Junior Development

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One of a number of intriguing centre prospects in the 2019 Northern Rivers Titans U18 squad is Caleb Kinna.

In 2018 Caleb Kinna played for the Ballina Seagulls in the Group One U16.5 competition scoring six tries from 13 matches, with each of his tries coming in separate matches against Kyogle on three occasions, Clarence Coast twice and Casino RSM.

In addition Caleb Kinna played for Lennox Head in the Far North Coast U16 rugby competition. In that competition he played in 13 matches including starting in the centres in the Grand Final that Lennox Head won 25-17 against Casuarina/Tweed.

He started eleven matches in the centres and at fullback in Round four against Casuarina/Tweed and Round Six against the Grafton Redmen.

In his 13 matches he scored nine tries including doubles in Rounds Six, Nine and Thirteen against Grafton, Evans River and Grafton respectively. His other tries came against Evans River (Round 2), Lismore (Round 8) and Lismore in a semi-final.

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Thomas Farragher is a young Kyogle half back who has already been in and around Titans development squad after spending time in recent seasons training with the Titans. In 2018 Thomas Farragher played in two competitions for the Kyogle Turkeys being the U16.5 competition in Group One and the U18 NRRRL competition.

After the competition of the Andrew Johns Cup Thomas Farragher played for the Turkeys in the Group One U16.5 competition and also played a number of matches for Kyogle in the NRRRL U18 competition, not a bad effort at all for a 16 year old.

For Kyogle in the Group One U16.5 competition Thomas Farragher played in ten matches and averaged more than a try a game on the way to scoring eleven tries. Included in those eleven tries was a late season hat trick against Ballina and doubles against Lismore Marist Brothers and Casino RSM.

Thomas Farragher also scored tries against Clarence Coast in two separate matches, Casino RSM and Ballina. The try against Ballina was in Week One of the 2018 Group One U16.5 finals that saw Kyogle knocked out as a result of a 26 – 16 finals loss.

For Kyogle in the 2018 NRRRL U18 competition Thomas Farragher made his debut in May against Murwillumbah and went on to play an additional five U18 NRRRL matches, scoring two tries in the process. Thomas Farragher scored his first NRRRL U18 try in just his second game in that competition against Grand Finalists Cudgen and also scored against Casino RSM late in the season.

Early in 2018 Thomas Farragher was part of the Northern Rivers U16 side that participated in the inaugural Andrew Johns Cup. In that competition Thomas Farragher played in three matches, coming off the bench on all three occasions, being Round One against the Newcastle Development Squad, Round Four against the Central Coast Roosters and Northern Rivers finals match against the Western Rams.

In those matches Thomas Farragher played primarily as a backup in the halves and hooker.

In addition, in 2018 Thomas Farragher played club rugby for Evans River in the U16 Far North Coast rugby competition, playing in eight matches, scoring five tries which came in Rounds One, Three, Four, Eleven and Thirteen against Lismore, Grafton, Ballina, Grafton and Brunswick Valley respectively.

Thomas Farragher started at fullback in Round One, playing there is six matches but started Round Three against Grafton from the bench and Round Nine against Lennox Head at fly half (No. 10)

Early in the 2017 season Thomas Farragher was part of the U15 New South Wales Combined High Schools trials and was the starting five eight for the Group One U15 representative side and the New South Wales Combined High Schools U15 side.

In 2017 Thomas Farragher received a Northern New South Wales local sports champion award for his performances over the course of the 2017 rugby league season.

In 2017 season Thomas Farragher played eight matches in the Group One U15 Junior Rugby League competition scoring eight tries to average a try a match including an early season double against Lismore Marist Brothers and he also scored tries against Casino RSM and Ballina.

In 2016 the young Kyogle Turkeys halfback had a solid start to his club season which culminated in his selection in the Group One U14 side that competed in the New South Wales Country Age championships in Forster. In those championships he played in all three of Group Ones matches including their 58 – 0 win over Group 19 on Saturday and both of their Sunday matches against Central Coast and their Northern Trophy final loss to Group 21.

Over the course of the three matches that Group One played, he scored two tries which came against Group 19 on Saturday and then scored his team’s only try on their 20 – 6 loss against Central Coast early on Sunday morning.

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Carl Lolohea is a giant powerful young Ballina Seagulls front rower is another youngster from the Group One region in northern New South Wales making his mark in rugby league.

Carl Lolohea started the 2018 season as part of the Northern Rivers U16 Andrew Johns Cup side playing in four matches, including games against the Newcastle Knights Development Squad, the Central Coast Roosters, the Greater Northern Tigers and the Western Rams which featured recent Titans signing Jack Smith. In 2017 Carl Lolohea represented the Group One U15 side in three matches at the New South Wales Country U15 Age Championships.

In the Group One U16.5 competition in 2018 Carl Lolohea played in thirteen matches for Ballina scoring five tries. Each of his tries came in individual matches and came against Lismore Marist Brothers twice, Casino RSM twice and Clarence Coast.

Carl Lolohea also played for Ballina in the Far North Coast U16 Rugby competition starting seven matches in the centres with his first match being in Round Three against Brunswick Valley. In his seven matches he scored two tries both coming in Round Thirteen against Lismore

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Ashdon Randall is a Grafton local who part of the Titans Junior Development Squad in the Group One region and in addition to being a rugby league stand out with the Grafton Ghosts is also an outstanding rugby player, playing for the Grafton Redmen and is also a member of the New South Waratahs Development Squad. All told including representative sides, Ashdon Randall could play for up to eight different teams in a season.

In 2018 Ashdon Randall was selected in the New England Representative Rugby side that toured New Zealand in July this year and had a dinner with the All Blacks.

For the Grafton Ghosts U14 side in the Group One Junior Rugby League competition in 2018, Ashdon Randall finished as the Group One U14 competitions second leading points scorer with a total of 116 point from fifteen tries and twenty eight goals from just eleven matches including one final.

In only two games in 2018 season was Ashdon Randall kept off the score board, the first was in Round One against Ballina and the second match was late in the regular season against Kyogle.

Ashdon Randall scored a hat trick mid-season against Ballina and also scored doubles against Casino RSM and Clarence Coast on two separate occasions. Ashdon Randall’s other 2018 Group One U14 tries came in matches against Lismore Marist Brothers, Casino RSM and Clarence Coast.

With the boot Ashdon Randall had some big matches including kicking six goals late in the season against Lismore Marist Brothers, five against Clarence Coast and kicked four goals in matches against Ballina and Casino RSM.

Combining his tries and goals, Ashdon Randall scored twenty points in a June match against Ballina from three tries and four goals, eighteen points from two tries and five goals against Clarence Coast in May and sixteen points in an August match against Lismore Marist Brothers as a result of a try and six goals.

In Week One of the Group One U14 finals Ashdon Randall started in the front row for Grafton and scored but unfortunately the Ghosts went down to Clarence Coast 32 – 14 meaning that their season came to an end.

At the 2018 New South Wales Country U14 Championships Ashdon Randall started in the front row for the Group One U14 side in all four of their Championship matches.

In Group One’s first match against Newcastle Ashdon started in the front row as Group One went down 18 – 4.

Game Two saw Ashdon Randall once again start in the front row as the Group One U14 side bounced back to win 38 – 12 against Group 19 with Ashdon Randall scoring his first try of the Championships.

Ashdon Randall also started Game Three for Group One, winning Game Three 16 – 8 against Maitland in the Northern Plate semi-final with Ashdon Randall contributing his second Championship try to the victory.

In the Northern Plate Final Ashdon Randall led from the front as Group One were victorious 20 – 14 against Group Four.

With their U14 Northern Plate Final victory, Group One went on to qualify for the New South Wales Country Plate Final against Group Nine with the result being Group One winning 22 – 18 with Ashdon Randall once again starting in the front row for Group One and scoring in each half of Group One’s victory.

Ashdon Randall also played a number of matches for the Grafton Redmen in the Far North Coast U16 competition, yes the U16 competition even though he was still eligible for the U14 age group. Ashdon Randall came into the Grafton U16 rugby side in Round Three against Evans River scoring a try and kicking two conversions and also scored and kicked two conversions in Round Four against Lismore.

All told he played in seven U16 matches, starting six at fly half (No.10) and one being Round 8 against Brunswick Valley at inside centre (No. 12

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Jedd Windle is a Byron Bay/Lennox Head backrower who represented the Group 18 U14 side in 2018 in the New South Wales Country Age Championships and post those Championships and his outstanding 2018 season was selected as part of the Titans 2018/19 Group 18 U15 Development Squad.

In the U14 New South Wales Country Age Championships for Group 18 Jedd Windle played in all three of Group 18’s matches which were against Group’s 21, Four and Two.

In 2018 Jedd Windle also played rugby for Lennox Head in the Far Norther Coast U14 competition playing in twelve matches including their semi-final loss to Wollongbar/Tweed. He started all bar one match, being Round Eleven against Lismore when he started from the bench at No. 8 and was outstanding on his way to scoring thirteen tries and kicking twelve conversions.

Jedd Windle scored hat tricks against Lismore in Rounds Six and Eight and scored doubles against Lismore in Round two and Wollongbar/Tweed in Round Twelve. Jedd Windle’s other tries came against Wollongbar/Tweed in Rounds Three, Five and Nine

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Gerard Ah-Nau is a big Wellington New Zealand born youngster moved over to Australia for the 2017 season, finding himself in the Group 20 competition playing for the Yanco Warnoon Hawks. The Group 20 competition is situated around the Griffith region of New South Wales close to Canberra.

2018 saw the young man on the Gold Coast as part of the Tweed Heads Seagulls U20 Hastings Deerings Cup side where he played in 16 matches, starting all bar three on the wing, being Round Ten when he started in the centres against the Ipswich Jets and Rounds One and 14 when he started from the bench against Norths and Central Queensland respectively. He is Colts eligible once again this season.

Gerard Ah-Nau scored six tries in his 16 appearances the first of which came in Round Two against Victoria. After also scoring in Round 12 against Sunshine Coast, he went on a tear to finish the season strongly scoring in Rounds 17,18, 21 and 22 against Wynnum Manly, Souths Logan, Easts and Victoria respectively.

In addition to his Colts matches, in 2018 Gerard Ah-Nau played a number of matches for Southport in the Gold Coast Rugby League competition, starting one match being against Ormeau in the U19 competition and two in the Doug Lipp Cup competition including scoring on debut against Burleigh a match which also saw him convert a try.

The former New Zealand school boy rugby and rugby talent had an incredible 2017 season winning three awards at the Yanco Warnoon Hawks awards night. The awards that Gerard Ah-Nau won were the Speed and Agility Award, the David Barnhill Rookie of the Year and Pud Taylor Best Prospect Award.

For the Yanco Warnoon Hawks in 2017 Gerard Ah-Nau played across three grades, being the Harold Eckley U18 Cup, the Tony Blunt Reserve Grade Cup and the XXXX Gold First Grade competition. Gerard Ah-Nau started off the season in the Group 20 U18 competition, playing a total of twelve matches, scoring eighteen tries, to finish as the U18 Group 20 equal leading try scorer.

Gerard Ah-Nau started off the 2017 season with a bang scoring doubles in his first two U18 matches against Leeton and Tullibigeal Lake Cargelligo. In the regular season Gerard Ah-Nau also scored a hat trick against Hay and doubles once again against Tullibigeal Lake Cargelligo and also against Griffith Black and Whites.

In the U18 Group 20 finals series Gerard Ah-Nau was outstanding scoring five tries in Yanco Warnoon Hawks’s finals victory against Yenda Blueheelers and he also scored in Yanco Warnoon Hawks’s 28 – 22 Grand Final loss to Griffith Black and Whites where he started in the second row.

Gerard Ah-Nau was promoted to reserve grade in late April 2017 playing three consecutive reserve grade matches before his inevitable promotion to First Grade. In his three reserve grade matches Gerard Ah-Nau scored in his just second match against Tullibigeal Lake Cargelligo.

Gerard Ah-Nau made his first grade debut for the Yanco Warnoon Hawks on May 14 2017 against Yenda Blueheelers and to cap off a great debut scored as well. Gerard Ah-Nau went on to play in eleven XXX Gold First Grade matches scoring thirteen tries. Gerard Ah-Nau went on a try scoring spree in his final six First Grade matches of 2017 scoring eleven tries in that span, including a hat trick against Hay and doubles against the West Wyalong Mallee Men, Griffith Black and Whites and the Darlington Point Coleambally.

Prior to his arrival in Australia Gerard Ah-Nau played both rugby and rugby league in New Zealand, making a number of junior representative rugby league sides for the Wellington Orca’s including at the U14, U15 and U17 levels. From a school boy rugby perspective, Gerard Ah-Nau was part of the St Patricks First XV where he played in the front row.

In New Zealand Gerard Ah-Nau was also an outstanding athlete winning the 2016 Senior Discus title at the New Zealand National Secondary Schools Athletics Championships. Such was Gerard Ah-Nau’s performances in both athletics and rugby league in 2016, that he was nominated for the Wellington School’s Sports Person of the year award.

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Charlie Gee is a local young Titans linked utility from the Beaudesert Kingfishers Junior Rugby League Club. Charlie Gee linked with the Titans a number of seasons ago dating back to the age of 15 and in 2019 will line up for his second season in the Tweed Heads Seagulls U20 Hastings Deering’s Colts side.

For the Tweed Heads Seagulls Colts side in 2018, Charlie Gee was involved in fifteen matches scoring three tries, in addition to scoring in Round Fourteen against Central Queensland he scored in consecutive rounds beings Round Five and Six against Townsville and Easts respectively.

After starting Round One against Norths at hooker Charlie Gee played the majority of the Colts season from the interchange bench except for Rounds Eight and Thirteen against the Western Mustangs and Redcliffe respectively when he started at hooker and Round 21 when he started at lock against Easts.

Charlie Gee also played two matches for the Beaudesert Kingfishers in the Gold Coast Rugby League Doug Lipp Cup competition. His first match was in Round Nine when he started at half against Tugun, scoring a try and kicking two goals. His final Doug Lipp Cup match of 2019 was in Round 17 against Runway Bay when he started at hooker and scored a double.

Charlie Gee played every match in the 2017 MM Cup competition for Tweed Heads starting five matches at hooker and coming off the interchange bench in Round Six when he alternated with Josh Fryer. In those six matches Charlie Gee scored two tries the first coming in Round Two on an away trip to Victoria and in Round Eight against Souths Logan. In Round Three of 2017 against the Western Mustangs Charlie Gee had the honour of captaining the Tweed Heads side.

Charlie Gee has had a stellar season for the Beaudesert Kingfishers in both the 2017 U19 Gold Coast Rugby League competition and in the Doug Lipp Cup (Reserve Grade). In the U19 competition, Charlie Gee is averaging better than a try a match scoring eleven tries from just ten matches, including four against Runaway Bay in Round One and also a mid-season double against Southport. At one stage during the season from 10 June through to 8 July Charlie Gee scored at least one try in each of the four matches that he played in.

Charlie Gee made his Doug Lipp Cup debut in May 2017 scoring a double in his debut against Ormeau. Since that debut match Charlie Gee has played in an additional eight Doug Lipp Cup matches scoring additional tries against Southport and Bilambil.

Charlie Gee played the 2016 season at the U17 Division One level on the Gold Coast, scoring three tries in ten matches with the tries coming against Currumbin in two separate matches and also against Runaway Bay. Charlie Gee also started every match at hooker of the Gold Coast Green MM side in 2016, including their tough semi-final loss to the North’s Devils 13 - 10. He also started at half for the Titans U16 Development squad in their game against Samoa in late 2015 which was played in difficult conditions.

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Previously Titans linked utility back Brenton Daley-Holten was part of the 2018 Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup squad but did not play in any of the rounds.

Like in previous seasons, Brenton Daley-Holten played in the Gold Coast Rugby League competition in 2018 with the Bilambil Jets playing in eleven U19 matches including the finals series. Brenton Daley-Holten’s only regular season points were from a conversion against the Ormeau Shearers.

In Week One of the GCRL U19 finals series, Brenton Daley-Holten started in the centres for Bilambil as they went down 38 – 8 to Southport.

Week Two of the finals series saw Bilambil bounce back to defeated Mudgeeraba 54 – 26 with Brenton Daley-Holten starting in the centres and scoring his first try of the season.

In the Preliminary Final against Currumbin, Brenton Daley-Holten started in the centres once again against as Bilambil went down 36 – 26 to the Currumbin Eagles.

Brenton Daley-Holten had a great 2017 season which commenced with a spot in the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup side and from there Brenton Daley-Holten had an outstanding season in the Gold Coast Rugby League competition with the Bilambil Jets in the U17 Division One, U19 and first grade competitions.

Benton Daley-Holten has been with the Titans for a number of years now and has already played multiple matches for Titans junior development squads across a number of age groups.

For the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup side in 2017, Brenton Daley-Holten played in all six of their matches, starting the first three matches on the wing and the final three at fullback. Across the six matches Brenton Daley-Holten scored four tries, scoring in Round One against the Ipswich Jets, Round Two against Victoria, Rounds Seven against the Norths Devils and Round Eight against Souths Logan.

Upon the completion of the 2017 MM Cup competition, Brenton Daley-Holten played for the Bilambil Jets in the Gold Coast Rugby League competition, playing one match at the U19 level which came against Ormeau in July, eleven in the U17 Division One competition including scoring a late season double when he started at fullback. Brenton Daley-Holten’s other U19 tries came against Ormeau on two separate occasions and Mudgeeraba.

Brenton Daley-Holten made his Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade debut on Sunday 23 July 2017 against Runaway Bay scoring a double and the following week scored a hat trick against Currumbin to have a great start to his Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade career. All told in 2017 Brenton Daley-Holten played in three Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade matches scoring five tries.

In 2016 Brenton Daley-Holten was part of the South Tweed U16 side that won their Group 18 junior rugby league grand final 34-6 over the Bilambil Jets and has played in multiple Gold Coast Titans Development Squad matches over the last couple of seasons.

From a representative perspective Brenton Daley-Holten also had a very good season in 2016 representing Group 18 at the U16 level and then progressing to being selected in the East Coast Dolphins U16 side for the New South Wales Country age championships where he was selected on the wing and played in all four of their matches, including a semi-final loss to Newcastle. Brenton Daley-Holten has previously represented Group 18 at the U14 level in 2014 where he played a couple of games at five eight.

Brenton Daley-Holten played the majority of his football in 2016 in the centres, except for time on the wing for the East Coast Dolphins U16 side but in 2017 he has also spent time at fullback, certainly when playing for his club side and in that position, is a strong runner of the football

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Keebra Park student and former Western Australian Trey Peni late in 2018 started in the centres and scored for the Titans U16’s as they defeated PNG 60 – 10 at Pizzey Park and will line up as part of the Burleigh Bears MM Cup side this season.

Trey Peni played the 2018 season with the Nerang Roosters after moving in the off season from the Coomera Cutters and has started in the centres in all bar one of their matches, scoring five tries and kicking three goals to finish the season with an individual point’s haul of 26.

In Round One Trey Peni had an outstanding match scoring four tries and kicking two goals against Runaway Bay and in Round Four also scored a try against Burleigh.

Trey Peni started in the centres in both of Nerang’s 2018 Finals matches being in Week Two when Nerang defeated Currumbin 32 – 22 with Trey Peni converting one of Nerang’s five tries and the Grand Final which Nerang won defeating Currumbin again 24 – 8.

At the start of the 2017 season Trey Peni moved over to the Gold Coast to continue his flourishing rugby league career with Coomera Cutters in the GCRL U15 Division One competition and in 2018 played for the Gold Coast Vikings U16 white squad. In previous years Trey Peni has represented Western Australia at the U12 National Championships and has been a member of the West Coast Pirates Development Squad.

For the Cutters in the U15 Division Once competition in 2017 Trey Peni played a number of positions including centre and fullback playing in ten matches scoring eight tries and kicking seven goals to finish with 46 points on the season.

Trey Peni had an outstanding start to the 2017 season, scoring seven of his eight tries in a three game stretch from late April to early May, in that span scoring a hat trick against Helensvale and doubles against Currumbin and Burleigh. Five of his seven goals also came in that period. Trey Peni’s other try came late in the season against Nerang

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Aublix Tawha is a player originally from the Waikato region in the North Island of New Zealand is another player (and another former Canberra Raider) who has moved to the Gold Coast to try to progress his rugby league career linking up with the Tweed Heads Seagulls U20 Hastings Deering’s Cup side for the 2018 season and is Colts eligible once again this season.

Aublix Tawha started on the left wing in Tweed Heads Round One clash against the Norths Devils with Tweed going 20 – 10 after being named on the inter change bench earlier in the week. Aublix Tawha went on to play in ten matches starting eight on the wing, one on from the bench being Round One which was noted above and Round Five against the Townsville Blackhawks when he started in the centres.

Aublix Tawha scored three tries including a Round Eight double against the Western Mustangs and a try in round 16 against the Burleigh Bears.

Aublix Tawha played the 2017 rugby league season in Canberra playing for the Raiders U18 SG Ball side and also attending Erindale College. For the Raiders U18 SG Ball side Aublix Tawha played in six matches scoring three tries and kicking a goal to finish with fourteen points on the season. Aublix Tawha’s tries came from a double against the North Sydney Bears and also a late season try against the Balmain Tigers. Aublix Tawha kicked his sole goal of the season against the Canterbury Bulldogs. Aublix Tawha played primarily at fullback in the 2017 SG Ball competition.

Late last year Aublix Tawha played at fullback for New Zealand Maori U18’s in the Pacifika Youth Cup held in Auckland and was named at fullback in the U18 All-Tournament team and late last year, Aublix Tawha also represented a New Zealand U18 Select team starting on the wing in their match against the Australian School Boys in New Zealand. New Burleigh Colts recruit Mikey Williams started on the inter change bench for the U18 New Zealand Select side that were defeated by the Australian School Boys.

The 2017 season was the second year that Aublix Tawha represented New Zealand Maori after he was named on the wing for the U17 NZ Maori side in 2016.

Post the 2017 SG Ball competition Aublix Tawha played for the Belconnen Sharks in the Canberra Raiders Cup competition, playing across three grades being the U18, reserve grade and first grade competitions in the Canberra Raiders Cup.

Immediately after the completion of the SG Ball competition last year, Aublix Tawha transitioned into the Belconnen United U18 side and in total in 2017 played in six matches scoring five tries and kicking three goals to finish that competition with 26 points. Aublix Tawha scored a double against the Yass Magpies and he also scored against the Tuggeranong Bushrangers, Queanbeyan Kangaroos and the Gungahlin Bulls to account for his three other tries.

Prior to his call up in the Belconnen first grade side Aublix Tawha played in three reserve grade making his reserve grade debut in late May against the Goulburn Workers Bulldogs.

Aublix Tawha made his Canberra Raiders Cup First Grade debut on Saturday 17 June 2017 against the Queanbeyan Blues and went on to play in four additional First Grade matches which were against the Yass Magpies, Gungahlin Bulls, West Belconnen Warriors and the Tuggeranong Bushrangers. On three occasions Aublix Tawha played in the U18 match and then backed up to play in the First Grade contest later in the day.

In 2017 Aublix Tawha was also part of the Canberra U18 School Boys side that played in the U18 ASSRL Championships. Aublix Tawha started at fullback for the Canberra region in their four matches.

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Gideon Afemui is a young second rower and former Erindale College student from the Canberra Raiders made to move to the Gold Coast to link with the Tweed Heads Seagulls U20 Hastings Deering’s side for 2018 and started from the interchange bench for their Round One clash against the Norths Devils at Bishop Park.

In total in the 2018 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition, Gideon Afemui who is also Colts eligible this season played in fifteen matches starting his first four matches from the bench before moving into the starting side on the wing in Round Seven against the Easts Tigers. Gideon Afemui also started on the wing in Rounds Twenty One to Twenty Four, in the second row in Round Ten against the Ipswich Jets and Rounds Seventeen to Twenty at lock against Wynnum Manly, Souths Logan and the Mackay Cutters.

In 2018 Gideon Afemui also played across three competitions for Southport in the Gold Coast Rugby League. He played four U19 matches the first of which was against Beaudesert. He also played in one Doug Lipp Cup match which was also against Beaudesert after he backed up from the U19 match earlier in the day.

Gideon Afemui made his GCRL First Grade debut in May against Burleigh, a match in which he scored and also played First Grade matches against Burleigh again and Ormeau in 2018.

Gideon Afemui started the 2017 season off in the U18 SG Ball competition for the Canberra Raiders playing in seven matches, starting either in the second row or from the interchange bench. Gideon Afemui crossed for two tries over the course of the seven SG Ball matches that he was involved in with the tries coming against the North Sydney Bears and the Illawarra Steelers in Round Nine.

Post the 2017 SG Ball competition Gideon Afemui played for the Queanbeyan Kangaroos in the Canberra Raiders Cup competition playing in seven U18 matches and twelve in the First Grade competition.

Across his seven U18 matches Gideon Afemui scored one try which came in his first U18 match of the season against the Tuggeranong Bushrangers. On five occasions Gideon Afemui played in the U18 match before backing up for the First Grade contest later in the day.

Gideon Afemui made his First Grade debut for the Queanbeyan Kangaroo’s against the Gungahlin Bulls in late April. Through his twelve Fist Grade matches Gideon Afemui had a 67% strike rate with eight tries including scoring in all five of his 2017 First Grade matches which were against the Gungahlin Bulls, Belconnen United Sharks, Goulburn Workers Bulldogs, Yass Magpies and the Woden Valley Rams.

Later in the 2017 season Gideon Afemui scored again against the Belconnen United Sharks and in the last round scored a double against the Woden Valley Rams to round out his 2017 First Grade try scoring

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Big strong young Titans linked front rower Seth Nikotemo had a more than solid 2018 season for both Runaway Bay and Keebra Park.

In 2018 the former Queensland U12 representative started the season for Runaway Bay in the Gold Coast Rugby League U14 Division One competition before moving to the U15 Division One competition with the Seagulls.

In the U14 Division One competition, Seth Nikotemo played in seven matches scoring in the final regular season round against Ormeau and also late in the season kicked a conversion against Burleigh.

Seth Nikotemo made his U15 Division One debut in June against Burleigh and went on to play in ten matches. Seth Nikotemo started all of Runaway Bay’s U15 Division One Finals matches on the bench including the Grand Final and scored as the Seagulls went down 38 – 20 to a powerful Ormeau side

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Titans linked powerful nuggetty young Gold Coast local Laz Sua had an outstanding 2018 season and must have been close to selection in the Queensland U18 side such was his form through the MM Cup competition for the Tweed Heads Seagulls.

As a consequence of his 2018 season, Laz Sua should be an ever present in the Tweed Heads Seagulls Colts side this season and will also be Colts eligible in 2020.

Even in the 2018 pre-season Laz Sua was in outstanding form. In Tweed Heads MM trial against Souths Logan at Waterford, the Seagulls were on the back foot for the first two quarters but Laz Sua’s introduction made a significant difference and when he was on the field he provided momentum through his hit-ups and defensive starch and that was just a trial!

In the MM Cup season proper 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 and came off the bench in Round Eleven against the Northern Pride who were top of the table at that point. Round Twelve saw Laz Sua once again start on the bench. He was also on the bench for the Seagulls in Rounds Thirteen and Seventeen to Twenty Four.

Laz Sua moved to the Gold Coast Rugby League competition in Round Eight of that competition, coming off the interchange bench for the Ormeau Shearers who unfortunately suffered a 74 – 12 loss to a rampaging Bilambil Jets side. In total Laz Sua played in five GCRKL First Grade matches in 2018.

In 2017 in addition to playing for Keebra Park, Laz Sua was selected in the South Coast U18 side and from there was selected in the Queensland U18 Open Schoolboy side for the ASSRL Championship including scoring a try on Day Three in a 28-18 loss to New South Wales Combined Catholic Colleges.

Laz Sua and his Keebra Park Open team mates had an outstanding 2017 GIO Cup campaign with the Gold Coast based school winning the National final with Laz Sua starting the final in eth second row and playing on the left side of the field against Westfield’s Sports High School.

Laz Sua was also a member of the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup side for the 2017 version of that competition and played for Queensland Samoa U18 squad for the QPICC tournament that was held in October 2017.

Laz Sua played in club football in 2017 with the Ormeau Shearers across a number of competitions including the U17 Division One competition, U19’s, the Doug Lipp Cup and five first grade matches. In the U17 Division One competition, Laz Sua played in five matches scoring three tries including a double against Burleigh with his other try coming against Mudgeeraba. In the U19 competition, Laz Sua has played in nine matches scoring against Runaway Bay in June and also kicking a late conversion against Mudgeeraba.

Laz Sua made his Doug Lipp Cup debut in June against Tugun and celebrated by scoring on debut. Playing first grade at any level as a 17 year is no mean feat and Laz Sua achieved that feat on Sunday June 18 2017 when he came on from the interchange bench against Currumbin. His other first grade matches came against Runaway Bay, Bilambil, Currumbin again and Southport.

During the 2016 season Laz Sua was selected as a result of his good form to represent Queensland at the U16 level. Unfortunately for Laz Sua he only got a handful of minutes on the field when he came on late and played in the dummy half role.

In relation to his club rugby league on the Gold Coast in 2016 he played six matches for the Ormeau Shearers club in the U16 Division One competition and scored three tries in limited action, including scoring against eventual premiers Burleigh on two separate occasions and also against Helensvale.

For Gold Coast White in the CC Cup competition in 2016, Laz Sua played in all six of their games, splitting his time evenly between starting at hooker and at lock. He started at hooker in Rounds One, Six and Seven and started at lock in the other three games. He also crossed for two tries which came in Rounds One and Two, against Souths Logan and Gold Coast Green respectively.

In addition, after the completion of the 2016 season he was a late replacement in the Team Toa side where he came off the bench in their loss to a NSW New Zealand side. In 2016 he was also a member of the QAS squad and in 2015 made the Queensland Maroon U15 side for the ASSRL U15 championships after playing a leading role for South Coast at the U15 QSSRL championships where he played the majority of his matches in the centres.

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After a 2018 season that saw him play primarily in the Toowoomba Rugby League Reserve Grade competition fullback/centre Jamal Woodbridge is training as part of the 30 man 2019 Western Mustangs Colts squad.

In 2018 he played in 13 Reserve Grade matches for Goondiwindi scoring eight tries, including doubles in consecutive rounds in July against Dalby and Southern Suburbs.

Jamal Woodbridge also played in one Hutchies A Grade match when he played against Warwick early in the 2018 season.

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For a team to be successful they need a player that can unlock their opponents defences and one player who will be looking to do that for the Western Mustangs U20 Colts side in 2019 will be half/five eight Jordan Lipp. Even though he is still MM Cup eligible this season he is currently training with the Western Mustangs U20 Colts squad.

In the MM Cup in 2018, Jordan Lipp started at five eight in all six of the Western Mustangs matches scoring five tries and kicking a field goal (against Burleigh in Round Six). He scored doubles in Rounds Five and Six against Sunshine Coast and Burleigh respectively and also scored in Round One against Victoria.

Playing for Southern Suburbs in 2018 in the Toowoomba Rugby League competition, Jordan Lipp played in 15 U18 matches scoring 16 tries and kicking 25 goals to finish the season with 114 points.

He scored a hat trick against Wattles and doubles against Warwick, Highfields and Districts and Pittsworth. With the boot his best match was against Warwick when he kicked seven and in the U18 Grand Final kicked three for South Suburbs as they defeated Highfields and Districts in the decider.

Jordan Lipp also played in five Hutchies A Grade matches in 2018 making his debut at fullback against Gatton in late April. In his five matches he kicked four goals including two against Gatton in August.

Jordan Lipp was also part of the successful St Mary’s school boy side in 2018 including starting at half in their Contraternity Shield success.