Junior Development

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Round One of the 2021 GPS school boy rugby First XV competition on Saturday afternoon saw Titans contracted Nicholas Hilton line up at No. 8 for TSS as they took on Brisbane Grammar School at home with Nicholas Hilton producing a couple of moments of class in TSS’s 71 – 5 victory.

Nicholas Hilton contributed a try assist in the 48th minute when after receiving an off-load from Jye Gray Nicholas Hilton charged downfield before drawing the Brisbane Grammar School fullback and passing to his right to his unmarked right winger to score untouched.

The in the 48th minute Nicholas Hilton broke the Brisbane Grammar School line when running on the left side of the field after receiving the ball ten metres from his own line with Nicholas Hilton eventually being brought down after a thirty five metre run.

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Yesterday in Round Ten of the GCRL U18 Division One competition for Nerang against the Runaway Bay Seagulls saw Titans contracted Arama Hau start at right centre and score one of the individual tries of the year to date in the 50th minute.

Arama Hau originally received the ball forty five metres from the line to the right of the play the ball and initially shaped to pass to his right before cutting back to his left. Subsequent left and right foot steps saw Arama Hau beat two defenders and then he produced a great right arm flick offload to his trailing fullback.

Arama Hau then kept alive to get the ball back from the fullback ten metres out. Aram Hau then proceeded to beat four defenders to crash over adjacent to the left upright to score a try few others would have even come close to scoring.

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Round One of the 2021 GPS school boy rugby First XV competition on Saturday afternoon saw Titans contracted Kaleb Ngamanu line up at inside centre (No. 12) for TSS as they took on Brisbane Grammar School at home with Kaleb Ngamanu contributing two try assists.

Kaleb Ngamanu’s first try assist came in the 10th minute when after he made a long fifty five metre break down the left touchline, Kaleb Ngamanu drew the Brisbane Grammar School fullback and passed to his right to Jye Gray who raced away to score under posts.

Kaleb Ngamanu’s second try assist came in the 58th minute when from twenty seven metres out he put in a chip kick to his left which was perfectly weighted for his left winger to take the ball on the full whilst running at full speed to score comfortably.

Kaleb Ngamanu was also outstanding in others aspects general play in TSS’s 71 – 5 victory with his initial contribution coming inside the opening minute of the match, when he combined from a TSS scrum win with Syris Schmidt to put fullback Jye Gray into space down the left side of the field who then was able to put his winger over in the corner.

Then in the 30th minute Kaleb Ngamanu combined in for all intents and purposes exactly the same way for another TSS try with the only difference being that the move was executed on the right side of the field as opposed to the opening minute when the moved was executed on the left.

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Round One of the 2021 GPS school boy rugby First XV competition on Saturday afternoon saw Titans contracted Kaleb Ngamanu line up at inside centre (No. 12) for TSS as they took on Brisbane Grammar School at home with Kaleb Ngamanu contributing two try assists.

Kaleb Ngamanu’s first try assist came in the 10th minute when after he made a long fifty five metre break down the left touchline, Kaleb Ngamanu drew the Brisbane Grammar School fullback and passed to his right to Jye Gray who raced away to score under posts.

Kaleb Ngamanu’s second try assist came in the 58th minute when from twenty seven metres out he put in a chip kick to his left which was perfectly weighted for his left winger to take the ball on the full whilst running at full speed to score comfortably.

Kaleb Ngamanu was also outstanding in others aspects general play in TSS’s 71 – 5 victory with his initial contribution coming inside the opening minute of the match, when he combined from a TSS scrum win with Syris Schmidt to put fullback Jye Gray into space down the left side of the field who then was able to put his winger over in the corner.

Then in the 30th minute Kaleb Ngamanu combined in for all intents and purposes exactly the same way for another TSS try with the only difference being that the move was executed on the right side of the field as opposed to the opening minute when the moved was executed on the left.

Love how this bloke plays. High effort, tough kid.

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The day that all school boy rugby league players on the Gold Coast have had marked in their calendar for months arrives on Wednesday with PBC and Keebra Park playing each other in Round Five of the Langer Cup.

Both teams had last start victories with the match shaping as yet another classic between the two schools. The fact that this is the first time that the schools play each other since both signed formal partnership agreements makes the match even sweeter for Titans fans.

I am aiming to provide a run down of every Titans players performance for both sides later in the week.

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On Sunday Cole Geyer continued at hooker for Currumbin in Round Ten of the GCRL First Grade competition against the Helensvale Hornets, scoring an impressive hat trick in the Hornets big win.

Cole Geyer’s opening try came in the 19th minute when he raced out of dummy half to his left from one metre out from the initially running into three defenders but Cole Geyer continued to fight in the tackle and eventually got over the top of the defenders to get the ball down three metres from the left goal post.

Cole Geyer added a second try in the 37th minute when after packing in at lock thirty metres from the line with Currumbin having the scrum feed, Cole Geyer picked the ball up from the back of the scrum and ran to his left next to the scrum and literally just ran through a giant gap to get the down under the posts untouched.

Cole Geyer completed his hat trick in the 53rd minute when once again he ran from dummy half to score. On this occasion, Cole Geyer ran to his left from ten metres out before cutting back towards the soft spot behind the play the ball to dive over five metres from the left goal post.

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Currumbin’s Luc Lyndon then made his starting debut at lock in Round Ten of the GCRL First Grade competition yesterday against the Helensvale Hornets and celebrated starting when he scored in the 27th minute from a dummy half run. Luc Lyndon got into dummy half ten metres out from the line mid-way between the corner post and goal posts on the left side of the field. Immediately upon picking up the ball, Luc Lyndon darted out of dummy half to his right, almost immediately pushing off one defender before getting down low to burrow over midway between the corner post and goal posts on the left side of the field.

The young former TSS First XV GPS School Boy rugby player started from the bench for the Currumbin Eagles in Round One of the 2021 GCRL Doug Lipp Cup competition with the Eagles recording a strong 54 -0 first up win against the Ormeau Shearers.

In Round One of the GCRL U20 competition, Luc Lyndon started at lock for the Currumbin Eagles as they took on the Burleigh Bears with Luc Lyndon one of the Eagles try scorers in their 34 – 20 victory.

Luc Lyndon also started at lock in Round Two against Runaway Bay and in Round Three against the Helensvale Hornets and continued at lock in Round Four against the Burleigh Bears.

Luc Lyndon was also at lock for Round Five against the Helensvale Hornets and was one of the Eagles try scorers in their 20 – 10 victory. Luc Lyndon added a further start at lock in Round Six against Runaway Bay.

Luc Lyndon made his Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade debut in Round Seven of the 2021 season off the bench against the Burleigh Bears and also came off the bench in Round Nine against the Tugun Seahawks.

In April 2021, Luc Lyndon was named in the U20 Gold Coast Vikings First Grade South East Queensland Chairman’s Challenge initial squad starting both of the Gold Coast Representative sides matches at lock and scoring in Round Two in a 44 – 6 win over Ipswich.

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On Sunday Jayden Sharp made his starting Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade starting debut in the front row in Round Nine for Burleigh against the Helensvale Hornets before dropping back to the bench for Round Eleven against the Mudgeeraba Redbacks, match that saw Jayden Sharp score his first GCRL First Grade try in the 26th minute when he took a hit-up to the right of the dummy half and ten metres from the line directly in front of the goal posts.

After receiving the ball Jayden Sharp produced a slight jink off his left foot to wrong foot two defenders. When he was just a few metres from the line, Jayden Sharp got hit in a heavy tackle but was able to maintain his balance long enough to reach out and put the ball down with his right arm next to the right upright

Jayden Sharp made his first 2021 appearance when he came off the bench for the Burleigh Hastings Deering’s Colts side in their twenty all draw against the Easts Tigers at Langland’s Park with Jayden Sharp scoring late in the first half when he charged onto a pass from Cole Geyer to the left of the play the ball from three metres out, spinning counter clockwise to force his way over adjacent to the left upright.

Jayden Sharp had made a strong fifteen metre surge earlier in the first half, with the majority of the metres made post contact.

Jayden Sharp was also impressive defensively in his first stint on the field in the trial including a big tackle (the first that he made after coming on) in the 24th minute of the first half. Jayden Sharp produced another strong hit, this time in the second half when from a Burleigh kick-off Jayden Sharp’s initial contact forced the ball loose from the Easts Tigers forwards grasp as he was returning the kick-off.

The following week in the Burleigh Hastings Deering’s Colts trial against the Tweed Heads Seagulls, Jayden Sharp moved into the starting side at lock and contributing to the Bears victory including a strong run in the 56th minute where he made fifteen metres with the highlight of the line being when he knocked the Tweed Heads hooker backwards.

Round One of the 2021 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition saw Jayden Sharp start at lock and captain the Burleigh Bears when they took on the Easts Tigers with Jayden Sharp taking the 3rd hit-up of the match.

Jayden Sharp made another strong hit-up in the 7th minute when he made eleven hard metres to get the ball into the Bears twenty attacking zone after Easts had lost the ball in a tackle. In the 14th minute, Jayden Sharp made a further fourteen metres to get Burleigh over the halfway after receiving the ball to the left of the dummy half.

Jayden Sharp continued to work hard in the 16th minute when he made twelve more metres getting the ball to the thirty metre mark on the second hit-up after Lofi Khan-Pereira’s 14th minute try.

Jayden Sharp did a lot of defence in the match including a strong front on driving tackle in the 77th minute on one of the Easts Tigers second rowers that sat him on his back.

To cap off a very solid captain’s performance when the 67th minute he raced through to get hold of an errant Tigers pass forty metres out from their line. Instead of just submitting to a tackle, Jayden Sharp whilst under pressure from two defenders, offloaded to his left by way of a left arm flick pass to Cameron Brown who after some expert stepping by both him and Lofi Khan-Pereira scored a spectacular try in the left corner.

Jayden Sharp also started at lock in the Round Two local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls getting involved in the first tackle of the match on Tweed Heads front rower Ben Liyou alongside team mates, Tristian Powell and Blake Campbell.

Jayden Sharp first major impact running the ball came in the 14th minute when the Burleigh captain was able to make fifteen metres downfield after receiving the ball on his own twenty before offloading to his right to Daniel Shannon.

Jayden Sharp also started at lock in Round Three against the Western Mustangs but started Round Four in the front row against the Norths Devils.

Jayden Sharp also started in the front row in Round Five against the Ipswich Jets and after two weeks with the Burleigh GCRL First Grade side Jayden Sharp came off the bench in Round Eight against the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Bears tough two point last minute loss.

After playing a number of matches for the Burleigh GCRL First Grade side, Jayden Sharp was back at lock in Round Nine against the Mackay Cutters.

Jayden Sharp deservedly stepped up to the Burleigh Bears Gold Coast Rugby League First Grade side for their Round Four match, with Jayden Sharp starting from the bench as the Bears routed Southport 88 – 0. Jayden Sharp also started from the bench in Round Five against Runaway Bay.

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Round Eleven of the GCRL First Grade competition on Sunday against the Mudgeeraba Redbacks saw Taine Tuaupiki continue at fullback for Burleigh with Taine Tuaupiki scoring one try and setting up another.

Taine Tuaupiki scored in the 49th minute when after receiving the ball two passes off the dummy half on the left side of the field twenty metres out, Taine Tuaupiki ran at the line before cutting back towards centre field. With the Mudgeeraba defensive stationary, Taine Tauapiki ran back to his right parallel to the line. Near centre field, Taine Tuaupiki dummied to his right before stepping off his right foot and as a consequence sliced through the defensive line ten metres out and ran around to put the ball down under the posts.

Taine Tuaupiki’s try assist came in the 69th minute when after receiving the ball, Taine Tauapiki threw a long cut out pass to right winger Lofi Khan-Pereira who raced over to score in the right corner.

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The enigmatic Brent Barnes continued at fullback for Helensvale in Round Ten of the GCRL First Grade competition against the Currumbin Eagles yesterday and like the majority of opponents in 2021, the Eagles were unable to stop him with Brent Barnes scoring a double in the match.

Brent Barnes scored the first of his two tries in the 12th minute when he received the ball on the left side of the field as the Hornets spun the ball across field from near the right touchline. When he received the ball Brent Barnes was thirty metres from the line and immediately bumped off one defender before cutting towards the left touchline. With the defence back peddling, Brent Barnes dummied to his left and then sliced through two defenders before confronting the fullback. A right foot step later say the fullback walloping in Brent Barnes as he raced away to score in the left corner.

Brent Barnes then completed his double in the 15th minute when he backed up a team mates break down the left touchline and was available on the inside to receive the offload and run away to score near the left goal post.

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Giant youngster Noah Reti from the South Grafton Rebels in the Group One U13 competition has had a huge 2021 season to date with the Rebels and is proving to be near impossible for opposing defences to stop on any sort of regular basis.

Starting all of his matches in the second row for the Rebels to date, Naoh Reti scored hat tricks in Round Two against the Clarence Coast Magpies, Round Four against Ballina, Round Six against Marist Brothers.

Noah Reti also scored doubles in Round Three against Clarence Coast and also scored in Round One (Kyogle), Round Five (Ballina), Round Six (Ballina).

Noah Reti continued in the second row in Round Eight against Kyogle and added four tries to his 2021 tally. Round Nine against Clarence Coast saw Noah Reti once again start in the second row and for the second week in a row score four tries.

Noah Reti also played for the South Grafton Rebels in 2020 in the Group One U12 competition, starting almost exclusively in the front row for the Rebels and finished the 2020 Group One U12 season, scoring eleven tries and kicking two conversions from nine matches, with his conversions coming in Round Six against Kyogle and Round Seven against Grafton.

Noah Reti scored a hat trick against Grafton in Round Seven and scored doubles in Rounds Four and Ten, on both occasions against Casino RSM. Noah Reti also scored against Ballina (Round Two), Kyogle (Round Three), Grafton (Round Five) and Clarence Coast in Round Six.

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Rowan Mansfield continued at fullback on Sunday for Ballina in Round Eleven of the NRRRL U18 competition against the Bilambil Jets with Rowan Mansfield scoring one try and setting up another in the Seagulls strong 30 – 0 win.

Rowan Mansfield scored in the 26th minute of the match he chimed into the backline on the left side of the field around twenty metres out. Upon receiving the ball, Rowan Mansfield straightened up the attack before drawing two defenders and then skipping to their outside. By that time Rowan Mansfield had the remaining Jets right side defenders back peddling and then from there he dummied to his left and sliced through the line to get the ball down in the left corner.

Rowan Mansfield contributed a try assist to Ballina’s 30 – 0 when after chiming into the backline, once again on the left side of the field, Rowan Mansfield committed two defenders before throwing a long cut-out pass to his left to put his winger over in the left corner.

Rowan Mansfield then came off the bench in the Reserve Grade match and scored his second try of the day when in the 29th minute when he was on the end of a long range Ballina movement to receive a pass from his inside while he was positioned on the left touchline to score in the corner.

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The 2021 season to date for Malachy Laarhaven:

The talented young Kyogle Turkeys junior and Kyogle High School student started at lock in Round One of the 2021 Group One U13 competition for Kyogle against the South Grafton Rebels and scored for the Turkeys as they defeated the Rebels 36 – 4.

Malachy Laarhaven also started at lock in Round Two against the Kyogle Turkeys and Round Three against the Ballina Seagulls when he scored a double as the Turkeys defeated Ballina 28 – 10.

Malachy Laarhaven also started at lock and was one of Kyogle’s try scorers in their two point Round Four loss to Casino RSM and after starting at lock in Round Six against South Grafton, Malachy Laarhaven added a double to his already impressive 2021 try scoring tally.

Round Eight against South Grafton saw Malachy Laarhaven continue to lock and he also started at lock in Round Nine against Casino RSM, a match that saw Malachy Laarhaven score a double.

Malachy Laarhaven made his Group One U14 debut off the bench in Round Three against Ballina.

In 2021 Malachy Laarhaven represented Kyogle High School at the Northern Zone U15 Touch Zone trials and even though he was two years younger than the majority of other participants, Malachy Laarhaven was one of the better players.

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The 2021 season to date for Noah Waldock:

In late March 2021 Noah Waldock was part of Diocesan of Lismore U15 Squad that attended the Northern Country Catholic Colleges Rugby League Selection Trial that were held at Smithtown with Noah Waldock playing at fullback in the trials.

In Round One of the 2021 Group One U15 competition Noah Waldock started at fullback and was Ballina’s captain as the Seagulls took on the Clarence Coast Magpies.

Noah Waldock also started at fullback in Round Two against Marist Brothers, scoring a double in the Seagulls 38 – 0 victory and also started at fullback in Round Five against Casino RSM.

Noah Waldock continued at fullback in Round Six against the Clarence Coast Magpies, scoring a double in Ballina’s 34 – 0 victory and scored once again in Round Seven against the Grafton Ghosts after also starting the match at fullback. Noah Waldock also started at fullback in Round Eight against the Grafton Ghosts.

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The 2021 season to date for Jed Mulcahy:

It is hard not to cheer for try scoring and goal kicking front rowers and that is exactly what this young man from the Kyogle Turkeys junior rugby league club is.

In Round Two of the 2021 Group One U14 competition Jed Mulcahy started in the front row for Kyogle as the Turkeys took on Casino RSM with Jed Mulcahy scoring twice and converted two tries as the Turkeys defeated South Grafton 48 – 0.

Jed Mulcahy also started in the front row in Round Three against the Ballina Seagulls and was one of the Turkeys try scorers in their 32 – 18 loss. Jed Mulcahy added a further try in Round Five against Lismore Marist Brothers after starting the match once again in the front row.

Jed Mulcahy started once again in the front row in Round Six against South Grafton and scored a double as the Turkey’s prevailed 34 – 20 and also started in the front row in Round Eight against the Grafton Ghosts.

Also starting in the front row in Round Nine against Casino RSM, Jed Mulcahy had a huge match scoring four tries and kicking a conversion for an eighteen point individual haul as the Turkey’s defeated Casino RSM 34 – 12.

Jed Mulcahy’s athletic prowess is not just confined to the rugby league with the young man winning the Kyogle High School U14 Cross Country race.