Junior Development

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It is great to see junior rugby league players not just play for their junior club but also get involved and that was the case this season with Grafton Ghost junior rugby league's Billy Kilduff who was named the 2021 Grafton Ghosts Junior Rugby League Volunteer of the Yea.

Billy Kilduff was also named the the 2021 Grafton Ghosts Group One U15 Players Player.

Billy Kilduff is currently training with the 2022 Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup Train-on Squad.

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Great to see Murwillumbah Colts Junior Owen Woods play for the Titans Development Squads.

This season Owen Woods played for the Colts in the Group 18 U14 competition being named the Best Back.

He was also named Best back in 2020 in the Group 18 U13 competition.

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2020 Murwillumbah Colts Group 19 U13 Rookie of Year Sam Stovin is another talented player involved in the Titans Junior Development Squad matches.

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At the conclusion of the 2021 season powerhouse Year Eight prospect Feepale Feaunati was named in the second row in the 2021 Keebra Park Rugby League Team of the Year.

The young man is not just an outstanding rugby league prospect but he is also a very talented rugby player, playing for the Sunnybank Dragons in Brisbane.

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The Northern Rivers Titans U16 Andrew Johns Cup Train-on Squad with the likes of Titans contracted Zane Harrison and Riley Buchanan had their first session this morning at Ballina with wet conditions facing the talented squad.

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Leeton Smith from Lismore was brought into the Titans JTS Program in July 2021 after an outstanding start to the 2021 Group One U16 season, with Leeton Smith the Marist Rams in that competition.

Leeton Smith started Round One against the Grafton Ghosts in the second row and also started in the second row in Round Two against the Clarence Coast Magpies.

Leeton Smith continued in the second row in Round Three against Casino RSM with Leeton Smith having a break out match scoring his first try of the 2021 season and he also kicked his first conversion of the season when he converted his own try.

Leeton Smith moved to halfback in Round Five against the Kyogle Turkeys with the move paying immediate dividends with Leeton Smith scoring fourteen of the Rams eighteen points from two tries and three goals.

Round Six against the Grafton Ghosts saw Leeton Smith’s outstanding season continue as from the halfback position once again Leeton Smith scored two tries and kicked a conversion.

In both Rounds Seven and Eight against Kyogle and Clarence Coast respectively, Leeton Smith from the halfback position scored a try and converted that try in both matches.

Round Ten against the Grafton Ghosts saw Leeton Smith continue at halfback with Leeton Smith scoring a try and kicking a conversion in the Rams tough loss.

Leeton Smith also started at halfback in Round Twelve against the Kyogle Turkeys scoring once again in the Rams loss.

Leeton Smith was then named to continue at halfback in Round Thirteen against the Kyogle Turkeys, scoring a try and kicking two conversions as the Rams went down by two points, 26 – 24.

Leeton Smith finished the abridged 2021 Group One U16 regular season as the competitions second leading try scorer with ten tries.

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Recently Titans linked Callum Bowles was named the 2021 Grafton Ghosts Group One U15 Best Back.

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In October 2021 Titans contracted Antioch Faitala-Mariner was named in the 2022 Easts Tigers U18 MM Cup squad for the second season in a row.

Brisbane based Titans contracted winger signed a multi-year contract at the start of the 2019 year after some impressive displays for the Titans Logan based junior development squads. In positive news for the Titans Antioch Faitala-Mariner resigned with the Titans for an additional couple of seasons in late 2020.

In January 2021 Antioch Faitala-Mariner started at right centre for the Titans U17 side in their annual match at Coffs Harbour against the Newcastle Knights with Antioch Faitala-Mariner having the opportunity to showcase his blazing speed on a number of occasions with the Titans deserved 32 – 20 victory.

In 2021 Antioch Faitala-Mariner was part of the Easts Tigers U18 Mal Meninga squad and started on the wing in their 26 – 12 trial victory over the Ipswich Jets.

In Round One of the 2021 MM Cup against the Redcliffe Dolphins, Antioch Faitala-Mariner moved to fullback and also started at fullback in Round Two against the Norths Devils and in Round Three against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.

Antioch Faitala-Mariner was also named to start at fullback in Round Four against the Redcliffe Dolphins but in fact started the match in the centres and also started in the centres in Round Five against the Norths Devils scoring his first try of the 2021 MM Cup season in the Tigers 26 all draw.

Round Six being the final regular season round of the 2021 MM Cup competition saw Antioch Faitala-Mariner line up in the centres against Wynnum Manly.

In November 2020 Antioch Faitala-Mariner was named in the Easts Tigers 2021 MM Cup squad and he will also be MM Cup eligible in 2022.

The explosive winger was part of a Titans U15 side that played against another Titans U15 side and a Western Mustangs U15 selection at Mudgeeraba in February 2019 in a round robin set of matches and subsequent to those matches signed a contract linking the winger to the Titans until the end of the 2021 season.
In January 2020 Antioch Faitala-Mariner was part of the Titans U16 side that played and defeated a Newcastle Knights U16 Harold Matthews side in Coffs Harbour 18 – 14 in an outstanding display by the Titans.
In early 2020 Antioch Faitala-Mariner was selected in the Brisbane Stingers U16 trial squad for the U16 South East Queensland pre-season Challenge after some impressive early season performances unfortunately however the competition was cancelled as a result of the Conavirus pandemic in the week leading up to the commencement of the competition.

Also in 2020 Antioch Faitala-Mariner was part of the Brisbane State High School GPS school boy First XV side starting round One at outside centre (No. 13) against TSS, starting there as well in round Two against Gregory Terrace and for that matter for the remainder of the season.

In 2020 Antioch Faitala-Mariner was also a member of the Brisbane State High School’s Athletics squad that participated the 2020 GPS Athletics Carnival. At the carnival Antioch Faitala-Mariner represented Brisbane State High School in three track events.

Antioch Faitala-Mariner ran 12.07 seconds in the 100 metre U16 sprint, ran the second leg in the U16 4 x 100 metre relay with Brisbane State High School recording a time of 45.31 seconds and ran the final leg of the Brisbane State High School 4 x 400 metres relay team that finished 4th in a time of 3 minutes 59.01 seconds.

In early October 2019 Antioch Faitala-Mariner was part of the Titans U15 side that played a Balmain Tigers U15 side at Piggabeen in Northern New South Wales with the Titans winning 34 – 16 in impressive fashion with Antioch Faitala-Mariner starting on the right wing for the Titans and coring an impressive individual try. From a Titans scrum win around thirty metres out, Antioch Faitala-Mariner received the ball to the left of the scrum win, stepping off his left foot to beat the initial defender before beating the Balmain fullback with a effortlessly quick swerve to his left to score essentially untouched.

The powerful young winger hails from the Easts Tigers club in Brisbane’s East and played one match for the GBJRL U15 Division One Tigers side in 2019 before moving up to play the remainder of the 2019 season with the Tigers in the GBJRL U16 Division One side scoring two tries in his thirteen matches in that competition.

To be selected to move up to the U16 Division One side is a real feather in Antioch Faitala-Mariner’s cap as the U15 Division One side went all the way to the Grand Final but the Easts Tigers hierarchy identified that he could handle the step up in age and they were proved correct with their assessment over the course of the 2019 season.

Antioch Faitala-Mariner also played rugby in 2019, playing for Brisbane State High School in the GPS U15A competition and was also selected in the Queensland Maroon side for the 2019 Queensland Junior U15 Gold Cup competition.

Antioch Faitala-Mariner played for the Easts Tigers in the 2018 GBJRL U14 Premier Division competition in 2018 including starting in the Grand Final that Easts won 26 – 20 against a Norths Devils side that included fellow Titan contracted U15 player, centre Shannon Subritzky-Stewart.

In 2018 Antioch Faitala-Mariner was also part of the South East Queensland Green U14 side that took part of the Queensland U14 Age Championships and started on the wing in the final that ended in a 16 all draw against South East Queensland White. In total for the 2018 South East Queensland U14 Green side, Antioch Faitala-Mariner played in all four of their matches starting all of them on the wing.

In rugby Antioch Faitala-Mariner represented Met East in the Queensland U12 Rugby Championships in 2016 and was named as their player of the match against Sunshine Coast on Day Two of those Championships.

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Kyogle Turkey's U16 fullback Zacchaeus Brettner Massey had a strong trial at Ballina on Sunday for the 2022 Northern Rivers Titans U18 Laurie Daley Cup squad.

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Great to see Kyogle centre Tyler Moore wear a Titans jersey for the first time yesterday in the Titans U14 Development Squad Trial game.

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After a strong 2021 season with PBC and the all conquering Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup side, Titans contracted Reef Sommerville will start the next step in his rugby league journey as part of the 2022 Tweed Heads Seagulls Hastings Deering's Colts squad.

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After a solid season in the Group One U16 competition this season Kyogle Turkey's five eight/lock Oscar Kennett will be looking to break into the 2022 U18 Laurie Daley Cup Northern Rivers Titans squad after a strong trial on Saturday afternoon.

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Great to see Noah Reti line-up in the Titans U14 Development Trial yesterday.

This young man from the South Grafton Rebels is an exceptional talent.

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Great Corey Thompson interview with Jaylan De Groot.

https://www.titans.com.au/news/2021/...rs-as-a-titan/

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Great Corey Thompson interview with Jaylan De Groot.

https://www.titans.com.au/news/2021/...rs-as-a-titan/

Well spoken young man, great to see him invested in what the future is for the club