Junior Development

[Bayside Titan]

Titans linked backrower Elijah Rasiga from Armidale had a great season for Armidale in the Group 19 junior competition scoring 16 tries in eleven games, to be the competitions top try scorer.

How old is he mdrew? Do you think that he could make the NRL when he is ready?

[mdrew]

He will play the 2016 season at the U18 level and is one of the better back rowers in NSW Country junior rugby league mate. He is certainly talented enough to have a big future it comes down not to injuries etc, but he is dedicated and a hard worker, so hopefully everything falls into place for the young man.

How old is he mdrew? Do you think that he could make the NRL when he is ready?

[Bayside Titan]

He will play the 2016 season at the U18 level and is one of the better back rowers in NSW Country junior rugby league mate. He is certainly talented enough to have a big future it comes down not to injuries etc, but he is dedicated and a hard worker, so hopefully everything falls into place for the young man.

Thanks for that. It will be good to see some backrowers come through the ranks.

[mdrew]

All good mate, from a style perspective he plays in the fringes of the ruck with a similar playing style to someone like Alex Glenn of the Broncos.

Thanks for that. It will be good to see some backrowers come through the ranks.

[mdrew]

One young player to keep an eye on is Grafton Ghosts second rower Jacob Harvey, he was unlucky to miss out on playing for the Titans U14 development squad against Samoa after spending the year training with our Grafton based development squad. Team mates Caleb Barker and Ben Liyou played in the game, with Hamish Ellem also in the squad, but he did not play in the match after being named on the wing earlier in the week of the game. Harvey was part of the dominant Grafton U14 side who were unbeaten on the season, scoring 488 points and only conceding 78. Jacob Harvey scored seven tries in U14's and also played one game for the U15 Grafton Ghosts side. He is a talented player with aggressiveness in his game.

[mdrew]

Group Two in the NSW Country rugby league which incorporates such areas as Port Macquarie also is an area where the Titans recruit from. The most well known junior from the area who played for the Titans was Kevin Gordon. There are two very talented youngsters from the area, they are centre Reece Murden from Woolgoolga and back rower Ulysses Roberts of Bowra. The way forward for the Titans is junior development, hopefully we can lock up young players like the ones mentioned.

[mdrew]

The link below is to highlights of GC White CC and MM against Victoria from earlier this year. In CC the highlights show two tries to Ben Thomas (11) and amongst others in MM is Tyronne Roberts-Davis (1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLrZMyhny3I

[Split59]

I have attached a link to highlights of East Tigers CC & MM v Victoria from 2015. In the MM game there are several Titans players namely Phil Sami (#2), Ryan Cameron (#9 white headgear) and Daniel Brownbill (#3 with black headgear). Nice length of the field try by Brownbill. Also Hayden O'Hara at fullback is a player to watch, however he is with the Broncos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqrFXTyVNMg

[palmbeachpariah]

cc coaches are really butchering will evans hes a ball runner nothing else they tried to play him at 6 with kids hes never played with..it was cringeworthy.

[Bart]

Dont need to worry about him mate the broncos have signed him

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Dont need to worry about him mate the broncos have signed him

[mdrew]

The last straw. I have tried to fight the good fight and mostly stay positive but seriously it seems that the people on this forum trying to promote our juniors are wasting their time.

[QUOTE=Bart;371067]Dont need to worry about him mate the broncos have signed him

[Bart]

Dont now how the titans would let him go he would be the most talented boy i have seen in this age group

[lonegull]

The big problem is the Titans can't compete with the size of the contracts the Broncos are handing out to all the juniors it's just unfortunate that they have a endless bucket of money

[Bart]

yes makes it hard to compete but someone like will would have been worth fighting for you can just see he will go all the way

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I think they need to listen to someone like you mdrew as you seem to know what you are talking about and are passionate about our Junior talent unlike the titans

[mdrew]

Apologies for my rant