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    Quote Originally Posted by mdrew View Post
    It is scary to consider that in his own words Tino's younger brother Iszac Fa'asuamaleuai was always the better of the two when they were growing up. Not a bad wrap at all for the younger brother who is part of the Titans junior program.
    Sounds very promising.

    He’s training with Burleigh ISC and the Burleigh recruitment team had a lot to do with getting him here. They get little credit but are responsible for a lot of the talented youth coming to the coast..Vaka Sikahele & Sammy McIntyre to name a few. Good operators.

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    Mason Barber is a young man from the Northlands Region of New Zealand has moved over to the Gold Coast to attend Keebra Park State High School as part of the Titans partnered Elite Rugby League Academy with a junior reputation second to none in both rugby and rugby league.

    In the abridged 2020 season Mason Barber who at 176cm and 68 kg can play half, hooker and lock played for the Tautoro Titans U15 side in the Northern Zone U15 competition. In his matches, Mason Barber scored eight points including a try against the Otangarei Knights, kicking a conversion in that game as well and kicked another conversion against Hikurangi.

    In 2019 in the Northern Zone U13 competition, Mason Barber finished the season as the competitions outstanding player as well as leading the competition with twenty three tries, Mason Barber also finished as the competitions leading goal kicker with forty five goals and understandably the competitions leading points scorer with 182 points from just ten games to average 18.2 points per game.

    Mason Barber had some big matches in the 2019 Northern Zone U13 competition including scoring three tries and kicking two goals (16 points) in an early season matches against the Horahora Broncos and then backed that up later in the season by also scoring three tries and five goals (22 points) once again against the Broncos.

    Mason Barber also had two big matches against the Portland Panthers, in the first scoring twenty four points (three tries and three goals) and in the second scoring twenty points (three tries and eight goals)

    Hikurangi/Moerewa also felt Mason Barbers fury in 2019, first when he scored two tries and two goals (12 points) and then when Mason Barber scored a try and kicked two goals late in the season.

    Interspersed in those matches was a Mason Barber fourteen point haul (one try and five goals) against Takahiwai.

    In 2019 Mason Barber represented the Northern Swords U13 representative side at the New Zealand National Youth Championships, playing in all four of the Northern Swords matches and kicking four conversions for an eight point haul.

    In round out an impressive 2019 rugby league season, Mason Barber was part of the Taniwha Cup U13 side and was named in the New Zealand Maori U13 Merit side.

    Mason Barber is also an outstanding rugby player, in 2019 playing for the Te Puna O Hokianga representative rugby side that became the New Zealand U13 Junior Rugby Champions after an unbeaten run through the Championships, scoring 184 points and conceding just 48 to finish with a positive points differential of 136.

    Mason Barber scored thirty four of his sides points from three tries and eleven conversions.

    Mason Barber’s side won the U13 National Championships on the back of a win in the Grand Final against Auckland University 21 – 17, after defeating YMP Gisborne in the semi-final 15 – 12.

    Te Puna O Hokianga’s other victories in the National Championships were against Paraparumu 36 – 0, Taupo 46 – 5, Carlton 52 – 0 and St Thomas Canterbury 14 – 12.

    Mason Barber will be U15 eligible in 2021.

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    I believe that there is some stuff in the works for a northern GC MM cup and hasting deerings side

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    All the best to all of the Titans juniors who will head down to Coffs Harbour for tomorrows annual matches against the Newcastle Knights.

    A special shout out to the Titans U19 female side who will play against the Knights tomorrow, in what I believe is the first ever U19 fixture between NRL sides. They had their jersey presentation last night.

    Good luck to all, have a safe trip and enjoy the experience.

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    The new Keebra Park High Performance Centre will be ready to go soon and will allow the Keebra Park school boy rugby league teams (both boys and gilrs) to be even better prepared than they already are, which is a scary thought for opposition teams, but great news for Titans fans as a result of the partnership with Keebra.

    From the images that I have seen it looks an incredible facility.

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    Great to see six current or former Keebra Park SHS sports specialisation students in the Titans U19 side for their match tomorrow against Newcastle.

    There are also six current or former Marsden SHS students in the squad highlighting the great relationship that the Titans have both both schools.

    Bring on a Titans NRLW side!

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    At this time of year a lot of junior rugby league players are training hard to be picked up by NRL clubs and placed in their Junior development programs, one such player is Burleigh Bears junior Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira, whose older brother Lofi is on a Titans NRL Development Contract.

    Tomorrow Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira will push his claims with the Titans when he travels to Coffs Harbour as part of the Titans U19 squad to take on Newcastle tomorrow.

    In late 2020 Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira was named in the 2021 Burleigh Bears MM Cup squad after also being part of the squad in 2020, starting the one and only round of the 2020 MM Cup competition on the right wing against Wynnum Manly.

    In 2020 Tuvallio Khan-Pereira was part of the Keebra Park Open A Langer Cup school boy side and also was part of the Burleigh Bears U18 Division One side that went down 18 – 0 to Currumbin in the Grand Final, starting the decider at fullback for the Bears.

    In the 2020 Langer School Boy Cup competition Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira started Round One at right centre against Wavell State High School and maintained his place there in Round two against Marsden State High School when in a 24 – 0 Keebra Park victory Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira scored his first try of the 2020 Langer Cup competition when he pounced on the ball in the in goal when the Marsden winger dropped a cross field bomb.

    Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira once again started at right centre in Round Three against Ipswich State High School and scored the match winning try late in the second half. After leading 18 – 0, Keebra Park saw their lead wittled down to 18 – 16 before Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira received a pass when he was on the outside of his immediate defender to run seven metres untouched to dive over in the right corner to clinch a 22 – 16 victory.

    In the Round Four local derby against PBC, Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira continued is 2020 Langer Cup run of starts at right centre as Keebra Park went down 22 – 18 after leading 18 – 0 early in the first half. In the final 2020 Langer Cup regular season round, being Round Five against St Mary’s Toowoomba Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira also started at right centre as Keebra Park qualified for the finals on the back of a big win.

    Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira moved to fullback for Keebra Park’s semi-final against Wavell State High School and had a big game especially in the first half when he recorded two try assists as Keebra Park qualified for the Grand Final on the back of a 32 – 8 victory.

    For all intents and purposes both of Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira’s try assists were identical, on each occasion the ball was spread to Keebra Park’s left with Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira chiming into the backline and providing the final pass for his left winger Levi Jones to cross in the left corner.

    Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira also started at fullback for Keebra Park as they went down 16 – 8 to PBC in the 2020 Langer Cup Grand Final.

    In 2019 Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira was heavily involved on the representative scene including being named in the Queensland U16 side for their interstate match against New South Wales but unfortunately was unable to participate in the match.

    2019 also saw Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira start at right centre and captain the Queensland Murri U16 side as they defeated New South Wales Kurri 28 – 20.

    Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira also started at fullback for the 2019 Queensland U16 City side against Queensland Country and scored City’s sole try in their loss. Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira played all sixty minutes of the match, making a team leading ninety five metres (twelve post contact) with seventy seven of those metres generated from kick returns. Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira also had a line break, a tackle break and made eight tackles from the fullback position.

    In relation to his try Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira was operating on the left side of the field when he received the ball two passes from the play the ball twenty five metres out in space. Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira then accelerated and ran a straight diagonal route to score ten metres in from the left corner post untouched.

    In 2018 Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira represented the South Coast U15 side at the QSSRL Championships, going on to representing the Queensland White side at the U15 ASSRL National Championships and was a key member of the side that won the National Championship with Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira subsequently being named in the 2018 Australian U15 Merit side.

    Tuvalli Khan-Pereira was a standout for both Burleigh and Keebra Park over the course of the 2017 season. Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira started at fullback for Burleigh in the U14 Division One Grand Final however they were defeated by Ormeau 31 – 16 with Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira scoring.

    Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira also represented a Titans U15 side late 2017 that played against a Balmain Tigers selection. Well done Titans as the U15 side had some very very good players in it, including like Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira a number of exceptionally talented youngsters who were U14 eligible at the time of the match. Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira has also been named in the Queensland U15 Emerging Origin squad.

    Over the course of the GCJRL U14 Division One season, Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira finished as the competitions leading try scorer with eighteen tries from just ten matches. Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira scored four tries in a late season match against Runaway Bay and scored a hat trick against them in the first Round. Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira also scored a hat trick against Ormeau early in the season.

    Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira was also a standout performer for Keebra Park in their U14 Michael Hancock Cup side that went through the 2017 competition undefeated including defeating PBC in the Cup Final.

    In addition, Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira represented the Vikings at the U14 Hill Stumer Championships where he played mainly in the centres and where the U13 Vikings were undefeated and from there was selected in the U14 South East Queensland Green side for the Queensland Age Championships.

    For the Vikings in 2016, Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira scored three tries over the three matches that the Vikings played, including scoring in both matches on Day One on the Saturday, including a double in a big win over Brisbane Red and also scoring against Brisbane White. For SEQ Green Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira played in all of their matches. In 2016 Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira was also named Keebra Park’s U13 MVP and was named in the second row in the 2016 team of the year.

    Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira also was part of the 2016 Keebra U13 Renouf Cup side that performed so well in that competition and scored an incredible number of tries including fifteen in the first five weeks alone. Against Marsden in Round Five he scored four tries and backed that up with a hat trick in Round Seven against Alexandria Hills and in the Round of Sixteen scored a great sixty metre try when he burst through the Ipswich defensive line to score untouched.

    At the Keebra Sports Specialisation Awards night in 2016, Tuvalli-Afoa Khan-Pereira was awarded the U13 Player of the Year Award and was also named in the Keebra Team of the Year in the second row along with Renouf Cup and Vikings team mate Syris Schmidt who was named at five eight.

    In 2015 he was named in Keebra Park’s team of the year where he was named in the centres, a position he played a lot for Keebra in the U13 age group. Other Titans linked boys who made the Keebra Park 2015 team of the year included AJ Brimson who was named at five eight.

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    Another player looking for an opportunity is former Marsden State High School student Tony Francis.

    In 2020 Tony Francis was part of the Marsden State High School Langer Cup Open A school boy side spending time at both five eight and left centre.

    Tony Francis started Round One of the 2020 Langer Cup at five eight for Marsden State High School against St Mary’s College Toowoomba and also started at five eight in Round Two agaisnt Keebra Park.

    Round Three of the 2020 Langer Cup against Wavell State High School saw Tony Francis line up at five eight once again and in Round Five against PBC.

    Tony Francis was also part of the Marsden State High School set up in 2019, including playing in the Queensland GIO Cup Grand Final against Kirwan State High School, with Tony Francis making one memorable line break in the second half down the left side of the field which ultimately led to a try to TC Robati. Unfortunately Marsden SHS went down in the Grand Final to their North Queensland opponents.

    Tony Francis was simply dominating over the course of the 2019 school boy season in both the GIO Cup and the Langer Cup and a description of some of his impressive moments are noted below.

    Playing left centre against PBC, Tony Francis chased through a short stab kick towards the PBC right corner post, Tony Francis wanted the ball more than the three PBC defenders trying to defuse the kick but Tony Francis bustled this way through the take the ball off a head high bounce and after flipping over a PBC defender was able to get the ball down three metres in from the left corner post.

    Tony Francis recorded an outstanding try assist against Wavell State High School when he produced a outstanding flick pass off load out of the back of his left arm to his unmarked left winger to score in the left corner.

    Against Ipswich State High School, Tony Francis produced in of the most outstanding pieces of play that I saw in school boy rugby league in 2019. Playing at left centre, Tony Francis split the Ipswich SHS right sided defence twenty metres out from his own line with the cover defence coming from everywhere. Tony Francis was initially dragged down just over the halfway mark but the tackler fell off Tony Francis, who smartly get back to his feet whilst surrounded by defenders to continue his run. Tony Francis then drew the Ipswich SHS fullback to send his left winger away untouched to the try line.

    One of the first occasions that Tony Francis wore a Marsden jersey was in early 2019 when a Marsden Open side played a trial against a Wests Tigers Development U17 side. Tony Francis had an outstanding match, including a supurb long range line break. Tony Francis, playing left centre, took a pass fifty five metres out above his head. Tony Francis produced an outstanding left arm fend to beat the initial attempted tackle before cutting back to his right to beat another. IT was only a last ditch effort that dragged Tony Francis down just short of the line.

    2019 also saw Tony Francis represent Met East at the QSSRL U18 Championships where he was impressive with his hard charging runs and one handed off loads, alternating between starting and coming off the bench.

    In 2019 Tony Francis also represented Tonga U18’s at the QPIIC Carnival scoring an outstanding try against Samoa. Tony Francis charged onto the ball from a pass from the dumy half to the left of the play the ball from fifteen metres out, dragging two Samoan defenders with him with those two defenders still trying to hold on even as Tony Francis crashed over the line.

    Tony Francis has also played some club rugby since his move from Sydney, playing for the Colleges Knights in the Gold Coast District Rugby competition, primarily at outside centre. Some of his tries in club rugby for Colleges Knights when he terrorised the Helensvale Hogs are noted below.

    Playing outside centre (No. 13) Tony Francis was operating on the left side of the field when he took receipt of the ball seventy five metres out from the try line in space. Tony Francis highlighted his impressive speed to outpace the sliding defensive line before producing a strong right arm palm to get rid of the Hornets fullback and bring the ball around under the posts to make the conversion a simple one.

    Tony Francis was defending on the left side of the field when the Helensvale fullback kicked to try to clear the ball away from his own territory. Tony Francis took the clearing kick on the full forty two metres out from the Hogs line and brushed past two defenders, one with a fend and another with a shoulder into the defender to score in the left corner.

    Probably Tony Francis’s best try of the three against Helensvale came once again when he was on the left side of the field. Tony Francis received the ball forty five metres out from the Hogs line whilst he was standing still after to appeared that the attacking play had broken down. Tony Francis exploded off the mark, cutting to his right to beat the first defender, stepping off his right foot to beat the second to break into open space before outpacing the Hogs fullback to dive over to score in the left corner.

    Tony Francis moved to Brisbane in early 2019 after playing for the Manly Sea Eagles in the U16 Harold Matthews Cup in 2018 including starting in the Harold Matthews Cup Grand Final against the Parramatta at five eight and scoring as the Sea Eagles won the premiership decider 26 – 18.

    Tony Francis’s first match in the 2018 Harold Matthews Cup competition for Manly came in Round Two when he started at left centre against the Parramatta Eels. Tony Francis maintained his place at left centre in Round Two against the Bulldogs and also started there in Round Three agaisnt the Central Coast Roosters, a match which saw Tony Francis score his first points of the competition, kicking three conversions.

    Tony Francis had a big match in Round Five against the Illawarra Steelers in Round Five from left centre scoring two tries and kicking three conversions for a fourteen point individual haul. Tony Francis then elipsed that in Round Six against the Canberra Raiders scoring eighteen points from a try and seven conversions and added eight points from a try and two goals against the Balmain Tigers in Round Seven.

    Tony Francis moved to five eight for Round Eight against St George kicking a conversions and in Round Eight started at half against the Western Suburbs Magpies adding a try and a conversions to his 2018 points haul.

    In Week One of the finals against the Parramatta Eels Tony Francis started at half before moving to five eight for Week Three of the Finals against the Penrith Panthers and as noted above Tony Francis started the Grand Final at five eight.

    In total in the 2018 U16 Harold Matthews Cup Tony Francis played in eleven matches and scored fifty eight points from six tries and seventeen conversions.

    Tony Francis’s try against the Balmain Tigers in Round Seven came when after he received the ball in a reasonable amount of space, Tony Francis stepped off his right foot and produced a sild fend to break through the Tigers defensive line and then it was a twenty metre surge to the try line for the left centre.

    As noted above Tony Francis also scored in the 2018 Harold Matthews Grand Final. Tony Francis received the ball two passes to the left of the play the ball just to the right of the gola posts twelve metres out. Tony Francis immediately broke two tackles and dragged three other Eels defenders over the line to get the ball donw under heavy pressure two metres from the right goal post.

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    Congratulations to Makenzie Weale who will captain the the inaugural Gold Coast Titans Under 19's Female Academy side in their match against the Newcastle Knights today.

    Makenzie Weale is not just an outstanding rugby league player but also a stand out Rugby and Rugby 7's player.

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    Great article up on the titans website re the woman’s under19 worth a look very proud of the club

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    One of the key players for the Titans U19 female Academy side today against Newcastle is five eight Tiana Raftstrand-Smith.

    In 2020 Tiana Raftstrand-Smith started at five eight for Keebra Park as they defeated Marsden SHS 24-6 in the Titans Cup Girls Open Grand Final. with the Australian U19 rep being one of Keebra Park's Grand Final try scorers.

    Tiana Raftstrand-Smith is also an exceptional Rugby 7's player who is part of the Australian Youth Development Program

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    Another player that the Newcastle U19 Female side will have to watch in todays match will be Marsden SHS student Destiny Brill who will line up for the Titans U19 Female Academy side.

    Scarily for Newcastle, in 2020 Destiny Brill played Women's Super Rugby for Queensland, being the youngest debutant in Queensland history.

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    A few players will be putting on a Titans jersey for the first time today against Newcastle in Coffs Harbour, one being Immanuel Kalekale who moved over from New Zealand prior to Christmas.

    The young front rower will line up today for the Titans U17 side.

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    Titans U19 Female side went down on Saturday to Newcastle 20-14 in a tight match.

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    Big win for the Titans U19 men's side 40-6 on Saturday against the Knights.


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