Junior Development

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After initially being named to start, Thomas Weaver came off the bench this afternoon for Cudgen in his second NRRRL First Grade match in the second quarter and kicked four from five as Cudgen defeated Murwillumbah 28-20.

Fellow PBC student's Daniel Butterini (Murwillumbah) and Jaylan De Groot (Cudgen) were also involved in the match as well former Keebra Park student's Kade Hill who played five eight for Murwillumbah and right centre Thomas Vickery for the Mustangs.

Great that Jamie McCormack was at the match keeping an eye on the Titans youngsters, as well as finding the next talent.

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Titans contracted Alofiana Khan-Periera scored his third double in as many weeks for Burleigh this afternoon in the GCRL First Grade competition.

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One Titans youngster I have been watching a bit of lately is Kaden Sommerville.
He was a member of the Burleigh 2020 Mal Meninga squad and is now playing U18’s with Burleigh and with PBC in the Langer Cup.
Coming through the younger grades he was primarily a hooker but has had a bit of a growth spurt and filled out over the last 18 months and has been spending a bit of time at lock.
He runs hard, and his defensive efforts have been outstanding! He tackles like a demon and each hit has venom!
I know Jamie went hard to sign him a couple of years ago and I feel like it will pay dividends in a couple of years time.

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Izac Geddes continued his outstanding 2020 Group One U14 season in Round Four scoring a double and kicking a goal last weekend as South Grafton defeated Casino RSM 14 – 10.

Round One saw Izac Geddes kick a goal against the Clarence Coast Magpies to get on the board from an individual points scoring perspective in 2020 before Izac Geddes scored his first try of the season in Round Two when he scored against Ballina. Izac Geddes added a double in Round Three against the Kyogle Turkeys to make it three tries from as many matches.

In total in his four matches this season Izac Geddes as scored five tries (125% strike rate) and kicked two goals.

Izac Gaddes also plays rugby, playing for the Grafton Redmen Junior Rugby Club in the U15 Far North Coast Junior Rugby competition.

In Round One of the 2020 U15 Far North Coast Junior Rugby competition Izac Gaddes started from the bench as his Grafton side defeated Ballina 14 – 0. After being named to start on the bench once again in Round Two against Casuarina Beach, Izac Geddes was called up to the starting side late and in the match he kicked a conversion as Grafton won 24 – 12 to make it two wins from as starts.

Izac Geddes also started from the bench in Round Thee against the Lennox Head Trojans.

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Titans linked Cole Geyer started from the bench in Round Three of the GCRL First Grade competition on Saturday against the Tugun Seahawks producing an outstanding performance when he came on in the dummy half role. Scoring a try and also recording a try assist.

Cole Geyer’s try came in the second half when he packed in at lock with Currumbin twenty metres out from the Tugun line. Cole Geyer picked up the ball from the base of the score taking off to his right. As usual Cole Geyer ran with the ball out in front of his body in two hands. The Tugun defence backed off and Cole Geyer burst through two defenders to score under the posts under pressure from the Seahawks fullback.

Cole Geyer’s try assist came in the first half. At dummy half close to the Tugun line, Cole Geyer skipped out of dummy half to his right and threw a perfectly weighted pass to his lock who ran into a gap to score just to the right of the posts.

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Jed Mulcahy continued his run of points scoring in Round Four of the Group One U14 competition last weekend against Ballina, scoring a kicking a conversion as his Kyogle Turkeys side won 22 – 18.

In Round One of the 2020 Group One U13 competition Jed Mulcahy scored a double against the Grafton Ghosts and then in Round Three added a hat trick and a conversion for a fourteen point individual haul as his Turkeys side defeated the South Grafton Rebels 34 – 4.

Jed Mulcahy played his first match in the 2020 Group One U14 competition in Round Two, starting on the wing and then started Round Three in the front row against South Grafton, on each occasion starting in U13 match earlier in the day. Jed Mulcahy then came off the bench in Round Four against the Ballina Seagulls.

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Noah Waldock added a try and a goal from fullback for Ballina in Round Four of the Group One U14 competition against Kyogle last weekend as the Seagulls defeated the Turkeys 48 – 4.

Noah Waldock started Round One of the Group One U14 competition at fullback and was one of Ballina’s try scorers as they went down 14 – 12 to Casino RSM. Noah Waldock also started at fullback in Round Two as Ballina defeated South Grafton 14 – 12 and once again in Round Three in a 24 – 8 loss to the Clarence Coast Magpies.

Noah Waldock has also played a number of matches in the 2020 Group One U15 competition, backing up from the U14 match earlier in the day, including in Round One when he started on the right wing against Casino RSM and in Round Two when he also started on the right wing against South Grafton, a match that Ballina won 28 - 0. Noah Waldock then started from the bench in Round Three against the Clarence Coast Magpies.

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Former Titans junior Ben Thomas started in the front row in Round Three of the GCRL First Grade competition on Saturday against the Mudgeeraba Redbacks scoring and recording two try assists.

Ben Thomas’s try came in the first half when he ran into a gap forty metres out before rounding the fullback to score under the posts. Both of Ben Thomas’s try assists came in the second half and both down the right side of the field. In relation to his first try assist Ben Thomas broke through the first line of the defence before putting in a short right footed kick which after hitting legs resulted in a Southport try.

Ben Thomas’s second try assist was more “normal” when once again he was in space and drew the last Mudgeeraba defender to send his right centre (Lee Turner) away to score.

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Titans linked Kye Cooper started at lock in Round Four of the Group One U16.5 competition last weekend against Kyogle scoring for the third match in a row as Ballina defeated the Turkeys 28 – 6.

When community rugby league restarted in July 2020 Kye Cooper played once again for the Ballina Seagulls in the Group One competition, this season in the U16.5 competition and in Round One in a 16 – 14 loss against Casino RSM Kye Cooper started in the left second row position.

Kye Cooper moved to five eight for Round One and scored as Ballina defeated South Grafton 28 – 0. Kye Cooper continued at five eight in Round Three and scored once again as Ballina defeated Clarence Coast 18 – 12. Kye Cooper also kicked three goals in the match to finish with a ten point haul.

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In Round Four of the Group One U14 competition last weekend, Dylan Watkins started at five eight against the Kyogle Turkeys scoring and kicking a goal but the Seagulls went down 22 - 18.

The classy Ballina Seagulls five eight could not have had a better start to the 2020 Group One U13 season, scoring five tries and kicking a conversion in Round One to finish Ballina’s 28 – 18 win over Casino RSM with an outstanding twenty two point individual haul. In fact the five tries that Dylan Watkins scored in the match were the only five that Ballina scored highlighting just how dominant Dylan Watkins performance against Casino RSM was.

Dylan Watkins continued his outstanding form in Round Two of the 2020 Group One U13 competition scoring two tries and kicking a conversion for a ten point individual haul as Ballina defeated South Grafton 22 – 4, once against playing five eight in the match for the Seagulls.

Dylan Watkins outstanding 2020 continued in Round Three scoring a hat trick and kicking two goals, for an individual game tally of sixteen points as Ballina defeated Clarence Coast 32 – 22 to maintain their 2020 unbeaten record.

In his four matches for Ballina in the Group One U14 competition to date, Dylan Watkins has scored eleven tries (275% strike rate) and kicked five goals to have already scored 54 points.

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Titans contracted Lachlan Offley added a further two tries to his 2020 Group One U15 tally in Round Four when he started at fullback as Ballina defeated Kyogle 28 – 6.

When the Group One rugby league competition recommenced in July 2020, Lachaln Offley started Round One of the competition in the right centre position and scored for Ballina as they went down 16 – 14 to Casino RSM.

In Round Two of the Group One U15 competition, Lachlan Offley moved from right centre to fullback and had a big match scoring a hat trick and kicking a conversion as Ballina defeated the South Grafton Rebels 28 – 0. Lachlan Offley finished the Round two match with an individual points haul of fourteen points.

Lachlan Offley also started at fullback in Round Three as Ballina defeated Clarence Coast 18 – 12.

In his four Group One U15 matches to date this season Lachlan Offley has scored six tries in four matches (150% strike rate).

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It was great to see one of the more naturally gifted ball runners that I have ever seen playing junior rugby league being Julian Torrens back on the field this season coming off the bench on the last two weeks in the NRRRL U18 competition for Casino RSM including on Sunday in Round Four against the Marist Brothers Rams.

The young half/fullback is a wonderful attacking player.

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I have been lucky enough to see a number of talented junior rugby league players and one player that has always stood out when I have seen him play was Tyrhys Williams who on Sunday started on the wing for Casino RSM in Round Four of the NRRRL U18 competition.

Unfortunately Casino RSM went down 20-18 to Marist Brothers Lismore.

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Titans contracted Rowan Mansfield made it two tries from as many NRRRL Reserve Grade games on Sunday when he came off the bench and scored for Ballina against the Mullumbimby Giants.

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The Marsden Hancock Cup school boy side had an impressive win against Wavell yesterday afternoon with two Titans boys very prominent for Marsden. They have taken all before then this season.