Junior Development

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Matthew Logopati moved over from Canterbury on New Zealand’s South Island in early 2021 to attend Coombabah State High School as well as play for Runaway Bay in the Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One competition, after a storied career in New Zealand.

In October 2021 Matthew Logopati played for the South Island Scorpions in the 2021 New Zealand U18 Natiional Youth Tournament including starting at right centre in the Final against the Upper Central Stallions but unfortunately his side went down 30 – 28.

Matthew Logopati started Round One of the 2021 Langer Cup School Boy competition at left second row against Mabel Park State High School having an impressive match in Coombabah’s big win over the Langer Cup newcomers including an outstanding solo try in the 48th minute of the match.

Matthew Logopati took a hit-up from a Coombabah SHS penalty restart eleven metres from the line. Matthew Logopati ran fractionally to his left but after bumping of the first defender, he cut back towards the left touchline, palming off a number of defenders and breaking through two more tackles to slam the ball down in the right corner.

The first of a number of telling contributions from Matthew Logopati came in the 8th minute when he made thirteen metres through the centre of the giant Mabel Park SHS forward pack to get to the halfway mark. Matthew Logopati also made a fourteen metres run in the 16th minute.

Matthew Logopati then in the 29th minute charged onto the ball to the right of the dummy half before cutting back to his left to make twelve metres before getting away a right arm off-load.

Matthew Logopati showed his all-out effort in the 8th minute when he stopped, turned and dived backwards onto an attacking grubber kick that was put through by Mabel Park then did not concede the tackle, immediately jumping to his feet racing forty metres downfield to put Coombabah SHS onto the attack deep in Mabel Park territory.

Matthew Logopati also started at left second row in Coombabah SHS’s tough Round Two loss against Wavell State High School and in Round Three against PBC State High School Matthew Logopati dropped back to the bench, coming on to play right second row but unfortunately Matthew Logopati went down with put looked like a serious knee injury in the 22nd minute. Prior to going off, Matthew Logopati had some very good moments including a strong run down the right channel in the 15th minute with Matthew logopati then being able to off-load to his left.

After missing Round Three, Matthew Logopati was named on the bench for Round Four against Ipswich State High School and also for Round Five against St Mary’s College Toowoomba.

Matthew Logopati’s first appearance for Runaway Bay in the GCRL U18 Division One competition came when he started from the bench in Round Three against the Nerang Roosters. Matthew Logopati moved into the Seagulls starting side at left second row in Round Four against the Helensvale Hornets.

Round Five saw Matthew Logopati start at right second row against Burleigh producing a strong performance in the Seagulls tough loss including a strong run of thirteen metres in the 7th minute, being stopped less than a metre from the tryline.

The match also saw Matthew Logopati produce a strong tackled in the 51st minute when his contact when he came over the top forcing the ball loose.

In Round Seven against the Ormeau Shearers, Matthew Logopati was named on the bench.

Matthew Logopati started his school boy rugby league career of with Coombabah SHS in the Titans Cup Year 11/12 Division One competition including in Round Five when he was Coombabah’s best in their loss to Marymount College.

In 2020 Matthew Logopati was part of the Future Warriors Elite Development Program and was also named in the U16 New Zealand Residents squad as well as playing for the Canterbury U16 representatice side. Matthew Logopati played his club rugby league prior to moving to Australia with the Lonwood Keas in Canterbury.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When rugby league recommenced on the Gold Coast in late August 2021 after the Covid 19 lockdown, Haizyn Mellars was named to start on the left wing for Nerang in Round Eleven against the Ormeau Shearers.

Haizyn Mellars was then named to start the 2021 GCRL U18 Division One Preliminary Final on the bench for the Roosters against the Ormeau Shearers.

In late August 2021, Haizyn Mellars was named in the Queenland City U17 squad for a match against a Queensland U17 Country squad with Haizyn Mellars being named on the City extended bench for the match.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

At the 2021 Kyogle Turkeys Awards Night, Damian Wilson received the NRRRL First Grade Coaches Award.

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Talented young Kyogle Turkeys junior Che Garred and Kyogle High School student started at fullback in Round One of the 2021 Group One U13 competition for Kyogle against the South Grafton Rebels and scored for the Turkeys as they defeated the Rebels 36 – 4.

Che Garred also started at fullback in Round Two against the Kyogle Turkeys and Round Three against the Ballina Seagulls where he scored as the Turkeys defeated Ballina 28 – 10.

Che Garred moved to the centres for Round Four against Casino RSM and continued in the centres in Round Eight against the South Grafton Rebels and Round Nine against Casino RSM.

Che Garred continued in the centres in Round Ten against Ballina as well as in Round Eleven against the Clarence Coast Magpies with Che Garred scoring one of the Turkey’s tries.

In Round Twelve against the Marist Rams Che Garred had an outstanding match in the centres, scoring a hat trick against the Marist Rams. Understandably Che Garred was also named to start in the centres in Round Thirteen against Casino RSM with Che Garred one of the Turkeys try scorers in their 34 – 22 victory.

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One of the most exciting players in the Greater Brisbane Junior rugby League U14 Division One competition was Logan Brothers and Marsden SHS centre Boston Tau.

Boston Tau underlined his potential with an outstanding hat trick in Logan Brothers semi-final victory against Souths Juniors.

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In early November 2021 Cooper Camby was named in the 2022 Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup squad.

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

Cooper Camby played the 2021 season with the Cudgen Hornets in the NRRRL U18 competition starting Round One at left centre against the Tweed Coast Raiders and was one of the Hornets try scorers in their big victory.

Cooper Camby’s try came in just the 4th minute of the Round One match when he ran through a gap down the left channel from five metres out in get the ball down five metres in from the left corner post.

Cooper Camby continued at left centre in Round Three against Casino RSM, scoring a double in Cudgen’s 40 – 18 victory.

Cooper Camby’s opening try came in the 9th minute when he ran into a gap on the left from six metres out, with Copper Camby spinning counter clockwise right on the try line to gain separation from the fullback to get the ball down nine metres in from the left corner.

Cooper Camby scored his second try of the match in the 18th minute when initially he was defending twenty metres from his own line. The Casino RSM halfback put in a grubber kick to the left side of the field with Cooper Camby taking the ball over his right shoulder and then outpaced the defence to run eighty metres down the left wing and then was able to bring the ball around to place the ball under the posts.

Cooper Camby also started at left centre in Round Four against the Bilambil Jets, scoring a double once again in Cudgen’s victory against their closest rivals.

Cooper Camby’s opening try came in the 5th minute when he was on the end of a Hornets passing movement to the left and received the ball in space and was able to comfortably run ten metres to score in the left corner. Cooper Camby added his second try in the 38th minute when he was put into a gap by Harvey Moase and ran twenty metres to score easily.

Cooper Camby continued at left centre in Round Five against the Byron Bay, once again scoring a double. Cooper Camby’s opening try came in the 6th minute of the match when he burst thirty metres down the left touchline and was able to hold off the Byron Bay halfback with left arm, maintaining his balance to get the ball over the line in the left corner.

Cooper Camby scored his second try in the 45th minute when after receiving the ball, Cooper Camby stepped off his left to beat one defender before a second left foot step beat another. As he ran at the fullback, Cooper Camby looked to his left to his support but instead he dummied in that direction with that deception fooling the fullback and then Cooper Camby brought the ball around to score under the posts.

Cooper Camby continued at left centre in Round Seven against the Marist Brothers Rams and in Round Eight against the Kyogle Turkeys where in the 48th minute Cooper Camby made a fifty metre break down the left touchline.

Cooper Camby continued at left centre in Round Ten against the Murwillumbah Mustangs and scored in the 50th minute when he received a great right arm off-load from Darcy Townsend eight metres from the line and Cooper Camby was able to get the ball down in the left corner.

Cooper Camby finished the abridged 2021 NRRRL U18 regular season as the competitions equal leading try scorer with eight tries alongside Damon Coldwell and Michael Roberts.

Cooper Camby also continued to play for PBC in 2021, playing primarily in the Langer Reserve competition and had an exceptional match in Round Four against Marsden State High School when from his left centre position he was one of PBC’s try scorers when he was able to reach out to get the ball down.

Cooper Camby also started at left centre in Round Six against Keebra Park with Cooper Camby scoring PBC’s opening try of the match in just the 2nd minute of the match when after PBC, on the last tackle, spun the ball to their right, the ball came back to Cooper Camby on the left around eight metres out. Cooper Camby was confronted immediately by a defender and subsequently put in a short grubber kick for himself, regathering the ball just short of the line and getting the ball down near the left corner.

Cooper Camby also started at left centre in the final round after the Covid 19 hiatus against Wavell State Hgih School, scoring PBC’s second try of the match.

Cooper Camby scored in the 29th minute when after receiving the ball fifteen metres out, Cooper Camby was able to get the ball down in the left corner. Cooper Camby also had a long sixty metre line break in the match. In the 16th minute Cooper Camby raced sixty metres down the left touchline after receiving an off-load from Bailey McConnell.

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The talented Jackson Le Pou youngster moved over from the Upper Central Zone of New Zealand’s North Island for the 2021 season and started at five eight for the Currumbin Eagles in their GCRL U18 Division One Round One match against the Southport Tigers.

Even though he started the match at five eight, Jackson Le Pou played in the dummy half role for the Eagles in their 28 – 10 first up victory.

Jackson Le Pou could not have gotten an earlier touch when he took the kick-off to start the match on the full above his head AFL style.

Jackson Le Pou also started at five eight in Round Two against the Nerang Roosters as well as in Round Three against the Helensvale Hornets.

Against the Hornets in Round Three Jackson Le Pou scored his first regular season try since his arrival from New Zealand when he ran to his right dummying both inside and out before slicing through the line and then Jackson Le Pou stepped off his right foot to beat the Helensvale fullback and get the ball down five metres from the right upright.

Round Four saw Jackson Le Pou continue at five eight agaisnt Mudgeeraba with his left goot kicking game taking precedence inlduing a 16th minute kick into the right corner which had to be knocked dead by the Redbacks fullback.

After missing a number of weeks, Jackson Le Pou was named to return on the bench in the previously postponed Round Eight match against the Southport Tigers and also was named to start on the bench in Round Twelve against the Ormeau Shearers.

Round Thirteen against Runaway Bay saw Jackson Le Pou move in the Currumbin starting side at hooker.

Jackson Le Pou had a very solid pre-season with the Eagles including a great Pre-season Round One match against Ormeau scoring in the 55th minutes as well as recording a 7th minute try assist.

Jackson Le Pou’s 55th minute try was a strong individual effort when he received the ball ten metres out from the line and ran to his right. As he approached the defensive line Jackson Le Pou stepped off his right foot to beat one defender before a second right foot step to get around the Ormeau fullback and get the ball down in a tackle five metres to the right of the uprights.

Jackson Le Pou’s try assist came in just the 7th minute of the match when he took the ball down the right side of the field, taking the ball to the line before throwing a great cut-out pass to put his right centre into a huge gap thirty metres out and from there the centre was able to dive over in the right corner untouched.

In the Upper Central Region of New Zealand, Jackson Le Pou had a solid junior rugby league career, including being invited to attend a number of Brisbane Bronco’s Junior Development camps.

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Former Western Australian junior Quinton Dalton has moved over to the Gold Coast to play for the Burleigh Bears in the Gold Coast Rugby League U18 Division One competition, with his initial appearance in that competition for the Bears coming in Round Three when he started at halfback against the Mudgeeraba Redbacks.

Quinton Dalton’s GCRL U18 Division One debut could not have gone much better when he scored in the 58th minute in the left corner after he had backed up a long break down the left touchline by his left winger.

Quinton Dalton also recorded a 58th minute try assist when he ran to his left, drawing in one defender fifteen metres from the line and passed to his left to put Jesse Harrison into the resultant gap for the left centre to score out wide.

Quinton Dalton was also involved in the 31st minute when he chased through a Burleigh kick, with the speed of his chase forcing Mudgeeraba to kick the ball dead, thus gaining a goal line drop out restart for his team.

After also starting at halfback in Round Four, Quinton Dalton scored once again against Southport with his try coming in the 54th minute.

Quinton Dalton continued at halfback in Round Five against Runaway Bay and made his presence felt in just the 5th minute when he made a darting run through centre field after he trailed one of his forwards and was ideally placed to receive the off-load.

Quinton Dalton made another half break in the 55th minute when once again he backed up one of his forwards and was able to make an extra fourteen metres after receiving the off-load to get the ball out to forty metres from his own line.

Quinton Dalton then produced a smart piece of play in the 54th minute with a smart grubber kick into the goal on the right side of the field to force Runaway Bay into a drop out with Quinton Dalton taking the drop-out on the full and taking the ball back into the line.

Round Six against the Ormeau Shearers saw Quinton Dalton continue at halfback and record a 6th minute line break when whilst operating on the left side of the field he ran at the line with the ball in both hands dummying twice to his outside before stepping off his left to make fifteen metres before being dragged down five metres from the line.

Quinton Dalton continued at half against the Nerang Roosters before being named on the bench for Round Fourteen against the Currumbin Eagles.

Quinton Dalton then moved into the Burleigh starting side at halfback in Week One of the 2021 GCRL U18 Division One Finals against the Ormeau Shearers.

Quinton Dalton had a more than solid junior career in Western Australia before his move to the Gold Coast including in 2019 being named in the Western Australian U15 representative side.

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South Grafton Rebels hooker Keaton Stutt was part of the Titans 2020 Group One Academy squad that was training on a weekly basis in Ballina on Tuesday afternoon’s in Northern New South Wales.

Keaton Stutt crossed the Grafton Bridge this season and started at hooker for the Grafton Ghosts in Round One of the Group One U16 competition against Marist Brothers Rams. The in Round Four against Casino RSM Keaton Stutt moved to five eight and kicked a conversion. Keaton Stutt also started from the five eight position in Round Five against Clarence Coast and was one of the Ghosts try scorers in their 26 – 10 victory.

Keaton Stutt continued at five eight in Round Six against Marist Brothers Lismore.

Keaton Stutt moved to hooker in Round Twelve against the Clarence Coast Magpies scoring a double in the Ghosts eight point win.

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mdrew, could you discuss the processes that bring under aged talent to the Coast, please? Family relocation, recruitment systems, aspirations or just fate?

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The Titans catchment area has expanded quite significantly over the last couple of seasons from just the Gold Coast and just over the border into a significant expanse of territory from Logan and Ipswich all of the way down to south of Grafton.

The initial step is the Titans four JTS squads in Group One, Group 18, the Gold Coast and Logan. Obviously the relationships that Jamie McCormack has developed with Ballina HS, PBC, Keebra Park and Marsden SHS's are one of the key drivers, with players from outside those regions moving to our catchment area.

The big movement in the qualitative explosion in the JTS Program was Jamie McCormack's contacts and subsequently Ezra Howe getting involved with Ezra having great contacts in NZ, thus the quality of NZ boys moving to the Coast, normally to move in with family and attend one of the Titans partnered schools.

Impressively the Titans are really locking up Logan and to a lesser extent Ipswich with one of the reasons that the Titans actually play development squad matches where most of the other NRL clubs just train.

Also the formal links to the Northern Rivers Titans has enabled boys from over the border in NSW to paly under the Titans banner in a high level competition before graduating to the Tweed or Burleigh MM squads.

Whereas five or six years ago the Bronco's development staff were mobbed when they were watching junior matches now the Titans staff are the ones that the Managers are targeting first.

Getting the right players is also key and by right I am not meaning just good players but leaders, for example William Semu who is contracted from Brisbane is a leader and mentor and others follow.

The other key reason is the respect that the Titans show the parents and boys/girls in the JTS program. For example during Covid most NRL clubs literally just said that they would get back to their players in a few month, Jamie McCormack however ran weekly video sessions with each JTS Program participant takign each boy through nor just their matches but of NRL players who are similiar from a playing style perspective and thus the juniors buy into the program because of the respect they are shown.

Having Kane Elgey is a great help too as he is mobbed whenever he attends a school, plus the of Anthony Don, David Fifita and Tananh Boyd attends programs regularly.

What does this all mean, it means that the Titans have not just developed great players but exceptional young boys and girls that are role models for the next generation of juniors. Just look at the fact that Tom Weaver, Jack Cullen and Oskar Bryant gave up their time on the weekend to attend their junior clubs presentations being Cudgen and Ryan Foran coached juniors are his junior club.


Want to guess where the boys who are involved with those situations will sign next - Yep the Titans.

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Thanks Mdrew, every supporter should be getting excited our JTS system will start bearing the fruits and as Mdrew mentioned Jamie McCormack needs a big pat on the back

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In late October 2021 Isaiah Scanlon was named in the powerful Burleigh Bears 2022 U18 MM Cup squad and is also MM Cup eligible in 2023.

In October 2021 Isaiah Scanlon was named in the 2021 Queensland Samoan U16 representative side for the 2021 QPICC Cultural Carnival that was held in Beenleigh to the south of Brisbane, starting Round One of the Carnival in the front row against PNG.

In fact Isaiah Scanlon started all five of his matches at the Carnival in the front row including Samoa’s 22 - 12 Grand Final victory over PNG.

The powerful young front rower had an outstanding 2021 season that saw the 16 year old break into the powerful PBC Langer Cup Open side, playing a number of matches off the bench for the Queensland School Boy Champions, including the South East Queensland Final against Marsden State High School and the Queensland School Boy Final against St Brendan’s College Yeppoon.

Isaiah Scanlon started the 2021 season as part of the Burleigh Bears U16 Cyril Connell Cup side, starting all three of the Bears matches in the front row as Burleigh played the Souths Logan Magpies, Tweed Heads Seagulls and the Ipswich Jets.

2021 also saw Isaiah Scanlon play for the Burleigh Bears in the Gold Coast Rugby League U16 Division One competition, including starting the Grand Final against the Southport Tigers at in the front row.

Isaiah Scanlon was one of the Bears try scorers in their 24 – 18 Premiership success when in the 10th minute, Isaiah Scanlon charged onto the ball to the right of the play the ball that occurred a metre from the line, crashing over ten metres to the right of the uprights.

Isaiah Scanlon almost scored a second try in the Grand Final when in the 25th minute, Isaiah Scanlon received an off-load ten metres from the line with Isaiah Scanlon getting to within a metre of the try line next to the right upright before his forward momentum was halted.

In addition Isaiah Scanlon ran the ball consistently hard at the defensive line including a great 37th minute effort that saw him make fifteen metres to get the ball forty metres out from his own try line.

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Titans contracted Wailer Whaiapu has deservedly been named at lock in the 2021 Keebra Park Rugby League Team of the Year.

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Front rower Zachariah Siulepa has moved over to the Gold Coast from Western Australia to play for the Burleigh Bears in the 2021 GCRL U18 Division One competition, starting Round One of that competition against the Nerang Roosters in the front row.

Zachairiah Siulepa dropped back to start from the bench in Round Two as the Bears took on the Helensvale Hornets coming on late in the first half, playing in the front row and not long after coming on the field Zachairiah Siulepa made his presence felt with a strong tackle on the Helensvale right second rower. The 33rd minute then saw Zachairiah Siulepa monster one of the Hornets interchange forwards with a big front on tackle.

Zachairiah Siulepa almost scored his first try since his move to the Gold Coast when in the 34th minute he rumbled forward from ten metres out from the try line and it took four Helensvale defenders to hold him up over the line adjacent to the left upright.

Zachairiah Siulepa came off the bench once again in Round Three against the Mudgeeraba Redbacks as well as in Round Four agaisnt the Southport Tigers.

Zachairiah Siulepa also started from the bench in Round Five against the Runaway Bay Seagulls and had a big hand in Burleigh’s 25 – 24 victory by scoring a try in each half of the nail biting victory.

After coming off the bench in the 21st minute Zachairiah Siulepa only had to wait two minutes to cross the line for his first try of not just the match but since his arrival from Perth. Zachairiah Siulepa rumbled onto the ball from twelve metres from the line, running straight and hard breaking through three tackles to get the ball down five metres from the right uprights.

Zachairiah Siulepa scored his second try in the dying minutes of the match when he received an inside pass and rumbled eight metres to score next to the right upright.

After initially being named to start from the bench, Zachairiah Siulepa started in the front row in Round Six against the Ormeau Shearers, making the first os his strong runs in the 3rd minute when he rumbled forward making fifteen metres to get the ball to near the halfway mark and he made a further fifteen metres in the 9th minute from the kick-off from Burleigh’s opening try of the match.

Zachairiah Siulepa was back in the starting line-up in the front row in Round Nine against the Helensvale Hornets and scored the opening try of the match in Burleigh’s impressive 28 – 16 victory.

Zachaiariah Siulepa continued in the front row against the Nerang Roosters and scored a strong try in the 27th minute when he ran an underneath route off the dummy half, receiving the ball to the left of the dummy half and three metres out to crash over under the posts.

After missing a number of weeks Zachaiariah Siulepa was named on the bench for the Round Thirteen match against the Ormeau Shearers as well as in Round Fourteen against the Currumbin Eagles.

Zachaiariah Siulepa also started from the bench for Burleigh in Week One of the 2021 GCRL U18 Division One Finals against the Ormeau Shearers with Zachaiariah Siulepa rumbling his way over from ten metres out to the right of the uprights in the 25th minute.

In 2019 Zachairiah Siulepa was part of the Western Australian U15 School Boys side that played in the U15 ASSRL U15 National Championships scoring in Western Australia’s second match of the Championships against Victoria when he got low and was too strong for the Victorian defence close to the try line with Zachairiah Siulepa getting the ball down next to the right upright.