute after he had tried to force his way over from close range after running to his right out of dummy half.
Kanititeiti Sikahele showed his pace in the 12th minute when after Burleigh took an intercept with Nerang deep on the attack Kanititeiti Sikahele raced back in cover defence and was able to make up significant ground and tackle the Bears right winger from behind after a forty metre chase.
Kanititeiti Sikahele then started Round Ten against the Southport Tigers from the bench, coming onto the field in the 24th minute to operate in the dummy half role.
Kanititeiti Sikahele as then back in the starting side at hooker for Round Eleven against the Helensvale Hornets as well as in Round Twelve against the Helensvale Hornets.
Kanititeiti Sikahele then moved to start from the bench in Round Thirteen against the Runaway Bay Seagulls.
Kanititeiti Sikahele was then back starting at hooker in Round Fourteen against the Ormeau Shearers with Kanititeiti Sikahele scoring in the 48th minute when he ran out of dummy half to his right from six metres out with Kanititeiti Sikahele burrowing under three defenders to score mid-way between the corner post and goal post on the left side of the field.
Kanititeiti Sikahele had made a strong run out of dummy half just prior to scoring when in the 47th minute Kanititeiti Sikahele ran to his left out of dummy half making fourteen metres to get within nine metres of the try line.
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 thirty five metres from the try line with Kanititeiti Sikahele’s heavy initial contact forcing the ball loose.
Great to see Titan Jeriah Vagana named in the Western Chiefs U18 Samoa Rugby League Representative side.
The 2022 NRRRL season for Lachlan Offley:
Lachlan Offley lined up for the Ballina NRRRL U18 side for the second season in a row, starting Round One against the Kyogle Turkeys at fullback and scoring a double in a Player of the Match display.
Lachlan Offley’s opening try came in the 12th minute when he raced eight metres to score near the left corner after some good work on his inside by Harry Baker.
Lachlan Offley completed his double in the 37th minute and what a superb solo try it was. Kyogle put in a high bomb which Lachlan Offley took on the full running to his left just five metres from his own line. Upon collecting the ball Lachlan Offley continued running to his let for five more metres before cutting back towards centre field with the directional change beating two defenders.
When he was back near centre field Lachlan Offley straightened up and after fending off another defender to his left arm Lachlan Offley burst inside space as he was simply too fast for the cover defence with Lachlan Offley running away score just to the left of the uprights.
Lachlan Offley almost scored a further try in the 20th minute from a great winding run that commenced around twenty five metres out from the ty line and two passes to the right of the play the ball. After taking on the defensive line Lachlan Offley spun clockwise 360 degrees to gain separation from two defenders to bring the ball back towards the centre of the field. As he once again approached the defensive line, once again Lachlan Offley spun clockwise to beat another defender before Lachlan Offley set sail towards the try line only to be dragged down desperately short of the line in front of the left upright.
Lachlan Offley was in the thick of the action early taking Ballina’s first hit-up of the match from ten metres from his own line and to the left of the play the ball with Lachlan Offley able to get the ball over the twenty metre mark.
Lachlan Offley made more good metres in the 4th minute when after taking a long Kyogle clearing kick on the full inside his own territory Lachlan Offley brought the ball back twenty metres after beating one defender with a left foot step and fending off another.
Lachlan Offley did not just score two tries in the match, he saved one as well when in the 27th minute he stopped the Turkey’s replacement hooker in his tracks right on the try line after he had tried to sneak over from close range out of dummy half.
Lachlan Offley continued at fullback in Round Two against the Byron Bay Devils and was involved in Ballina’s try in the 26th minute when on the left side of the field, Lachlan Offley executed a great catch and pass to his left to Damon Coldwell who then drew in the Byron Bay right winger to put his own winger over in the corner.
Lachlan Offley also did well in the 25th minute when he chased through a Ballina short attacking kick and was on hand to tackle the Devils fullback in-goal and force a goal line drop out.
Lachlan Offley then produced a smart piece of play in the 42nd minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball and around thirty metres out Lachlan Offley put in a right foot kick into space. Lachlan Offley then chased his own kick and was able to force the Byron Bay fullback back into the goal and force the Devils to drop out the ball out from under their own goal posts to get the match back underway.
Lachlan Offley continued at fullback in Round Three against the Kyogle Turkeys however the match had to be postponed due to wet weather. Lachlan Offley also started at fullback in Round Six against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
Lachlan Offley also started at fullback in Round Eight against Northern United with Lachlan Offley scoring a double in the Seagulls big 64 – 0 victory.
Lachlan Offley’s opening try came in the 20th minute when after receiving the ball around thirty metres out Lachlan Offley was too much for the Northern United defence to handle to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Lachlan Offley completed his double in the 33rd minute with a ninety metre effort. Lachlan Offley took a hit-up to the left of the play the ball just ten metres out from his own line and literally just kept running and after easily getting between two defenders in the initial defensive line no one was going to catch Lachlan Offley as he ran away to score under the posts.
Lachlan Offley continued at fullback in Round Ten against the Lower Clarence Magpies with Lachlan Offley scoring in the 18th minute when he backed up a line break down the left from Kye Cooper. After Kye Copper got through the line he got the ball away to his left to Lachlan Offley who was backing up down the left touchline. Upon receipt of the ball Lachlan Offley stepped off his left to move away from the sideline and easily beat the Magpies fullback with Lachlan Offley racing away to put the ball down comfortably under the posts.
After starting at fullback earlier in the day. Lachlan Offley made his NRRRL Reserve Grade debut in Round Ten of the 2022 competition when he started on the right wing against the Lower Clarence Magpies with Lachlan Offley have a debut to remember with a two try effort in a strong 38 – 8 Ballina victory.
Lachlan Offley also started at fullback in Round Eleven against the Bilambil Jets with Lachlan Offley scoring in the 52nd minute from a set move. With Ballina on the attacking inside the attacking twenty metre area the Seagulls threw the ball to their left to a running forward, Lachlan Offley looped around from the right side of the field to take a short ball from the forward with Lachlan Offley bursting through to put the ball down under the posts untouched.
Lachlan Offley continued at fullback in Round Twelve against the Murwillumbah Mustangs as well as Round Thirteen against the Cudgen Hornets. Against the Hornets Lachlan Offley made a 40th minute line break when after receiving the ball to the left of the dummy half on the halfway mark, Lachlan Offley made ten metres before he was held up the back of the jersey but he forced himself free before ducking under another attempted tackle with Lachlan Offley able to get the ball to within thirty metres of the try line.
Lachlan Offley also did well in the 34th minute when a high spiralling Cudgen mid-field bomb threatened to bounce over his head, but Lachlan Offley was able to tap the ball up in the air with his right hand and then take possession.
Lachlan Offley also started at fullback in the rescheduled Round Five match against Casino RSM with Lachlan Offley scoring a first half double before being rested in the second half.
Lachlan Offley scored his first try in the 16th minute when from fifteen metres out and down the right channel ran past the Casino RSM defence to score ten metres in from the left corner post.
Lachlan Offley’s second try came in the 29th minute when he forced his way over from dummy half from close range after running to his left to get the ball down twelve metres in from the left corner post. The reason that he was in a position to score from dummy half was as a result of a line break and off-load from Lachlan Offley in the play prior. From thirty metres out Lachlan Offley stepped off his right foot to break through the line before off-loading to his right second rower who was dragged sown just short of the try line with Lachlan Offley subsequently scoring from dummy half.
Lachlan Offley had the best possible start to the match when after taking the opening Casino RSM kick-off on the first bounce ten metres out from his own try line and in front of the posts, Lachlan Offley initially ran the ball back to his own twenty metre mark before being held by two defenders, Lachlan Offley was able to break free of the two defenders and promote the ball all of the way to forty two metres out from his own try line.
Lachlan Offley also did well in the 24th minute when after taking possession of the ball from a Casino RSM grubber kick into the in-goal on the left side of the field Lachlan Offley ran the ball back towards the centre of the field and was able to get the ball back into the field of play.
Lachlan Offley also started at fullback in the Week One Qualifying Final against the Bilambil Jets with Lachlan Offley taking the opening hit-up of the match after he took the kick-off on the full under his own goal posts.
Lachlan Offley had an outstanding defensive match making multiple outstanding tackles with the first of those coming in the 6th minute when he moved across to his right showing Jets fullback Tyrese Bowman the sideline and then taking him down with a good low right shoulder tackle after the Bilambil fullback had made a thirty five metre line break down the touchline.
Then in the 11th minute Lachlan Offley was once again confronted in a one on one situation after a Jets line break with Lachlan Offley making another one on one tackle twenty metres out from his own try line. Then after he lined up at marker Lachlan Offley raced his right to get to the Jets left second rower and hold him up over the try line mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field on the final tackle.
Lachlan Offley made a try saving tackle in the 19th minute when he hit the Jets left centre (No. 4) right on the try line and just to the right of the uprights with Lachlan Offley’s strong initial contact forcing the centre to lose the ball forward just in front of the try line.
Lachlan Offley did it again in the 26th minute with another hit on his own try line when he crunched the Jets left second rower, No. 12 once again with the second rower losing the ball over the try line.
Whilst Lachlan Offley was outstanding in defence, he also had some good moments from an attacking perspective including a line break in the 30th minute when after receiving the ball in the centre of the field around thirty metres out from his own line, Lachlan Offley ran to his right using a left foot step and two left arm fends to get on the outside of the Bilambil left sided defence. Near halfway after he had gotten to the right touchline, Lachlan Offley put in a right foot kick back to the inside with the Jets fullback tackled only two metres out from his own try line.
Lachlan Offley made another line break in the 50th minute when he took a Jets clearing kick ten metres out and running back towards his own try line. Once he took possession Lachlan Offley ran the ball back to his right after taking the ball near the left touchline with Lachlan Offley making forty five metres before being brought to ground just inside Bilambil territory.
Earlier in the 47th minute Lachlan Offley had made a fifteen metre run out of dummy half to his right with the run starting on his own twenty metre line.
Lachlan Offley continued at fullback in the Premiership Minor Semi-final against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Lachlan Offley making a good run in the 3rd minute when he ran the ball to the right of a Ballina scrum win from thirty metres out with Lachlan Offley running to his left and getting within five metres of the try line before getting an off-load away to his left to his left centre who was brought to ground just short of the try line.
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 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.
Lachlan Offley’s career first NRRRL Reserve Grade try came in the 11th minute and what a spectacular try it was. The Magpies put up a high bomb towards his wing with Lachlan Offley jumping high to take the kick on the full above his head in both hands and around three metres from the try line and three metres from the touchline. As soon as his feet hit the ground, Lachlan Offley was away and raced ninety seven metres to put the ball down under the posts.
Lachlan Offley completed his double in the 19th minute when he was on the end of a Ballina backline movement with Lachlan Offley receiving the ball around ten metres out and Lachlan Offley then raced forward and dived over under heavy pressure from his inside to get the ball down just inside the right corner post.
Lachlan Offley also recorded a 16th minute try assist when after taking a Magpies clearing kick on the full forty metres out from his own try line and just inside the right touchline, Lachlan Offley ran back towards the centre of the field before straightening up and racing straight through the centre of the defensive line. Lachlan Offley then drew the fullback and pass to his left to put his own fullback away to score under the posts.
Lachlan Offley then came off the bench in his second NRRRL Reserve Grade match, being Round Eleven against the Bilambil Jets as well as Round Thirteen against the Cudgen Hornets. Lachlan Offley also came off the bench in the rescheduled Round Five fixture against Casino RSM.
Lachlan Offley was then named on the bench for the Ballina Seagulls in the 2022 NRRRL Reserve Grade Qualifying Final against the Murwillumbah Mustangs.
Lachlan Offley made his NRRRL First Grade debut in Round Twelve of the 2022 season when he came off the bench against the Murwillumbah Mustangs.
Lachlan Offley then started on the left wing in the rescheduled Round Four match against Marist Brothers.
The 2022 GCRL U18 Division One season for Jake Lateo:
Jake Lateo was named to start at five eight for the Currumbin Eagles in Round One of the Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One competition against the Runaway Bay Seagulls however the Seagulls ended up forfeiting the Round One match.
Round Two against the Helensvale Hornets saw Jake Lateo named at halfback with the tall young man scoring one try and setting up another in the second half. Jake Lateo scored when he moved into dummy half with the ball a metre from the try line and a metre in from the right touchline. Upon collecting the play the ball Jake Lateo burrowed over to his right even though there was very little room to work with.
Jake Lateo then set up a try for right wing team mate Zane Anderson when once again he was at dummy half in this occasion around seventy metres from the try line and ten metres in from the right touchline, Instead of moving to his left which he appeared that he was going to do, Jake Lateo ran down the left blindside, drawing the one defender on that side of the field and sending the speedy winger away down the right touchline to complete his hat trick.
After his good work out of dummy half in Round Two Jake Lateo moved to be named to start at hooker for the Eagles in Round Three against the Ormeau Shearers after moving back to halfback for Round Four against the Nerang Roosters.
Jake Lateo was heavily involved in Taylor Ball’s try in the 44th minute with Jake Lateo initiating the try scoring movement deep inside his own half. After receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball just twenty metres from his own line Jake Lateo chipped over the oncoming defensive line but with the heavy conditions the ball did not continue to bounce but at full speed Jake Lateo, on the forty metre mark was able to scoop up the ball off the ground and then dummy to his left to beat the fullback and then off-load to his left with Taylor Ball subsequently scoring for the Eagles.
The 11th minute of the match saw Jake Lateo execute a desperate one on one tackle on one of the Roosters front rowers to prevent a try on the right side of the field with Jake Lateo knocking over the front rower just two metres from the line.
Jake Lateo was also named at halfback in Round Five against the Southport Tigers.
Jake Lateo also started at halfback in Round Eight against the Runaway Bay Seagulls scoring in the 24th minute when he backed up a long break from deep inside Eagles territory with Jake Lateo taking the pass from Will Saunders and racing away to score under the posts untouched.
Jake Lateo executed a smart piece of play in the 29th minute when he identified that a Seagulls kick-off was going close to the touchline where Jake Lateo was stationed. Jake Lateo ensured that his foot was in touch when he took the kick-off on the full to win a penalty back on the halfway mark for the Eagles.
Whilst Jake Lateo started the match at halfback he played the final fifteen odd minutes of the match at fullback.
Jake Lateo then continued at halfback in Round Ten against the Ormeau Shearers.
Jake Lateo also started at halfback in Round Eleven against the Nerang Roosters and in the 9th minute Jake Lateo put in a great kick right foot from thirty metres out into the in-goal near the right corner post with the Roosters fullback trapped in-goal as a result of the quality of Jake Lateo’s kick.
Jake Lateo put in another great kick right on half time when from the halfway mark he kicked into the right corner with the Nerang fullback forced to knock the ball dead just in front of a bevy of Eagles chasers.
Jake Lateo then recorded a 52nd minute line break assist when from forty metres out from his own line, Jake Lateo ran the ball down the right channel breaking through the Roosters left sided defensive line before getting an off-load away to his inside to Matari Donovan who charged twenty metres downfield before being hit by a high tackle with a penalty being awarded.
Jake Lateo made a line break of his own in the 56th minute when from thirty five metres out from his own try line down a short right blindside Jake Lateo got away down the right touchline before off-loading on his inside to the play to progress further.
Jake Lateo continued at halfback in Round Twelve against the Southport Tigers and scored a smart solo try in the 37th minute. Jake Lateo received the ball to the right of the dummy half around twenty five metres out and ten metres to the right of the uprights and initially Jake Lateo looked to his right before stepping off his right foot to cut back towards the goal posts before another right foot step enabled Jake Lateo to charge over to score under the posts between two Southport defenders.
Jake Lateo also started at halfback in Round Thirteen against the Burleigh Bears with Jake Lateo scoring in the 24th minute when he dived over to score five metres in from the right corner post and running to his right out of dummy half from eight metres out.
Jake Lateo was also heavily involved in Will Saunders try inside the opening minute of the match when he put up a towering mid-field bomb which Burleigh allowed to bounce with Will Saunders racing through to toe the ball forward to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Jake Lateo also did well defensively in the 22nd minute when he held up the Burleigh fullback over the try line near the right corner.
Jake Lateo also started at halfback in Round Sixteen against the Helensvale Hornets.
Jake Lateo continued at halfback and captain in Round Fifteen against the Runaway Bay Seagulls and was one of the Eagles try scorers in a big win.
Jake Lateo scored in the 4th minute when he ran to his right out of dummy half from nine metres out with Jake Lateo crashing over to get the ball down five metres in from the right corner post.
Jake Lateo also recorded a try assist in the 58th minute with the paly starting when Jake Lateo tackled his opposite number thirty five metres out from the try line with the Jake Lateo swooping on an attempted pass. Jake Lateo then got the ball away to his right before getting the ball back with Jake Lateo then running to his right and when ten metres out Jake Lateo held off the Seagulls fullback with his left arm and sent a right arm flock off-load away to his winger to score in the right corner.
Jake Lateo was involved in another Currumbin try in the 16th minute when from forty five metres out and to the right of the play the ball, Jake Lateo put in a right foot kick towards the right touchline with the Eagles scoring after the ball was passed back to the inside after the Eagles right winger had taken possession from Jake Lateo’s kick.
Another kick of Jake Lateo’s in the 52nd minute led to another Currumbin try when from twenty two metres out from his own try line, Jake Lateo identified that Runaway Bay had no fullback and kicked long downfield with the Eagles chasers winning the race to the ball to score next to the right upright.
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.
Jake Lateo also started at halfback and captain in the 2022 GCRL U18 Division One Major Semi-final against the Nerang Roosters with Jake Lateo forcing a Nerang goal line drop-out in just the second minute when to the right of the play the ball Jake Lateo put in a right foot grubber kick from ten metres out which had to be grounded in-goal by the Roosters fullback.
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.
The 2022 NRRRL season of Harvey Moase:
Harvey Moase was named to make his NRRRL First Grade debut in Round Ten of the 2022 season when he was named on the bench against the Kyogle Turkeys. Harvey Moase then made his career first NRRRL First Grade start in Round Thirteen when Harvey Moase started at five eight against the Ballina Seagulls with Harvey Moase kicking a conversion in a tight Hornets loss.
The 2022 NRRRL U18 competition saw Harvey Moase play for the Cudgen Hornets and after the Hornets had a Round One bye Harvey Moase start Round Two at halfback and captain against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Harvey Moase kicking two conversions from three attempts.
The 27th minute of the match saw Harvey Moase record a try assist when from twenty metres out and just to the left of the uprights Harvey Moase put in a right foot high chip kick to the right wing with Jett Forbes the beneficiary to score near the right corner.
Harvey Moase also started at halfback and captain in Round Three against Casino RSM and kicked seven conversions from ten attempts.
Harvey Moase also scored in the 32nd minute when after receiving the ball on the right side of the field around twenty metres out Harvey Moase cut back towards centre field around twenty metres out before stepping off his left foot to get through the line and then stepped off his left once again to beat the fullback to score under the posts.
The 15th minute saw Harvey Moase record a try assist he took the ball to the line whilst deep on the attack and threw a good short ball to his right to put right second rower Oliver McCullough over to score wide out.
Harvey Moase recorded another try assist in the 38th minute when Harvey Moase took the ball right to the line to the right of a Hornets scrum win thirty five metres out and threw a good short ball to his right to put Jett Forbes through to subsequently score,
Harvey Moase also had a line break in the 20th minute when he took the ball to the line and threw an inside pass to Stevie O’Connor who made fifteen metres downfield.
Harvey Moase was also on song from a tactical kicking perspective as was evidenced in the 23rd minute when from twenty metres Harvey Moase put in a chip kick to the right which had to be taken dead by the Lower Clarence left winger.
Harvey Moase also started at halfback in Round Six against the Byron Bay Devils and kicked four conversions in a big Hornets victory.
In just the 2nd minute against the Devils Harvey Moase engineered a line break assist when on the left side of the field near the halfway mark Harvey Moase threw a good ball to allow Jett Forbes to get on the outside of his opposite centre and streak away down the touchline before drawing the fullback and sending the Hornets right winger over to score.
Harvey Moase then started at halfback in Round Seven against the Bilambil Jets, kicking five conversions from six attempts in a twelve point Hornets victory.
Harvey Moase made a 31st minute line break when to the left of the play the ball and twenty metres out from his own line Harvey Moase ran straight at the oncoming Bilambil defensive line before stepping off his left foot to slice through and Harvey Moase as able to promote the ball twenty metres before being brought to ground.
Harvey Moase then did well in the 50th minute when after receiving the ball on the halfway mark from his left, Harvey Moase cut back to the left side of the field, stepping off his right foot on three occasions before drawing a defender and passing to his left to Cooper Camby to keep the movement going.
Harvey Moase continued at halfback in Round Eight against the Kyogle Turkeys with Harvey Moase kicking five conversions from seven attempts.
Harvey Moase came desperately short of scoring for the Hornets in the 7th minute but he was held up near the posts after the play started to the left of the play the ball before Harvey Moase cut back to his right to get over the line before being unable to get the ball down.
Harvey Moase almost scored once again in the 38th minute after one heck of a run. Initially Harvey Moase received the ball around ten metres out from the try line to the left of the play the ball. Harvey Moase initially ran to his left but when that avenue was cut off Harvey Moase ran across to the opposite side of the ruck before that avenue was also cut off, Harvey Moase then cut back once again, running back to the right before Harvey Moase stepped off his right foot and darted towards the try line only to be held up directly under the goal posts.
Harvey Moase also recorded two try assists, the first of those coming in the 27th minute when Harvey Moase moved into dummy half as the Hornets were bringing the ball off their own thirty metre mark. Harvey Moase darted to his right after threatening to pass in the same direction and charged between two Turkeys defenders before veering to his right to round the fullback before off-loading to Liam Foe to run away to score under the posts.
Harvey Moase recorded his second try assist of the match in the 38th minute when Harvey Moase took the ball to the right of the play the ball just ten metres out from the try line and double pumped a short ball to his right to put his second rower over to score.
Harvey Moase showcased his strong tactical kicking skills in the 58th minute when from sixty metres out down a right blindside Harvey Moase kicked deep towards the right corner with the ball pulling up in the in-goal with the Kyogle barely able to get the ball back into the field of play.
It was just a match where everything was going right for Harvey Moase and that was clear from his second half kick-off which took a wicked bounce on the try line to go dead in-goal and force Kyogle into a goal line drop-out.
Harvey Moase also started at halfback in Round Ten against the Murwillumbah Mustangs and kicked two conversions from three attempts in a 16- 4 victory. Harvey Moase also threw the final pass for Jett Forbes try in the 43rd minute.
Harvey Moase continued at halfback in Round Eleven against the Lower Clarence Magpies with Harvey Moase kicking three conversions in a tight Hornets victory including a great conversion from the left touchline to convert Stevie O’Connor’s 44th minute long range try.
Harvey Moase also threw the final pass for Hayden Wilson’s 57th minute match winning try when he got the ball away to his left after receiving the ball from the dummy half.
Harvey Moase then put in a superb goal line drop-out in the 53rd minute with the length and direction of the drop-out taking the Magpies off guard with the ball going into touch for the Hornets to get the ball back three metres into Cudgen territory.
After starting at halfback for a Titans Northern Rivers U18 squad that played a Future Titans U17 side in a Titans against Canberra NRL match at Cbus Stadium on the Saturday, Harvey Moase started at halfback in the rescheduled Round Four match against the Bilambil Jets with Harvey Moase scoring twenty of the Hornets forty four points by way of scoring two tries and kicking six conversions from eight attempts.
Harvey Moase scored the first of his two tries in the 7th minute when he started the movement back near the halfway mark and of course finished it by scoring under the posts. Harvey Moase received the ball to the right of the play the ball and threw a hard flat pass to his right to Jett Forbes who made a line break before getting the ball away to his winger. After Jett Forbes got the ball back from the winger he off-loaded to his inside to Harvey Moase ten metres out after Harvey Moase had backed up the line break on the inside. Harvey Moase then stepped up to convert his own try.
Harvey Moase scored his second try in the 37th minute when he chased through a Max Liles and Harvey Moase was on the spot to take the ball on the bounce after the Jets fullback got a terrible bounce with Harvey Moase collecting the ball and running twenty five metres to dive over under the posts. Harvey Moase then stepped up to convert his own try.
Harvey Moase also recorded a try assist in the 34th minute when from the left of the play the ball and ten metres out, Harvey Moase threw a long cut-out pass to put his left winger over in the corner.
Harvey Moase literally made a significant impact on the match in the opening seconds when his kick-off to start the match was dropped by the Jets in the in-goal necessitating a Bilambil goal line drop-out.
Harvey Moase also did well in the 10th minute when he identified that Bilambil were going to put in a chip from their right side of the field to the left with Harvey Moase getting back to take the chip kick on the full just out from the try line with Harvey Moase then finding the ground to ensure that he was not dragged back into the in-goal.
Harvey Moase then started at halfback in the rescheduled Round Five match against the Byron Bay Devils with Harvey Moase recording two try assists and kicking three conversions.
The first of Harvey Moase’s try assists came in the 21st minute when from forty metres out from the try line, Harvey Moase ran the ball down a short right blindside and after drawing one defender got the ball to his right for his winger to race away to score.
Harvey Moase recorded a second try assist in the 38th minute when after Harvey Moase ran the ball forty metres out and to left of the play the ball, Harvey Moase threw a good inside pass to Tanu Nona who beat a number of tackles to score under the posts.
Harvey Moase also made a 31st minute line break when from forty seven metres out Harvey Moase received the ball near the centre of the field and to the right of the play the ball and after running to his right sliced between two defenders but when he was ten metres out Harvey Moase’s pass to his right went to ground.
Harvey Moase also made a smart try saving tackle in the 18th minute on the stepping Byron Bay five eight six metres out and in front of the right upright.
Harvey Moase then started at halfback for the Cudgen Hornets in the 2022 NRRRL Major Semi-final against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Harvey Moase scoring a try and kicking four conversions in a strong Hornets victory.
Harvey Moase scored a great solo try in the 42nd minute when after receiving the ball forty metres out and to the right of the play the ball, Harvey Moase stepped off his right foot and then raced through the resultant gap before veering to his left to round the Seagulls fullback with Harvey Moase putting the ball down next to the left upright. Harvey Moase then stepped up to convert his own try.
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 season of Caleb Hodges:
Caleb Hodges started the Titans first 2022 NRL trial against the Brisbane Bronco’s at Cbus Stadium from the bench coming on in the second half to play out wide. In his time on the field Caleb Hodges ran for seven metres, played the ball at an average speed of 4.04 seconds and had a 100% tackling efficiency whilst making five tackles.
Round Three of the Queensland Cup saw Caleb Hodges start from the bench for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Norths Devils, playing eight minutes late in the match, running for sixteen metres (seven post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 2.86 seconds and made a tackle.
Caleb Hodges was then named at right centre for the second half of the Tweed Heads Seagulls opening 2022 Queensland Cup trial against the Souths Logan Magpies.
Also in late 2021 Caleb Hodges was part of the Titans NRL squad that undertook a joint training session with ninety members of the Titans JTS Program.
Impressively Caleb Hodges was one of a number of Titans rookie players that trained with the Titans NRL squad in the first five week block of the 2020/21 NRL pre-season.
Round One of the 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition saw Caleb Hodges named to start at left centre for the Tweed Heads Seagulls as they got their season underway against the Norths Devils however the match was ultimately postponed due to the extreme weather conditions in northern New South Wales.
Caleb Hodges was also named at right centre in the Round Two local derby against the Burleigh Bears with Caleb Hodges making a winding run after coming inside and breaking three tackles in a winding run that only ended six metres from the try line.
Caleb Hodges was named to continue at right centre in Round Three against the Townsville Blackhawks however he was a late scratching from the Seagulls side.
After missing Round Three Caleb Hodges started Round Four at right centre against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.
Caleb Hodges continued at right centre in Round Six against the Northern Pride scoring a double in the Seagulls big 66 – 0.
Caleb Hodges scored the first of his two tries in the 39th minute when Thomas Weaver kicked from the left side of the field to right with Caleb Hodges outjumping the Northern Pride fullback in the in-goal to score ten metres in from the right corner.
Caleb Hodges completed his double in the 56th minute when he was on hand to pick up a rebounded kick out of dummy half from Oskar Bryant with Caleb Hodges picking up the ball and reaching out with his right arm to get the ball down ten metres in from the left corner post.
Caleb Hodges also recorded a 46th minute try assist with a great catch and pass to his right to put his right winger over in the corner after the Northern Pride fullback seemed to have mis-judged where the try line was as he backed back into the in-goal and let Tweed Heads score without any attempt to make a tackle.
The 9th minute saw Caleb Hodges record a line break assist with a great catch and pass to put his right winger away down the sideline.
Caleb Hodges was immediately in the match taking the kick-off on the bounce and running the ball into the oncoming Northern Pride defensive line.
Caleb Hodges also started at right centre in the rescheduled Round One match against the Norths Devils and did well in the 30th minute when he ran down a short right blindside, making fifteen metres before cutting to his left and off-loading to Jaylan De Groot who was trailing the play through the centre of the field.
After missing Round Nine Caleb Hodges was back to start at right centre in Round Ten against the Mackay Cutters and also continued at right centre in the rescheduled Round Seven match against the Souths Logan Magpies with Caleb Hodges scoring in just the 2nd minute when after receiving a quick pass from his inside from Solomon Torrens, Caleb Hodges raced twelve metres to dive over in the right corner.
A missing a number of rounds Caleb Hodges was back at left centre in the Round Fourteen local derby against the Burleigh Bears with Caleb Hodges scoring in the 37th minute when he ran through to collect a Jaylan De Groot right foot grubber kick from ten metres out with Caleb Hodges scoring mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Caleb Hodges had earlier made a strong run in the 24th minute with a fifteen metre run from within his own twenty metre area to the left of a Seagulls scrum win.
Caleb Hodges then moved to right centre in Round Fifteen against the Northern Pride with Caleb Hodges making the opening tackle of the match after Tweed Heads had kicked-off. Then in the 75th minute Caleb Hodges made one of the plays of the match when Caleb Hodges raced forward to take a Northern Pride short kick-off on the full just as the ball had crossed the ten metre plane with Caleb Hodges making a fifty metre line break down the left touchline before being tackled just ten metres out from the try line.
Caleb Hodges also started at right centre in Round Sixteen against the Townsville Blackhawks.
Caleb Hodges also started at right centre in Round Seventeen 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. Caleb Hodges finished the match with a team leading 127 metres and a line break.
Week One of the 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts Final saw Caleb Hodges start at right centre in the Elimination Final against the Easts Tigers with Caleb Hodges coming close to scoring on at least three occasions.
The 2022 club season for Titan Jury Taewa:
In 2022 Jury Taewa started the season playing for the Bilambil Jets in the NRRRL U18 competition and started Round One of the competition from the bench against the Murwillumbah Mustangs.
Interesting Jury Taewa was named to start in the front row for the Nerang Roosters side for Round Nine of the Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One side against the Burleigh Bears with Jury Taewa celebrating his first match in Roosters Red, White and Blue by scoring in the 9th minute when from ten metres out and to the left of the play the ball Jury Taewa charged onto the ball and was able to work his way over to score under the posts with a number of Burleigh defenders hanging off him.
Jury Taewa then made a great charge from the subsequent kick-off to his own try and was awarded a penalty when he was held down too long in the tackle.
Jury Taewa was at it again in the 33rd minute with a line break when after receiving the ball from the dummy half from his left Jury Taewa cut back to the soft spot directly behind the play the ball and broke three tackles before finally being brought to ground just two minutes from the try line.
Jury Taewa then made a strong charge from the kick-off to Xavier Collins try with Jury Taewa getting the ball back to the thirty metre mark. Jury Taewa then made a further strong charge in the 51st minute and once again it was a great kick-off return from Immanuel Kalekale’s great try with once again Jury Taewa getting the ball over the twenty metre mark.
Jury Taewa also started in the front row in Round Ten against the Southport Tigers and took the third hit-up of the match to promote the ball to the halfway mark. Jury Taewa made another strong run in the 43rd minute when he ran onto the ball from his own forty metre mark making seventeen metres to get the ball into Southport territory with the last twelve metres of Jury Taewa’s run being backwards.
Jury Taewa continued in the front row in Round Eleven against the Helensvale Hornets with Jury Taewa making the 2nd hit-up of the match. Jury Taewa then made strong hit-up from Eren Eden’s 17th minute try with Jury Taewa making twenty five metres after receiving the ball on his own try line.
Jury Taewa made another strong run in the 21st minute with a fifteen metres effort from the left of the play the ball with Jury Taewa getting the ball over the halfway mark as a result.
Jury Taewa was held up over the try line in the 21st minute after charging at the line from five metres out.
Jury Taewa also started in the front row in Round Twelve against the Helensvale Hornets.
Jury Taewa then continued in the front row in Round Thirteen against the Runaway Bay Seagulls with Jury Taewa taking the second hit-up of the match.
Then in the 47th minute Jury Taewa made a twenty metre charge through the centre of the field to get the ball ten metres into Runaway Bay territory, breaking three tackles along the way.
In the 3rd minute of the match Jury Taewa executed a smart one on one steal to immediately put Nerang on the attack thirty five metres away from the try line.
Jury Taewa continued in the front row in in Round Fourteen against the Ormeau Shearers with Jury Taewa scoring in the 58th minute when he ran onto the ball two passes to the right of the play the ball from ten metres out and after engaging the defensive line Jury Taewa spun 360 degrees clockwise and then after being held just out from the try line Jury Taewa reached out to put the ball down in his right hand whilst being held up by three Ormeau defenders.
Jury Taewa made a number of strong runs in the match including in the 10th minute with a twelve metre charge to his own forty metre line after running onto the ball to the right of the play the ball.
Jury Taewa then moved to right second row in Round Sixteen against the Burleigh Bears with Jury Taewa making a try saving tackle in the 12th minute on Burleigh’s Bailey McConnell with Jury Taewa slinging the halfback to ground just five metres out from the try line.
Jury Taewa then started at right second row in Round Seventeen against the Southport Tigers.
Jury Taewa then started in the front row 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.
The 2022 Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One Grand Final saw 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 Hastings Deering’s Colts season of Kyhan Weir:
Round One of the 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition saw Kyhan Weir named on the bench for the Tweed Heads Seagulls as they got their season underway against the Norths Devils however the match was postponed due to the extreme weather conditions in northern New South Wales.
Kyhan Weir was also named to come off the bench in the Round Two local derby against the Burleigh Bears, coming onto the field early in the second half and made his first run with the ball in the 49th minute, making ten metres to get the ball thirty metres away from the Seagulls try line.
Kyhan Weir made another strong run in the 65th minute when he took the second hit-up from the kick-off to Klese Haas’s seconds try with Kyhan Weir making a hard ten metres to get the ball over the Seagulls defensive twenty metre mark.
Kyhan Weir made some strong tackles in the match as well with probably his best tackle coming in the 77th minute when he hit Burleigh lock Samuel Shannon front on with the ball coming loose as a result of Kyhan Weir’s initial contact.
Kyhan Weir also started from the bench in Round Three against the Townsville Blackhawks and in the 29th minute made a strong line break. Kyhan Weir received the ball to the right of the play the ball and forty metres from the try line whilst in a stationary position. It appeared that Kyhan Weir was not expecting to receive the ball but regardless as soon as he took possession Kyhan Weir charged through a gap and then was able to draw the fullback and get the ball away to his left to Charlie Murray who was brought down just short of the try line.
Kyhan Weir was also named to start off the bench in Round Four against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls with Kyhan Weir scoring a strong try in the 19th minute when from twenty two metres out Kyhan Weir charged onto the ball from a Tweed Heads penalty tap restart breaking four tackles in a rumbling effort with Kyhan Weir getting the ball down just to the right of the goal posts. Kyhan Weir then made a great charge from the subsequent kick-off.
Kyhan Weir also came off the bench in Round Six against the Northern Pride in a big Seagulls big 66 – 0 with Kyhan Weir coming into the match in the front row around the 28 minute mark.
Kyhan Weir’s best moment of the match came in the 52nd minute when two passes to the right of the play the ball and around twenty metres out Kyhan Weir stepped off his right foot and engaged the defensive line still twelve metres out. Kyhan Weir continued to pump his legs and got within a metre of the line before he was finally stopped.
Kyhan Weir also started from the bench in the rescheduled Round One match against the Norths Devils with Kyhan Weir coming onto the field to operate in the front row in the 22nd minute with Kyhan Weir making a strong sixteen metres charge from a Norths goal line drop-put in the 46th minute of the match.
Round Eight against the Western Clydesdales saw Kyhan Weir continue off the bench with Kyhan Weir scoring an impressive right on fulltime when he charged onto a pass from Oskar Bryant from is left to crash over under the posts from eight metres out.
Kyhan Weir came off the bench in the 21st minute and almost immediately executed a one on one strip to get the ball back for the Seagulls three metres inside Clydesdales territory.
Kyhan Weir also recorded a line break assist in the when he off-load the ball in a two man tackle to Jack Field near the halfway mark with the five eight able to promote the ball further downfield as a result of Kyhan Weir’s off-load.
Kyhan Weir also started from the bench in Round Nine against the Ipswich Jets.
Kyhan Weir, in Round Ten, made his first Colts career start when he started in the front row in Round Ten against the Mackay Cutters with Kyhan Weir along with Jack Cullen and Ben Liyou involved in the opening tackle of the match.
Kyhan Weir then made a strong run in the 32nd minute when he charged onto the ball to the right of the play the ball twenty five metres away from the line with Kyhan Weir then drawing in one defender and off-loading to his right to Solomon Torrens who then put Jake Fields into space to score near the right corner.
Kyhan Weir got his strong second half underway by making a strong hit-up from the kick-off before making a 41st minute run of fifteen metres through the centre of the field from the left of the play the ball to get the ball forty metres away from his own try line.
Kyhan Weir then added a further strong run in the 43rd minute, once again to the left of the play the ball and through the centre of the field over the forty metre mark.
The match saw Kyhan Weir make a team leading twenty eight tackles.
Kyhan Weir continued in the front row in the rescheduled Round Seven match against the Souths Logan Magpies.
Kyhan Weir then came off the bench in Round Eleven against the Central Queensland Capra’s in the 23rd minute to operate in the front row with Kyhan Weir coming close to scoring in the 73rd minute when he was held up over the try line by three defenders directly under the posts.
Kyhan Weir’s initial run in the match came in the 27th minute with a strong fifteen run to get the ball to the halfway mark after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball.
Kyhan Weir also came off the bench in Round Twelve against the Redcliffe Dolphins with Kyhan Weir coming on to operate in the front row in the 27th minute.
Kyhan Weir continued at off the bench in Round Thirteen against the Sunshine Coast Falcons as well as in the Round Fourteen local derby against the Burleigh Bears with Kyhan Weir along with Ryan Foran holding up the Burleigh lock over the try line five metres to the left of the uprights in the 31st minute.
Kyhan Weir continued from the bench in Round Fifteen against the Northern Pride with Kyhan Weir scoring in the 33rd minute when he charged onto the ball from five metres out after the dummy half had run to his left with Kyhan Weir coming back underneath him with Kyhan Weir barging over to score three metres to the right of the uprights.
Kyhan Weir had come onto the field in the 29th minute to operate in the front row and made his first run just a minute later in the 30th minute with a sixteen metre effort that commenced fourteen metres out from his own try line.
Kyhan Weir also did well in the 42nd minute when from ten metres out from his own try line and in front of the posts, Kyhan Weir ran onto the ball to the left of the play the ball and made eighteen metres, the majority of which were post contact with Kyhan Weir then awarded a penalty for being held down for too long once the tackle was completed.
Kyhan Weir also started from the bench in Round Sixteen against the Townsville Blackhawks as well as in Round Seventeen against the Easts Tigers.
Week One of the 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts Final saw Kyhan Weir start from the bench 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.
Titans contracted Nelson Makaafi, Luke Jones, Dallas Ingram and Daniel Rakena have been named in the Burleigh 2023 CC Cup squad.
Most in the squad eligible for QLD?
Most in the squad eligible for QLD?
Yes mate, the vast majority are Qld boys, then there are a few NZ boys and a couple from Western Australia.
The 2022 NRRRL U18 season for Cooper Camby:
The 2022 NRRRL U18 competition saw Cooper Camby play for the Cudgen Hornets and after the Hornets had a Round One bye Cooper Camby start Round Two at left centre against the Tweed Heads Seagulls being swapping to the right side in the second half.
Cooper Camby’s initial positive impact on the match came inside the opening minute with a strong twenty metre run down the left channel to get the ball within twenty eight metres of the try line. Then in the 17th minute Cooper Camby made a strong right shoulder driving tackle on his opposite number.
Cooper Camby then started at left centre in Round Six against the Byron Bay Devils and in the 4th minute engineered a line break assist when after getting the ball thirty metres away from his own line Cooper Camby was able to make ten metres down the left touchline before off-loading to his left to his winger who was able to promote the ball a further twenty five metres.
Cooper Camby also recorded a 49th minute try assist when after bursting away down the left touchline Cooper Camby drew the fullback and passed inside to put Max Liles over to score.
In the 31st minute Cooper Camby took advantage of a great Stevie O’Connor catch and pass to his left to put Cooper Camby into a gap with the left centre breaking three tackles whilst making twenty metres to get the ball into Byron Bay territory.
Cooper Camby then started at left centre in Round Seven against the Cudgen Hornets and made inroads into the Jets defensive line in as early as the 4th minute when he made a fifteen metre run down a short left blindside to get the ball into Bilambil territory. Cooper Camby was then awarded a penalty for a swinging arm in the tackle by one of the Bilambil defenders.
Cooper Camby also did well in the 12th minute when from a Hornets scrum win with Cooper Camby running the ball to the left from ten metres from his own line and after beating two Jets defenders was able to off-load to left to send his left winger on an eighteen metres run down the left touchline.
Cooper Camby continued at right centre in Round Thirteen against the Ballina Seagulls with Cooper Camby doing well in the 6th minute from a defensive perspective. Cooper Camby was faced with a two man overlap around ten metres out from the try line and after holding his defensive positioning as the play unfolded in front on him, Cooper Camby raced out of the line and was able to knock down a pass when without Cooper Camby’s intervention, Ballina would surely have scored.
From an attacking perspective Cooper Camby was heavily involved in Stevie O’Connor’s 32nd minute try when Cooper Camby made a line break down the right side of the field near the halfway mark with Cooper Camby throwing a great right arm around the corner off-load to Jett Forbes who then sent Stevie O’Connor away to score under the posts.
Cooper Camby made a line break of his own in the 48th minute when after passing to his right winger just twenty metres out from his own try line, Copper Camby got the ball back from his winger and raced forty metres down the right touchline before passing back inside to his winger. It was an impressive interchange of passing.
Cooper Camby also did well in the 28th minute with he took a Ballina short kick-off on the full and after seemingly being held after a five metre run, Cooper Camby has able to break three tackles to progress the ball to within five metres of the halfway mark.
Cooper Camby then moved to left centre for the rescheduled Round Five match against the Byron Bay Devils with Cooper Camby scoring in the 45th minute when from a Cudgen scrum on the opposite side of the field Cooper Camby received the ball thirty metres out and wide out on the left with Cooper Camby using a left arm fend to beat one tackle and then run thirty metres to score in the left corner.
Cooper Camby added a second try in the 47th minute when he chased through a Jett Forbes kick down a short left blindside with Cooper Camby taking the ball on the bounce above his head five metres out with Cooper Camby then able to bring the ball around to within five metres of the left upright.
Cooper Camby also made a smart play in the 14th minute when he chased through a Hornets attacking grubber kick with Cooper Camby grabbing hold of the Byron Bay fullback three metres out from the line with Cooper Camby forcing him back into the in-goal area to force a goal line drop-out.
Cooper Camby then started at left centre for the Cudgen Hornets in the 2022 NRRRL Major Semi-final against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Cooper Camby recording a try assist in the final minute of the match when after Tweed Heads put in a short goal line drop-out with Cooper Camby taking the ball on the full with Cooper Camby then passing to his left to put his left second rower over in the left corner.
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.
In late September 2022 Ruben Dixon was named in the 2023 Burleigh Bears U16 Cyril Connell Cup representative squad.
Ruben Dixon arrives on the Gold Coast from Western Australia and in 2022 Ruben Dixon represented Western Australia in the U15 ASSRL School Boy Championships including starting at lock in the Pool B Championship Final against Victorian School Boys.
Thomas Wellman started at fullback in the Group 18 U15 Grand Final victory for Byron Bay/Lennox Head over the Murwillumbah Colts and played for a Titans U15 NRRRL selection in a match against a Titans U14 squad in September 2022.
Zane Farrell from the Grafton Ghosts played for a Titans U15 NRRRL Invitational side in late September 2022 against a Titans U14 selection.
Zane Farrell played for the Ghosts in the Group One U15 competition, starting at lock in all of his matches and scoring twice. Zane Farrell’s first try of the 2022 season came in Round Six against the Clarence Coast Magpies and Zane Farrell also scored against the Magpies in the Ghosts extra time Preliminary Final loss.
Banjora Porch is a big strong young front rower who was was the Player of the match after starting in the front row in the Group 18 U15 Grand Final victory for Byron Bay/Lennox Head over the Murwillumbah Colts, played for a Titans U15 NRRRL selection in a match against a Titans U14 squad in September 2022.
In late September 2022 Gabriel Salele’a was named in the 2023 Burleigh Bears U16 Cyril Connell Cup representative squad.
Gabriel Salele’a arrives on the Gold Coast from Western Australia and in 2022 Gabriel Salele’a represented Western Australia in the U15 ASSRL School Boy Championships including starting at fullback in the Pool B Championship Final against Victorian School Boys.
2022 also saw Gabriel Salele’a play for the South Perth Lions in the Western Australian U15 competition, primarily playing at five eight and had a big match against the Rockingham Sharks with Gabriel Salele’a scoring three times.
Gabriel Salele’a also played rugby in Western Australia, including an outstanding 2022 season with Neddie’s. Gabriel Salele’a scored a double in Round Nine against Cottsleigh and also scored a double and kicked a conversion in Round Eleven against Palmyra. Gabriel Salele’a also scored in Round Fourteen against Lions after starting the match at outside centre (No. 13).
Whilst Gabriel Salele’a started the majority of his matches from the bench, Gabriel Salele’a did start at outside centre in Round Fourteen against Lions.
The 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts season of Tanu Nona:
Tanu Nona made his Hastings Deering’s Colts debut in Round Seventeen of the 2022 competition when he came off the bench against the Easts Tigers coming onto the field to operate in the dummy half role late in the first half.
Tanu Nona then started from the bench in Week Two of the 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.
The 2022 GCRL U18 Division One season for Will Saunders:
Post the 2022 MM Cup competition Will Saunders transitioned back to club rugby league, starting Round One of the 2022 Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One competition at hooker for the Currumbin Eagles against the Nerang Roosters with Will Saunders scoring the final try of the match in the 56th minute when he darted over after running to his right out of dummy half from very close range to score adjacent to the right upright.
Prior to his try Will Saunders made a great run out of dummy half in the 38th minute when from two metres inside his own territory Will Saunders ran to his right breaking the Roosters defensive lien through the centre of the ruck and making twenty five metres before the cover defence converged on him.
Will Saunders was also named at hooker in Round Five against the Southport Tigers.
Will Saunders had a huge match in Round Eight against the Runaway Bay Seagulls scoring a double after starting the match at hooker.
The first of Will Saunders two tries came in the 22nd minute when after the Seagulls attempted a short kick-off Will Saunders received an off-load and burst through a gap to run thirty five metres to score ten metres to the right of the uprights.
Will Saunders completed his double in the 27th minute when he ran out of dummy half to his left from just thirty five metres out from his own try line going straight through the centre of the defence before stepping off his right foot to beat the fullback with Will Saunders then racing away to score under the posts.
In fact Will Saunders could easily have scored a hat trick when in the 34th minute when after receiving an off-load around twenty metres out Will Saunders ran to his left before straightening up and going straight through a gap. Will Saunders actually crossed the try line but when was in the in-goal under the posts he passed the ball to one of his team mates in an act of selflessness.
Will Saunders also recorded a 24th minute try assist when after running out of dummy half to his right from thirty metres out from his own line Will Saunders went straight through the centre of the Seagulls defensive line before drawing the Runaway Bay fullback and passing to his right to Jake Lateo who raced away to score under the posts.
Will Saunders continued at hooker in Round Nine against the Helensvale Hornets with Will Saunders maintaining his impressive try scoring streak when he scored in the 58th minute when from thirty metres out from his own try line Will Saunders ran to his right out of dummy half and split the Hornets defensive line before veering to his left and then he outpaced both the fullback and the cover defence to score eight metres in from the left corner.
Will Saunders then continued at hooker in Round Ten against the Ormeau Shearers as well as in Round Eleven against the Nerang Roosters and came close to scoring against the Roosters when he was held up in the 53rd minute after he tried to burrow over from dummy half on the final tackle.
Will Saunders continued at hooker in Round Twelve against the Southport Tigers and made a smart play in the 24th minute when with Currumbin having been under heavy pressure on their own line for a number of minutes, Will Saunders executed a one on one steal just five metres from his own line and directly in front of the goal posts on one of the Tigers front rowers to ease all of the pressure on the Eagles.
Will Saunders also started at hooker in Round Thirteen against the Burleigh Bears with Will Saunders scoring inside the opening minute of the match when after a Jake Lateo mid-field bomb was allowed to bounce by Burleigh Will Saunders raced through the toe the ball forward a second time after another Eagles player had with Will Saunders picking the ball up around eleven metres out to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Will Saunders also started at hooker in Round Sixteen against the Helensvale Hornets.
The 2022 GCRL U18 Division One Week One Semi-final saw Will Saunders start at hooker for the Currumbin Eagles against the Burleigh Bears.
Will Saunders also started at hooker 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.
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.
The 2022 NRRRL U18 season for Max Liles:
Max Liles played for Cudgen Hornets in the 2022 U18 NRRRL competition for the second season in a row, starting Round Three against Casino RSM at five eight.
Max Liles scored in the 10th minute when he swooped on a Casino RSM dropped ball inside their own twenty metre area with Max Liles racing eighteen metres to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
The first of Max Liles line breaks came in just the 4th minute of the match when from thirty five metres out from his own line, Max Liles burst away down the left touchline making thirty five metres of his own but unfortunately his pass to his right went to ground with a try in the offing.
Max Liles produced an outstanding field of play in the 49th minute when after a Casino RSM try Max Liles leapt high to take the Hornets short kick-off on the full just after it had travelled the required ten metres. Max Liles was then able to promote the ball a further twenty metres downfield after taking possession from the short kick-off.
Max Liles also started at five eight in Round Six against the Byron Bay Devils with Max Liles scoring a try and kicking two conversions including a great 35th minute conversion from the left touchline.
Max Liles scored in the 49th minute when be backed up a break by Cooper Camby down the left touchline to receive the ball and score five metres to the left of the uprights. In fact the reason that Cooper Camby found space down the left touchline was as a result of a great catch and pass to his left from Max Liles back near the halfway mark. Max Liles then stepped up to convert his own try.
In addition to scoring a try Max Liles assisted in two other Hornets tries, with the first of those occasions coming in the 11th minute when from seven metres out from the try line and five metres in from the left touchline Max Liles ran out of dummy half to his right before throwing a short flat ball to an on charging Hayden Wilson who was able to crash over.
Max Liles second try assist was recorded in the 30th minute when from twenty metres out and near the right touchline Max Liles put in a high left foot bomb that came down perfectly near the left corner for his winger to take the ball on the full and move two metres to score.
Max Liles also recorded a line break in the 33rd minute when with Cudgen having a scrum feed near halfway Max Liles initially lined up to the right of the scrum but as the ball as being fed Max Liles raced to the opposite side and received the ball from Harvey Moase down a short left blindside. Max Liles then produced a good left foot step to beat one defender and after beating two more tackles Max Liles was eventually put to ground twenty five metres out from the line.
After missing a number of rounds due to Colts and school boy representative commitments Max Liles started at right centre in Round Ten against the Lower Clarence Magpies with Max Liles scoring in the 28th minute when after receiving the ball two passes to the right of the play the ball and eighteen metres out, Max Liles ran to his right, dummying to the same direction before Max Liles sliced between two defenders to score ten metres in from the right corner post.
Max Liles also made a strong run just prior to his try in the 27th minute when after receiving the ball on the left, Max Liles from thirty five metres out, cut back inside beating three tackles before getting away an off-load to his left.
Max Liles was involved in holding up a Magpie in the 21st minute when along with Ethan Hickey 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.
After starting from the bench for the Future Titans U19 side squad that played a North Queensland Cowboys U19 side in a Titans against Canberra NRL match at Cbus Stadium on the Saturday, Max Liles started at five eight in the rescheduled Round Four match against the Bilambil Jets.
Max Liles recorded the try assist and what a heck of a run it was by Max Liles before he threw the final pass for Jett Forbes to score. Initially Max Liles received the ball from the dummy half ten metres out from the try line to the right of the uprights and ran to his left, dummying to an inside runner before pulling up to assess his options before running twenty five metres parallel to the defensive line towards the right corner and once he enticed one defender out of the line Max Liles threw a sharp ball to his right to put Jett Forbes through.
Max Liles recorded a second try assist in the 37th minute when from forty five metres out from his own line and to the left of the play the ball Max Liles put in a long raking left foot kick which took a horror bounce just in front of the Bilambil fullback with Harvey Moase racing through the retrieve the ball on the bounce and run twenty five metres to score under the posts.
Max Liles then recorded a line break and line break assist in the same play in the 29th minute when after Max Liles received an off-load sixty five metres out and immediately ran towards the centre of the field and after making fifteen metres off-loaded the ball in a tackle to Stevie O’Connor who after dummying to his right beat one defender before veered to his left to round the fullback before Stevie O’Connor got an off-load away to his left to Max Liles who got all of the way to ten metres out from the try line.
Max Liles was also heavily involved in Ethan Hickey’s 45th minute try when from sixty metres out Max Liles threw a long cut-out pass to his right to Jett Forbes away down the right touchline with Max Liles backing up on the inside so that when Jett Forbes off-loading to his inside, Max Liles was on the spot to take possession on the bounce and off-load to his left in one motion to Ethan Hickey who ran twenty metres to score next to the right upright.
Max Liles showcased his off-loading skills in the 41st minute when after receiving the ball from the dummy half from his left, Max Liles ran the ball to the right and threw a great left arm low around the corner pass to Jett Forbes. Max Liles then did not rest on his laurels and backed up to get the ball back from Forbes with Max Liles then running the ball towards the centre of the field before putting in a left foot grubber kick towards the left with Bilambil subsequently being tackled just a metre out from their own try line.
Max Liles then started at five eight for the Cudgen Hornets in the 2022 NRRRL Major Semi-final against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Max Liles recording a try assist in the 36th minute when Max Liles threw a great inside ball to Tanu Nona who charged to his left on a 45 degree angle ten metres to score eight metres to the left of the uprights.
Max Liles also recorded a line break assist in the 21st minute when Max Liles ran the ball down a short left blindside near the halfway mark before throwing a good ball to his left to send winger Levi Dangerfield away down the left touchline.
Max Liles also made a good run in the 25th minute when initially Max Liles received the ball to the left of the play the ball and ran in the same direction from forty five metres out. When he got within around seven metres of the left touchline, Max Liles propped and cut back to his right, beating three defenders in a winding run that made ten metres.
The 2022 NRRRL U18 Grand Final saw 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.
The 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts season of Jack Cullen:
Round One of the 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition saw Jack Cullen named to start in the front row for the Tweed Heads Seagulls as they got their season underway against the Norths Devils however the match was ultimately postponed due to the extreme weather conditions in northern New South Wales.
Jack Cullen was also named in the front row in the Round Two local derby against the Burleigh Bears and along with Oskar Bryant and Charlie Murray made the second tackle of the match after Tweed Heads had kicked off to get the match underway.
In his second stint on the field in the second half Jack Cullen produced a series of outstanding runs, the first of which came in the 59th minute with an effort that made fifteen metres to the left of the dummy half with Jack Cullen promoting the ball over the halfway mark.
Another strong run for Jack Cullen came in the 62nd minute when from just inside Burleigh territory Jack Cullen, on the right side of the field, ran back underneath Thomas Weaver and made an impressive eighteen metres.
Jack Cullen continued his strong runs in the 66th minute with a fifteen metre run from the third hit-up after Klese Haas’s second try with Jack Cullen getting to forty metres out from his own try line with at least 60% of Jack Cullen’s metres gained coming post contact.
Jack Cullen produced another great run in the 71st minute when from a Seagulls penalty restart Jack Cullen cut back under Thomas Weaver once again and was initially hit by the Burleigh defenders still ten metres from the try line but Jack Cullen just would not give up and just kept fighting in the tackle and literally got within centremetres of the try line directly in front of the left goal post.
Jack Cullen continued in the front row in Round Three against the Townsville Blackhawks with Jack Cullen along with Charlie Murray making the opening tackle of the match after Tweed Heads had gotten the match underway.
The second half started well for Jack Cullen with a strong twenty metre run from the kick-off.
Jack Cullen also started in the front row in Round Six against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls and took the hit-up from the opening kick-off of the match. Jack Cullen then backed that up by taking the third hit-up of the match as well.
Jack Cullen also did well in the 13th minute when along with Ryan Foran he was first downfield from a Tweed Heads long tactical kick and put the Wynnum Manly left winger, driving them back around eight metres.
Jack Cullen continued in the front row in Round Six against the Northern Pride in the Seagulls big 66 – 0 with Jack Cullen taking the third hit-up of the match. Jack Cullen also started in the front row in the rescheduled Round One match against the Norths Devils with Jack Cullen taking the second hit-up of the match.
Along with Ryan Foran, Jack Cullen executed a strong driving tackle on the Devils right winger with the tackle driving him back at least four metres.
Round Eight against the Western Clydesdales saw Jack Cullen start in the front row and took the first hit-up of the match after taking the ball on the bounce in his own in-goal.
Jack Cullen scored an impressive try in the 78th minute when after charging onto the ball to the right of the play the ball and twenty eight metres out from the line Jack Cullen burst through two attempted tackles and easily surged past the fullback to score ten metres to the right of the uprights.
Jack Cullen also started in the front row in Round Nine against the Ipswich Jets before starting at lock in Round Ten against the Mackay Cutters with Jack Cullen along with Ben Liyou and Kyhan Weir involved in the opening tackle of the match.
In the 13th minute Jack Cullen made the first of multiple telling runs in the match when he was held up over the try line just to the right of the goal posts after a fifteen metre charge from the right of the play the ball.
The match saw Jack Cullen make a team leading 143 metres in attack.
Jack Cullen continued at lock in the rescheduled Round Seven match against the Souths Logan Magpies and then after missing a number of rounds Jack Cullen came off the bench in Round Thirteen against the Sunshine Coast Falcons.
Jack Cullen then started at lock in the Round Fourteen local derby against the Burleigh Bears as well as in Round Fifteen against the Northern Pride and Round Sixteen against the Townsville Blackhawks.
Jack Cullen also started at lock in Round Seventeen against the Easts Tigers with Jack Cullen making a team leading thirty six tackles.
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 NRRRL U18 season for Tanu Nona:
2022 saw Tanu Nona once again play for the Cudgen Hornets in the NRRRL U18 competition with his first match coming in Round Eight against the Bilambil Jets when he came off the bench in the 15th minute to operate at lock.
Tanu Nona, even though he came off the bench was the best player on the field with Tanu Nona scoring in the 22nd minute when he ran back underneath Harvey Moase who had run his left and then passed back inside to Tanu Nona. Tanu Nona then took advantage of the fact that the Bilambil inside defenders had not followed the paly across field and charged twenty five metres and easily beating the fullback to score under the posts.
Then in the 31st minute Tanu Nona received the ball on the right side of the field in space and looking at a Hornets overlap and smartly ran at the last Jets defender on their left, drawing him to send Jett Forbes over to score.
Tanu Nona also had a strong defensive match which was evidenced by a 38th minute tackle when he executed a text book front on hit on the Bilambil right second rower with the ball flying loose as soon as Tanu Nona hit him around the chest.
Tanu Nona was back in Round Ten against the Murwillumbah Mustangs coming off the bench in the 15th minute to operate in the dummy half role and scored a strong solo try in the 33rd minute when he darted out of dummy half to his left from twenty five metres out when he identified that the markers were not square. Tanu Nona burst past the markers before dummying to his left to halt the momentum of a defender and then easily veered around the Murwillumbah fullback to score five metres to the left of the uprights.
The reason that Cudgen were deep on the attack in Murwillumbah territory in the first place was as a direct result of smart play by Tanu Nona. Tanu Nona moved into dummy half in the centre of the field and just thirty metres out from his own try line. After identifying that one of the Mustangs markers was not square, Tanu Nona ran to his right and won the penalty when impacted by the not square marker. It was from the play the ball from the subsequent penalty restart that saw Tanu Nona score out of dummy half.
Whilst Tanu Nona scored one try he also saved one when in the 23rd minute Tanu Nona was on hand to hold up the Murwillumbah fullback over the try line on the fourth tackle after the fullback had tried to his detriment to run over the top of Tanu Nona.
Tanu Nona then started at five eight in Round Thirteen against the Ballina Seagulls with Tanu Nona scoring in the 45th minute when he ran to his right out of dummy half seventeen metres out from the line. Once he cleared the ruck, Tanu Nona stepped off his left foot, “breaking the ankles” of one Ballina defender before a left arm fend got rid of the fullback with Tanu Nona getting the ball down mid-way between the corner post and goal posts on the right side of the field.
Tanu Nona also recorded a try assist in the 12th minute when after receiving an off-load thirty metres from his own try line, Tanu Nona ran to his right and after drawing one defender got the ball away to his right to send Jett Forbes on a seventy metre run down the right touchline to score.
Tanu Nona recorded a second try assist in the 37th minute when he skipped out of dummy half to his left from three metres out before throwing a short ball to his left for Chaz Bond to crash over to the left of the uprights.
Tana Nona added a line break assist in the 24th minute when after receiving an off-load from Stevie O’Connor ten metres inside his own territory Tanu Nona got the ball to the halfway mark before getting a right arm off-load away to his left to put Jett Forbes into a big gap.
After starting from the bench for the Future Titans U19 side squad that played a North Queensland Cowboys U19 side in a Titans against Canberra NRL match at Cbus Stadium on the Saturday, Tanu Nona started from the bench in the rescheduled Round Four match against the Bilambil Jets.
Tanu Nona then started from the bench in the rescheduled Round Five match against the Byron Bay Devils with Tanu Nona scoring in the 38th minute when after receiving an inside pass from his left from Harvey Moase when thirty seven metres out, Tanu Nona broke an attempted arm tackle before dummying to his left to initially wrong foot the Devils fullback and then near the try line when the fullback came across, Tanu Nona got rid of him with a left arm fend and then Tanu Nona brought the ball around to put the ball down under the posts.
Tanu Nona then started from the bench for the Cudgen Hornets in the 2022 NRRRL Major Semi-final against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Tanu Nona scoring in the 36th minute when he ran off a great inside ball from Max Liles with Tanu Nona charged to his left on a 45 degree angle ten metres to score eight metres to the left of the uprights.
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.
Tanu Nona also recorded a try assist in the 55th minute when after receiving the ball ten metres out and to the left of the play the ball, Tanu Nona threw a hard flat pass to his left to put his left second rower over to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
The 2022 club season for Nic Hilton:
Nicholas Hilton made his Hastings Deering’s Colts debut in the 2022 rescheduled Round Seven match off the bench against the Souths Logan Magpies. Nicholas Hilton also came off the bench in Round Eleven against the Central Queensland Capra’s.
Post the 2022 MM Cup competition Nicholas Hilton transitioned back to club rugby league and was named to start Round One of the 2022 Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One competition from the bench for the Nerang Roosters against the Currumbin Eagles however Nicholas Hilton was a late scratching from the match.
Nicholas Hilton was then named at left second row in Round Five against the Helensvale Hornets but once again was a late scratching.
Interestingly Nicholas Hilton started at halfback in Round Eleven against the Helensvale Hornets operating on the left and to be honest Nicholas Hilton made a very good fist of his new position.
Nicholas Hilton should have had a 22nd minute try assist when whilst operating on the left when he engaged the defensive line and threw a great right arm flick pass which sent his support runner over but bizarrely the touch judge ruled the pass forward.
Nicholas Hilton also threw another great pass in the 36th minute when front the right of a Roosters scrum win around twenty metres from the try line Nicholas Hilton held the ball up perfectly to bring his fullback onto the ball with a great short ball to his right after the fullback had looped around from the opposite side of the field.
Nicholas Hilton showed that he can also defend on the edge of the ruck when in the 35th minute he made a crunching front on tackle on the Eagles interchange hooker (No. 14) driving his right shoulder through the centre of his body mass. Nicholas Hilton backed that up with another crunching front on right shoulder tackle on the Currumbin five eight in the 49th minute.
Nicholas Hilton was on the move once again in Round Fourteen against the Ormeau Shearers starting the match at right centre and in the 10th Nicholas Hilton threw the final pass for Jeremaiah Temapo to race thirty five metres down the right touchline to score.
Nicholas Hilton then moved to left second row in Round Sixteen against the Burleigh Bears with Nicholas Hilton making a line break in the 5th minute when after he received an off-load thirty metres out from his own try line Nicholas Hilton bumped off one would be defender before running back towards the centre of the field with Nichoals Hilton breaking two more tackles on his way to making sixteen metres.
The 2022 Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One Grand Final saw 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.
In late September 2022 Nayte Saaga also started at hooker for the Titans U16’s in their annual Anthony Laffranchi Cup match against the Balmain Tigers with Nayte Saaga scoring in just the second minute of the match when Nayte Saaga chased through a Zane Harrison grubber kick with Nayte Saaga diving on the ball in the goal mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
In late September 2022 Ryder Williams started at five eight for the Titans U16’s in their annual Anthony Laffranchi Cup match against the Balmain Tigers with Ryder Williams scoring in the 42nd minute with a stepping run through the Tigers defensive line. Ryder Williams also recorded a try assist in the 14th minute when on the left side of the field Ryder Williams passed the ball to his left to put Sam Stephenson over to score five metres in from the left corner post.
Well done to Ty Kilpatrick for being named the 2022 Cudgen Hornets U18 NRRRL Best Forward Award.
Ashton Harley had a big 2022 season for the Kyogle Turkeys in the NRRRL and was named the Kyogle NRRRL U18 Best and Fairest and was also named the Kyogle 2022 Rookie of the Year.
Talented five eight prospect Waylon Caldwell had an outstanding season for the South Grafton Rebels in the Group Two competition including being named as a reserve in the First Grade Grand Final.
In the Group Two U18 competition, Walyon Caldwell was dominant and was deservedly named the 2022 Group Two U18 Best and Fairest, Waylon Caldwell was also the competitions leading points scorer with 116 points and the leading try scorer with sixteen tries.
2022 also saw Waylon Coldwell start at five eight for a Titans Northern Rivers U18 selection against the Titans U17 JTS squad in an NRL curtain raiser at CBus Stadium
Sam Stephenson started at left centre for the Titans U16’s in the annual Anthony Laffranchi Cup match against the Balmain Tigers with Sam Stephenson scoring a hat trick in the Titans big 40 – 8 victory.
Sam Stephenson scored the first of his three tries in the 14th minute when after receiving the ball from his inside from five eight Ryder Williams, Sam Stephenson had an eight metre run untouched to the line to dive over five metres in from the left corner post.
Sam Stephenson scored his second try in the 16th minute with a great fifty metre line break emphasising Sam Stephenson’s speed and power.
Sam Stephenson completed his hat trick in the 40th minute when Sam Stephenson burst through the Balmain Tigers right sided defensive line off a good ball from his inside to score.
Sam Stephenson could/should have a fourth try in the 45th minute when the ball that put Sam Stephenson over the try line was ruled to have travelled forward out of the hands.
In late September 2022 Zane Harrison started at halfback for the Titans U16’s in their annual Anthony Laffranchi Cup match against the Balmain Tigers with Zane Harrison scoring in the 50th minute with a stepping run through the Tigers defensive line.
The match also saw Zane Harrison record three try assists with the first coming in just the 2nd minute by way of a right foot grubber into the in-goal with Nayte Saaga charging through to dive on the ball mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Zane Harrison recorded a second try assist in the 31st minute with a great ball to his right to put Izayah Petrichvich over to score. Zane Harrison recorded his third try assist in the 40th minute with a great ball to his left to put Sam Stephenson through a gap and over to score.
Titans contracted Keano Kini’s performances over the course of the 2022 ASSRL U18 Championships saw Keano Kini named in the Australian School Boys Squad for their Fijian tour with Keano Kini presented with the No. 1 jersey prior to heading to Fiji.
Keano Kini started the first “test” of the tour at fullback against Fiji Schools with Keano Kini scoring one try and setting up another in a big Australian School Boys victory.
Keano Kini scored in the 57th minute when he burst onto the ball through the centre of the field from fifty five metres out with Keano Kini veering to his right to round the Fiji fullback and race away to put the ball down under the posts.
Keano Kini recorded his try assist in the 48th minute when after making a line break through the centre of the field, Keano Kini drew the Fiji fullback and passed to his right to send his support runner away to score untouched under the posts.
Good to see talented Helensvale Hornets centre Ryder Bodley named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls CC Cup squad.
Great to see Titans contracted Will Semu named in the Tweed Heads Seagulls 2023 MM Cup squad.
The 2022 GCRL U18 Division One season of Jeremaiah Temapo:
In 2022 Jeremaiah Temapo played for the Nerang Roosters GCRL U18 Division One side once again and in Round Two against the Burleigh Bears Jeremaiah Temapo was named at left centre with Jeremaiah Temapo getting his 2022 GCRL U18 Division One season underway by scoring a hat trick.
Jeremaiah Temapo only had to wait until the 2nd minute of the match to score his opening try when he crashed over from nine metres out wide out on the left after good work on his inside by halfback Zinzan Kahu.
Jeremaiah Temapo’s second try came in the 9th minute when with the play the ball a metre out from the line and a minute in from the left touchline, Jeremaiah Temapo who as at dummy half took a step to his right before throwing an extravagant dummy in the same direction before forcing his way over the line.
Jeremaiah Temapo completed his hat trick in the 59th minute. Jeremaiah Temapo received the ball around six metres out and three metres in from the left touchline whilst he was stationary. Once he received the ball however Jeremaiah Temapo was anything but, pushing off one defenders and then spinning 360 degrees counter clockwise to gain separation from two more defenders before crashing over before three more defenders who parked themselves on the try line with Jeremaiah Temapo getting the ball down five metres in from the left corner.
Jeremaiah Temapo moved to the left wing for Round Three against the Southport Tigers however he was a late scratching from the match.
Jeremaiah Temapo was also named on the left wing in Round Four against the Currumbin Eagles and scoring a double in a Roosters 32 -16 victory.
Jeremaiah Temapo only had to wait three minutes to score his first try when after around twenty passes to both sides of the field by the Roosters Jeremaiah Temapo jumped high to take a long pass to his left wing ten metres out. Almost as soon as his feet hit the ground Jeremaiah Temapo used a right arm fend to get rid of the Currumbin right centre and dive over in the left corner.
Jeremaiah Temapo scored his second try in the 49th minute when Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki put in a short right foot grubber kick to his left which sat up perfectly for Jeremaiah Temapo to collect and crash over to score five metres to the left of the uprights.
Even excluding his third minute try Jeremaiah Temapo started the match off with a bang when in the 9th minute he came off his left wing to take a hit-up deep inside his own territory with Jeremaiah Temapo receiving the ball to the left of the dummy half and from eighteen metres out from his own try line was able to get the ball thirty metres out with the majority of metres being post contact metres.
Jeremaiah Temapo then did well in the 14th minute to jump high and take a Currumbin attacking kick to his wing on the full above his head just out from his own line. Then in the 25th minute once again took it upon himself to help his side bring the ball out of their own territory when he charged onto a pass from his right from the dummy half just twelve metres out from his own try line with Jeremaiah Temapo cutting to his left after taking possession to get around the Currumbin defence and rumble eighteen metres downfield.
Jeremaiah Tempo did not just run the ball hard against Currumbin, he also tackled hard with the Currumbin replacement forward (No. 17) finding that out the hard way in the opening minute of the second half when he made the mistake of running across field with towards Jeremaiah Temapo’s side of the field. Jeremaiah Temapo made his pay by coming out of the defensive line and driving his right shoulder into the Currumbin Eagles player with the ball subsequently flying loose.
It was clear that Jeremaiah Temapo was on a mission in the second half and once again in the 42nd minute he raced out of the defensive line to smash the Currumbin right second rower deep inside his own territory.
Jeremaiah Temapo produced a start piece of play the 58th minute when whilst defending forty metres out from the try line, Jeremaiah Temapo produced a one on one strip and was then able to promote the ball ten metres closer to the try line.
Jeremaiah Temapo was also named on the left wing in Round Five against the Helensvale Hornets and made an early line break in just the 3rd minute when after receiving the ball around thirty eight metres out Jeremaiah Temapo was able to charge twenty metres down the left touchline.
Jeremaiah Temapo made a further line break in the 49th minute when after a Helensvale dropped ball Jeremaiah Temapo was able to make thirty five metres with his run starting deep inside his own territory.
Jeremaiah Temapo also did well in the 45th minute when from a Nerang twenty metre restart he was able to rumble fifteen metres downfield.
Jeremaiah Temapo continued on the left wing in Round Nine against the Burleigh Bears scoring in the 57th minute when on right side of the field Jeremaiah Temapo ran of a short ball from Jack Kelly, running an inside shoulder route to score mid-way between the corner post and goal posts on the right side of the field. Then from the resultant kick-off Jeremaiah Temapo was able to get the ball back to the thirty metre mark.
Jeremaiah Temapo’s first significant contribution in the match came in just the 2nd minute when he came off his wing and charged onto the ball to the left of the play the ball and was able to get the ball to the halfway mark before he was taken to ground.
After taking a Burleigh clearing kick on the full twenty metres from his own line in the 27th minute near the centre of the field Jeremaiah Temapo ran back towards the left touchline and after beating two tackles was able to promote the ball to the halfway mark before being taken to ground.
Jeremaiah Temapo came from his left wing over to the right side from a Nerang scrum win in the 44th minute near the middle of the field, running to his right before pushing off the Burleigh fullback and off-loading to his right to Taneila Mapasua-Lotaki and after the right centre had taken the ball to twelve metres out Jeremaiah Temapo charged onto the ball from the subsequent play the ball and got close to scoring before he was brought down two metres short of the line.
Jeremaiah Temapo made another strong charge in the 52nd minute making twelve metres to get the ball to the halfway mark from the left of the play the ball.
Jeremaiah Temapo continued on the left wing in Round Ten against the Southport Tigers scoring his opening try in the 29th minute when from four metres out and four metres in from the left touchline, Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki darted down the left blindside and got the ball away to Jeremaiah Temapo who was able to reach out with his right arm to get the ball down after he was stopped just short of the line to score in the left corner.
Jeremaiah Temapo scored his second try in the 40th minute when after received a pass from Josh Lynn sixteen metres out, Jeremaiah Temapo charged towards the left corner before cutting inside to beat one defender before a right arm fend got rid of another with Jeremiah Temapo then crashing over in the left corner.
Jeremaiah Temapo almost scored a further try in the 23rd minute when after Josh Lynn from twenty metres out down a short left blindside Josh Lynn put in a grubber kick towards the left corner, with the ball stopping literally centre metres out from the try line and in from the left touchline. The Southport fullback had no idea what to do and Jeremaiah Temapo raced through to attempt to pick up the ball but in the process Jeremaiah Temapo lost possession.
Jeremaiah Temapo did well just prior to his try when in the 28th minute after Southport had kick-off with the ball headed to Nerang’s Right corner, the Roosters spun the ball all of the way across the field to the left with Jeremaiah Temapo receiving the ball twenty five metres out from his own line in space with Jeremaiah Temapo breaking four tackles on the way to getting the ball two metres inside Southport territory.
Then in the 34th minute Jeremaiah Temapo came off his wing to take a hit-up through the centre of the field from inside his own territory with Jeremaiah Temapo promoting the ball to five metres inside Southport territory after a fifteen metre run before getting away a right arm off-load.
Jeremaiah Temapo then moved to the right wing in Round Eleven against the Helensvale Hornets with Jeremaiah Temapo making a strong run in the 35th minute when he came off his wing and made fifteen metres through the centre of the field to get the ball over the halfway mark.
Jeremaiah Temapo also started on the right wing in Round Twelve against the Helensvale Hornets.
Jeremaiah Temapo started on the right wing in Round Thirteen against the Runaway Bay Seagulls with Jeremaiah Temapo had a heck of a match by scoring five tries.
The first of Jeremaiah Temapo’s tries came in the 16th minute when Jeremaiah Temapo was on the end of a Nerang backline movement to his side of the field with Jeremaiah Temapo running twenty five metres towards the right corner before cutting back inside at the last moment to beat the Seagulls fullback to get the ball down five metres in from the right corner post.
Jeremaiah Temapo scored his second try in the 26th minute when Jeremaiah Temapo received a pass from his inside from Shannon Donaldson with Jeremaiah Temapo cutting inside off his right wing to beat two attempted tackles to dive over to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Jeremaiah Temapo completed his hat trick in the 38th minute after receiving a long cut-out pass from his inside with Jeremaiah Temapo receiving the ball twenty metres out, breaking three tackles and then Jeremaiah Temapo grabbed a further defender over the try line to get the ball down five metres in from the right corner post.
Jeremaiah Temapo scored his fourth try in the 48th minute when he charged through to take a kick towards his wing from Dorian Lotaki on the first bounce with Jeremaiah Temapo immediately pushing off the Runaway Bay fullback with Jeremaiah Temapo then running twenty metres to score three metres in from the right corner post.
Jeremaiah Temapo made it five tries in the 58th minute when with the Nerang play the ball three metres out and three metres in from the right touchline, Jeremaiah Temapo ran to his left from dummy half and forced his way over to score five metres in from the corner post.
Jeremaiah Temapo also recorded a try assist in the 21st minute when Jeremaiah Temapo charged twenty metres towards the right corner but after cutting back inside, Jeremaiah Temapo was caught from behind by the left foot and even though no doubt Jeremaiah Temapo could have pulled up of the tackle and scored myself, Jeremaiah Temapo chose to pass the ball to his right for Taniela Lotaki to walk two steps forward and easily place the ball down just in from the right corner post.
Jeremaiah Temapo also recorded a line break assist in the 37th minute when after Jeremaiah Temapo received an off-load from his right from Xavier Collins, Jeremaiah Temapo got a good ball away to his left to put Arama Hau away down the right channel and over the halfway mark.
Jeremaiah Temapo also started on the right wing in Round Fourteen against the Ormeau Shearers with Jeremaiah Tempo continuing his incredible try scoring run by scoring in the 10th minute with a thirty five metre burst down the left touchline after receiving the ball from his inside from Nicholas Hilton with Jeremaiah Temapo crossing the try line near the right corner but he was able to bring the ball around fifteen metres closer to the right upright.
Jeremaiah Temapo was also heavily involved in Josh Lynn’s 17th minute try when after picking up a dropped mid-field bomb, Jeremaiah Temapo twisted the Ormeau defence knots near the right touchline before getting an off-load away with Nerang then spinning the ball to the opposite side of the field for Josh Lynn to score.
Jeremaiah Temapo also did well in the 2nd minute when he came forward to take a bomb to his wing under heavy pressure. The in the 40th minute Jeremaiah Temapo took a Shearers clearing kick on the full thirty metres out from his own line and near the right touchline. Jeremaiah Temapo then ran to his left and got the ball to within the halfway mark before his forward momentum was halted.
Jeremaiah Temapo made ground running the ball once again in the 44th minute when after Nerang picked up an Ormeau dropped ball just metres out from the try line, Jeremaiah Temapo received the ball around ten metres out and charged thirty five metres down the left touchline before being brought to ground. Jeremaiah Temapo was then awarded a penalty for being held down too long in the tackle. Jeremaiah Temapo then took the hit-up from the penalty restart, making a further fifteen metres.
Jeremaiah Temapo also started on the right wing in Round Seventeen against the Southport Tigers with Jeremaiah Temapo scoring twice in a big Roosters victory.
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 Jeremaiah Temapo taking the opening run of the match from the kick-off.
The 2022 Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One Grand Final saw 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.
Titan Disharne Tonihi has been named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup squad and he is also MM Cup eligible in 2024.
Congratulations to Titans contracted Jeremaiah Tamepo and Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa for their selection in the 2022 Queensland Maori U18 Tamatoa side for the upcoming QPICC Carnival.
The 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts season of Josiah Pahulu:
Josiah Pahulu made his Hastings Deering’s Colts debut from the bench in the Round Two local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls coming onto the field at around the 24 minute mark to play in the front row with Josiah Pahulu’s first run coming just after he came on when he made eight metres after taking possession to the right of the play the ball.
Then in the 29th minute Josiah Pahulu made a strong run from a Burleigh penalty restart with Josiah Pahulu making eight metres into the teeth of the Seagulls forward pack but when he was taken to ground, Josiah Pahulu was not held and was back to his feet in a flash and was able to make a further six metres.
Josiah Pahulu produced a further strong run in the 34th minute when after picking up a loose ball from Burleigh he was able to make twelve metres to get the ball back to near the halfway mark.
In the 48th minute Josiah Pahulu almost was able to put Samuel Shannon over after he got a away a good off-load to Samuel Shannon but he was in the end Samuel Shannon was held up over the line.
Josiah Pahulu kept pumping his legs post contact with the defensive line in the 61st minute when he got within two metres of the try line after a strong fifteen metre burst.
As he is quickly becoming known for Josiah Pahulu just keeps going and going on matter what and that was the case in the 69th minute when he willed himself to his left to tackle Thomas Weaver who had beaten one tackle and set sail for the try line five metres out and directly under the posts but Josiah Pahulu got there to make the tackle and prevent the try.
Josiah Pahulu also started from the bench in Round Three against the Western Clydesdales and in the 38th minute Josiah Pahulu scored his first Colts try of his career in the 39th minute after coming onto the field to play in the front row mid-way through the first half.
Josiah Pahulu scored in the 39th minute when he ran off an off-load from Isaac Matalavea-Booth with Josiah Pahulu running to his left after receiving the ball before straightening up to crash over five metres to the left of the uprights.
Josiah Pahulu also recorded a try assist in the 28th minute when after receiving a pass to his right off the summy half just eight metres from the line, Josiah Pahulu moved to his left before throwing a good short ball to his left to a charging Isaac Matalavea-Booth who was able to crash over from close range.
Josiah Pahulu was once again named on the bench for Burleigh in Round Five against the Souths Logan Magpies however he was a late scratching from the match due to his selection in the Queensland U19 squad.
Outstanding half back prospect Taj Lateo has been named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
In early October 2022 Peter Patuua was named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls U18 Mal Meninga Cup squad.
The New Zealand born front rower arrived in Australia for 2022 to be part of the Titans linked Coombabah State High School Rugby League Excellence Program and be part of their Open A School Boy Langer Cup side.
Round One of the 2022 Langer Cup School Boy competition saw Peter Patuua start from the bench for Coombabah State High School against Redcliffe State High School.
After missing Round Two Peter Patuua was named on the bench for Round Three against PBC State High School.
Peter Patuua then started from the bench in Coombabah SHS’s Langer Cup Quarter Final against Ipswich SHS.
In early June 2022 Peter Patuu was named in the front row in the 2022 New Zealand Maori Tama U17 All-Tournament Team after playing for E Tu Heita Uri Ariki in the Tournament.
The De La Salle College Auckland student arrived in Australia with significant junior rugby league experience under his belt already including in 2020 representing the U15 Tamaki Makarau Representative Side and the Manerewa Marlins.
2019 saw Peter Patuua become a Niue Pacific Cup U14 representative and in 2019 Peter Patuua represented the Niue Pacific Cup U13 side. Also in 2019 Peter Patuua was part of the Auckland South U13 Representative Side that played an Auckland North U13 side in a Region of Origin style format.
Great to see Marsden SHS students Antonio To’omaga, Maddon Falaniko and Hayden Watson named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
Big strong young PBC SHS front rowers Malakai Mosaati and Marlie Barry have been named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
In early October 2022 Boston Riggs-Albert was named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls U18 Mal Meninga Cup squad.
The New Zealand born second rower is on his way over to Australia in 2022 to be part of the Titans linked Coombabah State High School Rugby League Excellence Program and be part of their Open A School Boy Langer Cup side.
Round One of the 2022 Langer Cup School Boy competition saw Boston Riggs-Noble start in the front row for Coombabah State High School against Redcliffe State High School and also stsrted in the front row in Round Two against Keebra Park State High School.
Boston Riggs-Noble continued in the front row in Round Three against PBC State High School.
Boston Riggs-Noble then started in the front row in Coombabah SHS’s Langer Cup Quarter Final against Ipswich SHS.
Boston Riggs-Albert arrived in Australia with an impressive rugby league resume already in his back pocket including representing the Manurewa Marlins. In 2020 the Aorere College student and Papatoete Panther was named in the second row in the New Zealand Maori U15 Tama All-Tournament Team.
In 2019 Boston Riggs-Albert was a Niue Pacific Cup U14 representative and also represented the Tamaki Makaurau U14 side and in 2018 Boston Riggs-Albert was part of the Auckland South U13 Representative Side that played an U13 Auckland South Selection.
In late September 2022 Rhys Alldridge trialled for the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad and in early October was named in the final squad.
In early January 2022 Rhys Alldridge attented a Titans JTS Elite U15 Development Camp on the Gold Coast.
2022 saw Rhys Alldridge one again play for Marsden SHS and started in the front row in Round One of the Hancock Cup competition against PBC SHS and also started in the front row in Round Two against Wavell State High School.
In 2022 Rhys Alldrige played for the Beaudesert Kingfishers in the GCRL U15 Division One competition with Rhys Alldridge coming off the bench in the Grand Final against the Currumbin Eagles.
Young halfback Noah Fien moves up to the Gold Coast and has been named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
In 2022 Noah Fien attended Edmund Rice College and represented the Southern Country at the NSW Combined Catholic Colleges U15 Rugby league trials. Noah Fiend also represented NSW CCC in touch in 2022.
Great to see Titans contracted Corey Pearce (s) moving down to Burleigh to play in the Bears 2023 U18 MM Cup side.
In early October 2022 Jonah Rangiwai was named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
In September 2022 Jonah Rangiwai was part of the Queensland Reds U15 Academy Development squad in their match against New South Wales.
In 2022 Jonah Rangiwai attended The Southport School (TSS) and played in all the TSS U16A matches in the GPS School Boy competition in the front row.
In early October 2022 Benji Quinlan was named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
In 2022 Benji Quinlan attended Mabel Park SHS and was part of their Walters Cup School Boy side and post the completion of the Walters Cup competition Benji Quinlan was named by the Courier Mail as one of the twenty two most improved school boys in 2022.
For Mabel Park SHS settled into the role of a smart ball playing lock after coming to Mabel Park SHS as a five eight.
Great to see the Titans welcome a NZ U14 Samoan side at the Titans facilities as they tour South East Queensland.
In late September 2022 Tavake Tau’a’alo was named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
The powerful front rower attended Keebra Park State High School in 2022 and was part of the Keebra Park SHS Hancock Cup School Boy Rugby League side.
Tavake Tau’a’alo started Round One against Ipswich SHS in the front row and also started in the front row in Round Two against Redcliffe SHS.
Tavake Tau’a’alo started Round Four of the Hancock Cup in the front row against Mabel Park State High School with Tavake Tau’a’alo playing a key role in Keebra Park SHS’s 20 – 18 victory by way of a last minute penalty goal with Tavake Tau’a’alo playing a kay role in winning the penalty for Keebra Park SHS.
The match saw Tavake Tau’a’alo score two of Keebra Park SHS’s three tries with the first coming in the 13th minute when after charging onto the ball to the left of the play the ball around twelve metres out, Tavake Tau’a’alo broke through two tackles before stepping off his left still around eight metres out and then carried four defenders towards the line before reaching out to get the ball down after reaching forward with the ball in his right hand.
Tavake Tau’a’alo scored his second try in the 34th minute when he ran an inside shoulder route from the right of the play to charge over to score under the posts from ten metres out.
Tavake Tau’a’alo almost scored another try in the 33rd minute when from ten metres out Tavake Tau’a’alo got within a metres of the try line next to the left upright before four defenders finally brought him to the ground.
Tavake Tau’a’alo’s first strong run of the match came in the 8th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball around thirty two metres out, Tavake Tau’a’alo looked held still twenty five metres out but he forced his way out of a three person tackle through sheer will, before carrying four more defenders to within eleven metres of the try line.
Then in the 36th minute after Mabel Park SHS were penalised for being offside from a kick-off Tavake Tau’a’alo who had taken the kick-off on the full back near his own try line raced to the halfway mark to take a tap and even against a set defensive line Tavake Tau’a’alo was able to make thirty metres, breaking numerous tackles along the way.
As noted above Tavake Tau’a’alo was heavily involved in winning a penalty in the dying minutes to give Keebra Park SHS the victory. With time running down Keebra Park SHS were awarded a penalty around twenty metres out, Tavake Tau’a’alo took a quick tap and got the ball to around four metres out from the try line and was awarded a penalty when he quick tap caught multiple Mabel Park SHS defenders offside.
Tavake Tau’a’alo also started in the front row in Round Five against Forest Lake SHS with Tavake Tau’a’alo scoring a strong try in the 33rd minute when after he received a pass from his right, Tavake Tau’a’alo stepped off his left foot to run over one defender ten metres from the line and then Tavake Tau’a’alo dragged four Forest Lake SHS defenders over the try line in a run that included a 360 degrees clockwise spin with Tavake Tau’a’alo getting the ball down ten metres to the left of the uprights.
Tavake Tau’a’alo showcased all sorts of skills in the match including a right foot grubber kick from ten metres out in the 14th minute with Keebra Park SHS getting a repeat set of six tackles with Keebra Park SHS scoring in that set.
Tavake Tau’a’alo continued in the front row in Round Six against PBC SHS with Tavake Tau’a’alo making a sixteen metre charge through the centre of the field to get the ball ten metres into PBC SHS territory. Tavake Tau’a’alo also did well in the 27th minute when after the PBC SHS fullback broke the defensive line, Tavake Tau’a’alo chased him down from behind in an impressive show of speed and determination.
Tavake Tau’a’alo continued in the front row against Marsden SHS with Tavake Tau’a’alo making a line break in the 8th minute from a penalty tap restart on his own twenty metre mark with Tavake Tau’a’alo promoting the ball all of the way to the halfway mark.
In early October 2022 Brodie Saunders was named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
2022 saw Brodie Saunders 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 Brodie Saunders starting the Grand Final at lock.
Well done to Sam McIntyre for being named the 2022 Burleigh Colts Players Player.
Well done to Jett Prichard for being named the 2022 PBC SHS YEar Seven Rugby League Player of the Year.
Ayden Byrnes was recently awarded the 2022 PBC SHS PBC Rugby League REDS Award for Year 10.
Reico Ratana was recently awarded the 2022 PBC SHS PBC Rugby League REDS Award for Year 12.
In late September 2022 Mason Barber was named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls U18 MM Cup squad, Mason Barber is also MM Cup eligible in 2024.
In October 2021 Mason Barber was named in the powerful Burleigh Bears U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
Round One of the 2022 U16 Cyril Connell Cup saw Mason Barber named on an extended bench for the Burleigh Bears against the Tweed Heads Seagulls however on the morning of the match Mason Barber moved onto the bench coming on to play as a running forward late in the first half.
Mason Barber also came off the bench in Round Two against the Souths Logan Magpies, coming on in the 25th minute to operate as a running backrower. Mason Barber also came off the bench in Round Three against the Norths Devils before being named to drop back to the Bears extended bench for Round Four against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls, however in a late switch Mason Barber started the match from the bench.
Mason Barber was named at fullback for the Bears opening 2022 Cyril Connell Cup trial against local rivals the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Mason Barber making a great one on one tackle in the 12th minute on a charing Tweed Heads Seagull who had broken through the Burleigh line with only Mason Barber to beat.
In 2022 Mason Barber also played for Keebra Park SHS in the School Boy Walters Cup competition including a strong performance in Round Three against Marsden SHS after starting the match from the bench.
Against Marsden SHS Mason Barber scored the try of the match when after Keebra Park SHS spun the ball to their left from a kick-off, the Keebra Park SHS left winger raced away down the left touchline and as the Marsden SHS cover defence came across he put in a right foot chip kick back inside with Mason Barber retrieving the ball around forty metres out with Mason Barber then racing away to dive over mid-way between the corner post and goal posts on the left side of the field. Mason Barber was unlucky not to have been awarded an eight point try after one of the Marsden SHS cover defenders came in and hit Mason Barber late whilst he was still on the ground after diving over.
Interestingly Round Seven against Mabel Park SHS saw Mason Barber named to start in the front row.
Helensvale Hornets and Coombabah SHS five eight Grady Payne has been named in the Burleigh Bears U16 2023 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
Great to see PBC SHS hooker Archie Sillar named in the Burleigh Bears 2023 U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
At the end of year PBC SHS Sports Awards night, Keano Kini was named the the winner of the 2022 Craig Weston Award as the best rugby league player in the PBC SHS Open age group.
In late September 2022 Toran O’Donnell was named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls U18 MM Cup squad.
In late 2021 Toran O’Donnell was named in the Tweed Heads Seagulls U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad and was part of the Seagulls side that played their first trial of 2022 when he lined up at Pizzey Park against the Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup squad on the Titans “Super Saturday”.
Toran O’Donnell was initially not named in the game day seventeen for Round One of the 2022 Cyril Connell Cup against the Burleigh Bears but on the morning of the match came onto the Seagulls bench. The young forward came off the bench and into the match in the second row around the forty minute mark.
As a result of his strong performance off the bench in Round One, Toran O’Donnell moved into the starting side at right second row for Round Two against the Redcliffe Dolphins and after a Round Three bye Toran O’Donnell continued at right second row in Round Four against the Easts Tigers, however in the second half Toran O’Donnell also spent time on the left side of the field.
Toran O’Donnell moved to left second row in the final round being Round Five against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls and in the 15th minute Toran O’Donnell executed a great try saving tackle on the Wynnum Manly halfback who had split the Seagulls defensive line from around ten metres out but Toran O’Donnell willed himself to his left to make the tackle.
Latrell Lowah is one of the most naturally gifted junior rugby league players in northern NSW and he will be back at it with the Titans when the Junior Academies start back up early next month.
In late September 2022 Titus Marsden was named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls U18 MM Cup squad.
The Helensvale Hornets local Gold Coast junior had an outstanding 2021 season that culminated in the young man being named the 2021 Gold Coast Rugby League U15 Player of the Season. An impressive feat considering the exceptional strength of that competition on the Gold Coast in 2021.
In October 2021 Titus Marsden was named in the talented Tweed Heads Seagulls U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad and Titus Marsden was involved in the Seagulls first trial of 2022 when Tweed Heads took on the Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup squad at Pizzey Park.
Round One of the 2022 U16 Cyril Connell Cup saw Titus Marsden named on the bench for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Burleigh Bears however he was a game day scratching.
Titus Marsden was also named on the bench for Round Two against the Redcliffe Dolphins and after a Round Three bye Titus Marsden moved to the right wing for Round Four against the Easts Tigers, a match that saw Titus Marsden make a line break down the right wing in the e37th minute when he was able to make around twenty metres before being taken into touch less than ten metres from the try line.
Titus Marsden also was named to start on the right wing in Round Five against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls however in a late positional switch Titus Marsden in fact started the match at fullback and could not have been in the match any earlier when the Wynnum Manly kick-off dropped short, Titus Marsden did a great job diving forward to take the kick-off on the full.
2022 also 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.
In September 2022 Titus Marsden was named in the South Queensland Maori U16 Tuakana representative squad.
Good to see Byron Bay Devils Riley Baharov named in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup squad.
A couple of Lismore Marist Brothers juniors have been selected in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup squad including second rower Jedd Arnett and centre Reshawn Brown.
Tweed Coast Raiders junior Luca Todd has been selected in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup squad after playing a number of matches off the bench for the Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup side in 2022.
Post the recent 2022 Queensland Samoa Championships, Helensvale’s Judah Marsden was named in the Queensland Samoa U14 representative side to play in the 2022 QPICC Carnival, an impressive feat for a young man still U13 eligible in 2022.
In late September 2022 PBC SHS student Jackson Le Pou was named in the 2022 U18 Southern Sharks Queensland Samoa Representative side. Jackson Le Pou was then named in the Queensland Samoa U18 representative side to play in the 2022 QPICC Carnival after the completion of the 2022 Queensland Samoa Championships.
2023 Burleigh Bears MM Cup squad member Austin Marsters played for the Akarana Falcons in the 2022 New Zealand Rugby League U16 National Youth Tournament and started for the Falcons in their Championship final loss.
He may not be the biggest and strongest player running around by Kyogle’s Clayton Guiney is one of the best and will start the 2023 season as part of the Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup squad.
In addition to being a stand-out for the Kyolge Turkeys U18 NRRRL side in 2022, Clayton Guiney also made his NRRRL First Grade debut and also started on the wing for a Northern Rivers U17 selection against a Titans U16 side in an NRL curtain raiser at Cbus Stadium.
Titans contracted Nayte Saaga has been named in the Queensland Samoa U16 representative side to play in the 2022 QPICC Carnival.
Great to see the Titans in New Zealand at the ESP Rugby League camp for promising U14 NZ players with the Titans running a training session and also Ezra Howe talking to the participants.
In late September 2022 Titans contracted Jeriah Vagana was named in the 2022 U18 Western Chiefs Queensland Samoa Representative side. Jeriah Vagana was then named in the Queensland Samoa U18 representative side to play in the 2022 QPICC Carnival after the completion of the 2022 Queensland Samoa Championships.
Titans contracted Ryder Williams has been named in the Queensland Samoa U16 representative side to play in the 2022 QPICC Carnival.
Dominique Sandow has been named in the 2023 Ipswich Jets MM Cup squad.
Titans contracted Jeriah Vagana has been named in the 2023 Ipswich Jets MM Cup squad.
Titans contracted Larry Siala has been named in the 2023 Ipswich Jets MM Cup squad.
Titans contracted Jimmy McCombie has been named in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad.
Titans contracted Beau Hartmann has been named in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad.
In late September 2022 Matthew Barrow was named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls U18 MM Cup squad.
In late January 2022 Matthew Barrow started on the wing for the Titans U18 side in a match at Pizzey Park against the Burleigh MM Cup side.
In mid-December 2021 Matthew Barrow had the opportunity to train with the Titans NRL squad in a joint training session between the Titans NRL squad and the Titans JTS Program Squads.
In early November 2021 Matthew Barrow was named in the 2022 Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup squad.
Round One of the 2022 MM Cup competition saw Matthew Barrow named on the left wing for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Souths Logan Magpies.
In the 19th minute Matthew Barrow scored the first try of the 2022 U18 Mal Meninga Cup competition when he dived over in the left corner after good lead up work by Keano Kini. In fact Matthew Barrow played the ball and then got back into position quickly on his left wing to take the pass from Keano Kini after the fullback had drawn the Souths Logan right winger off his line.
Matthew Barrow was also named on the left wing for Round Two against the Redcliffe Dolphins and after the Seagulls had a Round Three bye, Matthew Barrow also started on the left wing in Round Four against the Easts Tigers with Matthew Barrow scoring a second half try in the Seagulls big win.
Matthew Barrow scored in the 46th minute when from near the halfway mark he was put away down the left touchline and then he dummied to his inside to beat the Tigers fullback with Matthew Barrow then able to bring the ball around to score under the posts.
Matthew Barrow almost scored in the 9th minute when he raced towards the left conrer from forty metres out after he received a great cut-out ball from Josh Lynn, but just as he seemingly beat the last Tigers defender, Matthew Barrow was ankle tapped from behind around eight metres out and before he was able to regain his feet, Matthew Barrow was grounded just two metres short.
Matthew Barrow made a line break in the 33rd minute when after good work on his inside Matthew Barrow was able to promote the ball thirty metres down the left touchline in the attacking twenty metre zone.
Matthew Barrrow positioned himself well in the 31st minute when he tracked back to field a Tigers kick to the right corner. After taking possession of the ball when facing his own goal line Matthew Barrow wheeled around to his right and from just eight metres out from his own line Matthew Barrow was able to bring the ball out fifteen metres to over the twenty metre mark.
Matthew Barrow continued on the left wing in Round Five against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls scoring in the 21st minute when Josh Lynn put in a right foot chip kick towards the left wing which Matthew Barrow took on the full and comfortably put the ball down under little or no pressure.
Matthew Barrow then did well in the 58th minute when just a metre from his own try line he retrieved an attacking grubber kick directed towards his wing and Matthew Barrow then did well to get the ball out to the ten metre mark.
Matthew Barrow continued on the left wing in Round Six against the Norths Devils as well as in Round Seven in the local derby against the Burleigh Bears.
Matthew Barrow started on the left wing, No. 11 for the 2022 Ipswich Grammar School First XV side in Round One of the GPS School Boy Rugby First XV competition against Toowoomba Grammar School and continued on the left wing in Round Two against Anglican Church Grammar School (Churchie) with Matthew Barrow making two line breaks against Churchie.
Matthew Barrow made the first of his two line breaks in the 58th minute when from a scrum win on the opposite side of the field Ipswich Grammar School spun the ball to the left with Matthew Barrow receiving the ball around forty metres out and was able to progress the ball to within eighteen of the try line down the left touchline.
Matthew Barrow made his second line break of the match in the 67th minute when after he picked up the ball from the back of a ruck that had formed in the centre of the field and sixty metres out from the try line, Matthew Barrow broke through the Churchie defensive line before being tackled twenty metres out. Matthew Barrow was able to lay the ball back after being tackled with Ipswich Grammar School scoring wide out on the left from Matthew Barrow’s recycled ball.
Matthew Barrow continued on the left wing in Round Three against Brisbane Boys College as well as in Round Four against Brisbane Grammar School with Matthew Barrow scoring after just sixty two seconds when he raced twelve metres down the left touchline to score in the corner after the ball was spun from the opposite side of the field.
Matthew Barrow also started on the left wing in Round Five against Brisbane State High School and Round Six against Gregory Terrace.
Matthew Barrow also started on the left wing in Round Nine 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.
Hayden Miller has been named in the 2023 Easts Tigers MM Cup squad.
In early October 2022 Titans contracted Brock Lennox was named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls U18 Mal Meninga Cup squad.
The local young outside back from the Helensvale Hornets early in 2020 signed a contract with the Titans for the next couple of seasons at least after his series of outstanding 2019 season performances for the Hornets and in Gold Coast and South East Queensland junior age representative sides.
Brock Lennox was also involved in the Titans U15 Academy matches at Burleigh in early 2020 and post those round robin matches signed his contract with the Titans which will see the young centre part of the Titans JTS program for the next couple of seasons at the very least.
Brock Lennox attended TSS in 2022 and was named as a stand-by for the TSS First XV’s first trial against Brisbane Grammar School.
Brock Lennox was named on stand-by for the TSS Second XV in their GPS School Boy Round One match against St Joseph’s College Nudgee.
Brock Lennox was then named on the bench for the TSS Second XV in TSS’s GPS Round Two bye week when the travelled to Toowoomba to take on Downlands College.
Brock Lennox was then named as a standby for the TSS Second XV in Round Three against Toowoomba Grammar School.
Well done to Keebra Park SHS student Tomasi Vaitai who has been named in the 2023 Ipswich Jets CC Cup squad.
Two key members of the Premiership winning Currumbin Eagles U18 GCRL Division One side have been named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup side being fullback Bailey Simpson and second rower Baylen Donald.
Great effort by Keebra Park SHS student Royal Taito for his selection in the 2023 Ipswich Jets CC Cup side, even more impressive that Royal Tiato is U15 eligible in 2023.
Marymount College and Burleigh Bears GCRL U18 Division One front rower Talas Abell has been named in the 2023 Burleigh Bears U18 MM Cup squad.
Keebra Park SHS outside back Bailey Seccombe has been named in the 2023 Burleigh Bears U18 MM Cup squad. In 2022 Bailey Seccombe was a member of the outstanding Keebra Park Walters Cup School Boy side and also played for the Burleigh Bears in the Cyril Connell Cup competition.
Young Keebra Park SHS student Harry Benbow has been named in the 2023 Burleigh Bears U16 Cyril Connell Cup side.
Powerful Keebra Park SHS Langer Reserve winger Jayviah Panui has been named in the 2023 Burleigh Bears U18 MM Cup squad.
Well done to Titans contracted Ray McCann who was named the Logan Brothers 2022 joint International Player of the Year from the U16 Division One side.
In 2022 Jimi Pedlow captained the Burleigh Cyril Connell Cup side, playing both at halfback and hooker and in 2023 the Marymount College student move up to the Bears MM Cup squad.
In 2022 Jacob Morton started in the second row in all four of the Tweed Head Seagulls U16 CC Cup squad and in 2023 he has been named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup squad.
Well done to Rhys Jones for being named in the 2022 Cudgen Hornets Junior rugby League International Player of the Year.
Great to see Junior Filimaua named in the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup squad for the second season in a row with Junior Filimaua making his MM Cup Cup debut off the bench in Round Seven of the 2022 competition against the Burleigh Bears.
Two members of the talented Burleigh 2022 U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad move up to the Bears U18 Mal Meninga Cup squad being backrowers Jye Watton and Khoda Young.
Well done to Titans contracted Sam Stephenson who has been named as the 2022 Burleigh Bears CC Cup Best and Fiarest.
What a great effort by 2023 Keebra Park SHS student Cornelius Kelsall who finished second in the Victorian U13 100 metre Championship Final.
Titans contracted Josiah Pahulu has deservedly been named the 2022 Burleigh Bears MM Cup Player of the Year.
Young Marsden SHS and Beaudesert Kingfishers U15 GCRL Division One joint Best and Fairest play maker Hayden Watson has been named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
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Burleigh GCRL U13 Division One halfback Murphy Phillips was a stand out performer at the 2022 Gold Coast Titans All Schools Touch Tournament with Miami SHS in the U13 Division.
Kees Cassidy has been named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup squad and also playing for the Seagulls in the MM Cup in 2022 and in the 2021 CC Cup.
Kees Cassidy played in three of the Seagulls 2022 MM Cup matches, starting Round One on the bench in Round One against the Souths Logan magpies and also came off the bench in Round Four against the Easts Tigers. Kees Cassidy made his starting debut in Round Five when he started in the front row against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.
Kees Cassidy also played in the 2022 GCRL U18 Division One competition for the Ormeau Shearers, splitting time between lock and second row with Kees Cassidy scoring in Round Twelve against the Currumbin Eagles. Kees Cassidy then backed that up by scoring a double in Round Sixteen against Runaway Bay.
Talented Keebra Park SHS 2022 Renouf Cup player Arjay-Troy Sharrock was another that stood out at the 2022 Titans All Schools Touch Championships with Arjay-Troy Sharrock playing in the Keebra Park SHS U13 side.
Arjay-Troy Sharrock moved over from Western Australia for the 2022 season after being a member of the WA U12 Rugby League side in 2021.
In October 2022 Klese Haas started at lock for the Philippines Rugby League side in their International against Thailand with Klese Haas recording a try assist in Philippines victory. In the 59th minute with the play the ball in the left side of the field and fifteen metres out, Klese Haas received the ball to the right of the play the ball and immediately cut back to his left and after engaging the defensive line Klese Hass got a right arm off-load away to his left to put his winger over in the corner.
What a season Jett Jackson had in 2022, including playing for the Queensland City U17’s and also playing a starring role in the front row for PBC SHS in the Langer Cup School Boy competition.
Recently Jett Jackson was named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup squad after starting from the bench for the Seagulls in the final three rounds of the 2022 MM Cup competition.
Of course Jett Jackson also started in the front row for the Currumbin Eagles in their outstanding last minute GCRL U18 Division One Grand Final victory over the Nerang Roosters.
One of the surprise packets for me in the 2022 season was PBC SHS centre Barney Litidamu who broke into the PBC SHS Langer Cup Open A side and made his presence felt in the centres.
2023 see Barney Litidamu line up for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the MM Cup after playing a number of matches for the Seagulls in the MM Cup in 2022 including a two try Round Four performance against the Easts Tigers.
The 2022 season of Ben Liyou:
Ben Liyou started the Titans first 2022 NRL trial against the Brisbane Bronco’s at Cbus Stadium from the bench coming on to play an outstanding role in the front row for the Titans.
In his approximately fifty minutes on the field Ben Liyou ran for a very impressive 114 metres (thirty post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.87 seconds and made nine tackles at a 90% tackling efficiency.
Round Three of the Queensland Cup saw Ben Liyou named as the 18th man for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Norths Devils.
Ben Liyou made his Queensland Cup debut off the bench in the rescheduled Round Nine match against the Souths Logan Magpies.
Playing thirty minutes in his debut against the Magpies Ben Liyou ran for thirty nine metres (nineteen post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 2.99 seconds and made twelve tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.
Ben Liyou in 2022 played for the Tweed Heads Seagulls Hastings Deering’s Colts squad, including playing in the Seagulls trial against the Easts Tigers in mid-March.
Round One of the 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition saw Ben Liyou named to start in the front row for the Tweed Heads Seagulls as they got their season underway against the Norths Devils however the match was postponed due to the extreme weather conditions in northern New South Wales.
Ben Liyou was also named in the front row in the Round Two local derby against the Burleigh Bears with a first of multiple strong runs from Ben Liyou coming inside the opening three minutes of the match when he made sixteen metres to get the ball into Burleigh territory after taking the ball inside his own territory and to the right of the play the ball.
Ben Liyou took another hit-up in the 4th minute and after impacting the defensive line he produced a right arm flick off-load to Charlie Murray twelve metres from the line with the lock getting to within a metre of the try line.
Ben Liyou made another strong hit-up in the 54th minute with a twelve metres gain to the left of the play the ball to get the ball to the halfway mark. Then in the 59th minute Ben Liyou was at it again with a great run from the kick-off from Jaylan De Groot’s first try with Ben Liyou getting the ball twenty five metres out from his own try line.
Just two minutes later in the 61st minute Ben Liyou ran onto the ball to the left of the play the ball making twelve metres to get Tweed Heads into Burleigh territory.
Ben Liyou continued in the front row in Round Three against the Townsville Blackhawks with his best moment coming I the 67th minute with a great line break from a run that accounted for forty metres and four tackle breaks. Initially Ben Liyou received the ball forty metres out from his own line after coming underneath his halfback and attacked the soft spot behind the play the ball. Ben Liyou initially contacted the Townsville defensive line just prior to the halfway mark and just kept pumping his legs and breaking tackles to get the ball to around twenty metres from the try line.
Ben Liyou also started in the front row in Round Six against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls and also started in the front row in Round Six against the Northern Pride taking the second hit-up of the match.
Ben Liyou also started in the front row in the rescheduled Round One match against the Norths Devils and took the second hit-up of the match.
Round Eight against the Western Clydesdales saw Ben Liyou start in the front row and took the second hit-up of the match to get the ball thirty metres out from his own line.
Ben Liyou also started in the front row in Round Nine against the Ipswich Jets as well as in Round Ten against the Mackay Cutters with Ben Liyou along with Jack Cullen and Kyhan Weir involved in the opening tackle of the match.
Ben Liyou also started in the front row in Round Eleven against the Central Queensland Capra’s and took the opening hit-up of the match from the kick-off in yet another strong display by the former Grafton Ghosts junior.
Ben Liyou also started in the front row in Round Twelve against the Redcliffe Dolphins with Ben Liyou taking the opening hit-up of the match from the kick-off. Ben Liyou then backed up that run up with taking the fourth hit-up to get the ball to forty metres out from his own try line with Ben Liyou then being awarded a penalty after being held down in the tackle.
Ben Liyou then came close to scoring in the 11th minute when after a strong run was held up over the try line.
Ben Liyou was also involved in a strong tackle in the 3rd minute when along with Jaylan De Groot and Jordan Lewis, Ben Liyou got hold of one of the Dolphin players bringing the ball away from his own line and drove him back ten metres into the in-goal.
Ben Liyou continued in the front row in Round Thirteen against the Sunshine Coast Falcons with Ben Liyou scoring in the 60th minute when from the right of the play the ball Ben Liyou ran onto a good no look short pass from Oskar Bryant to crash over from five metres out to the bell down mid-way between the corner post and goal posts on the left side of the field.
Ben Liyou continued in the front row in the Round Fourteen local derby against the Burleigh Bears with Ben Liyou scoring in the 12th minute when he charged onto a short ball out of dummy half from Oskar Bryant with Ben Liyou crashing over to score from four metres out and five metres to the right of the uprights.
Ben Liyou then did well in the 28th minute when after being hit heavily just after receiving the ball forty metres out from the try line, Ben Liyou was able to get away a right arm flick off-load whilst he was being lifted in the air.
Ben Liyou continued in the front row in Round Fifteen against the Northern Pride with Ben Liyou recording a try assist in the 73rd minute when from the right of the play and inside the attacking twenty metre area, Ben Liyou took the ball towards the defensive line before throwing a good short ball to his right to put debutant Travys Downton through a gap with Downton charging twelve metres to score adjacent to the right upright.
Ben Liyou also recorded a line break assist in the 25th minute when after engaging the Northern Pride defensive line Ben Liyou got a right arm off-load away to Kaleb Ngamanu to send the left centre who broke three tackles in a twenty five metre run on the left side of the field to get the ball into Northern Pride territory.
Ben Liyou executed a smart piece of play in the 58th minute when from thirty three metres out from the try line, Ben Liyou executed a one on one strip and then was able to charge twenty metres through the centre of the field only being tackled when he had gotten to within thirteen metres of the try line.
Ben Liyou in the 4th minute made a twelve metre charge to get the ball more than thirty metres out from his own try line after running on the ball to the right of the play the ball.
Ben Liyou also started in the front row in Round Sixteen against the Townsville Blackhawks as well as in Round Seventeen against the Easts Tigers.
Week One of the 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts Final saw Ben Liyou start in the front row in the Elimination Final against the Easts Tigers with Ben Liyou making a strong tackle along with Jack Cullen 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.
Ben Liyou then started in the front row in Week Two of the Finals against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls with Ben Liyou taking the opening hit-up of the match.
Titans JTS member Lexin Hill has been named in the 2022 Cook Islands U14 QPICC squad.
Stand out Burleigh young halfback Murphy Phillips has been named in the Gold Coast Titans U14 Touch Team.
Great to see Titan Zac Kumbamong named as the PNG U16 QPICC side's co-captain.
Levi Dangerfield will line up for Lindisfarne Anglican College in the Santos U18 All-Schools Rugby 7's Tournament.
Freakishly talented rugby league centre or fullback Azariah Toki-Mautairi moved over to Australia in time for the 2022 season with Azariah Toki-Mautairi and in late 2022 was named in the Gold Coast Titans U16 Queensland Touch Team.
Azariah Toki-Mautairi started the 2022 season as a member of the Redcliffe Dolphins U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad even though Azariah Toki-Mautairi was still U15 eligible. Azariah Toki-Mautairi started from the bench in Round One against the Easts Tigers with Azariah Toki-Mautairi scoring in the 25th minute.
Azariah Toki-Mautairi also started from the bench in Round Two against Tweed Heads before moving into the Dolphins starting line-up at left centre for Round Four against the Souths Logan Magpies with Azariah Toki-Mautairi also starting at left centre in Round Five against the Northers Devils.
From Wavell SHS, Azariah Toki-Mautairi represented Met North at the QSSRL U15 School Boy Championships with Azariah Toki-Mautairi’s more than good enough to see Azariah Toki-Mautairi represent Queensland U15 Maroons at the ASSRL School Boy Rugby League Championships.
Prior to moving to Australia, Azariah Toki-Mautairi was part of the New Zealand Warriors Junior Development Program including in 2021 playing for a Warriors U15 squad against a Tao Samoa representative side. In Auckland, Azariah Toki-Mautairi played for the Otahahu Rovers Junior Rugby League club.
In October 2022 Elliott Farrell was named in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad.
In 2022 Elliot Farrell played for Byron Bay/Lennox Head in the Group One U15 competition including starting at halfback in their Grand Final victory against Murwillumbah.
Also in 2022 Elliott Farrell was part of the School Boy U15 Lismore/Armidale representative side at the NSW Northern Country NSW CCC trials.
In October 2022 Owen Woods was named in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad.
In early December 2021 Owen Woods played in a Titans U14 Development Squad Trial in Northern New South Wales.
Owen Woods played the 2022 season with the Mullumbimby Giants in the Group 18 U15 competition.
In 2021 Owen Woods played for the Mullumbimby Giants in the Group 18 U14 competition, being named the 2021 Murwillumbah Colts Group 18 U14 Best Back.
In the 2021 Group 18 U14 competition the Mullumbimby Giants won two of their nine matches, scoring 156 points and conceding 276 to finish with a points deferential of -120.
Owen Woods also played for the Mullumbimby Giants in the Group 18 U13 competition being named the 2020 Murwillumbah Colts Group 18 U13 Best Back.
In October 2022 Cruz Dangerfield was named in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad.
In 2022 Cruz Dangerfield played for Murwillumbah in the Group 18 U15 competition including starting in the second row in the Grand Final against Byron Bya/Lennox Head.
Cruz Dangerfield is also an outstanding rugby player, playing at No. 8 for his school, Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School.
Keebra Park SHS student Israel Lotaki has been named in the Qld Tonga U14 squad for the QPICC.
Titans contracted Antioch Faitala-Mariner has been named in the 2023 Easts Tigers Hastings Deering's Colts train-on squad.
2022 Group One Grafton Ghosts U15 hooker Cooper Armfield-Stevens has been named in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad.
Playing for the Ghosts at hooker in the Group One U15 competition Cooper Armfield Stevens scored four tries including a double in Round Twelve against the Kyogle Turkeys. He also scored in Rounds Eight and Nine against Kyogle and the Clarence Coast Magpies.
Titans contracted Josiah Pahulu and his Ipswich SHS team mates were awarded the keys to the City last night in a presentation in Ipswich.
New Zealand youngster Dreytin Marriott who recently attended a Titans U14 camp in NZ has been named in the NZ Maori Tama team for the upcoming PYC Tournament.
Talented Keebra Park SHS rugby league excellence program member Kingston Seve has been named a 2023 Keebra Park SHS Junior Vie-captain.
Leadership is an under appreciated trait in a rugby league player but it is a trait that Titans contracted Wailer Whaiapu has plenty of and it is great to see that Keebra Park SHS has recognised it with Wailer Whaiapu being named a 2023 School Captain.
In October 2022 Dylan Butcher was named in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad.
In early December 2021 Dylan Butcher played in a Titans U14 Development Squad Trial where two Titans U14 Development Squads played against each other with both wearing different coloured Titans jerseys to give the young men a feeling of achievement by wearing an NRL type of jersey.
At the Murwillumbah Colts JRL Awards yesterday Cruz Dangerfield was named the U15 Best and Fairest and was also acknowledged for scoring the most tries for the Murwillumbah Colts in the Group 18 JRL competition.
Aaron Singh-Goesel was named the 2022 Murwillumbah Colts junior rugby league Player with the Most Potential.
Ballina Seagulls front rower Ryan Harris has been named in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad.
Ryan Harris started off the 2022 season playing for Ballina in the Group One U15 competition including scoring a double in Round One against Marist.
After Ballina dropped out of the U15 competition, Ryan Harris moved up to the U16 Group One competition with the Seagulls including starting from the bench in their 27 – 26 Grand Final victory against the Clarence Coast Magpies.
2022 North Coast U15 School Boy Rugby League representative Koopah Walters out of South Grafton HS has been named in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad. This young man is an absolute flyer.
Marsden SHS stand out rugby, rugby league, basketball and netball standout isaiah Tepairi is one player who everyone should keep an eye on in future including next week at the QPICC.
Sonny Kilduff has been named in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad.
After the Grafton Ghosts 2022 U15 Group One side had a Round One bye Sonny Kilduff was named on the bench for the Ghosts in Round Two against the Ballina Seagulls with Sonny Kilduff scoring for the Ghosts.
Sonny Kilduff also started on the bench and was one of the Ghosts try scorers in Round Five against the Clarence Coast Magpies. Sonny Kilduff then scored again in Round Eight against the Kyogle Turkeys.
Sonny Kilduff also scored in the Seagulls Week One Finals victory against the Marist Rams.
In October 2022 Nathaniel Kapeen was named in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad.
In 2022 Nathaniel Kapeen played for the Clarence Coast Magpies in the Group One U15 competition including starting in the second row in the Magpies Grand Final victory against the Kyogle Turkeys with Nathaniel Kapeen one of the Magpies try scorers in their 32 -18 Peremiership victory.
Over the course of the 2022 Group One U15 season Nathaniel Kapeen scored ten tries in addition in his Grand Final try. Nathaniel Kapeen had an outstanding run of matches late in the season, scoring a hat trick in the Magpies Preliminary Final victory against the Grafton Ghosts.
Nathaniel Kapeen had scored doubles in the two matches prior to the Preliminary Final being in Rounds Eleven and Twelve on both occasions against Marist.
In October 2022 Jakequan Roberts-Walsh was named in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad.
In 2022 Jakequan Roberts-Walsh played for Marist in the Group One U15 competition with the young half scoring fifteen tries and kicking seven goals in finish with an individual points haul of seventy four points.
Jakequan Roberts-Walsh scored a staggering five tries in Round Eight against the South Grafton Rebels. Jakequan Roberts-Walsh also scored doubles in Round One against the Ballina Seagulls, Round Eleven against the Clarence Coast Magpies, Round Fourteen against the South Grafton Rebels and in Week One of the Finals against the Grafton Ghosts. Jakequan Roberts-Walsh also scored in Round Five against the Kyogle Turkeys and Round Twelve against Clarence Coast.
From a goal kicking perspective Jakequan Roberts-Walsh kicked three conversions in Round One against Ballina and kicked two conversions in Round Fourteen against South Grafton.
In October 2022 Jed Mulcahy was named in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad.
On November 8, 2021, Jed Mulcahy started training a couple of days a week with the Titans JTS program with Jed Mulcahy’s first appearance in a Titans jersey in a match coming in early December 2021 when two Titans U14 Development Squads played each other in a high quality trial.
Jed Mulcahy played the 2022 season with the Kyogle Turkeys in the Group One U15 competition and scored in Rounds Nine and twelve against Casino RSM and the Grafton Ghosts respectively before Jed Mulcahy scored a hat trick in Round Fourteen against the Clarence Coast Magpies.
In Week One of the 2022 Group One U15 Finals series Jed Mulcahy started in the front row for the Kyogle Turkeys against the Clarence Coast Magpies and Jed Mulcahy also started in the front row in the Grnad Final against the Clarence Coast Magpies.
2022 also saw Jed Mulcahy represent the North Coast U15 school boy rugby league side in the Northern Trials against Hunter.
In October 2022 Antwone Quinlan-Randall was named in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad.
In 2022 Antwone Quinlan-Randall played for the Clarence Coast Magpies in the Group One U15 competition including starting at lock in the Magpies 32 – 18 Grand Final victory against the Kyogle Turkeys.
Over the course of the 2022 Group One U15 season Antwone Quinlan-Randall scored nine tries including scoring a hat trick in Round Seven against Marist and scoring a double in Round Twelve also against Marist.
Antwone Quinlan-Randall also scored in Round Six against the Grafton Ghosts, Round Eight against Casino RSM, Round Ten against the South Grafton Rebels and in the Preliminary Final against the Grafton Ghosts.
The 2022 GCRL U18 Division One season of Immanuel Kalekale:
2022 saw Immanuel Kalekale line-up once again for the Nerang Roosters in the Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One competition with his first 2022 match in Roosters colours coming in Round Five when Immanuel Kalekale was named to come off the bench against the Helensvale Hornets as Nerang chased back to back Premierships but unfortunately Immanuel Kalekale was ruled out of the match late in the week.
Round Nine against the Burleigh Bears saw Immanuel Kalekale start from the bench with Immanuel Kalekale a barnstorming try in the 49th minute. Immanuel Kalekale charged onto the ball to the right of the play the ball thirty three metres out from the line after a short Burleigh kick-off bursting through three defenders one of whom almost got Immanuel Kalekale to ground but he was able to maintain his balance and then the Burleigh hooker tried to effect a one on one strip but Immanuel Kalekale was just too strong and shrugged him off and kept progressing towards the try line before crashing over two metres to the left of the uprights as the Bears fullback tried in vain to prevent Immanuel Kalekale from scoring.
Immanuel Kalekale came onto the field in the 26th minute to operate in the front row with is first run shortly after when he carried the ball fifteen metres into Burleigh territory after taking possession to the right of the play the ball.
After missing a number of rounds, Immanuel Kalekale came off the bench in Round Fourteen against the Ormeau Shearers with Immanuel Kalekale scoring an astonishing try in the 55th minute after coming on to operate in the front row in the 48th minute.
In the 55th minute Immanuel Kalekale received the ball from his left thirty five metres out and as a result of a strong left arm fend Immanuel Kalekale got on the outside of the Shearers defensive line and charged down the right touchline. When still twenty metres out Immanuel Kalekale beat a second defender with a left arm fend and used a left arm fend to beat a third ten metres out before getting the ball down in the left corner. Immanuel Kalekale then stepped up to take the conversion but the ball fell short of the posts to be waved away.
Immanuel Kalekale then started from the bench in Round Sixteen against the Burleigh Bears with Immanuel Kalekale scoring in the 41st minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball around eight metres out Immanuel Kalekale held off one defender with his right arm and crashed over to score ten metres in from the left corner post.
In the 26th minute from deep inside his own territory Immanuel Kalekale charged onto the ball to the left of the play with the ball with Immanuel Kalekale able to get the ball out of Nerang’s twenty metre area as a result of making twelve metres. Then two tackles later Immanuel Kalekale made a further twelve metres after once again running onto the ball to the left of the play the ball with Immanuel Kalekale getting the ball two metres into Burleigh territory.
After missing a number of rounds through injury 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.
The 2022 Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One Grand Final saw 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 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.
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.
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.
Ballina Seagulls fullback Burran Roberts played in the Group One U13 competition in 2022 and finished as the competitions leading points scorer with 142 points with Burran Roberts also finishing as the competition’s 6th leading try scorer with thirteen tries.
Burran Roberts started at fullback in the Group One U13 Grand Final with Burran Roberts scoring in the Seagulls 24 – 14 win over the Kyogle Turkeys.
Burran Roberts scored a hat trick in Round Thirteen against the Clarence Coast Magpies and scored doubles in Round Two against the Grafton Ghosts, Rounds Five and Nine against the South Grafton Rebels and Round Fourteen against Lismore Marist. Burran Roberts also scored in Round Seven against Kyogle.
Burran Roberts had a number of big matches from a goal kicking perspective in the 2022 Group One U15 competition, including kicking six goals in Round Fourteen against Lismore Marist, with Burran Roberts also scoring a double in the match with finish with twenty points. Burran Roberts also kicked five conversions in Round Eleven against Casino RSM Maroon and four conversions in Round Three against Casino RSM Grey.
Burran Roberts also played for the Ballina Seagulls in 2021 in the Group One U12 competition with Burran Roberts scoring five tries and kicking ten conversions to finish with an individual points tally of forty four two points.
Burran Roberts scored in Round One against the Clarence Coast Magpies, Round Two against Marist, Round Four against the South Grafton Rebels, Round Eight against Casino RSM maroon and Round Thirteen against the Grafton Ghosts.
Interestingly all ten of Burran Roberts conversions came in separate matches.
Fullback Mason Cone played for the Grafton Ghosts in the Group One U13 competition and finished as the competition’s 7th leading try scorer with twelve tries.
Mason Cone scored doubles in Rounds Seven and Fourteen against Casino RSM Maroon, Round Thirteen against Marist Blue, in the rescheduled Round Three against Kyogle and the Final against the Clarence Coast Magpies.
Mason Cone also played for the Grafton Ghosts in the 2021 Group One U12 competition and whilst playing both in the centres and at halfback Mason Cone scored a double in Round Eight against the Kyogle Turkeys and also scored in Round Eleven against Casino RSM White.
In 2022 Cahyll Foster alternated between hooker and halfback in the Group One U15 competition with Cahyll Foster starting at hooker in the Group One U13 Grand Final with Cahyll Foster scoring sixteen of the Seagulls twenty four points from two tries and two conversions in Ballina’s 24 – 14 Grand Final victory over the Kyogle Turkeys.
In total in the 2022 Group One U13 competition Cahyll Foster scored fifty eight points from eleven tries and six conversions with Cahyll Foster also scoring twice in Round Five against the South Grafton Rebels and Round Fourteen against Lismore Marist. Cahyll Foster also scored against the Grafton Ghosts in Rounds Six and Twelve, Casino RSM Grey in Round Eight, Casino RSM Maroon in Round Eleven. Cahyll Foster also scored in the Seagulls Week One Finals victory against Kyogle.
Cahyll Foster also played for the Ballina Seagulls in 2021 in the Group One U12 competition with Cahyll Foster scoring ten tries and kicking six conversions to finish with an individual points tally of fifty two points.
Cahyll Foster scored a hat trick in Round two against Marist and scored a double in Rounds One and Six against the Clarence Coast Magpies. Cahyll Foster also scored against Kyogle in Round Three, Marist in Round Nine and Casino RSM Maroon in Round Twelve.
The 2022 Hastings Deering’s Colts season of Max Liles:
Max Liles made his Hastings Deering’s Colts debut for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in their Round Four match against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls with Max Liles converting tries from Kyhan Weir and Charlie Murray in a tough day for the Seagulls.
Max Liles was then named on the Seagulls extended bench for Round Six against the Northern Pride.
Round Eight against the Western Clydesdales saw Max Liles start at left centre with Max Liles recording a try assist in the 43rd minute when after Konrad Tu’u made a break off a Max Liles pass down the left touchline he got the ball back inside to Max Liles who looked like he would run the five metres to score but got caught from behind but just as he was about to hit the ground Max Liles flicked the ball over his right shoulder for Jaylan De Groot to pick up on the bounce to score his third try near the left corner.
Max Liles also started at left centre in Round Nine against the Ipswich Jets with Max Liles putting in another solid performance.
Max Liles then started at halfback in Round Thirteen against the Sunshine Coast Falcons with Max Liles forcing two goal line drop-outs through deft left foot kicks into the in-goal.
Max Liles continued at halfback in the Round Fourteen local derby against the Burleigh Bears with Max Liles kicking four conversions from six attempts in the six point Seagulls victory.
Max Liles also started at five eight in Round Seventeen 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.
Max Liles then started at five eight in Week Two of the Finals against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.
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