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Riley Loughland started from the bench for the Bilambil Jets in the NRRRL U18 Week One Elimination Final against the Lower Clarence Magpies with Riley Loughland scoring in the 56th minute when Riley Loughland received an off-load from his left after a Will Doyle line break down the left side of the field with Riley Loughland running ten metres to put the ball down under the posts.
In August 2023 Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton was named in the South Queensland Māori U14 Teina Representative squad and was subsequently named in the Queensland Maori U14 side for the QPICC Carnival with Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton starting at left second row and captain in Round One against Queensland Niue.
Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton scored in the 6th minute when after receiving an off-load from his right when six metres out from the try line Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton carried one defender over the try line with him to get the ball down mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
In the 21st minute Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton made the second hit-up of the second half from the left of the play the ball to carry the ball from twenty three metres from his own try line to thirty six metres out.
Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton made a strong defensive effort in the 3rd minute with a driving right shoulder hit on the Fijian right winger No. 2 forty metres out from the try line.
Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton also started at left second row and captain in Round Two against Queensland Nuie with Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton scoring once again in the 6th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball on the halfway mark Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton was hit by two defenders almost immediately byt after getting away from those two defenders Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton beat the Niue fullback on his right twenty metres out with Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton then bringing the ball around to put it down under the posts.
In the 4th minute after taking possession of the ball thirty eight metres out from the try line and to the left of the play the ball, Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton put through a right foot grubber kick for himself with Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton retrieving the ball after sliding forward. Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton then got to his feet and ran the ball to his right towards the centre of the field and carry the ball to within ten metres of the try line.
Then in the 24th minute Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton ran the ball out of dummy half to his right from thirty four metres out from his own try line and after carrying the ball to within four metres of the halfway mark Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton was able to get his right arm free and get an off-load away to his left.
Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton continued at left second row and captain against Qld PEGA Tonga in Round Three with Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton having a big match on the way to scoring two tries.
Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton scored his opening try in the 7th minute when after reaching back with his right arm to take a pass from his right and above his head forty metres out from the try line, Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton charged downfield and dummied to his left to beat the Tonga fullback and bring the ball around to score under the posts. Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton then made a good return from the subsequent kick-off to get the ball to within six metres of the halfway mark.
Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton completed his double in the 22nd minute when after receiving the ball two passes to the left of the play the ball forty metres out, Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton beat the Tonga fullback with pace to get the ball down six metres in from the left corner post.
Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton also recorded a try assist in the 24th minute when after receiving the ball from his right from his five eight forty one metres from the try line, Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton charged downfield and after drawing the Tonga fullback passed to his right to Fabion Cowan who raced twenty six metres to score under the posts.
After making the opening tackle of the match from the Queensland Māori kick-off Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton made a great take low down of a Tonga kick-off near the left touchline twenty metres from the try line and was still able to make a ten metre return.
In the 39th minute after receiving an off-load from his right forty metres out from his own try line Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton stepped his way to fifteen metres inside Tonga territory before getting an off-load away to his right.
Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton continued at left second row in Round Four against Queensland Samoa.
Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton also started at left second row in Māori’s Semi-Final against the Cooks Islands.
Diezel Guillonta-McCarthy Brandt-Hamilton finished the 2023 QPICC Carnival as the U14 Division’s equal second leading try scorer with four tries.
Tomasi Vaitai is the recipient of the inaugural Hampo Youth Foundation Grant which is an award in honour of former Keebra Park student & staff member, Liam Hampson.
Jakequan Roberts-Walsh started at fullback for Northern United in the Week One NRRRL U18 Elimination Final against the Byron Bay Devils with Jakequan Roberts-Walsh scoring in the 30th minute when from a set play from a Northern United scrum win ten metres inside their own territory, the Northern United halfback ran to the left of the scrum and put a chip over the defensive line with Jakequan Roberts-Walsh raced through to retrieve the ball on the bounce forty metres out with Jakequan Roberts-Walsh racing away to put the ball down under the posts.
Jakequan Roberts-Walsh also made a line break in the 24th minute when after receiving the ball from the back of a Northern United scrum win in the centre of the field and ten metres out from his own try line, Jakequan Roberts-Walsh ran to his left and after getting on the outside of the Devils right winger, Jakequan Roberts-Walsh charged down the left touchline before cutting back inside around thirty metres out.
Jakequan Roberts-Walsh did well defensively in the 22nd minute when after the Byron Bay left winger made a line break down the touchline, he tried to step Jakequan Roberts-Walsh but a low left shoulder one on one tackle in open space cut the winger down just twelve metres out from the try line.
Kennyon Elasia-Thomas continued at five eight for the Lower Clarence Magpies in the Week One U18 NRRRL Elimination Final against the Bilambil Jets with Kennyon Elasia-Thomas scoring in the 16th minute from the left of the play the ball and seventeen metres out with Kennyon Elasia-Thomas dummying to his left then stepping off his left foot, with a second left foot step beating a Jets defender with Kennyon Elasia-Thomas then carrying another defender over the try line with him to get the ball down under the posts.
Kennyon Elasia-Thomas, in the 51st minute made a strong tackle on one of the replacement Jets front rowers to force a knock-on ten metres out from the try line.
Kennyon Elasia-Thomas finished the 2023 NRRRL U18 season as the Magpies equal leading try scorer alongside AJ Hickling and Reece Warburton.
2024 Burleigh Bears CC Cup squad member Killarney Lavender has been named on the right wing for the Queensland Reds U16 side for the Natioanal U16 Super Rugby Grand Final against NSW.
Riley Buchanan started in the front row for the Bilambil Jets in the Week One NRRRL U18 Elimination Final against the Lower Clarence Magpies with Riley Buchanan running onto the ball to the right of the play the ball in the 21st minute on an underneath line to get the ball from thirty six metres out from the try line to twenty metres out. Riley Buchanan also made a strong kick-off return in the 58th minute that saw him get the ball out to the twenty three metre mark.
Riley Buchanan made a good defensive effort in the 55th minute when with the Magpies right second rower No. 11 bringing the ball off his own try line, Riley Buchanan moved up quickly to grab him and force him back into the in-goal to force a Lower Clarence goal line drop-out to restart the match.
Hudson Towell has been named the NRRRL Under 18s Rookie of the Year and NRRRL Under 18s Player Of The Year for 2023
In late September 2023 Grant Byers-Brown was named in the 2024 Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup squad.
Round Eight of the 2023 NRRRL U18 competition saw Grant Byers-Brown make his first appearance in the competition when he started from the bench for the Lower Clarence Magpies against the Tweed Coast Raiders with Grant Byers-Brown celebrating his NRRRL U18 debut by scoring in the 21st minute when after loitering behind the play the ball Grant Byers-Brown, at the last moment ran to the left of the play the ball and after receiving the ball down a short left blindside twenty metres out, Grant Byers-Brown dummied to his left before bursting down the left touchline before stepping inside off his left foot to beat two defenders to score two metres in from the left corner post.
Grant Byers-Brown had earlier recorded a try assist in the 17th minute when two passes to the left of the play the ball Grant Byers-Brown executed a smart catch and pass to his left to put his left winger over to score ten metres in from the left corner post.
Grant Byers-Brown also started from the bench in Round Nine against the Cudgen Hornets with Grant Byers-Brown scoring a double with Grant Byers-Brown scoring the first of his two tries in the 22nd minute when after receiving the ball ten metres out, five metres in from the left touchline and two passes to the left of the play the ball Grant Byers-Brown executed a stutter step to beat two defenders in a confined space to force his way over to score six metres in from the left corner post.
Grant Byers-Brown scored his second try in the 51st minute when after receiving the ball twelve metres out from the try line and mid-way between the goal posts and the corner post on the left side of the field Grant Byers-Brown stepped off his left foot then his right as he cut back towards the goal posts then straightening up to dive over to score four metres to the left of the uprights.
The 54th minute saw Grant Byers-Brown receive the ball on the left side of the field and thirty metres out from his own try line with Grant Byers-Brown producing a goose step to beat the Hornet fullback to his left with Grant Byers-Brown then stepping off his left foot and then when he was twenty metres out and in the centre of the field Grant Byers-Brown put in a right foot grubber kick to his left for his winger to collect the ball on the bounce and cross the try line but bizarrely the referee after coming close to awarding a try called the play back for a changeover of possession inside Magpies territory.
Grant Byers-Brown then started at fullback, wearing the No. 3 jersey, in Round Sixteen against the Casino Cougars with Grant Byers-Brown scoring in the 39th minute when Grant Byers flowed through a line break by Kennyon Elisaia-Thomas to receive a pass from his left and run forty five metres to score under the posts untouched.
Grant Byers-Brown made come close to scoring earlier in the 22nd minute when after receiving the ball ten metres out from the try line and two passes to the left of the dummy half Grant Byers-Brown dummied to his left before running himself and seemingly got the ball down over the try line ten metres in from the left corner post but the referee ruled that Grant Byers-Brown had knocked the ball on just prior to the try line.
Grant Byers-Brown also made a line break in the 41st minute when from two passes to the left of the play the ball Grant Byers-Brown received the ball on the halfway mark and then executed an in and away to get on the outside of his opposite defenders and after running twenty metres down the left channel Grant Byers-Brown got a right arm flick off-load away to his right to Zachariah Williams who was able to get to within thirteen metres of the try line.
In the 6th minute of the match Grant Byers-Brown took a Casino kick on the full four metres out from his own try line in front of his goal posts and then was able to return the ball to the twenty metre mark.
Grant Byers-Brown also had a good match defensively including in the 16th minute with a good low cover defending tackle in open space on the Casino right centre No. 3 with Grant Byers-Brown brining him down after a line break sixteen metres out from the try line.
Then in the 23rd minute Grant Byers-Brown turned and chased and ran down the Casino left centre with Grant Byers-Brown turning and chasing from ten metres out from the try line and mow him down from behind on the halfway mark.
Grant Byers-Brown also made a try saving tackle in the 37th minute when after covering ground to his right Grant Byers-Brown crunched the Casino left winger No. 2 two metres out from the try line and three metres in from the right touchline with Grant Byers-Brown’s heavy front-on ball and all tackle forcing the Cougars winger over the touchline with the ball also coming loose at the same time.
Grant Byers-Brown made another good one on one tackle in open space when in the 57th minute Grant Byers-Brown brought down the Casino halfback with a low left shoulder tackle thirteen metres out from the try line after the halfback had made a line break.
Grant Byers-Brown then started from the bench in the Week One Elimination Final against the Bilambil Jets coming onto the field in the 20th minute to line-up at fullback.
Creedence Donovan started at fullback for the Bilambil Jets in the NRRRL U18 Week One Elimination Final against the Lower Clarence Magpies with Creedence Donovan scoring in the 12th minute when after backing up on the inside of a Bilambil line break down the right side of the field from the halfway mark by James Mellor, Creedence Donovan received the ball from his right and had an easy ten metre run to put the ball down under the posts.
Creedence Donovan also made a line break in the 20th minute when from the right of a Jets scrum win thirty metres out from their own try line, Creedence Donovan producing a jump step off his right foot to break three tackles and make a line break that came to an end only after Creedence Donovan had taken the ball nine metres into Magpies territory.
Robert Smith was named the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls U18 NRRRL Player of the Year.
AJ Hickling started at left centre for the Lower Clarence Magpies in the Week One U18 NRRRL Elimination Final against the Byron Bay Devils with AJ Hickling scoring in the 60th minute when after taking possession of the ball to the right of the dummy half twenty metres out from the try line AJ Hickling used a right foot step and a left arm fend to beat defenders to get the ball down ten metres to the right of the goal posts. A minute prior to scoring AJ Hickling executed a one on one str[p of the ball twenty five metres from the try line to get the ball back for Lower Clarence.
In the 18th minute of the match AJ Hickling ran onto the ball to the left of the play the ball to get the ball from thirty metres from his own try line to within six metres of the halfway mark and in the 25th minute after running an underneath line to the left of the play the ball AJ Hickling ran the ball from forty four metres out from the try line to thirty metres out before getting an off-load away to his right to Grant Byers-Brown. AJ Hickling ran another underneath line to the left of the dummy half in the 47th minute and broke two tackles as AJ Hickling got the ball to within two metres of the try line next to the left goal post.
AJ Hickling finished the 2023 NRRRL U18 season as the Magpies equal leading try scorer alongside AJ Hickling and Reece Warburton. AJ Hickling was also named the 2023 Lower Clarence Magpies NRRRL U18 Best Back.
In late September 2023 Roy Tatupu was named in the 2024 Burleigh Bears U19 Mal Meninga Cup squad.
Roy Tatupu will move over from Auckland New Zealand where in both 2022 and 2023 Roy Tatupu played for the Mt Albert Grammar School (MAGS) School Boy Rugby First XV with Roy Tatupu playing fullback for MAGS with Roy Tatupu also the regular goal kicker.
In 2022 at just 17 years old Roy Tatupu played fullback for the Auckland Rugby U18 representative side and also in 2022 Roy Tatupu was selected in the Auckland Blues Super Rugby U18 Development Squad.
Sam McAlister started from the bench for the Burleigh Bears in the Week Two GCRL U18 Division One Qualifying Final against the Southport Tigers and came onto the field in the 20th minute to play in the front row.
Sam McAlister did well along with Cooper Bai to grab one of the Tigers players who was trying to bring the ball off his own try line, to grab him five metres out and force him back into the in-goal to force a Southport goal line drop-out.
Sam McAlister also did well in the 42nd minute when whilst defending just out from his own try line Sam McAlister stuck out his left foot to block an attempted Tigers grubber into the in-goal and after the ball rebounded into the air Sam McAlister dived forward the retrieve the ball before it bounced to prevent any chance of any Southport player getting to the ball first.
Damon Coldwell started on the left wing for Northern United in the NRRRL First Grade Week One Elimination Final against the Lower Clarence Magpies with Damon Coldwell scoring the first of his two tries in the 32nd minute when from twelve metres out and to the left of the play the ball, Desmond Ferguson put in a right foot stab kick towards the left corner with Damon Coldwell pouncing on the ball to score five metres in from the left corner post after the ball had been lost forward by the Magpies right winger.
Damon Coldwell completed his double in the 66th minute with a twenty five metre run down the left touchline to score in the corner after receiving a pass from his inside.
Damon Coldwell also recorded a try assist in the 38th minute when after fielding a Lower Clarence kick on the full nineteen metres out from the try line near the left touchline, Damon Coldwell ran the ball back to the thirty metre mark before drawing a defender and off-loading to his left to his fullback who raced seventy metres to score in the left corner.
Great to see the Titans set up a partnership with Rockhampton Grammar School.
In 2023 Brooklyn Campbell played for Toowoomba Brothers in the Toowoomba Junior Rugby League U14 competition with Brooklyn Campbell starting at lock and captaining the Toowoomba Brothers side over the course of the season.
When Brooklyn Campbell scored one try he invariably scored a second in the Toowoomba Junior Rugby League U14 competition with this situation arising in Round Two against Gatton, Round Six against Dalby and Round Eight against Toowoomba Valleys.
Brooklyn Campbell went one try better than usual by scoring a hat trick in Round Eleven against Highfields and Districts.
Week One of the Finals series saw Brooklyn Campbell start at lock and captain and score against Gatton. Brooklyn Campbell also started at lock in Toowoomba Brother’s Preliminary Final.
Brooklyn Campbell also captained Toowoomba Brothers at the 2023 Adrian Vowles Cup with Brooklyn Campbell named at lock in the 2023 Adrian Vowles Cup U14 Dream Team at the completion of the Carnival.
Good to see the Titans form a partnership with Rockhampton Grammar School who play in the Dolphins Cup and Confraternity Shield School Boy Rugby League competitions.
Rockhampton Grammar School also has a rich rugby history and has links to the Melbourne Rebels Super Rugby club.
Some of the players to keep an eye on who are currently attending Rockhampton Grammar School are halfback Ralph Labor, fullback/half Cormack Werner and forwards Dylan O’Donnell, Jason Woibo and Henry Kallquist.
All of the players noted above have represented Queensland Reds U15 or U16 squads in 2023 but all of them also play rugby league for both club and school.
Desmond Ferguson started at halfback for Northern United in the Week One NRRRL First Grade Elimination Final against the Lower Clarence Magpies with Desmond kicking the first of his five conversions in the 19th minute from five metres to the left of the goal posts. Desmond Ferguson then kicked his second conversion in the 38th minute from the left touchline before kicking a third conversion from ten metres to the right of the goal posts in the 46th minute. Desmond Ferguson kicked another conversion from the left touchline in the 69th minute with Desmond Ferguson kicking his fifth conversion in the 73rd minute from midway between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Desmond Ferguson also recorded a try assist in the 32nd minute when from twelve metres out and to the left of the play the ball, Desmond Ferguson put in a right foot stab kick towards the left corner with Damon Coldwell pouncing on the ball to score five metres in from the left corner post after the ball had been lost forward by the Magpies right winger.
Elijah Tagiilima started at left centre for the Southport Tigers in the Week Two GCRL U18 Division One Qualifying Final against the Burleigh Bears with Elijah Tagiilima surging onto the ball in the 3rd minute from the left of the play the ball and was able to promote the ball from twenty two metres out from his own try line to thirty six metres out. Elijah Tagiilima followed up with another good run down the left channel in the 30th minute to get the ball from ten metres inside his own territory to ten metres into Burleigh territory.
Kanititeiti Sikahele started at right second row for the Burleigh Bears in the Week Two GCRL U18 Division One Qualifying Final against the Southport Tigers with Kanititeiti Sikahele scoring in the 4th minute with an eight metre run from the right of the play the ball to get the ball over the try line ten metres in from the right corner post.
In the 27th minute after running onto the ball to the right of the dummy half Kanititeiti Sikahele was able to promote the ball from eighteen metres out from the try line to thirty two metres out. Then in the 31st minute from the right of the play the ball charged from thirty metres out from his own try line to the halfway mark before getting on off-load away to his right. Kanititeiti Sikahele also took the next hit-up from the left of the play the ball, making an additional thirteen metres to twenty seven metres out from the try line.
Great to see the Titans continued focus on Northern New South Wales.
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Austin Marsters started at lock for the Southport Tigers in the Week Two GCRL U18 Division One Qualifying Final against the Burleigh Bears with Austin Marsters scoring in the 34th minute when after taking possession of the ball to the left of the play the ball in front of the goal posts and twenty metres out from the try line, Austin Marsters ran straight and when he was ten metres out Austin Marsters threw an extravagant dummy to his left before easily brushing past three defenders to score under the posts.
Austin Marsters made an immediate impact on the match inside the opening minute with a run from the left of the play the ball that saw Austin Marsters carry the ball from forty metres out from the try line to twenty nine metres out. Then in the 14th minute after picking up a dropped Tigers pass that went backwards Austin Marsters was able to get the ball to within four metres of the try line mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field after picking the ball up eighteen metres out.
Austin Marsters ran onto the ball to the right of the play the ball in the 15th minute and came within less than a metre from scoring after a twelve metre run through the centre of the field, then in the 22nd minute right from the right of the dummy half Austin Marsters came close to scoring once again from sixteen metres out only to be stopped centremetres out four metres to the left of the uprights.
PBC SHS’s 2023 Walters Cup Grand Final winning hooker Archie Sillar has been named in the 2024 Burleigh Bears U17 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
2023 Keebra Park SHS School Boy Rugby League Langer Cup squad member Klay Kancred has been named in the 2024 Burleigh Bears U19 MM Cup squad.
In early September 2023 Will Taylor was named on the bench in the Courier Mail’s PBC SHS Rugby League Team of the 2020’s to date.
Round One of the 2023 Hastings Deering’s Colts season saw Will Taylor named at hooker for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Townsville Blackhawks however Will Taylor was a late withdrawal.
Will Taylor made his first appearance for the Seagulls Colts side when he started at right second row in Round Nine against the Mackay Cutters with Will Taylor scoring in the 32nd minute when Will Taylor ran a hard straight crash line to get a great short ball from his left from Max Liles with Will Taylor charging twelve metres between two defenders to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Then from the subsequent Cutters kick-off Will Taylor carried the ball back to twenty eight metres out from his own try line.
The Round Ten local derby against the Burleigh Bears saw Ryan Foran continue at right second row with Will Taylor coming crossing the try line in the 27th minute but bizarrely the referee ruled that the pass to Will Taylor travelled forward.
Will Taylor made a 14th minute line break down the right channel off a good ball from his inside with Will Taylor racing twenty metres to within ten metres of the try line but unfortunately Will Taylor’s pass to his right went to ground.
Will Taylor had an outstanding defensive match including in the 17th minute with a strong driving tackle on the Burleigh lock that forced a Bears knock on ten metres inside their own territory. Will Taylor then made another strong tackle in the 39th minute on the Burleigh left winger driving him back three metres to just inside Seagulls territory.
Will Taylor also started at right second row in Round Eleven against the Norths Devils with Will Taylor scoring in the 49th minute when after taking possession of the ball to the left of the play the ball ten metres out and in the centre of the field, Will Taylor twice in quick succession dummied to his left before stepping off his left foot and shrugging off a defender before Will Taylor carried a defender over the try line to get the ball down next to the right upright.
Will Taylor also recorded a try assist in the 12th minute when to the right of the play the ball and eight metres from the try line Will Taylor got a short pass away to his right for his right winger Jotham Russell to score his second try of the match.
Will Taylor also recorded a line break assist in the 29th minute when after taking a kick-off on the full three metres from his own try line near the centre of the field Will Taylor ran the ball to nineteen metres out before off-loading to his left for his support runner to make a line break to near the halfway mark. Will Taylor then took the hit-up after that tackle, running the ball from five metres inside his own territory to eight metres inside Norths territory.
The 44th minute saw Will Taylor run onto the ball to the right of the play the ball from forty metres from his own try line and after bumping away from two defenders Will Taylor got the ball five metres inside Norths territory.
Will Taylor then moved to the bench in Round Twelve against the Brisbane Tigers with Will Taylor coming onto the field in the 25th minute with Will Taylor’s initial run of the match coming almost immediately from eight metres inside his own territory to six metres inside Tigers territory.
2023 saw Will Taylor part of the Tweed Heads Seagulls Hastings Deering’s Colts squad with Will Taylor starting at lock for the Seagulls in their late February 2023 trial against the Burleigh Bears.
Will Taylor had a strong match defensively including a heavy driving front on tackle in the 8th minute on the Burleigh right winger twenty metres out and in the centre of the field with the Burleigh winger losing the ball forward as a result of Will Taylor’s strong tackle.
Round Two of the Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade competition saw Will Taylor start from the bench for the Tugun Seahawks against the Currumbin Eagles with Will Taylor then moving into the starting side at lock in Round Three against the Southport Tigers with Will Taylor also starting at lock in Round Four against the Helensvale Hornets.
Will Taylor then started at lock in Round Seven against the Currumbin Eagles
In late September 2023 Zac Murphy was named in the 2024 Burleigh bears U17 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
In late September 2022 Zac Murphy was named in the talented 2023 Burleigh Bears U16 Cyril Connell Cup representative squad with Zac Murphy part of the Seagulls side that played the Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad in a trial at Burleigh Juniors as part of the Titans Annual Super Saturday series of matches.
Zac Murphy was named to start at five eight in Round One of the 2023 U16 Cyril Connell Cup competition for the Bears against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls with Zac Murphy operating on the right side of the field in the first half.
Zac Murphy then moved to the bench for Round Two against the Souths Logan Magpies.
Zac Murphy was on the move once again in Round Three against the Brisbane Tigers with Zac Murphy starting at lock and making a significant contribution inside the opening minute of the match when after receiving an off-load from his inside around thirty six metres from his own try line Zac Murphy burst through the centre of the field to three metres inside tiger territory before getting away a great off-load to his left to Kallen Boss to continue the charge downfield.
As a result of his strong performance Zac Murphy was named in the Courier Mail CC Cup Round Three Team of the Week.
Zac Murphy also started at lock in Round Four against the Norths Devils with Zac Murphy recording a try assist in the 55th minute when after moving into dummy half with the play the ball two metres from the try line and just to the right of the uprights Zac Murphy ran to his left out of dummy half and threw a good short ball in the same direction for one of his front rowers to crash over to score under the posts.
Earlier in the 47th minute Zac Murphy chased through a Burleigh grubber kick into the in-goal with Zac Murphy along with David Bryenton getting to the Norths fullback three metres after he had run the ball back into the field of play. From there Zac Murphy and David Bryenton were able to hold him off the ground and force him back into the in-goal for a Devils goal line drop-out.
Zac Murphy also started at lock in Round Six against the Redcliffe Dolphins with Zac Murphy scoring in the 11th minute when Zac Murphy chased through a Marley McLaren bomb with Zac Murphy in the ideal position to collect the ball that was dropped by the Redcliffe fullback with Zac Murphy taking possession three metres out and darting over to score to his right ten metres in from the right corner post.
Then in the 14th minute Zac Murphy from twenty metres out from his own try line and to the right of the play the ball, Zac Murphy was able to carry the ball to thirty five metres out.
Zac Murphy continued at lock in Round Seven against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Zac Murphy making good ground in the 16th minute when from the right of the play the ball Zac Murphy received the ball eight metres inside his own territory and promote the ball to eight metres inside Seagulls territory.
Then in the 54th minute along with Luke Jones, Zac Murphy held up the giant Seagulls front rower No. 8 over the try line under the posts before forcing him back into the field of play.
In 2023 Cooper Larman played a number of matches for Burleigh in the CC Cup competition in the centres and with the age change in 2024 Cooper Larman will line up once again for Burleigh in the CC Cup.
Well done to Kai Smallwood for being named the 2023 NRRRL Reserve Grade Player of the Year.
Great effort by Matthew Bollard for being named the 2023 NRRRL Murwillumbah Mustangs First Grade Rookie of the Year. Matthew Bollard was also named the 2023 NRRRL Murwillumbah Mustangs First Grade Best Back.
Ethan Carter was recently named the 2023 Group Two U18 Grafton Ghosts Best Back.
Ethan Carter also received the Max Lollback Memorial Shield for most points in all grades and the Neil & Ruth Payne Award for most tries in any grade and the Player with the most potential at the Grafton Ghosts.
Billy Kilduff was named the 2023 Grafton Ghosts Group Two First Grade Rookie of the Year and the Grafton Ghosts Group Two U18 Best and Fairest.
In 2024 Bailey Seccombe will start the season as part of the Burleigh Bears Mm Cup squad after being part of the Bears CC Cup squad in 2022.
On the weekend Rockhampton Grammar School played matches against North Rockhampton State High School. The 15s game was an 18-all draw, while RGS won the open game, 34-4.
The Norhtern Rivers Titans U16, U187 and Development squads kicked off their preparation for the 2024 season at Ballina yesterday.
PBC SHS’s 2023 Walters Cup Grand Final winning centre Hudson Pratt has been named in the 2024 Burleigh Bears U17 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
PBC SHS’s 2023 Walters Cup Grand Final winning winger Riley Partridge has been named in the 2024 Burleigh Bears U17 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
At the 2023 Keebra Park SHS Sports Specialisation Awards Presentation Qubin Anderson was named at lock in the 2023 Keebra Park SHS School Boy Rugby League Team of the Season.
TSS GPS School Boy Rugby fullback Ethan Bai will start the 2024 season as part of the Burleigh Bears MM Cup squad.
In September 2023 Titus Marsden was named in the 2024 Burleigh Bears U19 mal Meninga Cup squad after being part of the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup squad in 2023.
Titans JTS squad member Baxter Best has been named at fullback in the 2023 Ipswich SHS School Boy Rugby League Team of the Year.
2023 Keebra Park SHS’s Hancock Cup player Treleque Boyce-Silimaka will start the 2024 season as part of the Burleigh Bears U17 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
PBC SHS’s 2023 Walters Cup Grand Final winning winger Levi Handyside has been named in the 2024 Burleigh Bears U17 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
Talented Keebra Park SHS 2023 Walters Cup front rower Kallen Boss has been named in the 2024 Burleigh Bears U17 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
In 2023 Kallen Boss played a number of matches for Burleigh in the CC Cup competition in the front row.
In 2023 Amare Milford had an outstanding season at No. 8 for the TSS First XV School Boy Rugby side and in 2024 will line up for the Burleigh Bears U19 Mal Meninga Cup squad.
2023 also saw Arame Milford selected in the Queensland Reds U18 side.
Previously Arame Milford attended Keebra Park SHS.
PBC SHS’s 2023 Walters Cup Grand Final front rower Malakai Mosaati has been named in the 2024 Burleigh Bears U17 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
2023 saw Max Esgate play for the Cudgen Hornets in the Group 18 U13 competition including starting at five eight in the Grand Final against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Max Esgate recording a try assist as well as kicking three conversions from four attempts in a tough extra time Grand Final loss.
Max Esgate kicked the first of his three conversions in the 24th minute from ten metres in from the left touchline to convert Koby Stone’s long range try. Max Esgate then kicked his second conversion in the 28th minute from mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field before kicking his third conversion in the 43rd minute from six metres in from the right touchline.
Max Esgate recorded his try assist in the 48th minute when after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball ten metres out from his own try line and to the left of the goal posts, Max Esgate put in a right foot chip kick towards the right side of the field with the Hornets right winger taking the kick on the full and scoring ten metres in from the right corner post.
In 2023 Keebra Park SHS student Kendrix Marsh played a number of matches for Burleigh in the CC Cup competition in the second row and with the age change in 2024 Kendrix Marsh will line up once again for Burleigh in the CC Cup.
In 2023 Jax Damro played a number of matches for Burleigh in the CC Cup competition at hooker and with the age change in 2024 Jax Damro will line up once again for Burleigh in the CC Cup.
2023 Keebra Park SHS Hancock Cup hooker Shadi Chami will line up for Burleigh Bears in the Cyril Connell Cup squad in 2024.
Keebra Park SHS’ Tana Tukaka has been named in the 2024 Burleigh Bears MM Cup squad.
In 2023 Levi Rusin was part of the Tweed Heads Seagulls Cyril Connell Cup squad but in 2024 he moves to the Burleigh Bears CC Cup squad.
In 2023 Zeph Takitaki played some outstanding matches in the School Boy Walters Cup for Keebra Park SHS and in 2024 Zeph Takitaki will start the season as part of the Burleigh Bears U17 Cyril Connell Cup squad where he will be looking to cement a position in the forward pack.
2023 saw Koby Stone play for the Cudgen Hornets in the Group 18 U13 competition including starting at left centre in the Grand Final against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Koby Stone scoring a long range solo try in the 24th minute when after receiving a long high cut-out pass from his right eighteen metres out from his own try line, Koby Stone charged down the left touchline and when he was still five metres inside his own territory Koby Stone produced a great in and away to beat the Seagulls fullback down the left touchline with Koby Stone then racing away to get the ball down ten metres in from the left corner post.
Earlier in the match in the 8th minute Koby Stone made a line break down the left channel from his own thirty six metre mark to make twenty one metres down the left touchline.
Koby Stone also did well defensively in the 28th minute when after chasing through a Hornets attacking grubber kick Koby Stone grabbed hold of the Tweed Heads right winger eight metres in from the left touchline with Koby Stone then rag dolling him over the touchline ten metres out from the try line to get the ball back for Cudgen in a great attacking position.
2023 saw Kyhum Torrens line up for Cudgen Gold in the Group 18 U13 competition with Kyhum Torrens starting in the front row in the Grand Final against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Kyhum Torrens making a line break in the 7th minute when after receiving the ball two passes to the left of the play the ball and eighteen metres out from his own try line, Kyhum Torrens charged through the centre of the field and after a left arm fend beat the initial defenders Kyhum Torrens broke five tackles as he carried the ball to within two metres of the halfway mark.
In the 26th minute from two passes to the right of a Cudgen penalty restart Kyhum Torrens received the ball ten metres inside his own territory and was able to carry the ball six metres into Tweed Heads territory. Kyhum Torrens backed up for another run in the 41st minute once again from a Hornets penalty restart with Kyhum Torrens breaking three tackles as he progressed the ball from twenty nine metres out from his own try line to within three metres of the try line with Kyhum Torrens then awarded a penalty after he was hit by a shoulder charge.
The 47th minute then saw Kyhum Torrens carry the ball from the right of the play the ball from fifteen metres inside his own territory to eleven metres into Tweed Heads territory. Then in the 4th minute of the first period of extra time Khyum Torrens carried the ball from thirty three metres out from his own try line to the halfway mark after taking possession of the ball two pass to the right of the dummy half.
Great to see that the Evans Head Bombers will be back in the Group One Junior Rugby League in 2024.
Two seasons ago the Tweed Heads Seagulls entered a team in the NRRRL U18 competition and since then they have made the semi-finals on both occasions.
In 2024 in a great development the Tweed Heads Seagulls are also entering teams in both the NRRRL First Grade and Reserve Grade competitions.
This adds an additional pathways to players in the Titans catchment area with the demise of the Hastings Deering’s Colts competition with the NRRRL First Grade competition the best regional competition in NSW. Seemingly these two sides will form the Seagulls Queensland Cup “Reserve” sides.
I can envisage quite a few young players taking advantage of the NRRRL First Grade competition to test themselves playing against men at 18 or 19 years old.
In 2023 Zane Harrison played a number of NRRRL First Grade matches for the Bilambil Jets as a 17 year old and now he is on a train and trial contract with the Titans NRL squad.
Other young players who played in the NRRRL First Grade competition in 2023 included Brady Turner, Cooper Nelson, Isaac Harrison, Riley Buchanan, Creedence Donovan, Tashahn Cora, Aaron Singh-Goesel, Harry Chadburn and Micah Perkins Leaupepe.
2023 saw Cooper Buchanan play for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the Group 18 U13 competition including starting at halfback in the Grand Final against the Cudgen Hornets with Cooper Buchanan scoring a try and kicking two conversions.
Cooper Buchanan scored a smart solo try in the 14th minute when after taking possession of the ball to the left of the dummy half thirty five metres from the try line, Cooper Buchanan ran at the defensive line and at the last possible moment Cooper Buchanan put in a left foot grubber kick behind the Cudgen defensive line for himself and with the ball bouncing low on the ground and the Tweed Heads fullback moving forward Cooper Buchanan grubbered the ball off the ground with his left foot and after chasing the ball through, Cooper Buchanan scooped the ball up off the ground whilst at full speed with his right hand three metres out with Cooper Buchanan then diving over to score next to the left goal post. Cooper Buchanan then stepped up and converted his own try with a good left foot strike.
Cooper Buchanan kicked his first conversion in the 5th minute with a good left foot strike from three metres to the right of the goal posts. Cooper Buchanan then kicked his second conversion (to convert his own try) in the 14th minute from next to the left goal posts.
Cooper Buchanan was also involved in a Seagulls try in the 36th minute when after taking possession of the ball to the left of the play the ball and sixteen metres from the try line, Cooper Buchanan continued to his left before straightening up his run by stepping off his left foot and getting an off-load away to his right to his five eight who then off-loaded to the right for one of the Tweed Heads second rowers to score under the posts.
Cooper Buchanan did well defensively in the 26th minute to race to his left and make a smart cover defending tackle on the Cudgen right winger who had made a line break down the touchline but Cooper Buchanan was able to bring him down thirty metres from the try line.
With the Grand Final on a knife edge with Cudgen having the momentum Cooper Buchanan produced two almost identical pieces of play which swung the momentum back to the Seagulls. On the first occasion in the 46th minute Cooper Buchanan, for a Seagulls kick-off drive a hard left foot kick-off along he ground to his left with the ball going into touch just after crossing the ten metre mark to get the ball back to the Seagulls. Cooper Buchanan executed a similar kick-off in the 51st minute, this time it was a low flat kick-off to his left that on the first bounce bounced over the left touchline around thirty one metres from the try line.
In the 2nd minute of the second period of extra time Cooper Buchanan put up a high bomb towards the left corner from the left of the play the ball and twenty three metres from the try line which proved to be too good for the Hornets defence with knocked the ball on.
In early September 2023 Reico Ratana was named on the bench in the Courier Mail’s PBC SHS Rugby League Team of the 2020’s to date.
2023 saw Sunee Wharekawa Poa line up for Cudgen Gold in the Group 18 U13 competition with Sunee Wharekawa Poa starting at lock and captain in the Grand Final against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
Sunee Wharekawa Poa scored two tries in the tough extra time loss in the Grand Final with Sunee Wharekawa Poa scoring the first of his two tries in the 28th minute when after taking possession of the ball two apsses to the right of the play the ball and twelve metres from the try line, Sunee Wharekawa Poa ran to his right and burst through two attempted tackles when ten metres out with Sunee Wharekawa Poa then straightening up his run by way of a right foot step with Sunee Wharekawa Poa crashing through two more tackles to get the ball down mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Sunee Wharekawa Poa scored his second try of the Grand Final in the 43rd minute when after taking possession of the ball three passes to the right of the play the ball in the centre of the field and twenty metre out, Sunee Wharekawa Poa ran to his right and produced two left arm fends to dispose of the initial two defenders he confronted with Sunee Wharekawa Poa then beating the Tweed Heads left winger to score six metres in from the right corner post.
Earlier in the Grand Final in the 18th minute Sunee Wharekawa Poa ran onto the ball two passes to the left of a Cudgen scrum win with Sunee Wharekawa Poa able to carry the ball from thirty metres out from the try line to sixteen metres out with only multiple Seagulls eventually to get Sunee Wharekawa Poa to the ground.
The Tweed Heads kick-off to the first period of extra time saw Sunee Wharekawa Poa return the ball to the twenty eight metre mark. Then in the 3rd minute from two passes to the left of the play the ball and after carrying the ball from his own thirty metre mark to within nine metres of the halfway mark, Sunee Wharekawa Poa was able to get his right arm free and get an off-load away to his right.
Marsden SHS's Fabion Cowan recently became a National U14 Oztag Champion with his Sotrm side winning the National Oztag Championships.
In 2023 Max Murphy played a number of matches in the second row for the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup squad but in 2024 Max Murphy will line up for the Burleigh Bears MM Cup squad.
In late September 2023 Cooper Humphries was named in the 2024 Burleigh Bears U17 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
In late September 2022 Cooper Humphries was named in the 2023 Burleigh Bears U16 Cyril Connell Cup representative squad.
In mid-October 2023 Bailey McConnell was named on the bench in the 2023 Courier Mail Fans Choice 2023 Queensland School Boy Rugby League Team of the Year.
Ethan Van Gelderen moved up to Northern New South Wales and played for the Bilambil Jets in the 2023 NRRRL U18 competition including a strong Grand Final performance at lock in a 28 – 10 Jets victory against the Murwillumbah Mustangs. For the Jets in 2023 Ethan Van Gelderen started the majority of his matches in the front row but also started a number of matches at lock.
In the 2023 NRRRL U18 Grand Final against the Murwillumbah Mustangs, Ethan Van Gelderen recorded a line break that led to a Will Doyle try in the 41st minute when from the left of the play the ball Ethan Van Gelderen took possession of the ball on the halfway mark and after using a right arm fend Ethan Van Gelderen charged downfield and after getting to within twenty four metres of the try line, Ethan Van Gelderen got a good ball away to his left to Harry Chadburn who subsequently off-loaded the ball to Will Doyle who dived over to score near the left corner post.
Ethan Van Gelderen charged onto the ball to the right of the dummy half to get the ball from the halfway mark to thirty eight metres from the try line. Then in the 16th minute from a Bilambil penalty restart Ethan Van Gelderen made a huge run that saw him carry the ball from twenty nine metres out from his own try line to within two metres of the halfway mark.
Ethan Van Gelderen made a good kick-off return to get the ball out to the twenty three metre mark in the 20th minute and then Ethan Van Gelderen made another good kick-off return in the 27th minute to carry the ball out to the twenty four metre mark.
Then in the 35th minute from a Bilambil penalty restart Ethan Van Gelderen charged onto the ball ten metres inside his own territory and carried the ball eight metres into Murwillumbah territory, then a tackle later from the left of the play the ball Ethan Van Gelderen got the ball to within thirty metres of the try line. Then in the 49th minute to the left of the play the ball Ethan Van Gelderen produced a yardage carry that saw him carry the ball from twenty two metres from his own try line to thirty five metres out after running the ball through the centre of the field.
Ethan Van Gelderen then did well in the 56th minute when defending on his own try line and in front of his posts, Ethan Van Gelderen reacted quickly to field a hard grubber kicked straight at him on the bounce with Ethan Van Gelderen then able to get the ball twelve metres out from the try line.
Defensively Ethan Van Gelderen hit the Murwillumbah front rower No. 10 twenty metres out from the try line and after Ethan Van Gelderen drove his right shoulder into his opponent, Ethan Van Gelderen lifted him up and drove him onto his back.
The 2023 GCRL U18 Division One Week One Major Semi-final saw Elijah Tagiilima start at left centre against the Currumbin Eagles with Elijah Tagiilima scoring in the 40th minute when from two passes to the left of a Tigers scrum win Daniel Rakena ran to his left when sixteen metres out dummied to an inside runner before taking the ball to the defensive line and throwing a well weighted short pass to his left to Elijah Tagiilima who burst through a gap to put the ball down next to the left goal posts.
Elijah Tagiilima also made three line breaks with the first coming in the 19th minute when from the left of the play the ball Elijah Tagiilima dummied to his left when twenty metres out from his own try line to burst through a gap and run the ball to within four metres of the halfway mark.
Elijah Tagiilima recorded his second line break in the 29th minute when after backing up a Southport line break from a Currumbin kick-off, Elijah Tagiilima received the ball forty metres from his own try line and charged to within twenty metres of the try line bit unfortunately for Elijah Tagiilima the ball was knocked from his grasp from behind.
Elijah Tagiilima’s third line break arrived in the 57th minute and was down the left touchline with Elijah Tagiilima bursting away from three metres inside Currumbin territory with Elijah Tagiilima getting an off-load back inside to his fullback when twenty metres out from the try line.
Then in the 37th minute Elijah Tagiilima recorded a line break assist when after receiving a cut-out pass from his inside from Daniel Rakena, Elijah Tagiilima got a short, sharp pass away to his left for his left winger to race away down the left touchline but unfortunately the wingers pass inside to the Southport fullback was ruled forward.
Defensively in the 5th minute Elijah Tagiilima smashed the Eagles right winger after he had fielded a kick with Elijah Tagiilima’s heavy contact forcing him back five metres to just fifteen metres out from the try line.
Elijah Tagiilima started at left centre in the Week Two Qualifying Final against the Burleigh Bears with Elijah Tagiilima surging onto the ball in the 3rd minute from the left of the play the ball and was able to promote the ball from twenty two metres out from his own try line to thirty six metres out. Elijah Tagiilima followed up with another good run down the left channel in the 30th minute to get the ball from ten metres inside his own territory to ten metres into Burleigh territory.
The 2023 GCRL U18 Division One Preliminary Final saw Elijah Tagiilima start at left centre against the Currumbin Eagles with Elijah Tagiilima running onto the ball to the left of the dummy half in the 6th minute to carry the ball from twenty metres out from his own try line out to the thirty metre mark.
In the 2023 GCRL U18 Division One regular season Elijah Tagiilima scored in Round Two against the Helensvale Hornets in the 19th minute when from the right of the play the ball twenty four metres out from the try line Elijah Tagiilima drew the Hornets left winger and got the ball away to his right to put his winger down the right touchline and after continuing to back up on the inside Elijah Tagiilima received the ball back from his winger eight metres out with Elijah Tagiilima then able to bring the ball around to put the ball down mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Elijah Tagiilima also scored in the 49th minute of Round Five against the Currumbin Eagles when in the 49th minute Elijah Tagiilima ran onto a short off-load from his left and had a ten metre run to dive over to score nine metres in from the right corner post.
Elijah Tagiilima also scored in Round Seven against the Helensvale Hornets when in the 9th minute Elijah Tagiilima out jumped his Hornets opponent to take a Daniel Rakena kick towards the left wing on the full four metres out from the try line with Elijah Tagiilima then able to get the ball down three metres in from the left corner post.
Elijah Tagiilima also could have scored in Round Eight against the Coomera Cutters when after Elijah Tagiilima broke a tackle and charged over the try line from thirty three metres out on the left side of the field, Elijah Tagiilima was set to put the ball down but instead passed the ball whilst in the in-goal area to allow Daniel Rakena to score under the posts.
The 2023 NRRRL U18 Grand Final saw Tyrese Bowman start at fullback for the Bilambil Jets in their 28 – 10 Grand Final victory against the Murwillumbah Mustang and in just the 3rd minute of the match Tyrese Bowman ran to his right to collect a Murwillumbah grubber kick into the in-goal three metres from the dead ball line. After taking possession of the ball Tyrese Bowman continued to run to his right and did very well to get the ball back into the field of play by a metre or so with Tyrese Bowman also doing well to get to the ground before he was dragged over the right touchline.
In 2023 in addition to standing out for the Kyogle Turkeys in the Group One U14 competition at fullback, Ezrah Selesele was part of the North Coast School Boy Rugby League side and Ezrah Selesele also represented the North Coast U15 side in touch.
Ezrah Selesele also played rugby in 2023 for Lismore City in the Far North Coast Junior Rugby U14 competition with Ezrah Selesele playing at fly half (No. 10).
Ezrah Selesele scored hat tricks in Rounds Three and Eight against the PBC Alleygators and also scored a double in Round Four against Evans Head. Ezrah Selesele also scored in Round One against Casuarina Beach, Round Seven against Wollongbar Alstonville, Round Nine against the Byron Shire Rebels and Round Ten against Woollongbar Alstonville as well as in Round Fourteen against the Lennox Head Trojans.
Great to see Reico Ratana getting an opportunity to train with the Tweed Heads Seagulls Queensland Cup squad this off-season.
In late September 2023 Ruben DIxon was named in the 2024 Burleigh Bears U17 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
In late September 2022 Ruben Dixon was named in the talented 2023 Burleigh Bears U16 Cyril Connell Cup representative squad with Ruben Dixon being part of the Bears first 2023 CC Cup trial side against the Souths Logan Magpies at Burleigh Juniors at the Annual Titans Super Saturday series of matches.
Round Four of the 2023 U16 Cyril Connell Cup competition saw Ruben Dixon named as the Burleigh Bears 18th man against the Norths Devils however a late change saw Ruben Dixon start from the bench and after coming onto the field in the second half Ruben Dixon scored in the 44th minute.
With the play the ball three metres out from the try line and five metres to the right of the uprights Ruben Dixon ran a hard a straight crash line onto the ball to the left of the play the ball and after crashing into two defenders Ruben Dixon initially was knocked onto his back less than a metre out from the try line but Ruben Dixon had the presence of mind to spin counter clockwise to his right and put the ball down three metres to the right of the uprights.
Ruben Dixon also came off the bench in Round Six against the Redcliffe Dolphins before also coming off the bench late in the first half in the Round Seven local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls to round out his strong finish to his 2023 Cyril Connell Cup campaign.
2023 also saw Ruben Dixon play a number of matches for the Burleigh Bears in the GCRL U18 Division One competition including starting from the bench in the Grand Final against the Currumbin Eagles.
What a 2023 Ethan Van Gelderen had in 2023, the former Northern Territory junior commenced the 2023 season playing in the SG Ball competition for the Melbourne Storm, starting in the second row in Round One against the Canberra Raiders. After missing a number of matches Ethan Van Gelderen started from the bench in Round Five against the North Sydney Bears and also started from the bench in Rounds Six and Seven against the Canterbury Bulldogs and Sydney Roosters respectively.
Ethan Van Gelderen then moved up to Northern New South Wales and played for the Bilambil Jets in the NRRRL U18 competition including a strong Grand Final performance at lock in a 28 – 10 victory against the Murwillumbah Mustangs. For the Jets in 2023 Ethan Van Gelderen started the majority of his matches in the front row but also started a number of matches at lock.
At the 2023 Bilambil Jets end of season awards, Ethan Van Gelderen was named the 2023 Bilambil Jets player with the Most Potential. Ethan Van Gelderen was also named the 2023 Bilambil Jets NRRRL U18 Best and Fairest and also collected the NRRRL Players Player Award.
In 2022 Ethan Van Gelderen played for the Northern Sharks in the Northern Territory U18 competition, starting the majority of his matches at halfback. 2022 also saw Ethan Van Gelderen represent Combined Affiliated States at the 2022 U18 ASSRL School Boy Rugby League Championships.
Great effort by Keebra Park SHS student Blaine Adams to be named the 2023 3PTAG U12 Male Tournament Most Valuable Player.
Great effort by Jimboomba Thunder's Regan Blake to be selected in the Qld Murri U14 squad.
PBC SHS front rower Marlie Barry has been named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls CC Cup squad.
Former Titans Academy player and Australian School Boy Michael Roberts has signed to play for the Evans Heads Bombers in the NRRRL competition.
Great to see Grafton Ghosts U18's top try scorer Ethan Carter move up to the Ghosts Group Two First Grade squad for the 2024 season.
The 2023 NRRRL U18 Grand Final saw Creedence Donovan start on the right wing for the Bilambil Jets in their 28 – 10 Grand Final victory against the Murwillumbah Mustang with Creedence Donovan scoring in the 31st minute when after receiving a pass from his left thirty metres from the try line, Creedence Donovan ran to his right and after getting on the outside of his opposing winger, Creedence Donovan raced down the right touchline to dive over to score three metres in from the right corner post.
Earlier in the 7th minute Creedence Donovan ran to his right out of dummy half from near the centre of the field and twenty five metres out from his own try line and after getting to the right touchline Creedence Donovan cut back inside to get the ball to the thirty nine metre mark.
Creedence Donovan made another good run in the 39th minute when after receiving the ball two passes to the right of the play the ball and thirty metres out from his own try line, Creedence Donovan, after getting on the outside of his opposing winger was able to make eleven metres down the right touchline.
2023 saw Group One and Group 18 play the Northern Rivers Titans Challenge Cup which is the leaders in the U13 to U16 age groups from each competition playing each other.
2023 saw Group One emerge the winners, but what a great opportunity for players from each region. One of the best players across the matches was Titans U14 Development squad member Cai Garrett who played in the U14 match for the Ballina Seagulls.
The Week Two NRRRL U18 Qualifying Final saw Ricco Waitititi continue at right centre for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Ricco Waitititi forcing a Murwillumbah goal line drop-out in the 24th minute. After the Seagulls spun the ball to their left, a pass from his inside bounced in front of Ricco Waitititi and smartly instead of trying to pick up the ball under pressure, Ricco Waitititi instead toed the ball forward twenty four metres out with Ricco Waitititi putting pressure on the Mustangs fullback who was forced to kick the ball over the dead ball line to require a goal line drop-out.
2023 saw Isaac Harrison move to the Bilambil Jets in the NRRRL competition with Isaac Harrison named to make his NRRRL First Grade debut and Bilambil debut off the bench in Round One against the Tweed Coast Raiders.
Isaac Harrison was also named on the bench in Round Twelve against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Isaac Harrison coming onto the field in the 73rd minute.
Isaac Harrison made his first NRRRL First Grade start in the front row in Round Sixteen against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Isaac Harrison making the fourth hit-up of the match from the right of the play the ball to get the ball out to the thirty eight metre mark.
In the 12th minute Isaac Harrison make a strong Mustangs goal line drop-out return to bring the ball back to the thirty two metre mark. Then in the 15th minute from the right of the play the ball Isaac Harrison carried the ball from the halfway mark to forty metres from the try line.
In his second stint on the field in the 63rd minute Isaac Harrison ran onto the ball to the right of the dummy half with Isaac Harrison able to promote the ball from twenty metres out from his own try line to thirty two metres out.
At the 2023 end of season awards Isaac Harrison was named the 2023 Bilambil Jets NRRRL First Grade Rookie of the Year.
Tyrese Bowman moved to fullback for the Bilambil Jets in the Week Two U18 NRRRL Elimination Final against the Byron Bay Devils with Tyrese Bowman making a line break in the 6th minute when from five metres inside his own territory, Tyrese Bowman ran out of dummy half to his left and after getting on the outside of the Byron Bay right winger, Tyrese Bowman ran down the left touchline before being tackled twenty eight metres from the try line with Tyrese Bowman doing very well to keep his feet in the field of play.
Earlier in the 4th minute Tyrese Bowman ran out of dummy half to his left before cutting back to his left with Tyrese Bowman able to promote the ball from twenty metres out from his own try line to thirty three metres out.
Rowan Mansfield started on the right wing for the Ballina Seagulls in the Week Two NRRRL First Grade Qualifying Final against the Bilambil Jets with Rowan Mansfield scoring in the 62nd minute with a ten metre run down the right touchline to put the ball down one handed in the right corner after receiving a cut-out pass from his inside.
In late September 2023 Kanititeiti Sikahele was named in the 2024 Burleigh Bears U19 Mal Meninga Cup squad.
In late September 2022 Kanititeiti Sikahele was named in the exceptionally powerful 2023 Burleigh Bears U18 MM Cup squad with Kanititeiti Sikahele part of the Bears squad for their opening trial against the Souths Logan Magpies side at Burleigh Juniors as part of the Titans Annual Super Saturday.
Kanititeiti Sikahele was named to start from the bench in Round One of the 2023 U18 Mal Meninga Cup competition for the Bears against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls with Kanititeiti Sikahele scoring in the 33rd minute adjacent to the left goal post after he had stepped off his left to foot when six metres out with Kanititeiti Sikahele then getting low and forcing his way over the line to get the ball down under heavy pressure.
Kanititeiti Sikahele then moved to the bench for Round Two against the Souths Logan Magpies with Kanititeiti Sikahele coming onto the field to operate in the front row in the 17th minute.
Kanititeiti Sikahele’s performance saw him named in the front row in the 2023 Courier Mail MM Cup Round Two Team of the Week.
Kanititeiti Sikahele also started from the bench in Round Four against the Norths Devils with Kanititeiti Sikahele coming onto the field in the 15th minute with Kanititeiti Sikahele making a strong run in the 43rd minute from the left of the play the ball and forty metres from his own try line with Kanititeiti Sikahele able to get the ball five metres into Norths territory.
In the 48th minute Kanititeiti Sikahele along with Cooper Bai made a strong try saving tackle when defending on their own try line on the Norths No. 10 directly under the goal posts.
Kanititeiti Sikahele then came off the bench in Round Six against the Redcliffe Dolphins with Kanititeiti Sikahele coming onto the field to operate in the front row.
Kanititeiti Sikahele then at lock in the Round Seven local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Kanititeiti Sikahele making the opening tackle of the match along with Zac Kumbamong.
Kanititeiti Sikahele made a strong run with the ball in the 27th minute from the right of the play the ball and sic metres from the halfway mark with Kanititeiti Sikahele and to get the ball nine metres inside Seagulls territory.
In the 2023 MM Cup competition Kanititeiti Sikahele made eighty nine at an average of 17.8 tackles per match.
Will Sheridan moved to right centre for the Byron Bay Devils in the NRRRL U18 Week Two Elimination Final against the Bilambil Jets with Will Sheridan making a line break in the 16th minute when whilst defending twenty metres out from his own try line Will Sheridan trapped a Bilambil grubber kick with his left foot and after picking up the ball Will Sheridan ran down the right touchline before being brought to ground thirty metres out from the try line at the opposite end of the field.
Earlier in the 11th minute Will Sheridan took a penalty tap restart on the halfway and ran the ball to within thirty seven metres of the try line.
The Week Two NRRRL U18 Qualifying Final saw Tashahn Cora continue from the bench for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Murwillumbah Mustangs and after coming onto the field mid-way through the first half to play in the halves, Tashahn Cora recorded a try assist in the 30th minute when from the right of the dummy half twelve metres out from the try line, Tashahn Cora initially dummied to his right before throwing an inside ball for his support runner to score under the posts.
Cooper Camby continued at left centre for the Tugun Seahawks in the Week Two GCRL First Grade Elimination Final against the Burleigh Bears with Cooper Camby scoring in the 40th minute with a straight eight metre run off a pass from the dummy half to his right to score eight metres in from the left corner post.
Earlier in the 29th minute from two passes to the left of the play the ball Cooper Camby was able to carry the ball from nineteen metres out from his own try line to thirty metres out.
Riley Buchanan continued in the front row for the Bilambil Jets in the NRRRL U18 Week Two Elimination Final against the Byron Bay Devils with Riley Buchanan carrying the ball off his own try line to the right of the play the ball to ten metres from the try line. Then in the 2nd minute from the right of the play the ball Riley Buchanan charged through the centre of the field to get the ball from thirty metres out to within fourteen metres of the try line.
In the 19th minute Riley Buchanan ran an underneath line to the right of the dummy half and was able to promote the ball from thirty metres from the try line to seventeen metres out with Riley Buchanan then awarded a penalty for being hit in a high tackle.
Then in the 57th minute after running onto the ball to the left of the play the ball from twelve metres out from his own try line Riley Buchanan made a half break and when he had gotten to thirty metres from the try line Riley Buchanan was able to get an off-load away to his right when his back was turned towards his own try line.
Riley Buchanan made one of his trademark tackles with a heavy front on hit on one of the Byron Bay front rowers with Riley Buchanan racking his opponent backwards twenty six metres out from the try line.
The Week Two NRRRL U18 Qualifying Final saw Aaron Singh-Goesel continue at left second row for the Murwillumbah Mustangs against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Aaron Singh-Goesel running onto the ball two passes to the left of the dummy half to carry the ball from twenty five metres out from his own try line to thirty seven metres out. In the 18th minute from two passes to the left of the play the ball and thirty three metres out from his own try line Aaron Singh-Goesel was able to get the ball to within three metres of the halfway mark.
Aaron Singh-Goesel ran onto the ball once again in the 29th minute from the left of the play the ball and when he had carried the ball twenty metres out from his own try line Aaron Singh-Goesel got a left arm flick off-load away to his left centre.
To get the second half underway Aaron Singh-Goesel kicked the ball off with his left foot kick-off bouncing over the dead ball line and force a Tweed Heads Seagulls goal line drop-out.
Banjora Porch started from the bench for the Byron Bay Devils in the Week Two U18 NRRRL Elimination Final against the Bilambil Jets and after coming onto the field to play in the front row in the 21st minute, Banjora Porch made a strong run to the right of the play the ball in the 28th minute to get the ball to within twenty metres of the try line in the centre of the field from thirty one metres out with Banjora Porch then executing a quick play the ball.
In the 51st minute after picking up a lost Bilambil ball eight metres out from his own try line Banjora Porch was able to return the ball to the twenty metre mark. Then a tackle later Banjora Porch took another run making ten metres to get the ball thirty eight metres out from his own try line.
Defensively Banjora Porch stopped his opposing No. 10 in his tracks with a heavy front on tackle around the chest area to stop him two metres out from the try line before Banjora Porch forced him back four metres.
Blake Forder also started on the left wing for the Bilambil Jets in the First Grade NRRRL Week Two Elimination Final against the Ballina Seagulls with Blake Forder scoring in the 5th minute when after a bomb was put up towards his wing, Blake Forder out jumped his opposing winger on the try line and put the ball down three metres in from the left corner post.
The Week Two NRRRL U18 Qualifying Final saw Micah Leaupepe Perkins continue at left centre for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Micah Leaupepe Perkins kick off to get the match underway bouncing over the dead ball line to force an immediate Murwillumbah goal line drop-out.
Micah Leaupepe Perkins recorded a line break in the 34th minute when after receiving the ball from his right forty five metres out from the try line, Micah Leaupepe Perkins got on the outside of the opposing defender and ran down the left touchline and got within twelve metres of the try line before being brought down.
Micah Leaupepe Perkins also did well in the 7th minute when he was able to get his left arm above his head and get the ball inside as Micah Leaupepe Perkins was being forced over the left touchline by multiple Mustangs defenders twelve metres out from the try line.
Micah Leaupepe Perkins made a strong run from a Tweed Heads penalty restart with Micah Leaupepe Perkins charging onto the ball thirty five metres out from the try line and was able to get the ball to the twenty metre mark.
Harry Chadburn continued at five eight for the Bilambil Jets in the Week Two NRRRL U18 Elimination Final against the Byron Bay Devils with Harry Chadburn recording a try assist in the 59th minute when to the left of the play the ball and fourteen metres out from the try line Harry Chadburn ran the ball deep into the Byron Bay defensive line before throwing a well weight short pass to his left to put Will Doyle into a gap and score under the posts.
Harry Chadburn did well inside the opening minute to take a hard grubber aimed directly at him from close range cleanly on the bounce just three metres out from his own try line.
Harry Chadburn put up a high chip from the right of the play the ball and to the left of the goal posts towards the right with the ball weighted perfectly to came down less than a metre from the try line and after the ball was taken on the full by the Devils, he was taken into the in-goal area by the Bilambil chasers to force a Byron Bay goal line drop-out.
Harry Chadburn’s 18th minute kick-off to his right was hit sweetly and bounced over the dead ball line to force another Byron Bay goal line drop-out. Harry Chadburn put in a right foot grubber kick from nine metres out in the 23rd minute with the bouncing ball knocked on by Byron Bay two metres out to give the Jets a scrum feed metres out and to the right of the goal posts.
Good video that gives some details about the Northern Rivers Titans 2024 Program with Murwillumbah Colts stand-out Jack Thornton featured and some comments from Jamie McCormack.
https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2023/12/03/northern-rivers-titans-decked-out-in-new-jersey/?mibextid=Zxz2cZ&fbclid=IwAR0_TpXJeFy1t88bI05hc-77UVKCSuTGa0hDRmHUxpRru6RRx6ujJ1Jpk8k
Titanic
03-12-23, 10:44 PM
Thanks mdrew, gives some reality and perspective to the work being done away from Parkwood.
Blake Forder started on the left wing for the Bilambil Jets in the NRRRL First Grade Preliminary Final against the Cudgen hornets with Blake Forder scoring in a tough 17 – 16 Jets loss to end their season.
Blake Forder scored in the 39th minute after backing up a Jets line break down the left side of the field with Blake Forder receiving the ball thirty five metres out from the try line on the left touchline with Blake Forder then able to bring the ball around to put it down under the posts.
The Week Two NRRRL U18 Qualifying Final saw Ayden Byrnes continue at hooker for the Murwillumbah Mustangs against the Tweed Heads Seagulls the Ayden Byrnes appearing to score in the 32nd minute when after running out of dummy half to his right from six metres out int appeared for all money that Ayden Byrnes had gotten the ball down six metres to the right of the goal posts but bizarrely the referee rule that Ayden Byrnes had grounded the ball short of the try line.
Ayden Byrnes also recorded a try assist of sorts in the 39th minute when from the right of the play the ball and eight metres from the try line Ayden Byrnes threw a high, cut-out pass trying to get the ball to his right winger but after the ball was touched by the Tweed Heads left centre the ball fell into the hands of the Mustangs left centre who was able to bring the ball around to score five metres to the right of the goal posts.
Ayden Byrnes also made a line break in the 38th minute with Ayden Byrnes running out of dummy half to his right from forty metres out from the try line with Adyen Byrnes then targeting the area behind the markers with Ayden Byrnes splitting the centre of the Tweed Heads defensive line as he got the ball to within twenty two metres of the try line.
Ayden Byrnes showed his intelligence in the 8th minute when after identifying that the Seagulls marker was not square, Ayden Byrnes ran out of dummy half to his right and right at the off-side marker to be awarded the penalty for the Mustangs eight metres out from the try line and directly in front of the goal posts.
Ayden Byrnes also did exceptionally well in the 57th minute when with Murwillumbah leading 18 – 16 the Tweed Heads put in an attacking chip kick for himself but Ayden Byrnes had anticipated the chip kick and got back to take the kick on the full whilst running back towards his own try line twenty metres out with the Seagulls halfback in close proximity.
Good to see Tashahn Cora sign for the Tweed Heads Seagulls 2024 NRRRL First Grade squad.
Micah Leaupepe-Perkins has also signed on to play for the Tweed Heads Seagulls NRRRL First Grade side in 2024.
Tyrese Bowman started at fullback for the Bilambil Jets in the NRRRL U18 Preliminary Final against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Tyrese Bowman making a line break in the 47th minute when after picking up a dropped Tweed Heads ball sixteen metres out from the try line and was able to get the ball to within five metres of the halfway mark before being dragged down from behind.
Tyrese Bowman also made a try saving tackle in the 46th minute when after the Tweed Heads right winger retrieved a short chip kick and looked as if he was going to dive over from close range but Tyrese Bowman raced to his left and was able to bundle the winger over the touchline near the Bilambil left corner post.
2023 saw Calvin Harris-Tavita attend Kings College with Calvin Harris-Tavita starting at halfback in the Kings College U15A School Boy Rugby side.
Calvin Harris-Tavita in 2023 played for the Katahitanga U14 Representative side including scoring two tries and kicking four conversions in a 32 – 16 victory against a Future Warriors U14 side that was played as a curtain-raiser to a Warriors NRL match.
Front row prospect Ruben Sipaea Saifoloi has signed to play for the Tweed Heads Seagulls NRRRL First Grade side in 2024.
2023 saw Elijah Kadima attend Ipswich SHS will Elijah Kadima starting on the right for in the School Boy Rugby League Renouf Shield Grand Final against Redcliffe SHS with Elijah Kadima scoring a hat trick in the Ipswich SHS victory including Ipswich SHS’s go head try with twelve minutes remaining in the Grand Final.
As a result of his performances in the Renouf Shield Elijah Kadima was named on the wing in the 2023 Ipswich SHS School Boy Rugby League Team of the Season.
Also in 2023 Elijah Kadima played for Goodna in the Ipswich Rugby League U14 competition with Elijah Kadima finishing as the competitions leading try scorer with fourteen tries.
In addition to his fourteen tries Elijah Kadima also kicked three conversions to finish the season with a total of sixty two points to finish as the competitions equal fifth leading point scorer.
Elijah Kadmina scored hat tricks in Round Five against Redback Plains Blue, Round Eight against Laidley and in Week One of the Finals against Redbank Plains Red. Elijah Kadima also scored a double in Round Seven against Norths Gold and scored in Round Six against Brothers White and Round Ten against Redbank Plains Red.
For Goonda, Elijah Kadmina split time between the wing and in the centres as well as coming off the bench in Round Five against Redbank Plains Blue.
In 2023 Chase Harris lined up for the Burleigh Bears in the Gold Coast Junior Rugby League U14 Division One competition.
2023 saw Henry Willis play in the GBJRL U14 Division One competition for Logan Brothers with Henry Willis starting in the second row for all of his matches including the Grand Final against the Souths Acacia Ridge Magpies.
Henry Willis’s sole try of the 2023 season came in Round One against Norths.
2023 saw Ranel Filipine play for the Souths Acacia Ridge Magpies in the GBJRL U14 Division One competition with Ranel Filipine alternating between starting in the second row and off the bench including starting from the bench in the Grand Final against Logan Brothers.
Ranel Filipine also played a number of matches for the Magpies “up” in the GBJRL U15 Division One competition in 2023 including starting on the wing in Round Nine against the Redcliffe Dolphins.
The 2023 GCRL U18 Division One Preliminary Final saw Daniel Rakena start at halfback for the Southport Tigers and operate on the left side of the field against the Currumbin Eagles with Daniel Rakena recording a try assist as well as kicking a conversion in the 55th minute from four metres to the left of the goal posts.
Daniel Rakena recorded his try assist in the 55th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the paly the ball Daniel Rakena initially moved to his left before stepping off his left foot and getting a short ball away to his right for his front rower to crash over to score four metres to the left of the goal posts.
Daniel Rakena almost scored himself in the 26th minute after an eight metre run from the left of the play the ball with Daniel Rakena getting over the try line after initially juggling the ball eight metres in from the left corner post.
In the 6th minute after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball and forty three metres from the try line Daniel Rakena put in a hard, low right foot kick into the left corner with the Currumbin fullback barely able to get the ball back into the field of play before the Southport chasers trapped him in the left corner.
Danial Rakena’s 36th minute kick off was allowed to bounce near the try line between two Eagles players and then bounced over the dead ball line to force a Currumbin goal line drop-out.
Tashahn Cora started from the bench for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the NRRRL U18 Preliminary Final against the Murwillumbah Mustangs and after coming onto the field to operate in the halves in the 18th minute Tashahn Cora recorded a try assist in the 51st minute when after running the ball deep into the defensive line to the right of the dummy half Tashahn Cora closed to within eight metres of the try line before throwing an inside pass to his fullback who scored five metres to the right of the goal posts.
Tashahn Cora had earlier come close to setting up a Tweed Heads try in the 46th minute when from the right of the play the ball Tashahn Cora ran to within sixteen metres of the try line and then at the last possible moment put in a left foot chip kick towards the right corner with the Seagulls winger retrieving the ball only to be forced into touch just short of the try line.
Well done to Ethan Alcorn for his selection in the NSW Rugby U15 &'s Merit Squad.
Great effort by Bailey McConnell to be named the 2023 GCRL U18 Division One Player of the Year.
Harry Chadburn started at five eight for the Bilambil Jets in the NRRRL U18 Preliminary Final against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Harry Chadburn recording a try assist in the 53rd minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball fourteen metres out from the try line, harry Chadburn stepped inside off his left foot to beat a Seagulls defender who had raced out of the defensive line in an attempt to put pressure on him, with Harry Chadburn then immediately firing a cut-out pass to his left to put his left centre Will Doyle over to score in the left corner.
Earlier in the 47th minute Harry Chadburn ran the ball from five metres inside his own territory and was able to make twenty metres to carry the ball fifteen metres inside Tweed Heads territory.
In late September 2023 Israel Lotaki was named in the 2024 Burleigh Bears U17 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
Israel Lotaki started at right centre for the South Coast School Boy U15 side on Day One of the 203 QSSRL Championships against Sunshine Coast with Israel Lotaki making an outstanding try saving tackle on the Sunshine Coast left winger with Israel Lotaki’s tackle knocking the ball loose when the winger was literally over the try line in the South Coast right corner.
Israel Lotaki also started at right centre on Day Two against Northern and well as Day Three against Northern.
Israel Lotaki then started at right centre in the 2023 QSSRL U15 School Boy Grand Final against Met East with Israel Lotaki doing well in the 46th minute when after receiving the ball wide out on the right and five metres inside Met East territory Israel Lotaki used a strong left arm fend to beat a number of defenders and get the ball to within twenty six metres of the try line.
Israel Lotaki had earlier produced a smart piece of play in the 19th minute with a one on one strip of the ball thirty metres out with Israel Lotaki then able to return the ball ten metres to put South Coast immediately onto the attack just twenty metres out from the try line.
Round One of the 2023 School Boy Hancock Cup competition saw Israel Lotaki start in the centres in Round One for Keebra Park SHS against Wavell SHS. Israle Lotaki also started in the centres in Round Two against Ipswich SHS as well as in Round Three against Marsden SHS, Round Five against Wavell SHS and Round Six against Stretton State College. Israel Loatki also started in the centres in the Round Seven Gold Coast School Boy derby against PBC SHS.
Israel Lotaki also started in the centres in the Semi-Final against Marsden SHS and the 2023 Hancock Cup School Boy Rugby League Grand Final against Ipswich SHS.
In late September 2023 Israel Lotaki was named in the Queensland Tonga U14 side for the 2023 QPICC carnival.
Harvey Moase started at five eight for the Cudgen Hornets in the First Grade NRRRL Preliminary Final against the Bilambil Jets with Harvey Moase scoring a try and kicking a conversion in a Hornets 17 – 16 victory to progress to the Grand Final with Harvey Moase kicking his conversion in the 38th minute from eight metres to the right of the goal posts.
Harvey Moase scored 58th minute when after taking possession of the ball down a short left blindside forty metres out, Harvey Moase put in a right foot grubber kick that was accidently kicked forward by the Jets fullback twenty metres from the try line with Harvey Moase putting up the ball low down at full speed with Harvey Moase then running down the left touchline to score in the left corner.
Round One of the 2023 GCRL U18 Division One competition saw Hai Hiawe King start from the bench for the Currumbin Eagles against the Helensvale Hornets with Hai Hiawe King coming off the bench to operate in the front row in the 7th minute.
Hai Hiawe King then moved into the Eagles starting side in the front row in Round Two against the Coomera Cutters with Hai Hiawe King making a strong kick-off return in the 7th minute to get the ball to the twenty metre mark. Hai Hiawe King then made another strong kick-off return in the 12th minute, on that occasion getting the ball over the twenty metre mark.
Hai Hiawe King also started in the front row in Round Five against the Southport Tigers.
Hai Hiawe King then started from the bench in Round Eleven against the Helensvale Hornets with Hai Hiawe King coming off the bench to play in the front row in the 18th minute.
Hai Hiawe King almost scored in the 27th minute when after taking possession from an off-load sixteen metres from the try line, Hai Hiawe King broke two tackles as he charged at the try line only to be stopped less than a metre out in front of the posts.
Earlier in the 19th minute made a big tackle on one of the Helensvile wingers two metres out and directly in front of the posts forcing a knock on to give Currumbin the scrum feed.
Hai Hiawe King also started from the bench in Round Twelve against the Coomera Cutters and after coming onto the field to operate in the front row in the 22nd minute Hai Hiawe King immediately made a line break from a kick-off return with Hai Hiawe King bursting through a number of tackles as he charged into Coomera territory before being brought to ground in front of the posts and twenty nine metres from the try line at the opposite end of the field when where Hai Hiawe King’s run commenced.
In the 29th minute from the left of the play the ball Hai Hiawe King ran onto the ball from forty metres out from the try line and carried the ball within twenty three metres. Then to start the second half Hai Hiawe King made a strong kick-off return to get the ball out to the twenty four metre mark.
Hai Hiawe King rounded out a strong match in the 57th minute with a good effort to the right of the play the ball that saw Hai Haiwe King run the ball from thirty five metres out from the try line to sixteen metres out with Hai Hiawe King then able to get an off-load away to his right to Jaylen Taewa.
The 2023 Gold Coast Rugby League Division One Grand Final saw Hai Hiawe King start from the bench in the Eagles Grand Final victory against the Burleigh Bears and after coming onto the field to play in the front row in the 6th minute Hai Hiawe King made a strong kick-off return that saw Hai Hiawe King get the ball out to the twenty metre mark.
In early October 2023 Christian Mikaele was named in the 2024 Ipswich Jets U17 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
In late 2022 Keebra Park SHS student Christian Mikaele was named in the 2023 Ipswich Jets U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
Round Three of the 2023 U16 Cyril Connell Cup competition saw Christian Mikaele named on the bench for the Ipswich Jets against the Western Clydesdales.
Christian Mikaele was then named to move into the Jets starting line-up at five eight in Round Four against the Wide Bay Bulls with Christian Mikaele scoring in the 59th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball eighteen metres out, Christian Mikaele ran the ball to his left shaping to pass both to his left and right before Christian Mikaele stepped off his right foot before crashing through three defenders to score seven metres in from the left corner post untouched.
Christian Mikaele also recorded two try assists against the Bulls with the first coming in the 25th minute when from the right of the play the ball, eleven metres out and down a short right blindside, Christian Mikaele put up a high right foot chip kick which was ideally weighted and went over the out stretched arm of the Bulls left winger and into the waiting arms of the Jets left winger in the in-goal to score.
Christian Mikaele recorded his second try assist of the match early in the second half in the 34th minute when to the right of the play the ball and twelve metres out from the try line Christian Mikaele ran the ball down a short right blindside and after taking the ball deep into the defensive line Christina Mikaele, from eight metres out, put in a right foot grubber kick into the in-goal with his right winger winning the race to ground the ball in the in-goal three metres in from the right corner post.
As a result of his exceptional performance Christian Mikaele was named at five eight in the 2023 Courier Mail Cyril Connell Cup Round Four Team of the Week.
Christian Mikaele continued at five eight in Round Five against the Sunshine Coast Falcons with Christian Mikaele scoring one try and setting up another.
Christian Mikaele scored in the 6th minute when he ran to his left from dummy half to crash over from six metres out to ground the ball mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Christian Mikaele recorded his try assist in the 29th minute when from around ten metres out and in the centre of the field Christina Mikaele put in a right foot chip kick towards the left corner which was perfectly weighted and landed in the arms of the Jets left winger in the in-goal to score.
Christian Mikaele continued at five eight in Round Six against the Western Clydesdales with Christian Mikaele scoring in the 29th minute of a 40 – 20 Jets victory.
In the 30th minute the Jets made a line break down the right touchline from deep inside their own territory and after backing up on the inside Christian Mikaele received the pass from his right winger who had drawn the fullback with Christian Mikaele having a twenty five metre run to dive over to score five metres to the right of the uprights.
Christian Mikaele also started at five eight in Round Seven against the Wide Bay Bulls.
Christian Mikaele finished the 2023 CC Cup season scoring four tries and recording four try assists.
Christian Mikaele’s performances over the course of the 2023 U16 Cyril Connell Cup season saw Christian Mikaele named on the bench in the 2023 Courier Mail Cyril Connell Cup White Team of the Season.
2023 saw Siu Pulepule move to Marsden SHS with Siu Pulepule playing in the Renouf Shield School Boy Rugby League competition and in October 2023 Siu Pulepule was named in the second row in the 2023 Marsden SHS Rugby League Team of the Year.
In May 2023 Siu Pulepule was named in the Brisbane Junior Rugby U14 Representative squad.
Stevie O'Connor who has been one of the best players in the NRRRL U18 competition in recent seasons has signed on to play for the Tweed Coast Raiders in the NRRRL First Grade competition.
Round One of the 2023 NRRRL First Grade competition saw Rowan Mansfield start on the right wing for the Ballina Seagulls against the Cudgen Hornets with Rowan Mansfield successful with both of his conversion attempts in a six point Ballina victory.
Rowan Mansfield continued on the right wing in Round Three against Marist Brothers with Rowan Mansfield scoring a second half hat trick with the first of his three tries coming in the 46th minute with a three metre run to get the ball down in the right corner with one defender handing off him.
Rowan Mansfield scored his second try in the 75th minute when after receiving the ball three metres out from the right corner, Rowan Mansfield spun clockwise to beat a defender racing across field to score in the right corner.
Rowan Mansfield completed his hat trick with a three metre effort from an off-load to score in the right corner in the 80th minute.
Rowan Mnsfield scored once again in Round Five against Northern United from the right wing in the 74th minute when after picking up an errant pass just out from the try line with his back to the try line Rowan Mansfield spun to his left (right on the field) to get the ball down in the right corner.
Rowan Mansfield also started on the right wing in Round Six against the Mullumbimby Giants with Rowan Mansfield scoring a double with Rowan Mansfield scoring his opening try in the 12th minute when Rowan Mansfield ran to his right out of dummy half from six metres out to score four metres in from the right corner post.
Rowan Mansfield completed his double in the 47th minute with an easy four metre run after receiving the ball from his inside to put the ball down in the right corner.
Rowan Mansfield also started on the right wing in Round Seven against the Kyogle Turkeys.
Rowan Mansfield continued on the right wing in Round Eight against the Casino Cougars with Rowan Mansfield scoring in the 28th minute when after receiving the ball eight metres out and on the right touchline, Rowan Mansfield stepped off his right foot when four metres out to beat the Cougars fullback with Rowan Mansfield then able to bring the ball around to put it down under the posts.
Rowan Mansfield also started on the right wing in Round Ten against the Bilambil Jets.
Rowan Mansfield started on the right wing in Round Twelve against the Byron Bay Devils with Rowan Mansfield scoring in the 24th minute when after collecting the ball on the first bounce twelve metres out on the right touchline Rowan Mansfield was able to beat his opposing winger on the inside and dive over to score in the right corner.
Round Fourteen against the Mullumbimby Giants saw Rowan Mansfield continue on the right wing with Rowan Mansfield scoring four of the Seagulls eight tries in a big Ballina win with Rowan Mansfield scoring all four of his tries in the first half.
Rowan Mansfield scored his opening try in the 7th minute when after bursting between two tackles forty two metres from the try line Rowan Mansfield cut inside off his right foot twenty six metres out and after outpacing the fullback, Roan Mansfield beat another cover defender coming on from his left with Rowan Mansfield scoring eight metres to the right of the uprights.
Rowan Mansfield scored his second try in the 12th minute from thirty metres when after a Mullumbimby pass when to ground Rowan Mansfield kicked the ball forward and after getting a great bounce two metres from the try line Rowan Mansfield scored ten metres in from the right corner post.
Rowan Mansfield scored his third try in the 14th minute when after receiving the ball ten metres out and on the right touchline, Rowan Mansfield stepped inside off his right foot to beat his opposing winger and score six metres in from the right corner post.
Rowan Mansfield scored his fourth try in the 40th minute when Rowan Mansfield collected a chip kick to his wing on the bounce four metres out in front of his opposing winger to score in the right corner.
Rowan Mansfield also started on the right wing in Round Fifteen against the Evans Head Bombers with Rowan Mansfield making a line break and recording a try assist in the 75th minute when after receiving the ball from his inside thirty metres out from his own try line Rowan Mansfield burst away down the right touchline and after Rowan Mansfield was ankle tapped still thirty metres out, Rowan Mansfield was able to get back to his feet and when eighteen metres from the try line Rowan Mansfield was able to get an off-load away from his inside to his right centre who was able to score wide out on the right.
In the 9th minute to return a kick-off that Rowan Mansfield had taken on the full and Rowan Mansfield was able to return the kick-off out to the thirty metre mark.
Rowan Mansfield continued on the right wing in Round Sixteen against the Byron Bay Devils with Rowan Mansfield scoring in just the 2nd minute of the match when he chased through a short Ballina grubber with Rowan Mansfield getting downward pressure on the ball with both hands in the in-goal in the right corner.
Rowan Mansfield also started on the right wing in the Week Two Qualifying Final against the Bilambil Jets with Rowan Mansfield scoring in the 62nd minute with a ten metre run down the right touchline to put the ball down one handed in the right corner after receiving a cut-out pass from his inside.
The 2023 NRRRL First Grade Grand Final saw Rowan Mansfield start on the right wing against the Cudgen Hornets.
The 2023 NRRRL First Grade Grand Final saw Harvey Moase start at halfback for the Cudgen Hornets against the Ballina Seagulls with Harvey Moase kicking three conversions from as many attempts in the Hornets 18 – 6 victory. Incredibly all three of Harvey Moase’s conversions came from the same spot on the field being three metres to the left of the goal posts in the 42nd, 65th and 68th minutes.
Round One of the 2023 GCRL U18 Division One competition saw Sam McAlister start in the front row for the Burleigh Bears against the Southport Tigers and Sam McAlister also started in the front row in Round Three against the Helensvale Hornets.
Sam McAlister also started in the front row in Round Four against the Currumbin Eagles with Sam McAlister scoring in the 51st minute from a six metre effort to the left of the play the ball with Sam McAlister getting the ball down under the posts.
Sam McAlister started from the bench in the Week Two Qualifying Final against the Southport Tigers and came onto the field in the 20th minute to play in the front row.
Sam McAlister did well along with Cooper Bai to grab one of the Tigers players who was trying to bring the ball off his own try line, to grab him five metres out and force him back into the in-goal to force a Southport goal line drop-out.
Sam McAlister also did well in the 42nd minute when whilst defending just out from his own try line Sam McAlister stuck out his left foot to block an attempted Tigers grubber into the in-goal and after the ball rebounded into the air Sam McAlister dived forward the retrieve the ball before it bounced to prevent any chance of any Southport player getting to the ball first.
The 2023 Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One Grand Final saw Sam McAlister start from the bench against the Currumbin Eagles with Sam McAlister coming onto the field to operate in the front row in the 23rd minute and in the 31st minute Sam McAlister made a strong kick-off return to get the second half underway to get the ball out to the twenty five metre mark after Burleigh had spun the ball from their right to the left where Sam McAlister received the ball.
Another young player from Rockhampton Grammar School to keep an eye on is electric outside back Lisiate Fa'aoso, he can absolutely fly.
The 2023 NRRRL U18 Grand Final saw Aaron Singh-Goesel start at left second row for the Murwillumbah Mustang against the Bilambil Jets with Aaron Singh-Goesel recording a line break assist in the 59th minute when after Murwillumbah spun the ball wide to their left, Aaron Singh-Goesel received the ball twenty five metres out from his own try line and after drawing the Bilambil right winger, Aaron Singh-Goesel put his own winger away down the left touchline after getting a pass away to his left.
The 51st minute saw Aaron Singh-Goesel make a line break as a result of a strong hard run to the right of the play the ball when after receiving the ball Aaron Singh-Goesel burst through the centre of the Bilambil forward pack and broke two tackles as Aaron Singh-Goesel smashed his way to within twelve metres of the try line to have the Jets defensive line back peddling as they tried to recover.
Earlier in the 47th minute Aaron Singh-Goesel ran an underneath route to the left of the play the ball with Aaron Singh-Goesel carrying the ball through the centre of the field to get from twenty one metres from the try line to within ten metres.
The 2023 Gold Coast Rugby League Division One U18 Grand Final saw Kanititeiti Sikahele start at right second row for the Burleigh Bers against the Currumbin Eagles and in the 7th minute from two passes to the right of the play the ball and thirty two metres from the try line, Kanititeiti Sikahele utilised a left arm fend twice as he got the ball to within nineteen metres of the try line.
Also in the 13th minute from the right of the play the ball Kanititeiti Sikahele was able to carry the ball from ten metres inside his own territory to three metres into Currumbin territory. Then I the 18th minute Kanititeiti Sikahele was able to get the ball out to the twenty metre mark from a Currumbin kick-off.
Kanititeiti Sikahele made an additional run from nineteen metres out from his own try line to thirty two metres out in the 29th minute after running onto the ball to the left of the play the ball. Then to round out a solid Grand Final, in the 36th minute, from the right of the dummy half, Kanititeiti Sikahele made fourteen metres after commencing his run from twenty five metres out from his own try line.
The 2023 NRRRL U18 Grand Final saw Riley Loughland start from the bench for the Bilambil Jets in their 28 – 10 Grand Final victory against the Murwillumbah Mustang with Riley Loughland recording a try assist in the 25th minute when from dummy half with the play the ball two metres from the try line, Riley Loughland stepped out of dummy ahlf to his right and fired a hard, flat pass to his right to lead replacement Bilambil front rower Thomas King onto the ball and crash over next to the left goal post.
The 58th minute saw Riley Loughland run out of dummy half to his left with Riley Loughland getting the ball from his own twenty nine metre mark to within nine metres of the halfway mark.
After coming onto the field to operate in the dummy half role in the 23rd minute Riley Loughland’s initial contribution was a driving tackle on the Murwillumbah right second rower No. 11 ten metres out from the try line with Riley Loughland’s heavy initial front on right shoulder contact forcing a knock-on by the Mustangs player to put Bilambil immediately onto the attack.
Kai Smallwood made his NRRRL First Grade debut in Round Nine of the 2023 season for the Bilambil Jets against the Casino Cougars with Kai Smallwood celebrating his debut by scoring in the 24th minute. After receiving the ball twelve metres out on the right touchline, Kai Smallwood set sail for the corner but when he was three metres out, Kai Smallwood was hit by a cover defender and brought to ground but Kai Smallwood quickly realised that he was not held and reached out with the ball extended in his right hand to get the ball down in the corner much to the delight of his team mates who celebrated Kai Smallwood’s debut try with him.
Kai Smallwood also recorded a line break in the 58th minute when after the ball was lost by the Cougars left winger Kai Smallwood picked up the ball seven metres inside Casino territory and took up down the right touchline with Kai Smallwood only tackled when he got within sixteen metres of the try line.
Kai Smallwood also started on the right wing in Round Ten againt the Ballina Seagulls.
Kai Smallwood continued on the right wing in Round Twelve against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Kai Smallwood making a line break in the 22nd minute when after a Bilambil scrum on the left side of the field the Jets spun the ball to the right and after receiving the ball thirteen metres out from his own try line Kai Smallwood beat his opponent and made a line break down the right touchline. Kai Smallwood was ankle tapped from behind near the halfway mark but was able to get back to his feet and make a further twenty metres.
Kai Smallwood ran out of dummy half in the 29th minute to his right from two metres from his own try line and was able to get the ball out to the fourteen metre mark.
Kai Smallwood also made a try saving tackle in the 66th minute with a great low left shoulder hit to bring down the Murwillumbah left centre just short of the try line after Kai Smallwood had come off his wing to make the tackle.
Kai Smallwood then moved to halfback for Round Fifteen against the Cudgen Hornets with Kai Smallwood scoring in the 76th minute when after the Jets made a line break through the centre of the field from deep inside their own territory, Kai Smallwood received an off-load from Blake Forder from his right in front of the goal posts and ran twenty two metres from a standing start to score untouched under the posts.
Kai Smallwood also made a line break in the 9th minute when after Bilambil ran the ball down a short left blindside Kai Smallwood burst onto a pass and into a gap thirty metres out from his own try line with Kai Smallwood unable to line up his support runners and was tackled twenty two metres out from the try line.
Kai Smallwood moved back to the right wing in Round Sixteen against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Kai Smallwood scoring in the 71st minute when Kai Smallwood took a kick to his wing on the full and had a relatively comfortable eight metre run to score in the right corner.
In the 9th minute of the match Kai Smallwood ran out of dummy half to his right and got the ball from twenty eight metres out from his own try line to the forty three metre mark.
Defensively in the 46th minute Kai Smallwood made a driving right shoulder tackle on his opposite winger right on his own try line to force a knock-on, then in the 58th minute Kai Smallwood ran down the Murwillumbah fullback from behind after he had made a line break twenty metres out from the try line.
The 2023 NRRRL Reserve Grade season saw Kai Smallwood line up for the Bilambil Jets with Kai Smallwood named on the bench in Round One against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Kai Smallwood kicking three conversions from as many attempts after coming onto the field.
Kai Smallwood started Round Two against the Cudgen Hornets at fullback and in addition to scoring Kai Smallwood kicked four conversions from as many attempts. Kai Smallwood scored in the 69th minute when he chased through a grubber kick to the left side of the field with Kai Smallwood just wanting the ball more to collect the ball on the bounce on the try line and run around to score under the posts.
Kai Smallwood had a big match from fullback in Round Three against the Evans Head Bombers with Kai Smallwood finishing the match with an individual points haul of twenty points from three tries and four conversions.
Kai Smallwood scored the first of his three tries in the 6th minute when after playing the ball deep inside his own territory, Kai Smallwood backed up through the centre of the field to receive the ball forty three metres out with Kai Smallwood then racing away to score untouched under the posts.
Kai Smallwood scored his second try in the 29th minute with a great long range try from the right of the play the ball and fifteen metres out from his own try line and near the left touchline, Kai Smallwood ran to his left and then exploded through a gap with Kai Smallwood then veering to his right to beat the fullback and race away to score under the posts.
Kai Smallwood completed his hat trick in the 36th minute with a twenty metre run to score under the posts after receiving a cut-out pass from his right.
Kai Smallwood also started at fullback in Round Four against the Marist Rams with Kai Smallwood scoring a try and kicking three conversions in a big Jets victory.
Kai Smallwood scored in the 35th minute when Kai Smallwood chased through a Bilambil chip kick from a scrum ten metres inside their own territory with Kai Smallwood collecting the ball on full speed on the bounce to race away to score three metres to the left of the uprights. Impressively Kai Smallwood fed the scrum from which the kick came with Kai Smallwood doing well to ensure that his was onside to chase the chip kick.
Kai Smallwood also recorded a try assist in the 53rd minute when after a stepping run Kai Smallwood drew the Rams fullback and passed to his left to put his support runner over to score under the posts.
Kai Smallwood moved to five eight for Round Five against Lower Clarence with Kai Smallwood scoring twice and kicking four conversions from five attempts.
Kai Smallwood scored his opening try in the 37th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball Kai Smallwood dummied to his left before slicing between two defenders and then when he was twenty five metres out Kai Smallwood stepped off his left foot to beat the fullback with Kai Smallwood then getting away from the Magpies hooker who had chased back in cover defence to dive over to score seven metres to the left of the uprights.
Kai Smallwood completed his double in the 42nd minute when after Bilambil put through a short chip kick from deep inside their own territory Kai Smallwood backed up through the centre of the field to get the ball from his right and race forty metres to score under the posts untouched.
Kai Smallwood was back at fullback in Round Six against Northern United with Kai Smallwood kicking a conversion in a 48 – 12 Jets victory. Kai Smallwood also started at fullback in Round Seven against the Mullumbimby Giants.
Kai Smallwood also started at fullback in Round Eight against the Kyogle Turkeys with Kai Smallwood scoring two tries and kicking two conversions in a 60 – 0 Jets victory.
Kai Smallwood scored his first try in the 15th minute when after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball Kai Smallwood continued to run to his right with Kai Smallwood then stepping off his right foot to beat the Turkeys fullback with Kai Smallwood then able to bring the ball around to put it down under the goal posts.
Kai Smallwood completed his double in the 63rd minute with Kai Smallwood backing up a Jets scrum play from inside their own territory with Kao Smallwood backing up on the right but the pass to Kai Smallwood when behind him with Kai Smallwood having to reach back with his right arm but after a couple of juggles Kai Smallwood secured possession to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
The Week Two Reserve Grade Elimination Final saw Kai Smallwood start on the left wing against the Ballina Seagulls.
In early September Kai Smallwood was named the 2023 New South Wales Country Rugby League Reserve Grade Player of the Year.
Former Edmund Rice Collage student Max Fife has been named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls CC Cup squad.
In his first season on the Gold Coast in 2024 Max Fife was part of the South Coast U15 School Boy Rugby League Representative side.
Riley Buchanan started in the front row for the Bilambil Jets in the 2023 NRRRL U18 Grand Final against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Riley Buchanan running onto the ball to the left of the dummy half in the 7th minute to carry the ball from the halfway mark to thirty eight metres from the try line.
Riley Buchanan defensively made a big tackle on the Murwillumbah left second rower No. 12 sixteen metres out from the try line in the 13th minute. Riley Buchanan executed another big tackle in the 45th minute with a huge front on right shoulder tackle to smash the Mustangs left second rower No. 11 who had run an underneath route to run straight into the shoulder of Riley Buchanan, thirteen metres out from the try line and directly in front of the goal posts.
At the 2023 end of season awards Riley Buchanan was named the 2023 Bilambil Jets NRRRL U18’s Most Consistent Player.
Powerhouse 2023 PBC SHS Walters Cup winger Skye Adams has been named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls CC Cup squad.
Great effort for eight Bilambil Jets youngsters who will commence at PBC SHS in 2024 as part of the Titans partnered school's Rugby League Excellence Program.
The 2024 Currumbin Eagles U15 Division One side have one heck of a coach with Cameron Smith taking the reigns.
In 2024 big strong young front rower Connor Smith graduated from the NRRRL U18 competition to the NRRRL First Grade competition with the Murwillumbah Mustangs and in 2024 he will no doubt in a first grade mainstay for the Mustangs.
At the conclusion of the 2023 School Boy Rugby League season Kyanu Seuili was named on the bench in the 2023 Ipswich SHS School Boy Rugby League Team of the Year.
At the 2023 Keebra Park SHS Sports Specialisation Awards Presentation Cooper Murphy was named at hooker in the 2023 Keebra Park SHS School Boy Rugby League Team of the Season.
The 2023 NRRRL U18 Grand Final saw Harry Chadburn start at five eight for the Bilambil Jets in their 28 – 10 Grand Final victory against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Harry Chadburn recording a try assist in the 18th minute when after taking possession of the ball to the left of the dummy half, Harry Chadburn continued to run to his left and when twelve metres out from the try line, Harry Chadburn brought Will Doyle back underneath with the Jets left centre then crashing over to score next to the left goal post.
Harry Chadburn recorded a second try assist in the 41st minute when after backing up an Ehtan Van Gelderen line break and receiving an off-load from his left from the Jets lock, Harry Chadburn carried the ball to within eight metres of the try line before getting a smart off-load away to his left to Will Doyle with the left centre scoring wide out near the left corner post as a result.
Harry Chadburn was also heavily involved in Creedence Donovan’s 31st minute try when from the left of the play the ball and forty metres from his own try line in the centre of the field, Harry Chadburn put up a high bomb whilst was taken on the full by Bilambil left centre Will Doyle who then off-loaded to Creedence Donovan who raced down the right touchline to dive over to score three metres in from the right corner post.
Harry Chadburn created another try scoring opportunity for the Jets in the 37th minute when he ran the ball to the left of the dummy half from twenty four metres from the try line to twelve metres from the try line and after making a half break Harry Chadburn threw a cut-out pass that was destined for an unmarked Creedence Donovan on his right but one of the Murwillumbah defenders just got his hand to the ball to prevent Harry Chadburn’s pass getting to its intended target.
In the 29th minute from the left of the play the ball Harry Chadburn dummied to his left before running the ball from five metres in his own territory and was able to get the ball ten metres inside Murwillumbah territory.
Harry Chadburn also did well in the 7th minute when from the left of the play the ball and forty metres out from the try line, Harry Chadburn drove a hard right foot kick down towards the left corner and after the Murwillumbah fullback picked up the ball just out from his own try line Harry Chadburn, who was the first Jets player downfield, hit the fullback and after holding him off the ground Harry Chadburn was able to force him over the left touchline two metres out from the try line to give Bilambil six more tackles seep on the attack.
In the 57th minute from the left of the play the ball in the centre of the field and two metres inside his own territory Harry Chadburn put up a high spiralling right foot bomb that was dropped by the Murwillumbah right winger to get the Bilambil Jets an additional set of six tackles thirty metres out from the try line.
In 2023 Callum Dalton played on the right wing for the Queensland Reds U16 side and also played inside centre for the TSS U16A side in the GPS School Boy Rugby competition.
The former Grafton local and cousin of Cody Walker will start the 2024 season as a member of the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls CC Cup squad.
The 2023 NRRRL U18 Grand Final saw Ayden Byrnes start at hooker for the Murwillumbah Mustang against the Bilambil Jets with Ayden Byrnes scoring in the 11th minute when with the play the ball eight metres out and just to the left of the goal posts, Ayden Byrnes ran out of dummy half to his left before cutting back to his right. After forcing his way out of the grasp of a Jets player who had grabbed the back of his jersey, Ayden Byrnes dummied to his right before dragging four Bilambil players over the try line with him to get the ball down adjacent to the right goal post.
Ayden Byrnes also ran out of dummy half to his right in the 15th minute with Ayden Byrnes able to get the ball from his own thirty three metre mark to within two metres of the halfway mark. Ayden Byrnes also ran out of dummy half in the 30th minute to run the ball from his own thirty seven metre mark to the forty seven metre mark after running to his right.
Then in the 44th minute once again Ayden Byrnes ran out of dummy half to his right to run the ball through the centre of the field to get the ball to within ten metres of the try line after commencing his run twenty metres out. Ayden Byrnes also smartly ran out of dummy half in the 53rd minute when after identifying that the Jets marker was not square, Ayden Byrnes ran straight at him to the left with Murwillumbah awarded a penalty eight metres from the try line.
Ethan Van Gelderen moved up to Northern New South Wales and played for the Bilambil Jets in the NRRRL U18 competition including a strong Grand Final performance at lock in a 28 – 10 Jets victory against the Murwillumbah Mustangs. For the Jets in 2023 Ethan Van Gelderen started the majority of his matches in the front row but also started a number of matches at lock.
In the 2023 NRRRL U18 Grand Final against the Murwillumbah Mustangs, Ethan Van Gelderen recorded a line break that led to a Will Doyle try in the 41st minute when from the left of the play the ball Ethan Van Gelderen took possession of the ball on the halfway mark and after using a right arm fend Ethan Van Gelderen charged downfield and after getting to within twenty four metres of the try line, Ethan Van Gelderen got a good ball away to his left to Harry Chadburn who subsequently off-loaded the ball to Will Doyle who dived over to score near the left corner post.
Ethan Van Gelderen charged onto the ball to the right of the dummy half to get the ball from the halfway mark to thirty eight metres from the try line. Then in the 16th minute from a Bilambil penalty restart Ethan Van Gelderen made a huge run that saw him carry the ball from twenty nine metres out from his own try line to within two metres of the halfway mark.
Ethan Van Gelderen made a good kick-off return to get the ball out to the twenty three metre mark in the 20th minute and then Ethan Van Gelderen made another good kick-off return in the 27th minute to carry the ball out to the twenty four metre mark.
Then in the 35th minute from a Bilambil penalty restart Ethan Van Gelderen charged onto the ball ten metres inside his own territory and carried the ball eight metres into Murwillumbah territory, then a tackle later from the left of the play the ball Ethan Van Gelderen got the ball to within thirty metres of the try line. Then in the 49th minute to the left of the play the ball Ethan Van Gelderen produced a yardage carry that saw him carry the ball from twenty two metres from his own try line to thirty five metres out after running the ball through the centre of the field.
Ethan Van Gelderen then did well in the 56th minute when defending on his own try line and in front of his posts, Ethan Van Gelderen reacted quickly to field a hard grubber kicked straight at him on the bounce with Ethan Van Gelderen then able to get the ball twelve metres out from the try line.
Defensively Ethan Van Gelderen hit the Murwillumbah front rower No. 10 twenty metres out from the try line and after Ethan Van Gelderen drove his right shoulder into his opponent, Ethan Van Gelderen lifted him up and drove him onto his back.
The NRRRL U18 Week Two Elimination Final against the Byron Bay Devils saw Ethan Van Gelderen have a huge match after starting at lock with Ethan Van Gelderen scoring an outstanding hat trick in a come from behind Bilambil victory.
Ethan Van Gelderen scored his initial try in the 24th minute when after the Jets dummy half Riley Loughland ran out of dummy half to his right with the play the ball three metres out, Ethan Van Gelderen cut back on an underneath route and crashed through a number of would be defenders to slam the ball down mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Ethan Van Gelderen added a second try in the 44th minute when from twenty five metres out from the try line and to the right of the play the ball Ethan Van Gelderen threw a dummy to his right and simultaneously stepped off his right foot to totally wrong foot the Byron Bay fullback with Ethan Van Gelderen then able to get the ball down four metres to the left of the goal posts.
Ethan Van Gelderen continued his hat trick with an outstanding solo long range effort in the 52nd minute when after receiving the ball to the left of a Bilambil scrum win just ten metres out from his own try line, Ethan Van Gelderen continued to run to his left beating three Byron Bay defenders with right arm fends with Ethan Van Gelderen then getting on the outside of the Devils right winger with a right foot step. Ethan Van Gelderen then outpaced the cover defence down the left touchline with Ethan Van Gelderen diving over to score two metres in from the left corner post.
Ethan Van Gelderen also scored in the Week One Elimination Final against the Lower Clarence Magpies with Ethan Van Gelderen scoring in the 48th minute when after receiving the ball from the back of a Bilambil scrum win in the centre of the field and twenty metres out from the try line, Ethan Van Gelderen dummied to his left before stepping off his right foot and using a right armd fend to drive forward and get the ball down under the posts.
Ethan Van Gelderen had come very close to scoring earlier in the match against the Magpies in the 8th minute when after receiving the ball twenty two metres out from the try line and cutting back to his left after receiving the ball to the right of the dummy half, Ethan Van Gelderen looked certain to score under the posts but was cut down in a great tackle by the Magpies fullback less than a metre out from the try line.
Ethan Van Gelderen also scored in the39th minute of Round Thirteen against the Byron Bay Devils when from the left of the play the ball Ethan Van Gelderen cut back underneath his dummy half who had run out of dummy half to his right three metres out for the try line with Ethan Van Gelderen’s strong chage seeing him crash over the top of a number of defenders to score ten metres to the right of the goal posts.
Round Nine against the Casino Cougars saw Ethan Van Gelderen score a double with Ethan Van Gelderen scoring his opening try in the 19th minute when from eight metres from the try line and to the left of the dummy half Ethan Van Gelderen threw an exaggerated dummy to his left before bursting between multiple defenders to score three metres to the left of the goal posts.
Ethan Van Gelderen completed his double in the 40th minute when from thirty five metres from the try line and to the left of the play the ball Ethan Van Gelderen threw a big dummy to his left before bursting through the defensive line with Ethan Van Gelderen then outpacing two defender to score twelve metres to the left of the goal posts.
Ethan Van Gelderen also scored in the 27th minute of Round Eight against the Kyogle Turkeys when from the right of the dummy half to Ethan Van Gelderen charged onto the ball from three metres out to score under the posts with the Cougars defenders no chance to stop him from scoring.
Round Seven against the Murwillumbah Mustangs saw Ethan Van Gelderen score in the 29th minute when after making a line break from forty metres out and to the right of the dummy half, Ethan Van Gelderen veered to his left to round the Casino fullback and run away from the remaining cover defence to score under the posts.
Ethan Van Gelderen scored a double in Round Six against Northern United with Ethan Van Gelderen scoring his initial try in the 9th minute when after throwing a big dummy to his right from twelve metres out and to the right of the play the ball Ethan Van Gelderen charged straight past four defenders to put the ball down two metres to the left of the goal posts.
Ethan Van Gelderen completed his double in the 52nd minute when after making a line break on the halfway mark as a result of a right foot step after taking possession of the ball to the right of the play the ball, Ethan Van Gelderen comfortably outpaced the Northern United cover defence to dive over to score five metres in from the left corner post.
Ethan Van Gelderen’s first match for the Bilambil Jets in the NRRRL U18 competition was in Round Five against the Lower Clarence Magpies with Ethan Van Gelderen impressing including scoring twice and also making a line break.
Ethan Van Gelderen scored his first try in the NRRRL U18 competition in the 47th minute when after stepping off his right foot and dummying to his left from thirty metres out and to the right of the dummy half, Ethan Van Gelderen passed through the gap between two magpies defenders and race away to put the ball down under the posts.
Ethan Van Gelderen completed his double in the 54th minute with a twenty metre run after receiving the ball in space on the left side of the field to score five metres in from the left corner post.
Ethan Van Gelderen also recorded a line break in the 54th minute when after receiving the ball five metres inside his own territory and from his right Ethan Van Gelderen Ethan Van Gelderen charged forward and when thirty metres from the try line Ethan Van Gelderen got an off-load away to his left with the Jets scoring an additional pass later.
At the 2023 NRRRL Bilambil Jets end of season awards, Ethan Van Gelderen was named the 2023 Bilambil Jets player with the Most Potential. Ethan Van Gelderen was also named the 2023 Bilambil Jets NRRRL U18 Best and Fairest Player and also collected the NRRRL U18 2023 Bilambil Jets Players Player Award.
2023 PBC SHS Walters Cup Grand Final winner Ashton Hure has been named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls CC Cup squad.
In early March 2023 Tyrell Schwenke was named in the 2023 South Coast School Boy Rugby League U15 Representative side out of Keebra Park SHS with Tyrell Schwenke starting from the bench on Day One against Sunshine Coast.
Tyrell Schwenke then moved into the South Coast starting line-up in the front row on Day Two against Northern with Tyrell Schwenke making a good run from the left of the play the ball from thirty three metres out from his own try line to get the ball four metres from the halfway mark.
Then in the 48th minute Tyrell Schwenke chased a South Coast kick downfield and smashed the Northern fullback with a heavy front on tackle as he was returning the ball with Tyrell Schwenke’s front on contact forcing a knock on just fifteen metres out from the try line.
Tyrell Schwenke then started from the bench on Day Three against Met North with Tyrell Schwenke coming onto the field to operate in the front row mid-way through the first half and in the 50th minute from the right of the play the ball Tyrell Schwenke carried the ball from nineteen metres out from his own try line to thirty five metres out.
Tyrell Schwenke also came off the bench in the 2023 QSSRL U15 School Boy Grand Final against Met East with Tyrell Schwenke making a strong run in the 11th minute from the left of the play the ball and twenty seven metres out from his own try line with Tyrell Schwenke then able to get the ball to within ten metres of the halfway mark.
Then in the 17th minute for a South Coast penalty tap restart from thirty metres from his own try line Tyrell Schwenke carried the ball to within eight metres of the halfway mark.
At the completion of the Championships Tyrell Schwenke was named in the 2023 Queensland U15 White School Boys Rugby League side to contest the 2023 Australian U15 School Boys Championships.
Tyrell Schwenke started in the front row in Queensland White’s Match One 10 – 8 victory against New South Wales Combined Catholic Colleges.
Tyrell Schwenke also started in the front row in Match Two against New South Wales Combined High Schools and started from the bench in the Semi-Final against Queensland Maroon with Tyrell Schwenke making the first hit-up of the match from the kick-off.
Tyell Schwnek then started from the bench in the third v fourth U15 ASSRL Play-off against New South Wales Combined High Schools.
Round One of the 2023 School Boy Hancock Cup competition saw Tyrell Schwenke start in the front row for Keebra Park SHS against Wavell SHS. Tyrell Schwenke also started in the front row in Round Two against Ipswich SHS as well as in Round Three against Marsden SHS.
Round Four against Redcliffe SHS saw Tyrell Schwenke move to the bench with Tyrell Schwenke moving back into the starting side in the front row in Round Five against Wavell SHS and Round Six against Stretton State College. Tyrell Schwenke also started in the front row in the Round Seven Gold Coast School Boy Rugby League local derby against PBC SHS.
Tyrell Schwenke also started in the front row in the Semi-Final against Marsden SHS and the 2023 Hancock Cup School Boy Rugby League Grand Final against Ipswich SHS that was played at Suncorp Stadium as a Bronco’s NRL curtain raiser.
In December 2023 Rowan Mansfield was named on the wing in the 2023 NRRRL First Grade People’s Choice Team of the Year.
In late 2023 Samuel Petch was named in the 2024 North Coast Bulldogs U18 Laurie Daley Cup Squad.
Round One of the 2023 Group Two U18 competition saw Samuel Petch start at fullback for the South Grafton Rebels with Samuel Petch also starting at fullback in Round Two against Nambucca Heads with Samuel Petch kicking a conversion in a tough Rebels loss.
Samuel Petch continued at fullback in the Round Four local derby against the Grafton Ghosts with Samuel Petch scoring an 11th try in a tough two point loss for the Rebels.
Samuel Petch then moved positions, starting Round Five against Macksville at five eight with Samuel Petch kicking a conversion for the Rebels. Samuel Petch also started a five eight in Round Six against Woolgoolga and Round Seven against the Sawtell Panthers with Samuel Petch one of the Rebels try scorers in their 32 – 10 victory.
Samuel Petch also started at five eight in Round Nine against Nambucca Heads with Samuel Petch kicking three conversions from four attempts in a 22 – 12 Rebels victory. Samuel Petch continued at five eight and kicked two key conversions in a Round Eleven local derby 16 – 10 victory over the Grafton Ghosts.
Samuel Petch continued at five eight in Round Twelve against Macksville with Samuel Petch kicking one conversion from two attempts. Round Thirteen against Woolgoolga saw Samuel Petch continue at five eight, scoring a try and kicking three conversions in a Rebels 16 – 18 victory.
Samuel Petch also had a big Round Fourteen against the Sawtell Panthers when whilst starting at five eight Samuel Petch scored two tries and kicked two conversions in a big 60 – 10 victory.
Samuel Petch also started at five eight as the Rebels season came to an end with an Elimination Final loss against Woolgoolga.
Samuel Petch finished the 2023 Group Two U18 season as the competition’s equal fourth leading points scorer with sixty points.
Samuel Petch made his Group Two Reserve Grade debut in Round Nine of the 2023 Group Two competition for South Grafton at fullback against Nambucca Heads. Samuel Petch also started at fullback in the Round Eleven local derby against the Grafton Ghosts.
Matei Otunuku moves up to the Gold Coast to attend Keebra Park SHS in 2024 after a stand out 2023 season for the Sunbury Tigers in the Victorian U14 Junior Rugby League competition.
For the Sunbury Tigers Matei Otunuku started all of his 2023 matches at fullback with Matei Otunuku finishing equal fifth on the competitions try scoring list with sixteen tries.
Matei Otunuku scored a hat trick in Round One against the Waverley Tigers and scored doubles in Round Seven against the Northern Thunder, Round Eleven against the Sunshine Cowboys and Round Thirteen against the Mernda Dragons. Matei Otunuku also scored against the Northern Thunder in Round Two, and the Werribee Bears in Round Four, against the Altona Roosters in Round Five and against the Melton Bronco’s in Round Eight.
Matei Otunuku played the majority of the 2023 season at fullback although Matei Otunuku started at halfback in Round Five against the Altona Roosters and off the bench in Round Seven against the Northern Thunder.
In 2022 Matei Otunuku was named in the Victorian U12 Rugby League Representative Team.
Jason Woibo is a young rugby league and rugby front rower who currently attends the Titans partnered Rockhampton Grammar School.
From club rugby league perspective in 2023 Jason Woibo played for the Rocky Tigers in the Rockhampton Junior Rugby League U15 competition with Jason Woibo starting all of his matches for the Tigers in the front row.
Jason Woibo scored on four occasions being against Brothers White in Round Seven, Emu park in Round Eight, Brothers Blue in Round Eleven and Norths in Round Twelve.
2023 saw Jason Woibo play his first season of rugby with Jason Woibo making an immediate impression in the front row including being named in the Queensland Reds Rugby U15 Regional Representative side.
In mid- December 2023 Billy Mulheron was named in the 2024 New South Wales Kurri U17 side in play in their annual match against Queensland Murri U17’s.
In late September 2023 Billy Mulheron was named in the 2024 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad.
In December 2023 Harvey Moase was named at halfback in the 2023 NRRRL First Grade People’s Choice Team of the Year.
Round One of the 2023 NRRRL U18 season saw Will Sheridan start from the bench for the Byron Bay Devils against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Will Sheridan operating on the right side of the field when he came off the bench.
Will Sheridan was also named on the bench in Round Three against the Tweed Coast Raiders with Will Sheridan coming onto the field to operate on the left side of the field late in the first half with Will Sheridan doing well in the 42nd minute with a run out of dummy half to his left with Will Sheridan making eighteen metres down to within twenty two metres of the try line.
Will Sheridan also came off the bench in Round Four against the Cudgen Hornets with Will Sheridan scoring in the 25th minute with a run out of dummy half to his left from close range with Will Sheridan twisting clockwise to get the ball down three metres to the left of the uprights.
Will Sheridan came close to scoring a second try in the 36th minute when from twenty three metres out from the try line Will Sheridan ran to his left out of dummy half and after breaking four tackles Will Sheridan got to within less than a metre from the try line eight metres to the left of the uprights.
A minute earlier in the 24th minute Will Sheridan made a line break from five metres inside his own territory Will Sheridan ran to his right out of dummy half with Will Sheridan then stepping off his right foot to beat one defender with a left arm fend then beating a second. Will Sheridan then pushed past two more defenders and then when he was twelve metres inside Hornets territory Will Sheridan got an off-load away to his right.
Will Sheridan also started from the bench in Round Five against the Tweed Heads Seagulls coming onto the field in the 22nd minute to operate at dummy half with Will Sheridan making a smart run out of dummy half to his right from four metres inside Seagulls territory making fourteen metres in the 36th minute.
Will Sheridan started Round Seven against the Lower Clarence Magpies at lock with Will Sheridan scoring the first of his two tries in the 13th minute when after receiving the ball from his left nine metres out from the try line and to the right of the play the ball and after receiving the ball whilst stationary, Will Sheridan subtly glanced to his right before exploding off the mark to outwit two defenders and score under the posts.
Will Sheridan then scored his second try of the match in the 50th minute when from the right of the play the ball and ten metres from the try line, Will Sheridan after receiving the ball from his left ran to his right and just to the right of the uprights Will Sheridan straightened up his run and whilst being tackled was able to reach out with the ball in his right hand to get the ball down as he was being spun onto his back three metres to the right of the uprights.
Will Sheridan then started at lock in Round Eight against Northern United.
Will Sheridan continued at lock in Round Nine against the Mullumbimby Giants with Will Sheridan scoring in the 48th minute when after running out of dummy half to his right down a short right blindside from sixteen metres out, Will Sheridan stepped off his left foot to beat one defender before using a right arm fend to beat a second with Will Sheridan then backing his way towards the try line, Will Sheridan reached out with the ball in his right hand to get the ball down four metres in from the right corner post.
Will Sheridan also started at lock in Round Ten against the Kyogle Turkeys with Will Sheridan scoring in the 38th minute when with the play the ball seventeen metres out, Will Sheridan ran out of dummy half to his right down a short blindside and after being hit by three defenders nine metres out Will Sheridan spun away from them clockwise before crashing into three defenders on the try line, this time spinning counter clockwise to get the ball down ten metres in from the right corner post.
Will Sheridan almost scored a second try in the 50th minute when after running out of dummy half from sixteen metres out, Will Sheridan looked to have dived over to score in the left corner but the referee ruled that Will Sheridan had lost possession of the ball just prior to the try line.
Will Sheridan continued at lock in Round Eleven against the Casino Cougars.
Will Sheridan then started from the bench in Round Twelve against the Ballina Seagulls with Will Sheridan coming onto the field in the 20th minute.
Will Sheridan then moved to left centre in Round Fourteen against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
Will Sheridan then continued at left centre in Round Sixteen against the Ballina Seagulls with Will Sheridan making a line break in the 3rd minute when after running out of dummy half to his right from twenty two metres out from his own try line, Will Sherdna broke two tackles to break into open space before being dragged to ground twenty six metres out from the try line near the right touchline.
Will Sheridan also started at left centre in the Week One Elimination Final against Northern United with Will Sheridan running the ball to the right of a Devils scrum win from forty six metres from the try line to thirty metres out with approximately 60% of the metres that Will Sheridan gained being post contact with the defensive line.
Will Sheridan then moved to right centre in the Week Two Elimination Final against the Bilambil Jets with Will Sheridan making a line break in the 16th minute when whilst defending twenty metres out from his own try line Will Sheridan trapped a Bilambil grubber kick with his left foot and after picking up the ball Will Sheridan ran down the right touchline before being brought to ground thirty metres out from the try line at the opposite end of the field.
Earlier in the 11th minute Will Sheridan took a penalty tap restart on the halfway and ran the ball to within thirty seven metres of the try line.
2023 also saw Will Sheridan continue to play for Byron Bay Lennox Head in the Group 18 U16 competition with Will Sheridan starting at five eight in the Grand Final against the Murwillumbah Colts.
After the completion of the 2023 season Will Sheridan was named the 2023 Byron Bay Lennox Head International Player of the Year.
Storm Enoka was named to start at right centre in Round One of the 2023 U16 Cyril Connell Cup competition for the Wynnum Manly Seagulls against the Burleigh Bears.
Storm Enoka was also named at right centre in Round Two against the Norths Devils before starting from the bench in Round Three against the Souths Logan Magpies with Storm Enoka coming onto the field to operate at left second row in the 24th minute with Storm Enoka providing a spark off the bench when he came onto the field for the Seagulls.
In early March 2023 Storm Enoka was named in the Met East QSSRL U15 School Boy Rugby League Representative Squad out of Marsden SHS with Storm Enoka starting at right second row on Day One against Met West.
Storm Enoka also started at right second row on Day Two against Peninsula with Storm Enoka coming very close to scoring in the 13th minute when Yeim Costello put the ball onto the chest of a hard straight running Storm Enoka with a short ball to his right from thirteen metres with Storm Enoka getting within a metre of the try line before being tackled by multiple defenders.
Storm Enoka also made a strong run in the 40th minute when from a penalty tap restart fifteen metres out from the try line Storm Enoka was able to get the ball within four metres of the try line against a set Peninsula defensive line.
Storm Enoka then started from the bench on Day Three against Darling Downs with Storm Enoka coming on in the 15th minute to play right second row.
Storm Enoka then started at right second row in the 2023 QSSRL U15 School Boy Grand Final against South Coast with Storm Enoka making a great low tackle on the South Coast replacement dummy half No. 14 to prevent a try in the 29th minute of the Final.
2023 saw Storm Enoka continue at the Southport Tigers in the GCRL U15 Division One competition including starting at right centre in the Grand Final against the Burleigh Bears with Storm Enoka scoring in the 33rd minute as a result of a hard inside shoulder run from ten metres out and after receiving a cut-out pass from his inside from ZJ Watene Storm Enoka burst past a defender to score ten metres in from the left corner post.
Earlier in the 4th minute Storm Enoka made a good yardage carry from ten metres out from his own try line to twenty metres out after running onto the ball to the right of the play the ball.
Interesting to see that former Ballina Seagull Lachlan Offley has been named in the Souths Logan Magpies 2024 MM Cup squad after earlier being named in the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup squad.
Ryan McCann has been named in the Souths Logan Magpies 2024 MM Cup squad.
Great effort by Brady Turner to finish 2nd on the 2023 PBC SHS Craig Weston Medal tally with nine points to finish only behind Bailey McConnell.
2023 saw Blaine Adams play for Keebra Park SHS in the School Boy Bronco’s Old Boys competition with Blaine Adams starting at halfback in all of Keebra Park SHS’s matches including their semi-final.
At the 2023 Keebra Park SHS Sports Specialisation Awards Presentation Blaine Adams was named at five eight in the 2023 Keebra Park SHS School Boy Rugby League Team of the Season with Blaine Adams also being named the 2023 Year Seven Most Valuable Player.
2023 also saw Blaine Adams start at fullback for the South Coast School Boy U12 Rugby League Representative side at the Queensland Championships with Blaine Adams subsequently named in the Queensland School Boy U12 Rugby League side.
In April 2023 Blaine Adams played for E Tu at the New Zealand U13 Māori Championships with Blaine Adams primarily operating at fullback for the Māori Representative side. Then in late October 2023 Blaine Adams was named in the New Zealand Māori U13 Representative side to play in the 2023 New Zealand Pacific Youths Championships.
Round One of the 2023 U16 Andrew Johns Cup competition saw Zane Farrell named on the bench for the Northern Rivers Titans against the Newcastle Knights with Zane Farrell coming onto the field to operate in the dummy half role in the 29th minute of the match.
Zane Farrell made a smart line break in the 58th minute when from forty two metres out from the try line Zane Farrell ran to his left out of dummy half and darted through the centre of the Knights defensive line with Zane Farrell getting to within ten metres of the try line before he was finally brought to ground.
Zane Farrell made a desperate tackle on one of the Knights interchange front rowers (No. 16) who had burst through the Northern Rivers Titans defensive line with Zane Farrell preventing the front rower from making more ground by holding onto his right leg until defensive help arrived.
Zane Farrell made another smart defensive play in the 50th minute when along with Riley Buchanan, Zane Farrell did very well to hold up one of the Knights interchange front rowers over the try line mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
Then in the 55th minute once again Zane Farrell made a strong ball and all tackle, on this occasion on the Knight replacement hooker (No. 14) forty metres out from the Northern Rivers Titans try line.
Zane Farrell was also named to start from the bench in Round Two against the Central Coast Roosters with Zane Farrell coming onto the field to operate in the dummy half role in the 37th minute and making his first run almost immediately when Zane Farrell ran to his right out of dummy half making eleven metres to get the ball five metres over the hallway mark.
Zane Farrell also did well in the 55th minute when from twenty five metres out Zane Farrell ran to his right out of dummy half and after beating a number of tackles to get within ten metres of the try line, Zane Farrell’s smart off-load to his right to Banjora Porch who crossed the ball the try line near the left upright was ruled forward.
Zane Farrell was also named on the bench for Round Three against the South Coast Dragons as well as in Round Four against the Northern Tigers with Zane Farrell once again operating in the dummy role when he came onto the field in the 24th minute.
Zane Farrell then moved into the starting side at hooker in Round Five against the North Coast Bulldogs.
2023 PBC SHS Walters Cup Grand Final winner Jack White has been named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls CC Cup squad.
Kingscliffe HS and Tweed Coast Raider Cohen Aitken has been named in the 2024 Northern Rivers Titans U17 Academy Squad.
Kingscliffe HS and Tweed Coast Raider Kayde Bornholt has been named in the 2024 Northern Rivers Titans U17 Academy Squad.
Ballina Seagulls Elijah Thaiday-Shinn has been named in the 2024 Northern Rivers Titans U17 Academy Squad.
In late 2023 Elijah Thaiday-Shinn played for the PNG U16 side at the QPICC carnival starting in the centres and scoring against Queensland Niue.
Cudgen Hornets Harrison Gray has been named in the 2024 Northern Rivers Titans U17 Academy Squad.
In early March 2023 Marlee Smith was named in the Met East U15 School Boy Rugby League Representative Squad even though Marlee Smith is still U14 eligible in 2023 with Marlee Smith starting from the bench on Day One against Met West and coming onto the field to operate at right second row at the start of the second half.
Marlee Smith made a strong run in the 44th minute from the left of the play the ball from his own thirty eight metre mark to within two metres of the halfway mark.
Marlee Smith also started from the bench on Day Two against Peninsula with Marlee Smith operating at right second row when he came onto the field late in the first half.
Marlee Smith moved into the Met East starting line-up at right second row on Day Three against Darling Downs with Marlee Smith making a strong run in the 44th minute when from a penalty tap restart forty metres out from his own try line with Marlee Smith carrying the ball to six metres inside Darling Downs territory.
Earlier in the 39th minute Marlee Smith made a fifteen metre run to ten metres of the halfway mark down the left channel.
Marlee Smith then started from the bench in the 2023 QSSRL U15 School Boy Grand Final against South Coast with Marlee Smith doing well in the 35th minute when from the left of the play the ball and twelve metres out from his own try line Marlee Smith charged forward to get the ball twenty eight metres out from the try line with Marlee Smith then executing a lightning quick play the ball to generate significant momentum for Met East.
Earlier in the 12th minute Marlee Smith made a strong twelve metre run that got the ball four metres into South Coast territory.
Marlee Smith also played for the Coomera Cutters in 2023 once again in the GCRL U14 Division One competition including starting at left second row in the Grand Final with Marlee Smith kicking a conversion in a tough 19 – 18 extra time loss against the Runaway Bay Seagulls in the 33rd minute from mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Marlee Smith also played Oztag in 2023 with Marlee Smith named in the 2023 Super Series Queensland Fury U15 Representative squad.
In August 2023 Marlee Smith was named in the South Queensland Māori U14 Tuakana Representative squad.
2023 saw Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia play for Marsden SHS in the School Boy Rugby League Bronco’s Old Boys competition with Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia starting at halfback in all of Marsden SHS’s matches in that competition.
2023 also saw Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia start at halfback for the Met East School Boy U12 Rugby League Representative side at the Queensland Championships with Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia subsequently named in the Queensland School Boy U12 Rugby League side.
Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia started at halfback in Met East’s first match of the Queensland U12 Championships against North West with Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia putting on a clinic including scoring himself, recording three try assists and a line break assist amongst other exceptional moments in the match.
Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia scored in the 37th minute when after receiving a long pass from his right, Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia had an uninterrupted twenty six metre run to the try line to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia recorded his initial try assist in the 7th minute when after running the ball down a left blindside from six metres inside his own territory to seven metres into North West territory Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia threw a well weighted pass to his left left centre who raced away to score in the left corner.
Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia added a second try assist in the 18th minute when Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia held up his pass right at the defensive line to put his left centre over to score once again ten metres in from the left corner post.
Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia recorded his third try assist in the 33rd minute with a long cut-out pass to his left from twelve metres out from the try line to put his fullback ***amanu Misa over to score ten metres in from the left corner post.
Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia recorded his line break assist in the 33rd minute when after running the ball to the right of the dummy half from forty eight metres from the try line to forty metres out, Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia brought a runner back underneath him being John Timoteo who ran through the resultant gap.
Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia also started at halfback in Match Two against Capricornia and in the 33rd minute from the left of the play the ball and forty metres from the try line Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia dummied to his left before running the ball himself through the centre of the field to get the ball to twenty eight metres out.
Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia then started at halfback in Match Three against the Darling Downs with Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia recording a try assist in the 10th minute when to the left of the play the ball and ten metres from the try line Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia held the pass up before leading his left second rower onto the ball with Murrie Harrmann then crashing over to score ten metres to the left of the goal posts.
Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia continued at halfback in Match Four against Northern with Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia scoring in the 6th minute with a simultaneous dummy to his left and a left foot step from the left of the play the ball eight metres in front of the right goal post with Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia then able to burst between two defenders to get the ball down next to the right goal post.
Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia also started at halfback in the Semi-final against South Coast with Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia scoring in the 18th minute when from the right of the play the ball and eight metres out from the ty line, Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia dummied to his right and after pushing away from one defender, Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia engaged a second defender and gained separation from him by way of a clockwise spin to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia then started at halfback in the 3 v 4 play-off against Capricornia
In late 2023 Nathanial Brain was named in the New Era U13 side to play the U13 Velocity All Stars with Nathanial Brain starting the match at left centre.
2023 saw Maddox Leapai play for Mabel Park SHS in the School Boy Bronco’s Old Boys School Boy Rugby League competition with Maddox Leapai starting in the front row in all of Mabel Park SHS’s matches including in Mabel Park SHS’s impressive 32 – 10 Grand Final victory against Marsden SHS.
2023 also saw Maddox Leapai start in the front row for the Met East School Boy U12 Rugby League Representative side at the Queensland Championships with Maddox Leapai subsequently named in the Queensland School Boy U12 Rugby League side.
Maddox Leapai started in the front row in Met East’s first match of the Queensland Championships against North West with Maddox Leapai scoring inside the opening minute of the match when after running onto the ball two passes to the right of the play the ball when twelve metres from the try line and in front of the goal posts Maddox Leapai continued to run to his right before straightening up his run by way of a right foot step five metres from the try line with Maddox Leapai bursting through four defenders to get the ball down four metres to the right of the goal posts.
The 16th minute saw Maddox Leapai charge onto the ball two passes to the left of the play the ball to carry the ball from eight metres inside his own territory to six metres into North West territory. Then in the 21st from the second half kick-off Maddox Leapai was able to get the ball out to the forty one metre mark with a great run.
Maddox Leapai also started in the front row in Match Two against Capricornia and Match Three against the Darling Downs.
Maddox Leapai continued in the front row in Match Four against Northern with Maddox Leapai making the fourth hit-up of the match to get the ball out to the forty two metre mark. Then in the 4th minute Maddox Leapai ran onto the ball to the right of the play the ball to carry the ball from five metres inside his own territory to six metres into Northern territory.
Maddox Leapai followed up with another strong run in the 9th minute from two passes to the left of the play the ball with Maddox Leapai stepping off his right foot to beat one defender after receiving the ball twenty eight metres from his own try line and get the ball to the forty two metre mark.
From a penalty restart in the 35th minute Maddox Leapai was able to carry the ball from thirteen metres from the try line to within two metres. Then in the 38th minute from five metres inside his own territory Maddox Leapai was able to get the ball to fourteen metres inside Northern territory before getting a right arm off-load away.
Maddox Leapai also started in the front row in the Semi-final against South Coast with Maddox Leapai running an underneath route from the left of the play the ball inside the opening minute of the match to carry the ball from nine metres inside his own territory to six metres inside South Coast territory.
The 9th minute saw Maddox Leapai run another underneath route to the left of the play the ball with Maddox Leapai able to run the ball from twenty two metres from the try line to within ten metres and then Maddox Leapai was able to get a right arm off-load away out the back.
Then in the 25th minute Maddox Leapai produced an outstanding yardage carry when after running onto the ball from literally on his own try line and to the left of the play the ball Maddox Leapai crashed and barged his way thirteen metres out from his try line.
Maddox Leapai then started in the front row in the 3 v 4 play-off against Capricornia with Maddox Leapai running an underneath route to the left of the play the ball in the 31st minute to carry the ball from forty metres out to twenty eight metres out from the try line. Then in the 36th minute from a Met East penalty restart Maddox Leapai ran straight over the top of one defender as he carried the ball through the centre of the field from forty metres from the try line to twenty eight metres out.
Great effort by Jaxon Worthing to be named the 2023 PBC SHS Reds Year Seven Award winner.
Well done to Hudson Pratt for being named the 2023 PBC SHS Reds Year Ten Award winner.
In late 2023 Cavell Tuilaepa was named in the Coomera Chiefs 2024 U16 Boys Oztag team for the 2024 Queensland State Oztag Championships.
Well done to Rohan Kelly for being named the 2023 PBC SHS Reds Year Nine Award winner.
In late 2023 Rico Ford was named in the New Era U13 side to play the U13 Velocity All Stars with Rico Ford starting at five eight and recording a try assist in the 17th minute when after taking possession of the ball to the left of the dummy half twelve metres from the try line, Rico Ford ran the ball to within eight metres of the try line before throwing a cut-out pass to his left to put his left centre over to score in the corner.
In late 2023 Blaine Adams was named in the Coomera Chiefs 2024 U14 Boys Oztag team for the 2024 Queensland State Oztag Championships.
In 2023 Lui Fetuuaho played in the School Boy Rugby League Bronco’s Old Boys competition for Marsden SHS including starting in the 2023 Grand Final in the second row against Mabel Park SHS and in October 2023 Lui Fetuuaho was named on the bench in the 2023 Marsden SHS Rugby League Team of the Year.
In 2023 Nathanael Brain played in the School Boy Rugby League Bronco’s Old Boys competition for Marsden SHS including starting in the 2023 Grand Final in the second row against Mabel Park SHS and in October 2023 Nathanael Brain was named on the bench in the 2023 Marsden SHS Rugby League Team of the Year.
In 2023 Nathanael Brain played in the GBJRL U13 Division One competition for the Souths Acacia Ridge Magpies with Nathanael Brain starting all of his matches for the Magpies in the second row. Nathanael Brain scored on five occasions including in Rounds Six and Thirteen against Logan Brothers with Nathanael Brain also scoring in Round One against Aspley, Round Three against the Norths Devils and Round Ten against Carina.
In 2023 Toetu Misipati Toetu played in the School Boy Rugby League Renouf Shield School Boy Rugby League competition for Marsden SHS and in October 2023 Toetu Misipati Toetu was named at fullback in the 2023 Marsden SHS Rugby League Team of the Year.
2023 also saw Toetu Misipati Toetu play in the GBJRL U14 Division One competition with the Waterford Demons with Toetu Misipati Toetu scoring twenty two points from three tries and five conversions after starting all of his matches at fullback.
Toetu Misipati Toetu scored in Round One against Aspley, Round Eight against Wests Arana Hills and Round Fourteen against the Souths Magpies. Toetu Misipati Toetu kicked two conversions in Round Ten against Easts and also kicked conversions in Round Six against the Redcliffe Dolphins, Round Seven against the Souths Magpies and Eight against Wests Arana Hills.
In 2023 Triston Sauaga played in the School Boy Rugby League Renouf Shield School Boy Rugby League competition for Marsden SHS and in October 2023 Triston Sauaga was named on the bench in the 2023 Marsden SHS Rugby League Team of the Year.
In 2023 Triston Sauaga played the GBJRL U14 Division One Preliminary Final off the bench for Logan Brothers against the Norths Devils and Triston Sauaga also came off the bench in the Grand Final victory against the Souths Acacia Ridge Magpies.
In early 2023 Triston Sauaga captained the Queensland Samoa U12 representative team in a match against Queensland Murri.
In 2023 Zac Lotaki played in the School Boy Rugby League Renouf Shield School Boy Rugby League competition for Marsden SHS after moving from Sretton State College and in October 2023 Zac Lotaki was named on the bench in the 2023 Marsden SHS Rugby League Team of the Year.
After the completion of the 2023 School Boy Rugby League Season Sammy Samson was named on the bench in the 2023 Marsden SHS Rugby League of the Year with Sammy Samson also named the Marsden SHS Bronco’s Old Boys Best Back.
In October 2023 Dylan Watkins was named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls U17 Cyril Connell (CC) Cup squad.
In early October 2022 Dylan Watkins was named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad after a strong first season on the Gold Coast with the Currumbin Eagles in the GCRL U15 Division One competition.
Dylan Watkins’s first match in 2023 came in late January when he lined up for the Tweed Heads Seagulls CC Cup squad in their first 2023 trial against the Souths Logan Magpies at the Logan Metro Sports Complex.
After Tweed Heads had a Round One bye Dylan Watkins was named at right centre in Round Two of the 2023 U16 Cyril Connell Cup against the Brisbane Tigers with Dylan Watkins scoring the Seagulls only try of the match in the 41st minute. Dylan Watkins moved into dummy half with the play the ball twelve metres out and mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field and ran to his left out of dummy half. As the Tigers markers moved with him, Dylan Watkins stepped off his left foot to beat him with Dylan Watkins then accelerating to full speed in an instant and burst between two defenders near the try line and then Dylan Watkins was able to bring the ball around to score under the posts.
Dylan Watkins could not have been in the match earlier after making the opening tackle of the match after Tweed Heads had kicked off.
Dylan Watkins also started at right centre in Round Three against the Redcliffe Dolphins with Dylan Watkins making a smart run in the 6th minute from the right of the dummy half making ten metres and getting the ball to the halfway mark.
Dylan Watkins also did well in the 22nd minute with an eighteen metre run down a short right blindside with Dylan Watkins then cutting back towards the area behind the play the ball as he got within a metre of the try line.
Then in the 47th minute Dylan Watkins when from two passes to the right of a Seagulls scrum win ten metres out from his own try line Dylan Watkins ran to his right and after getting to the twenty metre mark Dylan Watkins cut off his right foot back towards the centre of the field and after making another five metre downfield was able to get an off-load away to his left.
Dylan Watkins also started at right centre in Round Four against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls with Dylan Watkins making a good play in just the 2nd minute of the match when Dylan Watkins chased through a Seagulls kick from near the halfway mark with Dylan Watkins tackling the Wynnum Manly fullback just five metres from the try line. Dylan Watkins made a further strong tackle in the 40th minute on the Wynnum Manly left second rower on his own try line to stop a near certain try.
Then in the 12th minute Dylan Watkins from forty metres out and two passes to the right of a Seagulls scrum in the centre of the field with Dylan Watkins beating one defender to get the ball within twenty metres of the try line.
Then in the 29th minute Dylan Watkins made a twenty metre run down the right channel to get the ball within thirty four metres of the try line. Dylan Watkins made a further strong run in the 57th minute when after going over to the left side of the field Dylan Watkins took the ball on the halfway mark and was able to get the ball thirteen metres into Wynnum Manly territory before being held down too long in the tackle to receive a penalty.
Dylan Watkins then moved to fullback for Round Five against the Souths Logan Magpies with Dylan Watkins recording three line breaks in a strong overall performance.
Dylan Watkins recorded his opening line break in the 25th minute when after taking possession of the ball from a Magpies clearing kick just ten metres out and in the centre of the field Dylan Watkins ran to his right to get to the touchline and burst twenty metres down field before Dylan Watkins cut inside and then Dylan Watkins broke two tackles by spinning 360 degrees clockwise to get the ball within six metres of the halfway mark before being tackled.
Dylan Watkins added a second line break in the 39th minute when after moving into dummy half on the halfway mark Dylan Watkins ran himself to his right with Dylan Watkins speed taking him straight through the centre of the still back peddling Magpies defensive line with Dylan Watkins getting to within sixteen metres of the try line before he was able to get on off-load away to his left to his halfback.
The 45th minute saw Dylan Watkins break through the Magpies defensive line for the third time when whilst stationary thirty metres out from his own try line Dylan Watkins received the ball and then exploded off the mark and straight through the defensive line with Dylan Watkins then veering to his right to round the Magpies fullback before Dylan Watkins cut back to his left before being dragged to ground less than ten metres from the try line.
Earlier in the 31st minute from the right of the play the ball and five metres inside his own territory Dylan Watkins was able to promote the ball eight metres inside Magpies territory.
Dylan Watkins also did well inside the opening minute when he raced from the left side of the field to his right to field a Souths Longa grubber kick cleanly and under pressure in front of his own gaol posts.
Dylan Watkins did well once again in the 16th minute when after chiming into the Seagulls backline around twenty five metres from the try line and to left the left side of the field Dylan Watkins juggled the pass and just as the ball was about to hit the ground Dylan Watkins dived forward and knocked the ball backwards for Tweed Heads to keep possession and prevent a knock on being called.
Dylan Watkins then moved to the left wing for Round Six against the Norths Devils with Dylan Watkins scoring a double in a big Seagulls victory.
Dylan Watkins scored his opening try in the left corner in the 19th minute after receiving a great off-load from his inside from Levi Rusin.
Dylan Watkins completed his double in the 51st minute when Dylan Watkins chased through a grubber kick towards his wing by Caleb Creswell with Dylan Watkins grounding the ball centremetres from the dead ball line and just in from the left in-goal line.
Earlier in the 14th minute Dylan Watkins made a good run from the right of the play the ball from thirty metres out to eighteen metres out. Then in the 49th minute Dylan Watkins raced back to the twenty metre mark to take a quick tap restart with Dylan Watkins making fifteen metres then Dylan Watkins stayed alive to take an off-load from the dummy half who had run himself with Dylan Watkins making nine more metres as a result.
Dylan Watkins made a great take of the ball in the 11th minute when he leapt high to take a bomb on the full ten metres out from the try line and twelve metres in from the right touchline. Dylan Watkins was then awarded a penalty for being tackled whilst still in the air.
Towards the end of the second half after moving to fullback Dylan Watkins made a good one on one tackle in space on the Hooker who had burst through the centre of the ruck but as he tried to beat him, Dylan Watkins moved to his right to bring him to ground. Dylan Watkins was also involved in the next tackle as well on the Devils right second rower No. 11.
Then in the 67th minute Dylan Watkins made a great tackle near the try line and ten metres in from his right touchline on the Devils left centre No. 3 who stepped inside to beat multiple defenders but not Dylan Watkins who stooped him in his tracks and also from scoring.
Dylan Watkins continued on the left wing in the Round Seven local derby against the Burleigh Bears.
Dylan Watkins finished the 2023 CC Cup season running for 456 metres, scoring three tries and making four line breaks.
In October 2023 Tavake Tau’a’alo was named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls U17 Cyril Connell (CC) Cup squad
In late September 2022 Tavake Tau’a’alo was named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
Tavake Tau’a’alo’s first match in 2023 came in late January when he lined up for the Tweed Heads Seagulls CC Cup squad in their first 2023 trial against the Souths Logan Magpies at the Logan Metro Sports Complex.
Tavake Tau’a’alo was then part of the Seagulls squad for their second trial against the Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup side at Burleigh Juniors as part of the Titans Annual Super Saturday.
After Tweed Heads had a Round One bye Tavake Tau’a’alo was named on the bench in Round One of the 2023 U16 Cyril Connell Cup against the Brisbane Tigers.
Tavake Tau’a’alo then started in the front row in Round Four against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls with Tavake Tau’a’alo making the opening tackle of the match on the Wynnum Manly No. 10 from the Tweed Heads kick-off.
Tavake Tau’a’alo made some exceptional runs in the match but there was none better than his charge in the 59th minute from a Wynnum Manly goal line drop-out return. Tavake Tau’a’alo received the ball forty metres out and charged at the defensive line and punching through the line to get within two metres of the try line.
One of Tavake Tau’a’alo’s first strong runs of the match came in the 21st minute when from the left of the play the ball and twenty metres out from the try line Tavake Tau’a’alo cut back behind the play the ball and got to less than a metre out from the try line before multiple Wynnum Manly defenders had to commit to the tackle to stop Tavake Tau’a’alo from scoring a powerhouse try.
Then in the 45th minute, Tavake Tau’a’alo from a Tweed Heads penalty tap restart burst onto the ball twenty metres out from his own try line to make eighteen metres. Then in the 51st minute from the left of the play the ball and forty metres from his own try line Tavake Tau’a’alo carried a number of Wynnum Manly ten metres inside their own territory.
Tavake Tau’a’alo then started from the bench in Round Five against the Souths Logan Magpies with Tavake Tau’a’alo coming onto the field to operate in the front row in the 14th minute of the match.
Tavake Tau’a’alo also started from the bench in Round Six against the Norths Devils with Tavake Tau’a’alo coming onto the field to operate in the front row mid-way through the first half.
The first of a number of strong runs from Tavake Tau’a’alo came in the 21st minute from an underneath route from thirty metres out and to the right of the play the ball with Tavake Tau’a’alo able to get the ball within seven metres of the try line. Then in the 24th minute Tavake Tau’a’alo ran onto the ball to the right of the play the ball and was able to get the ball from eight metres inside his own territory to nine metres inside Devils territory.
Then in the 44th minute from the left of the play the ball and twenty three metres from the try line Tavake Tau’a’alo was able to get to five metres from the try line before getting an off-load away to a trailing Harrison Doherty.
Tavake Tau’a’alo made a strong return from a Norths goal line drop-out with Tavake Tau’a’alo receiving the ball forty five metres out and getting the ball to eighteen metres out with Tavake Tau’a’alo then able to get a right arm off-load away to his left to his fullback. Then in the 47th minute from the kick-off return after a Seagulls penalty goal Tavake Tau’a’alo was able to get the ball twenty three metres away from his own try line.
Tavake Tau’a’alo also came off the bench in the Round Seven local derby against the Burleigh Bears with Tavake Tau’a’alo scoring a strong try after coming onto the field to operate in the front row in the 15th minute.
Tavake Tau’a’alo scored in the 36th minute when after a Seagulls play the ball two metres out from the try line on the left side of the field the dummy half ran to his right with Tavake Tau’a’alo running back inside to take the inside pass and crash over mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Tavake Tau’a’alo had made an earlier strong run in the 24th minute from five metres inside Burleigh territory with Tavake Tau’a’alo receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball and getting the ball to the thirty one metre mark with around 70% of those metres being post contact.
Tavake Tau’a’alo also did well in the 20th minute when after the Burleigh right winger made a line break through the centre of the Seagulls defensive line, Tavake Tau’a’alo chased and caught him still five metres from the halfway mark.
Tavake Tau’a’alo finished the 2023 CC Cup season running for 438 metres at an average of eighty eight metres per game.
In 2023 Chaz Bond played for the Cudgen Hornets in the NRRRL U18 competition and also made his NRRRL First Grade debut and in 2024 Chaz Bond will start the season as part of the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup squad.
In 2022 Roko Bilish played in the New Zealand Rugby League U16 Shaun Johnson Cup and in 2024 he has been named in the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup squad.
In late 2023 Jasiah Ioane was named in the New Era U12 side to play the U12 Velocity All Stars with Jasiah Ioane starting the match in the front row with Jasiah Ioane making the fourth hit-up of the match to carry the ball from thirty six metres from his own try line to the halfway mark after running onto the ball to the right of the play the ball.
In the 15th minute from a New Era penalty restart Jasiah Ioane ran the ball from thirty two metres from the try line to the forty four metre mark. Then in the 35th minute after taking possession of the ball to the left of the dummy half Jasiah Ioane broke an impressive five tackles as he carried the ball from nineteen metres out from his own try line to thirty one metres out.
Jasiah Ioane rounded out a strong match in the 46th minute with another strong run from a New era penalty restart to run the ball from the halfway mark to within thirty four metres from the try line.
2023 PBC SHS Langer Cup winger Bailey Simpson has been named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup squad.
Bailey Simpson also plays for the Currumbin Eagles in the GCRL competition including being a member of the Eagles 2022 and 2023 GCRL U18 Division One Grand Final victories.
2023 TSS First XV open side flanker and Queensland Reds U18 representative Billy Wellard has been named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup squad.
2023 Keebra Park SHS Langer Cup and Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup five eight Jack Hudson has been named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup squad.
2023 PBC SHS powerhouse centre Barabus Litidamu has been named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup squad.
Barabus Litidamu also plays for the Currumbin Eagles in the GCRL competition including being a member of the Eagles 2022 and 2023 GCRL U18 Division One Grand Final victories against Nerang and Burleigh respectively.
In October 2023 Brock Lennox was named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls U19 Mal Meninga (MM) Cup squad
In late July 2023 Brock Lennox started at right centre for a Titans U19 side that travelled to Townsville to play a Cowboys U19 side in an NRL curtain-raiser with Brock Lennox recording a try assist in the 65th minute when after receiving the ball wide out on the right side of the field Brock Lennox was able to hold his pass to his right to the last possible moment to his right winger Elijah Tagiilima to dart eight metres down the right touchline to score in the right corner getting the ball down with a spectacular dive.
Brock Lennox did well defensively in the 13th minute when along with Elijah Tagiilima, Brock Lennox was able to force the ball loose from the grasp of the North Queensland left centre over the try line to prevent a Cowboys try five metres in from the right corner post. Then in the 58th minute along with Javon Andrews, Brock Lennox made a try saving tackle on the North Queensland fullback near the try line and ten metres in from the right corner post.
In early October 2022 Brock Lennox was named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls U18 Mal Meninga Cup squad after a tough 2022 season for Brock Lennox that was heavily impacted by injury in relation to both rugby league and school boy rugby with The Southport School (TSS). Unfortunately Brock Lennox did not play in any of the Seagulls matches.
Brock Lennox started from the bench in the TSS First XV’s final 2023 GPS School Boy Rugby First XV trial against Brisbane Boys College.
Round Three against Brisbane State High School saw Brock Lennox start at inside centre (No. 12) for the TSS Third XV. Round Four against Brisbane Grammar School saw Brock Lennox move up to the TSS Second XV side, starting at outside centre (No. 13) with Brock Lennox also starting at outside centre in Round Five against Brisbane Boys College, Round Six against Anglican Church Grammar School and Round Seven against Toowoomba Grammar School.
With TSS having a Round Eight bye, Brock Lennox was named at outside centre (No. 13) for the TSS Second XV in a trial against Downlands College. Brock Lennox was also named at outside centre in the final round being Round Nine against St Joseph’s College Nudgee.
In late 2023 Mason Szerszyn was named in the New Era U12 side to play the U12 Velocity All Stars with Mason Szerszyn starting the match on the right wing before moving to fullback in the second half.
Mason Szerszyn made a good kick return in the 48th minute when after taking an All Stars clearing kick on the full on the centre of the field and thirty five metres out from his try line Mason Szerszyn ran to his left to get the ball to within five metres of the halfway mark.
Mason Szerszyn stood up well defensively against the All Stars with a number of try saving tackles whislt operating at fullback including in the 31st minut with a one on one tackle in space when operating at fullback in the 31st minute with Mason Szerszyn bringing down the All Stars left winger after he had tried to beat Mason Szerszyn down the touchline.
Then in the 38th minute when confronted by an All Stars line break also with support runners Mason Szerszyn stayed in the inside of the All Stars player who had made the line break with Mason Szerszyn then transitioning to the support runner after the ball was passed to him with Mason Szerszyn bringing down the left winger three metres from the right corner post.
Mason Szerszyn followed up with another one on one tackle in open space on the All Stars left winger in the 40th minute ten metres from the try line after a line break with Mason Szerszyn able to force a knock on after he had targeted the area around the ball with his tackle.
In October 2023 Callum Bowles was named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls U19 Mal Meninga (MM) Cup squad with Callum Bowles also MM Cup eligible in 2025.
In late September 2022 Callum Bowles was named in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup train on squad and Callum Bowles is also U18 eligible in 2024.
Callum Bowles was involved in the Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup trial side that took on the Tweed Heads Seagulls at Burleigh Juniors in late January 2023.
Round One of the 2023 U18 Laurie Daley Cup competition saw Callum Bowles named at right second row for the Northern Rivers Titans against the Newcastle Knights with Callum Bowles doing well from the Newcastle kick-off when he trapped a low bouncing kick-off with his right foot and then after retrieving the ball Callum Bowles as tackled twenty two metres out from his own try line.
Then in the 7th minute from twenty metres out from his own try line Callum Bowles made a strong run down the right channel to make twelve metres. Callum Bowles made a further strong run down the right channel in the 19th minute with his commencing thirty metres out from the try line with Callum Bowles making nine post contact metres as he got the ball to around seventeen metres of the try line.
Callum Bowles added a further strong run down the right channel in the 43rd minute with Callum Bowles making twelve metres from a run that originated from inside his own twenty metre defensive area.
Callum Bowles then executed a smart piece of play in the 31st minute when after taking possession around eleven metres from the try line on the right side of the field Callum Bowles put in a right foot grubber kick into the in-goal to force a Newcastle goal line drop-out.
Callum Bowles’s strongest moment defensively came in the 52nd minute with a strong front on one on one hit on the Knights lock (No. 13) ten metres out from the try lien and in front of the posts with Callum Bowles’s heavy initial contact seeing the ball flying loose of the Knights players grasp.
Callum Bowles was also named at right second row for Round Two against the Central Coast Roosters with Callum Bowles forced a Central Coast Roosters goal line drop-out in the 19th minute when after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball and around ten metres out, Callum Bowles put in a right foot grubber kick into the in-goal with the kick causing confusion amongst the Roosters defenders who even up knocking the ball on in-goal.
Callum Bowles made a strong run in the 6th minute down the left channel with Callum Bowles making thirteen metres to get to withing seven metres of the try line with at least 75% of Callum Bowles’s metres being of the post contact variety.
With the game on the line in the 59th minute with the Northern Rivers Titans holding onto a 22 – 20 point lead, Callum Bowles made a desperate last ditch tackle on the Central Coast No. 16 with Callum Bowles grabbing hold of the jersey high up on the back after the Rooster player had threatened to break through.
Callum Bowles then moved to right centre for Round Three against the South Coast Dragons before moving back to right second row for Round Four against the Northern Tigers.
Callum Bowles also started at right second row in Round Five against the North Coast Bulldogs with Callum Bowles scoring in the 35th minute when he backed up on the inside and subsequently received an off-load from his right from Creedence Donovan who had made a line break down the right touchline with Callum Bowles receiving the ball to have an easy eight metre run to score in the right corner.
Callum Bowles was part of the South Coast Maroon Open School Boy side for the 2023 QSSRL Open School Boy Championships with Callum Bowles starting from the bench on Day One against Met North with Callum Bowles doing well in the 45th minute with a run from eighteen metres out from his own try line and to the left of the play the ball with Callum Bowles making fifteen metres before being awarded a penalty when he was hit in a high tackle.
Callum Bowles also started from the bench on Day Two against Met West with Callum Bowles playing on the left wing after coming onto the field in the 47th minute with Callum Bowles making a strong run in the 52nd minute when after picking up a ball lost backwards by South Coast on the bounce ten metres from the halfway mark, Callum Bowles carried the ball five metres inside Met West territory.
Callum Bowles also started from the bench on Day Three against Capricornia with Callum Bowles operating on the left wing in the second half.
Callum Bowles then moved into the South Coast Maroon starting line-up at right centre in the Day Four third against fourth play-off against Sunshine Coast with Callum Bowles kicking a great conversion in the final minute of the match from the left touchline to lock the scores up at 6 all.
2023 PBC SHS Walters Cup Grand Final winning hooker Archie Sillar has been named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls CC Cup squad.
The Currumbin Eagles 2024 U14 Division One players will be coached by former Titan Chris Walker, great to see him and Cameron Smith giving back to rugby league.
2023 TSS First XV centre Billy Tonkin has been named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup squad.
In October 2023 Isaac Harrison was named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls U19 Mal Meninga Cup side with Isaac Harrison also MM Cup eligible in 2025.
Isaac Harrison made his School Boy Rugby League Langer Cup debut in Round Five of the 2023 season when Isaac Harrison started on the bench for PBC SHS in their away match against Ipswich SHS.
After coming onto the field in the 23rd minute with Isaac Harrison’s initial run getting him within four metres of the halfway mark. Then in the 27th minute from the right of the play the ball Isaac Harrison carried the ball to twenty two metres out from his own try line as a result of a strong yardage carry.
Isaac Harrison was also named on the bench in the Round Six Gold Coast School Boy derby against Keebra Park SHS with Isaac Harrison coming onto the field in the 13th minute and in the 20th minute Isaac Harrison put a big shot on the Keebra Park SHS replacement front rower No. 16. Isaac Harrison made another big front on tackle in the 43rd minute smashing the Keebra Park SHS replacement dummy half No. 14 forcing him backwards to four metres out from the try line in the centre of the field and dumping him onto his back unceremoniously.
Isaac Harrison continued from the bench in Round Seven against Wavell SHS with Isaac Harrison coming off the bench to operate at lock in the 21st minute.
After PBC SHS finished fourth on the 2023 School Boy Rugby League Langer Cup table after the completion of the regular season, Isaac Harrison started at lock for PBC SHS in their Queensland Quarter Final clash against Keebra Park SHS.
Isaac Harrison was also named at lock in the Langer Cup Queensland Semi-Final against Marsden SHS.
Isaac Harrison also started at lock in the 2023 School Boy Rugby League Langer Cup Grand Final against Ipswich SHS with Isaac Harrison along with Brady Turner and Jaylen Taewa making the opening tackle of the match from the PBC SHS kick-off.
Isaac Harrison made a strong kick-off return in the 50th minute to get the ball over the twenty metre mark, then a tackle later Isaac Harrison made ten more metres to get the ball five metres inside Ipswich SHS territory.
At the conclusion of the Langer Cup Isaac Harrison was named by the Courier Mail as producing the most underrated performance in the 2023 School Boy Rugby League Langer Cup Grand Final.
Isaac Harrison also started at lock for PBC SHS against St Patrick’s College in Mackay in the Phil Hall Cup to determine the best Queensland School Boy Rugby League side of 2023.
Isaac Harrison continued at lock in the 2023 NRL School Boy Rugby League Grand Final against Westfields Sports High.
2023 saw Isaac Harrison move to the Bilambil Jets in the NRRRL competition with Isaac Harrison named to make his NRRRL First Grade debut and Bilambil debut off the bench in Round One against the Tweed Coast Raiders.
Isaac Harrison was also named on the bench in Round Twelve against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Isaac Harrison coming onto the field in the 73rd minute.
Isaac Harrison made his first NRRRL First Grade start in the front row in Round Sixteen against the Murwillumbah Mustangs with Isaac Harrison making the fourth hit-up of the match from the right of the play the ball to get the ball out to the thirty eight metre mark.
In the 12th minute Isaac Harrison make a strong Mustangs goal line drop-out return to bring the ball back to the thirty two metre mark. Then in the 15th minute from the right of the play the ball Isaac Harrison carried the ball from the halfway mark to forty metres from the try line.
In his second stint on the field in the 63rd minute Isaac Harrison ran onto the ball to the right of the dummy half with Isaac Harrison able to promote the ball from twenty metres out from his own try line to thirty two metres out.
At the 2023 end of season awards Isaac Harrison was named the 2023 Bilambil Jets NRRRL First Grade Rookie of the Year.
Round Five of the NRRRL U18 competition saw Isaac Harrison start at lock for the Bilambil Jets against the Lower Clarence Magpies with Isaac Harrison making a line break in the 9th minute when from the right of the play the ball and twenty eight metres out from his own try line Isaac Harrison burst between two defenders and charged down the centre of the field with Isaac Harrison then running over the top of the Magpies fullback before being dragged down from behind just ten metres from the try line.
Isaac Harrison did well defensively in the 32nd minute when Isaac Harrison was involved in holding up the giant No. 20 over the try line under the posts. Then a minute later Isaac Harrison stopped the same Magpies player just short of the try line and once again under the posts.
Isaac Harrison then started in the front row in in Round Twelve against the Murwillumbah Mustangs.
In early May 2022 Isaac Harrison started at lock for a Northern Rivers Titans U17 squad that took on a Titans U16 JTS side at Cbus Stadium as a curtain-raiser to the Titans NRL Round Fourteen against the Souths Sydney Rabbitohs.
In late September 2022 Isaac Harrison was named in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup train on squad. Isaac Harrison is also U18 eligible in 2024.
Isaac Harrison was involved in the Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup trial side that took on the Tweed Heads Seagulls at Burleigh Juniors in late January 2023.
Round One of the 2023 U18 Laurie Daley Cup competition saw Isaac Harrison named in the front row for the Northern Rivers Titans against the Newcastle Knights with Isaac Harrison taking the 4th hit-up of the match after the Knights had kicked off to get the match underway.
The match also saw Isaac Harrison make a line break in the 29th minute when he charged onto a good ball from his left from Jesse Soric with Isaac Harrison’s inside shoulder route taking him to within ten metres of the try line and in front of the goal posts.
Isaac Harrison also started in the front row in Round Two against the Central Coast Roosters with Isaac Harrison taking the opening hit-up of the match from the kick-off and then backed that run up by also taking the third hit-up of the match.
Isaac Harrison was also named in the front row for Round Three against the South Coast Dragons.
Isaac Harrison also started in the front row in Round Four against the Northern Tigers with Isaac Harrison involved in the 24th minute in holding up the Northern Tigers hooker ten metres to the right of the uprights after the hooker had tried to force his way over the try line from dummy half on the final tackle.
Isaac Harrison also started in the front row in Round Five against the North Coast Bulldogs.
In early 2023 Isaac Harrison was named in the South Coast School Boy Open Representative side however injury prevented him from taking his place at the Championships.
Great to see the Mudgeeraba Redbacks looking to field U18 and U20 sides in 2024 in the Gold Coast Rugby League competitions.
Boston Hubbard has been named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls CC Cup squad after also being part of the squad in 2023.
In October 2023 Jaylen Taewa was named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls U19 Mal Meninga (MM) Cup squad
In early November 2021 Jaylen Taewa signed a multi-year professional contract with the Gold Coast Titans alongside twin brother Jury.
In late September 2022 Jaylen Taewa was named in the 2023 Tweed Heads Seagulls U18 MM Cup squad.
Jaylen Taewa’s first match in 2023 came in late January when he started in the front row for the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup side in their first trial against the Souths Logan Magpies at the Logan Sports Complex.
Jaylen Taewa played the first two questers in the Seagulls trial victory with Jaylen Taewa dominating the ruck for large stretches of his time on the field especially from a defensive perspective with Jaylen Taewa making multiple crunching tackles which sent some of the Magpies forwards reeling backwards.
Jaylen Taewa then started in the front row for the Seagulls for their second trial against the Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup side at Burleigh Juniors as part of the Titans Annual Super Saturday.
After Tweed Heads had a Round One bye Jaylen Taewa was named on the bench in Round Two of the 2023 U18 Mal Meninga Cup against the Brisbane Tigers with Jaylen Taewa coming onto the field to operate in the front row in the 23rd minute.
Jaylan Taewa made a strong line break in the 38th minute when after receiving an off-load from his left when thirty eight metres out from his own try line, Jaylen Taewa rumbled downfield and got to withing twenty eight metres of the try line.
Jaylen Taewa also did well in the 58th minute when he held up the Tigers front rower No. 8 over the try line and then from the subsequent play the ball Jaylen Taewa hit the Tigers No. 3 with a great tackle.
Jaylen Taewa also started from the bench in Round Three against the Redcliffe Dolphins and came onto the field to operate in the front row in the 14th minute with Jaylen Taewa doing well in the 18th minute when whilst defending at the marker position less than a metre from his own try line Jaylen Taewa was able to stop the Redcliffe hooker in his tracks next to the right uprights able he had tried to burrow his way over from dummy half.
Jaylen Taewa continued off the bench in Round Four against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls with Jaylen Taewa coming off the bench to operate in the front row in the 17th minute. Jaylen Taewa’s best run of the match came in the 36th minute when from seventeen metres out and to the left of the play the ball Jaylen Taewa was able to promote the ball to the thirty metre mark from the second hit-up after the second half kick-off.
Jaylen Taewa was then named to make his first 2023 of the 2023 MM Cup season in the front row in Round Five against the Souths Logan Magpies with Jaylen Taewa making a heavy tackle on the Magpies lock in the 11th minute thirty metres out from the try line.
In the 58th minute Jaylen Taewa charged onto the ball to the right of the play the ball from five metre out from his own try line to get the ball to within one metre of the halfway mark.
Jaylen Taewa continued in the front row in Round Six against the Norths Devils as well as in Round Seven against the Burleigh Bears with Jaylen Taewa making the opening hit-up of the match from the kick-off.
In early 2023 Jaylen Taewa was named in the South Coast School Boy Maroon Open Representative side with Jaylen Taewa starting in the front row on Day One against Met North with Jaylen Taewa making the opening hit-up of the match from the kick-off.
Jaylen Taewa make a critical and huge tackle in the 33rd minute when after chasing through a SC Maroon clearing kick, Jaylen Taewa smashed the Met North fullback with a huge front on tackle thirty metres out and in front of his posts with Jaylen Taewa’s heavy contact forcing the ball loose to be picked up by South Coast Maroon.
Jaylen Taewa also started in the front row on Day Two against Met West with Jaylen Taewa making a strong hit-up from the kick-off to the second half to get the ball to the twenty metre mark with Jaylen Taewa then being awarded a penalty for the ball being stripped with two defenders in the tackle.
Jaylen Taewa also started in the front row on Day Three against Capricornia with Jaylen Taewa coming close to scoring in the 56th minute only to be held up over the try line after Jaylen Taewa had collected an off-load eight metres out with Jaylen Taewa held up ten metres in from the right corner post.
Jaylen Taewa then started from the bench in the Day Four third against fourth play off against Sunshine Coast with Jaylen Taewa coming onto the field to operate in the front row in the 14th minute.
Round One of the 2023 School Boy Langer Cup competition saw Jaylen Taewa named to start from the bench for PBC SHS against Marsden SHS however a late change saw Jaylan Taewa start the match in the front row.
Jaylen Taewa then moved to start at lock in Round Two against Caloundra SHS with Jaylen Taewa making a fifteen metre run from the left of the play the ball from five metres inside his own territory to ten metres inside Caloundra SHS territory in the 3rd minute.
Then in the 4th minute Jaylen Taewa smashed the Caloundra SHS lock in a big tackle thirty metres from the Caloundra SHS try line with the lock having to take a few minutes to regain his composure.
Jaylen Taewa continued at lock in Round Three against Mabel Park SHS.
Jaylen Taewa also started at lock in Round Four against Redcliffe SHS with Jaylen Taewa making a strong tackle on the Redcliffe SHS No. 10 in the 32nd minute in the centre of the field and twenty five metres from the try line with the Redcliffe SHS front rower losing possession of the ball as a result of Jaylen Taewa’s heavy initial contact.
Jaylen Taewa continued at lock in Round Five against Ipswich SHS.
Jaylen Taewa was also named at lock in the Round Six Gold Coast derby against Keebra Park SHS with Jaylen Taewa making a good kick-off return in the 30th minute to get the ball out to the twenty metre mark, then a tackle later Jaylen Taewa made ten more metres out to the thirty eight metre mark.
Jaylen Taewa continued at lock in Round Seven against Wavell SHS with Jaylen Taewa along with Brady Turner involved in the opening tackle of the match. Jaylen Taewa then ran onto the ball to the left of the dummy half in the 7th minute to carry the ball from twenty six metres out from his own try line to the forty metre mark.
After PBC SHS finished fourth on the 2023 School Boy Rugby League Langer Cup table after the completion of the regular season, Jaylen Taewa started in the front row for PBC SHS in their Quarter Final clash against Keebra Park SHS.
Jaylen Taewa then started in the front row against Marsden SHS in the Sem-Final with Jaylen Taewa involved in the opening tackle of the match along with front row partner Brady Turner.
The 6th minute saw Jaylen Taewa put on another big tackle, on this occasion on the Marsden SHS lock right on the PBC SHS try line to force the No. 13 backward in front of the left upright. Jaylen Taewa put on another bit hit in the 20th minute on the Marsden SHS No. 18 from a Marsden SHS drop-out return with Jaylen Taewa forcing an incorrect play the ball to give PBC SHS the scrum feed I the centre of the field twenty metres out from their own try line.
In the 4th minute from the left of the play the ball Jaylen Taewa was able to promote the ball from six metres inside his own territory to ten metres into Marsden SHS territory.
Jaylen Taewa also started in the front row in the 2023 School Boy Rugby League Langer Cup Grand Final against Ipswich SHS with Jaylen Taewa along with Brady Turner and Isaac Harrison making the opening tackle of the match from the PBC SHS kick-off. Jaylen Taewa then backed up that effort to also be involved in the second tackle of the match.
In the 6th minute from the right of the play the ball Jaylen Taewa charged onto the ball from thirty five metres out from his own try line to get the ball to the halfway mark, breaking a tackle along the way.
Jaylen Taewa also started in the front row for PBC SHS against St Patrick’s College in Mackay in the Phil Hall Cup to determine the best Queensland School Boy Rugby League side of 2023 and in the 13th minute from the right of the play the ball Jaylen Taewa broke five tackles as he crashed and bashed his way from thirty six metres out from the try line to thirteen metres out.
Jaylen Taewa continued in the front row in the 2023 NRL School Boy Rugby League Grand Final against Westfields Sports High.
2023 saw Jaylen Taewa play for the Currumbin Eagles in the GCR LU18 Division One competition with Jaylen Taewa’s first match for the Eagles coming in Round Four when he started in the front row against the Burleigh Bears.
Jaylen Taewa celebrated his first match for the Eagles by scoring in the 15th minute from a two metre run off an off-load from his right to crash over to score six metres to the right of the uprights.
Earlier in the 3rd minute Jaylen Taewa from the right of the play the ball and forty metres from the try line, Jaylen Taewa was able to get the ball to within twenty three metres of the try line.
Then in the 20th minute from the left of the play the ball and thirty three metres from the try line Jaylan Taewa’s charge ended on the twenty metre mark but Burleigh were forced to allocate multiple defensive resources to affect the tackle.
Jaylen Taewa added another strong run in the 52nd minute that almost ended in a second try when from the right of the play the ball and fifteen metres out, Jaylen Taewa took on the Bears forward pack head on and came within three metres of scoring a powerhouse try.
Jaylen Taewa then moved to the front row in Round Nine against the Currumbin Eagles with Jaylen Taewa coming close to scoring in the 12th minute after a surge from twelve metres out saw the ball knocked loose from Jaylen Taewa’s grasp as he was putting the ball down over the try line mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Jaylen Taewa almost scored once again in the 52nd minute when from the left of the play the ball and ten metres from the try line Jaylen Taewa burst past one defender to get within centremetres of the try line in from of the left upright and four Burleigh defenders required to finally stop Jaylen Taewa’s momentum.
The 48th minute saw Jaylen Taewa run onto the ball to the left of the play the ball with Jaylen Taewa able to get the ball from twenty four metres from his own try line to within ten metres of the halfway mark.
Jaylen Taewa made his presence felt with the second tackle of the match when Jaylen Taewa smashed the Burleigh left winger with a huge front on hit ten metres from the halfway mark.
Jaylen Taewa continued in the front row in Round Eleven against the Helensvale Hornets with Jaylen Taewa charging onto the ball to the left of the play the ball from three metres inside his own territory and after bumping off one defender Jaylen Taewa got the ball to ten metres inside Hornets territory.
Jaylen Taewa pulled off a big hit defensively in the 9th minute when he smashed his opposite number with his right shoulder ten metres inside his own territory driving his opponent back four metres.
Jaylen Taewa also started in the front row in Round Twelve against the Coomera Cutters with Jaylen Taewa running onto the ball to the right of the play the ball in the 41st minute thirty two metres from the try line and after tagetting the ball area behind the ball the ball Jaylen Taewa was able to get within eight metres from the try line just to the right of the uprights. In the 60th minute from two passes to the left of the play the ball Jaylen Taewa carried the ball from twenty three metres out to within seven metres of the try line.
In late August 2023 Jaylen Taewa was named in the South Queensland Māori U18 Representative side with Jaylen Taewa then named in the Queensland Māori U18 Tane squad for the 2023 QPICC Carnival.
2023 saw Murrie Herrmann play for Marsden SHS in the School Boy Bronco’s Old Boys competition with Murrie Herrmann starting in the second row in all of Marsden SHS’s matches but started from the bench in the Grand Final against Mabel Park SHS and in October 2023 Murrie Herrmann was named on the bench in the 2023 Marsden SHS Rugby League Team of the Year.
2023 also saw Murrie Herrmann start in the second row for the Met East School Boy U12 Rugby League Representative side at the Queensland Championships with Murrie Herrmann subsequently named in the Queensland School Boy U12 Rugby League side.
In October 2023 Jury Taewa was named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls U19 Mal Meninga (MM) Cup squad
In early November 2021 Jury Taewa signed a professional contract with the Gold Coast Titans.
In early 2023 Jury Taewa was named in the Met East School Boy Open Representative side with Jury Taewa starting in the front row on Day One against South West with Jury Taewa taking the opening hit-up of the match and was able to get the ball twenty five metres away from his own try line.
Then in the 11th minute Jury Taewa put on a huge hit on one of the South West front rowers near the halfway mark to stop his opposite on the spot.
Jury Taewa then started from the bench on Day Two against South Coast.
Jury Taewa also started from the bench on Day Three against Met West with Jury Taewa coming onto the field to operate in the front row in the 11th minute with Jury Taewa making a strong hit-up from a penalty tap restart in the 36th minute from thirty metres out to get the ball to within twelve metres of the try line.
Jury Taewa continued off the bench on Day Four against Met West and after coming onto the field to operate in the front row in the 9th minute Jury Taewa scored in the 14th minute with an eight metre charge to the left of the play the ball with Jury Taewa being spun around so that his back was towards the try line but Jury Taewa then was able to twist around and get the ball down six metres to the left of the uprights.
2023 saw Jury Taewa move from PBC SHS to Marsden SHS with Jury Taewa starting Round One of the 2023 School Boy Langer competition off the bench against his former school.
Jury Taewa was also named on the bench for Round Two against Keebra Park SHS with the match played at Cbus Stadium as a curtain-raiser to the Titans Round Fifteen NRL match against the Wests Tigers with Jury Taewa coming onto the field in the 11th minute to play in the front row and just two minutes later in the 13th minute Jury Taewa charged onto the ball to the right of the play the ball with Jury Taewa making twenty metres to get the ball within sixteen metres of the try line.
Jury Taewa then moved into the starting side in the front row in Round Three against Caloundra SHS with Jury Taewa making the first hit-up of the match to twenty five metres out from the try line after a ten metre run.
Jury Taewa also started in the front row in Round Four against Wavell SHS with Jury Taewa involved in the opening tackle of the match that saw the Wavell SHS front rower grabbed by multiple Marsden SHS players, including Jury Taewa and being force back eight metres to three metres from his own try line in front of the goal posts.
Jury Taewa also made a strong tackle in the 46th minute with a crunching tackle in the Wavell SHS hooker on the try line and ten metres in from the right touchline with Jury Taewa’s heavy tackle over the top forcing a knock on.
Jury Taewa also made a strong kick-off return in the 44th minute to get the ball out to the twenty six metre mark.
Jury Taewa then continued in the front row in Round Five against Redcliffe SHS which was played at Dolphin Oval as an NRL curtain raiser in a match between the Dolphins and Penrith with Jury Taewa making a strong kick-off return in the 53rd minute to get the ball out to the twenty three metre mark.
Jury Taewa then came off the bench in the Round Six Logan derby against Mabel Park SHS with Jury Taewa coming onto the field in the 18th minute to play in the front row with Jury Taewa almost immediately making his first run from a goal line drop-out return to bring the ball back to within twenty six metres of the try line in the centre of the field.
The 23rd minute then saw Jury Taewa take another hit from two passes to the right of the dummy half making twelve metres to get the ball to within eleven metres of the try line directly in front of the posts.
Unfortunately Jury Taewa’s match was cut short just before halftime when after a huge collision between Alex Leapai and Jury Taewa both player were taken to hospital and the match abandoned. Fortunately both players subsequently received the all clear.
Jury Taewa was then named on the bench for the Semi-final against PBC SHS with Jury Taewa coming onto the field to operate in the front row in the 16th minute.
In late August 2023 Jury Taewa was named in the South Queensland Māori U18 Representative side with Jury Taewa then named in the Queensland Māori U18 Tane squad for the 2023 QPICC Carnival.
In October 2023 Lachlan Offley was named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls U19 Mal Meninga (MM) Cup squad
Lachlan Offley was involved in the Titans U15 Academy matches at Burleigh in early 2020 in shockingly hot and steamy conditions and post those round robin matches against two other Titans teams signed an official contract with the Titans which saw him part of the Titans JTS program for a number of seasons.
In late July 2022 Lachlan Offley was named on the wing for an U18 Northern Rivers Titans Invitational Side that took on a Future Titans U17 side as a curtain-raiser to the Titans against Canberra Round Twenty NRL match at Cbus Stadium.
In late September 2022 Lachlan Offley was named in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup train on squad for the second season in a row with Lachlan Offley part of the Northern Rivers Titans squad that played the Tweed Heads Seagulls in a trial at Burleigh Juniors as part of the Titans Annual Super Saturday.
Round One of the 2023 U18 Laurie Daley Cup competition saw Lachlan Offley named at right centre the Northern Rivers Titans against the Newcastle Knights with Lachlan Offley coming close to scoring in the 30th minute after good work prior by Bo Peisley and Noah Waldock with Lachlan Offley receiving a pass from Bo Peisley ten metres out near the left touchline with Lachlan Offley tackled agonisingly short of the try line.
Lachlan Offley made the tackle of the match in the 6th minute when he held up the hard charging Newcastle right centre over the try line ten metres in from the left corner post. The Knights centre charged onto the ball with the Northern Rivers Titans pinned on their own try line, but Lachlan Offley executed an outstanding try saving tackle.
Lachlan Offley was also named at right centre for Round Two against the Central Coast Roosters however Lachlan Offley was a late scratching from the side.
Lachlan Offley was then named at right centre for Round Three against the South Coast Dragons however Lachlan Offley was a late scratching from the match.
Lachlan Offley then started at left centre in Round Four against the Northern Tigers with Lachlan Offley scoring in the 68th minute when from eight metres out he ran onto a hard flat cut-out pass from his right from Jesse Soric. The pass was a touch behind hm but Lachlan Offley took the pass and after juggling the ball whilst spinning 360 degrees clockwise Lachlan Offley was able to take possession and crash over mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Lachlan Offley also made a strong run in the 20th minute when from twenty metres out from his own try line Lachlan Offley ran the ball to the right of the play the ball with Lachlan Offley able to get the ball four metres inside Northern Tigers territory.
Lachlan Offley also made a number of strong defensive plays including in the 23rd minute when whilst defending his own try line Lachlan Offley raced forward to hit his opposite number as an overlap loomed. Lachlan Offley then in the 29th minute came out of the defensive line once again on this occasion to crunch the Northern Tigers fullback.
Potentially Lachlan Offley’s best defensive moment in the 39th minute when after the Northern Tigers fullback made a line break just twenty metres out, Lachlan Offley turned and chased and was able to ankle tap the fullback. Then just as the fullback was getting to his feet, Lachlan Offley continued to chase and after grabbing the fullback from behind knocked the ball loose, regained possession for the Titans and get the ball ten metres downfield.
In October 2023 Levi Dangerfield was named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls U19 Mal Meninga (MM) Cup squad
In late July 2022 Levi Dangerfield was named on the bench for an U18 Northern Rivers Titans Invitational Side that took on a Future Titans U17 side as a curtain-raiser to the Titans against Canberra Round Twenty NRL match at Cbus Stadium.
In late September 2022 Levi Dangerfield was named in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup train on squad with Levi Dangerfield involved in the Northern Rivers Titans opening 2023 trial against the Northern Coast Bulldogs in Coffs Harbour.
Round One of the 2023 U18 Laurie Daley Cup competition saw Levi Dangerfield named on the right wing the Northern Rivers Titans against the Newcastle Knights with Levi Dangerfield doing well in the 24th minute when after chasing a Knights kick back he picked up the ball in the in-goal to save a near certain Knights try.
Levi Dangerfield was also named on the right wing for Round Two against the Central Coast Roosters however a late change say Levi Dangerfield start the match at right centre.
Levi Dangerfield was also named on the right wing for Round Three against the South Coast Dragons but in a late change Levi Dangerfield started the match at left centre. Levi Dangerfield was then back on the left wing for Round Four against the Northern Tigers.
Levi Dangerfield then moved back to left centre for Round Five against the North Coast Bulldogs with Levi Dangerfield scoring the Northern Rivers Titans opening two tries of their win.
Levi Dangerfield scored his first try in 18th minute when he charged over from ten metres out to score a metre in from the left touchline.
Levi Dangerfield added a second try in the 21st minute when to the left of the play the ball and around twelve metres from the try line Bo Peisley put in a right foot grubbed kick which bounced high just in front of the North Coast fullback and also perfectly for Levi Dangerfield to race through to score ten metres in from the left corner post.
From a defensive perspective Levi Dangerfield did well in the 16th minute when along with Bo Peisley, Levi Dangerfield grabbed hold of the North Coast fullback who had just retrieved a Titans attacking kick and after holding him off the ground dragged him into touch just metres from the try line.
Round One of the 2023 NRRRL U18 season saw Levi Dangerfield start at fullback for the Cudgen Hornets against the Ballina Seagulls.
Round Two saw Levi Dangerfield continue at fullback in their local derby against the Bilambil Jets with Levi Dangerfield being held up over the try line on two separate occasions with the first of those occasions coming in the 12th minute when Levi Dangerfield was held up over the try line two metres in from the left corner post after a strong run from twenty metres out with Levi Dangerfield breaking three tackles prior to Levi Dangerfield forcing his way towards the try line.
Then in the 20th minute Levi Dangerfield was once again held up over the try line ten metres in from the left corner post after Levi Dangerfield had run to his left out of dummy half from close range.
Also in the 34th minute Levi Dangerfield ran to his left out of dummy half from five metres from his own try line with Levi Dangerfield breaking three tackles to get the ball twenty six metres out with at least 75% of the metres that Levi Dangerfield made being after he had made contact with the Jets defensive line.
Levi Dangerfield continued at fullback in Round Four against the Byron Bay Devils with Levi Dangerfield scoring in the 53rd minute when after receiving the ball two long passes to the left of the play the ball around ten metres out Levi Dangerfield pushed off two would be defenders to score in the left corner.
Levin Dangerfield added a line break in the 28th minute when after taking a Devils clearing kick on the full after a slight bobble three metres out from his own try line mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field, Levi Dangerfield ran to his left and carried the ball thirty metres down the left touchline.
Levi Dangerfield also recorded a line break assist in the 16th minute when to the right of the play the ball Levi Dangerfield produced a right arm flick off-load forty metres out from the try line with Cudgen scoring two passes later, primarily as a result of Levi Dangerfield’s off-load.
The 52nd minute saw Levi Dangerfield take possession two passes to the left of the play the ball three metres inside Byron Bay territory with Levi Dangerfield using a left arm fend to beat one tackle as Levi Dangerfield carried the ball to within twenty two metres of the try line.
Levi Dangerfield also had a strong match defensively including in the 14th minute when Levi Dangerfield stopped the Devils hooker from burrowing over from dummy half five metres in from the left corner post.
Then in the 22nd minute Levi Dangerfield produced a great one on one tackle after Byron Bay had made a line break ten metres out near the right touchline. Levi Dangerfield added a further good tackle in the 25th minute to prevent a try with Levi Dangerfield about to hold up the Devils player one on one mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Levi Dangerfield also started at fullback in Round Five against the Tweed Coast Raiders.
Levi Dangerfield then moved to right centre for Round Nine against the Lower Clarence Magpies with Levi Dangerfield making a strong run in the 6th minute down the right channel from thirty metres out with Levi Dangerfield getting to within ten metres of the try line before getting an off-load away.
Levi Dangerfield also made a line break in the 45th minute when after charging onto the ball to the left of a Hornets scrum win twenty two metres from his own try line, Levi Dangerfield continued to run to his left and utilised a right arm fend to get on the outside of the Lower Clarence right winger to charge down the left touchline before being tackled six metres inside Magpies territory.
Levi Dangerfield moved back to fullback in Round Ten against Northern United with Levi Dangerfield making a good kick return in the 33rd minute from eight metres out from his own try line to thirty four metres out after running to his left after taking possession of the ball on the right side of the field.
Levi Dangerfield also started at fullback in Round Eleven against the Mullumbimby Giants.
Levi Dangerfield then started at left second row in Round Sixteen against Tweed Coast Raiders with Levi Dangerfield scoring in the 4th minute by way of a three metre run to get the ball down next to the left upright after receiving an off-load from his right.
In the 11th minute from the left of the play the ball Levi Dangerfield brought the ball out from his own thirty metre mark to the forty two metre mark.
Levi Dangerfield made a strong tackle in the 13th minute with a driving effort on the Tweed Coast front rower No. 8 to force him back five metres in the centre of the field to thirty metres out from the try line. Then in the 15th minute Levi Dangerfield did even better to hold up the same Raiders player over the try line five metres to the left of the goal posts.
In late September 2022 Sam McAlister was named in the 2023 Burleigh Bears U18 MM Cup squad for the second season in a row with Sam McAlister starting in the front row in the Bears first 2023 MM Cup trial against the Souths Logan Magpies at the Annual Titans Super Saturday.
Sam McAlister also started in the front row in the Bears third and final trial against the Brisbane Tigers with Sam McAlister taking the opening kick-off the match from the Tigers kick-off.
Sam McAlister was named to start in the front row in Round One of the 2023 U18 Mal Meninga Cup competition for the Bears against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.
Sam McAlister also started in the front row in for Round Two against the Souths Logan Magpies with Sam McAlister taking the opening hit-up of the match off the kick-off.
Sam McAlister continued in the front row in Round Three against the Brisbane Tigers as well as in Round Four against the Norths Devils and Round Seven against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Sam McAlister making a strong kick-off return in the 6th minute to get the ball two metres over the twenty metre mark.
In the 10th minute along with Zac Kumbamong, Sam McAlister saved a try when they were able to prevent the Tweed Heads hooker from forcing his way over from dummy half from close range and three metres to the right of the uprights.
Round One of the 2023 GCRL U18 Division One competition saw Sam McAlister start in the front row for the Burleigh Bears against the Southport Tigers and Sam McAlister also started in the front row in Round Three against the Helensvale Hornets.
Sam McAlister also started in the front row in Round Four against the Currumbin Eagles with Sam McAlister scoring in the 51st minute from a six metre effort to the left of the play the ball with Sam McAlister getting the ball down under the posts.
Sam McAlister started from the bench in the Week Two Qualifying Final against the Southport Tigers and came onto the field in the 20th minute to play in the front row.
Sam McAlister did well along with Cooper Bai to grab one of the Tigers players who was trying to bring the ball off his own try line, to grab him five metres out and force him back into the in-goal to force a Southport goal line drop-out.
Sam McAlister also did well in the 42nd minute when whilst defending just out from his own try line Sam McAlister stuck out his left foot to block an attempted Tigers grubber into the in-goal and after the ball rebounded into the air Sam McAlister dived forward the retrieve the ball before it bounced to prevent any chance of any Southport player getting to the ball first.
The 2023 Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One Grand Final saw Sam McAlister start from the bench against the Currumbin Eagles with Sam McAlister coming onto the field to operate in the front row in the 23rd minute and in the 31st minute Sam McAlister made a strong kick-off return to get the second half underway to get the ball out to the twenty five metre mark after Burleigh had spun the ball from their right to the left where Sam McAlister received the ball.
Great to see the Northern Rivers Titans U16, U18 and U17 Development sides all winning their opening 2024 trial on the weekend against the Greater Northern Tigers.
TheGCBeagle
15-01-24, 12:28 PM
U18s came back from behind and were missing some big guns due to Sydney trials. U17s won easily and the u16s scored something like 9 tries to 3 after letting a couple in due to nerves in the first quarter. Still a bit rusty so completion rates should hopefully go up for next weeks trial against maitland in Coffs.
In late 2023 Blaine Adams was named in the New Era U13 side to play the U13 Velocity All Stars with Blaine Adams starting the match on the left wing.
In early November 2023 Payton-Trae Pakau was named in the Southside Titans U13 squad to play an U13 Velocity All Stars side with Payton-Trae Pakau starting the match at lock.
2023 saw Phoenix Seumanu play for Marsden SHS in the School Boy Bronco’s Old Boys competition.
2023 also saw Phoenix Seumanu play for the Met East School Boy U12 Rugby League Representative side at the Queensland Championships.
Phoenix Seumanu started at lock in Met East’s first match of the Championships against North West with Phoenix Seumanu scoring a powerhouse individual try in the 27th minute when after receiving the ball two passes to the right of the dummy half forty two metres from the try line, Phoenix Seumanu broke a staggering six tackles as he rumbled down the right channel to crash over to score in the right corner.
The 13th minute of the match saw Phoenix Seumanu charge onto the ball for a yardage carry from two passes to the left of the play the ball from seven metres out from his own try line with Phoenix Seumanu charging through the centre of the field to get the ball out to the thirty two metre mark with Phoenix Seumanu breaking four tackles with 70% of the metres gained being post contact.
Then in the 17th minute from the right of the play the ball Phoenix Seumanu ran an underneath route to propel the ball from twenty metres out from the try line to four metres out before getting a right arm off-load away to his right. Phoenix Seumanu rounded out a strong match in the 39th minute with a run from two passes to the left of the play the ball that saw Phoenix Seumanu carry the ball through the centre of the field from forty metres from the try line to twenty eight metres out.
Phoenix Seumanu also started at lock in Match Two against Capricornia with Phoenix Seumanu making a line break in the 9th minute from twenty metres from his own try line and two passes to the right of the paly the ball with Phoenix Seumanu breaking through the Capricornia defensive line and getting to within eight metres of the halfway mark before getting his right arm free and off-loading to his right.
In the 33rd minute from the left of the play the ball Phoenix Seumanu ran onto a pass to take possession of the ball five metres inside his own territory to get the ball eleven metres into Capricornia territory.
In the 8th minute Phoenix Seumanu showcased his defensive skills with a big tackle on his opposing lock twelve metres out from the try line in the centre of the field with Phoenix Seumanu’s heavy initial contact forcing a knock-on.
Phoenix Seumanu then started at lock in Match Three against the Darling Downs with Phoenix Seumanu charging onto the ball two passes to the left of the play the ball in the 13th minute and after receiving the ball on the halfway mark Phoenix Seumanu cut back to his right towards the centre of the field and broke four tackles as Phoenix Seumanu carried the ball eighteen metres downfield.
Then in the 40th minute Phoenix Seumanu cut back underneath his five eight to the right of the play the ball with Phoenix Seumanu carrying the ball from thirty seven metres out from the try line to just ten metres out.
Phoenix Seumanu continued at lock in Match Four against Northern with Phoenix Seumanu, in the 22nd minute able to promote the ball from six metres out from his own try line and to the right of the play the ball to thirty metres out and then get an off-load away to his right.
Phoenix Seumanu got his match underway when he returned the kick-off to the match out to the twenty one metre mark.
Phoenix Seumanu also started at lock in the Semi-final against South Coast with Phoenix Seamanu taking the second hit-up of the match from the left of the play the ball to carry the ball from five metres inside his own territory to five metres into South Coast territory.
Phoenix Seumanu then started at lock in the 3 v 4 play-off against Capricornia with Phoenix Seumanu scoring in the 31st minute when after charging onto the ball to the left of the play the ball and sixteen metres from the try line Phoenix Seumanu broke three tackles and carried three more across the try line to get the ball down four metres to the left of the goal posts.
2023 saw Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia play for Marsden SHS in the School Boy Rugby League Bronco’s Old Boys competition with Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia starting at halfback in all of Marsden SHS’s matches in that competition.
2023 also saw Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia start at halfback for the Met East School Boy U12 Rugby League Representative side at the Queensland Championships with Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia subsequently named in the Queensland School Boy U12 Rugby League side.
Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia started at halfback in Met East’s first match of the Queensland U12 Championships against North West with Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia putting on a clinic including scoring himself, recording three try assists and a line break assist amongst other exceptional moments in the match.
Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia scored in the 37th minute when after receiving a long pass from his right, Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia had an uninterrupted twenty six metre run to the try line to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia recorded his initial try assist in the 7th minute when after running the ball down a left blindside from six metres inside his own territory to seven metres into North West territory Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia threw a well weighted pass to his left left centre who raced away to score in the left corner.
Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia added a second try assist in the 18th minute when Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia held up his pass right at the defensive line to put his left centre over to score once again ten metres in from the left corner post.
Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia recorded his third try assist in the 33rd minute with a long cut-out pass to his left from twelve metres out from the try line to put his fullback ***amanu Misa over to score ten metres in from the left corner post.
Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia recorded his line break assist in the 33rd minute when after running the ball to the right of the dummy half from forty eight metres from the try line to forty metres out, Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia brought a runner back underneath him being John Timoteo who ran through the resultant gap.
Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia also started at halfback in Match Two against Capricornia and in the 33rd minute from the left of the play the ball and forty metres from the try line Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia dummied to his left before running the ball himself through the centre of the field to get the ball to twenty eight metres out.
Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia then started at halfback in Match Three against the Darling Downs with Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia recording a try assist in the 10th minute when to the left of the play the ball and ten metres from the try line Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia held the pass up before leading his left second rower onto the ball with Murrie Harrmann then crashing over to score ten metres to the left of the goal posts.
Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia continued at halfback in Match Four against Northern with Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia scoring in the 6th minute with a simultaneous dummy to his left and a left foot step from the left of the play the ball eight metres in front of the right goal post with Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia then able to burst between two defenders to get the ball down next to the right goal post.
Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia also started at halfback in the Semi-final against South Coast with Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia scoring in the 18th minute when from the right of the play the ball and eight metres out from the ty line, Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia dummied to his right and after pushing away from one defender, Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia engaged a second defender and gained separation from him by way of a clockwise spin to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.
Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia then started at halfback in the 3 v 4 play-off against Capricornia
In late 2023 Cavell Tuilaepa was named in the Coomera Chiefs 2024 U16 Boys Oztag team for the 2024 Queensland State Oztag Championships.
In late 2023 Rico Ford was named in the New Era U13 side to play the U13 Velocity All Stars with Rico Ford starting at five eight and recording a try assist in the 17th minute when after taking possession of the ball to the left of the dummy half twelve metres from the try line, Rico Ford ran the ball to within eight metres of the try line before throwing a cut-out pass to his left to put his left centre over to score in the corner.
In late 2023 Blaine Adams was named in the Coomera Chiefs 2024 U14 Boys Oztag team for the 2024 Queensland State Oztag Championships.
Young hooker Sam Moorley from Elanora State School was selected at hooker in the 2023 South Coast U12 School Boys Rugby League Representative side for the Queensland Championships.
In South Coast’s first match of the Championships on Day One against Northern Sam Moorley started at hooker and made a line break in the 21st minute when after running out of dummy half to his left from four metres inside his own territory Sam Moorley cut straight through the heart of the Northern defensive line and after rounding the fullback Sam Moorley was dragged to ground seventeen metres short of the try line.
Earlier in the 12th minute Sam Moorley ran out of dummy half to his left from ten metres out from his own try line and ran through the centre of the field to get the ball to twenty five metres out.
Sam Moorley also started at hooker in Match Two against South West.
Sam Moorley continued at hooker in Match Three against the Sunshine Coast with Sam Moorley recording a try assist in the 9th minute when with the play the ball less than a metre from the try line and directly in front of the goal posts, Sam Moorley ran to his left out of dummy half and passed back to his right to Jasiah Ioane who speared over to score under the posts.
Sam Moorley also started at hooker in Match Four against Peninsula with Sam Moorley running out of dummy half to his right in the 26th minute to carry the ball from the forty metre mark to halfway.
Sam Moorley also started at hooker in the Semi-final against Met East with Sam Moorley recording a try assist in the 15th minute when with the play the ball less than a metre from the try lien and in front of the posts Sam Moorley ran to his right before passing back inside to a hard charging Jasiah Ioane who speared over to score under the posts.
In the 26th minute Sam Moorley ran to his right out of dummy half from twenty two metres from the try line to ten metres out before being tackled directly in front of the goal posts.
Sam Moorley did well defensively in the 36th minute when along with Blaine Adams, Sam Moorley was able to hold up the giant Met East left second rower over the ty line four metres to the right of the goal posts.
Sam Moorley then started the 2023 Queensland U12 School Boy Rugby League Championship Final at hooker against Northern with Sam Moorley running to his right out of dummy half in the 24th minute to get the ball from forty one metres from the try line to twenty nine metres out.
In late 2023 Noah Te Kiri was named in the Coomera Chiefs 2024 U14 Boys Oztag team for the 2024 Queensland State Oztag Championships.
In late 2023 Cooper Buchanan was selected in the Tweed Coast Giants Oztag U14 side for the 2024 Queensland Oztag U14 State Cup.
In late 2023 Fabion Cowan was named in the Coomera Chiefs 2024 U15 Boys Oztag team for the 2024 Queensland State Oztag Championships.
2023 saw Murrie Herrmann play for Marsden SHS in the School Boy Rugby League Bronco’s Old Boys competition with Murrie Herrmann starting in the second row in all of Marsden SHS’s matches but Murrie Herrmann started from the bench in the Grand Final against Mabel Park SHS and in October 2023 Murrie Herrmann was named on the bench in the 2023 Marsden SHS School Boy Rugby League Team of the Year.
2023 also saw Murrie Herrmann start in the second row for the Met East School Boy U12 Rugby League Representative side at the Queensland U12 Championships with Murrie Herrmann subsequently named in the Queensland School Boy U12 Rugby League side for the National U12 School Boy Rugby League Championships.
Murrie Herrmann started at left second row in Met East’s first match of the Queensland U12 Championships against North West and scored a barnstorming try in the 14th minute when after taking possession of the ball two passes to the left of the play the ball and thirty three metres from the try line, Murrie Herrmann executed four powerful right arm fends in a row to get rid of four North West defenders to cross the try line wide out on the left with Murrie Herrmann then brining the ball around to put it down under the posts.
In the 4th minute Murrie Herrmann ran onto the ball to the left of the dummy half and was able to carry the ball from five metres inside his own territory to seven metres into North West territory. Then in the 21st minute e Herrmann ran an underneath route to the left of the play the ball from three metres inside North West territory and broke two tackles as Murrie Herrmann got the ball to thirty two metres from the try line. The after being awarded a penalty for a high tackle, Murrie Herrmann ran the ball from the subsequent restart to make an additional twenty metres before being tackled twelve metres out in front of the goal posts.
Murrie Herrmann continued at left second row and was easily the best player on the field in a last minute come from behind Met East victory.
Murrie Herrmann made a line break in the 37th minute with a powerhouse charge through the heart of the Capricornia defensive line from two passes to the left of the play the ball with Murrie Herrmann receiving the ball ten metres inside his own territory and breaking five tackles as Murrie Herrmann carried the ball sixteen metres inside Capricornia territory.
Murrie Herrmann’s great match commenced in just the 2nd minute with an effort that saw him run the ball from eight metres inside his own territory to six metres into Capricornia territory. Then in the 4th minute from a Met East penalty restart Murrie Herrmann was able to get the ball from eight metres inside his own territory to ten metres into Capricornia territory.
The 5th minute then saw Murrie Herrmann run onto the ball to the left of the dummy half from twenty five metres to within four metres of the try line however Murrie Herrmann’s off-load to his left unfortunately went to ground. Murrie Herrmann followed up in the 19th minute with a run down the left channel that saw Murrie Herrmann promote the ball from the forty five metre mark to within thirty metres of the try line.
The 22nd minute saw Murrie Herrmann carry the ball from thirty eight metres from the try line to with eight metres after running onto the ball to the left of the dummy half and breaking four tackles. Two minutes later in the 24th minute Murrie Herrmann, after running onto the ball two passes to the left of the dummy half got within two metres of the try line after Murrie Herrmann broke four tackles in his run from twenty six metres out.
Murrie Herrmann rounded out a great match in the 33rd minute from a Met East penalty restart with Murrie Herrmann able to get the ball from thirty two metres from his own try line to within three metres of the halfway mark.
Murrie Herrmann also started at left second row in Match Three against the Darling Downs with Murrie Herrmann once again having a big match including scoring twice in another Met East victory.
Murrie Herrmann scoring the first of his two tries in the 10th minute as a result of a straight hard charge from ten metres out off a pass from his right from his halfback with Murrie Herrmann getting the ball down ten metres to the left of the goal posts.
Murrie Herrmann completed his double in the 26th minute when after receiving the ball twelve metres from the try line and to the left of the dummy half, Murrie Herrmann cut back to his right and burst through five attempted tackles to get the ball down mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.
In the 14th minute after running the ball down the left channel Murrie Herrmann carried the ball to twenty eight metres out from his own try line after starting his run just ten metres out.
Murrie Herrmann continued at left second row in Match Four against Northern with Murrie Herrmann scoring in the 35th minute with a big charge from a Met East penalty restart six metres from the try line with Murrie Herrmann crashing through multiple defenders to get the ball down ten metres to the right of the goal posts.
In the 38th minute from twenty two metres from the try line and two passes to the left of the play the ball Murrie Herrmann charged through the centre of the field to get within five metres of the try line. Earlier Murrie Herrmann had taken of the fifth hit-up of the match to carry the ball from forty metres from his own try line to two metres into Northern territory.
Murrie Herrmann also started at left second row in the Semi-final against South Coast with Murrie Herrmann coming close to scoring in the 36th minute only to be held up over the try line five metres to the right of the goal posts after a ten metre charge from a penalty restart.
Murrie Herrmann earlier made a strong run in the 8th minute from a restart on the halfway mark to carry the ball fifteen metres downfield, breaking three tackles along the way.
Murrie Herrmann then started at left second row in the 3 v 4 play-off against Capricornia with Murrie Herrmann running an underneath route to the left of the play the ball in the 13th minute to carry the ball from forty two metres from the try line to thirty metres out. Then in the 20th minute from the left of the play the abll Murrie Herrmann charged from forty six metres to thirty three metres out with Murrie Herrmann then able to get a left arm flick off-load away to his left.
Murrie Herrmann then followed up with a strong run two passes to the left of the play the ball in the 34th minute to carry the ball from twenty metres out from his own try line to thirty four metres out.
In late 2023 Xavier Takatainga was named in the Coomera Chiefs 2024 U15 Boys Oztag team for the 2024 Queensland State Oztag Championships.
In late 2023 Triston Sauaga was named in the New Era U13 side to play the U13 Velocity All Stars with Triston Sauaga starting the match in the front row and in the 42nd minute Triston Sauaga made probably the best of his multiple strong runs in the match when after charging onto the ball to the left of the play the ball Triston Sauaga produced a strong yardage carry which saw him carry the ball from twenty three metres out from his own try line to thirty seven metres out.
In late 2023 Leison Malu was named in the Coomera Chiefs 2024 U14 Boys Oztag team for the 2024 Queensland State Oztag Championships.
In late 2023 Tipene Moyes was named in the New Era U13 side to play the U13 Velocity All Stars with Tipene Moyes starting the match at left second row.
Tipene Moyes produced a strong run in the 7th minute to make seventeen metres down the left channel and break two tackles to carry the ball to within twenty three metres of the try line.
Tipene Moyes also executed a test book big tackle in the 23rd minute with a driving right shoulder tackle in the centre of the field and thirty five metres from the try line.
In late 2023 Koby Stone was selected in the Tweed Coast Giants Oztag U14 side for the 2024 Queensland Oztag U14 State Cup.
In late 2023 Noah Te Kiri was named in the New Era U13 side to play the U13 Velocity All Stars with Noah Te Kiri starting the match at lock with Noah Te Kiri coming close to scoring in the 36th minute after running out of dummy half to his left from close range only to be held up over the try line four metres to the right of the goal posts.
Noah Te Kiri ran onto the ball to the right of the play the ball in the 21st minute to carry the ball from twenty two metres from his try line to thirty three metres out. Then in the 38th minute from the right of the play the ball Noah Te Kiri stepped off his left foot as he approached the All Stars defensive line and as a consequence was able to run the ball from twenty two metres from the try line to eight metres out.
Also in the 46th minute after taking possession of the ball to the left of the play the ball Noah Te Kiri executed a yardage carry that saw he promote the ball from seventeen metres out from his own try line to twenty eight metres out.
Noah Te Kiri did well defensively in the 3rd minute when he rushed up in defence and executed a big hit on the All Stars No. 10 in the centre of the field and fifteen metres from the try line.
In late 2023 Rico Ford was named in the Coomera Chiefs 2024 U14 Boys Oztag team for the 2024 Queensland State Oztag Championships.
In August 2023 Kyanu Seuili was named in the South Queensland Māori U14 Teina Representative squad.
In late 2023 Kyanu Seuili was named in the New Era U13 side to play the U13 Velocity All Stars with Kyanu Seuili starting the match in the front row.
In May 2023 Kyanu Seuili was named in the Brisbane Junior Rugby U14 Representative squad.
At the conclusion of the 2023 School Boy Rugby League season Kyanu Seuili was named on the bench in the 2023 Ipswich SHS School Boy Rugby League Team of the Year.
2023 saw Jasiah Ioane play for Keebra Park SHS in the School Boy Bronco’s Old Boys competition with Jasiah Ioane starting in the front row in all of Keebra Park SHS’s matches including their semi-final.
At the 2023 Keebra Park SHS Sports Specialisation Awards Presentation Jasiah Ioane was named in the front row in the 2023 Keebra Park SHS School Boy Rugby League Team of the Season.
2023 also saw Jasiah Ioane start in the front row for the South Coast School Boy U12 Rugby League Representative side at the Queensland Championships with Jasiah Ioane subsequently named in the Queensland School Boy U12 Rugby League side.
In South Coast’s first match of the Championships on Day One against Northern Jasiah Ioane was a young man on a mission in the early minutes of the match with a number of big hits in defence.
In the 17th minute from two passes to the right of the play the ball Jasiah Ioane made a strong yardage carry which saw Jasiah Ioane promote the ball from ten metres out from his own try lien to twenty five metres out. Then in the 38th minute Jasiah Ioane ran onto the ball to the left of a South Coast restart on the halfway mark and broke three tackles as Jasiah Ioane carried the ball to within twenty five metres of the try line.
Jasiah Ioane also started in the front row in Match Two against South West with Jasiah Ioane scoring a double.
Jasiah Ioane scored the first of his two tries in the 31st minute with a charge from two passes to the left of the play the ball from fourteen metres out with Jasiah Ioane executing a right foot step to wrong foot one defender before crashing through two attempted tackles to get the ball down four metres to the right of the goal posts.
Jasiah Ioane added a second try four minutes later in the 35th minute with a twelve metre charge from a South Coast penalty restart to crash over to score five metres to the right of the goal posts. In fact it was a big run from Jasiah Ioane that got the penalty for South Coast when from forty two metres from the try line Jasiah Ioane burst onto the ball to the left of the play the ball with Jasiah Ioane breaking five tackles as he rumbled through the centre of the field before being awarded the penalty for being held down too long by the South West defenders.
Earlier in the match in the 17th minute from two passes to the left of the play the ball Jasiah Ioane made a strong yardage carry that saw him promote the ball from sixteen metres out from his own try line to thirty seven metres out with Jasiah Ioane then able to get an off-load away to his left to Mason Szerszyn.
Jasiah Ioane also started in the front row in Match Three against the Sunshine Coast with Jasiah Ioane scoring a double for the second match in a row.
Jasiah Ioane scored the first of his two tries in the 3rd minute when as soon as Jasiah Ioane took the ball twelve metres out from the try line and two passes to the left of the play the ball Jasiah Ionae was hit by one of the Sunshine Coast front rowers, Jasiah Ioane ran of the top of him before pushing away from a second before Jasiah Ioane burst through five would be defenders to get the ball down ten metres to the right of the goal posts.
Jasiah Ioane completed his double in the 9th minute in the 9th minute when with the play the ball less than a metre from the try line and directly in front of the goal posts, Sam Moorley ran to his left out of dummy half and passed back to his right to Jasiah Ioane who speared over to score under the posts.
Jasiah Ioane continued in the front row in Match Four against Peninsula with Jasiah Ioane running onto the ball to the left of the dummy half in the 21st minute to carry the ball from twenty seven metres out from his own try line to forty one metres out with Jasiah Ioane then able to get an off-load away to his left. Then in the 31st minute from two passes to the right of the play the ball and thirty metres from his try line Jasiah Ioane was able to carry the ball to within three metres of the halfway mark.
Jasiah Ioane also started in the front row in the Semi-final against Met East with Jasiah Ioane scoring in the 15th minute when Jasiah Ioane burst over from close range off a Sam Moorley run to his right out of dummy half and an inside ball to Jasiah Ioane who crashed over to get the ball down under the posts.
In the 4th minute of the match from a Met East penalty restart Jasiah Ioane broke a tackle as he carried the ball from eleven metres out from his own try line to twenty three metres out. Then in the 32nd minute from a restart in the centre of the halfway mark Jasiah Ioane made ten metres before being awarded a tackle for being held down. Jasiah Ioane then ran the ball from the subsequent penalty restart and was able to make a further ten metres before getting a left arm off-load away to Sam Moorley.
Jasiah Ioane then started the 2023 Queensland U12 School Boy Rugby League Championship Final in the front row against Northern with the first of a number of strong runs by Jasiah Ioane coming in the 5th minute with an effort from two passes to the right of the play the ball that saw Jasiah Ioane carry the ball from forty metres from the try line to twenty eight metres out.
The 10th minute saw Jasiah Ioane run onto the ball from a halfway restart and after bumping off one would be defender Jasiah Ioane got the ball to the forty metre mark before being awarded a penalty. Jasiah Ioane then made a further ten metres from the subsequent penalty restart. Then in the 18th minute Jasiah Ioane ran onto the ball to the right of the play the ball and was able to carry the ball from twenty metres to five metres from the try line breaking three tackles over the journey.
Mason Szerszyn is a PBC SHS student who was named in the 2023 South Coast School Boy Rugby league U12 Representative and started at left centre in South Coast’s first match of the 2023 Queensland U12 School Boy Rugby League Championships against Northern.
Mason Szerszyn made a line break in the 13th minute when after collecting a Northern clearing kick twenty five metres from his own try line near the left touchline, Mason Szerszyn ran the ball towards the centre fo the field and after bursting through the centre of the Northern defensive line Mason Szerszyn charged downfield before being brought to ground twenty metres out from the try line.
Mason Szerszyn also started at left centre in Match Two against South West with Mason Szerszyn scoring a double in another big South Coast victory.
Mason Szerszyn scored his initial try in the 9th minute with a six metre run to put the ball down ten metres in from the left corner post after receiving a pass from his inside from Fabion Pese.
Mason Szerszyn then scored his second try in the 13th minute with a comfortable five metre run to put the ball down in the left corner after receiving an off-load from his inside from Blaine Adams.
Mason Szerszyn also made a line break in the 13th minute when from a twenty metre tap restart Mason Szerszyn was able to step his way to five metres inside South West territory.
Mason Szerszyn made a second line break in the 26th minute when after receiving an off-load from his right thirty seven metres from the try line, Mason Szerszyn ran down the left touchline and when he was twenty two metres from the try line, Mason Szerszyn cut inside by way of a left foot step to beat the fullback before being caught from behind six metres from the try line.
Mason Szerszyn then started on the left wing in Match Three against the Sunshine Coast with Mason Szerszyn making a strong run in the 20th minute when after receiving a pass from his right, Mason Szerszyn ran down the left touchline from thirty eight metres from the try line before cutting back inside off the left wing towards the centre of the field by way of six left foot steps with Mason Szerszyn getting to within seven metres of the try line with Mason Szerszyn then awarded a penalty after being held down too long in the tackle by the Sunshine Coast defenders.
Mason Szerszyn continued on the left wing in Match Four against Peninsula with Mason Szerszyn scoring twice in another South Coast victory.
Mason Szerszyn scored his opening try in the 13th minute when after picking up a cut-out pass from the centre of the field from Blaine Adams on the first bounce, Mason Szerszyn outpaced the Peninsula cover defence in a race to score in the left corner.
Mason Szerszyn scored his second try in the 32nd minute when he took an attacking high kick to his wing from Jesse Black on the full three metres out and have an easy time moving forward to put the ball down six metres in from the left corner post.
Mason Szerszyn can unbelievably close to making it a hat trick in the last minute of the match when after chasing through an attacking kick towards the left touchline, Mason Szerszyn toe’d the ball forward off the ground twice into the in-goal and dived full length to ground the ball but the referee ruled that Mason Szerszyn grounded the ball on the dead ball line and disallowed what would have been Mason Szerszyn’s hat trick.
Mason Szerszyn also made a line break in the 13th minute with a run down the left touchline after receiving a pass from his right thirty three metres out. After running about twelve metres down the left touchline, Mason Szerszyn cut inside off his left foot and then just kept stepping off his left foot to get the ball to within fourteen metres of the try line and to the right of the goal posts.
Mason Szerszyn also started on the left wing in the Semi-final against Met East with Mason Szerszyn making a line break in the 12th minute down the left touchline from twenty metres out from the try line after being put away by Blaine Adams with Mason Szerszyn being forced into touch just three metres short of the left corner post.
Mason Szerszyn made another good run in the 25th minute when after receiving the ball on the left touchline thirty two metres from the try line, Mason Szersztn immediately stepped inside off his left foot and then executed a left arm fend to beat his opposing winger with Mason Szerszyn then stepping off his left foot on five occasions, beating a defender each time before straightening up and being tackled twenty metres out and to the right of the goal posts.
Mason Szerszyn then started the 2023 Queensland U12 School Boy Rugby League Championship Final at left centre against Northern.
2023 saw Fabian Pese play for Keebra Park SHS in the School Boy Bronco’s Old Boys competition with Fabian Pese starting at five eight in all of Keebra Park SHS’s matches, however Round Six against Stretton State College saw Fabian Pese start at lock with Fabian Pese also starting at lock in their semi-final.
2023 also saw Fabian Pese start at five eight for the South Coast School Boy U12 Rugby League Representative side at the Queensland Championships with Fabian Pese subsequently named in the Queensland School Boy U12 Rugby League side.
In South Coast’s first match of the Championships on Day One against Northern with Fabian Pese starting at five eight and scoring a double in a big first up victory for South Coast.
Fabian Pese scored his first try in the 5th minute when after taking possession of the ball twenty two metres out and to the left of the play the ball, Fabian Pese stepped inside off his left foot to break through the defensive line with Fabian Pese veering to his left and after outpacing the Northern fullback Fabian Pese dived over to score four metres to the left of the goal posts. Fabian Pese then was able to convert his own try.
Fabian Pese completed his double in the 21st minute with a with a fourteen metre burst down the right touchline to score in the right corner after receiving a great right arm flick off-load from his inside from Blaine Adams.
Fabion Pese also started at five eight in Match Two against South West with Fabion Pese scoring in the 3rd minute when after receiving the ball six metres out from the try line and to the left of the play the ball, Fabian Pese stepped twice off his left foot and once off his right to step his way past multiple defenders to score ten metres to the left of the goal posts.
Fabion Pese also recorded a try assist in the 9th minute with a cut out pass to his left from six metres out to put his left centre Mason Szerszyn over to score wide out on the left.
Fabian Pese also started at five eight in Match Three against the Sunshine Coast with Fabian Pese forcing a Sunshine Coast goal line drop-out in just the 2nd minute of the match when after taking possession of the ball twenty metres from the try line and to the left of the play the ball, Fabian Pese paused before turning to face the right touchline and off a step put in a right foot chip towards the left corner with the ball coming down a metre from the try line with the Sunshine Coast left winger who caught the ball on full forced back into the in-goal area.
Fabian Pese also started at five eight in Match Four against Peninsula.
Fabian Pese also started at five eight in the Semi-final against Met East with Fabian Pese scoring in the 27th minute when after taking possession of the ball to the left of the dummy half when eight metres out from the try line, Fabian Pese dummied to his left before stepping off his left foot to beat two defenders. Fabian Pese was tripped from behind after stepping inside but quickly got back to his feet and after continuing to run to his right Fabian Pese carried two more defenders over the try line with him get the ball down three metres to the right of the goal posts.
Fabian Pese then started the 2023 Queensland U12 School Boy Rugby League Championship Final at five eight against Northern.
In 2023 Leison Malu attended Mabel Park playing in the Broncos Old Boys School Boy Rugby League competition including starting at halfback and captain in Mabel Park SHS’s 32 – 10 Grand Final victory against Marsden SHS.
In August 2023 Leison Malu was named in the South Queensland Māori U14 Teina Rugby League Representative squad and was subsequently named in the Queensland Māori U14 Teina squad.
2023 also saw Leison Malu selected in the Queensland Samoa U14 representative side for the 2023 QPICC Carnival with Lerison Malu named at halfback in Round One against PEGA U14 Invitational with Leison Maul kicking two conversions in a solid Qld Samoa 26 – 6 first up victory.
Leison Malu also started at halfback in Round Two against the Cooks Islands with Leison Malu kicked three conversions from as many attempts in an 18 – 10 Queensland Samoa victory.
Leison Malu then started from the bench in Round Three against Queensland PNG before starting at five eight in Round Four against Queensland Māori.
Leison Malu also started at five eight in Queensland Samoa’s Semi-Final against Queensland Niue with Leison Malu kicking two conversions as Samoa progressed to the Grand Final.
The 2023 QPICC U16 Grand Final saw Leison Malu start at five eight for Queensland Samoa against the Cook Island in a tough 10 – 4 Grand Final loss.
Leison Malu finished the 2023 QPICC Carnival as the U14 Division’s fifth leading points scorer with fourteen points.
In late 2023 Leison Malu was named in the New Era U13 side to play the U13 Velocity All Stars with Leison Malu starting the match at halfback.
In late 2023 Leison Malu was named in the Coomera Chiefs 2024 U14 Boys Oztag team for the 2024 Queensland State Oztag Championships.
In May 2023 Leison Malu was named in the Brisbane Junior Rugby U13 Representative squad.
Jesse Black is a young halfback from PBC SHS who was selected at halfback in the 2023 South Coast U12 School Boys Rugby League Representative side for the Queensland Championships.
In South Coast’s first match of the Championships on Day One against Northern Jesse Black started at halfback and operated on the right side of the field for South Coast in their first up victory.
Jesse Black recorded a try assist in just the 2nd minute of the match when after receiving the ball from his left from the dummy half twelve metres from the try line Jesse Black ran at the Northern defensive line with the ball in two hands in front of his body and near the defensive line Jesse Black held the ball up before putting his right second rower Kane Buchanan through a gap with a short pass to his right for Kane Buchanan to score ten metres to the right of the goal posts.
Jesse Black also started at halfback in Match Two against South West with Jesse Black scoring in the 40th minute when after taking possession of the ball to the right of the dummy half thirty six metres from the try line but still to the left of the centre of the field Jesse Black dummied to his right before slicing between two defenders. Jesse Black then stepped off his right foot to beat the fullback and race away to dive over to score five metres to the left of the goal posts.
Jesse Blake also started at halfback in Match Three against the Sunshine Coast with Jesse Black scoring in the 36th minute with a six metre run after slicing between two defenders after taking possession to the left of the play the ball and dummying to his left with Jesse Black diving over to score ten metres in from the left corner post.
Jesse Black continued at halfback in Match Four against Peninsula with Jesse Black recording a try assist in the 32nd minute when from the left of the play the ball and sixteen metres out from the try line near centre field, Jesse Black put in a right foot chip kick to his left which was caught on the full by Mason Szerszyn three metres out from the try line and got the ball down six metres in from the left corner post.
Jesse Black also started at halfback in the Semi-final against Met East with Jesse Black recording a try assist in the 34th minute when after taking possession of the ball to the right of the play the ball and eight metres out from the try line Jesse Black put in a right foot cross kick towards the right corner with the South Coast right winger catching the ball on the full to score in the right corner as a result.
Jesse Black also put in a good kick in the 22nd minute with a right foot bomb from twenty metres out that was dropped by the Met East right winger with South Coast recovering the ball in very good field position.
Jesse Black then started the 2023 Queensland U12 School Boy Rugby League Championship Final at halfback against Northern with Jesse Black recording a try assist in the 18th minute when Jesse Black ran the ball at the defensive line from twelve metres out and to the left of the play the ball before throwing an inside pass to Beau Windus who was able to force his way over to score under the posts.
The 29th minute saw Jesse Black making a stepping run from the right of the play the ball and as a result Jesse Black was able to get the ball a metre into Northern territory after running the ball when still ten metres inside his own territory.
In 2023 Tyson Tai lined up for Logan Brothers in the BJRL U13 Division One competition with Tyson Tai starting the majority of his matches at hooker although Tyson Tai started at lock in Round Four against Redcliffe and at five eight in Week One of the Finals also against the Redcliffe Dolphins.
In the 2023 BJRL U13 Division One competition Tyson Tai scored ten tries and kicked twenty conversions for an individual points haul of sixty points.
Tyson Tai scored a hat trick in Round Nine against Carina and also scored doubles in Round Eleven against Redcliffe and Round Twelve against the Albany Creek Crushers. Tyson Tai also scored in Round One against Greenbank, Round Eight against the Norths Devils and Round Thirteen against the Souths Acacia Ridge Magpies.
Tyson Tai also kicked six conversions against Souths in Round Six, four conversions in Round Eight against Norths and kicked two conversions on three occasions being against Greenbank in Round One, Carina in Round Nine and Easts in Round Ten.
In May 2023 Tyson Tai was named in the Brisbane Junior Rugby U14 Representative squad.
In late 2023 Tyson Tai was named in the New Era U13 side to play the U13 Velocity All Stars with Tyson Tai coming off the bench mid-way through the first half.
2023 saw Blaine Adams play for Keebra Park SHS in the School Boy Bronco’s Old Boys competition with Blaine Adams starting at halfback in all of Keebra Park SHS’s matches including their semi-final.
At the 2023 Keebra Park SHS Sports Specialisation Awards Presentation Blaine Adams was named at five eight in the 2023 Keebra Park SHS School Boy Rugby League Team of the Season with Blaine Adams also being named the 2023 Year Seven Most Valuable Player. Blaine Adams was also named the 2023 Keebra Park SHS Junior Sportsman of the Year.
2023 also saw Blaine Adams start at fullback for the South Coast School Boy U12 Rugby League Representative side at the Queensland Championships with Blaine Adams subsequently named in the Queensland School Boy U12 Rugby League side.
In South Coast’s first match of the Championships on Day One against Northern Blaine Adams recorded a 21st minute try assist when after receiving the ball to the right of the dummy half Blaine Adams ran the ball to within twelve metres of the try line and after engaging one defender Blaine Adams got a great right arm flick off-load away to his right to send Fabian Pese away down the right touchline to dive to score in the right corner.
In the 18th minute after receiving an off-load thirty metres from his own try line Blaine Adams cut through the centre of the field as he carried the ball to three metres inside Northern territory. Then in the 19th minute after fielding a Northern kick on the full eighteen metres out from his own try line and ten metres in from the left touchline, Blaine Adams ran the ball back towards the centre of the field and after straightening up Blaine Adams broke three tackles as he got the ball to the halfway mark.
Blaine Adams also started at fullback in Match Two against South West with Blaine Adams with Blaine Adams scoring a try, setting one up and also making a line break.
Blaine Adams scored in the 21st minute when after receiving the ball from an off-load ten metres out from the try line in front of the goal posts, Blaine Adams ran to his right then stepped off his right foot to straightened up and after bursting through two would be defenders Blaine Adams got the ball down eight metres to the right of the goal posts.
Blaine Adamas recorded his try assist in the 13th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the dummy half and thirty six metres from the try line, Blaine Adams stood up his opposing defender before beating him on his outside with Blaine Adams then charging downfield before drawing the fullback and passing to his left to Mason Szerszyn who put the ball down in the left corner.
Blaine Adams also made a line break in the 30th minute with a staggering run that saw Blaine Adamas break eight tackles. After receiving the ball two passes to the left of the play the ball twenty five metres from his own try line near the left touchline, Blaine Adams ran back towards the centre of the field and through sheer strength and power beat tackle after tackle before being brought to ground thirteen metres from the try line near the right touchline.
In the 7th minute Blaine Adams after retrieving a South West clearing kick twenty two metres from his own try line and in the centre of the field ran to his left to get the ball thirty eight metres out from his own try line before being awarded a penalty after being hit by a high tackle.
Blaine Adams also started at fullback in Match Three against the Sunshine Coast and in the 35th minute after taking a Sunshine Coast clearing kick on the full thirty eight metres from his own try line Blaine Adams returned the kick through the centre of the field and ran forty seven metres downfield before being tackled just fifteen metres out from the try line.
Blaine Adams continued at fullback in Match Four against Peninsula with Blaine Adams recording a try assist in the 13th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the play the ball ten metres out from the try line but still on the left side of the field, Blaine Adams continued to run to his left and when he got in front of the posts Blaine Adams threw a long high cut-out pass to his left which found Mason Szerszyn on the first bounce with Mason Szerszyn beating the Peninsula cover defence to score in the left corner.
Blaine Adams also started at fullback in the Semi-final against Met East with Blaine Adams making a line break in the 5th minute when after chiming into the South Coast backline to the left of the play the ball forty metres from the try line Blaine Adams dummied to his left before going through the resultant gap to charge down the left touchline. Blaine Adams stepped off his left foot to beat the Met East fullback before being caught from behind less than a metre from the try line and five metres to the left of the goal posts.
Blaine Adams also recorded a line break assist in the 12th minute when after taking possession of the ball to the left of the dummy half, Blaine Adams threw a long high cut-out pass to his left from twenty metres out to Mason Szerszyn who raced down the left touchline only to be taken into touch three metres out from the left corner post.
Blaine Adams did well defensively in the 36th minute when along with Sam Moorley, Blaine Adams was able to hold up the giant Met East left second rower over the try line four metres to the right of the goal posts.
Blaine Adams had also done well defensively earlier in the match in the 18th minute when after racing to his left Blaine Adams was able to hold up the Met East winger over the try line in the corner to prevent him from scoring.
Blaine Adams then started the 2023 Queensland U12 School Boy Rugby League Championship Final at fullback against Northern with Blaine Adams recording a try assist in the 12th minute when from the centre of the field and around twelve metres from the try line Blaine Adams threw a long cut-out pass to his left to his left winger who was able to dart over to score nine metres in from the left corner post.
In late 2023 Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia was named in the New Era U12 side to play the U12 Velocity All Stars with Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia starting the match as captain and halfback.
Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia recorded a line break assist in the 49th minute when after running the ball to the left of the dummy half to the halfback mark Te Aoturoa Pirangi-Pokaia threw a cut-out pass to his left to put his winger away down the left touchline.
In late 2023 Fabian Pese was named in the New Era U12 side to play the U12 Velocity All Stars with Fabian Pese starting the match at five eight.
Fabian Pese made a line break in the 13th minute when after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball forty metres from the try line Fabian Pese dummied to his right before slicing between two defenders to carry the ball to twenty metres from the try line before being tackled by the fullback.
Fabain Pese also made a strong tackle on his opposite number in the 38th minute with Fabian Pese’s heavy initial contact forcing his opponent backwards to forty metres from the try line.
In late 2023 Mason Szerszyn was named in the New Era U12 side to play the U12 Velocity All Stars with Mason Szerszyn starting the match on the right wing before moving to fullback in the second half.
Mason Szerszyn made a good kick return in the 48th minute when after taking an All Stars clearing kick on the full on the centre of the field and thirty five metres out from his try line Mason Szerszyn ran to his left to get the ball to within five metres of the halfway mark.
Mason Szerszyn stood up well defensively against the All Stars with a number of try saving tackles whislt operating at fullback including in the 31st minut with a one on one tackle in space when operating at fullback in the 31st minute with Mason Szerszyn bringing down the All Stars left winger after he had tried to beat Mason Szerszyn down the touchline.
Then in the 38th minute when confronted by an All Stars line break also with support runners Mason Szerszyn stayed in the inside of the All Stars player who had made the line break with Mason Szerszyn then transitioning to the support runner after the ball was passed to him with Mason Szerszyn bringing down the left winger three metres from the right corner post.
Mason Szerszyn followed up with another one on one tackle in open space on the All Stars left winger in the 40th minute ten metres from the try line after a line break with Mason Szerszyn able to force a knock on after he had targeted the area around the ball with his tackle.
In late 2023 Jasiah Ioane was named in the New Era U12 side to play the U12 Velocity All Stars with Jasiah Ioane starting the match in the front row with Jasiah Ioane making the fourth hit-up of the match to carry the ball from thirty six metres from his own try line to the halfway mark after running onto the ball to the right of the play the ball.
In the 15th minute from a New Era penalty restart Jasiah Ioane ran the ball from thirty two metres from the try line to the forty four metre mark. Then in the 35th minute after taking possession of the ball to the left of the dummy half Jasiah Ioane broke an impressive five tackles as he carried the ball from nineteen metres out from his own try line to thirty one metres out.
Jasiah Ioane rounded out a strong match in the 46th minute with another strong run from a New era penalty restart to run the ball from the halfway mark to within thirty four metres from the try line.
At the end of the 2023 school boy rugby league season Brady Turner was second in the 2023 PBC SHS Craig Weston Medal tally with Brady Turner receiving nine votes.
In early 2024 Jake Lateo was named in the Currumbin Eagles 2024 Super Nine’s Rugby League squad for the Carnival held on the Gold Coast.
In early 2024 Harvey Moase was named in the Northern Rivers Titans Open Rugby League Representative Squad.
At the end of the 2023 school boy rugby league season Creedence Donovan was ninth in the 2023 PBC SHS Craig Weston Medal tally with Creedence Donovan receiving two votes.
In late December 2023 Jose Ito was named in the Souths Logan Magpies 2024 U17 Cyril Connell Cup squad.
In late December 2022 Jose Ito was named in the 2023 Souths Logan Magpies U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad and Jose Ito was named to start at right centre in Round One of the 2023 U16 Cyril Connell Cup competition for the Souths Logan Magpies against the Redcliffe Dolphins.
Jose Ito’s performance saw him named in the centres in the 2023 CC Cup Round One Team of the Round.
Jose Ito was also named in the centres for Round Two against the Burleigh Bears.
At the conclusion of the 2023 School Boy sporting season Bailey McConnell was named the sixth best School Boy across all sports by the Courier Mail. Bailey McConnell was also named one of the top 2023 School Boy Rugby league talents by the Courier Mail. In mid-October 2023 Bailey McConnell was named on the bench in the 2023 Courier Mail Fans Choice 2023 Queensland School Boy Rugby League Team of the Year.
At the end of the 2023 school boy rugby league season Bailey McConnell was named the 2023 PBC SHS Craig Weston Medal winner with Bailey McConnell receiving fifteen votes to lead the points tally by six votes.
In late December 2023 Ryan McCann was named in the Souths Logan Magpies 2024 U19 Mal Meninga Cup squad.
2023 saw Ryan McCann move from Coombabah SHS to Mabel Park SHS with Ryan McCann starting Round One of the School Boy Langer competition at fullback against Redcliffe SHS with Ryan McCann scoring in the 34th minute when from twelve metres out Ryan McCann ran to his left out of dummy half down a short left blindside with Ryan McCann diving over to score six metres in from the left corner post.
Earlier in the match in the 12th minute Ryan McCann did well to dart across to his right to take a high bouncing Redcliffe SHS grubber kick above his head on the try line with Ryan McCann then doing well to stay in the field of play.
Ryan McCann was also named to start at fullback in Round Two against Wavell SHS with Ryan McCann making a great take of a high bomb inside the opening minute under intense pressure just out from his own try line. Ryan McCann made another great take of a bomb on the full in the 9th minute on his own try line to the left of the uprights with Ryan McCann being awarded a penalty for being tackled whilst still in the air.
Ryan McCann continued at fullback in Round Three against PBC SHS with Ryan McCann making a good kick return in the 45th minute when after taking possession of the ball ten metres out from his own try line near the left touchline Ryan McCann carried the ball back towards the centre of the field and get the ball thirty five metres away from his own try line.
Ryan McCann had earlier produced a great play in the 39th minute to stop a PBC SHS 40/20 when he raced to his left and knocked the ball back into the field of play when it was still in the air after bouncing over the left side line ten metres out from the try line.
Ryan McCann also started at fullback in Round Four against Ipswich SHS with Ryan McCann scoring in the 3rd minute with a three metre run to score eight metres in from the left corner post after receiving a good ball from his inside.
Ryan McCann also made a line break in the 25th minute from a kick return when after taking possession of the ball twenty metres out from his own try line near the right touchline, Ryan McCann ran to the opposite side of the field and raced down the left touchline and broke three tackles as Ryan McCann got the ball eight metres into Ipswich SHS territory.
The 24th minute saw Ryan McCann record a line break assist with a good ball to his right from forty metres out from the try line down a short right blindside to put his winger away down the touchline.
Ryan McCann continued at fullback in Round Five against Caloundra SHS with Ryan McCann scoring in the 10th minute when after chiming into the Mabel Park SHS backline on the right side of the field, Ryan McCann dummied on multiple occasions to his right before running himself to score ten metres in from the right corner post.
Ryan McCann also started at fullback in the Round Six Logan derby against Marsden SHS.
Ryan McCann then continued at fullback in Round Seven against Keebra Park SHS with Ryan McCann making ten metres from a twenty metre tap restart in the 3rd minute. Ryan McCann also did well in the 5th minute to run forward and take a Keebra Park SHS kick on the full whilst sliding forward twenty two metres out from his own try line and near the left touchline.
After Mabel Park SHS finished second on the 2023 School Boy Rugby League Langer Cup table after the completion of the regular season, Ryan McCann started at fullback eight for Mabel Park SHS in their Quarter Final clash against Wavell SHS with Ryan McCann making a try saving tackle in the 2nd minute when Ryan McCann ran to his right to initially hit and hold up the Wavell SHS left winger before forcing him over the sideline.
The 44th minute saw Ryan McCann make a great contested take of a Wavell SHS bomb on the full fourteen metres out from his own try line.
In early December 2022 Ryan McCann took part in a joint training session between the Titans JTS contracted players and the Titans NRL off-season training squad.
Ryan McCann was named on the bench in Round One of the 2023 U18 Mal Meninga Cup competition for the Souths Logan Magpies against the Redcliffe Dolphins however Ryan McCann was a late scratching from the Magpies side.
Ryan McCann was also named on the bench in Round Two against the Burleigh Bears.
Ryan McCann then moved into the Magpies starting line-up at fullback in Round Three against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls with Ryan McCann scoring in the 50th minute when after chiming into the backline on the right side of the field Ryan McCann received the ball twelve metres out and after straightening up his run, Ryan McCann stepped off his left foot to get on the outside of his opposing defender and sprinted over to score ten metres in from the tight corner post.
Ryan McCann also started on the left wing in Round Five against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.
Shannon Pai moves over from Auckland for 2024 to attend Titans partnered Marsden SHS.
In Auckland Shannon Pai attended St Peters College and played for the Ellerslie Eagles in the Auckland Junior Rugby League competition.
From a rugby league representative perspective in 2023 Shannon Pai represented Auckland South against Auckland North in the Region of Origin series with Shannon Pai starting at centre. Shannon Pai also started at five eight for New Zealand Māori U14 Tama against Waikato U14 Tama with Shannon Pai scoring a double in a big win.
At approximately 180cm and 85kg Shannon Pai, whilst playing some five eight, is likely to line up either in the centres or in the second row in Australia for Marsden SHS.
In late December 2023 Anthony Solomon was named in the Souths Logan Magpies 2024 U19 Mal Meninga Cup squad.
2023 saw Anthony Solomon part of the Souths Logan Magpies U18 Mal Meninga Cup squad with Anthony Solomon’s first appearance coming when he was named to come off the bench for the Magpies in Round Five against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Antony Solomon coming onto the field in the 27th minute of the match.
In 2023 Anthony Solomon also played for Souths in the BJRL U17 Division One Nev Blair Shield competition starting all of the matches at he played at lock and captain including Week One of the Finals against the Moreton Bay Raiders.
In the 2023 BJRL U17 Division One Nev Blair Shield regular season Anthony Solomon scored in Rounds One and Eight against Carina and Round Nine against Wynnum Manly.
In late December 2023 Fa’apale Feaunati was named in the 2024 South Logan Magpies U17 CC Cup squad.
In late December 2022 Fa’apale Feaunati was named in the 2023 Souths Logan Magpies U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad for the second season in a row after playing a number of matches for the Magpies in the 2022 Cyril Connell Cup competition as a fifteen year old.
In 2022 Fa’apale Feaunati was selected in the Souths Logan Magpies U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad and after the Magpies had a Round One bye, Fa’apale Feaunati started in the front row in Round Two against the Burleigh Bears. Fa’apale Feaunati also started in the front row in Round Three against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls as well as in Round Four against the Redcliffe Dolphins.
At the conclusion of the 2021 season the powerhouse Year Eight prospect was named in the second row in the 2021 Keebra Park Rugby League Team of the Year. The fact that Fa’apale Feaunati was selected in the second row shows just how well that he played in 2021 when you look at who Fa’apale Feaunati beat out for the honour.
Fa’apale Feaunati had some strong performances in the 2021 Renouf Shield competition for Keebra Park SHS including a try scoring performance against Wavell State High School when in the 3rd minute he crashed over from three metres out on the right side of the field breaking two tackles in the process.
Fa’apale Feaunati also scored in the 7th minute of a match against Marsden State High School when whilst operating on the left side of the field, Fa’apale Feaunati picked up an errant pass on the second bounce before spinning clock-wise to get away from the Marsden SHS defender who had raced up to try to grab the bouncing ball. After spinning clockwise Fa’apale Feaunati was too big, strong and fast for the defence to rumble forward ten metres to score seven metres in from the left corner post.
In late December 2023 Fatumalosi Nelu was named in the 2024 South Logan Magpies U17 CC Cup squad.
In late December 2022 Fatumalosi Nelu was named in the 2023 Souths Logan Magpies U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad after also playing for the Magpies in the Cyril Connell Cup in 2022 when Fatumalosi Nelu was still U15 eligible.
Fatumalosi Nelu was named to start in the second row in Round One of the 2023 U16 Cyril Connell Cup competition for the Souths Logan Magpies against the Redcliffe Dolphins.
Fatumalosi Nelu was also named in the second row for Round Two against the Burleigh Bears.
Fatumalosi Nelu made his Cyril Connell Cup debut for the Souths Logan Magpies in Round Five of the 2022 competition, starting at lock against the East Tigers.
From a club rugby league perspective in 2022 Fatumalosi Nelu played for the Souths Acacia Ridge Magpies in the Brisbane Junior rugby League U15 Division One competition including starting from the bench in the Elimination Final against Brothers.
Fatumalosi Nelu also started from the bench in the Week Two Sem-Final against Logan Brothers.
The 2022 GBJRL U15 Division One Grand Final saw Fatumalosi Nelu named at start from the bench for the Souths Acacia Ridge Magpies against the Redcliffe Dolphins.
Round One of the 2023 NRRRL U18 competition saw Jasper Whalley named on the bench for the Lower Clarence Magpies against the Mullumbimby Giants with Jasper Whalley coming on to operate in the outside backs for the Magpies.
Jasper Whalley was named in the No. 8 for Round Two against the Kyogle Turkeys however Jasper Whalley came off the bench in the second half to operate on the right wing.
Round Six against the Murwillumbah Mustangs saw Jasper Whalley start on the wing.
Round One of the 2022 Group One U15 competition saw Jasper Whalley start on the wing for the Clarence Coast Magpies as they took on the South Grafton Rebels however the match was postponed due to wet conditions.
Jasper Whalley also started in the centres and was one of the Magpies try scorers in Round Five against the Grafton Ghosts. Jasper Whalley also scored in Round Nine against the Grafton Ghosts as well as in Round Ten against the South Grafton Rebels.
In Week One of the 2022 Group One U15 Finals series Jasper Whalley started in the centres for the Clarenc Coast Magpies against the Kyogle Turkeys.
Round One of the 2021 Group One U14 competition saw Jasper Whalley start in the centre for the Clarence Coast Magpies against the Ballina Seagulls and he was one of the Magpies scorers as they defeated Ballina 34 – 8.
Jasper Whalley also started in the centres in Round Two against the South Grafton Rebels and was one of the Magpies try scorers in their 26 – 6 victory. Starting in the centres once again in Round Four against Kyogle, Jasper Whalley added a hat trick to his already impressive 2021 season.
Jasper Whalley added a further try in Round Seven after stating in the centres once again against Casino RSM. Round Eight against Marist Brothers saw Jasper Whalley score a hat trick in a big Magpies victory.
Jasper Whalley continued in the centres in Round Nine against South Grafton and was one of the Magpies try scorers in their 44 – 6 victory and also started in the centres in Round Eleven against the Kyogle Turkeys.
Jasper Whalley continued in the centres in Round Twelve against the Grafton Ghosts and crossed for a double in the match. Jasper Whalley also started in the centres in Round Thirteen against Casino RSM, scoring a hat trick in the Magpies big 58 – 22 victory.
Jasper Whalley finished the abridged 2021 Group One U14 regular season as the competitions fifth leading try scorer with fifteen tries.
The young Clarence Coast Magpies centre had a start to remember in the 2020 Group One U13 rugby league competition scoring often for the Magpies and maintained his form throughout the 2020 season as a whole.
Jasper Whalley scored doubles in the opening two rounds of the 2020 Group One U13 competition against the South Grafton Rebels and the Ballina Seagulls respectively and added a further try in Round Four against the Grafton Ghosts to record a 167% strike rate through the opening three rounds of the competition. For completeness the Round Three match between Clarence Coast and Grafton was a washout when heavy rain blanketed the area.
Jasper Whalley added a further try in Round Five against the Ballina Seagulls in a 34 – 22 Magpies victory, starting in the centres once again and also scored in Round Six in a 30 – 22 win over Casino RSM, starting the match as he has all season in the centres.
Jasper Whalley maintained his record of starting in the centres and also maintained his try scoring record with a double against Kyogle in Round Seven and also scoring in Round Nine against the Kyogle Turkeys. Jasper Whalley also started in the centres in Round Ten, being the final regular season round against Ballina with the match finishing in a 24 all draw.
Jasper Whalley had an outstanding 2020 Group One U13 regular season scoring ten tries in just eight matches to finish the season with a strike rate of 125%.
In early January 2024 Cooper Camby was selected in a Gold Coast Tonga Open Super Nines representative side.
In 2024 Kyson Freer moves up from Leeton in the Riverina area of New South Wales to the Gold Coast to attend PBC SHS as part of the Titans partnered schools Rugby League Excellence Program.
Kyson Freer started the 2023 season playing for the Riverina Bulls in the U16 NSWRL Andrew Johns Cup competition with Kyson Freer scoring in Round One against the Dragons.
Kyson Freer started Rounds One and Two against the Illawarra Dragons and Western Rams respectively at lock. Kyson Freer then came off the bench in Round Three against the McArthur Wests Tigers and Round Four against the Newcastle Knights.
2023 also saw Kyson Freer represent New South Wales Kurri U16’s in their annual match against Queensland Murri U16’s.
In 2023 Kyson Freer play for the Leeton Galloping Greens in the Group 20 U16 competition with Kyson Freer named Player of the Match and kicking two conversions in the Grand Final against the Black and Whites.
Kyson Freer finished as the competitions leading try scorer with thirteen tries. Kyson Freer also finished as the second leading points scorer in the competition from his thirteen tries and thirty conversions.
Kyson Freer scored a hat trick in Round Six against the Tullibigeal Lakes and scored doubles in four additional matches including three against the Tullibigeal Lakes being in Rounds Thirteen, Fourteen and the Preliminary Final. Kyson Freer scored his other double in Round Ten against the Black and Whites.
Kyson Freer also scored in Round Two against the Darlington Point Coleambally and against the Black and Whites in Round Five.
From a goal kicking perspective Kyson Freer kicked six conversions in two matches against Tullibigeal Lakes being in Round Sixteen and the Preliminary Final. Kyson Freer also kicked five conversions in Round Thirteen against Tullibigeal and three conversions in Round Two against the Darlington Point Coleambally.
Prior to his move to the Gold Coast Kyson Freer was named in the 2024 Canberra Raiders U17 Harold Matthews squad.
In 2022 Kyson Freer represented the U15 First Nations Goanna’s at the U15 ASSRL School Boy National Championships.
In early 2024 Danthe Te Whiu-Hopa was named in the 2024 U18 Tama Representative Side for the World Youth Championships that were held in New Zealand.
Former Waitako hooker/half Tama Darlington has moved over to the Gold Coast and has been selected in the 2024 Burleigh Bears MM Cup squad.
In early 2024 Rowan Mansfield was named in the Northern Rivers Titans Open Rugby League Representative Squad.
In late 2023 Edward Kara was named in the 2024 Brisbane Tigers U17 Cyril Connell (CC) Cup squad.
In 2023 Edward Kara moved over to the Gold Coast and Edward Kara was a late addition to the Tweed Heads Seagulls 2023 U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad with Edward Kara named on the Seagulls extended bench for Round Two (the Seagulls had a Round One bye) against the Brisbane Tigers.
2023 was not the first occasion that Edward Kara had made a representative side with Edward Kara named in the 2019 Te Mahurehure Maori Tamariki Rugby League U12 side. Also in 2017 Edward Kara was named in the Te Mahurehure Tamariki U10 Ten’s Rugby League side.
2023 saw Edward Kara start the season as part of the Tweed Heads Seagulls U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad before transitioning to club and school boy rugby league on the Gold Coast.
In late 2023 Edward Kara was named in the Coomera Chiefs 2024 U17 Boys Oztag team for the 2024 Queensland State Oztag Championships.
Edward Kara also played Oztag in 2023 with Edward Kara named in the 2023 Queensland Schools Oztag Year Ten Boys All Stars School Merit Team.
In August 2023 Edward Kara was named in the South Queensland Māori U16 Teina Representative side.
In early February 2024 Gad Tata was named in the final Tweed Heads Seagulls U17 Cyril Connell (CC) Cup squad.
Gad Tata arrives on the Gold Coast from the Bay of Plenty with Gad Tata attending Katikati College.
Prior to his arrival on the Gold Coast the young centre had an impressive representative resume in New Zealand including playing for the Coastline region at the 2023 New Zealand Rugby League National Youth Championships and in 2022 playing for the 2022 Kotahitangu U15 Representative side.
Round One of the 2024 U16 Andrew Johns Cup competition saw Jett Flatley named at left second row for the Northern Rivers Titans against the Newcastle Knights with Jett Flatley making the opening tackle of the match from the Northern Rivers Titans kick off to get the match underway.
In the 4th minute after running onto the ball to the left of the dummy half Jett Flatley broke a tackle on a strong yardage carry that saw Jett Flatley carry the ball from his own fourteen metre mark out to the twenty four metre mark with approximately 65% of his metres gained being post Jett Flatley’s contact with the Knights defensive line.
Jett Flatley in the 23rd minute was able to cleanly pick up a loose Northern Rivers pass from his right on the halfway mark and get the ball fourteen metres into Knights territory. Then in the 28th minute from the left of the play the ball Jett Flatley carried the ball from eighteen metres out from his own try line to thirty four metres out and then with his back towards his own try line Jett Flatley was able to get a right arm off-load away to his left winger.
Also in the 37th minute Jett Flatley ran an underneath route to the left of the play the ball with Jett Flatley able to carry the ball from ten metres inside his own territory to four metres into Newcastle territory.
Jett Flatley followed up in the 39th minute with a yardage carry from the right of the play the ball with Jett Flatley carrying the ball from ten metres out from his own try line to twenty two metres out and once again Jett Flatley was able to get a right arm off-load away. Then a tackle later Jett Flatley, from the left of the play the ball ran the ball out to the forty metre mark.
Round One of the 2024 U16 Andrew Johns Cup competition saw Ryder Nelson named at fullback for the Northern Rivers Titans against the Newcastle Knights with Ryder Nelson scoring an outstanding solo try in the 11th minute. With a Titans scrum feed thirty metres from the try line and to the left of the goal posts Ryder Nelson who had been lined up behind the scrum ran to his right and after receiving the ball from Ethan Alcorn, Ryder Nelson continued to run to his right before slicing between the Newcastle left centre and left winger with Ryder Nelson then racing away to dive over to score the opening try of the match under the posts.
Ryder Nelson also made a good kick return in the 9th minute when after taking a long Newcastle clearing kick on the full eight metres out from his own try line and directly in front of his posts Ryder Nelson returned the ball to twenty four metres out from his try line.
Ryder Nelson did well defensively in the 3rd minute with a good one on one tackle on the Knights five eight after he had made a line break with Ryder Nelson holding him up thirty metres from the try line.
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