Junior Development

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Earlier this week Titans linked Tyrelle Waters took part in the New South Wales Combined High School’s U15 rugby league trials, representing the Presidents XIII, scoring on Day Two against Sydney Red.

Tyrelle Waters will back up those school boy representative matches when he starts at halfback tomorrow in Round Six of the Group One U15 competition as his Clarence Coast Magpies side takes on the Ballina Seagulls.

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A brief review of the 2021 QSSRL U15 Championship matches by Joseph Tupuse:

In February 2021 the young man from Keebra Park State High School was named in the U15 South Coast school boy rugby league squad for the 2021 U15 QSSRL School Boy Championships playing left centre for the Championship winning South Coast side, including in the Championship Final victory against Met West.

Joseph Tupuse started at left centre on Day One against Met West scoring in the 50th minute when he charged onto the ball from twenty metres out to score ten metres in from the left corner post and then Joseph Tupuse stepped up to convert his own try.

Joseph Tupuse was also damaging running the ball on Day Two against Capricornia including a twenty metres rumble down the left side of the field in the 45th minute that saw Joseph Tupuse force his way over the goal line but a plethora of defenders held him up.

Joseph Tupuse also started at left centre and made a line break in the 31st minute when Nayte Saaga took the ball to the line before throwing a cut-out pass to Joseph Tupuse to rumble fifty metres downfield but unfortunately his inside pass went to ground.

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Earlier this week K-CI Newton-Whare performed well at right second row for the South Coast Maroon U18 QSSRL School Boy Representative side and after coming through the Championships unscathed he looks set to come off the bench for Runaway Bay in their GCRL U18 Division One Round Four match against Helensvale.

I would anticipate that K-CI Newton-Whare will be named in the Coombabah SHS Langer Cup side early next week for next Wednesday’s Round One match.

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Earlier this week K-CI Newton-Whare performed well at right second row for the South Coast Maroon U18 QSSRL School Boy Representative side and after coming through the Championships unscathed he looks set to come off the bench for Runaway Bay in their GCRL U18 Division One Round Four match against Helensvale.

I would anticipate that K-CI Newton-Whare will be named in the Coombabah SHS Langer Cup side early next week for next Wednesday’s Round One match.

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A brief review of the 2021 QSSRL U15 Championship matches by Izayah Petrichvich:

In February 2021 Izayah Petrichvich took part in the South Coast U15 school boy trials and was named in the South Coast Squad for the QSSRL Championships as a result of his trial performances and started the Championship Final against Met West on the left wing.

At the completion of the Championships, Izayah Petrichvich was named on the left wing in the 2021 QSSRL U15 School Boy Merit Team.

On Day One against Met West Izayah Petrichvich started the match on the left wing and scored South Coast’s first try of the Championships when in the 5th minute he took an intercept and raced eighty metres to dive over in the left corner.

Izayah Petrichvich scored his second try of the match in the 27th minute when he benefited from a great pass down a short left blind side from Jett Bryce to crash over in the left corner.

Izayah Petrichvich heavily involved in Jett Bryce’s 38th minute try when Nayte Saaga put in a chip kick to the left wing which was collected by Izayah Petrichvich who off-loaded in one movement to Jett Bryce to run away to score under the posts.

Izayah Petrichvich also scored on Day Two against Capricornia when in the 50th minute he anticipated a long pass to his side of the field, taking an intercept and running eighty five metres to score under the posts.

His intercept try capped a couple of impressive minutes for Izayah Petrichvich as in the 58th minute he came off his wing to smash the Capricornia right second rower and as he was forcing him back stole the ball in the one on one tackle.

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Titans contracted Isaac Togia will come off the bench tonight for Goodna Black against Norths Blue in Round Six of the Ipswich Rugby League U15 Division One competition.

Then tomorrow he is set to start for the Ipswich Grammar School U15A side in their GPS school boy rugby trial against TSS that has in its team Titans contracted No. 10 Nayte Saaga and 2020 Group 18 U14 Player of the Season Cooper Nelson.
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A brief review of the 2021 QSSRL U15 Championship matches by Jett Bryce:

Jett Bryce started the 2021 U15 QSSRL Championship Final against Met West at left second row and producing some strong runs, none better than in the 22nd minute when a fourteen metres charge got South Coast into Met West territory.

Jett Bryce was also one of the try scorers in South Coast’s victory when in the 39th minute after earlier good work from Ray Puru and Nayte Saaga, Jett Bryce dived over fifteen metres in from the left corner post after receiving an off-load two metres out.

At the completion of the Championships, Jett Bryce was named in the bench in the 2021 QSSRL U15 School Boy Merit Team.

On Day One of the Championships, Jett Bryce started at left second row against Met West and made a significant contribution in just the 4th minute when he made a great chase back towards his own try line and tackle the Met West lock from behind.

Jett Bryce also scored twice on Day One, with his first try coming in the 38th minute when Nayte Saaga put in a chip kick to the left wing which was collected by Izayah Petrichvich who off-loaded in one movement to Jett Bryce to run away to score under the posts.

To put an exclamation mark on an outstanding Day One performance, Jett Bryce produced an outstanding piece of play that led to another try for him in the 31st minute Jett Bryce took possession of the ball ten metres out after it was thrown around by South Coast, Jett Bryce put in a right foot grubber kick and chased the kick through to dive on the ball ten metres in from the left corner post.

Jett Bryce also recorded a try assist in the match when he ran the ball down a short left blind side ten metres from the line, drawing the defenders and putting Izayah Petrichvich over in the left corner.

Day Two against Capricornia saw Jett Bryce start at left second row once again and bad a lot of ground running the ball including in the 39th minute when after Ray Puru was hit in a high tackle twenty metres out, Jett Bryce took a quick tap, catching the Capricornia defence off guard and got all of the way to three metres out before his forward momentum was stopped.

Day Three against Met North saw Jett Bryce also start at right second row and make a line break in the opening minute after five eight Nayte Saaga took the ball to the line on the left side of the field and double pumped sending a short ball to his left to put Jett Bryce into a gap, with the right second rower running forty metres downfield before off-loading himself to Joseph Tupuse.

Jett Bryce also made a strong defensive play in the match when early in the first half, he along with Isaac Harrison and Riley Buchanan combined to hit and hold up a Met North runner ten metres from his own line and force him back eight metres towards his own goal line, with the ball coming loose as the Met North player desperately trying to off-load.

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Since his arrival on the Gold Coast from Auckland to attend Keebra Park, Dorian Lotaki has started in three different positions for Nerang in the GCRL U18 Division One competition (Please note he is still U16 eligible) and he is set to start in a fourth position this weekend in Round Four when he starts at hooker against Ormeau.

Previously Dorian Lotaki has started from the bench, at lock and in Round Three last weekend at five eight.

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A brief review of the 2021 QSSRL U15 Championship matches by Titans linked Tyrus Salanoa:

In the 2021 QSSRL U15 Championships Tyrus Salanoa stood out for South Coast at hooker, including an outstanding display in the Championship Final with South Coast beating Met West 28 – 20 in the decider. Tyrus Salanoa was subsequently named at hooker in the 2021 QSSRL U15 Merit side.

Tyrus Salanoa had a strong start in the final, making twelve metres in just the 4th minute from a run out of dummy half down a short left blindside.

At the completion of the Championships, Tyrus Salanoa was named at hooker in the 2021 QSSRL U15 School Boy Merit Team.

Tyrus Salanoa started at hooker for South Coast on Day One of the Championships against Met West, converting one of South Coast’s first half tries.

Tyrus Salanoa started at hooker as well on Day Two against Capricorna produced a telling run out of dummy half in the 41st minute with the run his right accounting for thirty metres all the way to ten metres out from the try line. Initially it looked as if he would be tackled just after he had run out of dummy half with a Capricornia defender holding onto his right leg, but Tyrus Salanoa was able to break free and keep running.

Day Three against Tyrus Salanoa also start at hooker against Met North with the dummy half scoring one try and converting two. Tyrus Salanoa scored mid-way through the first half under the posts after he forced his way over after running from dummy half to his right from a metre out from the line.

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2021 U18 Northern Rivers Titans fullback Rueben Moyle was been selected in the New South Wales Combined Catholic Colleges U18 school boy representative side.

Currently Rueben Moyle is playing for Byron Bay in the NRRRL First Grade competition.

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Two Xavier College Skennar's Head students have been selected in the 2021 New South Wales Combined Catholic Colleges Country U15 representative side, being fullback Noah Waldock and hooker Jimmy McCombie.

Noah Waldock plays his club rugby league with Ballina and Jimmy McCombie with Byron Bay.

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Titans partnered school Marsden State High School had four current students make QSSRL School Boy representative sides at the conclusion of the QSSRL U15 and U18 School Boy Championships, two in each age group.

U15 Queensland selections were half Javon Andrews and fullback Mark Nosa.

U18 Queensland selections were fullback/winger Leon Te Hau and centre/second rower Nathaniel Tangimataiti.

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Earlier this week Titans contracted Michael Roberts was outstanding at right centre for the South Coast Maroon U18 QSSRL School Boy Representative side and after coming through the Championships unscathed will start at fullback for the Bilambil Jets in Round Five of the NRRRL U18 competition against Kyogle.

Barring unforeseen circumstances I expect Michael Roberts to be named in the PBC Round One Langer Cup side for their trip to Toowoomba next Wednesday to take on St Mary’s.

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A brief review of the 2021 QSSRL U15 Championship matches by Titans contracted Jac Finnigan:

Early February 2021 saw Jac Finnigan make it through the first stage of the South Coast U15 QSSRL trials when he was named in the U15 Oceania school boy U15 squad. Following the final round of the school boy trials, Jac Finnigan was named in the 2021 South Coast U15 school boy QSSRL squad for the 2021 QSSRL U15 State Championships starting the Championship Final against Met West at right second row.

Jac Finnigan made a strong start in the Championship Final when in the 7th minute he made a good run accounting for twelve metres and promoting the ball to near thirty metres out from the Met West line and then was awarded a penalty for crowding by the defenders.

Jac Finnigan was one of the South Coast try scorers in their 28 – 20 Championship Final victory with his try coming in the 24th minute when fullback Ray Puru took the ball down a short right blindside ten metres out and popping a good ball to Jac Finnigan who crashed over in the right corner.

Jac Finnigan also scored on Day Three against Met North when in the 47th minute he ran a great outside shoulder line from twenty five metres out to receive a pass from Zane Harrison, with Jac Finnigan running untouched to put the ball down five metres in from the right corner post.

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Titans contracted Nicholas Hilton has been very busy of late including starting at lock in his four matches for South Coast at the QSSRL U18 School Boy Rugby League Championships that finished on Tuesday.

Tomorrow he will start at No. 8 for TSS in their GPS First XV trial away to Ipswich Grammar School and then he is set to start in the second row on Sunday for Nerang in Round Four of the GCRL U18 Division One competition and the Roosters take on Ormeau.