Junior Development

[Bart]

Titans win 14’s 32-8

Ok used too be a strong age group

[mdrew]

Magnificent effort by all players today. The future is incredibly bright for the Titans and these incredible young men. Congratulations also for the families who have raised outstanding young men both on and off the field.

[Titanic]

You’ve got to hand it to the organization ... Australian coach at pre-season development squad hit-outs is pretty cool for all involved.

[mdrew]

[Happy to mate, the only problem is hat you will not be able to shut me up during the games. In saying that there are few '"Guy""s on the forum that leave me for dead with their junior development knowledge

QUOTE=DIEHARD;389575]I'd love to get to some of these junior games with some of you. Perhaps in July/August when I'm back in Oz.[/QUOTE]

[mdrew]

Tweed Heads Seagulls trial results

MM Tweed 8 Souths Logan 8
Colts Tweed 12 Souths Logan 12

[mdrew]

There were some outstanding performances by the Titans junior players today, none more so than second rower William Semu who was simply outstanding for the Titans U14's in their 32-8 win. He had a great game playing the left second row position for the Titans.

[JT09]

Mdrew yes he was outstanding on the left. Very good performance indeed. Extremely hot yesterday for all the players too so good effort all round considering first out of the year for most of the boys I’d imagine

[mdrew]

One of the plays of the day yesterday was the great 40/20 by Titans U14 hooker Jacob Tinsley.

[mdrew]

It was great to see some young players continue to realise their rugby league dream when the Titans took on the Western Mustangs at Mudgeeraba recently.

One player in the Titans U13 side that defeated the Western Mustangs 40 – 12 was Nerang Rooster Izayah Petrichvich.

In 2018 Izayah Petricevich finished the Gold Coast Rugby League U12 Division One competition as the second leading try scorer with nine tries from ten matches, playing primarily in the second row.

Izayah Petricevich scored hat trick against Currumbin and Coomera, a double against Burleigh Marron, with his other try coming in Round Two against Mudgeeraba.

[mdrew]

Powerful young lock or second rower Cooper Bai from the Burleigh Bears Junior Rugby League club was part of the Titans U13 side that took on a Western Mustangs side at Mudgeeraba in February this year. From a trivia perspective, Cooper Bai is the son of former Titans and Melbourne Storm winger Marcus Bai.

In 2018 Cooper Bai played for Burleigh in the U12 Division One competition playing in twelve matches, scoring thirty points from three tries and nine goals, including scoring Burleigh’s only try in their 28 – 6 U12 Division One Grand Final loss to Helensvale. Copper Bai started the Grand Final in the second row, scoring in the first half.

In addition to his Grand Final try Cooper Bai scored against Runaway Bay and Coomera. Interestingly, all of his nine conversions were kicked in separate matches over the course of the 2018 season.

2018 also saw Cooper Bai captain the Marymount Catholic Primary School side in the NRL Development Cup Final played at Suncorp Stadium with the Gold Coast school running out 16 – 12 winners against Cairns West Primary School. Cooper Bai started the match at lock and scored Marymount’s first try when he cut back inside the Cairns West defence to score under the posts to level the score up at 6 all in the first half.

[mdrew]

Second rower Jake Lenard from the Clarence Coast Magpies club in Northern New South Wales was part of the Titans U15’s that played against another Titans and Western Mustangs sides at Mudgeeraba recently.

In 2018, Jake Lenard finished as the Group One U14 competitions second leading try scorer with twenty one tries from just fifteen matches, scoring in all but two of those, with those matches being against Ballina and Kyogle.

Jake Lenard scored four tries in a mid-June match against Casino RSM and scored a hat trick against Grafton in July 2018. Jake Lenard also scored four doubles which were against Casino RSM in two separate matches, Kyogle and Grafton.

Jake Lenard also played four matches in the Group One U15 competition in 2018, making his debut against Casino RSM in early April and celebrated by scoring a double. He had also scored a double earlier in the day in the U14 match.

Jake Lenard went on to play a total of six U15 Group One matches in 2018 and in addition to his debut double also scored against Casino RSM once again later in the season and against Kyogle.

Jake Lenard also played in five matches for the Group One U14 representative side in 2018, playing in five matches in their New South Wales Country U14 Championship campaign including starting from the bench in their Plate Final 22 – 18 victory over Group 9.

In 2017 Jake Lenard a few other positions from the Clarence Coast Magpies junior rugby league club in the Group One Junior Rugby League competition in Northern New South Wales continued his outstanding try scoring feats throughout the 2017 Group One JRL U13 competition, where the former U12 New South Wales representative scored a staggering 35 tries in just eleven games. Understandably Jake Lenard leads the try scoring list for his age group.

Jake Lenard scored six tries in a May match against Grafton and five against Ballina in August. In addition Jake Lenard scored four tires twice, coming against Kyogle and Casino RSM and also hat tricks against Casino RSM, Marist Brothers, Ballina and Grafton. Jake Lenard in 2017 played two matches in the U14 Group One JRL competition with those matches being against Ballina and South Grafton.

Scoring tries is not a foreign experience for Jake Lenard as in 2016 at the U12 level he scored 20 tries from ten matches. To round off his points scoring that season, Jake Lenard also converted one of his tries in the Round Two clash against Casino RSM.

[mdrew]

Some footage from the official site of the games on Saturday.

https://www.titans.com.au/news/2019/...-trial-review/

[mdrew]

Front rower Arama Hau from the Helensvale Hornets took the field for the Titans on Saturday in one of their U15 sides at Mudgeeraba.

In 2018 Arama Hau started in the front row in the Gold Coast Rugby League U14 Division One Grand Final and was on the victorious side as the Hornets defeated Coomera 29 – 12.

In the 2018 U14 Division One competition in total, Arama Hau played in eleven matches, scoring his sole try in Round One against Beaudesert and kicked two goals, including one in the match against Beaudesert to finish the season with eight points.

In 2018 Arama Hau was part of the Helensvale Hornets U14 side that took part in the Tassell Trophy competition in Northern Queensland and scored a try in the final as Helensvale won the competition courtesy of a 40 – 6 win over the Western Lions in the final.

Arama Hau also made a number of representative sides in 2018, including playing for the Gold Coast Vikings U14 side in the South East Queensland Age Championships where he played primarily in the second row and scored against the Ipswich Diggers. That was the second occasion Arama Hau had represented the Vikings after being part of the U13 squad in 2017.

Post the South East Queensland U13 Championships, Arama Hau was selected in the South East Queensland Green side for the Queensland Age Championships and played four matches from the bench including the final against South East Queensland White.

[mdrew]

Well done to Titan Orlando Swain for his selection in the finalised Ipswich Diggers U16 Squad.

[mdrew]

Another young player taking another step in his rugby league journey at Mudgeeraba on Saturday was Beaudesert Kingfishers Beau Frazer who was part of the Titans U13 side that defeated the Western Mustangs 40 – 12 win. In the match Beau Frazer took the ball up well and was also solid defensively in the centre of the ruck.

In 2018 Beau Frazer played eleven matches for Beaudesert in the GCRL U12 Division Two competition including starting the Grand Final in the second row, but unfortunately Beaudesert lost 24 – 12 to Helensvale.

In his eleven matches Beau Frazer scored a late July try against Coomera for his sole try and the season and also kicked a conversion in late June against Ormeau to account for his six points.

Impressively Beau Frazer also played four matches for Beaudesert in the U13 Division One competition making his debut against Burleigh in June. His other three U13 Division One matches were against Runaway Bay, Mudgeeraba and Currumbin and on each occasion including his debut match he was backing up after playing for his U12 side earlier in the day.