Junior Development

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Former Cairns junior and Runaway Bay hooker Kai Reinhardt continued his solid form in Round 17 on the weekend scoring his second double in as many weeks as Runaway Bay defeated Beaudesert 48-24 in the final regular round of the U19 GCRL competition.

Kai Reinhardt is a talented youngster with an intriguing skill set at his disposal in the hooking role.

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18 year old Jakob Hall will line up for the Cudgen U18 NRRRL side for this weekend’s U18 major semi-final against Ballina.

He is back in Australia after representing Australia at the U18 level in touch and in fact was part of this season’s inaugural Titans Men’s touch side and later in the year will be part of the Queensland U20 touch side.

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Prior to coming off the bench in the First Grade (his 5th First Grade appearance of the season) Laz Sua started at lock for Ormeau in their Round 17 U19 46-14 loss to Southport.

Laz Sua has certainly shown his endurance and durability this season regularly playing multiple games on any given weekend for Burleigh and the Shearers.

In the MM Cup this season Laz Sua started in the front row of all seven of Tweed Head’s matches including their semi-final against South’s Logan.

Laz Sua did not score any tries in the MM Cup this season, but was rewarded for his outstanding effort in Round Five against the Townsville Blackhawks when he converted Tweed Heads final try in a big 72 – 6 victory.

After Tweed Heads finals elimination, Laz Sua moved directly to the Tweed Heads Seagulls Colts side starting in his debut in the front row in Round Ten against Ipswich.

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Big strong young former Titans linked front rower Logan Cootes was back on the score sheet in the final regular season round of the U19 competition last weekend scoring a double for Mudgeeraba in a big 60-15 win over Helensvale.

With his two tries Logan Cootes finished the season with a strike rate of 100% from his 13 games and also kicked a solitary goal in a career high 54 point haul.

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It has been a great season for Burleigh MM five eight Zane Harris and that continued last weekend in Round 17 of the U19 GCRL competition when he scored a hat trick as Southport ran out 46-14 winners over Ormeau.

The hat trick meant that he finished the season with six tries from as many matches.

This season also saw Zane Harris make his GCRL First Grade debut for the Tigers.

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Titans Rookie Squad member Callum Boomer continued to showcase his goal kicking skills last weekend kicking five goals for Southport as they defeated Ormeau 46-14 in their Round 17 U19 match.

Callum Boomer has played multiple positions over the course of the season, including centre, wing and the position he played in Round 17 against the Shearers being fullback.

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Talented PBC outside back Indiha Saotui-Huta has been outstanding for Mudgeeraba in the GCRL U19 competition and last weekend in the centres for the Redbacks as they defeated Helensvale 60-15, he scored a double to finish the U19 regular season with eight tries from just six matches.

The PBC right winger and former New Plymouth Boys High player has also put in some very good performances for his school and in the MM Cup for the Tweed Heads Seagulls.

He played in all six of Tweed Heads matches including their semi-final, starting each on the wing. In his seven matches Indiha Saotui-Huta scored five tries.

Indiha Saotui-Huta’s first try came in Round Three against the Burleigh Bears. Indiha Saotui-Huta followed that up with tries in Rounds Five and Six against Townsville and Wynnum Manly respectively. Indiha Saotui-Huta completed his 2018 MM Cup try scoring with a double in the final regular season being Round Seven against the Easts Tigers.

Indiha Saotui-Huta was born and raised in New Zealand but spent from 2013 to 2015 on the Gold Coast where he played both rugby and rugby league. Indiha Saotui-Huta made an immediate impact playing for Surfers Paradise in the Gold Coast Junior Rugby competition playing in the centres and also represented the Gold Coast Cyclones representative side on a number of occasions.
In 2015 when his club side played in the Brisbane club rugby competition, Indiha Saotui-Huta finished as the leading points scorer with 147 points.

Indiha Saotui-Huta returned to New Zealand for the 2016 year, playing two years for the New Plymouth Boys High First XV, playing a number of outstanding matches including scoring against Auckland’s King’s College in 2016 and in 2017 scored against St Pats Silverstream. In 2017 Indiha Saotui-Huta also started for New Plymouth Boys High in a curtain raiser for a Reds v Chiefs Super Fifteen clash in New Zealand. Indiha Saotui-Huta also had an outstanding Rugby Sevens school boy career.

From a rugby league perspective, Indiha Saotui-Huta represented the U17 Taranaki Sharks rugby league side in 2017 and from there has been identified to take part in the 2018 New Zealand U18 talent squad.

For PBC he has been more than solid on the right wing and against Marsden mid-season had an outstanding match in a big PBC win.

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Another round of rugby league on the Gold Coast and another set of tries for nippy Beaudesert half Shallin Fuller.

He started Round 17 at half in the U19 competition scoring a double and kicking a goal in a tough 48-24 loss to Runaway Bay and then came off the bench to score in a 50-22 win in the Doug Lipp Cup competition.

In the U19 competition Shallin Fuller scored 12 tries and kicked 13 goals from 13 matches and in the Doug Lipp Cup competition from 14 games scored 15 tries.

If people remember former Manly and Tweed Heads Giants NRL (the precursor to the Seagulls, Chargers and Titans) half Paul Shaw you have a carbon copy in Shallin Fuller.

I really hope he looks to break into the Hastings Deering’ Colts competition next season, I believe that he would be a sensation in that competition.

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Talented Runaway Bay and 2018 Tweed Heads Seagull MM Cup player Codey McLaughlin played two full games on the weekend in Round 17.

He started at lock and scored in a U19 48-24 win over Beaudesert and then started in the centres immediately after in the Doug Lipp Cup competition as Runaway Bay went down 50-22 to the Kingfishers.

In the MM Cup competition for Tweed Heads earlier this season, Codey McLaughlin played in five matches starting all five from the interchange bench and scoring twice. Codey McLaughlin’s first try came in Round Two against Victoria and he followed that with a try in Round Five against the Townsville Blackhawks.

For the U19 Runaway Bay side post the MM Cup competition Codey McLaughlin played in twelve regular season matches scoring six tries. Codey McLaughlin scored a Round Fourteen double against Mudgeeraba and also scored in Round Fifteen against Burleigh and well as in Round Seventeen against Beaudesert. Earlier in the season Codey McLaughlin scored against Bilambil and Ormeau.

In the Doug Lipp Cup competition for Runaway Bay Cody McLaughlin played five regular season matches including starting Round Sixteen against Helensvale in the second row and Round Seventeen in the centres against Beaudesert, debuting against Currumbin and April.

Codey McLaughlin scored two Doug Lipp Cup tries this season, in just his second game at that level against Tugun and also scored in his starting debut against Helensvale.

Codey McLaughlin made his deserved GCRL First Grade debut in late June coming off the bench for Runaway Bay against Tugun

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Thanks ja4220 and mdrew ... great reporting

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After missing a couple of weeks Titans contracted Kaleb Ngamanu has been named at outside centre for the TSS U15A side for their match this Saturday against Gregory Terrace in Round Five of the GPS Rugby competition.

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PBC beat Wavell yesterday, while Marsden have knocked Keebra out of GIO Cup.

Southern Conference final will be PBC vs Marsden.

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With the Burleigh GCRL First Grade side being knocked out of a potential final last weekend a number of Titans Rookie Squad members are back in the Burleigh Hastings Deerings Colts side for tomorrows match against Easts.

Jaxson Paulo, Taine Tuaupiki and Darius Farmer are back in the starting line-up.

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The Tweed Heads Seagulls Colts backrow has a definite Titans feel to it for tomorrow's Round 23 clash against Northern Pride.

Ben Thomas, Blake Campbell and William Woolley back up a mobile skilful backrow.

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Titans Rookie Squad members Curtis Dansey-Smaller (wing) and Isaac Lee (centre) have been named in the Tweed Heads Seagulls First Grade side for their semi-final against Runaway Bay.