Junior Development

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Titans contracted Larry Siala has been selected in the Queendland Maroon U16 squad with the Ipswich based young man named as one of the Locks.

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The 2021 Walters Cup season of Jonah Beaven:

In 2021 Jonah Beaven once again was part of the PBC School Boy Rugby League Elite Program starting Round One of the Walters Cup competition in the front row against Ipswich State High School and scoring a key PBC try in the 16 all draw.

In the 37th minute, after PBC hooker Will Saunders had run to the right out of dummy half close to the Ipswich SHS line, Jonah Beaven cut back underneath, getting the pass five metres out and continuing his run to his left before straightening up after he had gotten to the other side of the play the ball to force his way over from a second effort (he had initially looked as if he was going to be held up) five metres in from the left corner post.

Jonah Beaven was immediately in the match, taking the hit-up from the kick-off. Jonah Beaven made another strong run from the kick-off to PBC’s first try of the match in the 11th minute with Jonah Beaven breaking straight through the Ipswich SHS line to get the ball to forty two metres out from his own line.

Jonah Beaven added a great right arm off-load to his match highlight reel in the 19th minute directly in front of the posts to show everyone watching that he has every skill in the book.

Jonah Beaven also started in the front row in Round Two against Forest Lake State High School and scored for the second match in a row. Jonah Beaven scored in the 30th minute when he charged onto the ball from twelve metres out to the right of the play the ball, immediately cutting back towards the soft spot in the defensive line behind the play the ball and reaching out with his right arm to get the ball down, breaking five tackles along the way.

Jonah Beaven’s contribution to PBC’s 28 – 6 started in the first set of six in the match when he took the fourth hit-up after Forest Lake SHS kicked off, with Jonah Beaven making fifteen metres. Then in the 24th minute, Jonah Beaven made a strong twenty metre run before off-loading to his left to Ray Puru who then set up his centre to score down the left side of the field.

Jonah Beaven also started in the front row in Round Three against Coombabah State High School making a number of strong runs, including in the 14th minute when he charged twenty metres through the centre of the ruck before being able to off-load and then in the 38th minute Jonah Beaven burst twenty two metres downfield to get over the halfway mark.

Jonah Beaven continued starting in the front row in Round Six against Keebra Park State High School and in the final round after the Covid 19 lockdown against Wavell SHS when he took PBC’s opening hit-up of the match.

Jonah Beaven also started in the front row in PBC’s semi-final victory over Wavell State High School with Jonah Beaven taking the hit-up off the kick-up.

Jonah Beaven also produced a smart piece of play in the 13th minute when with Wavell SHS bringing the ball out of their own territory Jonah Beaven produced a great one on one strip and then was awarded a penalty when the Wavell SHS defenders would not allow him to get to his feet to play the ball.

The 2021 Walters Cup Grand Final against Keebra Park SHS saw Jonah Beaven named to start in the front row.

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The 2021 Walters Cup season of Dorian Lotaki:

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki started at left centre for Keebra Park in Round One of the 2021 School Boy Walters Cup against Marsden SHS and had an impressive match in the tight Keebra Park win including a great charge in the 40th minute that ended less than a metre out from the line and directly in front of the posts.

The run had started when Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki had received the ball in traffic twenty metres out from the line on the left side of the field before cutting back towards the goal posts, breaking three tackles along the way. Then the Keebra Park dummy half was able to easily score as a result of Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki’s quick play the ball.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki also started Round Two against Redcliffe State High School at left centre with the powerful young man scoring an impressive hat trick in Keebra Park’s victory.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki scored his first try in the 12th minute when he came back underneath his five eight, running back towards the play the ball, easily bumping off one defender to score a great solo try under the posts.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki’s second try of the match came in the 46th minute when he exploded out of dummy half to his left from three metres out to crash over mid-way between the corner post and goal posts on the left side of the field.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki completed his hat trick in the 53rd minute when he was on the end of a Keebra Park backline movement to the left to score in the left corner with a defender still trying in vain to bring him to the ground.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki also made a line break in the 52nd minute making forty five metres and breaking three tackles after getting on the outside of his direct opponent to get to within fifteen metres of the try line.

In the 15th minute, Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki showcased his elusiveness when he beat five defenders in a winding run that started on the right and finished on the left. In the 25th minute Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki produced another strong run that accounted for a further ten metres to get Keebra Park to within twenty five metres of the line.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki contributed a further seventeen metre run from a hit-up to the left of the dummy half to get the ball into Redcliffe SHS territory and then in the 56th minute Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki cut back to run underneath his five eight on the left before cutting back in the same direction and getting an off-load away after making twenty five metres.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki moved to right centre for Round Three against Ipswich State High School but the move to the opposite side of the field did not diminish Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki’s effective with the outstanding talent scoring twice.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki’s opening try came in the 7th minute when he was on the end of a Keebra Park backline movement to his side of the field to run twenty metres to comfortably score in the right corner.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki scored his second try in the 30th minute when he jumped above the Ipswich SHS left sided defence to take a cross kick on the full ten metres from the line and then charged over the line.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki continued his exceptional form in Round Four against Forest Lake State High School scoring twenty points from two tries and seven conversions. Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki played the majority of the match at left centre but moved into the dummy half role late in the second half.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki’s opening try came in just the second minute of the match when he scored an outstanding solo try that encompassed Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki breaking five tackles after he had cut back after receiving the ball on the left side of the field to score next to the right goal post.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki’s second try came in the 18th minute when he burst through the Forest Lake SHS defence to score under the posts from ten metres out after receiving an inside ball.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki continued at left centre in Round Six against PBC SHS and was simply dominant in a player of the match performance, scoring two tries and kicking four conversions from five attempts as Keebra Park put their local rivals to the sword.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki scored his opening try in the 18th minute as a result of a great forty metre charge down the left side of the field to score wide out untouched after getting an offload from his inside.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki completed his double in the 55th minute, and what a try it was. Keebra Park spun the ball out to his left side but the pass intended for Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki was knocked forward by PBC. Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki tracked back to retrieve the ball twenty five metres from the line and ran back towards centre field. After bumping off one defender which included Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki dropping to one knee, he rumbled forward breaking four more tackles and then dragged three more PBC defenders over the line with him to get the ball down under the posts.

It was clear in just the 4th minute of the match that Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki was going to have a big match when he made the first of many line breaks with a twenty metre run and Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki made a further twelve metres in the 8th minute.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki made another line break in the 31st minute when after running an underneath route he broke six tackles in a devastating run into the PBC defensive line.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki once again started at left centre in Round Six of the Walters Cup against Wavell State High School and once again was outstanding with Wavell SHS being the latest school that could not prevent Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki from scoring.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki scored in just the 4th minute as a result of a strong straight charge that easily burst through to defenders from six metres out with Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki getting the ball down near the left upright.

The match also saw Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki kick four conversions from as many attempts in Keebra Park’s 24 – 6 victory.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki also started at left centre in Round Seven against Coombabah State High School, scoring an early second half try and kicking two conversions as Keebra Park qualified for the Walters Cup Grand Final.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki scored in the 27th minute when he flew onto the ball from ten metres out and easily bursting through the Coombabah SHS line to dive over ten metres to the left of the uprights.

In the 30th minute, Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki made the best line break of the match when he made a thirty metre rumble through the centre of the field into Coombabah SHS territory, breaking wight tackles along the way.

As noted, Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki kicked two conversions as Keebra Park SHS qualified for the Walters Cup Grand Final, the first of which was an outstanding conversion in the 7th minute from the left touchline. Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki’s other conversion came in the 41st minute from directly in front of the posts.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki also started at left in Keebra Park’s semi-final victory over Ipswich State High School and in addition to scoring an outstanding solo try, Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki was outstanding in attack throughout.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki scored in the 38th minute when after receiving the ball thirty metres from the line, Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki burst down the left touchline bumping off the Ipswich SHS right winger before cutting inside and then straightening up and breaking three more tackles on the way to getting the ball down mid-way between the corner post and goal posts on the left side of the field.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki’s impressive match started in the opening set of six in the match with a twenty metre line break down the left channel. Then in the 9th minute, Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki, from a scrum made a 25th metre burst which took the ball out to thirty five metres from his own try line.

In the 17th minute, Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki continued making metres when he made a bumping run of fifteen metres before producing a great right arm off-load near halfway. Then in the 18th minute Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki produced a winding run back to his right, breaking four tackles along the way.

The 2021 Walters Cup Grand Final saw Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki start at left centre for Keebra Park State High School against PBC State High School with Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki scoring Keebra park’s opening try as well as kicking two conversions from as many attempts in Keebra Park’s tough 16 -12 Grand Final loss.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki scored in the 14th minute when he charged onto a pass to the left of the dummy half down a short left blindside with Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki receiving the ball three metres from the line and he was simply too strong for the PBC defence to stop, with Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki getting the ball down three metres in from the left corner post.

Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki then stepped up to convert his own try and then in the 20th minute Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki converted Keebra Park’s other Grand Final try, once again from the left touch line.

After the completion of the Walters Cup Grand Final Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki was named on the left wing in the Courier Mail Team of the Grand Finals.

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The 2021 Walters Cup season of Titans contracted Jac Finnigan:

In 2021 Jac Finnigan continued at PBC as part of the school’s Elite Rugby League Program and made a strong impression at right second row for the PBC Walters Cup side in their Round One 16 all draw against Ipswich State High School.

Jac Finnigan’s initial major contribution came in the 14th minute when he ran a hard straight crash line, almost breaking the line and then Jac Finnigan ran the same line once again in the 18th minute.

Jac Finnigan ran a more subtle outside shoulder line in the 36th minute, once again getting halfway through the line before getting a right arm off-load away to Zane Harrison who made a further twenty metres downfield.

Jac Finnigan also started at right second row in Round Two against Forest Lake State High School and he was once again at his devastating best running the ball, recording a try assist as well as a number of line breaks.

Jac Finnigan’s try assist was recorded in the 41st minute, when after he received a good ball from Zane Harrison on his inside, Jac Finnigan absorbed contact before off-loading to his right for hir right centre to score in the corner.

Jac Finnigan made his first line break of the match in the 9th minute when he ran an underneath route, making twelve metres to get within nine metres of the try line and then just three minutes later on the opposite side of the field Jac Finnigan made a similar charge with similar results.

Jac Finnigan continued at right second row in Round Three against Coombabah State High School and recorded a try assist in in the 39th minute, when Will Saunders ran out of dummy half to his right making fifteen metres before off-loading to Jac Finnigan who then off-load to the PBC right centre with Jac Finnigan receiving the ball back from the centre and then off-loaded the ball back to the same player to score.

Jac Finnigan also had a very solid match from the right second row position in Round Four against Marsden State High School and also started at right second row in Round Five against Keebra Park SHS.

Round Six against Redcliffe State High School saw Jac Finnigan once again start at right second row and he was the dominant force on the field with an outstanding match that included multiple strong charges at the Redcliffe SHS defensive line and equally strong defence. In short Jac Finnigan was easily the best player on the field, full stop.

Jac Finnigan also started at right second row in the final round after the Covid 19 lockdown, scoring PBC’s opening try in their voctory over Wavell State High School. Jac Finnigan could not have made his opening contribution to the match any earlier, being involved in the opening tackle of the match after PBC had kicked off.

Jac Finnigan’s try came in the 15th minute of the match when he burst into a gap from around twenty fie metres out off a good pass from Zane Harrison. Once through the Wavell SHS line, Jac Finnigan veered to his right to beat the fullback and scored five metres in from the right corner post.

Jac Finnigan also started at right second row in PBC’s semi-final victory over Wavell State High School and scored a great try in PBC’s victory. Jac Finnigan was in the match early, making the first tackle that PBC made in the match when he chased through a Zane Harrions clearing kick.

Jac Finnigan scored in the 33rd minute when he surged through a gap from ten metres out off a Zane Harrison pass to score on the right side of the field, mid-way between the corner post and goal posts.

Jac Finnigan also started the 2021 Walters Cup Grand Final at right second row against Keebra Park State High School.

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Well done to Titans contracted Isaac Togia who scored for Goodna Black in their Ipswich Rugby League U17 Division One Grand Final victory 50-12 over Norths Blue tonight.

Isaac Togia was one of the best players in the competition this season.

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Well done to Titans contracted Larry Siala who scored Norths Blue's first try in tonight Ipswich U17 Division One Grand Final as his team defeated Redback Red 40-14.

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Jay Blazek is going to be busy today, first he will start at lock for Helensvale in theie GCRL U18 Division One match against Nerang and then he will line up in the centres for the Hornets in the GCRL First Grade competition against Tugun.

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Titans contracted Nicholas Hilton will start at No. 8 today for the TSS First XV in Round Nine, being the final round of the GPS School Boy rugby competition against Gregory Terrace.

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After missing a number of weeks, it is great to see Taine Udjur-Berghan back for the Tweed Heads Seagulls Colts side on the bench as they take on the Western Mustangs this afternoon.

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Aston Bai (son of Marcus) has been very good for the Burleigh U18 Division One side this season and this morning he lines up in the second row for the Bears as they take on the Ormeau Shearers.

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Aston Bai with a first half try for Burleigh and they lead 14-4 at half time.

Burleigh front rower Christina Kiri also scored an outstanding solo try in just the 2nd minute.

Aston Bai (son of Marcus) has been very good for the Burleigh U18 Division One side this season and this morning he lines up in the second row for the Bears as they take on the Ormeau Shearers.

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Ormeau Shearers lock Quezon Eteru was simply outstanding this morning including a try with a couple of minutes to go as the Shearers came from 20 - 8 down to win 22 - 20 with Jordan Lewis kicking a penalty goal from thirty five metres out after the full time siren.

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Titans contracted Jeremaiah Temapo scored a double today for the Nerang Roosters in their 32-12 GCRL U18 Division One victory against Helensvale.

Jeremaiah Temapo is the leading try scorer in the U18 Division One competition and terrifyingly he is U18 eligible once again next year.

Fellow Titan Aram Hau was also very good for the Roosters.

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The Southport Tigers GCRL U13 Division One side is an outstanding young side going through the 2021 competition undefeated in their twelve matches scoring 600 points and conceding only 82 and today in the Major Semi-Final they defeated Ormeau 76-6 to progress straight to the Grand Final where they will be hard to beat.

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Last weekend Noah Gafa more then held his own for Burleigh in the GCRL First Grade competition but with the Bears 1st Grade side having a bye this weekend, Noah Gafa dropped back to start at left second row for the Burleigh GCRL U20 side and he was simply too big and strong for Helensvale scoring a second half double, on both occasions running to gaps off passes from Thomas Neale.

Burleigh were too good for Helensvale recording a 36-18 victory.