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    Speed and elusiveness is not going to be an issue for the 2022 Tweed Heads Seagulls U16 Cyril Connell Cup side with Tyahn Keepa-Tamati in the squad.

    In addition to being an outstanding rugby league player the Keebra Park student is also an exceptional touch exponent.

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    The Gold Coast has certainly become a destination for youngsters from Victoria who want to test themselves with the best junior rugby league players going around.

    Another that has made the most of the move north is Jarome McDonald who was recently selected in the 2021 Queensland Maori U14 squad for the upcoming QPICC Carnival.

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    Jye Watton was one of the best on the field in the recent GCRL U15 Division One Grand Final for Burleigh Maroon against Burleigh White and the young backrower has turned that performance into a spot in the 2022 U16 Cyril Connell Cup Burleigh Bears squad.

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    Marymount College second rower Kyden King as been named in the 2022 U16 Cyril Connell Cup Burleigh Bears squad.

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    Another Marymount College student who is a member of the 2022 U16 Cyril Connell Cup Burleigh Bears squad is Oscar Laffranchi who like his father is a forward.

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    Earlier this month Titans contracted Zyroam Taurawa-Herlihy was named in the 2022 Easts Tigers U18 MM Cup squad.

    In 2021 Zyroam Taurawa-Herlihy was part of the Easts Tigers U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad and was part of their 28 – 12 trial victory over the Ipswich Jets.

    Zyroam Taurawa-Herlihy started Round One of the 2021 Cyril Connell Cup competition at left centre against the Redcliffe Dolphins and after missing Round Three, also started in the centres in Round Five against the Norths Devils, kicking a conversion in the Tigers big win.

    Zyroam Taurawa-Herhihy played for the Easts Tigers once again in 2021 in the GBJRL U16 Division One competition spending time at both centre and fullback having some impressive matches along the way, including in a 14 – 4 Round Two victory over Logan Brothers where his pace was simply too much for the defence to handle.

    Zyroam Taurawa-Herhihy’s 2021 school boy rugby league season kicked off when he started for the Alexandra Hills State High School side in their Langer Cup play-off match against Redcliffe State High School. Whilst his side went down Zyroam Taurawa-Herhihy was outstanding in the match, scoring a great try when he chased through a kick from a scrum win.

    In Round Two of the 2021 Langer Cup Reserve competition Zyroam Taurawa-Herhihy was part of the Alexandra Hill State High School side that took on Wavell State High School.

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    Early this month Titans contracted Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu was part of the South Coast Maori side that were successful in the Queensland Maori U16 Tournament with Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu subsequently named in the Queensland Maori U16 side for the 2021 QPICC carnival.

    In June 2021, Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu was a member of the Titans JYS U16 side that drew with a Titans U17 Northern Rivers Academy side at Cbus Stadium in a curtain raiser to the Titans NRL fixture against Manly.

    In late October 2020, Philip Hakaaraia-Ngamotu was named in the Gold Coast Rugby League U16 Cyril Connell Cup Academy Squad and when the split occurred Philip Hakaaraia-Ngamotu was named in the Burleigh Bears Cyril Connell Cup squad.

    Philip Hakaaraia-Ngamotu started in the second row in the Bears first 2021 U16 Cyril Connell Cup trail in early February 2021 against the Tweed Heads Seagulls Cyril Connell Cup squad and came off the bench in their second trial against the Easts Tigers.

    In Round One of the 2021 Cyril Connell Cup, Philip Hakaaraia-Ngamotu started in the second row for the Bears side as they took on the Souths Logan Magpies and scored a strong try late in the match dragging two Souths Logan defenders over the line with him to score in the right corner.

    Philip Hakaaraia-Ngamotu received the ball down a short blind side approximately six metres out from the line, beating two defenders who had rushed out of the line, once past those two defenders Philip Hakaaraia-Ngamotu surged towards the line, dragging another two defenders along for the ride to get the ball down three metres in from the right corner post at the car park end of Pizzey Park.

    Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu also started at right second row in the Round Three local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls and made an immediate impression with a strong first up tackle on giant Seagulls front rower Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa.

    Towards the end of the match in the 57th minute, Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu produced for me what as his best tackle of the match when he hit Tweed Heads second rower Max Murphy front on, stopping the Seagulls player dead in his tracks just two metres from the try line.

    Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu also had a number of strong runs in the match, the first of which came in the 22nd minute with a ten metre effort to get Burleigh into Seagulls territory. Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu then backed that run up two tackles later with the speed of his run too quick for the defence who were penalised for being offside.

    Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu produced another strong effort in the 28th minute with a run from a Burleigh penalty restart, initially taking the ball eighteen metres out from the line and getting to within three before being wrestled down by multiple Seagulls defenders. Then in the 37th minute Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu continued his hard running afternoon with a run of fourteen metres that once again got him to within a couple of metres of the try line.

    Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu showcased his outstanding speed for a big strong second rower in the 47th minute with a huge fifty metre charge down the right side of the field. After receiving the ball thirty metres out from his own line Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu easily bumped off the first attempted tackle to break into space, outpacing the Seagulls cover defence. As he got to about twenty metres out from the try line Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu tried to set up his support on his inside but just as he was about to pass to his left the ball was stripped out of his grasp with Burleigh being awarded a penalty as a result.

    Round Five against the Ipswich Jets saw Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu once against named to start at right second row however he was a late scratching from the match.

    2021 also saw Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu once again represent Keebra Park State High School in school boy rugby league, starting Round One of the Walters Cup against Marsden State High School at right second row.

    Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu also started Round Two against Redcliffe State High School at right second row and was involved in the opening tackle of the match and then also made the fourth tackle of the match.

    Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu continued his strong start to the match in the 8th minute with a strong fourteen run down the right channel.

    Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu also played some matches in the Langer Reserve competition in 2021 including starting from the bench in Round Six against PBC State High School.

    Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu was named to make his Langer Cup Open A debut in Round Six against Wavell State High School at right second row and what a debut it was with Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu scoring just seven seconds into the match, yes seven seconds is correct.

    Keebra Park SHS kicked off with the ball going high and it was subsequently caught by the wind. The ball came down on the twenty metre mark but was dropped by Wavell SHS with Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu coming through and picking the ball up in one motion whilst at full speed. Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu then veered slightly to his right and then charged over between two defenders to get the ball down mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.

    After the competition was suspended for a number of weeks due to a Covid 19 lock down, Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu was named on the bench for Keebra Park State High School in their semi-final against PBC State High School.

    Post the 2021 season Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu was named the 2021 Gold Coast Rugby League U16 Player of the Season.

    2021 also saw Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu play for the Burleigh Bears in the Gold Coast Rugby League U16 Division One competition, including starting the Grand Final against the Southport Tigers at right second row.

    Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu made some strong runs in Burleigh’s 24 – 18 Grand Final victory, none better than in the 33rd minute when he made fifteen metres through the centre of the Southport forward pack from a penalty restart.

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    Earlier this month Titans contracted Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa was part of the South Coast Maori side that were successful in the Queensland Maori U16 Tournament with Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa being named Player of the Tournament and subsequently Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa was named in the Queensland Maori U16 side for the 2021 QPICC carnival.

    In January 2021 Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa started from the bench for the Titans U17 side in their annual match at Coffs Harbour against the Newcastle Knights even though he was still U16 eligible in 2021. Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa had some very good moments in the deserved 32 – 20 Titans victory.

    Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa made an immediate impression when he can on, making a great first hit-up when he took the ball to the right of the play the ball, throwing a subtle dummy to his right prior to confronting the defensive line.

    In a sign of how highly that he is thought of by the Titans Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa was used almost like a five eight on a number of occasions in the second half, including deep inside the Knights territory when he was a link between the Titans forwards and backline.

    In June 2021 Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa was part of a Titans U17 squad that played a Titans U18 Northern Rivers squad at Cbus Stadium as a curtain raiser to the Round Fourteen NRL match between the Titans and the Sydney Roosters.

    Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa made some strong runs in the match with none better than mid-way through the second half when he made twenty five metres through the centre of the ruck and then with defenders draped on him, Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa was still able to get away a right arm off-load.

    In late October 2020, Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa was named in the Gold Coast Rugby League U16 Cyril Connell Cup Academy Squad and when the split occurred Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa was named in the Tweed Heads Cyril Connell Cup squad.

    Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa started in the front row in the first two quarters for the Seagulls in their final 2021 trial against the Souths Logan Magpies before coming back onto the field in the fourth quarter to line up in the front row once again.

    Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa made an immediate impression in the match with a supurb front on tackle in the first set of six after the kick off and also in his first run which came when he returned a goal line drop up knocking the initial Magpies defender five metres backwards after initial contact.

    Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa started Round One of the 2021 Cyril Connell Cup in the front row as the Bears took on the Ipswich Jets and also started in the front row in the Round Three local derby against the Burleigh Bears, leading from the front as the Seagulls prevailed 33 - 6.

    In the Round Three local derby Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa took the third hit-up of the match running an underneath line to the right of the play the ball making nine metres before following that run up with a hit-up on the 5th tackle of the same set of six.

    Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa made a further ten metres in the 10th minute when he took the hit-up from a Tweed Heads penalty restart. Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa contributed a further thirteen metres to the metres that Tweed Heads gained in the match in the 60th minute when he got to within three metres of the try line before four Bears defenders finally stopped his forward progress.

    Even though he was heavily marked every time that he ran the ball it did not stop Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa from making ground with a good example of that being in the 65th minute of the match when Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa ran onto the ball to the right of the play the ball and even though he as confronted by three Burleigh defenders, Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa was still able to rumble fourteen metres, the majority of which were post contact, to take the ball into Burleigh’s territory.

    Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa was also on his game defensively against Burleigh including recording a crunching tackle in the early match on Burleigh winger Andrew Brennan. Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa backed that up in the 6th minute when he engulfed one of the Burleigh front rowers front on knocking the Bears player onto his back.

    Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa was involved in another big tackle in the 11th minute, along with Jonah Beaven crunched the Burleigh fullback as he was trying to dart through the centre of the ruck, a run that he paid dearly for.

    Round Five against the Souths Logan Magpies saw Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa once against start in the front row and scoring in the last minute of the match to seal an impressive victory for the Seagulls.

    2021 saw Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa once again play for Marsden State High School, and he was named on the Marsden State High School extended bench for Round One of the Langer Cup School Boy Rugby League competition against Keebra Park however he dropped off the bench on the day of the match.

    Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa came into the Marsden SHS side for Round Three against Wavell State High School, coming off the bench and in the second half was the games biggest halfback when he regularly feed the scrum for Marsden SHS.

    Even though he was two years younger than the majority of his opponents, Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa made a big inpact in both attack and defence with his defence coming to the fore in the with a crunching tackle in the dying minutes of the match when he came over the top to smash Wavell SHS second rower Will Curran less than a metre from the line.

    Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa made a number of telling runs including in the 25th minute with a strong first charge after he had come onto the field, with Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa making eighteen metres through centre field and then in the opening set of six in the scond half, Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa made a further eighteen metres on the fifth tackle.

    Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa continued on the bench in the Round Four blockbuster against PBC State High School before being named at hooker for Round Five against Mabel Park State High School. Even though he initially was named at hooker, Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa spent a lot of the time that he was on the field in a first receiver role where he excelled to highlight what a diverse skill set this exceptional talent has.

    Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa was also named to start at halfback in Round Six against Coombabah State High School.

    After the competition was suspended for a number of weeks due to a Covid 19 lock down, Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa was named on the bench for Marsden State High School in their semi-final against Ipswich State High School.

    Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa came off the bench mid-way through the first half and in the 20th minute came close to scoring with a strong run and was only brought down less than a metre short, winning a penalty for a shoulder charge.

    In the 2021 Langer Cup Grand Final against PBC State High School, Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa was named on the bench for Marsden SHS however he ended up starting the match at the left second row position and Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa was in the match early making his first hit-up in just the second minute of the match, making ten metres in the process.

    Post the completion of the 2021 Langer Cup competition, Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa was named on the bench in the Courier Mails’s 2021 Langer Cup Team of the Season.

    At the end of the 2021 season, Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa was named at No. 11 in the Courier Mail Top 60 school boys from the GPS Rugby, AIC Rugby and Langer Cup competitions.

    Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa started Round One of the Langer Cup School Boy Reserve Grade competition at lock against Keebra Park putting in a solid performance especially in defence.

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    Great to see Titans contracted Joseph Shannon named in the 2021 Coombabah State High school Team of the Season.

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    Well done to Aiden Byrnes who was named the 2021 PBC Year Nine Rugby League Player of the Year.

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    Titans partnered Keebra Park SHS are certainly thinking outside the box as a number of their Rugby League age groups start to prepare for the 2022 season.

    The squads will spend the next three weeks working on AFL skills focusing on transferable skills between the two sports.

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    Does anyone know who was the #12 for Nerang in the U18 Grand Final?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ALX25 View Post
    Does anyone know who was the #12 for Nerang in the U18 Grand Final?
    Delahia Wigmore mate, was named Player of the Match as well

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    Great to see exciting young hooker Jykoven Torrens named as Casino RSM's 2021 U14 Best and Fairest.

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    Goal kicking five eight Toby Hannah was recently named the Casino RSM U14 2021 Best Back.
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