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    Size in the outside backs or second row will not be an issue for the Burleigh Hastings Deering’s Colts squad this season with Branden Amundsen for the squad for the second season in a row.

    The centre/second rower started the 2019 season with Helensvale in the GCRL U20 competition but this season will line up for the Burleigh Hastings Deering’s Colts squad from the start of the season over coming into the side mid-way through the 2019 season .

    In total in the GCRL U20 competition in 2019 Braden Amundsen played in ten matches scoring four tries including an impressive Round Eleven try.

    Playing right second rower, Braden Amundsen took the ball around ten metres out from the Mudgeeraba line, fending off the first attempted tackle before being corralled by three defenders. He then spun around 270 degrees to break free and score under the posts.

    Braden Amundsen also scored against Burleigh in Round Ten and also against Southport in March and Runaway Bay in July.

    Braden Amundsen made his 2019 Hastings Deering’s Colts debut in Round Twelve when he started at left centre for Burleigh against the Sunshine Coast Falcons scoring late in the first half on debut.

    Braden Amundsen received the ball about ten metres out from the Falcons line pushing past his opposite defender before taking on the fullback front on and after disposing of him through sheer strength scored near the left corner.

    In total for the Burleigh Hastings Deering’s Colts side in 2019, Braden Amundsen played in nine matches including Burleigh’s first finals.

    Braden Amundsen split time between starting on the right wing and right centre in 2019, starting five matches on the wing and four in the centres.

    Braden Amundsen started the 2018 season as part of the Burleigh MM Cup side progressing through the local U19 competition with Helensvale before getting a late season opportunity with the Burleigh Colts side.

    For Burleigh in the 2018 MM Cup competition Braden Amundsen playing five of Burleigh’s six matches, starting the opening four rounds in the centres and coming off the bench in Round Seven against Victoria. Round Seven also saw Braden Amundsen score his sole try of the 2018 MM Cup season.

    Braden Amundsen came into the Burleigh Colts squad in Round Twenty Three against Townsville starting on the wing and also started on the wing in Round Twenty Four against Easts.

    In the GCRL U19 competition of Helensvale Braden Amundsen finished third on the try scoring list with twelve tries from just fourteen matches. After scoring a double against Currumbin and following that up the following round against Ormeau, Braden Amundsen exploded scoring eight tries in a three round span.

    In that span Braden Amundsen scored hat tricks against Bilambil and Mudgeeraba and a double against Burleigh. Braden Amundsen’s final try of the season came against Bilambil late in the season.

    Braden Amundsen was a solid performer for the Helensvale Hornets U17 Division side in the 2017 GCJRL competition and as a result has caught the attention of the Titans as well as being selected in the Burleigh Bears MM Cup training squad for the 2018 season.

    Braden Amundsen started in the centres for Helensvale in their 34 – 20 Grand Final victory over Ormeau and over the course of the 2017 season scored five tries from his fourteen matches in the Yellow and White of Helensvale. All five of Braden Amundsen’s tries came in individual games including a try against Bilambil in their first 2017 final’s match. Braden Amundsen’s tries other tries came against Southport, Mudgeeraba, Runaway Bay and Bilambil in a match during the regular season.

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    Official video in relation to tomorrow

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    An impressive performer for the Burleigh 2019 Colts side who is in the squad again in 2020 is NZ born forward Larryon Tevita who miss the start of the season through injury.

    The New Zealand born youngster moved over to the Gold Coast in January 2018 and played for the Burleigh Bears MM Cup side for the 2018 season before being promoted to the Burleigh Colts side as well as progressing through the ranks of the Gold Coast Rugby League competition all the way to the First Grade competition with Burleigh.

    Larryon Tevita started the 2019 season with the Burleigh U20 side in the local Gold Coast Rugby League competition but came back into the Hastings Deering’s Colts side from the bench for their Round Four match against the Central Queensland Capra’s.

    In total for Burleigh in the 2019 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition Larryon Tevita played in nineteen matches including Burleigh’s three finals and scored his sole try against the Western Mustangs in Round Twenty.

    Larryon Tevita started twelve in his 2019 Colts matches from the bench, five in the second row and the remainder in the front row, breaking into the starting side in Round Fifteen in the second row against the Ipswich Jets.

    Late in the match against the Western Mustangs with Burleigh on the attack, Bears dummy half Lachlan Turnbull took off out of dummy half to the right of the paly the ball perpendicular to the defensive line and brought Larryon Tevita underneath for the front rower to crash over.

    In Week Two of the Finals Larryon Tevita started at left second row in Burleigh’s 42 – 12 win against Norths.

    Larryon Tevita’s 2019 Hastings Deering’s Colts season came to an end when he started on the interchange bench for Burleigh as they went down 23 – 16 to Sunshine Coast in the Preliminary Final.

    Larryon Tevita took the opportunity to play for Burleigh in the GCRL U20 competition during Burleigh’s Hastings Deering’s bye weeks and had a big match in Round Sixteen scoring a double against Runaway Bay.

    For Burleigh in the GCRL U20 competition Larryon Tevita played in just three matches but scored five tries, including a hat trick in June against Runaway Bay and then adding a double against Runaway Bay in July. In an interesting aside, all three of Larryon Tevita’s GCRL U20 matches were against Runaway Bay.

    Larryon Tevita came into the Bears 2018 MM side in Round Three being the local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls in Burleigh’s tough 36 – 6 loss with the young man starting in the front row.

    Larryon Tevita also started on the interchange bench in Round Four against the South’s Logan Magpies a match that Burleigh lost 34 – 20. In total in the 2018 MM Cup for Burleigh this season, Larryon Tevita played in four matches, starting in the front row on two occasions and from the bench in the other two.

    Post the MM Cup competition, Larryon Tevita played in seven matches for Burleigh in the regular season in the 2018 Gold Coast Rugby league U19 competition. On debut in Round Three of the U19 Gold Coast Rugby League competition, Larryon Tevita scored a double against Beaudesert and also started from the bench in Round Four in a tough 31 – 18 loss to Southport when Southport’s Titans Rookie Squad centre Callum Boomer was close to unstoppable, in Round Five also scored in Burleigh’s 26 – 22 victory over Currumbin.

    In Week One of the GRCL U19 finals series Larryon Tevita started in the second row and scored for Burleigh in their tough 32 – 26 loss against Mudgeeraba.

    Larryon Tevita also played in one Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade match, making his debut coming off the interchange bench in July.

    Larryon Tevita made his Doug Lipp Cup debut for Burleigh in Round 16 against Bilambil when he came off the bench in their ten point loss and was backing up after starting in the front row in the U19 match that preceded his Doug Lipp Cup debit.

    In Round Eleven and Thirteen of the Hastings Deering’s Colts competition, Larryon Tevita was named on the extended bench for the Burleigh Bears side however did not make the final 17 for either match.

    Larryon Tevita made his deserved U20 Hastings Deering’s Colts debut in Round Sixteen against Tweed Heads starting from the bench and scoring an impressive double and he broke into the starting line-up in Round Twenty when he started in the second row against Victoria and in Round Twenty-One maintained his starting spot when he started in the front row against Wynnum Manly and in Round 23 against the Townsville Blackhawks.

    In total in 2018 Larryon Tevita played in seven Hastings Deering’s Colts matches, starting four (three in the front row and one in the second row) and coming off the bench on the other three occasions.

    In late 2018 Larryon Tevita played for Samoa in the U18 QPIIC tournament and in fact was named the Samoan U18 Best and Fairest at the tournament.

    The former Kelston Boys High School student was rewarded for a solid season in late 2017 when he was named at lock in the 2017 SAS College team of the year. The majority of players named in the 2017 SAS College team of the year are now in NRL aligned U20 squads so Larryon Tevita’s inclusion certainly highlights his ability on the field against quality opposition and opposition in the main at least a year older than him.

    2018 Burleigh Bears U20 Colts recruit Mikey Williams was named in the centres in the SAS College team of the year as well as the competitions leading try scorer with eight tries to his name.

    In 2017 Larryon Tevita played for the Auckland based Glenora Rugby League club, playing a number of matches in the Open U17 competition and also one match in the SAS Fox Memorial Premier First Grade Competition, not bad at all for a 17 year old.

    Larryon Tevita also represented Kelston Boys High at the 2017 New Zealand National Secondary Schools Premier Tournament starting at lock in all five of their matches which were against Southern Cross Campus twice including the Championship final, Wesley College, Rotorua Boys High School and St Thomas of Canterbury College.

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    183cm, 105kg front rower who in 2019 Daniel Shannon continued to develop his game for the Burleigh Bears Hastings Deering’s Colts side and with Southport in the Gold Coast Rugby League competition.

    Daniel Shannon will line up for the second season in a row in 2020 for the Burleigh Hastings Deering’s Colts squad.

    From a trivia perspective Daniel Shannon’s brothers Samuel and Joseph are contracted to the Titans.

    In the 2019 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition, Daniel Shannon played in fifteen matches including finals and scored his first Colts try of the season in Round Twenty against the Western Mustangs.

    Daniel Shannon came into the Burleigh Hastings Deering’s Colts side in Round Nine against Redcliffe starting from the bench and also started from the bench in his other fourteen matches.

    In relation to his try against the Western Mustangs Daniel Shannon received the ball from dummy half Zac McCormack close to the line with heavy defence in front of him, but he used his footwork to cut back towards the play the ball where the defence had not moved off the line and Daniel Shannon used his size and power to crash over.

    Daniel Shannon’s 2019 Hastings Deering’s Colts season came to an end when he started on the interchange bench for Burleigh as they went down 23 – 16 to Sunshine Coast in the Preliminary Final.

    Daniel Shannon played the last rounds of the 2019 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition alongside younger brother Samuel in the Burleigh side.

    In the Gold Coast Rugby League U20 competition Daniel Shannon played in eight matches including starting in the front row in Round Eleven against Burleigh when he scored a double which were his first tries of the 2019 season.

    Daniel Shannon’s first try was a short range effort when he took the ball about three metres out from the line on the right side of the ruck to crash over. His second try came from around ten metres out this time on the left side of the ruck when he ran a good outside shoulder route and was put through a big gap.

    Daniel Shannon also had a try assist in the match when he split the Burleigh line thirty metres out from his own line on the left side of the field, charging forty metres before drawing the fullback to send his support over untouched.

    One thing that I did notice in the match was that Daniel Shannon ball played a lot before the line, on every occasion on the right side of the ruck.

    Daniel Shannon’s other 2019 Gold Coast Rugby League U20 try came later in the season against Mudgeeraba.

    In 2019 Daniel Shannon also made his Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade debut when he started in the front row against Bilambil in Round Two.

    Daniel Shannon also played in two QTOP Doug Lipp Cup matches in 2019 for Southport with those matches being against Burleigh in June and Mudgeeraba in late August.

    In 2019 Daniel Shannon was also selected in the Gold Coast Vikings U20 side for the South East Queensland U20 Challenge.

    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 in the MM Cup this season 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 that Sunday afternoon.

    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.

    In 2017 Daniel Shannon played for the Southport Tigers in the Gold Coast Rugby League competition specifically at the U17 and U19 levels. Daniel Shannon also represented the Queensland Indigenous side in 2017 at the QPICC carnival at Beenleigh in October.

    Daniel Shannon has alternated between the U17 Division Two and U19 levels for Southport in 2017, playing six matches in each competition and had a very busy weekend. On Saturday Daniel Shannon lined up for the Southport U19 side coming off the interchange bench in their semi-final loss 21 – 14 to Currumbin and on Sunday started in the front row for Southport in their 21 – 14 Grand Final loss to Burleigh. In the 2017 U17 Division Two competition, Daniel Shannon crossed for two tries on the season, the first coming against Coomera in July and the second in early August against Helensvale.

    In 2016 Daniel Shannon was part of the Gold Coast White CC side for this season, starting the last two matches off the bench. He played the 2015 season with the Mudgeeraba Redbacks where he scored three tries across the ten matches that he played at the U15 Division One level and he also played seven matches up at the U16 Division Two level, where he mainly came off the bench.

    Daniel Shannon also represented Murri United in the Queensland Murri tournament in late 2015 and was in fact selected in the Queensland U15 Murri side which toured Fiji and won all three of their matches on that tour alongside Jesse Brasslin.

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    Gold Coast local Lochlyn Sheldon is part of the Burleigh Bears 2020 Queensland Cup squad.

    The talented 178cm, 99kg front rower or lock missed the opening rounds of the 2019 season with injury but came back into the Burleigh Hastings Deering’s Colts side for their Round Eight ANZAC Day match against the Western Mustangs starting at lock for the Bears. Lochlyn Sheldon also started at lock in Rounds Nine and Ten against Redcliffe and the Northern Pride respectively.

    In a Gold Coast Rugby League bye week, Lochlyn Sheldon was back in the Burleigh Colts side for Round Sixteen against Souths Logan, starting at lock and scoring his first Colts try of the year. Close to the Souths Logan line, Burleigh hooker Lachlan Turnbull ran to his right and Lochlyn Sheldon ran back towards the play the ball on an underneath route and crashed over after he received the inside pass.

    Lochlyn Sheldon also started at lock in Round Seventeen against Tweed Heads scoring Burleigh’s first try of the match when he ran onto a short pass from his left from hooker Lachlan Turnbull to easily crash over from close range.

    Lochlyn Sheldon added a further try in Round Nineteen against Redcliffe when he was on hand to receive an inside ball from Tristian Powell to score under the posts from about ten metres out.

    Starting at lock in Round Twenty One Lochlyn Sheldon added another try when he cut back underneath Burleigh dummy half Lachlan Turnbull to crash over from close range, it was simply that Lochlyn Sheldon wanted to score more than the defence wanted to stop him.

    Lochlyn Sheldon also had a big part in the first half try for Shallin Fuller, running to the right of the play the ball Lochlyn Sheldon took the ball right to the line before popping a great short ball to his right to put Tristian Powell into a gap, who then found Shallin Fuller to score under the posts.

    Lochlyn Sheldon scored again in Round Twenty Three against Central Queensland, he received the ball on the right of the play the ball, dummied to the right to break through the initial defensive line before stepping off his right foot to easily beat the fullback to score under the posts.

    Lochlyn Sheldon scored again in Burleigh’s Week One Major Semi-final loss to Wynnum Many. Lochlyn Sheldon ran an outside shoulder route to the right of the final the ball and after receiving a pass from Cameron Brown got on the outside of his opponent scoring from fifteen metres out about half way between the corner post and goal post on the left side of the field.

    In Week Two of the Finals Lochlyn Sheldon scored in Burleigh’s 42 – 12 win against Norths after starting the match at lock. After a play to the left broke down Cameron Brown brought the ball back towards the centre of the field and found Lochlyn Sheldon running into a gap. Lochlyn Sheldon then produced a fend with each hand to run twelve metres to score under the posts.

    Lochlyn Sheldon’s 2019 Hastings Deering’s Colts season came to an end when he started at lock for Burleigh as they went down 23 – 16 to Sunshine Coast in the Preliminary Final.

    In total in the 2019 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition, Lochlyn Sheldon played in fifteen matches including Burleigh’s finals starting all at lock and scoring seven tries.

    At the end of season Awards night, Lochlyn Sheldon was named 2019 Burleigh Sportsman of the Year and also was awarded the 2019 Hastings Deering’s Colts Coaches Award.

    Lochlyn Sheldon in 2019 received a quick promotion to the Burleigh GCRL First Grade side making his 2019 GCRL First Grade debut from the bench as the Bears defeated Currumbin 22 – 20 in Round Nine.

    Lochlyn Sheldon moved into the Burleigh GCRL First Grade starting line-up in the left second row position for their Round Ten match against Runaway Bay scoring a double which were in fact the first two tries that Burleigh scored.

    For his first try Lochlyn Sheldon received the ball down a short left blind side to dive over a couple of metres from the left corner post. Lochlyn Sheldon showed some outstanding pace for his second try a few minutes later. Burleigh made a break on the half way mark and Lochlyn Sheldon showed impressive pace to loom up on the inside to take the ball and run twenty metres to score.

    In total in the 2019 GCRL First Grade competition, Lochlyn Sheldon has played in six matches scoring the two tries noted above.

    Lochlyn Sheldon was an ever present in the front row for the Burleigh Bears early in the Hastings Deering’s U20 Colts side in 2018, starting in the front row in their first nine of their matches before being promoted to the Gold Coast Rugby League Burleigh First Grade side.

    Lochlyn Sheldon is not going to score many tries but did score in Round Three of 2018 in the local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.

    In 2018 Lochlyn Sheldon made his Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade debut for Burleigh starting from the bench in Round Six when the Bears defeated Bilambil 40 – 10. Lochlyn Sheldon played eight matches for Burleigh in the Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade competition in 2018.

    Lochlyn Sheldon had a very good 2017 season on the field for Burleigh in the MM Cup competition and for Runaway Bay across multiple grades in the Gold Coast Rugby League competition. In addition, Lochlyn Sheldon played one match for the Burleigh Bears U20 Colts Challenge side which was in Round Fourteen against the Ipswich Jets, that afternoon Lochlyn Sheldon made his debut from the interchange bench and scored a second half try in a positive debut Colts match.

    For Burleigh in the 2017 MM competition, Lochlyn Sheldon captained the side and started in five of their six matches in the front row and came off the interchange bench in Round Three. Lochlyn Sheldon crossed for three tries over the six matches, scoring in Round One against Redcliffe, in Round Three against North’s and also in Round Six in the local derby against Tweed Heads Seagulls a match in which Burleigh won and a match that also included a number of Tians linked players on both sides.

    For Runaway Bay in the Gold Coast Rugby League Competition, Lochlyn Sheldon played twelve matches in the U19 competition, eleven in the Doug Lipp Cup including starting the Grand Final at lock (Unfortunately Runaway Bay were defeated 13 – 6 by Beaudesert) and one match in the A grade making his A Grade debut in August against Ormeau.

    Across his twelve matches in the 2018 U19 competition, Lochlyn Sheldon scored five tries all coming in a stellar four game period mid-season where he scored double against Mudgeeraba and also tries in that period against Beaudesert, Burleigh and Bilambil.

    Lochlyn Sheldon made his Doug Lipp Cup debut in June 2018 against Bilambil and went on to make eleven appearances for Runaway Bay in that competition scoring three tries which came against Ormeau, Tugun and Bilambil. In five of his eleven Doug Lipp Cup matches, Lochlyn Sheldon played in the U19 contest and then backed up to play the Doug Lipp Cup fixture immediately after the conclusion of the previous match.

    Lochlyn Sheldon was named player of the carnival for the 2016 Confraternity Shield as well as being named in the second row for the Queensland Independent Colleges (QIC) Secondary Schools rugby league side after playing for Gold Coast based Aquinas College in the carnival which was held in September 2016.

    Fellow Aquinas College student Lachlan Douglas was also named in the all carnival side in the front row. Lachlan Douglas is currently part of the 2018 Burleigh U20 Hastings Deering’s squad.

    Previously Lochlyn Sheldon has made multiple representative sides, including the Queensland U13 side, South Coast U15’s where he was named player of the match on Day Two against Darling Downs, Qld Marron U15’s from which he made the U15 Australian Merit Team with Titans linked Konrad Edwards and also the Queensland U16 side in 2015, which also contained Titans Ben Thomas and Darius Farmer.

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    Former Sydney Roosters U18 SG Ball outside back Reece Tapine made every post a winner in his first two seasons so far on the Gold Coast being 2018 and 2019 and in 2020 is part of the Burleigh Queensland Cup squad after playing one match for the Bears in that competition in 2019.

    In 2019 Reece Tapine started the season as part of the Burleigh Bears Hastings Deering’s Colts side but quickly progressed to the Burleigh Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade side.

    Reece Tapine was back in the Burleigh Colts side for Round Five against Souths Logan scoring a double from the left win in an outstanding display. His first try came when he gathered a cross field kick and the second when he was on hand to score untouched as a result of a Burleigh backline move.

    Outside of the tries, two pieces of play stood out for me, the first when Souths Logan had a big overlap and looked certain to score, but Reece Tapine came out of the line to smash the Magpies centre to break up the movement and with Burleigh under pressure on their own line, Reece Tapine took the ball off a scrum and bustled his way thirty metres up field in a strong determined run to relive the pressure on his side.

    Reece Tapine scored a double in Round Nine against Redcliffe to continue his outstanding try scoring record, his first try came when he stayed wide on his left wing to dive over from a long cut out pass, and his second was a long range effort, left centre Kea Pere took an intercept ten metres out from his own line, running forty metres before Reece Tapine loomed up in his left to receive the ball and run the remaining fifty metres to score.

    Reece Tapine scored again in Round Eleven against the Central Queensland Capra’s when he pounced on a Cameron Brown grubber into the in-goal and also three the last pass for Lofi Khan-Periera to score his first Colts try in just his second match in the competition.

    Reece Tapine added another try in Round Sixteen against Souths Logan when he received the ball on the left before dummying outside and diving over from close range.

    In Week Two of the Finals Reece Tapine started on the right wing in Burleigh’s 42 – 12 win against Norths.

    In total for the Burleigh Colts side Reece Tapine played in twelve matches scoring a total of eight tries to finish with a 66.67% strike rate. From a position perspective Reece Tapine played two of his twelve matches in the centres with the remainder on the wing.

    Reece Tapine also played in twelve matches for the Burleigh GCRL First Grade side in 2019, including finals, scoring seventy points including kicking six goals in Round Eleven against Bilambil and four goals in Round Ten against Runaway Bay and scoring a double in Round Seventeen against Bilambil. Reece Tapine added a try and five goals in Round Twenty against Ormeau.

    In Burleigh’s GCRL Grand Final qualifying final against Currumbin, Reece Tapine scored a try and kicked three goals from the left wing. In relation to his try, Burleigh spun the ball to the left wing with Reece Tapine receiving the ball in a stationary position, he then cut back inside before stepping off his right foot to split the defence and he then was able to bring the ball around to put it down under the goal posts with a celebratory arm raised to the crowd at the dressing room end of Pizzey Park for good measure.

    Reece Tapine also started on the left wing and kicked two conversions as Burleigh won the GCRL First Grade Grand Final by defeating Southport 30 -12.

    Reece Tapine made his deserved Queensland Cup debut for Burleigh in the Queensland Cup Outback Round starting on the wing against the Townsville Blackhawks.

    Reece Tapine played all 80 minutes in the match, running for 46 metres (fifteen post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.85 seconds and recorded a 100% tackling efficiency.

    In 2018 Reece Tapine was rewarded with a starting spot on the left wing for the Burleigh Bears U20 side for their Round One matches against the Sunshine Coast Falcons.

    Reece Tapine’s debut was a good one scoring in Burleigh’s big 52 -22 victory over the Sunshine Coast Falcons. Reece Tapine also started on the left wing for Burleigh’s Round Two match against the Redcliffe Dolphins on the Gold Coast and once again scored to have a 100% strike rate after the first two rounds of the 2018 season.

    In total in the 2018 Hastings Deering’s U20 Colts competition, Reece Tapine played in seventeen matches scoring eight tries. Reece Tapine scored doubles in Round Six against the Western Mustangs and in Round Eleven against Easts.

    Reece Tapine’s other four tries came in Rounds One, Two, Eight and Thirteen against Sunshine Coast, Redcliffe, Central Queensland and Ipswich.

    Reece Tapine started his first seven U20 Colts matches this season on the wing before moving to the centres in Round Eight against Central Queensland and remaining there for the remainder of the 2018 season.

    Late in the 2018 season Reece Tapine was promoted to the Burleigh Bears Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade side scoring on debut against Bilambil in Round Sixteen and also scored in his second and first GCRL First Grade match of the season against Tugun the following round being Round Seventeen. Reece Tapine started both of those matches in the centres.

    The former Springfield Panthers junior rugby league player played in two matches for the Sydney Roosters in the 2017 U18 SG Ball competition. In that competition the former Trinity College Beenleigh student played in matches against the Cronulla Sharks and the Penrith Panthers starting both matches being Rounds One and Two on the left wing.

    The Sydney Roosters signed Reece Tapine from the Ipswich region where he played for the Springfield Panthers with his last year there being the 2016 season representing the Panthers in the Ipswich U17 competition scoring eleven tries from just thirteen matches. For the Springfield Panthers, Reece Tapine spent the vast majority of his playing time in the centres.

    Reece Tapine also represented Trinity College with distinction across a number of seasons including at the Open level in the 2015 QISSRL Confraternity Shield Division Two competition as a 16 year old starring against St Joseph’s Assumption College when he scored a double starting in the centres.

    Reece Tapine’s Round One try against the Sunshine Coast Falcons came as a result of him maintaining his position and spacing. It was not a spectacular try in the context of a dive for the corner and so forth but as the ball went to the left through the hands of Titans five eight Taine Tuaupiki and former Titan in left centre Jaxon Paulo, Reece Tapine stayed on his wing and did not over run the ball to make it easy for Jaxson Paulo (who was outstanding on the day and on the season for that matter) to draw and pass to send Reece Tapine over in the left corner untouched.

    Reece Tapine’s try in Round Two against the Redcliffe Dolphins can also be put down to his positioning. After a long break by Burleigh and with the Redcliffe defence all over the place it would have been easy for Reece Tapine to come in from the left wing looking to be the hero, but instead he stayed on his wing.

    Burleigh half back Harry Fitzhugh got the ball from the dummy half and seeing Reece Tapine out wide to the left unmarked put in a deft chip which Reece Tapine took easily on the full to cross untouched and was even able to bring the ball around to near the posts to make the conversion a lot easier for Jaxson Paulo.

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    After missing the last portion of the 2019 season it is great to see Mikey Williams in the Burleigh Bears Queensland Cup squad for the 2020 season.

    The powerful centre or winger started off the 2019 season where he finished the 2018 one when he scored a typically impressive try for the Burleigh U20 Hastings Deering’s Colts side in their 24 all Round One match against Norths at Bishop Park.

    Against Norths Mikey Williams started at right centre, he cut back inside splitting the Norths defence and then crashed over in the fullbacks tackle literally right on the right upright to score his first try of the 2019 season.

    In total in the 2019 U20 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition Mikey Williams played in six matches for Burleigh and was regularly one of their stand outs. In his six games Mikey Williams scored three tries for a 50% try scoring strike rate.

    In addition to his Round One try against Norths Mikey Williams also scored against Ipswich in Round Two and Wynnum Manly in Round Six.

    As noted Mikey Williams started Round One in the centres and also started there in Round Two against Ipswich before starting on the wing in Round Three against Tweed Heads and also starting on the wing in Round Four. Mikey Williams moved back to the centres for Rounds Five and Six.

    Mikey Williams try against Ipswich was as a result of a dummy half run when he powered through the defenders on the goal line who had no chance to stop him.

    Mikey Williams also had an outstanding pre-season in 2019 dominating in trials against both Easts and Tweed Heads. Against Easts Mikey Williams scored a double and also had a try assist when he offloading an outstanding pass under pressure from three defenders.

    Against Tweed Heads Mikey Williams also scored and had an outstanding run returning a Seagulls drop out and getting the ball to within a metres of the line.

    The young Auckland New Zealand born centre moved over to Australia for the 2018 season and started the season as part of the Burleigh Bears U20 Hastings Deering’s Colts side starting in the centres in their 28 – 24 victory over the Sunshine Coast Falcons in Round One.

    After playing in nine matches for Burleigh in the U20 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition in 2018, Mikey Williams was promoted to the Burleigh Bears Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade side and has not looked back, alternating between playing on the wing and in the centres.

    After his move from the Colts competition, Mikey Williams played in eleven GCRL First Grade regular season matches, scoring seven tries including a double on debut against the Bilambil Jets in late May and also a double against Ormeau.

    As noted above Mikey Williams started the 2018 season as part of the Burleigh Bears Hastings Deering’s U20 Colts side and prior to his promotion started in the centres in all nine of Burleigh’s Colts matches. Mikey Williams last Colts match was in Round Eleven against the Easts Tigers.

    In those nine matches, Mikey Williams scored four tries, the first of which came in Round Four against Souths Logan. His other tries came in Round Six against the Western Mustangs, Round Eight against Central Queensland and Round Nine against the Townsville Blackhawks.

    2017 saw Mikey Williams play a lot of matches for both his school boy side, being Auckland’s St Pauls College and well as in the SAS Fox Memorial competition which is essentially an Auckland based U20 competition with the standard being quite high as well.

    In 2017 Mikey Williams was part of the St Pauls First XIII side that won the SAS College Open Rugby League Championship for the third straight season with a victory over Kelston Boys High for whom new Burleigh Bears MM Cup player Larryon Tevita started at lock. Mikey Williams was also part of the 2016 St Pauls Open side.

    To cap off a great 2017 rugby league season, Mikey Williams was named in the 2017 SAS College Rugby League team of the year in the centres with Burleigh MM Cup and Colts player Larryon Tevita named at lock.

    Mikey Williams also took home the leading try scorer of the season award with eight tries including a double in a victory over Aorere College in one of the early rounds of the competition in a dominant display.

    Mikey Williams played in the SAS Fox Memorial competition for Richmond in 2017, playing in a total of twelve matches scoring four tries including a double in June against the Te Atatu Roosters and tries in consecutive weeks against the Mangere East Hawks and Mt Albert. Mikey Williams also played one match in the 2017 SAS Fox Memorial Premier competition, which is the Auckland equilivant to the Gold Coast Rugby League First grade competition, an impressive feat for an 18 year old school boy.

    In 2017 Mikey Williams was also selected in a New Zealand Select U18 side that played against the Australian School Boys with Mikey Williams starting on the interchange bench for the New Zealanders. Starting on the wing for the New Zealand Select U18 side was Tweed Heads Seagulls U20 Colts recruit Aublix Tawha.

    Mikey Williams made the New Zealand Select side after starting in the centres for the U18 New Zealand Residents side in their 28 – 10 victory over New Zealand Taurahere with Mikey Williams scoring in the match. Mikey Williams was also selected for the New Zealand U18 side in 2017.

    A team mate in the U18 New Zealand Residents side was former Tweed Heads Seagulls U20 Colts recruit Aublix Tawha and opponents in the New Zealand Taurahere side was Titans contracted Darius Farmer, who was a team mate in the Burleigh Bears Colts side and Burleigh First Grade side.

    From an additional representative perspective Mikey Williams has represented the Akarana Falcons at the U15 level in 2014 and U17 level in 2015 in the New Zealand National Age Championships, scoring three tries in 2014 and one in 2015.

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    Titans JTS and Northern Rivers games cancelled due to the weather. It is totally understandable as player welfare is paramount.

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    The 2020 Burleigh Bears U20 Hastings Deering’s Colts side will not lack size with 187cm, 128kg Luke Maiden lining up for his second season in the competition.

    The Toowoomba born and raised front rower, in late 2018 signed a Titans Rookie contract. From a trivia perspective Luke Maiden is the nephew of former Manly, New South Wales State of Origin and Australian International Nic Kosef (thanks for the information mate).

    Luke Maiden started the 2019 season in outstanding form in the trails including playing one or two trials for the Burleigh reserve grade side.

    Luke Maiden however started the 2019 season proper with the Burleigh Colts U20 Hastings Deering’s side starting the opening rounds in the front row and was particularly dominating in Round Three against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.

    Luke Maiden continued his dominance throughout the 2019 Hastings Deering’s Colts season including a huge match in Round Twelve against Sunshine Coast when he scored a first half double. Luke Maiden’s first try was quite simple, he was two off the ruck on the left side with Burleigh attacking, hooker Lachlan Turnbull ran out of dummy half to his left and turned the ball back underneath to Luke Maiden to score in a huge gap.

    Luke Maiden’s second try in many respects was just as easy, with Burleigh a metre out from the Falcons line, Luke Maiden simply ran at the inside shoulder of the Sunshine Coast defender off a good pass from Zac McCormack to score easily two metres from the left upright.

    Luke Maiden also scored in Round Seventeen against Tweed Heads when he ran onto a short pass from hooker Lachlan Turnbull to crash over under the posts from close range. It initially looked like he was going to be held up but Luke Maiden spun and rotated counter clock wise to get the ball down.

    In Week Two of the Finals Luke Maiden started from the bench in Burleigh’s 42 – 12 win against Norths.

    In total in the 2019 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition, Luke Maiden played in seventeen matches starting all bar Week Two of the Finals in the front row.

    In the 2019 Hastings Deering’s Colts Player of the Year Award tally Luke Maiden finished with eight votes.

    Luke Maiden made his GCRL First Grade debut off the bench for Burleigh in Round Twelve against Southport and also came off the bench in Round Thirteen against Ormeau, Round Fifteen against Tugun, Round Sixteen against Runaway Bay and Round Seventeen against Bilambil.

    Luke Maiden’s first GCRL First Grade try came against Bilambil in Round Seventeen.

    In total in the 2019 GCRL First Grade competition Luke Maiden played in seven matches starting primarily from the interchange bench including starting their in Burleigh’s 26 - 12 Major Semi-Final victory over Currumbin.

    Luke Maiden also started for bench as Burleigh won the GCRL First Grade Grand Final by defeating Southport 30 -12.

    After an outstanding MM Cup campaign in 2017, Luke Maiden in 2018 once again played in the MM Cup for the Western Mustangs and just 2017, once that competition concluded he moved immediately to the Western Mustangs Hastings Deering’s U20 Colts squad.

    In his second season in the MM Cup with the Western Mustangs Luke Maiden played in all six matches and had a 50% try scoring strike rate. Luke Maiden scored in Rounds One, Five and Seven against Victoria, Sunshine Coast and South’s Logan respectively.

    His progression to the Western Mustangs Hastings Deering’s Colts side saw Luke Maiden play in eight matches. Luke Maiden came into the side in Round Eight against Tweed Heads when he started on the interchange bench. Luke Maiden has also started on the interchange bench in Rounds Ten Eleven and thirteen against the Mackay Cutters South’s Logan and the Easts Tigers respectively.

    Luke Maiden moved in the starting side in Round Sixteen against Norths starting the match at lock. In total in his eight matches, Luke Maiden started two matches in the front row, one at lock and five from the interchange bench.

    Luke Maiden’s sole try of the 2018 Colts season came in Round Fourteen against the Ipswich Jets.

    In addition to his Western Mustangs duties at the MM Cup and Colts levels, Luke Maiden also found the time to play for Southern Suburbs in the U18 Toowoomba Rugby league competition including starting in the front row in Round One against Toowoomba Valleys where he scored in Southern Suburbs 26 – 8 victory.

    In total for Southern Suburbs in the U18 Toowoomba rugby League competition including the finals series, Luke maiden played in seven matches scoring four tries which came against Toowoomba Valleys, Goondiwindi and South Burnett in the regular season.

    In the Preliminary Final against Dalby, Luke Maiden started in the front row and scored a try in the 12th minute of the second half as Southern Suburbs defeated Dalby 44 – 4 to progress to the Grand Final.

    In the U18 Toowoomba Rugby League Grand Final against Highfields and Districts Luke Maiden started in the front row in the 38 – 10 win.

    In 2018 Luke Maiden also played two Toowoomba Rugby League First Grade matches making his debut against Toowoomba Valleys in late June and also playing against Goondiwindi in late July.

    At the Western Mustangs Awards Presentation night in November 2017, Luke Maiden was awarded the Western Mustangs Players Player award.

    In 2017 after being part of the Western Mustangs MM Cup winning side early in 2017, Luke Maiden graduated to the Western Mustangs U20 Colts side where he started a number of matches in the front row after starting the MM Cup Grand Final at lock and being a key contributor to the 40 – 30 grand final victory over the South’s Logan Magpies and similarly in the U18 National final against Parramatta.

    In 2017 the St Mary’s Toowoomba High School student started all eight of the Western Mustangs MM Cup matches at lock, scoring in Round Two against the Mackay Cutters and also in Round Eight against the Central Crows.

    In 2017 Luke Maiden broke into the Western Mustangs U20 Colts Challenge side in Round Five when he came off the bench against South’s Logan and also started on the bench in Rounds Six and Eight.

    Luke Maiden’s first start at the U20 Colts Challenge level was in Round Nine when he started in the front row against the Burleigh Bears. In total in the U20 Colts competition in 2017 for the Western Mustangs, Luke Maiden played in nine matches, starting four from the interchange bench and five in the front row.

    Luke Maiden also played a number of matches in the Toowoomba Rugby League competition over the course of the 2017 season for Southern Suburbs in the U18 and First Grade competitions. In the U18 TRL competition Luke Maiden played in two matches scoring in the first of those against Highfields and Districts and made his Hutchies A grade debut Toowoomba Valleys in July 2017.

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    Brisbane based Hayden Miller has signed a contract with the Titans that will see him in Titans colours for the next couple of seasons.

    The young Carina five eight was a more than solid performer for the Titans U14 side that defeated the Western Mustangs 32 – 8 at Mudgeeraba in February 2019 providing a positive link between the forward pack and outstanding back line that the Titans fielded that day. Unfortunately Hayden Miller broke his arm in the match missing the start of the 2019 season proper.

    Hayden Miller played the 2019 season with Carina in the GBJRL U14 Division One competition although his season was interrupted by injury on a number of occasions.

    Hayden Miller was heavily involved in Carina’s U14 GBJRL Finals series including their Major Semi-final victory over Souths Acacia Ridge and started at half back in the Grand Final once again against Souths Acacia Ridge but unfortunately Carina went down 28 – 4.

    Hayden Miller also represented the Brisbane Blue U14 side at the 2019 Hill Stumer Championships playing five eight and operating on the left side of the field and was Brisbane Blue’s primary goal kicker and tactical kicker as well.

    After the completion of the competition, Hayden Miller was selected in the South East Queensland U14 training squad.

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    Big strong young Southport front rower Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa was in devastating form for the Tigers in the GCRL U14 Division One competition in 2019 and early in 2020 signed a contract with the Titans that will see him in Titans colours for the next couple of seasons.

    For Southport in the 2019 GCRL U14 Division One regular season competition Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa played in nine matches scoring eleven tries (122% strike rate) including a Round Three hat trick against Currumbin and doubles in Round Ten and Round Twelve against Ormeau and Mudgeeraba respectively.

    Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa also scored in matches against Runaway Bay twice, Helensvale and Beaudesert to account for his eleven tries.

    In Week One of the Finals series Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa started in the front row in Southport’s 26 - 22 loss to Runaway Bay.

    In Week two of the U14 Division One Finals series, Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa started in the front row and scored a hat trick against Mudgeeraba as Southport progressed to the Preliminary Final.

    In the Preliminary Final against Runaway Bay Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa once again started in the front row and scored a double as Southport fell 22 – 16 to Runaway Bay to end their season one win short of the Grand Final.

    After performing well for the Gold Coast Vikings U14 side at the 2019 Hill Stumer Championships held at Ipswich this season, Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa started in the front row for the South East Queensland White side at the Queensland U14 Age Championships where he was a handful for opposing defences in each of SEQ Whites matches.

    Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa started all four of South East Queensland White’s matches in the front row and scored when he crashed over against Central on Day Two of the Championships.

    In early October 2019 Taelon Te Whiu-Hopa was named on the bench for the 2019 Nga Hau e Wha Maori Tournament U14 Boys Merit Team at the completion of the tournament.

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    Brisbane based William Semu signed a contract with the Titans that will see him in Titans colours for the next couple of seasons.
    The outstanding young second rower proved to be almost unstoppable on the left side of the field for the Titans U14 side in February 2019 in their 32 – 8 win over the Western Mustangs at Mudgeeraba in February 2019.

    In addition to starting the match in the second row, William Semu scored an outstanding try and was awarded the award as the Titans player in the match. In the match William Semu formed a lethal left side combination with centre Karl Oloapu.
    William Semu played for Carina in the 2019 GBJRL U14 Division One competition where a team mate was fellow Titans contracted player Hayden Miller.

    William Semu was due to represent the Brisbane Blue U14 side at the 2019 Hill Stumer Championships due was forced to miss the Championships where he was named in the second row due to injury.

    William Semu made his return from injury in Round Ten of the GBJRL U14 Division One competition against Souths Acacia Ridge and started the match in the No. 7 jersey. Throughout the match, William Semu operated on the left side both in attack and defence and made some good plays, including one outstanding run down the left touch line which looked like leading to an outstanding long range individual try but unfortunately William Semu just put his foot on the touch line.

    With Carina in front late in the game against the previously undefeated South Acacia Ridge side, William Semu also pulled off some outstanding defence on his own try line, constantly turning back the Souths attack.

    William Semu was heavily involved in Carina’s U14 GBJRL Finals series including their Major Semi-final victory over Souths Acacia Ridge and started at left second row in the Grand Final once again against Souths Acacia Ridge but unfortunately Carina went down 28 – 4.

    Post the GBJRL competition William Semu was named in the 2019 U14 Queensland Samoa side for the 2019 QPICC Championships. William Semu started in the U14 Final for Samoa as they went down 8 – 6 to PNG but scored a double in Round Three (one try in each half) also against PNG.

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    Great to see Darius Farmer in the Titans 9’s squad

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    Also great to see Tremain Spry get a 9’s opportunity.

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    Centre Jeremaiah Tamepo from Auckland New Zealand moved to the Gold Coast to continue his schooling at Keebra Park and not long after arriving on the Gold Coast signed a contract with the Titans.

    In 2020 Jeremaiah Tamepo will be part of the Keebra Park Open Rugby League program and will push for a spot in their Langer Cup and GIO Cup school boy sides come the 2020 season.

    In 2019 Jeremaiah Tamepo represented the Countries Manukau Stingrays representative side at the New Zealand National Youth U15 tournament starting in the centres in all four of the Stingrays matches which were against the Auckland Vulcans, one being the Tournament Final which Counties Manukau lost 18 – 6 with the other a pool match, the Wai-Coa Bay Stallions and the South Island Scorpions.

    In the 2019 Auckland Rugby League U15 club competition Jeremaiah Tamepo played eight matches for the Manurewa Force scoring five tries over the course of the season to finish with a 62.5% strike rate.

    Also in 2019 Jeremaiah Tamepo played for Counties Manukau Maori in the New Zealand Maori U15 tournament and at the completion of that tournament was named in the All-Tournament team in the centres.

    In 2019 Jeremaiah Tamepo was also a key performer for the Wesley College U15 side in their Auckland school boy rugby league competitions.

    Also in 2019 the former New Zealand Warriors Development Squad player was part of the U15 Auckland Vulcans Development Trial representing the U15 Open South side and in 2018 represented the U14 Open South side at the 2018 U14 Auckland Vulcans Development Trial.

    As noted above in 2020 Jeremaiah Tamepo will be part of the Keebra Park Open rugby league squad (that is already training a couple of mornings per week) and will line up in the Langer Cup in either the Reserve or A squads as he pushes also for a GIO Cup berth for Keebra Park later in the 2020 season.

    From a club rugby league perspective Jeremaiah Tamepo will play for the Burleigh Bears in the Gold Coast Rugby League U16 Division One side.


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