Junior Development

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Titans linked Makau Waiapu started in the second row for Coomera in Round 9 of the GCRL U13 Division One competition contributing four tries to Coomera’s 32-12 victory over Runaway Bay.

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Titans contracted Kaden Somerville’s move to the second row certainly suited him last weekend when he scored his first two tries of the season for the Burleigh U16 Division One side that went down 24-20 to Currumbin.

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Titans linked Kye Cooper contributed two goals to his Ballina sides Group One U14 Round 7 38-0 victory over Kyogle.

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Titans contracted Rowan Mansfield has this season spent time playing for Ballina in both the Group One U16.5 competition and the NRRRL U18 competition.

Last weekend he played in both competition and in the Group One U16.5 competition scored a double for Ballina as they defeated Kyogle 22-16.

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Great to see Titans linked Xavier Atoa named player of the match in the Titans Challenge Grand Final last Wednesday night as his Stretton College side defeated Coombabah 22-18.

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Titans contracted Eudiq Ambrosyev played his second U18 Division One match of the season last weekend in Round Nine and made it two tries from as many matches when he scored after coming off the bench for Currumbin as they went down 22-10 to Burleigh.

[Bart]

Yeah mate Im thinking Kobi Hetherington or Smoothy

Only because of their Bronco connection

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Former Mudgeeraba red backs junior Brent Woolf will play his first match in the GCRL First Grade competition on Sunday in Round 14 coming off the bench for Currumbin against Bilambil.

As a 20 year old he played 18 QCup matches last season for Townsville.

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Is Tanah Boyd playing any footy this weekend?

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Not named so far

Is Tanah Boyd playing any footy this weekend?

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The 2019 QISSRL Confraternity Shield starts in 1 July with a couple of Gold Coast based schools involved, including Marymount College (Round One against St Patricks Mackay) and Aquinas College (Round One against St Teresa College) who both play on Day One.

The Ambrose Treacy School in Indooroopilly in Brisbane South West looks terrifying good and as led by Ezra Mam.

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Talented half/fullback Malachi Roberts will line up for Northern United in the NRRRL competition for the remainder of the 2019 season after his mid-season move from Byron Bay.

For Byron Bay before his move, Malachi Roberts played in nine NRRRL U18 matches for Byron Bay scoring 16 points from two tries and four goals, with the tries coming against Lower Clarence and Cudgen.

Malachi Roberts also played in two NRRRL Reserve Grade matches this season, with his debut coming against Lower Clarence in Round One with the other match a fortnight later in Round Three against Evans Head.

Malachi Roberts played the 2018 season for the Ballina Seagulls in the NRRRL U18 competition and started the NRRRL U18 Grand Final on the bench.

In the U18 NRRRL competition in 2018, Malachi Roberts played in ten matches, scoring four tries which came against Cudgen, Kyogle and Lismore Marist Brothers in two separate matches.

In 2018 Malachi Roberts also made his NRRRL Reserve Grade debut for Ballina when he came on against Northern United in the last regular season round.

In 2017 Malachi Roberts was named in the New South Indigenous U16 side that played their Queensland counter parts containing Titans linked Jesse Braslin. Malachi Roberts started the match at fullback and a team mate was second rower and fellow Titans linked youngster Kuyan Roberts-Laurie, 2017 also saw Malachi Roberts represent the East Coast Dolphins U16 side.

Malachi Roberts was selected to trial for the New South Indigenous U16 side after playing for the Group two junior representative side and the Forster Country Championships and at the Koori Knockout Competition in late 2016. In the trials Malachi Roberts was a standout scoring ten tries in three matches.

Malachi Roberts played for Lismore Marist Brothers in the 2017 Group One U16.5 competition, playing in ten matches starting all at fullback and scored six tries including a late season hat trick against Ballina.

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Since the completion of his successful MM Cup campaign Titans contracted Jake Martin has headed back to Grafton to play in the Group Two competition.

Jake Martin has played in four Group Two U18 matches to date including scoring a double in his first match back against Sawtell in Round Two and in early June made his 2019 Group Two Reserve Grade debut against Orara Valley scoring in that match.

Jake Martin’s first match in Titans colours since signing his two year contract late last year was in January of this year when he lined up as part of the Titans U18 squad taking on their U18 SG Ball Newcastle Knights opponents in Coffs Harbour. Jake Martin started the match on the left wing for the Titans.

In total in the 2019 MM Cup competition, Jake Martin played in five matches starting all on the left wing including both their semi-final and Grand Final victory over Wynnum Manly as well as the National U18 Grand Final against Illawarra.

Jake Martin started off the 2018 season representing North Coast in the U18 Laurie Daley Cup competition, playing in two matches, starting both on the wing, with those matches coming against the Greater Northern Tigers and the Newcastle Knights Development Squad. In that first match against the Greater Northern Tigers Jake Martin scored to mark a positive debut.

For the Grafton Ghosts in the Group Two competition in 2018, Jake Martin wore the blue and white in all three grades. In the Group Two U18 competition, Jake Martin played in nine matches scoring four tries including tries in the regular season against Coffs Harbour and Sawtell.

Jake Martin also played in four 2018 Group Two Reserve Grade games, making his debut against Coffs Harbour in May of this year. In those four Reserve Grade matches, Jake Martin had a 50% strike rate with his tries coming against Sawtell and Macksville.

Few 17 year olds make their First Grade debuts regardless of level or region, but in April 2018 Jake Martin joined that exclusive list when he came on for Grafton against Macksville.

Over the course of the 2017 season represented the Grafton Ghosts in the U18 Group Two competition and in the U16.5 Group One junior rugby league competition. Along with fellow Grafton Ghosts player, Ben Liyou, Jake Martin attended a Titans weekend Elite Academy camp held at Lennox Heads.

In the 2017 U18 Group Two competition, Jake Martin played in six matches (not bad at all considering he was still U16 eligible) and in those six matches scored three tries including a double against local rivals the South Grafton Rebels and also against Coffs Harbour in July. Jake Martin also played eight matches in the Group One U16.5 competition scoring late in the season against Casino RSM.

In the blue and white of the Grafton Ghosts U15 side in 2016 Jake Martin scored seven tries in twelve matches including scoring four in a match against Clarence Coast in June 2016. His other tries came against Lismore Marist Brothers on two separate occasions and Ballina. Jake Martin also represented the U15 Group One side in the NSW Age Championships in the centres.

Jake Martin has an extensive representative junior rugby league representative resume including representing Group One at the U14 and U15 levels in 2015 and 2016 respectively.

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It is good to see Damon Somerville return from being injured earlier in the season playing for South Coast in the QSSRL U18 Championships when he lines up in the centres for the Burleigh U18 Division One in their Round Ten match tomorrow against Southport.

Could he be a Titan next year? It would be great if he was.

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Titans contracted Noah Gafa moves from the centres to the second row for Burleigh's Round Ten U18 Division One match against Southport this afternoon.