Junior Development

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Brodie Saunders started from the bench for the Burleigh Bears in Round Five of the CC Cup against the Norths Devils with Brodie Saunders coming onto the field to play in the front row in the 19th minute and a minute later in the 20th minute after running onto the ball to the left of the dummy half Brodie Saunders was able to get the ball from thirty eight metres from his own try line to within two metres of the halfway mark.

From the left of the play the ball in the 23rd minute and twenty four metres from his try line Brodie Saunders ran the ball out to the thirty four metre mark. Then in the 27th minute also from the left of the dummy half Brodie Saunders was able to get het ball from eighteen metres from the try line to within seven metres.

Also from the left of the play the ball in the 31st minute Brodie Saunders ran the ball through the centre of the field from the halfway mark ten metres downfield and from the right of the dummy half in the 36th minute Brodie Saunders got the ball from forty metres to within thirty metres of the try line. Then in the 44th minute from the right of the play the ball Brodie Saunders ran the ball through the centre of the field once again from twenty four metres from his own try line to thirty six metres out.

Brodie Saunders did well in the 26th minute when he chased through a Burleigh grubber kick into the in-goal and tackled the Devils winger No. 2 in-goal to force a goal line drop-out.

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Tanu Nona and Nic Hilton will start from the bench this weekend in Round One of the GCRL First Grade competition for Tugun Seahawks against the Runaway Bay Seagulls.

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Round One of the 2024 Group Two U18 competition saw Lockie McLaughlin start at right centre in the “Battle of the Bridge” local derby for the Grafton Ghosts against the South Grafton Rebels.

Lockie McLaughlin, in the 7th minute took the ball from a Ghost penalty restart to carry the ball from ten metres from his own try line to twenty two metre out. Then in the 10th minute from two passes to the right of the play the ball Lockie McLaughlin ran the ball down the right channel from thirty two metres to within ten metres of the try line. Lockie McLaughlin also did well in the 22nd minute when after running onto the ball to the right of the play the ball Lockie McLaughin was able to carry the ball from nineteen metres from his own try line to thirty one metres out.

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In late September 2023 Austin Marsters was named in the 2024 Burleigh Bears U19 Mal Meninga Cup squad.

Round One of the 2024 MM Cup competition saw Austin Marsters start from the bench for the Burleigh Bears against the Souths Logan Magpies with Austin Marsters and after coming onto the field to operate in the dummy half role in the 44th minute Austin Marsters ran to his right out of dummy half from eighteen metres out to get within five metres of the try line just to the left of the goal posts.

Austin Marsters continued from the bench in Round Three against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls with Austin Marsters coming onto the field in the 50th minute to operate in the dummy half role.

Austin Marsters also started from the bench in Round Five against the Norths Devils and after coming onto the field to operate in the dummy half role in the 55th minute Austin Marsters did well in the 63rd minute to turn and chase a Norths short kick-off with Austin Marsters jumping high to take the kick-off on the bounce whilst facing his own try line just in from of multiple Devils chasers.

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In late September 2023 Kanititeiti Sikahele was named in the 2024 Burleigh Bears U19 Mal Meninga Cup squad.

Round One of the 2024 MM Cup competition saw Kanititeiti Sikahele start from the bench for the Burleigh Bears against the Souths Logan Magpies with Kanititeiti Sikahele and after coming onto the field in the 28th minute Kanititeiti Sikahele, in the 62nd minute ran onto the ball to the left of the play the ball and was able to get the ball from four metres inside Souths Logan territory to thirty metres out after running over the top of one defender.

Kanititeiti Sikahele also started from the bench in Round Two against the Redcliffe Dolphins with Kanititeiti Sikahele coming on to operate in the centre of the field in the 42nd minute.

Kanititeiti Sikahele continued from the bench in Round Three against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls with Kanititeiti Sikahele coming off the bench in the 18th minute.

Kanititeiti Sikahele also started from the bench in Round Five against the Norths Devils and after coming onto the field in the 28th minute Kanititeiti Sikahele scored in the 57th minute when he ran off a short ball from his right from eight metres out with Kanititeiti Sikahele beating two defenders including the Norhts fullback on the try line to score ten metres to the right of the goal posts.

Earlier in the 32nd minute Kanititeiti Sikahele ran the ball down a short right blindside from ten metres inside his own territory to get the ball five metres into Norths territory. Then in the 42nd minute from two passes to the right of the play the ball Kanititeiti Sikahele promoted the ball from twenty eight metres from the try line to within fifteen metres.

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Round One of the 2024 GCRL U18 Division One competition sees Edward Pirika named in the second row for the Southport Tigers against the Currumbin Eagles.

2023 saw Edward Pirika start the season as part of the Burleigh Bears U18 MM Cup squad with Edward Pirika putting in a strong performance in his first match on the Gold Coast in the Bears opening 2023 MM Cup trial against the Souths Logan Magpies at the Titans annual Super Saturday series of matches at Burleigh Juniors.

Edward Pirika was also part of the Burleigh Bears squad that took on local rivals the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the second trial of the year. Impressively Edward Pirika is also U18 MM Cup eligible in 2024.

Round One of the 2023 Langer Reserve School Boy competition saw Edward Pirika named on the bench for Keebra Park SHS agaisnt Ipswich SHS.

In early June 2023 Edward Pirika was named in the New Zealand Māori U17 side after representing Lotahitanga Wairua at the 2023 New Zealand Māori Championships.

In 2022 Edward Pirika played for Tamaki Ki te Tonga (South) in the New Zealand Rugby League U16 Shaun Johnson Shield competition with Edward Pirika starting at right centre in their Grand Final victory the Auckland North side that contained Titans contracted Ryder Williams at five eight.

In the 2022 U16 Shaun Johnson Shield Grand Final Edward Pirika scored in the second half when from within a metre of the try line with the play the ball mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field Edward Pirika moved into dummy half, got down low and burrowed over just to the right of the play the ball.

In New Zealand Edward Pirika played for the Mangere East Hawks Rugby League club.

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Round One of the 2024 GCRL U18 Division One competition saw Makau Waiaou named on the bench for the Southport Tigers against the Currumbin Eagles.

In September 2022 Makau Waiapu was named in the South Queensland Maori U16 Tuakana representative squad.

The tough young Coomera Cutters forward was part of the Titans U13 side that defeated the Western Mustangs 40 – 12 at Mudgeeraba in February 2019 in very hot and steamy conditions.

Early in the 2019 season Makau Waiapu was named in the Gold Coast Vikings U13 squad for the South East Queensland Hill Stumer Championships where he started in the front row.

Makau Waiapu started the opening three rounds of the GCRL U13 Division One competition in the front row for Coomera.

In total in the GCRL U13 Division One regular season competition Makau Waiapu played in eleven matches primarily in either the front row or second row, scoring ten tries including scoring four tries in Round Nine against Runaway Bay and a Round Fourteen double also against Runaway Bay.

Makau Waiapu also scored in Round Two against Ormeau, Round Twelve against Helensvale.

In the first week of the Finals series, Makau Waiapu started in the second row and scored as Coomera defeated Southport 46 – 24.

Makau Waiapu also started in the second row in Week Two of the Finals against Burleigh with the Cutters season coming to an end with their loss.

2018 saw Makau Waiapu play in the Gold Coast Rugby League U12 Division One competition for the Coomera Cutters, playing primarily in the second row. In his thirteen matches, including finals, Makau Waiapu amassed sixteen points from three tries and two goals.

Makau Waiapu’s three tries came in the opening three rounds against Mudgeeraba, Currumbin and Burleigh Maroon. In the Round One match Makau Waiapu kicked his first conversion and kicked his second in June against Burleigh White.

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Humzah Rashidi arrives on the Gold Coast from St Mary's in the Penrith JRL and in 2023 came off the bench for St Mary's in Penrith JRL U17 Division One Grand Final against Brothers in a tough 16 - 14 loss.

This weekend Humzah Rashidi has been named on the bench for the Southport Tigers GCRL U18 Division One side in thier ROund One match against the Currumbin Eagles.

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Round Three of the 2024 NRRRL U18 competition saw Tyler Small named at left centre for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against the Bilambil Jets.

2022 saw Tyler Small play for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the Group 18 U16 competition including starting at left centre in the Grand Final against the Murwillumbah Colts.

The talented Titans linked PBC student started at left centre for the PBC Year Nine school boy side against Keebra Park in early June 2021 with the young centre scoring in the PBC victory when he raced through to dive on a grubber kick to his side of the field, just, and I mean just, before the dead ball line.

Tyler Small was also named to start on the left wing in the 2021 Hancock Cup Grand Final against local rivals Keebra Park State High School.

Tyler Small played in the 2020 PBC Renouf Cup School Boy Grand Final side, sarting at left cetre, that went down in heart breaking fashion 10 – 8 to Marsden State High School with Tyler Small scoring PBC’s sole try of the match late in the second half to get PBC on the board before a late try to Marsden State High School in the left corner saw PBC lose in heart breaking fashion after their great fight back.

Tyler Small’s try came when he chased through a well weighted kick from the PBC half, Tyler Small fly through to take the ball on the full and then stepped off his left foot to get around the Marsden State High School fullback and as a consequence he was able to bring the ball around to put it down directly behind the left upright to make the conversion far easier for five eight Tyler Wright.

Tyler Small not only had a very good 2020 Renouf Cup Grand Final but also had a number of stand out matches in the regular rounds of the Renouf Cup including an impressive three try effort against Wavell State High School in Round FIve.

In the Round Five match against Wavell the first two tries that Tyler Small scored were very similar. On both occasions Tyler Small, playing left centre, was on the end of PBC backline movements receiving the ball in open space and crossing in the left corner with one of the tries described coming in each half.

Tyler Small’s third try of the match was a fraction different than the other two. Tyler Small followed through a stab kick to his side of the field, being the left, timing his run to get to the ball taking it above his head between two Wavell SHS defenders and pushing forward to score as the two defenders closed in.

In Round Four of the 2020 Renouf Cup against Forest Lake State High School Tyler Small scored a double as PBC proved too good for their Brisbane West based rivals. Tyer Small’s first try came in the opening minutes of the match when he chased through a grubber kick to the left side of the diving on the ball in the in goal before the Forest Lake defenders could defuse the kick into the in goal.

Tyler Small’s second try of the match, which came in the second half also resulted from Tyler Small chasing through a PBC kick. For his second try however Tyler Small chased through a long kick out of PBC’s own half, with Tyler Small getting to the ball in the clear twenty five metres out from the Forest Lake line and he was able to bring the ball around to score under the posts.

Round Three of the 2020 Renouf Cup saw Tyler Small score a further hat trick against fellow Gold Coast school Coombabah State High School, with the first of Tyler Small’s tries coming when he backed up a break from PBC left second rower Sam Stephenson who got a pass away to his left to Tyler Small who ran twenty metres to score.

Tyler Small’s second try resulted when he ran a perfect hard straight line through the Coombabah State High School defence forty metres out from the line, producing a left foot step to beat the initial cover defence and then Tyler Small ran diagonally away from the fullback to score next to the right uprights.

Tyler Small’s completed his hat trick when he backed up a break from his fullback to get the ball from his right to score in the left corner of the field.

Tyler Small added a further try in Round Two against Keebra Park State High School when he backed up a break by Sam Stephenson receiving the ball forty metres out and Tyler Small’s speed allowed him to bring the ball around to put it donw under the posts.

Tyler Small started the 2020 Renouf Cup school boy season off with a bang scoring a double in Round One in a tough loss to eventual Grand Final opponents Marsden State High School. Tyler Small’s first try of the match (and season) resulted from a straight hard run through the Marsden line before he produced a perfectly executed left foot step to beat the fullback and bring the ball around to put it down ten metres to the left of the uprights.

Tyler Small’s second try resulted when he loomed up to the left of PBC left seond rower Sam Stephenson taking the ball fifity metres out and accelerating down the left touch line and Tyler Small was able to bring ball around to put it down near the left upright.

In total in his six 2020 Renouf Cup matches (including the Grand Final) Tyler Small, starting all of them at left centre, scored twelve tries to finish with a 200% try scoring strike rate.

In early October 2020 Tyler Small was part of the Titans NRRRL U14/15 side that played a trial match against a Titans Gold Coast U14 squad with the match being played at Cbus Stadium, giving the young players a great experience including playing the match in Titans jerseys.

In relation to club rugby league in 2020 Tyler Smart played in the Group 18 U14 competition for the Cudgen Hornets. The Cudgen Hornets finished the 2020 season with one win and nine losses, finishing with a -128 points differential, scoring 96 points and conceding 224. Post the season, Tyler Small was named the 2020 Cudgen Hornets U14 Group 18 Best Back.