Junior Development

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Helensvale winger Braden Amundsen scored a double in Round Nine of The GCRL U19 competition last weekend as the Hornets went down to Burleigh 30-24. He has now scored five tries in the U19 competition and is definitely a player of the future.

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A couple of weeks after making his Queensland Cup debut for Burleigh, former Titans NYC player Zae Wallace was back in the Gold Coast Rugby League competition starting at half back for the Burleigh Doug Lipp Cup side.

In the Round Nine victory over Helensvale 30-24, he started a half and scored 14 points from two tries and three goals.

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Indiha Saotui-Huta has played a lot of rugby league of late combining his PBC Open School Boy duties with playing for Mudgeeraba in the GCRL U19 competition. Last week he played his second U19 game for the Redbacks starting at fullback in their 58-4 loss to Southport after scoring a double in his first match the week prior.

Interspersed between those two club matches were two Langer Cup school boy matches for PBC. Last week PBC defeated Ipswich State High School 24-18 and last night they defeated Marsden State High School 38-10.

Indiha Saotui-Huta started both matches on the left wing and last night was outstanding making a number of telling runs and one outstanding chase when he ran down the Marsden half back who had taken an intercept and was looking to run 90 metres to score.

Indiha Saotui-Huta turned chased and caught him within 40 metres in an outstanding display of speed and determination.

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Former North Sydney Bears SG Ball player Tyrese Walker started on centres in Round Nine last weekend for Burleigh, scoring his second try from just three matches for Burleigh since his move from Sydney as the Bears defeated Helensvale 30-24 in the U19 competition.

Normally a half Tyrese Walker is still U17 eligible but has played in the U19’s since his move to the Gold Coast.

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Round Ten of the NRRRL competition saw 18 year old half back Tahne Robinson play in the U18 fixture against Lower Clarence and then back up in the First Grade match kicking eight goals from ten attempts in a Tweed Coast Raiders 56 – 28 victory.

For the Raiders in the NRRRL First grade competition, to date Tahne Robinson has played in nine matches scoring nine tries for a 100% strike rate and kicking twenty five goals to have scored 86 points through the first half of the competition.

Tahne Robinson has had some big matches in addition to Round Ten last weekend including in Round Four against Lismore Marist Brothers when he scored a double and kicked four goals and in Round Five against Mullumbimby when he also scored a double but in that match kicked five goals. Round Nine in a Raiders 60 – 0 win over Evans Head also saw Tahne Robinson score a double and kick two goals in the big win.

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One of the most exciting players to watch in the Gold Coast Rugby League competition is 2018 Burleigh MM Cup five eight and son of Titans great Preston Campbell.

Jayden Campbell was at it again last weekend in Round Nine of the U19 competition scoring a try and kicking four from four for Helensvale who went down 30-24 to Burleigh.

Jayden Campbell then backed up for the Doug Lipp Cup clash kicking two goals.

Preston Campbell also played the Doug Lipp Cup clash turning back the clock and scoring one of Helensvale’s tries.

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Titans linked Kuyan Roberts-Laurie scored his second try of the 2018 U18 NRRRL season in Round Ten last weekend. He started in the second row and scored as his Ballina Seagulls side defeated Casino RSM.

Titans linked Malachi Roberts started at fullback for the Ballina Seagulls side as well.

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2018 Souths Logan MM Cup player Vinncent Takataka played his second game in the U19 competition last weekend in Round Nine starting the second row and scoring two tries for Runaway Bay as they defeated Beaudesert 32-20.

In the MM Cup competition for South’s Logan as noted Vinncent Takataka played in four South’s Logan’s matches. Vinncent Takataka broke into the South’s Logan MM side in Round Three against North’s from the inter change bench and also played off the bench in Round Four against Burleigh.

Vinncent Takataka started Round Five against Wynnum Manly in the front row and started the MM Cup Grand Final and U18 National Final in the second row, scoring in the National Final against the Penrith Panthers.

Vinncent Takataka, prior to his move to Queensland was part of the Canterbury Bulldogs Junior Development set-up for a numbers of years, joining the Bulldogs in their U15 Development Squad in 2015 and progressing to playing for the Bulldogs U16 Harrold Matthews Cup side in 2016. Vinncent Takataka’s junior rugby league club in Sydney was the Bankstown Sports Club where he started his rugby league journey in the U12’s.

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With the Hastings Deerings Colts competition having a two week break a number of players headed back to the Gold Coast Rugby League competition, one being Titans linked and Tweed Heads Seagulls Colts player Charlie Gee.

In Round Nine of the Doug Lipp Cup competition last weekend he started at half back for Beaudesert in their 42 – 6 win over Tugun contributing a try and two goals to the victory.

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Outstanding Titans linked half Kel Sheather made his NRRRL First Grade debut in Round Ten of the NRRRL competition last weekend suiting up for Ballina as they defeated Casino RSM 46-16 with eh young half scoring on debut.

Kel Sheather started the 2018 season off with the Tweed Heads Seagulls Hastings Deering’s Colts side before injury, even though he was eligible for the MM Cup competition.

He commenced the 2018 season as the starting half back for the Tweed Heads Seagulls U20 Colts side and scored a good try in Round One against the North’s Devils when he split the North’s defence from around ten metres out.

Kel Sheather also started Rounds Two where he had a try assist and Three against Victoria and Burleigh respectively at half back. Kel Sheather primarily played on the left side of the field for the Tweed Heads Colts side.

Round Three against Burleigh once again saw Kel Sheather lead Tweed Heads around the field well especially in the second half with the Seagulls coming from behind to beat their local rivals by four points with two late tries.

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Titans Rookie Squad member Callum Boomer continues to be a points scoring machine in the GCRL U19 competition and in Round Nine last weekend started in the centres for Southport, scoring a double and kicking six tries as the Tigers defeated Mudgeeraba 58-4.

Through four U19 matches this season, Callum Boomer has now scored five tries, kicked 17 goals and a field goal to account for his 55 points at an average of 13.75 per game.

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Brody Jones who participated in a Titans U16 camp at Lennox Heads late last year scored a double in Round Ten of the U18 NRRRL competition last weekend as his Lismore Marist Brothers side defeated Murwillumbah 28-10, it was his third try of the season.

Brody Jones will be eligible for the U18 NRRRL competition once again in 2019.

Brody Jones played for Lismore Marist Brothers in two different competitions in 2107 being the U16.5 Group One Junior Rugby League competition and the NRRRL competition at the U18 level. In 2016 Brody Jones was selected on the bench for the U15 New South Wales Combined Catholic Colleges Northern Region side for their annual trials.

For Lismore Marist Brothers in the Group One U16.5 competition, Brody Jones played in twelve matches for the 4th placed Rams scoring three tries including two in two weeks against Ballina and Clarence Coast and later in the season Brody Jones scored against Casino RSM.

In total Brody Jones also played four matches at the U18 level in the NRRRL competition with his first match coming in early April 2017 against the Tweed Coast Raiders.

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Outstanding Burleigh U17 Division One utility Pita-Will Purcell started at five eight in Round Ten last weekend as the Bears went down 34-22 to Currumbin with the utility converting three of Burleigh’s four tries.

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Congratulations to titans youngster Tyler Szepanowski who will be making his GCRL First Grade debut on Sunday when he starts from the bench for Burleigh against Southport.