Junior Development

[mdrew]

Titan's linked half/five eight Ryan Rivett has been selected in the South West U18 side for the 2019 QSSRL U18 Championships.

- - - Updated - - -

[mdrew]

Titans linked PBC centre Caleb Hodges was been named in the South Coast U18 side for the QSSRL U18 Championships.

[mdrew]

Powerhouse Titans linked PBC second rower Solomon Torrens has been named in the South Coast U18 side for the QSSRL U18 Championships after the trials this week.

[mdrew]

Crafty Titans linked PBC hooker Jed Edwards has been named in the South Coast U18 side for the QSSRL U18 Championships

[Bart]

Crafty Titans linked PBC hooker Jed Edwards has been named in the South Coast U18 side for the QSSRL U18 Championships

Is he starting mate or bench

[mdrew]

Great 50-0 win for the Northern Rivers Titans U16's against the North Coast Bulldogs in Grafton today

[ja4220]

Is he starting mate or bench

Named at #9 so at this stage you’d say first choice Hooker. Ediq was also named in the extended bench so they have options.

[Bart]

Named at #9 so at this stage you’d say first choice Hooker. Ediq was also named in the extended bench so they have options.

I thought he finished school last year must have repeated

[mdrew]

Northern Rivers Titans 50 (J Field 3, R Mansfield 2, R Foran 2, J De Groot, R Sommerville, N Troy tries; T Weaver 3, R Lack 2 goals) def. North Coast Bulldogs 0

Great 50-0 win for the Northern Rivers Titans U16's against the North Coast Bulldogs in Grafton today

[ja4220]

I thought he finished school last year must have repeated

Yep, but PBC give them the option of doing grade 12 over 2 years to help balance there workload. Some choose it some don’t .

[mdrew]

It is great to hear that the Titans have signed George Etuale-Noa to a two year deal and who in January of this year was part of the Titans U18 side that took on a Newcastle Knights U18 squad in Coffs Harbour.

To say that George Etuale-Noa had a good 2018 season would be an absolute understatement. For the Coomera Cutters in the U17 Division Two competition he was simply outstanding leading his side all of the way to the Grand Final.

Over the course of the 2018 U17 Division Two season George Etuale-Noa played in fourteen matches for Coomera including the finals series scoring a competition leading twenty seven tries at an impressive strike rate of 193%.

In the regular season George Etuale-Noa scored six tries in a late season match against Jimboomba (he scored four against them in the finals) and hat tricks against Jimboomba who must have been sick of the sight of him by seasons end and Currumbin, with those hat tricks coming in consecutive rounds. George Etuale-Noa also scored regular season doubles against Beaudesert and of course Jimboomba.

In four matches against Jimboomba this season including one finals match George Etuale-Noa scored fifteen tries for a strike rate against the Thunder of 375%.

In Week Two of the U17 Division Two finals series George Etuale-Noa started at lock for Coomera scoring a try as the Cutters went down 28 – 16 to Currumbin.

In Week Three of the U17 Division Two finals series the Cutters bounced back from their previous week’s finals loss to put Jimboomba to the sword in the Preliminary winning 62 – 4 with George Etuale-Noa started in the front row and scoring four tries.

In the Grand Final George Etuale-Noa started in the front row and scored a hat trick but could not prevent Coomera going down 24 – 18 to Currumbin.

George Etuale-Noa also had an outstanding 2017 campaign with the Coomera Cutters playing in two different age groups and was also selected in the 2018 Burleigh Bears MM Cup training squad.

George Etuale-Noa started off the 2017 season in the U17 Division Two competition playing in seven matches scoring against Burleigh Heads and Nerang. Around mid-season, George Etuale-Noa started playing more for the Cutters in the U16 Division Two competition where he was near unstoppable averaging a try a match through eight games.

George Etuale-Noa started off his time in the U16 Division Two competition with a double against Nerang and finished it with a hat trick against Nerang as well. In between George Etuale-Noa scored a double against Helensvale and he also scored against Ormeau to account for his eight tries in the U16 Division Two competition.

George Etuale-Noa will be part of the Burleigh Bears MM Cup side in 2019 and will play in the U18 Gold Coast Rugby League competition for Coomera post the completion of that competition. It also would not surprise to see George Etuale-Noa get an opportunity with the Burleigh Bears U20 Colts squad as the 2019 season progresses.

[mdrew]

Young Burleigh Bears centre Boaz Kapua was another member of the Titans outstanding U14 side that accounted for the Western Mustangs 32 – 8 in Mudgeeraba earlier of the year.

In 2018 Baoz Kapua played for Burleigh in the GCRL U13 Division One competition, playing in six matches and scoring a try and kicking two conversions to finish the season with eight points. Boaz Kapua’s try came mid-season against Runaway Bay and he also converted his own try.

Boaz Kapua’s other conversion was in the 2018 U13 Division One Grand Final in a Burleigh 42 – 22 win over Southport. Boaz Kapua started the match from the interchange bench and also came off the bench in Week Two in the Finals in a 22 - 18 Burleigh win once again against Southport.

2018 also saw the PBC student named in the South East Queensland U13 Merit side. In 2017 Boaz Kapua represented South Coast at the U12 level playing a number of matches at fullback.

[mdrew]

Exciting to see Darius Farmer named on the bench for' Burleigh's Round One clash this weekend.

Fellow Titans Morgan Boyle and Jai Whitbread are also on the bench for the Bears.

[mdrew]

Former Ballina Seagulls winger Ethan Coldwell-Jackey is on the move for the upcoming season, heading to the Byron Bay Devils from the Ballina Seagulls for whom in 2018 he was one of a number of stand-outs in their premiership winning U18 side. He should see plenty of NRRRL First Grade action this coming season.

[mdrew]

Kea Pere (wing), Kai O'Donnell (lock) and Jaxson Paulo (centre) who trained with the Titans NRL squad over the off-season have been named in the Burleigh Colts side for Round One against Norths this weekend.

- - - Updated - - -