Titans juniors make it a clean sweep

The Jetstar Gold Coast Titans have scored wins in all four grades for the second consecutive week, with the club?s junior representative sides also continuing their good form at the weekend.

After the Jetstar Titans? NRL and NYC (Under-20s) sides scored victories against Souths in Sydney on Friday night, the Titans? Under-16s and Under-18s made it a clean sweep for the club with wins in their respective Cyril Connell and Mal Meninga Cup competition matches.

The Titans? Under-18s and Under-16s scored wins over the Gold Coast Vikings sides in the local derby at Burleigh.

In the Cyril Connell Cup, the Under-16s scored a hard-fought 30-26 victory while in the Mal Meninga Cup, the Under-18s registered a comfortable 50-16 win.

With both sides drawing from the local junior representative talent and both sides enjoying successful seasons thus far, the local derby was always going to be an intriguing encounter and one that the Gold Coast rugby league community had eagerly awaited.

The Under-16s was a thrilling encounter with both teams aware of the opposition?s strengths and it was the patience and discipline of the Titans that eventually saw them take out the game 30-26 on the back of some determined defence and mature decision making with the ball in hand.

"We are a well drilled football team and when we play to our strengths and minimise our mistakes we are hard to beat," said Coach Aaron Zimmerle.

?The Vikings forced some errors but our patience and defence got us through in the end.??

In the Mal Meninga Cup, the Jamie O'Connor-coached Under-18s had an easier 50-16 victory but the coach thought that there was still room for improvement from his talented squad.

"We were a little disjointed today at times with a few of the boys missing training due to their South Coast school sports duties so it was good to get the result,?? he said.

"We are a good quality side but will be capable of even more as our cohesion improves.??

Next week sees the Titans junior representatives up against a very strong Souths Logan Magpies outfit who sit on equal points with the Titans in second place on the competition ladder and will be a real gauge of how the teams are travelling as the finals approach.

The Under-16s game kicks off at Tugun at 12.00 noon with the Under-18s game to follow at 1.15pm.

Cyril Connel Cup
Titans 30 Vikings 26

GOLD COAST BLUE 30 (Kane Elgey, Sam Harrold, Filo Laula, Dean Scrimgeour, Sam Burgess tries; Zac Walsh 5 goals) def GOLD COAST GREEN 26 (Corey Gerhardt, Brendan Elliot, Jake Sylvester, Jerome Hughes, Lloyd Perret tries; Ashley Taylor 3 goals) at Burleigh Seniors.

Mal Meninga Cup
Titans 50 Vikings 16

GOLD COAST BLUE 50 (Isaiah Marsh 2, Corey McGrady 2, Japeth Vaoa 2, Aryton Sandbrook, Matt Beddow, Sam Short tries; Corey McGrady 5, Jackson Springer 2 goals) def GOLD COAST GREEN 16 (Kurtis Rowe 2, Tim Cassidy tries; Jarrod Cole 2 goals) at Burleigh Seniors.

Source: http://www.titans.com.au