Junior Development

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The 2021 season to date for Titans contracted Troy Duckett:

In early January 2021 Troy Duckett started on the left wing for the Titans U19 side in their annual match against the Newcastle Knights in Coffs Harbour with the Titans recording an impressive 40 – 6 victory.

Early in the second half Troy Duckett produced an outstanding heads up play to prevent a Newcastle penalty kick from finding touch. Troy Duckett jumped from the field of play and was a long way over the touch line when he took the ball on the full and threw it back over his head in one movement to get possession back for the Titans.

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 Troy Duckett starting the match on the right wing for the Titans.

In 2021 Troy Duckett was part of the Tweed Heads Seagulls Hastings Deering’s Colts squad and started on the right wing in their final 2021 trial against the Burleigh Bears and scored a spectacular first half try.

In the 10th minute of the first half, Charlie Murray received the ball from the dummy half and put up a high cross field pin point bomb to the right corner, with the ball coming down a metre or so from the try line. Troy Duckett as able to time his jump perfectly to get above the Burleigh left winger in Ronin Rio and get the ball down a couple of metres in from the right corner post.

In the 17th minute Troy Duckett made a line break down a short right blind side. Glenn McGrady was able to work the numbers off-load to Troy Duckett who was able to break away down the right touchline. Unfortunately Troy Duckett’s subsequent inside pass after he had drawn the Burleigh fullback was intercepted with a try in the offing.

Troy Duckett showcased his elite speed in the 54th minute. Tweed Heads were on the attack just metres out from the Burleigh line when Bears half back Cameron Brown took an intercept and raced down field. Troy Duckett had to stop, turn and chase and hunted Cameron Brown down tackling him into touch.

Round One of the 2021 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition saw Troy Duckett named to start on the right wing for the Tweed Heads Seagulls when they took on the Souths Logan Magpies however he was a late scratching from the match.

Troy Duckett was also named to start on the right wing in the Round Two local derby against the Burleigh Bears with his first run coming in the 4th minute when he darted out of dummy half to his left to get the ball away from the sideline.

The ball did not get out to Troy Duckett’s that often in the match, but when it did, Troy Duckett attacked the ball, a prime example coming in the 15th minute when he charged forward to take a grubber kick directed towards him on the bounce just a one or two out from his own line with Troy Duckett able to get the ball back to the ten metre line. If he had not attacked the ball as he did, Troy Duckett may well have been trapped in his own in-goal.

Just two minute later, in the 17th minute, Troy Duckett once again went searching for the ball, coming off his wing to take a hit-up making twelve metres off the dummy half to give Burleigh some breathing room before playing the ball thirty metres out from his own line.

Troy Duckett was not going to die wondering again in the 26th minute when he leapt high to take a Burleigh bomb directed to his wing on the full and get to the ground quickly just two metres away from his own line.

It seemed clear that Burleigh were targeting his wing in the air but Troy Duckett kept them at bay including once again in the 42nd minute when he leapt high over Cameron Brown to defuse yet another bomb directed his way.

Trot Duckett was all effort in the match and it showed once again in the 43rd minute when Jed Edwards kicked out of dummy half from sixty metres out with Burleigh fullback Will Evans getting to the ball on his own try line in the corner. As soon as he picked up the ball, Troy Duckett along with Jed Edwards were able to force him over the touchline to put Tweed Heads immediately back on the attack.

In the 70th minute Troy Duckett shone in cover defence to save the Seagulls blushes when he raced back along with Cooper Many to round up Burleigh’s Cole Geyer who had split the defence through centre field and beat the Tweed Heads fullback.

Troy Duckett also started on the right wing in Round Three against the Redcliffe Dolphins, scoring his first Colts try in the Seagulls tough loss.

After missing Round Four due to playing for the Titans U19 side, Troy Duckett started Round Five against the Ipswich Jets on the right wing and scoring a double as the Seagulls ran away with the match to record a 40 – 18 victory.

Troy Duckett scored once again in Round Six from the right wing in the Seagulls 30 – 18 victory over the Easts Tigers. Troy Duckett also started on the right wing in Round Seven against the Norths Devils and Round Eight against the Mackay Cutters.

Troy Duckett scored once again in Round Nine against Wynnum Manly after starting the match on the right wing. Troy Duckett’s try came in the 51st minute when he was on the end of a Seagulls backline movement from a scrum, diving over in the right corner and receiving the ball fourteen metres out.

Troy Duckett scored in the 3rd minute from the right wing in the Round Eleven local derby against the Burleigh Bears with the try being a brilliant solo effort. Troy Duckett received the ball on the ball forty metres from the line with limited space in front of him. Troy Duckett then took the defensive line on, chipping over his opposing defender and then regathering the ball and he was then able to dive over in the right corner to record a spectacular try.

Troy Duckett was also named to start on the right wing in the previously postponed Round Ten against the Sunshine Coast Falcons.

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The 2021 season to date for Titans contracted Syris Schmidt:

In early January 2021 Syris Schmidt started at five eight for the Titans U19 side in their annual match against the Newcastle Knights in Coffs Harbour. Syris Schmidt operated on the right side of the field with Thomas Weaver on the left in the Titans dominating 40 – 6 blow out victory.

Syris Schmidt was immediately in the action in the match, making the first tackle of the match in conjunction with Reef Sommerville after the Titans kicked off.

A week after the match against the Newcastle Knights Syris Schmidt once again started at five eight for the Titans U19’s as they took on a Burleigh Hastings Deering’s Colts squad with the Titans winning 32 – 20 with no conversions attempted.

Syris Schmidt recorded a try assist in the 30th minute of the first half, when he took the ball to the right of the field, putting in a right foot grubber kick towards the right corner from approximately twelve metres out, with the ball bouncing up nicely for Reef Sommerville to score for his second first half try.

A lot of the things that are noted about Syris Schmidt’s math highlights revolve around game management and passing aspects, but Syris Schmidt can certainly run the ball when the opportunity presents, as it did in the 20th minute of the first half against the Bears, when he broke through the line after a deft right foot step enabled him to beat his opposing defender.

Syris Schmidt is not known as a big hitter in defence but his 39th minutes first half tackle in Burleigh’s left second rower belied that notion, when Syris Schmidt came out of the line to hit the second rower, with the initial contact such that the ball came loose and the Titans through Kaleb Ngamanu turning defence into attack with a twenty two metre run down the right touchline.

After playing the first half at five eight, in his second stint on the field in the second half, Syris Schmidt moved into the half back role for the Titans in the final twenty minutes of the match.

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 Syris Schmidt starting the match at five eight for the Titans.

Syris Schmidt’s first hit-out with the 2021 Burleigh Bears MM Cup side came when he started at fullback in the Bears second trial against the Easts Tigers scoring in the 64th minute of the match when Syris Schmidt had moved to the dummy half role for a short period of time.

Syris Schmidt showed his positioning skills early in the match when he moved quickly to his left to take an Easts attacking kick on the full and was then able to draw a penalty when he was not allowed to get to his feet to execute a quick play the ball.

Whilst Syris Schmidt had more opportunities to run the ball in the second half, it was his defensive from the fullback position early in the second half that stole the show. From Burleigh’s second half kick-off, Easts spun the ball to their left on the second tackle, splitting the Bears line and leaving Syris Schmidt confronted by two attackers. Syris Schmidt moved forward and hit the ball carrier with a solid right shoulder to the mid-rift whilst he was still trying to get his hands in the right position to pass to his left and as a result the ball went to ground and the try scoring opportunity with it.

As noted above Syris Schmidt spent some time in the dummy half role late in the match and it was whilst operating at dummy half that he scored in the 64th minute. Syris Schmidt darted to his left when he took possession a metre out dummying to his right before spinning clockwise to get the ball down under the posts.

In Round One of the 2021 MM Cup competition, Syris Schmidt started at fullback against the Souths Logan Magpies. Syris Schmidt’s first involvement in the match came when he chimed into the backline on Burleigh’s right side, making around ten metres before the Souths Logan left sided defence was able to halt his progress.

Only a few minutes later being in the 7th minute Syris Schmidt produced a smart piece of play to get Burleigh out of a potentially difficult situation. Syris Schmidt tracked back to retrieve a long Souths Logan kick which pulled up just two metres from the dead ball line with a plethora of Souths Logan Magpies chasers converging on him.

Syris Schmidt held his nerve, darting to his left just as the defence was about to converge on where he was. As a result of his rapid movement Syris Schmidt was able to get out of the in goal and promote the ball a few additional metres to give Burleigh some breathing space.

Syris Schmidt came to Burleigh rescue again late in the first half when he got low and stopped the Souths Logan No. 15 from sneaking over from dummy half from close range. By being low Syris Schmidt was able to put downward pressure on the shoulders of the much larger Souths Logan player thus forcing him to ground the ball short of the line.

Syris Schmidt put an exclamation mark on his solid performance with a try assist in the 64th minute of the match. Syris Schmidt came into the backline on the left, drawing two defenders before popping a short ball to his left to put replacement left centre Hunter Ploegsma over for his second try of the match.

Syris Schmidt also started at fullback in Round Two against the Ipswich Jets and had to be on the ball from a defensive perspective on a number of occasions in the opening minutes of the match.

In just the 4th minute of the match, the Ipswich left winger split the Burleigh defence through the centre of the ruck but Syris Schmidt was able to make a copy book low right shoulder tackle as the Jets winger tried to go around Syris Schmidt to his right whilst in open space, with only Syris Schmidt to beat.

Then in the 6th minute, Syris Schmidt had to rapidly more to his right and make a desperate diving low tackle with his right shoulder less than ten metres out from his own line to bring down the Ipswich five eight who had darted through the Bears defensive line and looked set to score.

It was a tough match for Syris Schmidt from an attacking perspective as the ball just did not came to him when he had room to move, either when returning kicks or when he looked to get involved up in the line. A positive point however was that Syris Schmidt really did go looking for the ball and more and more as the game went on acted as a second five eight up in the line, normally on the right, when Burleigh had the ball.

Also as he did in Round One against Souths Logan, Syris Schmidt more than held his own bringing the ball out of his own territory, normally from within his own twenty metre area, taking more than a few hit-ups one pass off the dummy half right into the heart of the massive Ipswich Jets defensive line.

Syris Schmidt once again started at fullback in the Round Three Gold Coast derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls, scoring the final try of the match as the Bears went down to their fierce rivals.

Syris Schmidt scored in the 66th minute after getting into dummy half close to the Tweed Heads line. Syris Schmidt darted to the right out of dummy half from three metres out and was able to force his way over ten metres inside the right corner post.

Syris Schmidt almost had an early try assist when in just the 5th minute of the match, he took the ball down a short right blindside putting in a deft left foot chip but Tweed Heads fullback Jaylan De Groot got across to take the ball dead fractionally in front of the Burleigh chasers.

In the 10th minute of the match it was Syris Schmidt’s turn to be on alert when he had to move quickly to his left to stop a 40/20 which was kicked out of dummy half by Tweed’s Oscar Bryant. Syris Schmidt was also on guard in the 64th minute of the match when he had to track to his right as Tweed Heads made a break from inside their own twenty metre area. Syris Schmidt was confronted by Campbell Watchairs who had made the make with support inside and out but Syris Schmidt was able to corralle the winger and prevent any further damage on the score board.

Early in the second half in the 38th minute of the match, Syris Schmidt moved into dummy half darting out of that position to the right and was able to make fifteen metres before being brought down in the tackle.

Syris Schmidt was originally named to start at fullback for Round Four match against the Souths Logan Magpies but in fact moved to start the match at halfback and also started at halfback in Round Five against the Ipswich Jets.

The match saw Syris Schmidt record a try assist in the 34th minute when he put up a left foot bomb from twenty five metres out which came down right on the touchline and was dropped by Ipswich with the Titans scooping up the miss to score next to the right upright.

Syris Schmidt’s first significant contribution to Burleigh’s come from behind win against the Jets came from the 5th tackle of the first set of the match when he put in a long raking left foot kick into the left corner with Syris Schmidt being the first Bears player down field to make the tackle.

Syris Schmidt’s defence was called upon in the 11th minute when he along with Tuvalli Khan-Pereira converged on the Ipswich right winger who had made a break down the touchline. The initial contact by the two Bears players kept the Jets winger off the ground and they then were able to force him into touch.

In the 27th minute, Syris Schmidt produced a good left foot step that resulted in a line break off a Burleigh scrum win with Syris Schmidt getting the ball to within twenty five metres of the try line.

Syris Schmidt’s all-out effort in the match was certainly to his sides benefit in the 44th minute he chased through a Burleigh bomb to the right corner. Syris Schmidt arrived just after the Jets winger feet touched the ground and with the momentum and initial contact, Syris Schmidt was able to force the winger back into his own in-goal.

Syris Schmidt produced an exceptional bomb of his own in the 67th minute when he pin point left foot bomb of his to the left corner could not be taken cleanly by the Jets winger. Burleigh scored from the subsequent scrum, which Burleigh took centre field.

Round Six being the final regular season round of the 2021 MM Cup competition saw Syris Schmidt line up at halfback in the local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls recording two try assists as well as continually forcing Tweed heads back inside their own territory as a result of his judicious left foot kicking game.

Syris Schmidt’s first try assist came in the 14th minute when Ezra Ubaldino ran at a gap on the left side of the field from ten metres out and was presented with a perfectly timed pass from his right to put him through the gap by Syris Schmidt with Ezra Ubaldino then running to the line untouched to score ten metres in from the left corner post.

Syris Schmidt added his second try assist of the match in the 51st minute when he received the ball down a short left blindside, firing a cut out pass to his left from ten metres out to put Levi Jones over in the left corner.

It took only until the 6th minute for Syris Schmidt’s kicking game to come into prominence when he put in a short left foot grubber down the blindside to force a Tweed Heads line drop out.

Syris Schmidt was part of the TSS school boy rugby First XV once again in 2021, playing the 2021 as a full colours player in what was Syris Schmidt’s third season in the TSS First XV. In fact Syris Schmidt was the TSS 2021 Rugby Captain and Vice-Captain of the TSS First XV.

Syris Schmidt started at No. 10 in TSS’s opening GPS school boy trials, being a set of round robin trials against Anglican Church Grammar School (Churchie) and Gregory Terrace with Syris Schmidt leading TSS to 15 – 5 and 10 – 5 victories in the abridged round robin matches.

Syris Schmidt also started at No. 10 in late May 2021 for the First XV in TSS’s first full trial against Ipswich Grammar School. Syris Schmidt also started at No. 10 in TSS’s second 2021 First XV trial against Nudgee College on the Gold Coast and also started in the same position in the final full scale GPS First XV trial against Brisbane Boys College (BBC).

In TSS’s final trial before the commencement of the 2021 GPS First XV school boy rugby season, Syris Schmidt continued at fly half against the TSS Second XV.

Round One of the 2021 GPS school boy rugby First XV competition saw Syris Schmidt line up at fly half (No. 10) for TSS as they took on Brisbane Grammar School at home with Syris Schmidt kicking six conversions including a number from both the left and right touchlines. Another conversion from the left touchline in the 2nd minute hit the goal post.

Syris Schmidt kicking also resulted in a try assist in the 52nd minute when he put in a deft left foot to his right which was subsequently taken on the full by the TSS right winger who raced away to score.

Syris Schmidt’s general play kicking was also on display in the 26th minute with a long raking left foot kick. Syris Schmidt connected with the ball ten metres out from his own try line with the Brisbane Grammar School fullback not being able to field the ball until it had gotten to within twenty metres of the goal line.

Syris Schmidt was also outstanding in 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 Kaleb Ngamanu 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 Syris Schmidt 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.

As a result of his performance in the match Syris Schmidt was named at No. 10 in the Courier Mail GPS First XV Team of Round One and also received a TSS coaches honourbale mention.

Round Two away to Anglican Church Grammar School saw Syris Schmidt named at fly half for the TSS First XV with Syris Schmidt kicking three conversions and a penalty in the 41st minute in TSS’s tough loss. In addition, Syris Schmidt made a good play in just the 3rd minute of the match when he charged down a Churchie clearing kick which ultimately led to TSS’s first try of the match.

Syris Schmidt was also engaged in an old fashion kicking duel in the 19th minute which he finished with a superb seventy metre effort when he drilled a left foot kick from only ten metres from the sideline on his own twenty with the ball finding touch ten metres from the Churchie line.

In June 2021, Syris Schmidt started at inside centre (No. 12) for the Queensland Reds U18 White side in matches against the New South Wales Gen Blue Academy.

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The 2021 season to date for Titans contracted Nicholas Hilton:

In January 2021 Nicholas Hilton started at lock for the Titans U17 side in their annual match at Coffs Harbour against the Newcastle Knights and was his usual impressive outstanding self, leading from the front as the Titans dominated the Knights to record an impressive 32 – 20 victory. As usual Nicholas Hilton’s work rate in both attack and defence was exceptional as was his leadership in the hot and humid conditions.

Nicholas Hilton’s first action of the match against the Knights came in just the second tackle after the Titans kicked off when he along with EJ Finau smashed the Knights second rower who was taking just the second hit-up of the match. Nicholas Hilton also produced a big tackle early in the second half when he hit one of the Knights outside backs with his left shoulder putting him onto the ground quickly and efficiently with extreme force.

In November 2020 Nicholas Hilton was named in the powerful Tweed Heads Seagulls 2021 MM Cup squad.

Nicholas Hilton started from the bench for the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup side in their first 2021 trial which was against the Easts Tigers at Langland’s Park as Tweed Heads commenced their season with an impressive 28 – 12 victory against a full strength Tigers side.

In the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup sides second trial against Burleigh, Nicholas Hilton started the second half at lock and scored early in his stint in a big Seagulls win. Nicholas Hilton’s try was as a result of a hard charge that started around twelve metres to the right of the play the ball. Nicholas Hilton charged onto the ball, running slightly back towards the play the ball, when he hit the defensive line, Nicholas Hilton spun 360 degrees clockwise to break the initial defensive contact and then Nicholas Hilton surged back towards the region behind the play the ball beating three additional defenders on the way to getting the ball down.

Nicholas Hilton also showcased some impressive offloading skills over the course of the match, including an impressive one arm (right arm) offload ten minutes into the second half, when he hit the defensive line and was able to spin clockwise to get his right arm free and subsequently offload to Oskar Bryant.

Nicholas Hilton started Round One of the 2021 MM Cup competition on the bench as Tweed Heads took on the Ipswich Jets at home. Nicholas Hilton came onto the play in the second row in the 25th minute and took the ball into the defensive line as soon as he had come onto the field making twelve metres against a set Ipswich defensive line.

It did not take long for Nicholas Hilton to take his second hit-up with that coming in the 33rd minute when he bumped away from two defenders to get within ten metres of the Ipswich line. Nicholas Hilton his hard work early in the second half (53rd minute) with a strong run and then a good two handed off-load to Blaze Mozer who made another ten valuable metres.

Nicholas Hilton also started from the bench in Round Two against the Souths Logan Magpies, providing a spark off the bench in both attack and defence when he came onto the field mid-way through the first half.

After missing Round Three against the Burleigh Bears, Nicholas Hilton was back in the Seagulls side for Round Four against the Ipswich Jets, a match that saw Nicholas Hilton named on the Seagulls extended bench however he actually started the match at lock.

One of a number of strong Nicholas Hilton charges came in the 14th minute when Nicholas Hilton made ten metres from a hit-up off the dummy half.

Nicholas Hilton’s intensity and effort was highlighted in the 27th minute when he dived full length to retrieve a Jets loose ball from an Ipswich penalty restart just twenty metres out from the Seagulls line.

Nicholas Hilton also started at lock in Round Five against the Souths Logan Magpies.

After being rested for Round Six in the local derby against the Burleigh Bears, Nicholas Hilton started at lock for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in their impressive semi-final victory against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls with Nicholas Hilton taking the 4th hit-up of the match.

In the 2021 MM Cup Queensland Grand Final against the Townsville Blackhawks, Nicholas Hilton was initially named to start the Grand Final from the bench however he came into the starting line-up late in the week, starting the Grand Final in the front row.

Nicholas Hilton was heavily involved in the Grand Final from the start, including a strong tackle coming over the top of one of the Townsville Blackhawks front rowers (No. 8) in the 5th minute, with the ball coming loose as a result of Nicholas Hilton’s contact.

In Round One of the Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One competition, Nicholas Hilton was named at five eight for the Nerang Roosters as they faced the Burleigh Bears and was one of the Roosters try scorers in their impressive first up victory.

In Round Five against the Southport Tigers, Nicholas Hilton came off the bench in the Roosters 34 – 12 victory.

In February 2021 Nicholas Hilton took part in the South Coast Open school boy trials and was named at lock for the South Coast Open A school boy side as a result of his trial performances. Nicholas Hilton was one of two Titans contracted 2021 TSS School Boy Rugby First XV players in the South Coast Squad with the other being Kaleb Ngamanu.

Nicholas Hilton started at lock on Day One as South Coast played Met North with Nicholas Hilton making the opening tackle of the match from the kick-off.

Nicholas Hilton also started at lock on Day Two as South Coast took on Met East and recorded a try assist in the 10th minute when he engaged the defensive line on the left and off-loaded to Ryan Foran who ran twenty metres and was able to bring the ball around to put it down near the goal posts.

Nicholas Hilton was one of South Coast’s try scorers with his try coming in the 42nd minute when he charged at the line from close range (two metres) and after engaging the defence, spun counter clockwise to get the ball down with two defenders still engaged.

Nicholas Hilton also produced a smart piece of play in the 31st minute when he took the line on after receiving the ball of the play the ball and was able to get an off-load away to Brock Priestley.

Nicholas Hilton started at lock once again on Day Three against Capricornia making a strong hit-up in the opening set of six in the match. Nicholas Hilton made another strong hit-up in the set of six after South Coast’s opening try.

Nicholas Hilton also started at lock in the Championship Final against Met North.

Nicholas Hilton was part of the TSS school boy rugby First XV once again in 2021, playing the season as a full colours player in what was Nicholas Hilton’s second season in the TSS First XV.

Nicholas Hilton was named as a stand by player in TSS’s opening GPS trials, being a set of round robin trials against Anglican Church Grammar School (Churchie) and Gregory Terrace.

Nicholas Hilton made his first appearance for TSS in late May 2021 for the First XV in TSS’s first full trial against Ipswich Grammar School when he started at No. 8.

Nicholas Hilton also started at No. 8 in TSS’s second 2021 First XV trial against Nudgee College on the Gold Coast and also started in the same position in the final full scale GPS First XV trial against Brisbane Boys College (BBC).

In TSS’s final trial before the commencement of the 2021 GPS First XV school boy rugby season, Nicholas Hilton continued at No. 8 against the TSS Second XV.

Round One of the 2021 GPS school boy rugby First XV competition saw 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 including a try in the opening minutes when he broke away from a ruck to run fifty metres to score under the posts.

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.

Such was Nicholas Hilton’s overall performance that he was awarded two points in the 2021 GPS First XV Coaches Award.

Round Two away to Anglican Church Grammar School saw Nicholas Hilton named at No. 8 for the TSS First XV and scored for the second week in a row when he burst onto a Kaleb Ngamanu pass from ten metres out in the 67th minute to crash over next to the right upright.

As a result of his performance in the match, Nicholas Hilton received an honourable mention from the TSS First XV coaches in their weekly awards.

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The 2021 season to date for Titans Development Contract Holder Tony Francis:

In January 2021 Tony Francis was part of the Titans U19 squad that took on the Newcastle Knights in their annual match in Coffs Harbour, starting the match at left centre with the Titans recording an impressive victory 40 – 6 against the Knights.

Tony Francis’s first involvement in the match was when he chased through a Thomas Weaver midfield high kick and crunched the Knights fullback just as he took possession of the ball.

Tony Francis performed exceptionally well in the match, scoring in the second half when he charged onto a pass from Oskar Bryant down a short blind side, running over a defender before getting the ball down under heavy pressure.

Tony Francis proved a handful for the Knights right sided defence on multiple occasions in the match including a bustling first up run when he beat two Knights defenders to make his presence in the match felt. Tony Francis was at it again late in the first half when he surged fifteen metres down field, a majority of which was post contact metres when he ran off a good pass from Oskar Bryant who had darted out of dummy half.

Tony Francis also had some good moments defensively in the match, including a heavy well timed hit on the Knights right centre (No. 3) early in the match. From a Newcastle scrum win the Knights threw the ball out to their right, with a long pass being thrown to the right centre. Tony Francis identified the situation early and come out of the line to hit the Knights centre front on just a fraction after the ball got to the centre. Tony Francis drove his shoulder literally through the centres chest, stopping all of the Knights, and the centres, momentum.

A week after the match against the Newcastle Knights Tony Francis once again lined up for the Titans U19’s starting once again at left centre as they took on a Burleigh Hastings Deering’s Colts squad with the Titans winning 32 – 20 with no conversions attempted.

Tony Francis did not take long to make an impact in the match, taking a strong hit-up in the opening set of six from the kick with a twelve metre surge down the left side of the field.

Just minutes later, Tony Francis had an even bigger impact on the match when he charged into a gap, receiving a good pass from Jaylan De Groot in the process to charge fifteen minutes to get the ball down five metres in from the left corner after a twelve metre burst.

Tony Francis was again in the action in the 25th minute of the first half with yet another strong charge down the left of twenty metres after being put into a gap by Thomas Weaver.

Tony Francis followed up his 25th minute line break with an even more impressive thirty five metre effort just five minutes later when he rumbled downfield, initially bumping off two defenders who had tried to tackle him chest on. Tony Francis then got rid of two further defenders in quick succession with right arm fends.

Just weeks after Tony Francis suited up for the Titans against Burleigh, Tony Francis was in a Burleigh jersey lining up for the Bears in a Hastings Deering’s Colts trial against the Easts Tigers at Langland’s Park. Starting at left centre, Tony Francis was one of Burleigh’s best, alongside fellow contracted Titan Isaac Matalavea-Booth in the match that ended up in a twenty all draw.

Tony Francis was one of the Bears try scorers when he crossed for a powerful try late in the first half. Tony Francis came back underneath Cameron Brown who had run to his right and passed back to Tony Francis who received the ball ten metres out charging onto the ball and beating three defenders to score ten metres away from the left upright.

Tony Francis also had a first half line break assist, when he showed quick hands to catch and pass to his left to put the Burleigh left winger into space down the left touchline for a thirty metre gain.

Earlier in the match, in the 25th minute to be precise, Tony Francis made a strong ten metre charge when he, like he did for his try, ran on underneath play with Cameron Brown to make a ten metre gain.

Defensively Tony Francis was also very strong in the match including a big front on tackle in the 27th minute of the first half on his opposing centre which forced the Easts Tigers centre sideways.

When he came back onto the field late in the second half, Tony Francis showed his versatility, playing right centre.

The following week in the Burleigh Hastings Deering’s Colts trial against the Tweed Heads Seagulls, Tony Francis was once again in the starting side but this time at right centre and was once again as his damaging best scoring a first half double as Burleigh rounded out their 2021 Hastings Deering’s trial campaign with a solid win.

It took only four minutes for Tony Francis to score his first try of the match. Tony Francis was able to get on the outside of his direct opponent within ten metres of the try line and from there was able to hold the defender off with his left arm whilst maintaining his balance and running line to score two metres in from the right corner post.

Tony Francis’s second try of the first half came in the 20th minute when Tony Francis received the ball on is inside from Jacob Hall and once gain got outside of his opposing defender and bumping off another to get the ball down four metres in from the right corner post.

In the 24th minute Tony Francis continued his outstanding start to the match with a strong twenty metre charge through centre field, breaking three tackles before three additional Tweed Heads had to commit to the tackle to bring Tony Francis down.

Tony Francis came back onto the field for his second stint in the second half, once again at right centre and it came as no surprise when in the 62nd minute Tony Francis proved exceptionally difficult to stop. Tony Francis made a great bullocking run across field that ultimately made twenty five metres down field breaking four tackles before he was put on the ground.

Tony Francis’s strength was highlighted in the 64th minute when he came in off the right side to bend back Tweed Heads Ben Liyou who ran the ball to Tony Francis’s side of the field.

Tony Francis deservedly took the final hit-up of the match with the final siren sounding just as he was going to ground in his own twenty metre area.

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 Tony Francis starting the match at right centre for the Titans.

Round One of the 2021 Hastings Deering’s Colts competition saw Tony Francis start at right centres for the Burleigh Bears when they took on the Easts Tigers with Tony Francis scoring for the Bears in their 42 – 24 opening round victory.

Tony Francis scored in the 30th minute, once again highlighting his speed and power. After some good work on his inside by his forward’s Tony Francis cut to his left to run an underneath route and receive the hand off from TJ Devery. From there Tony Francis literally ran over the Easts fullback to slam the ball down over the line ten metres in from the right corner post.

Whilst he cannot be put down for a try assist Tony Francis was involved in Will Evans 50 minute try all be it in a unique way. On his inside, Cameron Brown identified that there was space to the right and threw a long cut out pass. The ball was not going to reach Tony Francis on the full so in an effort to retain possession Tony Francis tried to trap the ball with his left foot, but instead to stopping the ball dead, the ball spun of his foot to the left and directly into the path of Will Evans who picked up the ball ten metres out and was able to dive over between defenders to score near the right corner.

In the 29th Tony Francis highlighted his explosiveness when he took the tap kick from a Burleigh twenty metre restart, bursting twelve metres downfield with three Easts forwards trying to drag him to the ground.

Tony Francis showed his wide ranging skill set in the 64th minute with a run that started near the left wing and finished on the opposite side of the field. Initially when he received the ball Tony Francis was forty metres out and hemmed in on three sides, Tony Francis pulled back and cut back towards the centre of the field twice, when he was confronted a third time Tony Francis exquisitely put in a left foot chip that he followed through a retrieved on the first bounce before offloading to his left.

Whilst his effort did not produce a try or line break it was just a little window to how much skill this young man has.

Tony Francis produced a more traditional run in the 76th minute when after dummying to his right, Tony Francis put the ball under his arm on the halfway mark and after getting on the outside of his direct opponent made fifteen metres of valuable ground.

Tony Francis made a statement defensively in the 34th minute when he along with TJ Devery made a heavy driving tackle in the East forward unlucky enough to run the ball towards them from a Burleigh kick-off. Tony Francis added to his defensive credentials in the 42nd minute when he made the correct decision to come out of the line when he was facing an overlap to smash the Easts halfback just as he was about to pass to his right and spring the overlap.

The 77th minute saw Tony Francis continue to be strong defensively when a great one on one wrapping tackle on the East left centre nullified a promising Tigers attacking raid.

Tony Francis also started at right centre in the Round Two local derby against the Tweed heads Seagulls and in the 16th minute with Burleigh under pressure, took some of that pressure off coming infield to take a hit-out of his own twenty metre area, with the ten metres that Tony Francis made all hard metres.

Tony Francis made additional hard earned ground in the 25th minute when he broke two tackles on the way to making ten metres down the right side of the field.

Tony Francis moved to left centre for Round Three against the Western Mustangs, scoring in the second half in Burleigh’s thirty point victory. Toby Francis moved into dummy half in the 66th minute five metres out from the try line and five metres in from the left touchline. After picking up the ball Tony Francis ran to his left, down the short blind side and powered his way over in the left corner.

After missing Round Four due to playing for the Titans U19 side, Tony Francis was named to start Round Five against the Northern Pride at left centre however he was a late scratching from the match.

Round Six against the Townsville Blackhawks saw Tony Francis return to the Burleigh side at left centre and he was at his destructive best in the 20th minute with a hard fought eleven metre run to get to forty metres out from his own line, with the majority of the metres that he made being post contact.

Tony Francis made an even better run in the 39th minute when he burst thirty two metres down the left touchline, leaving a number of defenders in his wake and then in the 49th minute Tony Francis made another hard fought twelve metres to the forty metre mark after taking a hit-up to the left of the dummy half.

Tony Francis came desperately close to scoring in the 57th minute after getting down low and running out of dummy half to his left from close range. Somehow the Townsville stopped his centremetres short of the left near the left corner.

After missing a number of weeks, Tony Francis was back at left centre for Round Nine against the Mackay Cutters and was the Bears sole try scorer in their loss. The match saw Tony Francis score Burleigh’s only try of the match in the 41st minute when after receiving the ball twelve metres from the line, he got on the outside of his direct opponent to get the ball down five metres in from the left corner post.

Tony Francis started the previously postponed Round Ten match against Wynnum Manly on the wing.

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The 2021 season to date for Henry Lee:

In June 2021 Henry Lee 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.

Henry Lee started at right second row for the 2021 Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup side for their Round One match against the Wests Tigers at Ballina and also started at right second row in Round Two against local rivals the North Coast Bulldogs at Nambucca Heads.

Henry Lee also started at right second row in Round Three against the Greater Northern Tigers and made a strong run of a penalty restart early in the second half when he came off the long run to charge into the Greater Northern Tigers set defensive line.

Just minutes later Henry Lee produced a smart piece of play from the Northern Rivers Titans kick-off from Jye Davis’s try. Henry Lee was starting on the left sideline just in front of the goal line. With the kick off coming his way, Henry Lee ensured that his left foot was in touch and then took the kick on the full to get a penalty for the Northern Rivers Titans back on the halfway.

Henry Lee moved to the front row for Round Four at Lismore against the Central Coast Roosters and as usual threw his weight around in both attack and defence. One instance stood out in the match when in the 54th minute, Henry lee came flying out of the line looking for a big hit, the Central Coast Roosters forward had a look at the flying Henry Lee and dropped the ball cold.

Henry Lee was back at right second row in the physical Round Five encounter against the Newcastle Knights and made his presence felt in just the 15th minute with a strong twenty metre charge through centre field.

Henry Lee did not let the halftime break slow him down when he flew onto the ball from the second half kick-off return. Henry Lee’s hard running paid off in the 56th minute when he charged straight onto a pass five metres from the Knights line to crash over. Henry Lee was then on hand again to take a strong hit-up from the kick-off over his try.

At the 2021 Northern Rivers Titans Awards Night, Henry Lee was presented with the 2021 U18 Laurie Daley Cup Player’s Player Award.

Post the 2021 U18 Laurie Daley Cup competition, Henry Lee was back playing for Marist Brothers Rams Lismore in the NRRRL competition, starting at five eight in Round One of the 2021 NRRRL U18 competition against Northern United.

In the Round One match, Henry Lee made a good fist of playing five eight whilst operating on the left side of the field. Henry Lee played primarily as a running five eight and in the 11th minute charged thirty five metres down the left touchline before being brought to ground just five metres away from the try line.

Henry Lee made another strong run in the 19th minute made a sixteen metres run before being able to off-load the ball. The 29th minute saw Henry Lee make another line break of thirty five metres once again down the left touchline after the line break came after he had dummied to his left.

Henry Lee moved to lock for Round Two of the 2021 NRRRL U18 competition as the Rams took on Casino RSM and was also effective, including a strong thirty five metre run down the right touchline in the first half before he was brought down by a copy book low tackle by the Casino RSM fullback.

After missing Round Three, Henry Lee started in the second row in Round Four against the Ballina Seagulls. Henry Lee then missed a further couple of weeks before coming back into the Rams side for Round Eight against the Murwillumbah Mustangs at right second row. In the 42nd minute of the Round Eight match, Henry Lee scored the Rams opening try of the match when from eight metres out Henry Lee was put into a gap by Jye Davis who whilst operating on the right popped a good short ball to his right from eight metres out to put into the gap and over the line.

Henry Lee continued at right second row in Round Ten against the Bilambil Jets with Henry Lee scoring a double. Henry Lee scored his first try in the 38th minute when he ran a straight crash line from ten metres out down a right blindside after Jye Davis had cut from the openside back to the right blindside.

Henry Lee added his second try in the 60th minute when he received the ball twelve metres from the line, palming off one with his left arm before diving over in the right corner.

Round Twelve against Casino RSM saw Henry Lee start at right centre.

In Round One of the NRRRL First Grade competition Henry Lee started from the bench against Northern United, after starting at five eight in the U18 match earlier in the day.

Henry Lee also came off the bench in Round Two of the NRRRL First Grade competition against Casino RSM after starting at lock in the U18 match against the same opponent earlier in the day.

In late March 2021 Henry Lee was part of Diocesan of Lismore Opens Squad that attended the Northern Country Catholic Colleges Rugby League Selection Trial that were held at Smithtown.

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The 2021 season to date for Haizyn Mellars.

Haizyn Mellars started on the left wing for the Nerang Roosters in Round One of the 2021 Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One competition as they take on the Burleigh Bears and was one of the Roosters try scorers in their impressive first up victory.

Haizyn Mellars also started on the left wing in Round Two against the Currumbin Eagles and scored for the second match in a row when in the 49th minute when he ran over the top of the Currumbin fullback to get the ball down in the left corner after initially receiving the ball ten metres out down a short left blindside.

Haizyn Mellars could have scored a second try just minutes later when good work from Jeremaiah Tamepo saw Haizyn Mellars set to race away down the left touchline but unfortunately he could not reign the ball in.

Haizyn Mellars also made a 6th minute line break when he burst twenty five metres down the left touchline after being put away by Jeremaiah Tamepo. Haizyn Mellars made another line break in the 30th minute when he burst fifteen metres down the left touchline before being tackled ten metres out and was awarded a penalty for being subject to a lifting tackle.

Haizyn Mellars produced a smart piece of play in the 20th minute when he took an attacking kick on the full on the last tackle near the left touchline and immediately was able to pass the ball on the inside before he was taken into touch.

It was not just in an attacking sense that Haizyn Mellars was good in the air as was evidenced in the 22nd minute when he leapt high in his in-goal in defuse a bomb under pressure and then Haizyn Mellars wasted no time in racing the ball back to the twenty metre mark for the restart and was able to make eight metres as a result.

Haizyn Mellars took the ball on the full once again from a defensive perspective again in the 42nd minute, on that occasion however just out from his own line and then Haizyn Mellars fought his way eighteen metres downfield to get in the ball to near the hallway and was subsequently awarded a penalty when he was not afforded the opportunity to get to his feet quickly.

Haizyn Mellars was also strong defensively in the match including in the 18th minute when he came off his left wing to hit the Currumbin right centre just ten metres out when he was facing a two man overlap. Impressively Haizyn Mellars then raced back from marker to help hold up the Currumbin right second rower over the line.

Haizyn Mellars added a strong ball and all tackle in the 21st minute on his opposite number of Currumbin threatening ten metres out from the line.

After missing Round Three, Haizyn Mellars made the most of his return to the right wing in Round Four scoring a double as Nerang defeated the Ormeau Shearers 30 – 14. Haizyn Mellars also started on the left wing in Round Six against the Helensvale Hornets as well as in Round Nine against the Currumbin Eagles.

Haizyn Mellars continued on the left wing in Round Ten against the Burleigh Bears making a strong line break of thirty metres through the centre of the ruck in the 14th minute.

Prior to the start of the GCRL U18 Division One competition, Haizyn Mellars started on the left wing for the Wynnum Manly Seagulls in the 2021 MM Cup competition. Haizyn Mellars started all seven of the Seagulls matches, including their 40 – 18 semi-final loss to Queensland Champions, the Tweed Heads Seagulls.

Easing the hurt of the loss a touch was the fact that Haizyn Mellars scored the opening try of the match, in the 7th minute when he was on the end of a Wynnum Manly backline movement that saw him dive over in the left corner.

In total from his seven 2021 MM Cup matches, Haizyn Mellars scored on six occasions to finish with a strike rate of 85.71%. In addition to his semi-final try, Haizyn Mellars scored a double in Round Two against the Redcliffe Dolphins and also scored against Redcliffe in Round Five.

In the 2021 MM Cup season Haizyn Mellars also scored twice against the Easts Tigers with those matches being in Rounds Three and Six.

2021 also saw Haizyn Mellars play school boy rugby league for Marsden State High School in the Langer Cup Reserve Grade competition and he had a particularly good match in Round Three against Wavell State High School.

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The 2021 season to date for Tahrell Feaveai :

In 2021 Tahrell Feaveai was part of the Norths Devils MM Cup squad and started Round One of the competition against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls off the bench, coming on in the 21st minute of the match to play in the middle of the field.

Some of Tahrell Feaveai’s charges in the Round One match were simply outstanding (and fearsome) including one burst in the first half where Tahrell Feaveai charged onto the ball, knocking the initial Seagulls defender backwards, then bouncing to his left and making a further ten metres, certainly more than 50% of Tahrell Feaveai’s metres in that run alone were definitely post contact.

Tahrell Feaveai almost found himself on the Devils try scoring list when in the 32nd minute, he ran a straight crash line to the right of the play the ball from just three metres out. Tahrell Feaveai actually got over the line but could not get the ball down before being forced back into the field of play by the Wynnum Manly defence.

Tahrell Feaveai continued his strong match with a strong first hit-up off Wynnum Manly’s kick-off to get the second half underway. Even against a straight defensive line coming towards him, Tahrell Feaveai was still able to get the ball out over the twenty metre mark to get Norths onto the front foot to start the second half in decent field position.

Tahrell Feaveai moved into the Devils starting side at lock in Round Two against the Easts Tigers, scoring early in the first half of Norths big win. Tahrell Feaveai scored when he charged onto a pass (offload) from his left around three metres out and caught the defenders totally unaware due to the speed that he ran onto the ball. Tahrell Feaveai got the ball down mid-way between the corner posts and uprights on the left side of the field, with three Tigers defenders trying in vain to stop Tahrell Feaveai from scoring.

Tahrell Feaveai scored once again in Round Three against the Redcliffe Dolphins after starting the match in the front row with his try coming in the second half, in the 56th minute of the match to be precise.

Once again Tahrell Feaveai charged onto the ball taking the ball twenty metres out and flew through a gap before easily rounding the Dolphins fullback by veering to his right and score under the posts. As was the case against the Tigers, it was the speed of his run that meant Tahrell Feaveai was able to break the back of the defence that was arrayed against him.

In addition to his try, Tahrell Feaveai proved to be devastating running with the ball especially in terms of restarts whether the restarts related to Redcliffe kick-offs or goal line drop outs, of which there was a few of both.

Tahrell Feaveai also started in the front row in Round Four against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls and in Round Five against the Easts Tigers.

Round Six being the final regular season round of the 2021 MM Cup competition saw Tahrell Feaveai line up in the front row against Redcliffe.

In May 2021 Tahrell Feaveai was part of the Met North QSSRL school boy representative side and started their Day One match in the front row against South Coast.

Tahrell Feaveai had a solid opening match of the Championships starting with a strong run in the 7th minute when he cut back underneath his five eight making twenty metres to get the ball to near the halfway mark. Tahrell Feaveai also produced another strong run in the 9th minute, getting the ball into South Coast territory with an eleven metre effort.

Tahrell Feaveai also started in the front row on Day Two as Met North took on South Coast Maroon and had strong runs including in the 33rd minute when a sixteen metres charge from Tahrell Feaveai was only shut down by the South Coast Maroon defence less than ten metres from the try line.

Tahrell Feaveai also started in the front row in the Championship Final against South Coast with one of his best charges coming in the 35th minute when he burst through the South Coast defence to get to thirty metres out from the line after an eighteen metre charge.

In 2021 Tahrell Feaveai was part of the Wavell State High School Langer Cup squad once again starting Round One in the front row agaisnt St Mary’s College Toowoomba.

Tahrell Feaveai dropped back to the bench for Round Two against Coombabah State High School and was one of Wavell’s try scorers in their big win. In the 32nd minute Tahrell Feaveai was hit by the Coombabah SHS defence as soon as he received the ball thirteen metres out from the line, but kept fighting including a period when Tahrell Feaveai was spun around with his back to the try line and kept dragging three defenders towards the line before breaking free and crashing over between two more defenders mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.

Tahrell Feaveai also started from the bench in Round Three against Marsden State High School but was back in the starting side in the front row for Round Four against Mabel Park State High School and Round Five against Ipswich State High School. Tahrell Feaveai then moved to lock for the Round Six match against Keebra Park State High School.

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The 2021 season to date for Tyrell Waka-Rhind.

The solidly built, lightning quick young dummy half made his first appearance in a Titans jersey for the Titans U17 side that played their annual match against the Newcastle Knights in Coffs Harbour in January 2021.

Tyrell Waka-Rhind started the match from the bench and was one of the Titans try scorers, with the Titans U17’s emerging impressive 32 – 20 victors (no conversions were taken in the match) in hot, slippery and steamy conditions.

To be fair, the Titans final winning margin certainly flattered the Knights, with the Titans, including Tyrell Waka-Rhind being far too good with the gulf in class between the two teams being a lot wider that the final score appeared to indicate.

When he came on mid-way through the first half Tyrell Waka-Rhind operated in the dummy half role for the Titans, as he also did in his second half stint on the field. Tyrell Waka-Rhind scored for the Titans towards the end of the first half.

Tyrell Waka-Rhind moved into acting half less than a metre out from the Knights line. When he took control of the ball, Tyrell Waka-Rhind darted to his right then spun 360 degrees clockwise to generate space and a consequent gap that Tyrell Waka-Rhind used to dive over to score adjacent to the right upright.

Tyrell Waka-Rhind almost scored a second try just minutes later, when once again he darted out of dummy half to the right of the play the ball from less than a metre out. That time however Tyrell Waka-Rhind was stopped just centremetres away from the line on the final tackle.

It was not just in attack where Tyrell Waka-Rhind impressed in the match, he was also more than effective defensively in the Knights match. Early in the second half Tyrell Waka-Rhind hit the Knights left second rower front on, driving forward with his left shoulder, with the initial contact lifting the second rower off his feet, with Tyrell Waka-Rhind then driving him hard into the ground for a two metre loss of ground from the point of initial contact for his much bigger Knights opponent.

In June 2021 Tyrell Waka-Rhind was part of a Titans U17 side that played a Titans Northern Rivers U18 squad at Cbus Stadium as a curtain raiser to the Titans Round Fourteen NRL match against the Sydney Roosters.

In 2021 Tyrell Waka-Rhind was part of the Norths Devils MM Cup squad and started Round One from the bench (he had been named earlier in the week to start the match at hooker) as the Devils took on Wynnum Manly. When Tyrell Waka-Rhind came on in the 19th minute he slotted into the dummy half role for the Devils. In his second stint on the field in the second half, Tyrell Waka-Rhind also operated out of dummy half.

In the 31st minute Tyrell Waka-Rhind almost got on the Norths try scoring list when he darted out of dummy half to his right from three metres out but was held up after the Seagulls defence turned Tyrell Waka-Rhind onto his back to prevent him from getting the ball down.

Round Two saw Tyrell Waka-Rhind initially named to start from the interchange bench against the Easts Tigers, but on the day of the game Tyrell Waka-Rhind moved into the starting side and scored the Devils final try of the match in the dying minutes, the 68th minute to be exact in a 42 – 20 Devils victory when he darted over from close range after darting out of dummy half.

Tyrell Waka-Rhind also started at hooker for Norths in Round Three against the Redcliffe Dolphins and in Round Four against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls as well as in Round Five against the Easts Tigers when he scored in the opening minutes of the Devils 26 all draw.

Round Six being the final regular season round of the 2021 MM Cup competition saw Tyrell Waka-Rhind line up at hooker and score in the 59th minute against Redcliffe.

In May 2021 Tyrell Waka-Rhind represented Met North at the QSSRL Open school boy Championships as captain and started their Day One match against South Coast at hooker.

2021 also saw Tyrell Waka-Rhind line up for Wavell State High School in the South East Queensland School Boy Langer Cup competition with Tyrell Waka-Rhind representing Wavell at the 2021 Langer Cup launch.

Tyrell Waka-Rhind also started at hooker on Day Two as Met North took on South Coast Maroon and scored in the 6th minute when he ran out of dummy half to his right from within two metres of the line. As soon as he felt contact, Tyrell Waka-Rhind spun clockwise and was able to reach out with right hand to get the ball down under heavy pressure.

Tyrell Waka-Rhind scored once again on Day Three against Northern, scoring under the posts late in the second half after he ran out of dummy half to his left, burrowing over from two metres out.

Tyrell Waka-Rhind also started at hooker in the Championship Final against the South Coast making a typical dart out of dummy half to his left in the 12th minute, a run which made twelve metres.

In 2021 Tyrell Waka-Rhind was part of the Wavell State High School Langer Cup squad once again starting Round One at hooker against St Mary’s College Toowoomba.

Tyrell Waka-Rhind also started at hooker in Round Two against Coombabah State High School and was one of Wavell’s try scorers in Wavell SHS’s big win when in the 13th minute Tyrell Waka-Rhind raced out of dummy half to the right of the play the ball to burrow over from eight metres to get the ball down on the left side of the field.

Tyrell Waka-Rhind also started at hooker in Round Three against Marsden State High School as well as in Round Four against Mabel Park State High School and Round Five against Ipswich State High School as well as in Round Six match against Keebra Park State High School.

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The 2021 season to date for Titans contracted Darius Farmer:

Darius Farmer’s first 2021 hit-out came in mid-February when he started in the front row for the Titans in their first trial against the Burleigh Bears. Darius Farmer actually crossed the line in the early going in the match but his try was called back for an obstruction as he was adjudged to have run behind a team mate in the lead up.

Over the course of the match Darius Farmer highlighted his strength including when in the 11th minute he held and then forced back Burleigh front rower Luke Page when it looked likely Page would score from close range. Darius Farmer was also heavily involved defensively including flattening Burleigh half Guy Hamilton with a rib rattling hit early in the match.

Round Eight of the 2021 NRL competition saw Darius Farmer named on the Titans extended bench for their match against the Brisbane Bronco’s and Darius Farmer was also named on the Titans NRL extended bench for Round Thirteen against the Melbourne Storm.

After multiple seasons with the Burleigh Bears, Darius Farmer moved to the Tweed Heads Seagulls when the Titans allocated their players to their Gold Coast based feeder clubs with Darius Farmer part of the Seagulls Seconds squad for their final Queensland Cup trial against local rivals, being the Burleigh Bears with Darius Farmer starting in the front row and producing some huge hits in defence in his time on the field.

Darius Farmer made his Queensland Cup debut for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in Round One of the 2021 season when he started on the bench for the Seagulls against the Central Queensland Capra’s.

Even though he was only in the field for thirty minutes of the match, Darius Farmer certainly made his presence felt running for seventy four metres (twenty seven post contact), broke one tackle, played the ball at an average speed for 3.45 seconds and had a 100% tackling efficiency whilst making eight tackles.

Darius Farmer also was set to come off the bench in Round Two against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls however Covid protocols were initiated and Darius Farmer had to withdraw from the side.

Darius Farmer was back coming off the bench for Tweed Heads in Round Three against the Souths Logan Magpies and recorded his first career Queensland Cup try in the 70th minute when he ran a straight crash line from three metres out. After contacting the defence, Darius Farmer spun counter clockwise to twist his way over next to the right upright.

Whilst Darius Farmer only played the final twenty nine minutes of the match, he certainly made the most of each minute, running for ninety eight metres (thirty nine post contact), made a line break, broke a team leading six tackles and made ten tackles of his own.

Darius Farmer continued operating from the bench in Round Four against the Burleigh Bears in this match playing seventeen minutes. In that time Darius Farmer ran for thirty nine metres (ten post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 4.07 seconds and made eight tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.

Darius Farmer started once again from the bench in Round Five against the Redcliffe Dolphins, playing thirty nine minutes, running for eighty two metres (forty two post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.85 seconds and made twenty three tackles at a tackling efficiency of 88.46%.

Darius Farmer also was named to start from the bench in Round Six against the Ipswich Jets however he in fact started the match at lock, playing twenty two minutes. In that time Darius Farmer ran for thirty seven metres (eleven post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 4.43 seconds and made eleven tackles at a tackling efficiency of 91.67%.

Darius Farmer was also named to start from the bench in Round Seven against the Northern Pride, however once again he started the match at lock, playing thirty three minutes, running for ninety five metres (forty two post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.67 seconds and made fourteen tackles.

Darius Farmer moved into the Tweed Heads starting side in Round Eight against the Easts Tigers, starting the match in the front row and playing forty minutes as well as scoring one of the Seagulls tries in their big win.

Darius Farmer scored in the 41st minute when he charged onto the ball to the right of the play the ball just two metres from the line, bursting through two tackles to get the ball down next to the left upright.

Darius Farmer was heavily involved in Tremain Spry’s second try of the match which came in the second half. With Easts running the ball, Darius Farmer smashed the Tigers halfback front on with the ball immediately coming loose, Joseph Vuna swooped on the ball, running around forty metres before getting away on overhead pass to his right to an unmarked Tremain Spry who easily scored under the posts.

In addition to his try, Darius Farmer ran for ninety one metres (thirty post contact), broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.54 seconds and made nine tackles at a 90% tackling efficiency.

Round Nine against the Norths Devils once again saw Darius Farmer line up in the front row. Playing thirty four minutes, Darius Farmer ran for eighty six metres (thirty eight post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 2.75 seconds and made twenty six tackles at a tackling efficiency of 92.86%.

Darius Farmer also came off the bench in Round Ten against the Mackay Cutters playing twenty five minutes. In that time Darius Farmer ran for sixty nine metres (twenty four post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.07 seconds and made twelve tackles at a tackling efficiency of 92.31%.

After being released from the NRL bubble, Darius Farmer came off the bench in Round Fourteen against the Sunshine Coast Falcons. In his thirty one minutes on the field, Darius Farmer ran for eighty one metres (twenty post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 4.34 seconds and made fifteen tackles at a tackling efficiency of 93.75%.

Darius Farmer continued off the bench in the previously postponed Round Twelve against the Souths Logan Magpies to paly twenty three minutes. In those minutes, Darius Farmer ran for thirty four metres (seven post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 4.57 seconds and made eleven tackles.

Darius Farmer also started from the bench in Round Fifteen against the Central Queensland Capra’s.

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The 2021 season to date for Titans contracted Jayden Wright:

Jayden Wright started the 2021 season as part of the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup squad, playing Rounds One and Two against Ipswich and Souths Logan respectively at right second row.

In Round Three against Burleigh, Jayden Wright also started at right second row, scoring a double in the Seagulls victory. Jayden Wright’s first try came in the opening minute of the match when he was on hand to force the ball in the in-goal after Burleigh had failed to defuse a kick to his side of the field. Jayden Wright’s second try of the match was a result of him running through a gap and getting a pass from Riley Lack in the 12th minute from fourteen metres out to score ten metres from the left corner.

After dropping back to the bench for Round Four and Five against Ipswich and Souths Logan respectively, Jayden Wright then started Round Six at right second row once again.

Jayden Wright then came off the bench in both the 2021 MM Cup semi-final against Wynnum Manly and the MM Cup Grand Final against the Townsville.

Jayden Wright also scored in a 2021 MM Cup trial against Burleigh when he scored in the opening minutes of the match from the left second row position when he ran into a gap, receiving a good ball from Keano Kini to score from ten metres out, getting the ball down five metres in from the left corner post.

2021 also saw Jayden Wright represent South Coast at the QSSRL U18 School Boy Championships and post those Championships, Jayden Wright was named on the bench in the 2021 QSSRL U18 School Boy Merit Team.

After starting Round One of the 2021 Langer Cup school boy competition at lock for PBC against Ipswich State High School, Jayden Wright started Rounds Two and Three against St Mary’s College Toowoomba and Coombabah State High School respectively from the bench, coming into the right second row position when he came on.

Jayden Wright was named to continue on the bench in the Round Four blockbuster against Marsden State High School however Jayden Wright started the match at right second row.

Jayden Wright moved to lock for the much anticipated Round Five local derby against Keebra Park State High School and came close to scoring on a number of occasions in the first half.

Jayden Wright continued at lock in Round Six against Mabel Park State high School and had a big match particularly in defence with a couple of heavy hits including a huge hit in the first half just as the Mabel Park SHS five eight was off-loading the ball. Jayden Wright hit him with a great tackle knocking the five eight a couple of metres backwards after he was hit by Jayden Wright directly under his right rib cage.

In 2021 Jayden Wright played for the Currumbin Eagles in the GCRL U18 Division One competition, starting all of the matches that he played in at right second row.

Jayden Wright’s opening try of the 2021 GCRL U18 Division One season came in Round Six against Runaway Bay when in the 13th minute, Jayden Wright followed through a Travis May chip taking the ball above his head in his right hand and then dragged the Seagulls fullback over the line to get the ball down in the right corner.

Jayden Wright scored his second try of the season in Round Seven against the Burleigh Bears in the 47th minute when he chased through a grubber kick, diving on the ball close to the dead ball line.

Jayden Wright continued at right second row in Round Nine against the Nerang Roosters and scored a double in the Eagles impressive victory.

Jayden Wright then continued at right second row in Round Ten against the Helensvale Hornets, scoring a double in the Eagles big 44 – 6 win. Jayden Wright scored his first try in the 7th minute when he was on hand to pick up a kick over the defensive line and after picking up the ball twenty five metres out, Jayden Wright burst down the right touchline to dive over in the corner.

Jayden Wright completed his double in the 55th minute when he burst onto the ball down the right channel thirty metres from the line and was just too fast and powerful for the Hornets defence to score ten metres in from the right corner post.

Jayden Wright made his Gold Coast Rugby League U20 debut for Currumbin in Round Seven when he started at right second row against the Burleigh Bears.

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The 2021 season to date for Sione Fotuaika:

In January 2021 Sione Fotuaika started from the bench for the Titans U19 side in their annual match at Coffs Harbour against the Newcastle Knights and worked hard both in attack and defence in his stints on the field in the Titans 40 – 6 victory.

It appears that Sione Fotuaika was spent a lot of the offseason in the gym as he looks bigger and stronger than he did in 2021 and he used that additional size and strength well throughout the match including late in the match when from around twelve metres out, the Knights defence was barely able to prevent him from scoring, finally holding him up just a metre away from the line.

Another aspect of the Sione Fotuaika’s game that was impressive was the speed of his play the ball, with that speed translating into momentum for the Titans. Impressively in the 30th minute of the first half, Sione Fotuaika won a penalty for the Titans when he was just too quick for the Knights defenders who had no choice but to give away a penalty for holding Sione Fotuaika down with their defensive line still back peddling.

A week after the match against the Newcastle Knights Sione Fotuaika once again lined up for the Titans U19’s as they took on a Burleigh Hastings Deering’s Colts squad with the Titans winning 32 – 20 with no conversions attempted with Sione Fotuaika starting the match on the bench, coming on at half time and playing the entire second half in the front row.

In 2021 Sione Fotuaika was also part of the Souths Logan Magpies MM Cup squad and started the Magpies final MM Cup trial in the front row against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.

Sione Fotuaika had the privilege of taking the hit-up off the kick off producing a strong charge before being brought down Tweed Heads Seagulls and fellow Titans contracted forwards Ryan Foran and Jack Cullen.

Sione Fotuaika continued to make his presence felt just minutes later when he smashed Seagulls half Thomas Weaver who had looked to run the ball down a short blindside. Sione Fotuaika’s hit had his fellow Titans contracted player on his haunches for a few minutes.

Sione Fotuaika also produced another strong charge from the kick-off after Souths Logan’s one and only try of the match in the opening minutes and then produced another strong first quarter charge making twelve metres before being rested until coming back on in the final quarter.

In Round One of the 2021 MM Cup competition, Sione Fotuaika started in the front row against the Burleigh Bears making his presence felt in the match on just the second hit after Burleigh had kicked off with Sione Fotuaika charging ten metres downfield. Sione Fotuaika made a further ten metres in the 9th metre with another straight charge into the heart of the Burleigh forward pack.

In the 52nd minute, Sione Fotuaika once again gained an impressive amount of ground before off-loading to his left to fellow Titan EJ Finau to gain an additional twenty metres from inside their own territory.

Round Two against the Tweed Heads Seagulls saw Sione Fotuaika move to the bench and he also started from the bench in Round Three against the Ipswich Jets.

Round Four against the Burleigh Bears saw Sione Fotuaika move back to the Magpies extended bench for their match against the Burleigh Bears and for Round Five against the Tweed Heads Seagulls.

In late May 2021 Sione Fotuaika was part of the Met East QSSRL Open School Boy representative side and started in the front row in their Day One match against Sunshine Coast with the strong front rower scoring an easy try in the 38th minute when he put the ball down under the posts after a great pass from his hooker to stroll over from close range.

Sione Fotuaika was part of the Marsden State High School Rugby League Excellence Program in 2021, and came into the Marsden SHS side for Round Three against Wavell State High School, coming off the bench and working hard, including in the 43rd minute with a strong run over the halfway mark and then Sione Fotauika was able to off-load with his right arm to Braden Teilua.

Sione Fotuaika started Round One of the Langer Cup Reserve Grade Competition in the front row against Keebra Park and scored an outstanding solo try in the 42nd minute. Sione Fotuaika received the ball to the left of the play the ball, twelve metres out from the line initially skipping to his left, before engaging the defensive line. Sione Fotuaika shrugged off the first defender who engaged him before cutting back to his right, breaking five tackles to force his way over under the posts.

Sione Fotuaika also started in the front row in Round Two against Ipswich State High School and then started from the bench in the Round Four blockbuster against PBC State High School coming into the match at around the twenty minute mark to operate in the front row.

Sione Fotuaika once again started from the bench in Round Five against Mabel Park State High School before weight of performances led to his elevation to the starting line-up in the front row against Coombabah State High School.

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The 2021 season to date for Titans contracted Dominique Sandow:

In June 2021 Dominique Sandow started at fullback for a Titans U17 side that played a Titans Northern Rivers U18 squad at Cbus Stadium as a curtain raiser to the Titans Round Fourteen NRL match against the Sydney Roosters.

Dominique Sandow was part of the South Logan Magpies U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad in 2021, starting their trial against Wynnum Manly at Capalaba on the wing before moving to fullback in the second half in a match that the Magpies won six tries to one.
After missing Round One of the 2021 Cyril Connell Cup competition, Dominic Sandow was named to start from the bench in Round Two against the Ipswich Jets however was a late scratching from the final Magpies seventeen.
Dominique Sandow was named to start Round Five against the Tweed Heads Seagulls on the wing.

In late May 2021 Dominique Sandow was part of the Met East QSSRL Open School Boy representative side and started at fullback in their Day One match against Sunshine Coast.

On Day Three of the Championships Dominique Sandow started at five eight (he was wearing jersey 1) for Met East against Met West. Dominique Sandow wasted no time making a contribution when he did some good work on the left to put his left winger into space with the winger able to score out wide.

Dominique Sandow was at it again in the second half when he backed up a break through centre field and after he received the ball he drew the fullback and passed to his right to his support.

The Day Four fifth place play-off match against South Coast saw Dominique Sandow start at five eight and operating on the left side of the field where he teamed up well with fellow Titan William Semu.

2021 also saw Dominique Sandow move to the Titans partnered and highly successful Marsden State High School where he immediately started training with the Opens squad in preparation for the 2021 GIO and Langer Cup elite school boy competitions.
Round One of the 2021 Langer Cup School Boy Rugby League competition saw Dominique Sandow start at five eight against Keebra Park and then he moved to fullback for Round Two against Ipswich State High School and recorded a first half try assist.

In the 7th minute, Dominique Sandow followed a break from William Semu receiving a pass from the left centre on the inside, before cutting back towards the left touchline and passing to an unmarked left winger to dive over in the left corner.

Dominique Sandow then came off the bench in the Round Four blockbuster against PBC State High School but moved into the Marsden SHS side at fullback in Round Five against Mabel Park State High School and came close to scoring in the first half but he was dragged down just short of the line.

Dominique Sandow started Round Three of the Langer Cup Reserve Grade competition at five eight against Wavell State High School and was heavily involved throughout the match including a first half try assist when he put left winger Shane Rapson over in the corner.

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The 2021 season to date for Kobie Mackey-Taylor:

In 2021 Kobie Mackey-Taylor was part of the Easts Tigers U18 Mal Meninga squad and started on the bench in their 26 – 12 trial victory over the Ipswich Jets. Kobie Mackey-Taylor was also involved in the Tigers Round Six MM Cup match.

In February 2021 Kobie Mackey-Taylor took part in the South Coast Open school boy trials and was named in the centres in the South Coast Maroon Open school boy side as a result of his trial performances.

Kobie Mackay-Taylor started South Coast Maroon’s Day One match at left centre and contibued at left centre on Day Three against Darling Downs producing a good effort in the opening minutes to chase back and tackle a run away Darling Downs outside back who had intercepoted a South Coast Maroons pass from right on his own goal line.

Kobie Mackay-Taylor also produced another outstanding tackle midway through the first half when he came across towards the left corner to force an errant pass from the opposing right centre.

The Day Four fifth place play-off match against Met East saw Kobie Mackay-Taylor also start at left centre and he recorded an early match line break and try assistssist when he was able to run forty five metres down the left winger before throwing a long pass to his inside which, after bouncing was picked up bu Jarde Johnson to dive over under the posts.

In Round One of the Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One competition Kobie Mackay-Taylor started at left centre for Runaway Bay as they took on the Mudgeeraba Redbacks.

Kobie Mackay-Taylor literally could not have gotten into the match any earlier making the first tackle of the match after Runaway Bay had kicked off and then when Runaway Bay received the abl lfor the first time, Kobie Mackay-Taylor took the first hit-up after the Seagulls fullback had fallen on the ball from a Mudgeeraba kick and then took the 4th hit-up in the same set of six.

In the 31st minute Kobie Mackay-Talyor set up a try for his left winger when after he had made a thirty metre break down the left touchline, Kobie Mackay-Taylor threw a great one armed pass (left arm) back inside to his winger who raced fifty metres to score.

The 53rd minute of the match showed that Kobie Mackay-Taylor will also do the hard work in the centre of the field when he took the tap restart after Runaway Bay were awarded a penalty. Kobie Mackay-Taylor was able to progress the ball seventeen metres downfield.

Kobie Mackay-Taylor also started at left centre in Round Two against the Southport Tigers making a line break in just the 4th minute of the match when from a scrum on the halfway mark he made eighteen metres down the left side of the field.

Kobie Mackay-Taylor made a further line break in the 44th minute when he raced off his own line to take an intercept just five metres out with Kobie Mackay-Taylor racing seventy five metres before he was dragged down from behind.

After missing Round Three due to his school boy representative commitments with South Coast, Kobie Mackay-Taylor was named on the bench for Round Four against the Helensvale Hornets.

Round Five saw Kobie Mackay-Taylor start at left centre against Burleigh producing a strong performance in the Seagulls tough loss including scoring two tries and a try assist in the 53rd minute that locked the scores up at 18 all.

Kobie Mackay-Taylor scored his first try in the 47th minute when he dived over in the left corner after receiving a pass from the dummy half down a very skinny left blind side.

Kobie Mackay-Taylor added his second try in the final minute of the match when he followed through a two kicks with the ball bouncing up perfectly for Kobie Mackay-Taylor five metres from the try line for him to dive over adjacent to the left uprights.

In addition to his double, Kobie Mackay-Taylor set up a try in the 53rd minute when after receiving the ball on the left, he got outside of his direct opponent and as the Burleigh right winger came in, Kobie Mackay-Taylor produced an outstanding left arm flick pass to put Jack McKenzie over in the left corner.

Kobie Mackay-Taylor’s afternoon got off to a positive start in the 6th minute when he made a sixteen metre run to just over the halfway mark and did well to stay in the field of play after being tackled close to the left touchline. Then in the 19th minute Kobie Mackay-Taylor made a line break when after receiving the ball in centre field he ran to his left getting outside the Burleigh right sided defence and was able to make twenty two metres before being reeled in by the cover defence.

The 27th minute saw Kobie Mackay-Taylor once again take a strong hit-up making eleven metres to get the ball out of his own twenty metre area and then in the 51st minute when he made thirteen metres from right on his own try line.

Whilst he scored a double and set up another, Kobie Mackay-Taylor’s defence was even more impressive than his efforts in attack with the left centre making two try saving tackles. Kobie Mackay-Taylor’s first try saving tackle coming in the 21st minute when he brought down Burleigh right second rower Aston Bai when he looked certain to score.

Kobie Mackay-Taylor was at it again in the 55th minute when he brought down Aston Bai once again with a great tackle with the try line beckoning the Burleigh second rower.

Kobie Mackay-Taylor also produced a strong tackle in the 7th minute when defending from a scrum he raced up to hit the Burleigh right centre just after he had received the ball with Kobie Mackay-Taylor’s initial contact forcing the ball loose.

2021 also saw Kobie Mackay-Taylor line up once again for Coombabah State High School in the South East Queensland School Boy Langer Cup competition starting Round One at left centre against Mabel Park State High School.

Kobie Mackay-Taylor had a solid match against the Langer Cup newcomers including recording a try assist in the 8th minute when after making space for himself, Kobie Mackay-Taylor was able to draw in the Mable Park right side defence to give Filisi Frost the space to fly down the left touchline to score in the corner.

Kobie Mackay-Taylor also started at left centre in Coombabah SHS’s touch Round Two loss against Wavell State High School.

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The 2021 season to date for De’Ontae Perese:

Round One of the 2021 Langer Cup School Boy Rugby League competition saw De’Ontae Perese initially named to start at five eight for Keebra Park against Marsden State High School however on game day moved to right centre.

De’Ontae Perese then started at five eight in Round Three against Ipswich State High School, scoring in the 47th minute when De’ontae Perese received an off-load six metres from the line and put the ball down under the posts.

DeÓntae Perese then dropped back to the bench for Round Four against St Mary’s College Toowoomba playing in the right centre position when he came on.

De’Ontae Perese made the most of his opportunities in the match scoring one try and coming close to a second.

De’Ontae Perese’s try came in the 38th minute when from twelve metres out De’Ontae Perese darted out of dummy half down a short right blindside and was simply too quick for the St Mary’s defence to crash over ten metres in from the right corner.

As noted above De’Ontae Perese almost scored another try when he chased through a short grubber kick with the referee adjudging that he did not get the ball down cleanly.

De’Ontae Perese also produced a smart piece of play in the 50th minute with a great one on one strip deep inside his own territory from a St Mary’s scrum win.

The Round Five local derby against PBC saw De’Ontae Perese move back into the Keebra Park starting side at right centre and in the 33rd minute produced an exceptional right arm flick off-load to put Levi Jones over in the right corner to kick off Keebra Park’s stunning second half comeback.

De’Ontae Perese moved to start at five eight in Round Six against Wavell State High School.

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The 2021 season to date for Esmonde Parangi:

In Round One of the Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One competition Esmonde Parangi started at halfback for Runaway Bay as they took on the Mudgeeraba Redbacks, kicking four conversions and recording a try assist in the Seagulls 42 – 6 opening round victory.

Esmonde Parangi’s try assist did not come until the 66th minute but certainly as worth the wait. Esmonde Parangi initially broke the Redbacks line forty metres out by utilising a right foot step and then as the cover defence converged on him Esmonde Parangi threw an exquisite right arm flock pass around the back of a defender to put his right centre over in the corner.

In addition to his solid goal kicking, Esmonde Parangi’s tactical kicking was showcased during the match including a great 40/20 in the 13th minute of the match when he kicked down a short right blind side to put Runaway Bay back onto the attack.

Even though Runaway Bay ended up winning the match well they were under pressure early in the match with Esmonde Parangi being on hand twice to defuse a threat.

On the first occasion in the 22nd minute, Esmonde Parangi tracked back well to defuse a Mudgeeraba attacking kick in front of his own posts and then in the 23rd minute Esmonde Parangi produced a great covering tackle on the Mudgeeraba right centre who looked as if he would score comfortably.

Esmonde Parangi also started at halfback in Round Two against the Southport Tigers with his kicking game late in the late being a key reason why Runaway Bay was able to come away with a hard fought victory.

In the 45th minute, Esmonde Parangi put in a deft right foot chip to the right corner from thirty metres out with Southport being trapped in that corner and in the 47th minute Esmonde Parangi produced an inside pass to a support runner before receiving the ball back and grubbering through the line, forcing Southport to ground the ball in their own in-goal. Runaway Bay scored the match winning try from the subsequent set of six tackles.

Round Five saw Esmonde Parangi start at five eight against Burleigh in their tough one point loss. In addition to kicking a conversion, Esmonde Parangi also recorded a try assist and a great 40/20 in the first half.

Esmonde Parangi’s try assist arrived in the 12th minute when on the last tackle he put in a right foot stab kick from thirteen metres out into the in-goal. The Burleigh defenders made a mess of trying to defuse the kick and Seagulls winger Cody Brose took advantage of the confusion to dive on the ball.

Esmonde Parangi produced another outstanding right foot stab kick in the 46th minute, on that occasion from five metres out with Burleigh forced to take the ball dead and restart by way of a goal line drop out.

Esmonde Parangi kicked his outstanding 40/20 in the 15th minute when from an acute angle down a short right blindside just inside his own forty, Esmonde Parangi was able to find touch fourteen metres out from the line.

Esmonde Parangi showed quick hands in the 6th minute when under pressure he was able to shift to his right to create space for himself and off-load to put Titan Vaikai inside space.

Esmonde Parangi continued at five eight in Round Six against the Currumbin Eagles scoring a great solo try of the 52nd minute of the match. Operating on the right around ten metres from the line, Esmonde Parangi put in a right foot grubber kick for himself and beat the Curumbin defenders to the ball, getting downward pressure on it a metre from the dead ball line.

Esmonde Parangi continued at five eight in Round Seven agaisnt the Ormeau Shearers as well as in Round Nine against the Southport Tigers. Esmonde Parangi recorded a try assist against the Tigers in the 24th minute when whilst operating on the right side of the field, from eleven metres out he grubbered into the in-goal for his right second rower to get to the ball easily in front of the Southport fullback.

Round Ten against the Nerang Roosters saw Esmonde Parangi continue at five eight against the Nerang Roosters with one of best moments in the match coming in the 19th minute when Esmonde Parangi took the ball to the right and from thirteen metres out put in a well weighted grubber into the line goal which Nerang had to take dead in-goal.

Round One of the 2021 Gold Coast Rugby League pre-season competiton saw Esmonde Parangi start at halfback for the Runaway Bay U20 side that played round robin matches against Burleigh and Helensvale.