Junior Development

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Titans High Performance Unit member Ediq Ambrosyev has started the 2018 season off in outstanding form and was one of the standout players for the Gold Coast Vikings White U16 side playing all of their matches at five eight. He played five eight again last weekend in Round One of the GCRL U16 Division One competition for Currumbin as they defeated Mudgeeraba 54-12 with Ediq also crossing for a try in the match.

In addition Ediq Ambrosyev scored the match winning try for PBC in their Langer Cup match against Keebra Park last night when he scored in the left corner after an outrageous pass from fullback Glenn McGrady down a very very short blind side.

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Titans contracted Ethan Foster continues to perform well for Clarence Coast in the New South Wales Country Group One U16.5 competition. In Round Four last weekend, Ethan Foster scored two tries and kicked a goal as his Clarence Coast side went down by six points, 24-18 to Casino RSM.

To date this season, Ethan Foster has scored four tries and kicked seven goals for a point’s tally of 30.

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Titans contracted High performance Unit member Brody Smitka who was part of the South Coast U15 side and was subsequently selected in one of the two Queensland Schoolboy U15 sides started Round One of the U16 Division One competition at lock for Helensvale as they went down to Burleigh 24-18 last weekend.

Brody is still eligible to play in the U15 competition but like previous seasons is playing an age group up. The young front rower is developing at an outstanding rate with his offloading skills in particular developing quickly. For the Titans U15 side that defeated the Western Mustangs earlier in the year, Brody Smitka had some outstanding right hand offloads as well as some bone rattling defence.

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Titans linked front rower Luke Maiden who was part of the Western Mustangs MM Cup side this season makes his starting debut this season for the Western Mustangs Colts against South Logan this weekend. There are five Titans linked boys in the side.

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New Zealand born Burleigh U20 Colts centre Mikey Williams will make his Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade debut on Sunday when he lines up for the Bears in the centres against Currumbin. The 18 year old has been in outstanding form for the Burleigh Colts side.

Titans Rookie Squad member Allan Lockwood will once again start on the wing for Burleigh, Zae Wallace will start at hooker and Sean Garner at lock in what is a young Burleigh side.

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After playing last weekend at half 2017 Titans NYC youngster Jordan Birch is back at fullback for Southport for their Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade match against Tweed Heads on Sunday. 18 year old youngster Kobe Whalen comes back at half after a week in the U19 competition and Tweed Heads Seagulls Hastings Deering's Colts squad members Gideon Afemui (second row) and Senn Kane (interchange) are also in the Southport side.

Titans Development Contract holder Tony Mata’utai will start from the bench for Tweed Heads.

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The Burleigh Colts side for their Sunday match against Easts is incredibly strong with their starting pack having five Titans Rookie Squad members in it. Outstanding Titans youngster Jaxson Paulo is starting at fullback and Callum Boomer makes his Colts debut starting in the centres.

U18 eligible player Cameron Brown will start at half in his 2nd Colts game after coming off the bench a fortnight ago and Burleigh MM forwards Larryon Tevita and Jayden Sharp at in line for their Colts debuts from the bench

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Titans contracted Ezra Ubaldino even though he is U15 eligible played in the U16 Div One competition tonight for Burleigh.

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New Zealand born Burleigh U20 Colts centre Mikey Williams will make his Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade debut on Sunday when he lines up for the Bears in the centres against Currumbin. The 18 year old has been in outstanding form for the Burleigh Colts side.

Titans Rookie Squad member Allan Lockwood will once again start on the wing for Burleigh, Zae Wallace will start at hooker and Sean Garner at lock in what is a young Burleigh side.

With Cam Brown starting, Im guessing Taine Tuaupiki may be in line for a Agrade call up? Very young side when you look across the board. Savage, Veve, Egan, McDonald all first year out of 20s.

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Titans linked Dalby Devil Henry Abdul-Rahman is scheduled to start on the second row tomorrow in Dalby's U18 TRL match against Gatton. Henry Abdul-Rahman has played in the halves and hooker so far this season.

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Toowoomba South's Titans linked duo Alex Dunneman (centre) and Connor Williams (second row) will line up in the TRL U18 competition tomorrow when they face Pittsworth

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I appreciate that he may have given away a couple of penalties but for just his third NRL game Moeaki Fotuaika was still solid on his way to running for 78 metres and making 16 tackles

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In the SEQ U19 Challenge match this afternoon Gold Coast U19's defeated Ipswich 14-6 with James Munckton, Will Malone Cooper Hennessy and Josh Somerville the try scorers and Caleb Pirini with two goals.

GC half Shallin Fuller was easily the best player on the field

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In the SEQ Open match GC won 40-16 with Ethan Roberts scoring a double and kicking four goals

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A couple of late positional changes for the Tweed Colts side today. Laz Sua drops to the bench with fellow Titans Rookie Squad member Ben Thomas moving from the second row to the front roe and Daniel Brownbill moves to the second row from the centres

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Northern Rivers 64 (B O’Gorman 3, M Dwane 2, R Riches 2, A Colman 2, C Ziebell, J Hoban, L Perren tries; S Grant 8 goals) def. North Coast 12 (B Wells, Z Johnson tries; L Beaumont 2 goals)

The U23 Northern Rivers for this weekend’s match in the NSW Country Championships is:


Fullback Jacob Follent; wingers Michael Dwane, Liam Anderson; centres Rhys Riches, Ben O'Gorman; five-eighth Sam Grant; halfback Tahne Robinson; props Caleb Ziebell, Nick Morrissey; hooker Joe Besgrove; second-row Anthony Colman, Jake Hoban; lock Kyle Kennedy. Bench Luke Campbell, Kalani Hensby, Lochie Perren, Hayden Pratt.

18 year old half Tahne Robinson is a player of the future and numerous others have previously been involved with the Titans in one form or another including Anthony Coleman, Sam Grant, Nick Morrissey and Kyle Kennedy as well as Tahne himself.