Junior Development

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Outstanding Clarence Coast youngster Reece Warburton was amongst the points once again last weekend scoring a try and kicking a goal for the Magpies in Round Six of the Group One U14 competition, but unfortunately his side went down 32-10 to Grafton.

Through his opening six matches in the U14 competition, Reece Warburton has scored 62 points from 11 tries and 9 goals.

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Grafton Ghosts U14 Group one played Jye Boehme continued his impressive 2019 campaign last weekend in Round Six scoring three tries and kicking two goals as the Ghosts outpointed Clarence COastr 32-10.

Through his opening five Group One U14 games, Jye Boehme has scored 56 points from 12 tries and 4 goals.

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One of the best players throughout the Group One junior rugby league competition is South Grafton’s U14 star Isaac Barker.

Last weekend in Round Six of the Group One U14 competition he continued to enhance his reputation scoring a hat trick in a 24-14 win over Kyogle. The hat trick made it eight tries from just three matches this season.

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Titans linked front rower Larry Siala scored once again last weekend for Norths Blue in Round Eight of the Ipswich Rugby League U14 competition and was then selected in the South East Queensland Green U14 side for the upcoming Queensland Age Championships.

In the 2019 U14 pre-season Larry Siala played in three matches scoring five tries, including a hat trick against Goodna Black in Round Three and a Round Two hat trick against Brothers Ipswich White. His five tries were enough to finish the pre-season as the competitions equal second leading try scorer.

Larry Siala started Round One of the Ipswich Rugby League U14 competition in the front row, scoring for Ipswich Norths in their 14 – 10 loss to Goodna Black. Larry Siala backed that up by also scoring in Round Two against Springfield as Norths won 44 – 0.

Larry Siala made it three tries from as many matches when he scored again in Round Three as Norths defeated Brothers Ipswich 24 – 8. Larry Siala also scored in Round Six against Goodna.

Larry Siala started in the front row in the 2018 U13 Ipswich Grand Final and scored a try as Norths prevailed 26 – 22 in a close contest against Goodna Black.

In total in the 2018 U13 season, Larry Siala played in fourteen matches scoring twenty one tries for a strike rate of an impressive 150%.

In 2017 Larry Siala represented Met West in the QSSRL U12 Championships.

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Titans linked fullback David Neller had a big night with the boot last Friday in Round Eight of the Ipswich Rugby League U14 competition, kicking five from six as his Norths Blue side defeated Ipswich Brothers 34-8. David Neller was subsequently selected in the South East Queensland White U14 side for the Queensland Age Championships.

The young Ipswich based fullback had a very good match for the Titans U14 side in February at Mudgeeraba that defeated the Western Mustangs 32 – 8.

David Neller did not necessarily have to do a lot of work defensively as a result of the Titans dominance but returned the ball well from kicks when the opportunity presented itself and also insured that he was available in the centre of the ruck to receive any off loads from the dominant Titans forward pack.

The Ipswich Grammar School student (formerly from Mossman State High School in Queensland’s north) has started the 2019 season off well in the Ipswich Rugby League U14 pre-season competition scoring twenty two points from just two matches, with all of those points coming in Round Two of the pre-season against Brothers Ipswich White when he scored two tries and kicked seven goals.

David Neller’s 2019 pre-season stats were enough to see him finish as the competitions equal leading goal kicker (seven) and fourth leading points scorer (twenty two).

David Neller started Round One of the Ipswich Rugby League U14 competition at fullback, scoring for Ipswich Norths and kicking one from two conversions in their 14 – 10 loss to Goodna Black.

David Neller had a big night in Round Two against Springfield scoring a double and kicking five goals for an individual point’s haul of eighteen.

Round Three saw David Neller in the points once again scoring a try and kicking four goals as Norths defeated Brothers Ipswich 24 – 8.

To say that David Neller had a huge match last week in Round Four would be an understatement.
He scored 60% of his sides points in their 58 – 0 win over Redbank from four tries and seven goals.

David Neller continued his points scoring feats in Round Six scoring a try and kicking three goals against Goodna.

David Neller was also selected in the Ipswich Diggers U14 side for the 2019 Hill Stumer Championships where he started at fullback in Game One against the Gold Coast Vikings. In the match David Neller, before going off with injury, pulled off some impressive plays including a grubber early in the second half which almost led to a Diggers try and a try saving tackle on Vikings left centre Andrew Brennan.

David Neller started at fullback in the 2018 U13 Ipswich Grand Final and scored a try and kicked three conversions as Norths prevailed 26 – 22 against Goodna Black in a tight contest.

In total in the 2018 U13 season, David Neller played in fourteen matches scoring seventeen tries (121% strike rate) and kicking thirty nine goals to finish the season with a total points tally of 146 at an average of just over ten points per game.

In 2017 David Neller represented Peninsula at the QSSRL U12 Championships prior to his move to Ipswich for the 2018 season.

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Outstanding Titans linked fullback Ziah Piggott has a huge match for Kyogle last weekend in Round Six of the Group One U15 competition scoring four tries as the Turkeys accounted for Clarence Coast 38-12. He then backed up to play in the U16.5 match.

Ziah Piggott has now scored eight tries from just three matches, including scoring four tries against Lismore Marist Brothers in Round Four.

The young fullback was part of the one of the players that represented one of the Titans U15 squads that played each other and a Western Mustangs selection at Mudgeeraba in February.

In 2018, Ziah Piggott played fifteen matches including starting the Grand Final at fullback in the Group One U14 competition, scoring twenty tries, including scoring a hat trick in Round Two against Clarence Coast.

Mid-season in 2018, Ziah Piggott had an incredible string of five straight games where he scored a double with those matches coming in order against Grafton, Ballina, Casino RSM, Lismore Marist Brothers and Clarence Coast.

2018 also saw Ziah Piggott play one match in the Group One U15 competition scoring a double on debut against the South Grafton Rebels in July.

Ziah Piggott represented the Group One U14 representative side in 2018, starting at fullback in all five of their matches in the New South Wales Country U14 Age Championships including scoring in their Plate Final victory against Group Nine 22 – 18, with Ziah Piggott’s try the one that gave the lead to Group One for good late in the second half.

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Titans contracted Brock Priestley moves from the second row to the centres for Ormeau for tonight’s Round Nine U16 Division One match against Helensvale.

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Tannah Boyd will come off the bench for Burleigh in Round 13 of the GCRL First Grade competition this Sunday against Orneau.

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Lower Clarence Magpies second rower Cooper Many scored his 6th NRRL U18 try in ten matches last weekend in Round Eleven but his side went down 16-10 to the Tweed Heads Seagulls.

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Tweed Heads Seagulls Hastings Deering’s Colts squad member Adyn Anguna will start from the bench in his second GCRL First Grade match this weekend in Round 13 this weekend for Runaway Bay against Bilambil. He made his debut a couple of rounds ago against Burleigh.

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Big strong Tweed Heads Seagulls NRRRL U18 forward Timothy Johannssen has had a very good 2019 season to date, starting with performing well for the Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup side through to making his NRRRL First Grade debut for Mullumbimby against Evans Head in Round Eight. He also played in the NRRRL First Grade competition in Round Nine against Byron Bay.

In addition Timothy Johannssen has played in nine NRRRL U18 matches scoring six tries including a double last weekend in Round 11 against Lower Clarence. He also scored a Round Two double against Kyogle and has also scored against Tweed Coast and Byron Bay.

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Gold Coast U14 rugby league players Jacob Sa (lock) and Keahn Skipps (fullback) both started for the TSS U14A side in their Wednesday night trial against Ipswich Grammar School in Ipswich and it was a tough night for the boys as they went down to the Ipswich School.

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Runaway Bay GCRL U20 hooker Repoama Morris-Ponga continued his try scoring form last weekend in Round 11 scoring a double as the Seagulls went down 24-16 to Currumbin.

His first try came after a quick play the ball on the last tackle, Repoama Morris-Ponga burst out of dummy half to his left to scramble over from about ten metres out. For his second try of the match Repoama Morris-Ponga scored from a lot closer. From a play the ball less than a metre short of the Currumbin line, Repoama Morris-Ponga shaped to pass to his right but instead dived over to his left to score in a huge gap.

He has now scored 8 tries from just seven games this season.

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Titan Ezra Ubaldino is set to start in the centres for the Burleigh U16 Division One side tonight in Round Nine against Currumbin after missing a number of rounds.

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Titans contracted Kaden Somerville who has played the majority of the 2019 U16 Division One season for Burleigh at lock will move to the second row for tonight’s Round Nine match against Currumbin.