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    One of the more impressive rugby players on the Gold Coast in 2020 was Surfers Paradise U15 fullback/centre Michael Vains.

    Michael Vains played eleven matches for Surfers Paradise in the GCRU U15 competition, playing the majority at fullback but for the semi-final and Grand Final he started at outside centre.

    Michael Vains scored five tries including four tries from as many matches mid-season from rounds three to six. The tries (in order of scoring) came against the Nerang Bulls, Bond Pirates, Helensvale Hogs and the Bulls once again.

    Michael Vains mad it three tries in 2020 against the Nerang Bulls when he scored his fifth try of the season against them in Round Nine.

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    Another of the talented SQBD Sharks U12 side that in late 2020 won the National Youth U12 Touch Championships was team Most Valuable Player Tawa-Dean Simpkin.

    The young rugby league centre scored eight tries in the Championships including three rounds in row when he scored doubles, being in Round Two against the SWQ Swans, Round Three against the SSC Pineapples and Round Four against the NQ Cyclones.

    Tawa-Dean Simpkin also scored in Round One agaisnt the CQ Bulls and in the Sharks semi-final win over the CG Bulls and of course was part of the Sharks Grand Final side that defeated the BC Cobra's 4-3 in the National decider.

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    The Titans nabbed one Fifita from TSS and there is another in Vilaimi Fifita who is an impressive player as well.

    In 2020 Vilaimi Fifita started all of the TSS U13A sides matches at No. 8 and whilst they had a tough season in the GPS school boy rugby competition, Vilaimi Fifita performed well in his five regular season matches, two trials against Nudgee and Churchie and an internal trial.

    In 2020 Vilaimi Fifita also played club rugby for the Colleges Knights U13 side in the GCRU competition, coming off the bench on the majority of occasions although he wore the No. 8 jersey. He did make two starts however, including Round Seven against Bond Pirates Red in one of the lock positions and Round Nine against the Helensvale Hogs when he started at prop.

    Vilaimi Fifita finished his club season with four tries, the first of which came in Round Two against Bond Pirates Red. He also scored against Bond Pirates White in Rounds Three and Eight and against Helensvale in Round Nine.
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    The reputation of Keebra Park State High School is one of rugby league excellence and as a consequence attracts young players from across Australia and New Zealand to come to the school and with the new partnership, that is great news for the Titans.

    When the 2021 school year commences, one new student at Keebra Park who will be looking to make a name for himself on the field is Western Australian youngster Neshaun Treffery-Koenders.

    In 2020 Neshaun Treffery-Koenders co-captained the Kalamunda Bulldogs U15 side in the Western Australian Rugby League competition, including starting the Grand Final at lock as the Bulldogs defeated the South Perth Lions 12 - 8.

    In December 2020 Neshaun Treffery-Koenders represented the U15 Northern Fusion side at the rugby league twelve a side Kwinana Klassic Tournament and the young man was a 2019 Western Australian U15 representative.

    Neshaun Treffery-Koenders will be U16 eligible in 2021.
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    Talented Helensvale hornet Kyer Teika who late in 2020 was named in the 2021 GCRL U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad is another youngster honing his skills in touch.

    In 2020 Kyer Teika was a member of U16 National Youth Championships SQBD Sharks side that won the National Final 9-8 with Kyer Teika scoring a double in the final and being named his side's Most Valuable Player of the Championships.

    The 2019 Gold Coast Vikings U14 representative hooker also scored a double in the Sharks semi-final victory against the SWQ Swans.

    Kyer Teika also scored six tries in the competition rounds of the 2020 U14 National Youth Touch Championships, scoring doubles in Rounds One and Two against the BC Cobra's and SWQ Swans respectively.

    Kyer Teika also scored in Round Three against the NQ Cyclones and Round Four against the SSC Pineapples.

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    One player that I would anticipate who will push for a spot in the Keebra Park higher level sides in 2021 is second rower Lama Afu who in his first year at Keebra Park turned heads (well mine at least) in the Keebra Park Year 10 sides.

    The former Victorian U12 representative has all of the attributes that an NRL side is looking for in a modern day second rower, being speed, strength and power. Lama Afu compliments those attributes with a calm calculating nature and a work ethic that is second to none.

    Prior to moving to the Gold Cost on a full rugby league scholarship at Keebra Park Lama Afu also represented Victoria in rugby in the U13 age group.

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    Dual code stand out Billy Wellard has been one of the best junior players on the Gold Coast for a number of seasons and continued to make strides in 2020 especially in relation to school boy rugby with TSS.

    For the TSS U14A side Billy Wellard was for me the stand out player and in fact was named the TSS 2020 U14 Best Junior Footballer.

    For the TSS U14A side in the GPS school boy rugby competition, Billy Wellard played in all of TSS's five regular season matches against Brisbane State High School, Toowoomba Grammar School, Brisbane Boys College, Gregory Terrace and Ipswich Grammar School. HE also played the initial internal trial as well as two "official" trials against Nudgee College and Churchie.

    Through the season Billy Wellard split time at openside flanker (No. 7) and inside centre (No. 12), starting three matches at inside centre and the remainder at No. 7.

    Billy Wellard was named TSS player of the match in three of the five 2020 regular season rounds, including an exceptional Round One match against Brisbane State High School when he scored a second half double. Billy Wellard was also deservedly Player of the Match in Rounds Five and Six against Gregory Terrace and Ipswich Grammar School respectively.

    In 2019 Billy Wellard played for Runaway Bay in the U13 Division One competition as well as one match in the U14 Division One competition.

    From a representative perspective, Billy Wellard represented the U13 Gold Coast Vikings side and was named in the U13 South East Queensland Development squad.

    Billy Wellard also played for TSS in their U13A GPS school boy rugby side in 2019 starting matches at inside centre (No. 12), outside centre (No.13) and on the left wing (no. 11) and was particularly impressive mid-season scoring a double against Brisbane Boys College.
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    The Keebra Park Rugby League Academy will see an influx of new players for the 2021 school year and one is travelling across Australia to be part of the Titans aligned school's elite rugby league academy, being Boston-Kash Tamarua.

    In 2020 Boston-Kash Tamarua played in the Western Australian U15 Rugby League competition for the Kalamunda Bulldogs, co-captaining the side.

    In the 2020 Western Australian U15 Rugby League Grand Final Boston-Kash Tamarua started the Grand Final in the second row and was the matches dominant player scoring both of the Bulldogs tries as they defeated arch rivals, The South Perth Lions 12 - 8.

    Boston-Kash Tamarua's first try of the Grand Final was a hard charging effort when he took a pass from the dummy half and barged his way over. Boston-Kash Tamarua's second try came when he backed up a run from one of his front rowers, receiving a one armed off load to crash over.

    In December 2020 Boston-Kash Tamarua represented the U15 Northern Fusion side at the rugby league twelve a side Kwinana Klassic Tournament and the young man was a 2019 Western Australian U15 representative.

    Boston-Kash Tamarua will be U16 eligible in 2021.

    Boston-Kash Tamarua is also an outstanding rugby player and in 2019 was dominant in the Western Australian U14 Rugby competition for the Kalamunda Bulls Rugby Club.

    For the Bulls in 2019 Boston-Kash Tamarua, played No. 8 in all of his matches, scoring twelve tries over the season.

    Boston-Kash Tamarua scored doubles in Round One against the Mandurah Pirates, Round Six against Joondulap White and Rounds Ten and Eleven against Wanneroo and the Southern Lions respectively.

    Boston-Kash Tamarua also scored in matches against Ellenbrook in Round Three, Round Four against Rockingham, Round Eight against Perth Bayswater and Round Nine against Nedlands.

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    Plenty of Titans contracted/linked players are in the 2021 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup and U18 Laurie Daley Cup squads, with those squads coming back from their Christmas break tomorrow at Ballina Coast High School in preparation for their Round One matches in early February at Byron Bay against the Wests Tigers.

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    Coombabah State High School was already set for a big 2021 school boy rugby league season with their inclusion in the main draw of the Langer Cup with multiple Titans contracted players ready to take on the likes of PBC and Keebra Park, but the Open A side will be stronger with Canterbury (NZ) centre K-CI Newton-Whare lining up for Coombabah this season.

    In 2020 K-CI Newton-Whare represented the Canterbury (NZ) U16 side at the South Island Championships after playing for Riccarton Knights in the Canterbury U16 rugby league competition.

    The 188cm, 86kg centre attended Hornby High School in Canterbury in 2020 and has an extensive representative record already, including playing for the South Island Scorpions U15 side in 2019 and also the U15 Te Arawa U15 representative side in 2019.

    2019 also saw K-CI Newton-Whare play for a New Zealand Warriors U16 Invitational side.

    K-CI Newton-Whare is also a talented rugby player, in 2020 playing for the Hornby Rugby Club in the Canterbury U16 competition and was named the Hornby Rugby Clubs Best Junior tackler.

    In 2019 K-CI Newton-Whare played for the Southland Rams U15 rugby representative side. Like in rugby league K-CI Newton-Whare plays in the centres, mainly inside centre (No. 12) but he did also play a number of matches at outside centre (No. 13).

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    Electric young Western Australian Juilius Anderson-Hiroti had an exceptional 2020 season in both rugby league and rugby and as a consequence in 2021 will head east to attend Keebra Park State High School as part of their Titans partnered Elite Rugby League Academy.

    In 2020 Juilius Anderson-Hiroti played in the Western Australian U15 Rugby League competition for the Kalamunda Bulldogs, who went on to become Premiers.

    In the 2020 Western Australian U15 Rugby League Grand Final Juilius Anderson-Hiroti started the Grand Final at fullback as the Bulldogs defeated arch rivals, The South Perth Lions 12 – 8, unfortunately Juilius Anderson-Hiroti was unable to finish the match due to injury.

    Juilius Anderson-Hiroti’s 2020 Western Australian U15 rugby league season was outstanding and was punctuated by multiple long range solo tries, with the first of those signature tries comning in Round Three against the Freemantle Roosters when Juilius Anderson-Hiroti split the defensive line in his own territory and easily outpaced the cover defense to score the first of many highlight reel tries.

    Juilius Anderson-Hiroti was at it again in Round Four against eventual Grand Final opponents, the South Perth Lions when he tracked back and retrieved a long South Perth kick on the bounce, twenty metres from his own line. An eighty metre run and four tackle breaks later saw Juilius Anderson-Hiroti place the ball down under the posts for ultimately what I can say was one of the best individual tries of the 2020 season.

    Juilius Anderson-Hiroti was at it again in Round Five recording a double against the Freemantle Roosters with both tries long range solo efforts by the lightning quick, explosive fullback.

    Juilius Anderson-Hiroti added another long range solo try in Round Six once again against South Perth when he split the Lions defence in a hard fought 10 all draw.

    In Round Nine against Ellenbrook Juilius Anderson-Hiroti once again showcased his kick return skills with another ling range try after he retrived a kick on the bounce and was simply too fast and elusive in an eighty run to score, and has become another trade mark, Juilius Anderson-Hiroti put the ball down directly under the black dot.

    In December 2020 Juilius Anderson-Hiroti represented the U15 Northern Fusion side at the rugby league twelve a side Kwinana Klassic Tournament and the young man was a 2019 Western Australian U15 representative.

    In 2020 Juilius Anderson-Hiroti did not just tear up the U15 Western Australian Rugby League competition, he did the exact same thing in the 2020 Western Australian U16 Rugby Competition, playing for the Kalamunda Districts Rugby Club.

    Juilius Anderson-Hiroti played thirteen matches in the 2020 Western Australian U15 Rugby Competition, scoring twelve tries, including a try in Kalamunda’s finals victory against the Mandurah Pirates.

    Juilius Anderson-Hiroti scored hat tricks in Round Three against Rockingham and Round Five against the University of Western Australia as well as a double in Round Seven against Wanneroo. Juilius Anderson-Hiroti also scored in Round Four against Palmyra, Round Six against the Mandurah Pirates and Round Nine against Joondalup.

    From a position perspective Juilius Anderson-Hiroti started twelve of his thirteen matches at fullback, starting from the bench in his remaining match which was against Arks Rugby Club in Round Eight.

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    Magnificent article on the Official site about the JTS program and doing a session with NRL players. Outstanding work Jamie McCormack and team.

    https://www.titans.com.au/news/2021/...ith-nrl-squad/

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    Quote Originally Posted by mdrew View Post
    Magnificent article on the Official site about the JTS program and doing a session with NRL players. Outstanding work Jamie McCormack and team.

    https://www.titans.com.au/news/2021/...ith-nrl-squad/
    That is brilliant.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mdrew View Post
    Magnificent article on the Official site about the JTS program and doing a session with NRL players. Outstanding work Jamie McCormack and team.

    https://www.titans.com.au/news/2021/...ith-nrl-squad/
    How good is that bloody great work something that all them boys will cherish and aspire to

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    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.


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