Junior Development

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Titans contracted Jaylan De Groot will be one of the Tweed Heads Seagulls Colts key players in their semi-final this weekend against the Souths Logan Magpies.

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I will acknowledge that I was a touch unsure how Titans Klese Haas would go in the Hastings Deering's Colts for Tweed Heads this season but he has well and truly acquitted himself well and this weekend the young man is set to start at lock in Week One of the Finals against the Souths Logan Magpies.

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After looking like he sustained a serious ankle injury for PBC in the Langer Cup Grand Final against Marsden SHS, it is great to see Titans contracted Bailey Martin recover in time to start from the bench tomorrow in the Queensland School Boys Final against St Brendan's College.

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A lot of young men from the PBC Open side will play their final school boy rugby league match today against St Brendan's such as Titans Reef Sommerville, Tom Weaver, Jack Cullen, Oskar Bryant, Ryan Foran, Brock Priestley, Jayden Wright and Bailey Martin.

All have done themselves, their families and their school proud over multiple years.

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The 2021 TSS First XV GPS Rugby season for Nicholas Hilton:

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.

After the GPS school boy rugby competition was suspended for a number of weeks, Nicholas Hilton started at No. 8 for the TSS First XV side that played an internal TSS trial in late August in preparation for the restart of the competition also in late August against Toowoomba Grammar School.

When the 2021 GPS First XV rugby season recommenced in late August, Nicholas Hilton started at No. 8 in Round Six against Toowoomba Grammar School with Nicholas Hilton performing solidly in the match including a line break in the 50th minute making twenty five metres after receiving a good ball from Syris Schmidt. Nicholas Hilton also pulled off a great front on tackle in the 43rd minute of the match.

Nicholas Hilton also started at No. 8 in Round Eight against Nudgee College, producing a strong front on tackle in the 61st minute from a short TSS kick-off. As a result of his impressive over all performance against Nudgee College, Nicholas Hilton was awarded three coaches votes in the 2021 TSS First XV Player of the Season Award.

Nicholas Hilton also started the final round of the 2021 GPS First XV School Boy Rugby season, being Round Nine against Gregory Terrace at No. 8, match that say fellow Titans contracted players Kaleb Ngamanu and Syris Schmidt play their last ever First XV game for TSS.

Nicholas Hilton was at his aggressive best during the match, including probably the best play of the match when in the 26th minute Nicholas Hilton charged directly through the middle of a ruck, totally destroying it and forcing a knock on by the Gregory Terrace halfback who was just picking up the ball from the back of the ruck when Nicholas Hilton destroyed it.

Nicholas Hilton did something similar in the 34th minute when once again with Gregory Terrace on the attack Nicholas Hilton smashed through the centre of a ruck forcing a knock on by the Gregory Terrace acting half.

The 37th minute saw Nicholas Hilton a key figure in a TSS try with he led a TSS rolling maul from a line-out with TSS rumbling forward to score.

Nicholas Hilton also recorded a 56th minute line break where he made thirty metres before off-loading through centre field.

To round out his match, Nicholas Hilton made a critical diving tackle from behind in the 62nd minute on the Gregory Terrace open side flanker who had broken through the TSS line from twelve metres and looked set to score bar the great tackle from Nicholas Hilton.

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The 2021 NRL season for Tannah Boyd:

Round Two of the 2021 NRL season saw Tannah Boyd named on the Titans extended bench for their match against the Brisbane Bronco’s.

Tannah Boyd moved into the Titans starting side at five eight for Round Three of the 2021 NRL season as the Titans took on the North Queensland Cowboys and performed well on the left side of the field, rekindling his left side Keebra Park partnership with David Fifita in the Titans 42 – 8 victory.

In the Round Three match against the North Queensland Cowboys, Tannah Boyd played sixty eight minutes, running for fifty one metres (ten post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 4.13 seconds and made twenty two tackles at a tackling efficiency of 88%.

Tannah Boyd also started at five eight in Round Four against the Canberra Raiders, once again playing the entire eight minutes of the match. In that time, Tannah Boyd ran for fifty six metres (thirteen post contact), broke a tackle, offloaded the ball on one occasion, played the ball at an average speed of 4.24 seconds, made twenty two tackles at a tackling efficiency of 88% and kicked on seven occasions, making 219 metres.

Tannah Boyd also was named to start at five eight in Round Five against the Newcastle Knights however he was a late scratching from the match.

In Round Eight Tannah Boyd was named on the Titans extended bench for their match against the Brisbane Bronco’s.

Tannah Boyd was also originally named on the Titans extended bench for the Round Nine NRL match against the Wests Tigers but started the match at five eight, scoring a try when he chased through and dived on a grubber kick in the in-goal.

Playing the entire eighty minutes, Tannah Boyd ran for ninety five metres (ten post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.02 seconds and made thirteen tackles.

Tannah Boyd also started at five eight in Round Ten, being the NRL Magic round against the Penrith Panthers, once again playing all eighty minutes. In that time Tannah Boyd ran for forty four metres (eight post contact), had a line break assist when he put Beau Fermor into a gap that subsequently led to AJ Brimson scoring, played the ball at an average speed of 4.22 seconds and made twenty one tackles at an 84% tackling efficiency.

Tannah Boyd also started at five eight in the Round Eleven home game against the Canterbury Bulldogs with Tannah Boyd having an outstanding match in the Titans 30 – 20 victory.

Playing the entire match, Tannah Boyd ran for seventy eight metres (twenty seven post contact), had a line break assist, broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.74 seconds, made twenty tackles at a tackling efficiency of 86.96% and kicked on five occasions accounting for 176 metres.

Tannah Boyd continued at five eight in Round Twelve in Coffs Harbour against Cronulla, recording a try assist in the opening minutes with a deft right foot grubber into the in-goal for Brian Kelly to score.

Playing the entire match, Tannah Boyd ran for eighty metres (ten post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.6 seconds, made fifteen tackles and kicked on six occasions, making 104 metres.

Round Thirteen against the Melbourne Storm saw Tannah Boyd named on the Titans extended bench.

In total in the 2021 NRL season Tannah Boyd played six matches, scored a try, had two try assist and four line break assists. Tananh Boyd also made 113 tackles at a tackling efficiency of 83.7% and ran for 403 metres at sixty seven metres per game.

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The 2021 NRL season for Toby Sexton:

Toby Sexton made his deserved NRL debut in Round Nineteen against the St George Dragons after being named at halfback in become Titan Number 168 and what a debut it was with Toby Sexton scoring sixteen points from a debut try when he backed up Jarrod Wallace to score under the posts in the 65th minute and six goals from as many attempts.

Playing the entire eighty minutes, Toby Sexton ran for 161 metres (ten post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.22 seconds and made twenty tackles at a tackling efficiency of 86.96%.

Toby Sexton continued at halfback in Round Twenty against the Canterbury Bulldogs kicking five conversions from six attempts as well as recording a try assist in the 33rd minute when Toby Sexton’s pass to his right was knocked down by a Bulldogs defender but Esan Marsters was able to take possession and get the ball down five metres in from the right corner post.

Playing the entire eighty minutes, Toby Sexton ran for sixty nine metres (three post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 4.09 seconds and made thirty four tackles at a tackling efficiency of 97.14%.

Round Twenty One against the North Queensland Cowboys saw Toby Sexton named to continue at halfback, with Toby Sexton kicking four conversions (another hit the post) and also recorded a try assist in the 53rd minute when he ran to the line on the left side of the field and put in a very short grbuuber through the line from ten metres out which sat up for Beau Fermor to retrieve and dive over.

Playing the entire eighty minutes, Toby Sexton ran for seventy metres (nine post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.23 seconds and made fourteen tackles at a tackling efficiency of 87.5%.

Toby Sexont continued at halfback in Round Twenty Two against the Souths Sydney Rabbitohs, a match that saw Toby Sexton convert the Titans only try in the match which was scored in the second half by Cory Thompson.

Playing all eighty minutes in the match, Toby Sexton ran for forty three metres (nine post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.62 seconds and made twenty four tackles at a tackling efficiency of 85.71%.

Toby Sexton was then named in the Titans extended bench for Round Twenty Five against the New Zealand Warriors.

Previously Toby Sexton was named in the Titans extended bench in Round Eleven of the 2021 season for the Titans home match against the Canterbury Bulldogs.

In total in the 2021 NRL season Toby Sexton played four matches, scoring his first NRL try and also kicked sixteen goals. Toby Sexton also forced three drop outs, had two try assists and a line break assist, made ninety two tackles and a 90.2% tackling efficiency and ran for 344 metres at eighty six metres per game.

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Exciting Titans talent Keano Kini will be one of PBC's game breakers from fullback in their Phil Hall Cup Queensland School Boys Final today as they take on St Brendan College Yeppoon.

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Fascinating to see that Todd Carney has been named as the 2022 Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup side, he certainly brings a lot of experience to the role.

There will be a lot of Titans boys in the squad and no doubt they will learn a lot from him.

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The 2021 NRL season for Greg Marzhew:

Round Thirteen of the 2021 NRL season saw Greg Marzhew initially named on the Titans extended bench for their match on the Sunshine Coast against the Melbourne Storm however he moved into the Titans starting side on the right wing late in the week for what his deserved NRL debut to become Gold Coast Titan No. 167.

Greg Marzhew debut could not have gone better, scoring the first try of the match when after receiving an off-load from Patrick Herbert he jogged three metres to put the ball down in the right corner.

Playing the entire eighty minutes, Greg Marzhew ran for 158 metres (sixty six post contact), made an equal team leading five tackles breaks, played the ball at an average speed of 3.52 seconds and made four tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.

Greg Marzhew deservedly maintained his spot on the right wing for Round Fourteen against the Sydney Roosters for his first NRL at Cbus Stadium and in his eighty minutes on the field, led the Titans in both metres gained (213) and post contact metres (seventy four). Greg Marzhew also broke six tackles and played the ball at an average speed of 3.03 seconds.

Greg Marzhew was also named to start on the right wing in Round Fifteen against the Manly Sea Eagles, scoring a first half double, the first coming when he went over in the right corner in a tackle after Manly had mis-handled a bomb and the second when he put down in the corner a perfectly weighted grubber kick from Jayden Campbell.

Playing the entire eighty minutes, Greg Marzhew ran for 102 metres (thirty six post contact), made a line break, broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 2.98 seconds and made three tackles missing none.

After missing a number of matches due to an ankle injury, Greg Marzhew was back on the right wing for Round Nineteen against the St George Dragons and scored in the 44th minute when David Fifita burst between two defenders and was then able to get a right arm flick pass away to Greg Marzhew who got the ball down in the right corner from close range.

Playing the entire eighty minutes, Greg Marzhew ran for 216 metres, a team leading ninety two of which were post contact, broke two tackles, played the ball at an average of 3.4 seconds and made three tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.

Greg Marzhew continued on the right wing in Round Twenty against the Canterbury Bulldogs scoring once again in the 51st minute when Greg Marzhew took possession after a bomb to the right wing was knocked back by the Titans. Greg Marzhew took possession around twenty five metres out and surged past a number of defenders to crash over mid-way between the corner post and goal post on the right side of the field.

Playing the entire eighty minutes, Greg Marzhew ran for a team leading 190 metres (seventy three post contact), broke a team leading four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.25 seconds and made four tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.

Round Twenty One against the North Queensland Cowboys saw Greg Marzhew continue on the right wing. Playing all eighty minutes, Greg Marzhew ran for a team leading 230 metres, a team leading 111 of which were post contact, broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.02 seconds and made four tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.

Greg Marzhew continued on the right wing in Round Twenty Two against the Souths Sydney Rabbitohs, playing all eight minutes. Greg Marzhew ran for a team leading 168 metres, a team leading seventy of which were post contact, broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.32 seconds and made two tackles.

Round Twenty Three against the Melbourne Storm saw Greg Marzhew also start on the right wing with Greg Marzhew scoring inside the opening two minutes when he was on the end of a movement from a Titans scrum win with Greg Marzhew crashing over in the right corner.

Playing the entire eighty minutes, Greg Marzhew ran for a team leading 201 metres, a team leading eighty five of which were post contact. Greg Marzhew also broke an equal team leading four tackles, played the ball at an averge speed of 3.2 seconds and made three tackles.

Greg Marzhew was then named in the Titans extended bench for Round Twenty Five against the New Zealand Warriors.

In total in the 2021 NRL season Greg Marzhew played eight matches and scored six tries. Greg Marzhew also broke twenty seven tackles, made seven line breaks, made twenty three tackles and ran for 1 481 metres at 136 metres per game.

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The 2021 NRL season for Jayden Campbell:

Jayden Campbell was deservedly named to make his NRL at fullback against the Melbourne Storm in Round Thirteen of the 2021 NRL season to become Titan No. 166.

Playing the entire eighty minutes, Jayden Campbell ran for 164 metres (thirty six post contact), made an equal team leading five tackles breaks, played the ball at an average speed of 3.34 seconds and made eleven tackles.

After originally being named on the Titans extended bench for Round Fourteen against the Sydney Roosters, Jayden Campbell started once again at fullback after AJ Brimson was ruled out. Playing all eighty minutes, Jayden Campbell ran for 188 metres (fifty post contact), broke six tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.59 seconds and made two tackles.

Jayden Campbell was also named to start at fullback in Round Fifteen against the Manly Sea Eagles with the young man scoring his career first NRL try when early in the match he chased through and dived on a Tyrone Peachey grubber kick in the in-goal.

The match also saw Jayden Campbell record his first two try assists of his NRL career with both coming in the first half and both coming from right foot grubber kicks. The first found Greg Marzhew in the right corner and the second rebounded off a Manly played for Patrick Herbert to score.

Playing the entire eighty minutes, Jayden Campbell ran for ninety seven metres (twenty post contact), broke five tackles and played the ball at an average speed of 3.37 seconds.

After missing a number of weeks with an ankle injury, Jayden Campbell started at fullback in Round Twenty Three against the Melbourne Storm, making the most of his return with a first half double.

Jayden Campbell’s first try came in the 11th minute when he flew onto a tap back from Patrick Herbert to dive over under the posts. Jayden Campbell completed his double in the 32nd minute when he leapt above Cameron Munster to take a bomb onto the full to get the ball down next to the right upright.

In addition to his two tries, Jayden Campbell ran for 126 metres (thirty three post contact), broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.15 seconds and made three tackles.

Jayden Campbell continued at fullback in Round Twenty Four against the Newcastle Knights and recording two line break assists whilst playing the entire eighty minutes of the match.

Jayden Campbell also ran for 152 metres (thirty five post contact), broke a tackle and played the ball at an average speed of 3.54 seconds.

Jayden Campbell also started at fullback in the final NRL regular season round of the 2021 season being Round Twenty Five against the New Zealand Warriors with Jayden Campbell easily the best player on the field as the Titans qualified for the Final’s on the back of a two try Jatden Campbell effort.

Jayden Campbell scored his first try in the 6th minute when he grubbered through for himself from around fifteen metres out to get the ball down next to the left upright. Jayden Campbell scored his second try in the 69th minute with a long range effort from seventy metrs out with Jayden Campbell diving over from under the posts.

Jayden Campbell also recorded a try assist in the second half when he looped around the back of a Titans movement on the left side of the field with Jayden Campbell receiving the ball fifteen metres out and then passing to his left to put Brian Kelly over in the left corner.

Jayden Campbell also had a 31st minute line break when after receiving an offload from Beau Fermor on the halfway mark he burst through the Warriors defence before being brought down by Reece Walsh. Jayden Campbell was up to his feet quickly to play the ball with David Fifita subsequently scoring out wide on the right.

Playing the entire eighty minutes, Jayden Campbell ran for a team leading 255 metres (thirty six metres post contact), broke a team leading six tackles and played the ball at an average speed of 3.34 seconds.

Jayden Campbell was then named at fullback in the Titan knock out Final against the Sydney Roosters. In the match, where he played the entire eighty minutes, Jayden Campbell ran for a team leading 182 metres (thirty three post contact), made a line break, broke five tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.52 seconds and made four tackles.

In total in the 2021 NRL season, Jayden Campbell played in seven matches, had three try assists, broke thirty one tackles, made three line breaks, made twenty tackles and ran for 1 167 metres at 166 metres per game.

At the Titans 2021 NRL Awards Night, Jayden Campbell was named the 2021 Titans NRL Rookie of the Year.

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The 2021 NRL season for David Fifita:

David Fifita made his first “official appearance” in a Titans jersey in Round one of the NRL 2021 competition when he started at right second row against the New Zealand Warriors.

In his NRL debut for the Titans, David Fifita played seventy minutes, ran for 116 metres (forty three post contact), broke a team leading five tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.22 seconds and made twenty six tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.

Round Two of the 2021 NRL saw David Fifita start at left second row against his former team in the Brisbane Bronco’s where he had a night out scoring a try in each half as the Titans recorded a strong 28 – 16 vicotry.

David Fifita’s first half try came when he ran into a Tyrone Peachy double pump pass receiving the ball ten metres out from the Brisbane line. Davuid Fifita initiated contact with Tesi Nui before spinning counter clockwise to break the tackle and rumble ten metres to score ten metres in from the left corner post.

David Fifita’s try in the second half came whe he received the ball early from Jamal Fogerty approximately twenty metres out, running through an Anthony Milford tackle and over Jermaine Isaako to score once again around ten metres in from the left corner post.

David Fifita played sixty five minutes of the match and in addition to scoring twice, he ran for 136 metres (forty post contact), had a team leading two line breaks, broke eight tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.53 seconds and made twenty tackles.

David Fifita understandably also started at left second row in Round Three away to the North Queensland Cowboys and once again produced a dominant display, including scoring in the second half when he backed up a David Peachey break to score five metres to the left of the uprights.

David Fifita played the entire eighty minutes of the match, running for a team leading 187 metres (sixty nine post contact), made a line break, offloaded the ball on four occasions, broke a team leading eleven tackles and made twenty five tackles on his own for a tackling efficiency of 96.15%.

David Fifita also started at left second row in Round Four against the Canberra Raiders. In his eighty minutes on the field, David Fifita ran for 153 metres (forty nine post contact), broke four tackles, offloaded on three occasions, played the ball at an average speed of three seconds and made thirty four tackles at a tackling efficiency of 97.14%.

David Fifita also started at left second row in Round Five against the Newcastle Knights and had a big day out scoring his career first NRL hat trick.

Put simply David Fifita’s first try was a bullocking effort when he tapped the ball ten metres out after the Titans were awarded a penalty and simply refused to be stopped as he dragged four Knights defenders over the line.

David Fifita’s second try was a result of a great line but David Fifita who surged through a gap twenty metres out, running over the top of Kaylan Ponga and easily shrugging off Tyson Frizell to score.

David Fifita completed his hat trick in the second half when he ran onto a great ball from Jarrod Wallace and beat Ponga once again to score in the left corner from thirty five metres out.

Playing all eighty minutes in the match, David Fifita ran for 168 metres (forty one post contact), made a team leading three line breaks, broke a team leading eight tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.13 seconds, offloaded the ball twice and made twenty six tackles.

David Fifita also started at left second row for Round Six against the Manly Sea Eagles once again playing the entire eighty minutes. In that time, David Fifita ran for 154 metres, a team leading forty of which were post contact), made a line break, broke five tackles, played the ball at an average speed and made sixteen tackles at a taclking efficiency of 94.12%.

David Fifita continued at left second row in Round Seven against Souths Sydney, scoring an amazing first half hat trick, with David Fifita’s first two tries being outstanding individual efforts that really do defy words and his third being a run to the line after receiving an offlaod.

As usual David Fifita played the entire eighty minutes, running for 106 metres (twenty one post contact), broke an equal team leading eleven tackles, offloaded on one occasion, played the ball at an average speed of 4.04 seconds and made thirty tackles at a tackling efficiency of 93.75%.

Round Eight saw David Fifita once again start at left second row in his first match back at Lang Park against the Brisbane Bronco’s, once again playing all eighty minutes, running for ninety four metres (thirty two post contact), broke two tackles, offloaded twice, played the ball at an average speed for 3.69 seconds and made thirty four tackles at a tackling efficiency of 91.89%.

David Fifita continued at left second row in Round Nine against the Wests Tigers once again playing the entire eighty minutes and recording a try assist when he drew the Wests Tigers fullback to send Phillip Sami over in the left corner.

David Fifita also ran for 146 metres (fifty two post contact), made a line break, broke a team leading eight tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.98 seconds, off-loaded on a team leading five occasions and made twenty one tackles at a tackling efficiency of 91.3%.

After missing Rounds Ten and Eleven due to suspension David Fifita was back starting at left second row in Round Thirteen against Cronulla, playing all eighty minutes. David Fifita ran for 125 metres (thirty six post contact), broke an impressive team leading sixteen tackles, made seventeen tackles of his own and played the ball at an average speed of 3.92 seconds.

After missing Round Thirteen due to Queensland State of Origin Game One commitments, David Fifita came off the bench against the Sydney Roosters in Round Fourteen.

Playing thirty five minutes, David Fifita ran for 117 metres (fifty post contact), broke a team leading twelve tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.07 seconds and made nine tackles at a tackling efficiency of 100%.

David Fifita was back in the starting side at left second row in Round Fifteen against the Manly Sea Eagles scroring late in the first half when he scored from a Tyrone Peachey grubber kick.

In his eighty minutes on the field David Fifita ran for a tem leading 162 metres, a team leading fifty five of which were psot contact, broke a tema leading eight tackles, made a line break, played the ball at an average speed of 3.29 seconds and made fifteen tackles.

David Fifita continued at left second row in Round Sixteen against the Canberra Raiders scoring the Titans opening try of the match when he broke four tackles from twelve metres out from the line.

Against Canberra, David Fifita played forty nine minutes running for 142 metres (forty five post contact), broke a team leading fourteen tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.05 seconds and made thirteen tackles.

David Fifita also started at left second row in Round Seventeen against the Parramatta Eels and was one of the Titans try scorers when he was on hand to retrieve a Tyronne Peachey grubber kick then had been knocked down by Parramatta.

Playing fifty eight minutes, David Fifita ran for sixty seven metres (twenty six post contact), broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.7 seconds and made twenty tackles at a tackling efficiency of 95.24%.

David Fifita was named to continue at left second row in Round Nineteen against the St George Dragons however he started the match from the bench coming onto the field to play right second row in the 20th minute and had to wait only three minutes to score a powerful when after receiving the ball near mid-field broke tackle after tackle to get the ball down in the right corner.

David Fifita also had a 44th minute try assist when he burst between two defenders and was then able to get a right arm flick pass away to Greg Marzhew who got the ball down in the right corner from close range.

In the match, David Fifita played fifty seven minutes, ran for 160 metres (fifity three post cotact), made a team leading two line breaks, made a team leading thirteen tackle breaks, played the ball at an average speed of 4.78 seconds and had a 100% tackling efficiency whilst making fifteen tackles.

David Fifita was then named to start at left second row in Round Twenty against the Canterbury Bulldog but like in Round Twenty David Fifita ended up starting the match from the bench and like the previous round he was devastating when he came onto the field.

Playing fifty seven minutes, David Fifita ran for 175 metres, a team leading eighty nine metres of which were post contact, played the ball at an average speed of 3.48 seconds and made fourteen tackles at a tackling efficiency of 87.5%.

Round Twenty One against the North Queensland Cowboys saw David Fifita once against named to start at left second row but once again moved to the bench late, playing right second row when he came on just after the twenry minute mark.

David Fifita scored once again in the match when in the 32nd minute he burst onto an AJ Brimson pass, spinning clockwise after engaging Jack Granville and then reached out to get the ball down ten metres in from the right corner post.

Playing 56 minutes, David Fifita ran for 137 metres (fifty four post contact), broke a team leading seven tackles, played the ball at an average speed to 4.12 seconds and made sixteen tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.

David Fifita was named to start from the bench in Round Twenty Two against the Souths Sydney Rabbitohs, coming on and playing fifty six minutes. David Fifita ran for seventy seven metres (thirty post contact), made a line break, broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 4.16 seconds and made sixteen tackles at a tackling efficiency of 94.12%.

Round Twenty Three against the Malebourne Storm saw David Fifita move back into the starting line-up at left second row. David Fifita played seventy three minutes, running for sixty one metres (nineteen post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at ana average speed of 4.02 seconds and made twenty one tackles at a tackling efficiency of 91.3%.

David Fifita then moved back to the bench for Round Twenty Four against the Newvastle Knights scoring just after he came on late in the first half. David Fifita received the ball around eighteen metres out on the right side of the field, immediately cutting to his right to get around the Newcastle left sided defence and then powering over to get the ball down in the right corner.

Playing the final forty eight minutes of the match, David Fifita ran for 112 metres (thirty nine post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.73 seconds, broke a team leading nine tackle breaks and made twenty one tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.

David Fifita also started from the bench in the final NRL regular season round of the 2021 season being Round Twenty Five against the New Zealand Warriors, scoring twice with his second try meaning that David Fifita, with his seventeenth try became the Titans leading try scorer in a season.

David Fifita’s cored his first try in the 32nd minute when he received the ball in space on the right and ran fifteen metres to dive over untouched five metres in from the right corner. David Fifita’s record breaking second try came in the 41st minute when he burrowed over from cummy half when he got down low from less than a metre from the line.

In addition to his two tries, David Fifita played fifty seven minutes, ran for seventy six metres (twenty five post contact), broke two takcles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.89 seconds and made eighteen tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.

David Fifita also started from the bench in the Titans knock out Final against the Sydney Roosters, playing sixty three minutes, running for eighty metres (thirty four post contact), broke five tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 4.24 seconds and made twenty three tackles at a tackling efficiency of 88.46%.

In total in the 2021 NRL season, David Fifita played in twenty two matches, scored seventeen tries, made twenty two line breaks, had two line break assists, broke an RNL leading 153 tackles, had forty four off-loads, made 457 tackles at a 92.9% tackling efficiency and ran for 2 759 metres at 125 metres per game.

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The 2021 NRL season for Tino Fa’asuamaleaui:

Tino Fa’asuamaleaui made his first “official appearance” in a Titans jersey in Round one of the NRL 2021 competition when he started at lock against the New Zealand Warriors.

In his first NRL appearance for the Titans Tino Fa’asuamaleaui played sixty four minutes, ran for 149 metres (fifty nine post contact), broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 2.86 seconds and made thirty two tackles.

Round Two saw Tino Fa’asuamaleaui line up once again at lock against the Brisbane Bronco’s. Tino Fa’asuamaleaui played fifty four minutes of the match running for 139 metres, a team leading fifty nine of which were post contact, played the ball at an average speed of 3.04 seconds and made twenty six tackles, more than a few of them monster hits on the Bronco’s forwards.

Tino Fa’asuamaleaui also started at lock in Round Three away to the North Queensland Cowboys, producing yet another impressive performance in his fifty six minutes on the field. In that time Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 183 metres, a team leading eighty six of which were post contact, broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.4 seconds and made twenty eight tackles at a 96.55% tackling efficiency.

Tino Fa’asuamaleaui also started in the front row in Round Four against the Canberra Raiders, playing an impressive seventy one metres and finished leading the Titans in three categories, being running metres (201 metres), post contact metres (sixty nine metres) and tackle breaks (seven).

In addition to those team leading statistics, Tino Fa’asuamaleaui made a line break, played the ball at an average speed of 3.38 seconds and made thirty nine tackles at a tackling efficiency of 92.86%.

Tino Fa’asuamaleaui also started in the front row in Round Five against the Newcastle Knights playing sixty five minutes in the front row. In that time Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 103 metres (fifty four post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.07 seconds and made nineteen tackles.

Tino Fa’asuamaleaui continued his run of starting in the front row for the Titans in Round Six against the Manly Sea Eagles, playing fifty seven minutes. In that time Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for seventy eight metres (thirty three post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.69 seconds and made twenty eight tackles at tackling efficiency of 96.55%.

After missing Rounds Seven and Eight, Round Nine saw Tino Fa’asuamaleaui was back in the Titans side for the Round Nine match against the Wests Tigers starting in the front row and playing fifty eight minutes. In that time Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 102 metres (thirty six post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.73 seconds and made thirty one tackles at a tackling efficiency of 93.94%.

In the 2021 NRL Magic round being Round Ten, Tino Fa’asuamaleaui started in the front row once again against the Penrith Panthers, playing sixty minutes across two stints on the field.

Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 109 metres, a team leading forty eight of which were post contact, broke three tackles, played the ball at ana average speed of 3.52 seconds and made a team leading forty one tackles at a tackling efficiency of 91.11%.

In Round Eleven’s home game against the Canterbury Bulldogs, Tino Fa’asuamaleaui moved to lock for the home match and scored when he burst onto a Jamal Fogerty pass, rounding the fullback to get the ball down adjacent to the left upright.

Playing sixty five minutes, Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 156 metres (fifty one post contact), broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.55 seconds and made thirty seven tackles at a tackling efficiency of 94.87%.

Tino Fa’asuamaleaui started at lock in Round Twelve against Cronulla playing seventy minutes, making 165 running metres (forty five post contact), made a line break, broke five tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.57 seconds and made twenty eight tackles at a tackling efficiency of 90.32%.

After missing Round Thirteen due to Queensland State of Origin Game One commitments, Tino Fa’asuamaleaui came off the bench against the Sydney Roosters in Round Fourteen and scored next to the posts in the Titans second half fight back that ultimately fell short of victory.

Playing forty seven minutes, Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 145 metres (fifty two pot contact), broke six tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.19 seconds and made twenty one tackles at a tackling efficiency of 91.3%.

Tino Fa’asuamaleaui was back in the starting side in the front row in Round Fifteen against the Manly Sea Eagles, playing sixty eight minutes. In that time Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 147 metres (fifty three post contact), broke four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.29 seconds and made a team lading twenty nine tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.

Tino Fa’asuamaleaui continued in the front row in Round Sixteen against the Canberra Raiders, playing forty eight minutes in the Titans big win. In his time on the field, Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 105 metres (fifty three post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.09 seconds and made twenty four tackles at a tackling efficiency of 92.31%.

Tino Fa’asuamaleaui then moved to lock for Round Seventeen against the Parramatta Eels, playing fifty six minutes. In that time, Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 141 metres (seventy post contact), played the ball at ana average speed of 3.78 seconds and made thirty three tackles at a tackling efficiency of 94.29%.

Tino Fa’asuamaleaui continued at lock in Round Nineteen against the St George Dragons playing fifty six minutes in the Titans victory. In his two stints, Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 123 metres (fifty one post contact), broke two tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.8 seconds and made twenty six tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.

Tino Fa’asuamaleaui continued at lock in Round Twenty against the Canterbury Bulldogs and crashed over from dummy half to score under the posts in the 12th minute of the Titans big win.

Tino Fa’asuamaleaui played fifty nine minutes of the match, running for 165 metres (seventy two post contact), broke three tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.06 seconds and made twenty seven tackles at a tackling efficiency of 96.43%.

Round Twenty One against the North Queensland Cowboys saw Tino Fa’asuamaleaui continue at lock playing sixty six impressive minutes. In those minutes Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 175 metres (seventy five post contact), broke four tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.64 seconds and make twenty six tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.

Tino Fa’asuamaleaui continued at lock in Round Twenty Two against the Souths Sydney Rabbitohs and played forty five minutes of the match. In that time Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for forty seven metres (sixteen post contact), played the ball at an average speed of 3.39 seconds and made twenty five tackles at a 100% tackling efficiency.

Round Twenty Three against the Melbourne Storm saw Tino Fa’asuamaleaui also start in the front row. The match saw Tino Fa’asuamaleaui play sixty seven minutes, run for ninety three metres (thirty eight post contact), play the abll at an average speed of 3.46 seconds and make thirty eight tackles at a tackling efficiency of 92.68%.

Tino Fa’asuamaleaui continued in the front row in Round Twenty Four against the Newvastle Knights playing sixty one minutes. In that time Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 165 metres (seventy two post contact), broke a tackle, played the ball at an average speed of 3.46 seconds and made a team leading forty one tackles at a 93.18%.

Round Twenty Five against the New Zealand Warriors saw Tino Fa’asuamaleaui start at lock in the final regular season round of the 2021 NRL season, playing fifty eight minutes. In that time Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 153 metres (sixty seven metres), played the ball at average speed of 3.53 seconds and made nineteen tackles at a 95% tackling efficiency.

Tino Fa’asuamaleaui also started at lock in the Titans knock out Final against the Sydney Roosters and scored a key second half try when he was on hand when the Roosters dropped a bomb with Tino Fa’asuamaleaui scooping up the ball and diving over in the posts.

In his sixty one minutes on the field, Tino Fa’asuamaleaui ran for 141 metres (sixty one post contact), broke five tackles, played the ball at an average speed of 3.11 seconds and made thirty three tackles at a tackling efficiency of 91.67%.

In total in the 2021 NRL season Tino Fa’asuamaleaui played in twenty two matches, broke fifty one tackles, ran for 2 998 metres, 1 228 of which were post contact, at an average of 136 metres per game and made 651 tackles at a 92.9% tackling efficiency.

At the Titans 2021 NRL Awards Night, Tino Fa’asuamaleaui won the Paul Broughton Award as the Titans Best Player in 2021 and he also won the 2021 Members Most Valuable Player.

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The TSS Rugby career of Titans contracted Syris Schmidt:

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.

After the GPS school boy rugby competition was suspended for a number of weeks, Syris Schmidt started at No. 10 for the TSS First XV side that played an internal TSS trial in late August in preparation for the restart of the competition also in late August against Toowoomba Grammar School.

When the 2021 GPS First XV rugby season recommenced in late August, Syris Schmidt started at No. 10 (fly half) in Round Six against Toowoomba Grammar School and was easily the best player on the field, scoring a try and also showcasing outstanding goal kicking skills in TSS’s big away victory.

Syris Schmidt scored in the 13th minute when he was able to negotiate his way through a crowd of players to get the ball down ten metres from the left goal post. Syris Schmidt also had a line break assist in the match in the 53rd minute when he popped a good ball to Nicholas Hilton who was able to charge twenty five metres downfield.

As noted Syris Schmidt was perfect with the boot, including an outstanding 12th minute try from the right touchline. Syris Schmidt kicked another conversion from the right touchline in the 43rd minute and Syris Schmidt proved what an outstanding goal kicker he is in the 55th minute when he slotted a conversion through from the left touchline.

Such was Syris Schmidt’s performance that he was named at fly half in the Courier Mail’s GPS Rugby First XV Team of the Week and Syris Schmidt was also awarded three points by the TSS coaches in the TSS First XV Player of the Season voting.

Syris Schmidt also started at No. 10 (fly half) in Round Eight against Nudgee College. In a tough match for TSS Syris Schmidt did his best to stem the flow, kicking an 11th minute penalty goal and also converting a TSS try in the 31st minute.

Syris Schmidt was in the match early with a great clearing kick in the opening minute of the match from deep inside his own twenty metre area with the ball going into touch near the halfway mark. The match also saw Syris Schmidt produce a great covering tackle in the 38th minute on the Nudgee halfback who had darted down a short right blindside.

Syris Schmidt played his last First XV game for TSS in Round Nine against Gregory Terrace with Syris Schmidt running out with the TSS First XV side as vice-captain and starting the match at fly half.

Syris Schmidt was very good in his last ever GPS First XV match including kicking two conversions and a 67th minute penalty goal.

Syris Schmidt’s tactical kicking was outstanding in the match with a long accurate kick of Syris Schmidt coming just 19 seconds into the match. The in the 11th minute Syris Schmidt put in a long raking left foot kick from just thirty metres out from his own line with the ball ending up in the Gregory Terrace in-goal.

Just a minute or so later, another long raking kick of Syris Schmidt’s carried sixty metres on the full and bounced forward another fifteen metres before the Gregory Terrace fullback could get back to retrieve.

Syris Schmidt added another long kick in the 45th minute when he kicked the ball from fifteen metres out from his own line with the ball to be collected by the Gregory Terrace fullback twenty metres out from his own line. After the Gregory Terrace then kicked the ball back to Syris Schmidt, a good old fashioned kicking duel took place with Syris Schmidt ending the duel on top with a raking kick from inside his own twenty that went into touch on the full twenty metres out from the Gregory Terrace line.

Then in the 53rd minute with TSS under pressure Syris Schmidt put in a kick from just two metres out from his own line with the ball going into touch forty three metres downfield.

It was not just tactical kicking where Syris Schmidt excelled in the match. In the 46th minute Syris Schmidt put in a great left foot grubber kick into the in-goal to the right side of the field with Gregory Terrace forced to ground the ball.

Syris Schmidt also displayed quick hands with a great catch and pass in the 57th minute for Blake Raymond to score in the right corner. Syris Schmidt also ran the ball well including a good sniping run in the second minute after receiving the ball from a TSS line out win near halfway.

Defensively Syris Schmidt made a strong tackle in the 4th minute with a great front on tackle after Gregory Terrace ran the ball off a scrum win with Syris Schmidt’s initial contact forcing the ball loose.

Post the final round of the 2021 GPS First XV competition, Syrsi Schmidt was named at fly half in the Courier Mail Team of the Season.

From a school boy rugby perspective in 2020 Syris Schmidt started at No. 10 for the TSS First XV in their internal trial in mid-July 2020 and played the 2020 GPS school boy First XV season as a full colours TSS rugby representative. Syris Schmidt also started at No. 10 against Nudgee College being the first trial TSS had against another GPS school. In the match against Nudgee Syris Schmidt kicked two conversions from four attempts and was solid in general play in wet and muddy conditions.

Syris Schmidt also started at No. 10 in the TSS First XV’s final trial against Anglican Church Grammar School on the Gold Coast kicking three conversions as the TSS First XV completed their GPS preparations with a tight 31 – 29 victory.

Round One of the GPS school boy rugby First XV competition proper saw Syris Schmidt start at No. 10 for TSS against Brisbane State High School, scoring and kicking three conversions and a penalty goal as TSS started the season with a 49 – 19 victory. Syris Schmidt scored late in the first half when he sliced through the BSHS line when he received the ball from a TSS scrum win five metres out from the line.

Round Two against Toowoomba Grammar School saw Syris Schmidt move to inside centre (No. 12) and for me he was easily the best player on the field on his way to scoring the first TSS try of the match, assisted in two others, kicked three conversions and two penalties.

In relation to his try, Syris Schmidt received the ball a pass off the back of a ruck, before dummying his way through the Toowoomba Grammar School line to score tn metres to the right of the goal posts.

Syris Schmidt’s first try assist early in the second half came from a smart piece of play. Toowoomba Grammar School threw the ball to their right with the No. 10 trying to beat Syris Schmidt one on one, Syris Schmidt stole the ball perfectly before sending Titans contracted Kaleb Ngamanu on a forty metre run to the line.

Syris Schmidt’s second try assist sealed the match late when a sleight of hand from a TSS scrum win send the TSS right winger over close to the left upright. Post match Syris Schmidt was awarded three points from the TSS coaches in the player of the season race.

Syris Schmidt started at inside centre once again in Round Three against Brisbane Grammar School kicking a conversion and a penalty goal as TSS prevailed 20 – 15 in a tight encounter. As a result of his performance in the match, Syris Schmidt received an honourable mention by the coaches when they nominated their award winners for the match.

In the pivotal 2020 GPS school boy rugby First XV Round Four match against Brisbane Boys College Syris Schmidt moved back to No. 10 and kicked two penalties from as many attempts.

In Round Four against Gregory Terrace Syris Schmidt moved back to No. 12 (inside centre) for the home match, kicking the game winning penalty after the final siren to see TSS home 23 - 22. Syris Schmidt kicked another penalty in the first half and also a first half conversion. Syris Schmidt received an honourable mention by the TSS coaches in the TSS First XV 2020 Player of the Season voting.

Syris Schmidt was back at fly half (No. 10) for Round Five against Ipswich Grammar School and was part of the winning side in his last official First XV match for TSS.

Post the TSS GPS First XV rugby season Syris Schmidt was awarded the Faulkner Trophy as the 2020 First XV’s best back.

TSS had a 2020 Round Six bye but the TSS First XV side played a “trial” against Downlands College with Syris Schmidt playing his final match in TSS colours, starting the match at No. 10 (fly half) and Syris Schmidt was on the winning side as TSS won 50 – 24.

After starting the majority of TSS’s First XV 2019 GPS trials at fly half (No. 10), Syris Schmidt started there in Round One against Nudgee College and had a solid game in their heart stopping after the final siren one point win.

Syris Schmidt also started at five half in Round Two against Churchie producing an assured performance highlighted by some deft short passing and some raking left foot tactical kicking. For his performance, Syris Schmidt was awarded one point in the 2019 TSS First XV Rounds Two points’ award by the First XV coach.

Syris Schmidt continued his solid form in Round Three once against starting at No. 10 against Brisbane State High and was very effective defensively and also started at No. 10 in Round Four against Toowoomba Grammar School, producing an assured display.

Round Five against Brisbane Grammar School also saw Syris Schmidt in the No. 10 jersey for the TSS First XV scoring his career first GPS First XV try in the match.

In the critical Round Six match against BBC Syris Schmidt had limited ball playing time due to the rushing defence but more than held his own as TSS remained undefeated on the back of a 23 – 20 away win.

Syris Schmidt added a try assist in Round Seven in a big 54 – 24 win against Gregory Terrace when he put up a pin point left foot kick which literally went the entire width of the field and was perfectly weighted.

Syris Schmidt started the critical Round Eight match against Ipswich Grammar School once again at fly half as TSS won the GPS First XV Premiership after drawing 29 all.

Syris Schmidt post the 2019 GPS First XV competition was named at fly half in the fan nominated Courier Mail GPS First XV Team of Year after receiving 34.4% of the votes for the fly half (no. 10) position.

Post his successful 2019 GPS First XV rugby season Syris Schmidt was part f the TSS Open side on their three match tour of Japan in September of that year. In their first match of the tour TSS defeated Yamanote High School 41 – 19.

Syris Schmidt captained the TSS Open side in their second tour game as they defeated Kugayama High School 35 – 12 with Syris Schmidt scoring TSS’s first try of the second half and converted that try and two other TSS second half tries. The final match on tour saw Syris Schmidt named the TSS Player of the Match as they went down 41 – 0 to powerhouse Japanese school boy side Tokai University Sagami High School.

In the 2017 GPS rugby season for the TSS U14A side, Syris Schmidt played in seven matches. Syris Schmidt started the season on the bench for the TSS U14A side making his TSS Rugby debut in Round One against Brisbane Stet High School.

Syris Schmidt broke into the TSS U14A starting line-up in Round Eight against St Joseph’s Nudgee College starting the match at No. 10 (fly half) and was named Best Back in his starting debut. Syris Schmidt also started in Round Nine this time at inside centre against Churchie.

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The TSS Rugby career of Titans contracted Kaleb Ngamanu:

Kaleb Ngamanu 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 Kaleb Ngamanu’s third season in the TSS First XV. Kaleb Ngamanu was also the 2021 TSS First XV captain.

Kaleb Ngamanu 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.

Kaleb Ngamanu 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 inside centre (No. 12).

Kaleb Ngamanu also started at inside centre 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, Kaleb Ngamanu started at inside centre against the TSS Second XV.

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

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

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

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

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

As a result of his performance in the match Kaleb Ngamanu was named at inside centre 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 Kaleb Ngamanu named at inside centre for the TSS First XV side with Kaleb Ngamanu proving to be a difficult proposition for the Churchie defence on the way to recording two try assists.

The first of Kaleb Ngamanu’s try assists came in the 23rd minute when after slicing through the defence on the right side of the field from thirty metres out, Kaleb Ngamanu then drew the Churchie fullback and passed to his left to Jye Gray who ran away to score under the posts.

Kaleb Ngamanu added his second try assist when in the 67th minute he threw a good cut out ball to Nicholas Hilton who ran a good inside shoulder route to score next to the right upright. Just five minutes earlier in the 62nd minute Kalbe Nagamnu had also broken the line on the right once again and was able to off-load to Nicholas Hilton.

As a result of his performance in the match Kaleb Ngamanu was named at inside centre in the Courier Mail GPS First XV Team of Round Two and also was awarded three points from the TSS First XV coaches for their weekly awards.

After the GPS school boy rugby competition was suspended for a number of weeks, Kaleb Ngamanu started at inside centre for the TSS First XV side that played an internal TSS trial in late August in preparation for the restart of the competition also in late August against Toowoomba Grammar School.

When the 2021 GPS First XV rugby season recommenced in late August, Kaleb Ngamanu started at No. 12 (inside centre) in Round Six against Toowoomba Grammar School making a line break in the 38th minute of TSS’s victory. After receiving the ball on the left side of the field, Kaleb Ngamanu made a fifty metre line break into Toowoomba Grammar School territory. Unfortunately Kaleb Ngamanu was hurt in the tackle and was unable to take any further part in the match.

Kaleb Ngamanu also started at No. 12 (inside centre) in Round Eight against Nudgee College with Kaleb Ngamanu also 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.

Kaleb Ngamanu played his last First XV game for TSS in Round Nine against Gregory Terrace with Kaleb Ngamanu leading the TSS First XV side onto the field as captain and starting the match at outside centre.

The match saw Kelab Ngamanu record a try assist in the 59th minute when after Gregory Terrace lost the ball, Kaleb Ngamanu tracked back to swoop on it and after racing twelve metres downfield Kelab Ngamanu put TSS fullback Jey Gray into a gap to race away to score the match sealing try.

After a tough opening thirty minutes, Kaleb Ngamanu came into his own in the 35th minute with a surging twenty metre on the right side of the field to get the ball into Gregory Terrace territory.

Then in the 39th minute Kaleb Ngamanu was at it again with another run that accounted for twenty metres with Kaleb Ngamanu beating three tackles. Kaleb Ngamanu added another strong run in the 41st minute with the run starting from inside his own in-goal area with Kaleb Ngamanu getting the ball fifteen metres into the field of play with the combination of left foot and right foot steps of Kaleb Ngamanu’s beating four would be defenders.

Kaleb Ngamnu was always been known as an outstanding defender and his final match reinforced that when he made a great low tackle in the 49th minute near mid-field on the charging Gregory Terrace No. 8.

Post the final round of the 2021 GPS First XV competition, Kaleb Ngamanu was named on the bench in the Courier Mail Team of the Season.

In early July 2020 Kaleb Ngamanu was part of the TSS Senior Squad that undertook a three day rugby camp prior to the commencement of the 2020 GPS School Boy Rugby First XV competition and played the 2020 GPS school boy First XV season as a full colours TSS rugby representative.

Kaleb Ngamanu started at No. 12 (inside centre) as well as being named vice captain for the TSS First XV in their internal trial in mid-July 2020 and also started at inside centre against Nudgee College being the first trial TSS had against another GPS school. Kaleb Ngamanu was also the TSS vice captain for that trial as well.

Against Nudgee Kaleb Ngamanu had some very good moments including putting in the kick that resulted in the try that put TSS in front for good with two minutes to go. Kaleb Ngamanu received the ball to the right of the break down on around the half way mark and put in a right foot kick along the ground into space behind the Nudgee line, after the ball was retrieved by TSS, Jojo Fifita dived over out wide to seal a TSS 24 – 21 victory.

Kaleb Ngamanu also started at No. 12 and was also vice captain in the TSS First XV’s final trial against Anglican Church Grammar School on the Gold Coast. Kelab Ngamanu made numerous linke breaks in the match, including one in the first half off a TSS line out win when he split the Churchie defence running forty metres but he could not quite set up his support runer, being Jojo Fifita.

Also in the first half, Kaleb Ngamanu produced an outstanding series of playes which ended in a TSS try. With Churchie on the attack, Kaleb Ngamanu ripped the ball away from a Churchie attacker, retrieved it and went on a fifrty metre run down the left touch line. When he was eventually tackled, Kaleb Ngamanu recycled the ball quickly for Jye Gray to grubber through the disorganised Churchie line to score under the posts.

Round One of the GPS school boy rugby First XV competition proper saw Kaleb Nagmanu start at No. 12 and run on as TSS vice captain against Brisbane State High School. Round Two against Toowoomba Grammar School saw Kaleb Ngamanu move to outside centre (No. 13), scoring his first try of the season when he backed up on the inside after a one on one steal by Syris Schmidt to run forty metres to score. Kaleb Ngamanu laos made a thirty metre break early in the match which generated momentum for TSS eventually leading to Syris Schmidt slicing through the Toowoomba Grammar School defence to score.

Kaleb Ngamanu started at outside centre and vice captain once again in Round Three against Brisbane Grammar School recording a critical try assist late in the match when he burst through two defenders down a short blind side charing thirty metres before offloading to his right to his winger to score a key try in a 20 – 15 TSS victory.

In the pivotal 2020 GPS school boy rugby First XV Round Four match against Brisbane Boys College Kaleb Ngamanu moved back to inside centre. In Round Four against Gregory Terrace Kaleb Ngamanu moved back to No. 13 (outside centre) for the home match making a critical break down the right touch line in the dying moments of the match. TSS received a penalty from the next phase which Syris Schmidt kicked after the final siren to secure a 23 – 22 victory. Kaleb Ngamanu received one vote by the TSS coaches in the TSS First XV 2020 Player of the Season voting.

Kaleb Ngamanu continued at outside centre (No. 13) for Round Five against Ipswich Grammar School.

TSS had a Round Six bye but the TSS First XV side played a “trial” against Downlands College with Kaleb Ngamau starting at No. 13 and was vice-captain once again and was on the winning side as TSS finished their 2020 season with a 50 – 24 victory.

Kaleb Ngamanu kicked off his 2019 school boy rugby campaign for The Southport School (TSS) in late April 2019 when he was part of the TSS Second XV side that defeated the touring New Zealand School New Plymouth Boys High 36 – 0, starting the match at inside centre. Kaleb Ngamanu then was on the bench for the TSS First XV side that went down 31 – 29 also against New Plymouth Boys High.

Kaleb Ngamanu made his TSS First XV run on debut in a trial against Brisbane State High School in May 2019 with TSS winning 57 – 12.

Kaleb Ngamanu was once against part of the TSS First XV squad for the next set of GPS rugby trials against Brisbane State High School (BSHS) and Gregory Terrace at the TSS campus on the Gold Coast, in late May 2019 with Kaleb Ngamanu named on the bench. TSS won the trial against Gregory Terrace but went down against BSHS in the second match.

Kaleb Ngamanu started TSS’s next trial against Nudgee College in the right wing (No. 14) for the TSS First XV. Kaleb Ngamanu moved to the left wing (No. 11) for the TSS First XV’s next trial against Ipswich Grammar School at Ipswich.

Kaleb Ngamanu started at outside centre for the TSS First XV in their final GPS rugby trial prior to their Round One fixture against Nudgee College with TSS winning 10 - 5 away to Sunshine Coast Grammar School.

In Round One of the 2019 GPS school boy rugby competition season proper, Kaleb Ngamanu started on the right wing for TSS against Nudgee College and was outstanding defensively, both in terms of his initial contact and cover defence.

In the match the ball did not get out to his right wing a great deal but Kaleb Ngamanu did have an outstanding run late in the second half where he dragged a number of Nudgee defenders five or six metres. Kaleb Ngamanu actually crossed the line in the second half but the final pass was called back for being forward. To be fair it was only two or three metres forward.

Kaleb Ngamanu also showcased his hands in Round One taking producing a great contest catch of a TSS box kick under extreme pressure to maintain TSS’s momentum in a pivotal moment of the first half.

Kaleb Ngamanu was also outstanding in Round Two as TSS thrashed Churchie 64 – 7 with Kaleb Ngamanu starting on the right wing but moving into inside centre around the 10 minute mark after an injury.

From that position Kaleb Ngamanu scored his first First XV try of the career. At a set piece about fifteen metres out from the Churchie line, Kaleb Ngamanu originally lined up in the left of the piece but rotated around to the right receiving the ball in space.

Kaleb Ngamanu ran at the opposition defensive line which started to back pedal holding the ball in both hands and after shaping to pass the ball to his right Kaleb Ngamanu ran hrough the resultant gap in the line to score mid-way between the touch line and goal post on the right hand side of the field.

After finishing Round Two at inside centre, Kaleb Ngamanu started there in Round Three against Brisbane State High School. In the first half Kaleb Ngamanu focussed primarily on ball playing for his outside backs but in the second half ran the ball more and came close to scoring twice.

Kaleb Ngamanu also started at inside centre in Round Four against Toowoomba Grammar School in Toowoomba scoring his second try of the season as well as recording a try assist and also being heavily involved in a few others.

Kaleb Ngamanu’s try assist came in the second half and was as a result of a great sleight of hand from a set play. From a TSS scrum win on the Toowoomba Grammar School twenty metre line Kaleb Ngamanu received the ball to the right of the scrum and produced an outstanding no look pop up pass to his right as the TSS left winger looped around to charge through the resultant gap to score adjacent to the left upright.

Kaleb Ngamanu’s try (his second of the season) came late in the match, Kaleb Ngamanu picked up the ball on from the back of a ruck and drove to his left to score from close range to round out a 62 – 3 TSS route.

Round Five against Brisbane Grammar School saw Kaleb Ngamanu continue at inside centre scoring for the second week in a row and third for the season. Kaleb Ngamanu’s try can only be considered a superb effort. In the 16th minute of the first half, Kaleb Ngamanu received the ball to the right of the ruck and ran diagonally to his right and used a great fend which literally knocked the Brisbane Grammar School fly half (now at Keebra Park), being Connor Te Kani off his feet.

Once that occurred Kaleb Ngamanu ran through the resultant gap to score mid-way between the goal posts and the right corner flag under pressure from two more BGS defenders for a simply outstanding individual try.

In Round Six Kaleb Ngamanu started once again at inside centre against fellow unbeaten school Brisbane Boys College at Toowong in Brisbane in essentially what was the GPS First XV Premiership decider between the only remaining unbeaten schools.

Unfortunately Kaleb Ngamanu was forced off the field with a cheek bone injury in the early minutes of the second half in TSS’s 23 – 20 victory in front of a massive crowd at Toowong in Brisbane’s west that knocked BBC out of the GPS First XV Premiership race.

The win ensured that TSS were the 2019 GPS School Boy rugby First XV Champions and it is a touch ironic that it came against BBC which was the school that Kaleb Ngamanu’s two older brothers starred for being Cullen and Jayden Ngamanu.

Kaleb Ngamanu played for the TSS U15A side in 2018 playing in four GPS matches and one match against Downlands College. Kaleb Ngamanu started Round One at outside centre against Anglican Church Grammar School and then missed a number of matches before returning once again at outside centre in Round Six against Gregory Terrace.

In Round Seven against Brisbane Boys College Kaleb Ngamanu moved to the open side flanker position before returning to outside centre for Round Nine against Nudgee College. Kaleb Ngamanu also started at outside centre against Downlands College in TSS’s Round Eight bye week.

Prior to the GPS school boy rugby season proper, Kaleb Ngamanu played in a number of trial matches for TSS. Kaleb Ngamanu started on the bench for the first two trials which were against Far North Coast and Toowoomba Grammar School before moving into the starting side at outside centre for the last four trials against Nudgee, Ipswich Grammar School Ambrose Treacy College and Sunshine Coast Grammar School . In those four appearances in the starting trial sides Kaleb Ngamanu has been partnered in the centres with rugby league youngster Syris Schmidt.