Junior Development

[mdrew]

We have a couple of solid half prospects in our junior development squads including Brodie Hannon and Kobe Whalen. Both good young players.

[mdrew]

Kenny Kennedy is a good young fullback to keep an eye on as well

[mdrew]

Titans U14, U15 and U17 development squads play at redlands this saturday, I will let you know how they go

[papi07]

Combo of both squads in Cyril Connell and Mal Meninga headed to Toowoomba this weekend. I'm guessing it may be some of the fringe players getting a hit out.

[mdrew]

2012 story on a young NZ boy who is currently with the U17 development squad - Doven Koroheke

http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times...o-get-physical

[mdrew]

Both the U14 and U15 development squads won in Toowoomba a week or so ago, this weekend they play older Redland Bay squads, the Titan's U14's play a combined U14 and U15 squad, the U15's play a combined U16 and U17 squad and the titans U17 development squad plays the Redland Bay U18 Nev Blair squad. Even though they are playing boys a year older I have no doubt that the U17 boys will be hugh compared to Redlands, the predicted hot weather will test everybodies fitness.

[mdrew]

U14's won 46-0, U15's 28-10 and U17's 62-0

[mdrew]

Some exceptional performances from some of the young boys which I will detail over the coming days, but the toughest young guy on display today must be Broadie Hannon, who played hooker for the U15's he is only small but he was constantly throwing his body in front of guys literally twice his size. David Butler, front row, U14's was one of a number of talented young guys also

[mdrew]

Some impressive performances by the junior development squads on Saturday, against older opposition.

In the U14 win 46-0, a number of forwards stood out, including front row pair David Butler and Phransis Suia-Siaosi and aggressive second rowere Izaya Iti, these three constantly hit hard, both in attack and defence, including one hit when both Butler and Siaosi hit an opponent in a perfect tackle. Others forwards such as Zac McCormack and young Champion were also very good. In the backs centre Blake Roberts was extremely good defensively, inluding a copy book around the legs tackling technique, another to show flashes of ability was centre Billy Mozer, he was not involved a great deal, and only played the last five minutes of the second half, but scored a run away try and showed some good reads in defense, another stand out was Will Evans, he started off at 5/8 and also played on the wing.

The U15 side won 28-10 against players two or three years older, this game was difficult to get a read on as it was very stop start with an unbelievable amount of penalties against the titans, including a sin binning of a titans player for seemingly tackling too hard!! Kenny Kennedy at fullback was heavily involved as was hooker Brodie Hannon , second row Noah Lolesio was very good, even shedding some blood for the team. The stand out for me was Kaleb Rongonui in the second row, he did not start the game, actually he arrived late, was was supurb when he came on, with some great hard hitting defense and really lifted the team. I was impressed when I saw him play in 2013, but he was even better on Saturday, one for the future to be sure.

The U17 squad played the Redland Nev Blair U18 side coached by Darren Smith, and it was no contest from the start, with the titans winning 62-0. The big titans forwards were very good, lead by Doryaan Hape Apiata (front row). He is one of the young boys who have come over from the Hawkes Bay area of NZ, country mate Tray Nicholson was also very good, playing out of position at centre. Once these boys get fitter, they will continue to improve. The U17 forward pack was bigger than our NYC pack. A couple of backs, also stood out, including fullback Lewis Huckstep, who is hopefully over his knee problems and centre Tekapo Tuaine who showed flashes of real ability. For me, even though the forwards dominated the halves Jake Gleeson and Alex Fitxhugh were the stand outs, they played extremely well.

Across the three squads that played I have only mentioned a couple, others stood out as well. Unfortunately nothing from the titans on these squads and it is unlikely that anything will be put on the official site about there great performances. Congratulations to all of the boys and their families for their hard work and effort, showing great sportsmanship and skills.

On reflection though, I had to stop and think, over the years, I have been so impressed by the talented young players at the titans, both in terms of their skills and being decent young men, you have to pause however and consider that we have finished last twice and second last twice in the last four years of NYC, the question that needs to be considered is what within the titans set up is not enabling these young guys to progress to the NYC side and then on to first grade. Yes we have had a number (James, Ridge etc) and also not all are going to make it but something seems to need to be addressed.

I firmly believe that the group of young players currently with the titans, including the CC and MM players have the chance to contribute to the success of the club, but will they. Obviously there is a new regime at the titans and it would be unfair to judge Woolf and the new staff, but please titans, get more people involved who know what they are doing and are wanting to help.

This forum is the sole place on the internet that you will get any information on the junior sides, whether that be on the development squads or the players in the CC/MM squads. Without this forum, no-one would know who these boys are, and they deserve acknowledgement for what they have and continue to achieve, regardless of where the careers take them. I will continue to support the titans, but I implore the titans to help themselves. It is ironic that my first post was talking about the opportunities in relation to junior developemnt and so is this … post. We have a golden opportunity with the young players at the titans to help them become better footballers and great young men, the titans can not waste it. Even a look at the 9's squads last week, seeing Nene McDonald, Moses My'bye etc, shows that we have missed opportunities in the past, lets hope that we have learnt some lessons.

[DIEHARD]

This forum is the sole place on the internet that you will get any information on the junior sides, whether that be on the development squads or the players in the CC/MM squads. Without this forum, no-one would know who these boys are, and they deserve acknowledgement for what they have and continue to achieve, regardless of where the careers take them. I will continue to support the titans, but I implore the titans to help themselves. It is ironic that my first post was talking about the opportunities in relation to junior developemnt and so is this … post. We have a golden opportunity with the young players at the titans to help them become better footballers and great young men, the titans can not waste it. Even a look at the 9's squads last week, seeing Nene McDonald, Moses My'bye etc, shows that we have missed opportunities in the past, lets hope that we have learnt some lessons.

Keep up the great work. This is a very popular thread with over 7,630 views. It's valuable work and I hope we can focus on it alot more in 2014.

[DIEHARD]

You are correct when you say there needs to be more official promotion. A dedicated person who has a schedule to publish X amount of articles, videos and photos per week on the topic.

[Mexican titan]

mdrew - if possible can you please post the times and venues of the CC and MM Cup games when they are on the Coast. I have occasionally watched these games when they have played them at Runaway Bay but almost found out by accident that they were playing there. Cheers mate.

[papi07]

mdrew - if possible can you please post the times and venues of the CC and MM Cup games when they are on the Coast. I have occasionally watched these games when they have played them at Runaway Bay but almost found out by accident that they were playing there. Cheers mate.

Here is draw for CC and MM

http://www.qrl.com.au/default.aspx?s...splay&id=89938

[Hail Sezer]

Brilliant post up there mdrew. Such an asset to this forum

[DIEHARD]

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