Junior Development

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Last night Titans contracted Reef Sommerville continued at left centre for PBC in Round Six of the Lnager Cup against Mabel Park State High School with the tall centre scoring PBC’s opening try of the match.

In the 23rd minute, Oskar Bryant received to the ball to the left of the play the ball around twenty metres from the line and immediately ran a diagonal route at the defensive line and was able to draw in a Mable Park defender and then threw a good short ball to his left to a charging Reef Sommerville who ran through a gap to score seven metres in from the left corner post.

Late in the second half Reef Sommerville made a great line break of around thirty five metres from deep inside his own territory to get the ball into Mabel Park SHS territory before he was eventually brought to ground.

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Last night for Ipswich SHS Titans contracted Shannon Subritzky-Stewart started at right centre in Round Six of the Langer Cup against St Mary’s College Toowoomba with Shannon Subritzky-Stewart recording a late first half try assist with a great catch and pass effort when under extreme pressure just out from the try line to put his right winger over in the corner.

Shannon Subritzky-Stewart resigned with the Titans for a further couple of seasons in early November 2020.

Round One of the 2021 Langer Cup School Boy Rugby League competition saw Shannon Subritzky-Stewart named at right centre for Ipswich State High School against PBC.

Shannon Subritzky-Stewart also started at right centre in Round Three against Keebra Park State High School and had an impressive match even though his team went down in a high quality match that saw Shannon Subritzky-Stewart trouble the Keebra Park left sided defence on more than one occasion including in the 46th minute with a great right channel charge of sixteen metres to get within four metres of the line.

Whilst Shannon Subritzky-Stewart carried the ball strongly in the match, it was his defence that probably stood out, including a great tackle in the 27th minute when he got low and held up Keebra Park’s Blaze Mozer who had tried to sneak over from dumm half. Shannon Subritzky-Stewart initially held the Keebra Park hooker up before flipping him onto his back with the ball subsequently coming loose.

Shannon Subritzky-Stewart also started at right centre in Round Four against Coombabah State High School and recorded a try assist in the 42nd minute when he showed a deft touch with an off-load to his right to put his winger over in the right corner.

Shannon Subritzky-Stewart also started at right centre in Round Five against Wavell State High School.

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Last night’s Langer Cup Round Six against Mabel Park State High School saw PBC’s and Titans contracted Michael Roberts move closer to the action, starting the match at right centre and in the 26th minute scored a long range ninety try which saw him put the ball down under the posts.

Michael Roberts was also PBC’s first choice goal kicker for the match and kicked three conversions from four attempts including a good kick in the 23rd minute from near the left touchline after Reef Sommerville had scored wide out.

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Titans contracted Joseph Shannon started in the front row last night in Round Six of the Langer Cup for Coombabah State High School against Marsden State High School and was his usual aggressive self against the giant Marsden State High School forward pack and as usual Joseph Shannon was able to showcase his off-loading skills including in the 5th minute with a great charge near halfway and then was able to get his right arm free to get away a trademark Joseph Shannon off-load.

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Great to see the Titans formalise a partnership with Coombabah State High School.

That makes it four of the Top Queensland Rugby League High Schools now officially under the Titans banner.

https://www.titans.com.au/news/2021/...e-partnership/

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PBC and Titans contracted Oskar Bryant was named to continue at hooker in Round Six of the Langer Cup last night against Mabel Park State High School, however he in fact started the match at halfback and recorded a try assist for PBC’s opening try of the match.

In the 23rd minute, Oskar Bryant received to the ball to the left of the play the ball around twenty metres from the line and immediately ran a diagonal route at the defensive line and was able to draw in a Mable Park defender and then threw a good short ball to his left to a charging Reef Sommerville who ran through through a gap to score seven metres in from the left corner post.

The in the second half, Oskar Bryant showed that his defensive technique that he has honed whilst at hooker, is not wasted at halfback when near the halfway mark one of the giant Mabel Park SHS forwards tried to run over him. Oskar Bryant drove into him with his right shoulder driving him backwards and then hard into the ground.

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Last night Titans contracted Keano Kini started at fullback for PBC in Round Six of the Langer Cup away to Mabel Park State High School and once again his ability to run parallel to the defensive line before exploding through the smallest of gaps was highlighted on numerous occasions including in the 55th minute when he exploded through a gap to comfortably break through the Mabel Park SHS defensive line, making thirty five metres for his progress was halted.

Keano Kini also scored for PBC in their 22 – 4 victory when in the 48th minute with the Mabel Park SHS defence backpeddling Keano Kini ran the ball down a short left blindside, initially receiving the ball eighteen metres out before cutting off the left foot and then accelerating forward before diving over ten metres in from the left corner post between two defenders.

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Last night Titans contracted Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu made his Langer Cup Open A debut for Keebra Park SHS in Round Six against Wavell State High School at right second row and what a debut it was with Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu scoring just seven seconds into the match, yes seven seconds is correct.

Keebra Park SHS kicked off with the ball going high and it was subsequently caught by the wind. The ball came down on the twenty metre mark but was dropped by Wavell SHS with Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu coming through and picking the ball up in one motion whilst at full speed. Philip Hakaraia-Ngamotu then veered slightly to his right and then charged over between two defenders to get the ball down mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.

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Titans contracted Josiah Pahulu continued in the front row for Ipswich SHS last night in Round Six of the Langer Cup against St Mary’s College Toowoomba, a match that saw Josiah Pahulu once again dominate including a great charge and right arm off-load down the left side of the left that led directly to Ipswich State High School’s opening try of the match in their 36 – 6 victory.

In January 2021 Josiah Pahulu started at right second row for the Titans U17 side in their annual match at Coffs Harbour against the Newcastle Knights with Josiah Pahulu producing a dominating performance in the impressive Titans 32 – 20 victory in both attack and defence. In a sign of the high regard that the Titans have in Josiah Pahulu, he was acting captain for periods of the match.

One tackle in particular stood out in the match, Newcastle were bringing the ball off their own try line when Josiah Pahulu moved up and got in and under the ribs of the ball runner with his left shoulder. Josiah Pahulu drove the Knights forward back three metres and put him on his back, taking all momentum out of the Knights set of six.

In early May 2021 a Titans U19 side travelled to North Queensland to play an U19 Cowboys selection in a curtain raiser to a Cowboys v Broncos NRL match with Josiah Pahulu starting the match on the bench for the Titans.

Then in June 2021 Josiah Pahulu started at lock for a Titans U17 JTS squad that played at Cbus Stadium against a Titans Northern Rivers U18 selection, with the match being played as a curtain raiser to the Titans Round Fourteen NRL match against the Sydney Roosters.

Josiah Pahulu commenced his 2021 MM Cup campaign for the Ipswich Jets starting at lock against the Western Mustangs and also started at lock in the Jets second MM Cup trial against the Easts Tigers.

In Round One of the 2021 MM Cup competition, Josiah Pahulu was named to start in the front row against the Tweed Heads Seagulls but ended up starting the match at lock and was in the action almost immediately when he made solid contact on fellow Titans contracted forward Ryan Foran who has making just the third hit-up of the match.

One of the best of Josiah Pahulu’s carriers with the ball came in the 10th minute of the match when he took the ball to the right of the dummy half and dragged defenders around ten metres before being stopped less than ten metres away from the try line.

As he was in the first half it did not take long for Josiah Pahulu to get involved in the second with a strong second hit-up of the second half.

Round Two against the Burleigh Bears saw Josiah Puhulu started at lock and a strong charge which made eleven metres into the Bears ten metre zone was a sign of things to come. Josiah Pahulu produced a further strong run in the 26th minute with a charge into Burleigh’s territory that accounted for fifteen metres.

Early in the second half Josiah Pahulu was everywhere for the Jets looking to get them back into the match, starting with a strong charge from just the second hit-up of the second half. A minute later Josiah Pahulu once again took the ball into the Burleigh defensive line, making ten metres to get the ball of the Ipswich twenty metre zone and then from a penalty restart made a further ten metres, then from the third tackle in that same set of six was yet another run of around ten metres.

Josiah Pahulu continued his strong second half performance in the 53rd minute with a powerful run that netted eighteen metres to get the bell within twelve metres of the Bears try line. Even with the match out of Ipswich’s reach, Josiah Pahulu continued to keep trying as was evidenced by a fifteen metre rumble through centre field in the 68th minute of the match.

Josiah Pahulu was named in the front row in Round Three against the Souths Logan Magpies and was one of the Jets best on the way to making 128 metres, with a fair percentage of those metres being post contact metres.

Josiah Pahulu also started in the front row in Round Four against the Tweed Heads Seagulls and was one of the best players on the field. Josiah Pahulu made an immediate impact in the match with a strong twelve metre run over the halfway mark in Ipswich’s first set of six in the match and continued on from there.

In just the 3rd minute of the match, Josiah Pahulu produced another strong charge of the ball down a short blindside on the left to bring the ball over the halfway mark, making twelve metres and then Josiah Pahulu made a further fifteen metres later in the same set of six tackles that took the Jets into their attacking twenty metre zone.

Even the incredibly hot conditions that the match was played in could not stop Josiah Pahulu as in the 9th minute, Josiah Pahulu once again ran the ball into the Tweed Heads defensive line, making a strong run to the twenty metre mark and was then awarded a penalty after the Tweed Heads defensive line refused to allow him to his feet to get a quick play the ball.

Then in the 15th minute, Josiah Pahulu made an impressive eighteen metre charge from an Ipswich penalty restart to get Ipswich to near their attacking twenty metre zone. Josiah Pahulu once again proved difficult to handle in the 26th minute making thirteen metres over the halfway and once again was awarded a penalty after the Seagulls defence laid all over him to prevent the quick play the ball.

After playing the entire thirty five minutes of the first half Josiah Pahulu was back into the action when he took the second hit-up of the second half to get the bell to the Ipswich thirty metre line.

Josiah Pahulu then produced his best run of the match in the 38th minute when he charged onto the ball near the half way mark, tearing through the centre of the Seagulls ruck and running over the Tweed Heads fullback before being dragged down from behind around ten metres out.

After that long line break Josiah Pahulu did not rest on his laurels and was back in the action in the 59th minute with a fifteen metre run to get the ball to the forty metre mark.

Defensively Josiah Pahulu was also exceptional against Tweed Heads producing a number of crunching tackles including in the 42nd minute on Tweed Heads forward Bailey Martin but it was a tackle in the 40th minute that really stood out for me. Coming out from their own territory, Ipswich turned the ball over with it being picked up by Seagulls winger Kruz Remine who darted away, somehow Josiah Pahulu willed himself to chase back and drag the Seagulls winger down from behind less than ten metres away from the try line even though the winger had a head start on Josiah Pahulu.

The match also showed that Josiah Pahulu does not just put his head down and run at the line. In the 67th minute, Josiah Pahulu received the ball on the left side of the field and charged at the line, but just before he was set to contact the defence, Josiah Pahulu propped and send a well weighted pass to his left to put Xavier Stowers into a big gap making ten more metres.

Josiah Pahulu also started in the front row in Round Five against the Burleigh Bears with for me Josiah Pahulu was one of the Jets best.

Josiah Pahulu got close to scoring a deserved try in the match but in the 9th minute, lost the ball over the line trying to get the ball to the ground and also in the 13th minute, Josiah Pahulu got within centremetres of the line after a twelve metre burst on the left side of the field.

In the 14th minute, Josiah Pahulu proved that he does not just run the ball in attacking situations when he made eleven metres from a hit-up getting the ball outside of his own twenty metre area.

Josiah Pahulu did not take much time at all to get involved in the match making thirteen metres from an Ipswich penalty restart to get within five metres of the try line. Josiah Pahulu made a further fourteen metres in the 5th minute when he took the second hit-up after Burleigh kicked off following Ipswich’s first try of the match.

Just two minutes later in the 7th minute, Josiah Pahulu once again ran at the Burleigh line from ten metres out from a Jets penalty restart and it took five Burleigh defenders to halt his progress perilously close to the try line.

In the 23rd minute, with Ipswich well on top, Josiah Pahulu ensured that the Jets started their set after a try on the front foot when he took the hit-up from the kick-off, making twelve metres to get the ball over his own twenty metre area.

Josiah Pahulu made his presence felt in defence when in the 23rd minute he smashed Burleigh left winger Shannon Donaldson with a big front on tackle knocking the winger who was making his MM Cup debut three metres backwards.

Josiah Pahulu was at it again in the 24th minute when he rocked Burleigh front rower VJ Semu who was returning a kick-off, knocking the ball loose in the process.

Josiah Pahulu was involved in an earth trembling collision when in the 58th minute he smashed into fellow Titan Arama Hau when he was returning a Burleigh kick-off with the contact stopping both players in their tracks, it was great to see and let’s call the outcome a draw!

Josiah Pahulu followed that heavy collision up in the 65th minute with a twelve metre charge that was the second run from a Burleigh kick-off with Josiah Pahulu once again getting the ball over his own thirty metre mark.

Round Six being the final regular season round of the 2021 MM Cup competition saw Josiah Pahulu named to start in the front row against the Souths Logan Magpies however he was a late scratching from the match.

At the 2021 Ipswich Jets MM Cup Presentation Night, Josiah Pahulu was deservedly named the 2021 Ipswich Jets Most Valuable Player.

Post the 2021 MM Cup competition, Josiah Pahulu played for the Springfield Panthers in the Ipswich Rugby League U17 Division One competition with his first appearance for the Panthers coming in Round Four when Josiah Pahulu started in the second row against Goonda Black.

Josiah Pahulu captained the Springfield Panthers side in Round Six against Brothers Ipswich, starting in the front row and scoring two tries in their impressive 36 – 8 victory.

Josiah Pahulu moved to lock in Round Seven against Brother Blue and scored the final try of the match in the Panthers victory.

Round Ten against Norths Blue saw, Josiah Pahulu moved to the second row for the Panthers with Josiah Pahulu scoring the Panthers opening try in their 24 – 14 victory. Josiah Pahulu then continued in the second row in Round Eleven against Goodna Black, scoring twice in the Panthers 26 – 8 victory.

Round Twelve against Redbank Plains Red saw Josiah Pahulu once again start in the second row.

2021 also saw Josiah Pahulu line up once again for Ipswich State High School in the South East Queensland School Boy Langer Cup competition starting Round One at lock against PBC.

Ipswich SHS had a tough first 2021 Langer Cup outing but Josiah Pahulu scored a deserved try in the 19th minute when he charged over from dummy half to his left from close range, rumbling over one PBC defender to get the ball down adjacent to the right upright.

Another one of Josiah Pahulu’s best moments of his match was Josiah Pahulu’s huge charge into the PBC line from the second half kick-off.

Josiah Pahulu also started at lock in Round Two against Marsden State High School and whilst his team were soundly beaten, Josiah Pahulu more than held his own against the giant Marsden SHS forward pack.

Josiah Pahulu continued at lock in Round Three against Keebra Park State High School taking the third hit-up of the match and then in the 11th minute, Josiah Pahulu made a hard eleven metres from an Ipswich SHS penalty restart from inside their own twenty metre area.

Josiah Pahulu then moved to the front row for Round Four against Coombabah State High School and continued in the front row in Round Five against Wavell State High School.

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Titans contracted Caleb Hodges has been named in the centres for Tweed Heads in this weekend’s Round Twelve of the Hastings Deering’s Colts competition against the Central Queensland Capra’s.

In early March 2021, Caleb Hodges started from the bench for the Tweed Heads Seagulls Queensland Cup side in their final 2021 trial against the Burleigh Bears.

Caleb Hodges started Round Two of the Queensland Cup on the wing for the Tweed Heads Seagulls against Wynnum Manly and played all eighty minutes.

In the match, Caleb Hodges ran for seventy five metres (thirty two post contact and twenty one kick return), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 2.91 seconds and made seven tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.

Caleb Hodges then started on the wing in the previously postponed Round Twelve of the Queensland Cup against Souths Logan with Caleb Hodges playing the entire eight minutes, running for seven metres and made three tackles.

In Round One of the 2021 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition, Caleb Hodges started at left centre for the Tweed Heads Seagulls as they took on the Souths Logan Magpies.

In the 3rd minute of the match Caleb Hodges made his first Colts hit-up of 2021 when he received the ball to the right of the dummy half making twelve metres to get the ball out to forty metres away from his own line.

Caleb Hodges continued his efforts running with the ball in the 6th minute when he ran the ball from a Seagulls scrum win to the left, beating two defenders on their outside making twelve metres and doing a good job staying away from the left touch line.

Caleb Hodges showed his speed in the 33rd minute of the match when he chased through a short Seagulls kick-off getting to the ball first on the twenty metre mark to surprise Souths Logan with Caleb Hodges making it to twelve metres out before he was stopped by the defence.

Defence has always been one of Caleb Hodges strong suits and that was highlighted in the 48th minute when he produced a strong tackle close to his own line. Caleb Hodges engaged the Souths Logan right centre initially holding him up before driving him into touch.

Caleb Hodges also started at left centre in the Round Two local derby against Burleigh with Caleb Hodges scoring one of the Seagulls tries in their 32 – 24 victory.

Caleb Hodges try came in the 47th minute when he followed through a short grubber kick from Brenton Daley-Holton with the ball sitting up perfectly for Caleb Hodges to retrieve and get down four metres in from the left corner post.

Caleb Hodges wasted no time becoming involved in the match being involved with Taine Udjur-Berghan in Burleigh’s first tackle of the match when they tackled Bears five eight Byron Vaovosa who was returning the Seagulls first kick.

Caleb Hodges made the first of many runs down his left side in the 4th minute when he was able to make fifteen after cutting back behind the play the ball to get the ball out to thirty metres away from his own line.

Caleb Hodges made another strong run in the 20th minute when after pushing off two would be tackles, he made twenty metres down the left.

Caleb Hodges also produced a strong defensive effort in the 18th minute, when he flew off his line to confront Burleigh right centre Tony Francis front on before his powerful opponent could gain momentum. Another strong defensive effort from Caleb Hodges came in the 35th minute when he cut down Burleigh fullback Will Evans with a copy book low tackle as Evans was trying to run across field.

Caleb Hodges produced a great try saving tackle in the 58th minute when he moved to his left to bundle Burleigh right second rower Blake Campbell over the touchline less than two metres from the corner post after Campbell had made a line break twenty five metres back down field.

Caleb Hodges’s speed off the mark was highlighted in the 71st minute when after he received the ball whilst standing still, Caleb Hodges exploded off the mark before stepping to his left leaving two defenders in his wake and get the ball over the halfway mark after making fifteen metres.

Caleb Hodges also started at left centre in Round Three against the Redcliffe Dolphins and in Round Four against the Ipswich Jets.

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Round Two away to Anglican Church Grammar School saw Titans contracted Brock Lennox named at outside centre for the TSS U16A side with Brock Lennox kicking two conversions from as many attempts in his side’s 15 – 14 loss.

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Round Two away to Anglican Church Grammar School last weekend saw Titans contracted Nayte Saaga make his TSS named at fly half for the TSS U15A side with Nayte Saaga scoring in his debut but unfortunately his side went down 31 -24.

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Great effort by Titans contracted Kaleb Ngamanu awarded three points from the TSS First XV coaches as a result of his Round Two performance against Anglican Church Grammar School.

Fellow Titan Nicholas Hilton received an honourable mention from the TSS First XV coaches.

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Tonight's Ipswich Rugby League's U17 Division One Round Thirteen see Titans contracted 16 year old front rower Larry Siala named to start in the front row for Norths against Ipswich Brothers.

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In June 2021 Damian Wilson from the Kyogle Turkeys was part of a Titans U18 Northern Rivers squad that played the Titans U17 JTS squad at Cbus Stadium in a curtain raiser to the Titans Round Fourteen NRL match against the Sydney Roosters.

Damian Wilson started the season as part of the 2021 Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup squad, starting Round One of the competition on the bench against the Wests Tigers and also started from the bench in Round Two against the North Coast Bulldogs.

After missing Round Three Damian Wilson came off the bench once again in Round Four against the Central Coast Roosters before moving into the starting side in the front row in Round Five against the Newcastle Knights.

After starting off the 2021 season in the NRRRL U18 competition with the Kyogle Turkeys, Damian Wilson made his NRRRL First Grade debut in Round Seven when he started at right second row against the Tweed Coast Raiders and continued in the second row in Round Eight against the Cudgen Hornets as well as in Round Nine against Northern United.

Damian Wilson then continued at right second row in Round Ten against the Mullumbimby Giants, in Round Eleven against the Byron Bay Devils and in Round Twelve against the Lower Clarence Magpies.

Damian Wilson played the 2021 season with the Kyogle Turkeys in the NRRRL U18 competition starting Round One at lock against the Ballina Seagulls before moving to the second row in Round Three against Marist Brothers Rams.

Damian Wilson also started in the second row in Round Four and scored in an impressive two point win against Casino RSM with his try coming in the 47th minute when he received the ball down a short left blindside less than ten metres from the line. After receiving the ball Damian Wilson propped on the spot to let one defender fly past before surging towards the line and carry three defenders over the line with him.

Damian Wilson also recorded a great line break in the 18th minute when he ran twenty five metres down the left channel to skittling defenders to get to within five metres of the line. Kyogle then scored from his quick play the ball.

Round Eight Damian Wilson named on the bench against the Cudgen Hornets and he was also named on the bench in Round Nine against Northern United with Damian Wilson scoring in the first half when he broke two tackles to score from ten metres out, getting the ball down eight metres in from the right corner post.

Damian Wilson was also named to come off the bench in Round Eleven against the Byron Bay Devils but was back in the Turkey’s starting side at right second row in Round Thirteen against the Evans Head Bombers.