Junior Development

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Well done to Jai Whitbread for scoring his third career Queensland Cup try this afternoon for Burleigh who went down in the Preliminary Final 36-26 to Easts.

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Unfortunately the Group 18 U14 side went down in their second NSW Country Championship match this afternoon 12-8 to Group Two.

The Group 18 try scorers were fullback Blake Forder and winger Makenzie Mcgarrigal who scored his second try from as many matches today.

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The Group One U14 side their match this morning 16-8 against Maitland with Ashdon Randall scoring his second try of the Championships.

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The Group 18 side lost their U14 match this morning against Group 4 28-12. Winger Makenzie Mcgarrigal scored his third try from as many Championship matches.

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Drew Atkinson scored a hat trick and kicked two goals as Group One U15's defeated Group 3 to qualify for the Northern Cup final this afternoon.

Titan Rowan Mansfield kicked a conversion

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Currumbin defeated Southport 34-20 in the GCRL U19 Grand Final this afternoon.

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Group One U14's won the Northern Plate Final this afternoon 20-14 defeating Group Four with Ashdon Randall one of the try scorers for Group One.

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Group One U15's went down in the NSW Country Northern Cup Final this afternoon 10-6 to Group Two.

For Group One Clayton Roberts scored and Drew Atkinson kicked the conversion.

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Titan Curtis Dansey-Smaller started on the left win this afternoon for Tweed Heads in the GCRL First Grade Grand Final.

Tweed went down 36-10 to Runaway Bay

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18 year old Currumbin front rower Ji Van Heerwarden could not have picked a better time to score for the first time this season when he scored a double in the Eagles 34-20 U19 Grand Final winter over Southport on Sunday.

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Talented Southport U19 five eight Zane Harris’s 2018 season did not finish as he would have liked with Southport going down 34-20 in the U19 Grand Final to Currumbin, but he did score in the Grand Final and overall had an outstanding season with both Southport and the Burleigh MM Cup side.

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Talented Tweed Heads Seagulls 2018 MM Cup winger Kiu Nuku-Ngala finished the GCRL U19 season with a flourish kicking three conversions for Currumbin in their 34-20 Grand Final victory over Southport.

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Titans Rookie Squad member Callum Boomer scored 12 of Southport’s 20 U19 Grand Final points on Sunday as they went down to Currumbin 34-20. Callum Boomer was named at fullback but spent time at left centre where he scored the final try of the game when he crashed over in the left hand corner with 4 minutes to go.

In the GCRL U19 competition this season he finished with 93 points from seven tries 32 goals and a field goal. He also scored 12 GCRL First Grade points from two tries and two goals in four matches.

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Daniel Shannon is a local Titan’s linked young front rower was part of the Burleigh Bears MM Cup squad this season as well as in the 2017 season although in 2017 he did not play in any matches. Daniel Shannon has since progressed to the U20 Colts competition with the Burleigh Bears.

For Burleigh in the 2018 MM Cup competition, Daniel Shannon played in all six matches starting five in the front row and coming off the bench in Round Three in the local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.

Daniel Shannon scored just the one try which was against Redcliffe in Round Two in an impressive Burleigh win at Pizzey Park.

Post the MM Cup competition, Daniel Shannon played for Southport and played in nine matches in the U19 competition and three in the Doug Lipp Cup competition.

Daniel Shannon came into the Southport U19 side in Round Three starting in the front row in a 22 all draw against Bilambil and also started in the front row in seven other matches before his Colts promotion. In Round 16 with the Burleigh Colts side having a bye Daniel Shannon lined up in the front row against Currumbin in a tough 26 – 16 loss.

Daniel Shannon scored two U19 GCRL regular season tries, the first came in early July against Currumbin and then Daniel Shannon scored his second try in the following round against Mudgeeraba.

In Week One of the GCRL U19 Finals series, Daniel Shannon started in the front row for Southport as they defeated Bilambil 34 – 8.

In Week two of the GCRL U19 Finals series, Daniel Shannon once again started in the front row for Southport against Currumbin with the Tigers winning 20 - 14.

In the U19 Grand Final Daniel Shannon started once again in the front row for Southport against Currumbin but unfortunately Southport went down 34 – 20, Daniel Shannon however was very good for the Tigers.

Daniel Shannon made his Doug Lipp Cup debut in Round Three this year when he started in the second row for Southport against Bilambil. Daniel Shannon also started in Round Five in fact starting in the centres on that occasion against Helensvale and also played against Mudgeeraba in June.

It has been an impressive effort from Daniel Shannon to start in the front row in the U19 match in Rounds Three and Five and them back up to start in the Doug Lipp Cup matches immediately after.

Daniel Shannon was deservedly promoted to the Burleigh Hastings Deering’s Colts side for their Round 17 match against Norths starting the match from the bench on a tough day for Burleigh.

In total in the 2018 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition to date, Daniel Shannon played in four matches, all from the bench.

Daniel Shannon has also recently been selected in the 2018 Queensland Indigenous U18 side for the QPIIC Championships to be held in October.

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Congratulations to Moeaki Fotuaika for making the Tongan 39 man squad for their test match against Australia next month.