Junior Development

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Playing right centre Jesse Arthars scored his fifth try from four Queensland Cup matches this season for Burleigh this afternoon in their 16-10 loss to Townsville.

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Tweed Heads Seagulls Queensland Cup squad member Elijah Nicholas was one of Ormeau's try scorers as they overcome Bilambil 31-22 in Round Three of the GCRL First Grade competition.

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Burleigh Colts winger Reece Tapine was a try scorer for Burleigh in Round Three of the GCRL First Grade competition as the Bears overcame Currumbin 28-8.

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Tweed Heads Seagulls Queensland Cup squad member Luke Jurd was one of Currumbin's try scorers as they went down 28-8 to Burleigh in Round Three of the GCRL First Grade competition.

A Queensland Cup debut is surely not too far away.

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Regardless of the competition the opening rounds are always fascinating to see what teams have improved and what new players in the teams.

The 2019 Gold Coast Rugby League U20 competition is no different with the opening two rounds throwing up a few interesting results and new players.

One new player for the Helensvale Hornets is New Zealand born youngster Harrison Trathen who started Round One at five eight and Round Two in the centres for the Hornets which both matches against Southport due to the vagaries of the draw.

In New Zealand Harrison Trathen played both rugby and rugby league, representing the Tasman Titans U17’s in rugby league at the South Islands Rugby League tournament and Nelsons Bay in rugby.

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For the third time in four Queensland Cup appearances Ioane Seuili ran for in excess of100 metres from his right wing position for Tweed Heads in their 26 – 12 win over the Capra’s. In his 80 minutes on the field Ioane Seuili ran for 105 metres (33 post contact), 50 metres of which were from kick returns.

Ioane Seuiili also had a line break assist, a try assist, a team leading four tackle breaks, played the ball in an average time of 4.16 seconds and made a tackle.

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Regardless of the competition the opening rounds are always fascinating to see what teams have improved and what new players in the teams.

The 2019 Gold Coast Rugby League U20 competition is no different with the opening two rounds throwing up a few interesting results and new players.

The new (restructured) U18 comp is certainly going to be interesting as well. A lot of clubs are going to have trouble balancing there squads. Especially if the RLGC enforces the rules about rep players not being eligible for Div 2 teams.
But the level of competition should be outstanding, especially after the Mal Meninga players return to there junior clubs.

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Casino RSM centre Rocco Partridge started the NRRRL U18 season off in fine style last weekend scoring in a Casino RSM Round One 28-18 victory over the Tweed Heads Seagulls.

The match was the first that he played for Casino RSM after transferring in the offseason from Kyogle.

For Kyogle in the Group One U16.5 competition Rocco Partridge scored five tries from twelve matches with all five tries coming in separate matches against Ballina, Clarence Coast and Lismore Marist Brothers on three occasions.

Earlier this season Rocco Partridge played in three matches for the Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup squad. He is U18 again in 2020.

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Hard tough Lismore Marist Brothers Brody Jones started at lock in Round One of the NRRRL U18 competition last weekend as Marist overcame Cudgen 28-16.

In 2018 in the NRRRL U18 competition Brody Jones played in thirteen regular season matches for Lismore Marist Brothers scoring an impressive nine tries along the way for a strike rate of 69.23%.

Brody Jones scored a hat trick against Kyogle mid-season and the week prior scored a double against Murwillumbah. Brody Jones also had a good try scoring run late in the season when he scored in consecutive rounds against Casino RSM, Lower Clarence and Tweed Coast. Brody Jones’s remaining try came in Round Three once again against Tweed Coast.

Brody Jones played for Lismore Marist Brothers in two different competitions in 2107 being the U16.5 Group One Junior Rugby League competition and the NRRRL competition at the U18 level.

For Lismore Marist Brothers in the 2017 Group One U16.5 competition, Brody Jones played in twelve matches for the 4th placed Rams scoring three tries including two in two weeks against Ballina and Clarence Coast and later in the season Brody Jones scored against Casino RSM.

In total Brody Jones also played four matches at the U18 level in the 2017 NRRRL competition with his first match coming in early April against the Tweed Coast Raiders which included the outstanding young forward Oscar Clarke.

In 2017 the tough young Lismore Marist Brothers second rower’s rugby league season finished with him attending the Titans U16 High Performance Academy camp in Lennox Heads in late 2017 where he played for the Titans in their match against a Western Mustangs U16 side that was also attending the high performance camp.

In 2016 Brody Jones was selected on the bench for the U15 New South Wales Combined Catholic Colleges Northern Region side for their annual trials.

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In addition to scoring his fifth try, in Round Four against the Townsville Blackhawks Jesse Arthars once again played all 80 minutes at right centre, running for 113 metres, 45 post contact, broke two tackles as well as playing the ball at a team leading average speed of 2.93 tackles. Defensively Jesse Arthars made nine tackles at a 90% tackling efficiency.

Jesse Arthars try came as a result of him chasing through a bomb directed by Burleigh half Jamal Fogerty to the right corner post, Jesse Arthars got high initially retrieving the ball with one high before controlling it and getting it down for the Bears first try of the match.

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After missing Round Four it is good to see Tremain Spry back in the Tweed Heads Seagulls Queensland Cup side for this weekends Round Five match against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.

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After missing the start of the season it is great to see Lochlyn Sheldon back for the Burleigh Colts in their Round Five match against Souths Logan after he was named on an extended bench.

Titan Kea Pere who was injured in Round One has also need named on the Burleigh extended bench.

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Norths Devils centre Shannon Subritzky-Stewart signed a contract with the Titans early in 2019 after being part of the one of the Titans two U15 sides that played each other and a Western Mustangs at Mudgeeraba in February of this year.

Shannon Subritzky-Stewart is currently a member of the 2019 U15 Emerging Origin squad and in 2018 was part of the South East Queensland White U14 side that took part in the Queensland U14 Age Championships, scoring in Round Two in a SEQ White 22 – 12 win over Central.

In 2018 Shannon Subritzky-Stewart played for the Norths Devils in the GBJRL U14 Premier Division competition including starting in the centres for the Nundah based side in the Grand Final but unfortunately they went down 26 – 20 to an Easts Tigers side that included fellow 2019 Titans U15 signee, winger Antioch Faitala-Mariner.

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Latest Junior Weekly wrap from the Official Site:

https://www.titans.com.au/news/2019/...-jnr-rep-wrap/

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Late last year a Western Mustangs U16 side attending a training camp in Northern New South Wales held by the Titans and then played a match against a Group One U16 side.

The standout played on the field was Western Mustangs lock Jack Pike.

In the opening two rounds of the Toowoomba Rugby League U18 competition, Jack Pike has started in the second row for Toowoomba Souths and kicked a conversion in Round One a fortnight ago against Oakey.