Junior Development

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Good to see young front rower Ji Van Heerwaaden on the field this season when he started in the front row for Currumbin in their GCRL U19 win 36-6 over Helensvale.

The big strong young forward from the Glenn Innes Magpies club in the New England Group 19 competition was part of the Tweed Heads Seagulls 2018 MM Cup squad this season but did not play any matches

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Big strong young Titans linked front rower David Butler made his GCRL U19 debut on the weekend after being a stand out performer for the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup side over the course of the 2018 MM season. On the weekend David Butler started in the front row for Helensvale in their 36-6 loss to Currumbin.

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Young front rower Logan Cootes cannot stop scoring at present in the U19 local competition. On the weekend for Mudgeeraba he started in the front row and scored two tries and also kicked a conversion in their 38-20 win over Runaway Bay and has now scored three tries in the opening rounds this season to have a 100% strike rate.

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Round Nine Colts highlights including a good win for Burleigh:

https://www.qrl.com.au/news/20182/05...deering-colts/

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After starting the opening two rounds of the Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade competition for Southport on wing, Titans Rookie Squad member Callum Boomer was back in the U19 age group over the weekend starting in the centres and scoring a try and kicking three goals as Southport drew with Bilambil 22 all. Callum Boomer early last week was named on an extended bench for the Burleigh Colts side.

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Another week meant seeing Cudgen 19 year old winger Connah Mills on the try scoring list in the NRRRL First grade competition once again. Last weekend Connah Mills scored a double in Cudgen’s 28-24 win over Byron Bay and has now scored six tries from 5 NRRRL First grade matches this season after scoring 17 from ten matches last season. Connah Mills may not be the biggest winger running around but he certainly knows his way to the try line.

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Outstanding young second row prospect Oscar Clarke had a big match for the Tweed Coast Raiders U18 side in the NRRRL competition over the weekend scoring a hat trick in Tweed Coast’s 26-20 win over Lismore Marist Brothers. Oscar Clarke was named late last year in the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup squad for 2018 but did not play any matches. Oscar Clarke has already played for the Tweed Coast Raiders First Grade side this season.

In 2017 Oscar Clarke finished as the leading try scorer in the Novaskills U18 NRRRL competition with fifteen tries from only fourteen matches played. Oscar Clarke scored three hat tricks which came against Byron Bay, Evans Heads and Lismore Marist Brothers. On Saturday June 3 2017 Oscar Clarke made his NRRRL first grade debut as a 17 year old against Mullumbimby and played two further first grade matches which were against Byron Bay in July and against Casino RSM in August.

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Good win tonight too St Marys opens beating Ipswich high 28 to 12

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Burleigh young front rower/lock Larryon Tevita had an outstanding debut for Burleigh in the Gold Coast Rugby League U19 competition. He started from the interchange bench but came on and scored two tries as Burleigh defeated Beaudesert 22-6. Larryon Tevita is coming off a solid season for the Burleigh MM Cup side.

The New Zealand born youngster moved over to the Gold Coast in January of this year. The former Kelston Boys High School student was rewarded for a solid season in late 2017 when he was named at lock in the 2017 SAS College team of the year. The majority of players named in the 2017 SAS College team of the year are now in NRL aligned U20 squads so Larryon Tevita’s inclusion certainly highlights his ability on the field against quality opposition and opposition in the main at least a year older than him.

New Burleigh Bears Colts recruit Mikey Williams was named in the centres in the SAS College team of the year as well as the competitions leading try scorer with eight tries to his name.

In 2017 Larryon Tevita played for the Auckland based Glenora Rugby League club, playing a number of matches in the Open U17 competition and also one match in the SAS Fox Memorial Premier First Grade Competition, not bad at all for a 17 year old.

Larryon Tevita also represented Kelston Boys High at the 2017 NZ National Secondary Schools Premier Tournament starting at lock in all five of their matches which were against Southern Cross Campus twice including the Championship final, Wesley College, Rotorua Boys High School and St Thomas of Canterbury College.

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Congratulations at St Johns College Woodlawn student Domenic Lisetto who has made the New South Wales Combined Catholic Colleges U16 schoolboy rugby side. In addition to rugby, he plays rugby league for Ballina in the U16.5 Group One junior rugby league competition over moving over at the start of this season from Lismore Marist Brothers for whom he played that the U15 level for 2017, including scoring ten tries from just nine matches.

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Well done to Rhian Stowers who was part of the South Coast school rugby side that won the Queensland Combined Secondary Schools grand final against Darling Downs team last week. Rhian Stowers captained the side and won South Coast player's leadership award and selection for Queensland Schoolboys trials.

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Great to see Tweed MM boys Laz Sua and Blake Campbell make the immediate step to the Tweed Colts side for this Saturday

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Lismore Marist Brothers youngster Ezekiel Stephenson-Bolt has continued his outstanding form in the Group One Junior Rugby League competition from last season. To date through the opening three rounds of the 2018 U14 Group One JRL competition he has scored five tries from just three matches.

Ezekiel Stephenson-Bolt scored a try in Round One against Kyogle and in Round Two against Ballina before exploding for a hat trick last weekend against Casino RSM.

In 2017 the big strong young forward finished the U13 Group One JRL competition is the competitions leading try scorer with nineteen tries from just eleven matches and also added ten goals to finish the 2017 season with 96 points. He scored in all eleven matches that he played in including hat tricks against Grafton and Casino RMS on two separate occasions. Ezekiel Stephenson-Bolt also scored doubles against Ballina and South Grafton.

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Interesting to see a positional switch for former Titans NYC player and Tweed Heads Seagulls Colt Jordan Birch this weekend with him being named at half back for the Southport Tigers in the Gold Coast Rugby league First Competition for their match this Sunday against Burleigh.

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Talented Clarence Coast youngster Jack Lenard is one of a number of young players in the Group One JRL competition having an outstanding start to the 2018 season. Through his first three matches in the U14 competition he has scored five tries including doubles against Casino RSM and Kyogle and he also scored against Grafton which contained Titans Development Squad member Ashdon Randall.

In 2017 in the Group One JRL U13 competition, the former U12 New South Wales representative scored a staggering 35 tries in just eleven games. Understandably Jake Lenard topped the try scoring.
Jake Lenard scored six tries in a May match against Grafton and five against Ballina in August. In addition Jake Lenard scored four tries twice, coming against Kyogle and Casino RSM and also hat tricks against Casino RSM, Marist Brothers, Ballina and Grafton. Jake Lenard in 2017 played two matches in the U14 Group One JRL competition with those matches being against Ballina and South Grafton