Junior Development

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Good to see Keano Kini line up on Friday night for the Tweed Heads Seagulls MM Cup side in their trial against the Easts Tigers at Scott Park.

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In late January 2022 Dominique Sandow started at fullback for the Titans U18 side in a match at Pizzey Park against the Burleigh MM Cup side with Dominique Sandow showing some very good skills including hand/eye co-ordination in the 26th minute when he moved forward quickly from the fullback position to take a spiralling bomb on the full very well. Dominique Sandow moved to five eight towards the end of the match.

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Saturday’s Round One of the 2022 U16 Andrew Johns Cup competition saw Samuel Petch start at right centre for the Northern Rivers Titans side against the Macquarie Wests Tigers in Sydney’s west with Samuel Petch scoring a key second half try in the 52nd minute to help the Northern Rivers Titans to hold on to win 22 – 20.

Samuel Petch scored in the 52nd minute when he flashed sixteen metres down the right touchline, cutting off his right foot to get away from the right touchline and crash over between two Wests Tigers cover defenders three metres in from the right corner.

Just a minute after scoring his try, Samuel Petch saved a try with a smart piece of play when it looked certain that the Wests Tigers would score. The Wests Tigers spun the ball wide out to their left deep inside the attacking twenty metre zone with the two man overall. Samuel Petch however came out of the defensive line to take the intercept less than ten metres from the line. If Samuel Petch had not taken the initiative to move up and cut off the ball the Wests Tigers would have certainly scored in their left corner.

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Saturday’s Round One of the 2022 U18 Laurie Daley Cup competition saw Stevie O’Connor start at fullback for the Northern Rivers Titans side against the Macquarie Wests Tigers in Sydney’s west. Stevie O’Connor made a strong run out of dummy half in the 12th minute when he ran to his left, getting around two Tigers defenders, making twelve metres before being dragged to ground.

Stevie O’Connor in the 41st minute did well, along with Jaylen Tewa and Harvey Moise to hold up over the try line the Wests Tigers lock who had tried to force his way over the try line from close range out of dummy half.

Just two tackles later on the other side of the field, being the Northern Rivers Titans left side, Stevie O’Connor executed a good one on one low tackle, driving his shoulder into the giant Wests Tigers interchange front rower No. 25 with Stevie O’Connor’s initial contact dropping the Tigers giant on the spot.

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Good to see young contracted Ipswich based youngster Isaac Togia start at left second row for the Titans U16 side against the Bulldogs last weekend.

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Round One of the 2022 U16 Andrew Johns Cup competition on Saturday saw Noah Waldock start on the right wing for the Northern Rivers Titans side against the Macquarie Wests Tigers in Sydney’s west. In the second half Noah Waldock spent time closer to the action, including feeding the ball when the Northern Rivers Titans had the scrum feed.

Noah Waldock was not far from scoring in the 29th minute when after receiving the ball on his right wing in space around twenty metres out, as the cover defence came across, Noah Waldock cut inside off his wing and was only dragged down just a metre short of the try line.

Noah Waldock continued his hard working match in the 35th minute when he came off his wing to make a strong run of fifteen metres to the halfway mark through the centre of the field.

Noah Waldock showed his hard working attributes when in the 51st minute he came off his right wing to take some of the pressure off his forwards when he took a hit-up to the right of the dummy half with Noah Waldock making a hard twelve metres to get the ball just into the Wests Tigers territory.

The Macquarie Wests Tigers ran a lot of traffic at Noah Waldock’s right wing and he more than held his own, the first of a number of occasions being in the 9th minute when he executed a good low tackle not far out from his own try line on his opposite number from a Wests Tigers scrum feed.

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Good to see elusive winger line up on the right wing for the Titans U16 side against the Bulldogs. His speed and elusiveness are in the Corey Thompson category.

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Round One of the 2022 U18 Laurie Daley Cup competition saw Brady Turner start in the front row for the Northern Rivers Titans side against the Macquarie Wests Tigers in Sydney’s west with Brady Turner putting in a typically whole hearted performance in both attack and defence.

Brady Turner made the first of multiple strong efforts in the 15th minute of the match when he charged onto the ball to the right of the play the ball from deep within his own territory to get the ball over the thirty metre line.

Brady Turner once again charged onto the ball in the 21st minute with a run of twelve metres to the left of the play the ball to get within five metres of the try line. Even though on that occasion he was held by three defenders, Brady Turner was able to off-load to hooker Ashton Harley who was able to get even closer to the line.

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Round One of the 2022 U16 Andrew Johns Cup competition on Saturday saw AJ Hickling start in the front row for the Northern Rivers Titans side against the Macquarie Wests Tigers in Sydney’s west with AJ Hickling taking the second hit-up of the match after the Wests Tigers had kicked off to get the match underway.

AJ Hickling made a further strong hit-up in the 15th minute when he charged onto the ball to the left of the dummy half, with AJ Hickling make twelve metres to get the ball inside the Northern Rivers Titans attacking twenty metre zone. AJ Hickling was at it again just two tackles later, making a further eight metres to get to within five metres of the try line directly in front of the goal posts.

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Round One of the 2022 U18 Laurie Daley Cup competition on Saturday saw Lachlan Offley start on the right wing for the Northern Rivers Titans side against the Macquarie Wests Tigers in Sydney’s west.

Lachlan Offley made his first run in the 7th minute when he darted out of dummy half to his left to make fourteen metres after picking up the ball at dummy half just metres out from his own line.

Lachlan Offley made some more big metres in attack in the 66th minute when after making eight metres from a run from a Northern Rivers Titans scrum win from deep inside their own territory, Lachlan Offley was awarded a penalty when he was not able to play the ball in a timely fashion. Lachlan Offley then smartly took a quick tap with the Wests Tiges defence still moving backwards with Lachlan Offley making a great twenty five metres getting the ball to just on the halfway mark.

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Round One of the 2022 U18 Laurie Daley Cup competition on Saturday saw Kaden Rees start at right centre for the Northern Rivers Titans side against the Macquarie Wests Tigers in Sydney’s west with Kaden Rees coming desperately close to scoring in the second half when he sliced through the Wests Tigers right sided defence but the ball was knocked out of his hands just as he was about to put the ball down over the line wide out on the right side of the field.

Defensively Kaden Rees was outstanding against the Wests Tigers giant left centre, with the first of a number of great defensive plays in the 41st minute when he came of the defensive line to hit the Tigers centre just after he had taken possession with Kaden Rees stopping the Tigers attacking move before it really even gotten going.

Kaden Rees also came out of the defensive line once again in the 68th minute to once again shut down a dangerous West Tigers left sided attacking move, with Kaden Rees’s timing once again on display.

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Saturday’s Round One of the 2022 U18 Laurie Daley Cup competition saw Harvey Moase captain the Northern Rivers Titans side from halfback against the Macquarie Wests Tigers in Sydney’s west and kicked three conversions from as many attempts.

Harvey Moase’s first conversion was an outstanding effort in blistery conditions from the left touchline in just the 2nd minute of the match to convert a Matthew Bollard try in the left corner. Harvey Moase started the ball wide out to the right of the goal posts and Harvey Moase judged the wind perfectly with the ball coming back with the wind to go over the black dot.

Harvey Moase then produced another outstanding conversion from the left touchline in the 13th minute when once again Matthew Bollard dived over in the left corner. Harvey Moase then converted Josh Buttenshaw’s try from directly in front of the goal posts.

Harvey Moase also produced a great kick-off in the 35th minute that was too difficult for the Wests Tigers to handle with the ball subsequently going dead in goal. Harvey Moase kicked the ball off with the ball going to Harvey Moase’s left and the ball sailing deep into the in-goal on the full and subsequently going dead and forcing the Wests Tigers into a goal line drop out.

Harvey Moase in the 41st minute did well, along with Stevie O’Connor and Jaylen Taewa to hold up over the try line the Wests Tigers lock who had tried to force his way over the try line from close range out of dummy half.

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Saturday’s Round One of the 2022 U16 Andrew Johns Cup competition saw Kennyon Elisaia-Thomas start from the bench for the Northern Rivers Titans side against the Macquarie Wests Tigers in Sydney’s west with Kennyon Elisaia-Thomas coming into the match late in the first half to operate in the dummy half role.

Kennyon Elisaia-Thomas made his first dart of the dummy half in the 36th minute when after taking possession Kennyon Elisaia-Thomas ran to his left making fifteen metres to get the ball to within thirty five metres of the try line. Kennyon Elisaia-Thomas was then awarded a penalty when the Wests Tigers defence would not allow him to play the ball quickly.

Then in the 42nd minute Kennyon Elisaia-Thomas almost laid on a try for Zane Harrison. After picking up a loose ball Kennyon Elisaia-Thomas burst through the centre of the ruck making twenty five metres before off-loading to Zane Harrison but just as he was diving over the try line, the ball was knocked from Zane Harrison’s grasp.

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Round One of the 2022 U18 Laurie Daley Cup competition on Saturday saw Matthew Bollard start on the left wing for the Northern Rivers Titans side against the Macquarie Wests Tigers in Sydney’s west with Matthew Bollard scoring twice inside the opening thirteen minutes of the match.

Matthew Bollard scored his opening try of the match in just the 2nd minute when he raced through to ground a short grubber centre from centre William James in the in-goal area.

Matthew Bollard completed his double in the 13th minute when he darted fourteen metres down the left touchline to score in the left corner after receiving the ball from his inside from William James.

In addition to his two try effort Matthew Bollard did some good work bringing the ball out of the Northern Rivers Titans own territory including a strong effort running off the dummy half to the left of the play the ball, beating one defender whilst making fifteen metres with Matthew Bollard winning a penalty.

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Great Official Site articles on the Titans Super Saturday:

https://www.titans.com.au/news/2022/...itans-video-2/

https://www.titans.com.au/news/2022/...day-a-success/