Junior Development

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In tomorrow's Hancock Cup Grand Final PBC halfback Harry Chadburn who hails from Northern NSW will lead the PBC side around the field against Marsden SHS.

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Today's PBC Renouf Cup Grand Final side has three members of the Currumbin State School's 2019 side that won the NRL Development Cup 32 - 6 against Frenchville State School.

Ned Tanner will line up in the centres, Brodie Saunders at lock and Archie Sillar at hooker. No doubt the three will be looking to replicate their 2019 success.

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The exceptional Cudgen Hornets JRL club will be represented today in the school boy Renouf Cup Grand Final when Taj Lateo runs out in the PBC No. 7 jersey against fellow Titans partnered school Marsden SHS.

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Fullback has become a key position for any side and todays PBC Renouf Cup Grand Final side have a very very good one in Riley Partridge who will no doubt be a handful for the Marsden SHS defence every time that he touches the ball no matter where it is on the field.

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With the speed of rugby league at the moment, the bench is just as important as the starting side.

The PBC bench for tomorrow's Hancock Cup Grand Final is very good with the likes of forward and Tweed Heads JRL Bobby Smith set to make an impact when he comes into the game.

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Titans contracted Kaleb Ngamanu started at No. 12 (inside centre) in Round Eight of the GPS First XV Rugby competition on Saturday afternoon against Nudgee College with Kaleb Ngamanu almost setting up a try for TSS in the 45th minute when he as able to get halfway through the Nudgee College line and was able to get a good ball away to his left however the ball was knocked down by a Nudgee College defender ten metres from the line, directly in front of the goal posts.

Kaleb Ngamanu also produced a great front one tackle in the 8th minute of the match when he drove his left shoulder into his Nudgee College opponent with Kaleb Ngamanu’s initial contact forcing the ball loose.

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Exciting halfback prospect Levi Bannon who has been involved in the Titans JTS Development Program will start at halfback tomorrow for Marsden SHS in their Hancock Cup school boy Grand Final against PBC.

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The Titans formal partnership with Marsden SHS shapes as a great resource into the future especially when you take into account the likes of Hancock Cup second rower Mace Andrew.

The powerhouse young man shapes as a key player for Marsden in their Hancock Cup Grand Final tomorrow against fellow Titans partnered school PBC.

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PBC Hancock Cup hooker Ayden Byrnes is another player who will be involved in the 2021 Grand Final tomorrow against Marsden SHS who is a potential game breaker in a match where both teams have a lot of talented players.

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One of a number of standout young players in the Marsden SHS Bronco's Old Boys Grand Final side this afternoon is second rower Storm Enoka who certainly looks a player of the future.

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Round Twelve of the GCRL U18 Division One competition against the Southport Tigers saw Nerang Roosters and Titans contracted Immanuel Kalekale named to start from the bench with Immanuel Kalekale scoring an outstanding solo try in the 17th minute. Immanuel Kalekale received the ball to the right of the play the ball eighteen metres from the line and engaged two defenders still around nine metres out. After he gained separation from the two defenders Immanuel Kalekale ran to his left pushing off another two defenders before dragging two more defenders over the line and getting the ball down adjacent to the left upright.

Immanuel Kalekale added a second try in the 44th minute when he was a recipient of a pass from Dorian Lotaki who had crossed the try line and waited for Immanuel Kalekale after a great 100 metre Nerang movement and outstanding work by Arama Hau and Jeremaiah Temapo.

The match even saw Immanuel Kalekale attempt a conversion in the 22nd minute from fifteen metres to the right of the goal posts but his attempt hit the left upright.

Immanuel Kalekale made an immediate contribution when he came off the bench in the 16th minute when he made his first run less than a metre after coming on with the run accounting for eighteen metres. Immanuel Kalekale was awarded a penalty at the completion of his run when he Southport defence would not allow him to get to his feet in a timely fashion.

Immanuel Kalekale made an additional strong run in the 27th minute down the right side of the field with making twenty seven metres before he was brought to ground and once again the Southport defence held him down and Immanuel Kalekale was awarded another penalty.

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Titans partnered Marsden SHS had a big win this afternoon in the Year Seven Bronco's Old Boys Grand Final over Ipswich SHS with Marsden winning 46-12 to highlight that the future of the the Titans continues to look very good indeed.

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Two Titans partnered school played out the Renouf Shield Grand Final this afternoon with PBC defeating Marsden 8-4.

Amongst the best for PBC were second rowers Nelson Makaafi and Kwinn Wolf, halves Tom Batchelor and Taj Lateo and hooker Archie Sillar

For Marsden half Levi Bannon, left second rower Mace Andrew and lock Taylan To’a played well.

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Round Twelve of the GCRL U18 Division competition against the Southport Tigers saw Nerang’s Titans contracted Arama Hau moved to five eight on Sunday with Arama Hau putting on a dominating display especially in relation to off-loading the ball with Southport simply unable to stop Arama Hau from getting the ball away.

Arama Hau recorded a try assist in the 14th minute of Nerang’s 46 – 6 victory when he took the ball to the line whilst operating on the right side of the field less than ten metres from the line before popping a good short ball to his right to put his lock forward over to score.

Arama Hau was also heavily involved in Immanuel Kaleklae’s 44th minute try. The movement started 100 metres downfield with Southport on the attack. After Southport put in a short grubber kick, Arama Hau picked up the ball on the bounce on his own goal line and raced sixty metres downfield before positioning Jeremaiah Temapo in his inside after he had cut in off his right wing.

After receiving Aram Hau’s inside pass, Jeremaiah Temapo passed to his left to Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki as three Southport defenders converged on him. Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki then ran twenty five metres to cross the line on the right side of the field before bringing the ball around to under the posts and then waiting for Immanuel Kalekale to get there.

The first of many off-loads from Arama Hau came in just the 3rd minute of the match when after making twenty metres from a strong charge through the centre of the ruck to the halfway mark which included a strong left arm fend, Arama Hau produced a good right arm off-load with the ball going to the left side of the field.

Arama Hau added another right arm off-load in the 9th minute after a hit-up on the left side of the field accounted for twenty more metres before getting the off-load away. Then just two minutes later in the 11th minute Arama Hau ran to the left side of the field, breaking the line from fifteen metres out before he was able to produce a great right arm flick off-load to traffic to his lock who got to within a metre of the line. The 13th minute saw Arama Hau off-load once again after he made fifteen metres running to his right.

Then in the 24th minute, Arama Hau made a line break down the left touchline with his run commencing just inside his own territory. When he was confronted by the Southport fullback Arama Hau put in a left foot kick back towards centre field which was retrieved by the Nerang left centre.

Arama Hau produced a smart effort in the 38th minute when after a Southport kick went dead in goal, Arama Hau raced out to the twenty metre line for a quick restart making fifteen metres with the Southport defence still back peddling.

Arama Hau added another off-load in the 40th minute when he took the defensive line on from twenty five metres out, getting to within ten metres of the line before Arama Hau was able to off-load to his right to his lock.

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Giant young Kwinn Wolf started at left second row for PBC in yesterday’s Renouf Shield Grand Final scoring both of PBC’s tries in their thrilling 8 – 4 victory over Marsden State High School.

Kwinn Wolf’s opening try of the Grand Final came in just the 7th minute when he barged over from ten metres out to get the ball down midway between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field.

Kwinn Wolf scored his second try in the 20th minute and once again the try came down the left channel. Kwinn Wolf received the ball twelve metres from the line, shrugging off one Ipswich SHS defender before burrowing over fifteen metres in from the left corner post.

Kwinn Wolf literally could not have made a more immediate impact in the match when his kick off was hit low and hard with the ball going dead after crossing the try line near the right upright, forcing Marsden SHS on the back foot and having to drop the ball out from under their own posts.

Kwinn Wolf also made a 4th minute line break of twenty metres before being brought down by the Ipswich SHS fullback twenty metres out and then was awarded a penalty when he was not allowed to get to his feet in a timely fashion.

Kwinn Wolf also made a 31st minute line break when he got into space down the left side of the field deep inside his own territory and then after making twenty metres threw a right arm off-load to put his left winger into space down the left touchline.