Junior Development

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Former Gold Coast Eagle rugby player Lalau Robbie will start on the wing for the Murwillumbah Mustangs in Round Four of the NRRRL U18 competition against the Bilimbil JEts.

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Max Liles has been named at halfback for the Cudgen Hornets in Round Four of the NRRRL First Grade competition against the Ballina Seagulls.

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Brady Turner continued in the front row for the Burleigh Bears in the Round Seven MM Cup local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Brady Turner making his opening hit-up of the match in just the 2nd minute from the right of the play the ball to carry the ball from the halfway mark to thirty eight metres from the try line.

Brady Turner also ran onto the ball to the right of the dummy half in the 6th minute with Brady Turner also once again getting the ball from the halfway mark to thirty eight metres from the try line. Then in the 9th minute from the right of the play the ball once again and thirty metres from his try line Brady Turner ran the ball through the centre of the field to within seven metres of the halfway mark.

Brady Turner also did well running the ball in the 10th minute forty eight metres from the try line and was able force his way to within twenty nine metres of the try line.

Brady Turner showcased his defensive ability in just the 3rd minute of the match with a right shoulder driving tackle on his opposing front rower to drive him back three metres and dump him on his back twenty two metres from the try line. Then in the 55th minute from two passes to the left of a Burleigh penalty restart Brady Turner was able to carry the ball from twenty metres from the try line to within ten metres.

Brady Turner’s performance saw him named on the bench in the Courier Mail’s 2024 MM Cup Round Seven Team of the Week.

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Round One of the ultimately postponed 2024 NRRRL First Grade competition saw Jury Taewa named on the bench for the Bilambil Jets against the Tweed Coast Raiders.

Jury Taewa came off the bench in Round Two against the Evans Head Bombers with Jury Taewa coming onto the field to operate in the front row in the 27th minute and in the 36th minute from the left of the play the ball and twenty five metres from his own try line Jury Taewa carried the ball out to the thirty six metre mark.

In the 48th minute from the left of the play the ball Jury Taewa was able to get the ball from two metres inside his own territory to ten metres into Bombers territory then in the 51st minute Jury Taewa made a strong goal line drop-out return to get the ball back to the twenty metre mark aftger running straight through the centre of the field.

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Creedence Donovan continued on the right wing for the Burleigh Bears in the Round Seven MM Cup local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls and in the 6th minute Creedence Donovan ran across to the opposite side of the field and from the left of the play the ball took a yardage carry from ten metres from his own try line to twenty metres out.

Creedence Donovan moved across to the opposite side of the field once again in the 14th minute to run out of dummy half to his left as he ran the ball from two metres from his own try line to twelve metres out. Then later in the same set of six tackles Creedence Donovan ran out of dummy half to his left once again to get the ball through the centre of the field from ten metres to twenty three metres from his own try line. Creedence Donovan also ran out of dummy half on this occasion to his right in the 56th minute to the thirty metre mark before getting a right arm flick off-load away to his right.

Creedence Donovan’s performance saw him named on the wing in the Courier Mail’s 2024 MM Cup Round Seven Team of the Week.

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Good to see Banjora Porch named on the bench for the Byron Bay Devils in Round Four of the NRRRL U18 competition against Northern United.

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Brock Lennox moved to the left wing for the Tweed Heads Seagulls for the Round Seven MM Cup local derby against the Burleigh Bears and in the 15th minute Brock Lennox ran to his right out of dummy half in the 15th minute from twenty three metres from his own try line to thirty six metres out.

Brock Lennox did well in the 37th minute when after a Burleigh bomb to his wing bounced and then bounced off his chest Brock Lennox was able to take possession ten metres from his try line and after running eight metres downfield Brock Lennox was able to get an off-load away to his inside to Sam Stephenson.

Brock Lennox also made a good hit defensively in the 4th minute when along with Sam Stephenson, Brock Lennox hit the Burleigh left winger as he was looking to get the ball down over the try line after diving from the field of play and force the ball to be lost with Tweed Heads getting a twenty metre restart as a result.

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Kye Cooper is set to make his first NRRRL First Grade start when he starts on the wing for the Mullumbimby Giants in Round Four tomorrow against the Kyogle Turkeys.

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Powerhouse PBC SHS front rower/lock Nixon O'Connor will line up for the U15 South Coast School Boy Rugby League side in next months QSSRL U15 School Boy Championships.

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Another PBC SHS student to make the 2024 South Coast School Boy Rugby League representative side is Tweed Heads Seagulls junior Aiden Tom.

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Round Four of the 2024 NRRRL U18 competitions sees Noah Vakararawa named on the bench for the Byron Bay Devils against Northern United.

In early March 2024 Noah Vakararawa was named on the bench in the Lismore Diocese Open School Boy Rugby league Representative side out of St John’s College Woodlawn. Noah Vakararawa was then named on the bench for the Northern Country U18 side for the NSW Combined Catholic Colleges (CCC) U18 School Boy Rugby League trials.

In late September 2023 Noah Vakararawa was named in the 2024 Northern Rivers Titans U17 Development Academy squad with Noah Vakararawa part of the Northern Rivers Titans Development squad that defeated the Greater northern Tigers in their first 2024 trial.

In October 2022 Noah Vakararawa was named in the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup squad.

Round One of the 2023 U16 Andrew Johns Cup competition saw Noah Vakararawa named on the bench for the Northern Rivers Titans against the Newcastle Knights with Noah Vakararawa coming onto the field in the 22nd minute.

Noah Vakararawa, in the 39th minute made a great tackle on one of the Knights front rower being No. 10 justcentre metres from the try line and five metres to the left of the uprights.

Noah Vakararawa was then named on the Northern Rivers Titans extended bench for Round Two against the Central Coast Roosters as well as for Round Three against the South Coast Dragons.

Noah Vakararawa then started from the bench in Round Five against the North Coast Bulldogs with Noah Vakararama coming onto the field to operate at lock in the 20th minute and almost immediately making a strong fourteen metre run to the right of the play the ball to get to the halfway mark.

Noah Vakararawa then did well in the 25th minute when he chased through a short Northern Rivers Titans goal line drop-out with Noah Vakararawa jumping high to take the ball on the full and then charge out to the thirty metre mark.

At the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans Awards presentation Noah Vakararawa received the 2023 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup Encouragement Award.

In Round One of the 2022 Group One U15 competition Noah Vakararawa started at lock for the Kyogle Turkeys against the Casino RSM Cougars and scored a hat trick in the Turkeys strong first up victory.

Noah Vakararawa then scored in Round Six against the South Grafton and then followed up with a double in Round Seven also against the South Grafton Rebels and Noah Vakararawa also scored twice in Round Nine against Casino RSM.

In Week One of the 2022 Group One U15 Finals series Noah Vakararawa started at lock for the Kyogle Turkeys against the Clarence Coast Magpies.

Noah Vakararawa started at lock in the 2022 Group One U15 Grand final for the Turkeys as they went down 32 – 18 to the Clarence Coast Magpies with Noah Vakararawa scoring one of the Turkey’s tries.

Noah Vakararawa finished the 2022 Group One U15 season as the competitions fifth leading try scorer with thirteen tries and also finished as the competition’s seventh leading point’s scorer with fifty two points.

In 2022 Noah Vakararawa, after starting in the second row for the Lismore/Armidale representative squad at the U15 Northern Country trials at Tamworth, following Lismore Diocesan selection trials at Xavier College, Ballina, Noah Vakararawa was named in the 2022 U15 Northern College Combined Catholic College School Boy Rugby League Representative squad for the New South Wales U15 School Boy Championships.

The St Johns College Woodlawn student also played for the Turkeys in 2021 and in fact was named the Kyogle Turkeys 2021 Group One U14 Best and Fairest Player.