The 2020 season of Titans contracted Noah Johannssen.
Noah Johannssen’s most recent match for the Titans was when he part of the Titans U18 side in their annual match against the Newcastle Knights SG Ball (U18) side in Coffs Harbour in February 2020.
Noah Johannssen was named the Titans best forward for the match, but a bad effort when you consider that he is still U18 eligible in 2021. In a piece of trivia, Noah Johannssen played against his older brother Tim in the match who was part of the Knights side.
Noah Johannssen was named to start in the front row for the Northern Rivers Titans in Round One of the 2020 U18 Laurie Daley Cup competition against the Parramatta Eels at Cudgen however the match was cancelled due to the wet conditions.
Noah Johannssen started Round Two of the U18 Laurie Daley Cup in the front row against the Newcastle Knights in Ballina and was impressive including a great break through the centre of the ruck in the first half of around forty metres before popping a pass to his right to send Reef Somerville away to score. It was an outstanding run by Noah Johannssen who just burst through the Knights defence and showed outstanding speed for a front rower when he space.
Noah Johannssen also started in the front row in Round Three against the Central Coast Roosters and yet again simply outstanding constantly making metres through the centre of the ruck. Noah Johannssen also produced a piece of quality late in the match when he took the ball close to the Central Coast line but at the last minute jinked to his left and popped a great short ball to fellow front rower Jack Cullen who scored adjacent to the left upright untouched.
Noah Johannssen also started in the front row in Round Four against the Greater Northern Tigers scoring a powerful try from close range in the first half scoring near the left upright after taking the pass from the dummy half.
In the match Noah Johannssen also produced an outstanding return from a Greater Northern Tigers drop out. The ball was taken fifty five metres out with the ball give immediately to Noah Johannssen who crashed through the initial defensive line dragging defenders with him on a thirty five metre exquisite effort.
Noah Johannssen was also in the front row for the start of the Round Five local derby against North Coast and once again led from the front making significant ground through the centre of the ruck, a lot of which were post contact metres.
Noah Johannssen made his deserved Titans debut when he came off the bench for the Titans in their U16 clash against the Newcastle Knights in January of 2019 in very very hot and steamy conditions in Coffs Harbour.
In the match, Noah Johannssen had spells on the field in both halves and took the ball into the Knights defensive line with a hard straight running mentality and also was on hand to back up at every opportunity including taking a good one hand pass from Joseph Shannon in the first half to get the ball into the Knights twenty metre defensive area.
Noah Johannssen also started in the front row for the Titans U16 squad in their early October 2019 match against PNG at Pizzey Park when he scored a barnstorming try under the posts dragging three PNG defenders with him from ten metres out. It was clear from the moment that he took the ball no-one was going to stop from from crossing the line.
In fact Noah Johannssen was specifically mentioned by Jamie McCormack as one of the Titans best in the match.
Noah Johannssen played the 2020 season with the Bilambil Jets in the NRRRL U18 competition starting Round One in the front row against the Ballina Seagulls and also starting in the front row in Round Two against Murwillumbah and scored his first try of the season as the Jets went down 24 – 18 against Murwillumbah.
Noah Johannssen made it three starts in a row in the front row in Round Three against the Cudgen Hornets and was one of the co-captains for the match and scored as Bilambil lost a close match 26 – 22 to the Hornets.
Noah Johannssen made his NRRRL First Grade debut in Round Four of the 2020 season, starting in the front row against the Tweed Coast Raiders.
Round Five saw Noah Johannssen back in the NRRRL U18 competition starting the match against the Cudgen Hornets in the front row and also started in the front row in Round Eight against the Murwillumbah Mustangs.
Noah Johannssen started in the front row in Bilambil’s 2020 NRRRL U18 Elimination Final victory against the Tweed Coast Raiders as well as in the Preliminary Final against the Cudgen Hornets, scoring a powerful try in the second half. Noah Johannssen scored near the left corner post after a strong surge when he was able to hold off Cudgen defenders with a strong left arm fend before scoring out wide to get Bilambil back into the match.