Junior Development

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The 2020 Langer Cup school boy season for Michael Roberts.

As a 16 year old Michael Roberts made his Langer Cup debut on the right wing in the 2020 Round Four local derby against Keebra Park and maintained his starting spot on the right wing for Round Five against Marsden State High School.

Michael Roberts also started on the right wing for PBC as they qualified for the 2020 Langer Cup final on the back of an impressive 34 – 6 victory over Ipswich State High School.

Michael Roberts started the 2020 Langer Cup Grand Final on the right wing for PBC as they defeated Keebra Park 16 – 8 in a high quality match and was unfortunate not to score when he crossed in the right corner only for the last pass to be called forward. Michael Roberts had some very good moments in the Grand Final especially in relation to taking some contested high balls that were targeted to his wing.

In the Queensland School Boys Final against Kirwan State High School Michael Roberts started on the right wing as PBC travelled to take on their North Queensland based opponents but unfortunately went down 24 - 20.

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It is going to be the Torrens show in the second row for the Tugun Seahawks GCRL First Grade in Round Eight this weekend against Currumbin and with James and Solomon Torrens to be the starting second row pairing.

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Titans linked Kye Cooper started at five eight in Round Nine of the Group One U15 competition and scored one of Ballina’s tries as they defeated South Grafton 38 – 14.

With that try, Kye Cooper has now scored four tries and also kicked four goals for a 20 point haul.

Last weekend also saw Kye Cooper line up at No. 12 (inside centre) for Lennox Head in the Far North Coast U15 rugby competition scoring a hat trick as the Trojans defeated the Grafton Redmen 64-0.

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Titans linked front rower Reshawn Anderson added another double to his 2020 Group One U15 try scoring record in Round Nine last Saturday for Ballina as they overcame South Grafton 38-14.

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The 2020 Langer Cup school boy season for Troy Duckett.

In 2020 Troy Duckett was part of the PBC Langer Cup Open A squad, where he operated primarily on the left wing. Troy Duckett started on the left wing for the PBC A side that played against the PBC B side in PBC’’s first trial after the Covid 19 pandemic.

Troy Duckett started Round One of the Langer Cup on the right wing as PBC took on Ipswich State High School and also started on the right wing in Round Two against Wavell State High School and Round Three against St Mary’s Toowoomba were he scored a try and also recorded a try assist.

Tory Duckett’s was a highlight reel effort when he rose above the Toowoomba defence to take a Ryan Rivett bomb on the full and crash over early in the second half of PBC’s 16 – 6 win. Troy Duckett’s try assist also came in the second half. Once again he rose above the St Mary’s defence to take a Thomas Weaver bomb on the full. The St Mary’s defence held him up and started pushing him back, but Try Duckett was able to pop a short pass to Reef Somerville who dived over in the left corner to extend PBC’s lead.

The Round Four local derby against Keebra Park saw Troy Duckett move to fullback starting the match there before moving to the left wing for the second half. It was in that second half that Troy Duckett came into his own scoring two tries in a short space of time to put PBC in front for the first time in the match.

Both of Troy Duckett’s tries came when he stayed on his wing, outside his direct opponent, receiving long cut out passes on both occasions and then he used his speed to fly down the left touch line to score. For his first try Troy Duckett ran ten metres to score from a pass from Thomas Weaver and ran twenty five metres for his second after receiving a cut out pass from Xavier Savage.

Troy Duckett also started Round Five against Marsden State High School at fullback and like in Round Four moved to the left wing for the start of the second half but Troy Duckett moved back to fullback early in the second half when Xavier Savage was injured.

Troy Duckett also started on the left wing for PBC as they qualified for the 2020 Langer Cup final on the back of an impressive 34 – 6 victory over Ipswich State High School scoring the opening try of the match when he stayed on his touch line line to dive over from close range to score in the left corner after receiving a cut out pass from Thomas Weaver.

Troy Duckett started the 2020 Langer Cup Grand Final on the left wing for PBC as they defeated Keebra Park 16 – 8 in a high quality match and scoring in the left corner after taking a great cut out pass from Thomas Weaver around five metres out from the line.

In the Queensland School Boys Final against Kirwan State High School Troy Duckett started on the left wing as PBC travelled to take on their North Queensland based opponents but unfortunately went down 24 - 20.

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The 2020 Langer Cup school boy season for Daniel Butterini.

Also in 2020 Daniel Butterini was part of the PBC Langer Cup Open school boy rugby league Open A squad for the Term Three school boy rugby league competition. In PBC’s first trial after the Covid 19 pandemic, Daniel Butterini started at left second row for the PBC A side that played against the PBC B side.

Daniel Butterini started Round One of the Langer Cup at right second row as PBC took on Ipswich State High School and also started in the second row in Round Two against Wavell State High School and in Round Three against St Mary’s Toowoomba.

Daniel Butterini also started at right second row in the Round Four local derby against Keebra Park and also started in that same position in Round Five against Marsden State High School, scoring PBC’s first try of the match and also recording a second half try assist.

Daniel Butterini’s try came early in the first half when he was on hand to dive on a grubber kick from Ryan Rivett. Daniel Butterini’s try assist was certainly not a conventional one, on the last tackle, PBC put up a hopeful cross field kick towards the left, Daniel Butterini took the ball on the full and was able to be a one armed, right arm pass over his head to his support to score in the left hand corner of the field.

Daniel Butterini also started at left second row for PBC as they qualified for the 2020 Langer Cup final on the back of an impressive 34 – 6 victory over Ipswich State High School.

Daniel Butterini started the 2020 Langer Cup Grand Final at left second row for PBC as they defeated Keebra Park 16 – 8 in a high quality match scoring PBC’s first try of the match when he ran a great line into a gap from round five metres out from the line to take a pass from Thomas Weaver to put the ball down five metres in from the left corner post.

In the Queensland School Boys Final against Kirwan State High School Daniel Butterini started at left second row as PBC travelled to take on their North Queensland based opponents with PBC going down 24 - 20.

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The 2020 GPS rugby season for Titans contracted Brock Lennnox.

Brock Lennox moved to the Southport School (TSS) in 2020 and in late July started at inside centre (No. 12) in the TSS U15A side in their first school boy rugby trial against another GPS school, being Nudgee College, with the trial being held in Brisbane with Brock Lennox converting TSS’s sole try of the match.

Brock Lennox moved to outside centre (No. 13) for the TSS U15A’s final trial against Churchie and kicked a conversion in the dying minutes to seal a 12 – 5 TSS victory.

Round One of the GPS school boy rugby U15A competition proper saw Brock Lennox start at outside centre (No. 13) for TSS against Brisbane State High School.

In Round Two Brock Lennox started at fullback and kicked four conversions as TSS outlasted Toowoomba Grammar School in a high scoring affair. Brock Lennox also started at fullback in Round Two against Brisbane Grammar School and Round Three against Brisbane Boys College where he converted TSS’s only try of the match.

Brock Lennox maintained his run of starts at fullback in Round Four against Gregory Terrace converting TSS’s sole try of the match and also started at fullback in Round Five against Ipswich Grammar School.

Post the TSS GPS rugby season Brock Lennox was named as the TSS U15 goal kicking champion for his efforts in the TSS U15A side.

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Exciting Ballina talent Dylan Watkins made his Group One U14 starting debut in Round Nine last Saturday, starting in the halves and scoring as Ballina defeated South Grafton 20 – 10 after scoring a hat trick and kicking seven goals in the earlier U13 fixture between the same two sides.

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Titans contracted Lachlan Offley continued his run of starts at fullback and also continued his run of tries last weekend in Round Nine of the Group One U15 competition for Ballina as they defeated South Grafton 38-14.

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Titans contracted Jahream Bula in addition to playing rugby league for Keebra Park also plays basketaball for the Gold Coast based school and is a shooting guard/small forward in the Keebra Park basketball team that is currently competing in the Queensland Schools Basketball Tournament.

Today Jahream Bula scored 12 points as Keebra Park in their first match of the day defeated St Augustine's College 46-37 and in Keebra Park's second match of the day this afternoon Jahream Bula scored a team leading 16 points as Keebra Park went down 39-37 against Capalaba SHS.

Yesterday he scored 11 points against Emmanus College and 4 points against Grace Lutheran College Caboolture.

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The 2020 school boy Langer Cup competition for Titans contracted Kaden Somerville.

In 2020 Kaden Somerville was part of the PBC Open A Langer Cup squad with his first game in that school boy rugby league competition being off the bench in Round Two against Wavell State High School. When he came on Kaden Somerville played in the middle of the field as a running forward type. Kaden Somerville also started from the bench in Round Five against Marsden State High School.

Kaden Somerville was on the bench for PBC in the 2020 Langer Cup Grand Final as they defeated Keebra Park 16 – 8 in a high quality match, but he did not make it onto the field.

In the Queensland School Boys Final against Kirwan State High School Kaden Somerville was initially named as the 18th man for PBC as they travelled to take on their North Queensland based opponents but late on the day of the match, Kaden Somerville came onto the bench, playing in the centre of the field when he came on.

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The 2020 school boy Langer Cup competition for Titans contracted Jack Cullen.

In his first year at PBC in 2020 Jack Cullen was part of the PBC Langer Cup Open A school boy rugby league squad, where he operated primarily in the front row, coming off the number in the majority of his appearances in his first year at PBC. In PBC’s first trial after the Covid 19 pandemic, Jack Cullen started in the front row for the PBC A side that played against the PBC B side.

Jack Cullen started Round One of the Langer Cup in the front row as PBC took on Ipswich State High School and had an impressive outing playing extended minutes in PBC’s 22 – 10 victory due to multiple injuries, in fact for me Jack Cullen was clearly the best front rower on the field regardless of team over the duration of the match.

Jack Cullen also started in the front row in Round Two against Wavell State High School and in Round Three against St Mary’s Toowoomba and also scored when he burst through the centre of the St Mary’s ruck and was only stopped less than a metre out from the line right under the goal posts.

After missing a couple of roundsJack Cullen started in the front row for PBC as they qualified for the 2020 Langer Cup final on the back of an impressive 34 – 6 victory over Ipswich State High School producing some outstanding last ditch defence.

Jack Cullen started the 2020 Langer Cup Grand Final in the front row for PBC as they defeated Keebra Park 16 – 8 in a high quality match and more than held his own against a bigger Keebra Park forward pack.

In the Queensland School Boys Final against Kirwan State High School Jack Cullen started in the front row as PBC travelled to take on their North Queensland based opponents going down 24 - 20.

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The 2020 school boy Langer Cup competition for Titans contracted Ryan Foran.

In his first year at PBC in 2020 Ryan Foran was part of the PBC Langer Cup Open A school boy rugby league squad however due to injury Ryan Foran was not able to take the field for PBC when the competition commenced.

After missing the opening rounds of the competition Ryan Foran was named to start from the bench for the Round Three local derby against Keebra Park and started at left second row in rounds four and five against Keebra Park and Marsden State High Schools respectively.

Ryan Foran started the 2020 Langer Cup Grand Final from the interchange bench for PBC as they defeated Keebra Park 16 – 8 in a high quality match, playing on the left side of the field when he came on.

In the Queensland School Boys Final against Kirwan State High School Ryan Foran was named to start on the bench as PBC travelled to take on their North Queensland based opponents but came in the starting side at left centre late on the day of the match in PBC’s tough 24 – 20 loss.

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Titans contracted Keebra Park rugby league player Jahream Bula had an outstanding match this morning for the Keebra Park open basketball side in the quarter finals of the Queensland School Basketball Championships. Playing in Division Four Keebra Park defeated Rochedale SHS 49-43 at Auchenflower in Brisbane to set up a semi-final this afternoon against All Saints Anglican School.

Jahream Bula, playing both small forward and shooting guard in the match led Keebra Park in scoring this morning with 21 points, including two three points shots and he also made three free throws.

After this mornings match Jahream Bula is averaging 12.8 points per game at the Championships.

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It has been interesting to see Titans contracted Brock Priestley spend some time at fullback this season for the Ormeau Shearers in the GCRL U18 Division One competition and he was particularly impressive from that position in Round Seven against the Mudgeeraba Redbacks.

Brock Priestley played the 2020 Langer Cup school boy competition for PBC at either lock or second row.