Junior Development

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In 2022 Ethan Alcorn lined up once again for the Bilambil Jets in the Group 18 U14 competition with Ethan Alcorn starting the Grand Final at lock against the South Tweed Bears with the Jets proving too good for the Bears in the Premiership decider.

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In 2022 Matthew Mellor lined up once again for the Bilambil Jets in the Group 18 U14 competition with Matthew Mellor starting the Grand Final at fullback against the South Tweed Bears with the Jets proving too good for the Bears in the Premiership decider.

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After Casino RM had a Round One bye in the 2022 Group One U14 competition Makiah Torrens started at five eight for Casino RSM in Round Two against the South Grafton Rebels scoring a try and kicking a conversion.

Makiah Torrens then scored two tries and kicked two conversions against the Marist Rams in Round Six, a try and a conversion in Round Seven against the South Grafton Rebels and Round Nine against the Kyogle Turkeys.

Makiah Torrens then scored twice and kicked a conversion in Round Twelve against the South Grafton Rebels before also scoring in Round Thirteen against the Clarence Coast Magpies after starting the match in the centres. Makiah Torrens added a try and a conversion in Round Fourteen against the South Grafton Rebels.

Makiah Torrens then had a great match in the rescheduled Round Two match against South Grafton Rebels with Makiah Torrens scoring a three tries and kicked three conversions to finish Casino RSM’s strong win with an individual points haul of eighteen points.

In Week One of the 2022 Group One U14 Finals series Makiah Torrens started at five eight for the Kyogle Turkeys against Casino RSM with Makiah Torrens scoring two tries and kicking a conversion in a 28 -14 Casino victory.

Makiah Torrens also started at five eight in the 2022 Group One U14 Grand Final with Makiah Torrens kicking three conversions as Casino RSM won the Premiership decider 32 – 20 against the Ballina Seagulls.

Makiah Torrens finished the 2022 Group One U14 season as the competition’s second leading try scorer with thirteen tries and also the competition’s second leading points scorer with ninety eight points.

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In early November 2022 Kai Saunders commenced training with the Titans JTS Program for the second season in a row.

In 2022 Kai Saunders moved to the Bilambil Jets in the Group 18 U14 competition including starting at halfback in the Grand Final against the Murwillumbah Mustangs.

The talented young halfback had an outstanding 2021 season for the Tweed Coast Raiders in the Group 18 U13 competition, culminating in Kai Saunders being named the 2021 Group 18 Junior Rugby League U13 Player of the Year.

2021 also saw Kai Saunders named the Tweed Coast Raiders 2021 U13 Best Back.

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Billy Mulheron, the young man from the Bilambil Jets Junior Rugby League Club in Northern New South Wales was part of the 2022 Titans JTS Program training with the Titans Group 18 U14 Development squad for the second season in a row.

In 2022 Billy Mulheron continued playing for the Bilambil Jets in the Group 18 U14 competition including starting in the front row in the Grand Final against the South Tweed Bears.

In 2021 Billy Mulheron was part of the successful Bilambil Jets U13 side that played in the Group 18 U13 competition. In that competition the Jets won seven matches, drew two and lost four, along the way scoring 238 points and conceding 158 to have a points differential of +80.

In 2019 Billy Mulheron was selected in the North Coast Primary U11 school boy representative side after representing Far North Coast in the trials from Banora Point High School.

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Max Wood from the Bilambil Jets Junior Rugby League Club in northern New South Wales was part of the Titans JTS Program training with the Titans Group 18 U14 Development squad for the second season in a row, including a number of sessions with former Titan Anthony Don.

In 2022 Max Wood lined up once again for the Bilambil Jets in the Group 18 U14 competition with Max Wood starting the Grand Final in the second row against the South Tweed Bears.

In 2021 Max Wood was part of the successful Bilambil Jets U13 side that played in the Group 18 U13 competition. In that competition the Jets won seven matches, drew two and lost four, along the way scoring 238 points and conceding 158 to have a points differential of +80.

In 2019 Max Wood was selected in the U11 Lismore Diocese Northern Country Representative Rugby League Team after the selection trials at Tamworth.

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Bailey Lebrese, the young five eight from the Bilambil Jets Junior Rugby League Club in northern New South Wales commenced training with the Titans JTS Program training with the Titans Group 18 U14 Development squad in early November 2022.

In 2022 Bailey Lebrese lined up once again for the Bilambil Jets in the Group 18 U14 competition with Bailey Lebrese starting the Grand Final at five eight against the South Tweed Bears.

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In late 2022 Joel Parkes commenced training with the 2022 Titans U14 Group 18 JTS Academy squad and in early December 2022.

2022 saw Joel Parkes play for the Bilambil Jets in the Group 18 U13 competition with Joel Parkes starting in the second row in the Jets 2022 Grand Final victory over the Tweed Heads Seagulls.

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In November 2022 Rupeni Baravilala was selected in the 2023 Wide Bay Bulls U16 Cyril Connell Cup squad even though Rupeni Baravilala will still be U15 eligible in 2023.

Rupeni Baravilala played the 2022 rugby league season with the Hervey Bay Seagulls in the Bundaberg U14 Junior Rugby League competition with Rupeni Baravilala’s first appearance coming when he started from the bench in Round Six against Wallaroo with Rupeni Baravilala also scoring when he came off the bench in the match for the Seagulls.

Rupeni Baravilala had a huge Round Eleven match when he scored all five of the Seagulls tries against Wests and a week earlier also against West in Round Ten Rupeni Baravilala scored four tries and once again was the only Hervey Bay try scorer in the match. Rupeni Baravilala also scored in Round Seven against Waves with the match being Rupeni Baravilala’s first start when he started in the front row.

Rupeni Baravilala also played a number of matches “up” in the Bundaberg U15 competition for Hervey Bay with once again Round Six being his first appearance with Rupeni Baravilala coming off the bench against Wallaroo. Rupeni Baravilala came off the bench in all of his U15 matches in 2022 with Rupeni Baravilala scoring a double in Round Seven against Waves.

Rupeni Baravilala also played for the Hervey Bay Seagulls in the 2021 Bundaberg JRL U13 competition with Rupeni Baravilala scoring an impressive five tries in Round Thirteen against the Beasty Bears. Rupeni Baravilala also scored a hat trick in Round Ten against Brothers in doubles in Round Three against the Beasty Bears, Round Four against West and Round Sixteen against Brothers.

Rupeni Baravilala also scored against Waves in Round Two, Wallaroo’s in Round Eleven and Round Fourteen against West.

Rupeni Baravilala also played a number of matches in the 2021 Bundaberg U14 JRL competition for Hervey Bay with Rupeni Baravilala scoring against the Magpies in Round Thirteen and West in Round Fourteen.

The young man originally from the ACT also played representative rugby in 2022, initially with the Central Queensland Bushrangers with Rupeni Baravilala then being named in the 2022 Queensland Country U14 squad for a match against a Brisbane U14 Junior Rugby Representative side. Rupeni Baravilala also represented the Central Queensland Bushrangers in 2021.

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Ryder Nelson from the Mullumbimby Colts is a highly talented outside back who commenced training with the Titans JTS Program and was part of the Titans 2022 U14 JTS High Performance Academy Group 18 squad that commenced training in November 2022.

In early December 2021 Ryder Nelson played in Titans U14 Development Squad matches with the two Titans Development Squads playing each other and in early January 2022 Ryder Nelson attended a Titans JTS Elite U15 Development Camp on the Gold Coast.

In 2022 Ryder Nelson played for the Mullumbimby Giants in the Group 18 U14 competition with Ryder Nelson being named the 2022 Mullumbimby Giants U14 Best Attacking Player.

Ryder Nelson also played rugby league for Mullumbimby High School and in the U14 Buckley Shield School Boy Rugby League Competition, recording an eighty metre intercept try against Newcastle’s Kurri Kurri High School.

Ryder Nelson also represented Mullumbimby High School and with fellow 2022 JTS U14 Group 18 squad member Aiden Gersh was a member of the winning 4 x 100 relay team at the North Coast Athletics Carnival. Ryder Nelson along with Aiden Gersh then went on to run the 4 x 100 metre relay event at the New South Wales Schools Athletic Championships.

Ryder Nelson also played for the Mullumbimby Giants in 2021 in the Group 18 U13 competition with Ryder Nelson receiving the Best and Fairest Award at the 2021 Mullumbimby Colts U13 Awards Presentation.

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Titans contracted Izayah Petrichvich scored four points from two two point field goals for the Gold Coast Rollers in their 109-75 win over the Sunshine Coast Phoenix in Game One of the Qld Basketball U18 State Schmpionships yesterday.

Then later in the day he scored seven points from one three point field goal and two two point field goals in a Rollers 110-51 win over the Mackay Meotors.

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Rex Savage played the 2022 season with the Ballina Seagulls in the Group One U14 competition with Rex Savage named on the bench for the Seagulls in their tough Grand Final loss to Casino RSM 32 - 20.

Rex Savage split time between starting at fullback and coming off the bench for the Seagulls in 2022 with Rex Savage scoring a double in Round Eight against the Kyogle Turkeys.

Rex Savage also played for the Ballina Seagulls in 2021 in the Group One U13 competition with Rex Savage scoring doubles against Lismore Marist Brothers in Rounds Two and Nine and Rex Savage also scored a double in Round Six against the Clarence Coast Magpies. Rex Savage also scored in Rounds Four and Eleven against the South Grafton Rebels and Round Twelve against the Clarence Coast Magpies. Like in 2022, in 2021 Rex Savage spilt his time between starting at fullback and coming off the bench.

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Any details on the broncos titans U17 game on 28 Jan

venue?
time?
team lists?

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I'm also keen to go to the U19s game on the same day. I understand both games are at Coffs Harbour Stadium but no idea what time.

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On November 1, 2022, Josiah Pahulu commenced training in the Titans NRL off-season program with Josiah Pahulu resigning not long afterwards to the end of the 2025 season including being promoted to a Titan NRL Development contract for the 2023 season and a titans Top 30 NRL contract for 2024 and 2025.

Multiple Titans NRL players and coaches noted in various interview’s that Josiah Pahulu was one of the stand-outs in the Titans 2022/23 NRL off-season training programs which was no surprise at all for anyone who has seen Josiah Pahulu over the last couple of years.

In early December 2022 Josiah Pahulu took part in a joint training session betweed the Titans JTS contracted players and the Titans NRL squad.

Josiah Pahulu initially signed with the Titans in early 2019 after starring for one of the two Titans U15 Invitational sides that played a round robin series of matches at Mudgeeraba in February 2019. The other team in the round robin was a Western Mustangs representative side. That afternoon was the firsty occasion that I saw Josiah Pahulu play. I was impressed that day and I have been impressed in every match of Josiah Pahulu’s that I have seen since.

In early May 2022 Josiah Pahulu was named in the Queensland U19 Rugby League Representative side for their annual match against New South Wales with Josiah Pahulu starting the match from the interchange bench. Josiah Pahulu came onto the field in the 25th minute and impressively played the remainder of the match.

Impressively Josiah Pahulu was named by the Courier Mail as the 2022 Ipswich Rugby League best junior rugby league talent.

In late July 2022 Josiah Pahulu was part of the Titans U19 squad that played a North Queensland Cowboys squad as a curtain raiser to the Titans NRL Round Twenty match against Canberra at Cbus Stadium with Josiah Pahulu more than holding his own against a giant Cowboys forward pack.

In late January 2022 Josiah Pahulu started in the front row for the Titans U19 side in a match at Pizzey Park against the Burleigh Hastings Deering’s Colts side with Josiah Pahulu being involved in the opening tackle of the match after Tom Weaver kicked off to get the match underway.

Josiah Pahulu also executed a great front on tackle in the 10th minute on TJ Devery when he drove his right shoulder into the Burleigh forward forcing him back a number of metres.

The first of a number of strong hit-ups by Josiah Pahulu in the match came in the 14th minute when he charged to near to the twenty metre mark off the kick-off to Ryan Foran’s opening try. The halftime break did not slow Josiah Pahulu down and the 56th minute he made a strong eleven metre charge to the right of the dummy half to get the ball to the twenty metre mark.

Josiah Pahulu continued his strong match in the 58th minute making twelve metres to get the ball to five metres into Burleigh territory after receiving the ball to the right of the play the ball. As soon as he was brought to ground, Josiah Pahulu immediately fought to get to his feet for a quick play the ball but after being denied that opportunity, Josiah Pahulu was awarded a deserved penalty after being held down. From the subsequent set of six tackles, Josiah Pahulu took the second hit-up, getting the ball to fifteen metres out.

Another strong charge from Josiah Pahulu came in the 62nd minute, on that occasion making ten metres to get the ball twenty out from the try line.

In late July 2022 Josiah Pahulu started in the front row for a Titans U19 side that played their annual match against the North Queensland Cowboys that was played as a curtain raiser at Cbus Stadium to the Titans Round Twenty NRL match against the Canberra Raiders with Josiah Pahulu making strong charge in the 12th minute from the kick-off return from Keano Kini’s opening try.

Josiah Pahulu made a further strong kick-off return in the 25th minute from the kick-off from another Keano Kini try with Josiah Pahulu able to promote the ball to twenty eight metres out from his own try line.

Josiah Pahulu was also strong defensively against the Cowboys including a great hit in the 56th minute on the North Queensland left centre as he attempted to bring the ball out of his own twenty metre mark.

In mid-December 2021 Josiah Pahulu had the opportunity to train with the Titans NRL squad in a joint training session between the Titans NRL squad and the Titans JTS Program Squads where Josiah Pahulu spent a fair portion of the joint session working with David Fifita.

Josiah Pahulu made his Hastings Deering’s Colts debut from the bench in the Round Two local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls coming onto the field at around the 24 minute mark to play in the front row with Josiah Pahulu’s first run coming just after he came on when he made eight metres after taking possession to the right of the play the ball.

Then in the 29th minute Josiah Pahulu made a strong run from a Burleigh penalty restart with Josiah Pahulu making eight metres into the teeth of the Seagulls forward pack but when he was taken to ground, Josiah Pahulu was not held and was back to his feet in a flash and was able to make a further six metres.

Josiah Pahulu produced a further strong run in the 34th minute when after picking up a loose ball from Burleigh he was able to make twelve metres to get the ball back to near the halfway mark.

In the 48th minute Josiah Pahulu almost was able to put Samuel Shannon over after he got an away a good off-load to Samuel Shannon but he was in the end Samuel Shannon was held up over the line.

Josiah Pahulu kept pumping his legs post contact with the defensive line in the 61st minute when he got within two metres of the try line after a strong fifteen metre burst.

As he is quickly becoming known for Josiah Pahulu just keeps going and going on matter what and that was the case in the 69th minute when he willed himself to his left to tackle Thomas Weaver who had beaten one tackle and set sail for the try line five metres out and directly under the posts but Josiah Pahulu got there to make the tackle and prevent the try.

Josiah Pahulu also started from the bench in Round Three against the Western Clydesdales and in the 38th minute Josiah Pahulu scored his first Colts try of his career in the 39th minute after coming onto the field to play in the front row mid-way through the first half.

Josiah Pahulu scored in the 39th minute when he ran off an off-load from Isaac Matalavea-Booth with Josiah Pahulu running to his left after receiving the ball before straightening up to crash over five metres to the left of the uprights.

Josiah Pahulu also recorded a try assist in the 28th minute when after receiving a pass to his right off the dummy half just eight metres from the line, Josiah Pahulu moved to his left before throwing a good short ball to his left to a charging Isaac Matalavea-Booth who was able to crash over from close range.

Josiah Pahulu was once again named on the bench for Burleigh in Round Five against the Souths Logan Magpies however he was a late scratching from the match due to his selection in the Queensland U19 squad.

In late October 2021 Josiah Pahulu was named in the Ipswich Jets 2022 U18 MM Cup squad with Josiah Pahulu looking certain to be the corner stone of the Jets powerful forward pack. However in early 2022 Josiah Pahulu transferred to the Burleigh Bears MM Cup squad for the 2022 MM Cup season.

Round One of the 2022 MM Cup competition saw Josiah Pahulu named on the bench for the Burleigh Bears against the Easts Tigers however the match was rained out due to extreme weather conditions.

Josiah Pahulu was then named to start on the bench for Round Two against the Souths Logan Magpies. After coming on in the 17th minute, there was no doubt that Josiah Pahulu was comfortably the Bears best in their ten point loss, including a great eighteen metre charge from the Souths Logan kick-off to Xavier Asi’s early second half try.

Even in the final minute with Burleigh down by ten Josiah Pahulu was not about to give up and charged onto a pass from the dummy half to the left of the play the ball, rumbling sixteen metres downfield, at least 50% of which were post contact metres to get the ball within thirty metres of the try line. The match saw Josiah Pahulu run for a match leading 173 metres.

Josiah Pahulu also had a big match defensively and in the 69th minute he chased through a long Burleigh clearing kick, smashing the Souths Logan Magpies fullback who was returning the ball with the ball coming loose as a result and Burleigh getting the subsequent scrum feed.

Josiah Pahulu also was named to start from the bench in Round Three against the Norths Devils however Josiah Pahulu in fact started the match in the front row and had a huge game including scoring a barnstorming try in the 28th minute when Josiah Pahulu charged onto the ball from ten metres out and to the right of the play the ball and just to the left of the uprights. After taking possession Josiah Pahulu cut back to his left bumping off one defender and then Josiah Pahulu crashed over between four defenders.

Josiah Pahulu could not have gotten into the match any quicker when he took the first hit-up from the kick-off getting the ball out to the twenty metre mark. Josiah Pahulu made a further strong run in the 3rd minute with Josiah Pahulu making another thirteen hard yards.

The 21st minute saw Josiah Pahulu once again attack the North’s line when he charged onto a Bear penalty tap restart thirty metres from the try line with Josiah Pahulu initially cutting back to his left upon receipt of the ball. After getting rid of two would be tacklers, Josiah Pahulu ran across field to his right before straightening up and being tackled thirteen metres out. Josiah Pahulu then executed an exceptionally quick play the ball with VJ Semu scoring from the resultant play.

Only three minutes later in the 24th Josiah Pahulu made another strong run from a penalty tap restart making twelve metres to get the ball within eight metres of the try line and then once again Josiah Pahulu’s exceptionally quick play the ball led to a try to EJ FInau on the next play.

Josiah Pahulu was then at it again from the kick-off to EJ Finau’s try with yet another great charge from the back fence in the 26th minute. Then from the kick-off after he scored in the 28th minute, Josiah Pahulu took the second hit-up and once again bent the North’s Devils defensive line backwards.

Then in the 63rd minute Josiah Pahulu from a penalty restart charged at the defensive line from inside Devils territory. Just as he was about to engage the defensive line Josiah Pahulu slipped, going to ground. One defender went over the top of him so Josiah Pahulu was back onto his feet in an instant and continued towards the try line, getting to within five metres before the referee finally called held, even if Josiah Pahulu disagreed.

Josiah Pahulu’s dominant performance saw him named in the front row in the Courier Mail U18 Mal Meninga Cup Round Three Team of the Week.

Josiah Pahulu then continued in the front row in Round Four against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls and once again was one of Burleigh’s best in their come from behind 40 – 24 victory.

Josiah Pahulu’s initial key contribution came in the 4th minute from the kick-off after Wynnum Manly’s opening try when Josiah Pahulu along with Joseph Shannon hit the Seagulls forward with the ball coming loose as a result of the contact. Burleigh scored their opening try of the match from the resultant set of six.

Josiah Pahulu made a strong charge in the 29th minute from a Burleigh penalty restart with Josiah Pahulu bending the defensive line back and then Josiah Pahulu was able to get his left arm free and off-load to Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki who was able to promote the ball five metres further Josiah Pahulu immediately got to his feet and took the hit-up from Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki’s play the ball, making a further thirteen metres and breaking one tackle along the way.

The halftime break certainly did not stop Josiah Pahulu which was shown when he took the third hit-up of the second half after the Seagulls had kicked off.

Another right arm off-load from Josiah Pahulu in the 41st minute was part of the Bears best move of the match that ultimately led to a try by Karauria Stokes-Mahara score in the left corner.

Josiah Pahulu ran the ball around twenty five metres out and to the right of the play and it looked for all money that Wailer Whaiapu would take the line on but after committing a number of defenders he threw a great ball to Josiah Pahulu who had worked into space on Wailer Whaiapu’s right. Josiah Pahulu engaged the defensive line and whilst still engaged with one defender Josiah Pahulu got a right arm off-load away to Bailey McConnell who promoted the ball to Arama Hau who then off-loaded for Karauria Stokes-Mahara dive over in the corner.

Josiah Pahulu got another off-load away in the 43rd minute when after charging onto the ball to the right of the dummy half Josiah Pahulu getting the ball out of his own twenty metre area he got his left arm free with three defenders engaged and got the ball away to Wailer Whaiapu.

Josiah Pahulu also scored in the 48th minute when he burst onto an off-load near the line and kept his legs pumping and for a moment it appeared that he had scored by the referee adjudged that he was brought down short of the line, but Josiah Pahulu did not dwell on not scoring and got to his feet immediately with his quick play the ball assisting in Dorian Mapusua-Lotaki being able to dive over from dummy half.

Josiah Pahulu showed that he is not all about powerful hard running in the 51st minute when he received an off-load that he was not excepting and was immediately hit by two defenders but Josiah Pahulu maintained his compose and got an off-load away to Bailey McConnell to extend the movement.

Josiah Pahulu pulled off a strong tackle in the 57th minute when along with Taniela Mapusua-Lotaki he smashed the Easts Tigers front rower who as taking the kick-off return.

Such was the quality of Josiah Pahulu’s performance that he was named in the front row in the Courier Mail’s MM Cup Round Four Team of the Week. That was the second round in a row that Josiah Pahulu was named in the front row in the Courier Mail Team of the Week.

Josiah Pahulu continued in the front row in Round Six against the Redcliffe Dolphins with Josiah Pahulu scoring a deserved try in the 29th minute. With Burleigh playing the ball less than a metres from the try line, Josiah Pahulu lined up to the right of the play the ball, receiving a short pass from the dummy half which came to him just over his left shoulder with the direction of the pass forcing Josiah Pahulu to turn completely around to have his back to the try line. That did not deter Josiah Pahulu however as he backed his way towards the line. As he got to the line, Josiah Pahulu spun to his left to get the ball down right on the try line and just to the left of the uprights.

Josiah Pahulu’s first hit-up was the second of the match with Josiah Pahulu making twelve metres by way of a half break after he had a received a good short ball from his right from Wailer Whaiapu. As is his want Josiah Pahulu was looking for a quick play the ball and after being denied that opportunity was awarded a deserved penalty.

Josiah Pahulu continued his strong start to the match in the 8th minute with a fifteen metre charge from a penalty restart with his run into the Dolphins set defensive line commencing on his own twenty metre mark.

In the 25th minute Josiah Pahulu took on the Devils defensive line one again in the 25th minute when after receiving the ball twenty two metres from the try line, Josiah Pahulu broke three tackles as he got to within three minutes of the try line directly in front of the goal posts.

I have noted a number of outstanding runs from Josiah Pahulu but probably Josiah Pahulu’s best run of the match came in the 50th minute when from a penalty tap re-start Josiah Pahulu broke five tackles in a twenty five metre charge with Josiah Pahulu getting the ball from inside his own territory to just thirty metres from the line.

As a result of his outstanding performance Josiah Pahulu was once again named in the front row in the Mal Meninga Cup Round Six Courier Mail Team of the Week.

Through the opening six rounds of the 2022 U18 Mal Meninga Cup competition Josiah Pahulu had run for the 7th most metres being 536 metres at an average of 179 metres per match and also made a line break.

Josiah Pahulu was also named to start in the front row in the Round Seven local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls but was a late scratching when he was called up to the Burleigh Hastings Deering’s Colts side.

Josiah Pahulu was also named to start in the front row in the rescheduled Round One match against the East Tigers and once again Josiah Pahulu putting in a Player of the Match performance including an outstanding first half try.

In the 16th minute Josiah Pahulu stationed himself two passes to the right of the play the ball and then cut back underneath Bailey McConnell, taking possession twelve metres from the try line, Josiah Pahulu stepped off his right foot to beat one defender before straightening up and making contact with a defender four metres out. From there Josiah Pahulu kept battling and forced his way over the try line after being twisted around and landing on his back but Josiah Pahulu was able to get the ball down on his third attempt ten metres to the left of the uprights.

Josiah Pahulu was still fired up from his try when he ran back the resultant kick-off getting the ball twenty two metres away from his own try line.

Josiah Pahulu got himself into the match early by taking Burleigh’s third hit-up of the match in the 2nd minute. Josiah Pahulu made a further strong run in the 6th minute from the 2nd run after Burleigh’s opening try with Josiah Pahulu taking possession twenty metre out and to the left of the play the ball and getting the ball over the thirty metre mark.

Josiah Pahulu led from the front and through his actions and not words in the 11th minute when after three tackles Burleigh were only six metres out from their own line, Josiah Pahulu took it upon himself to do something about that when he charged onto the ball to the right of the play the ball with Josiah Pahulu getting the ball all of the way to his own twenty metre mark with at least ten of the fourteen metres that Josiah Pahulu post contact.

Josiah Pahulu had a number of positive defensive moments in the match including in the 11th minute when he along with Seth Nikotemo sandwiched the Tigers halfback just metres from the try line after he had stepped past one Bears defender who had raced out of the line.

Josiah Pahulu made a further strong run in the 15th minute once again getting the ball over his own twenty metre mark, Josiah Pahulu was then awarded a penalty after not being allowed to his feet in a timely fashion.

Josiah Pahulu was literally everywhere in the match and in the 39th minute made a ball and all tackle on the Easts left winger with the ball popping up in the air, Josiah Pahulu nabbed the ball at its apex just inside his own territory and even with Tigers players all around him Josiah Pahulu was still able to get the ball five metres into Tigers territory.

Getting the ball back to the twenty metre mark is the goal from a kick-off return and Josiah Pahulu certainly matched that goal in the 57th minute as the Bears looked to stay in front in a see-sawing second half.

Josiah Pahulu was also named in the front row in the 2022 MM Cup Courier Mail Team of the Season.

Josiah Pahulu was also named the 2022 Burleigh Bears MM Cup Best and Fairest.

Josiah Pahulu’s first match in a Bear’s jersey came when he started on the bench coming on to play in the front row in the 23rd minute of Burleigh’s February 2022 trial against the Western Clydesdales with Josiah Pahulu producing a dominate display for his new team.

Josiah Pahulu’s first touch of the ball came almost immediately after coming on when he charged onto the ball from a kick-off after a Burleigh’s third try of the match. Josiah Pahulu made a further strong charge in the 28th minute when from the right of the dummy half, Josiah Pahulu got the ball to within five metres of the halfway after a fifteen metre run and Josiah Pahulu was then awarded a penalty when he was not allowed to his feet in a timely fashion.

Halftime time certainly did not slow Josiah Pahulu as in the 53rd minute Josiah Pahulu charged to five metres inside the Western Clydesdales territory after making fifteen metres from the left of the dummy half.

Josiah Pahulu produced a great bit of skill in the 62nd minute with from the left of the dummy half Josiah Pahulu produced a great catch and pass to his left to put his team mate into a hole in the defensive line.

Defensively Josiah Pahulu also had a strong game, an example being in the 37th minute when he produced a try saving tackle less than five metres from the try line on the right side of the field from behind. Josiah Pahulu was actually at marker and kept tracking the ball to the left and was on hand to save a try when the Clydesdales attacked had stepped his way through the Bears defensive line.

In late May 2022 Josiah Pahulu also represented Met West in the U18 QSSRL School Boy Championships starting both of Met West’s matches in the front row and at the conclusion of the Championships Josiah Pahulu was named in the 2022 Queensland Open School Boy Rugby League Representative side and just prior to the commencement of the Championships, Josiah Pahulu was named by the Courier Mail as the tenth best U18 Rugby League player in Australia.

Josiah Pahulu started in the front row in Queensland’s opening round of the Championships against the Australian Capital Territory with Josiah Pahulu scoring Queensland’s opening try of the Championships in the 8th minute when he received the ball two passes to the left of the play the ball. The ball to Josiah Pahulu was fractionally behind him and whilst twenty one metres out from the try line, Josiah Pahulu spun 360 degrees clockwise before bursting through two tackles and charging over to score six metres in from the left corner post. As Josiah Pahulu was charging towards the try line the ACT fullback was coming across but he wanted no part of trying to stop Josiah Pahulu from scoring.

Then from the subsequent kick-off Josiah Pahulu charged onto the ball and got the ball thirty five metres away from the try line before being awarded a penalty with Josiah Pahulu then taking a hit-up from the subsequent penalty restart.

Josiah Pahulu had a strong start to the match, taking Queensland’s first hit-up to get the ball over the halfway mark and then also ran the ball on the 5th tackle in the same set and after making contact with the defensive line Josiah Pahulu was able to get away a left arm off-load with his back towards the try line.

Josiah Pahulu continues his strong match in the 34th minute with a strong charge to the right of the play the ball that got the ball thirty metres away from his own try line.

Josiah Pahulu also started in the front row in Match Two being the semi-final against NSW CIS with Josiah Pahulu taking the opening hit-up of the match. Then in the 5th minute Josiah Pahulu made a strong charge in the 5th minute when after running onto the ball to the right of the play the ball Josiah Pahulu made a tough twelve metres which saw Josiah Pahulu get the ball ten metres into NSW CIS territory.

Josiah Pahulu continued his strong match in the 34th minute from his own twenty metre mark with Josiah Pahulu making fifteen metres after taking possession to the right of the play the ball.

Josiah Pahulu also started at in the front row in Queensland U18 ASSRL Championships Grand Final victory over NSW CHS with Josiah Pahulu making the third tackle of the match with Josiah Pahulu’s heavy contact forcing the ball loose and putting Queensland immediately onto the attack.

Josiah Pahulu made another strong tackle in the 6th minute with a huge front-on hit on the NSW CHS right second rower with Josiah Pahulu’s heavy contact forcing the NSW second rower back a number of metres.

Josiah Pahulu added a further strong tackle in the 35th minute when he smashed one of the NSW front rower around thirty five metres out from the try line. Then after the front rower tried to get an off-load away which went straight up in the air, Josiah Pahulu smartly got to his feet to take the ball on the full and completely change the momentum of the match early in the second half.

I have mentioned Josiah Pahulu’s defence but Josiah Pahulu was also outstanding running the ball, always making himself available and one of Josiah Pahulu’s strongest runs came in the 48th minute when a strong charge from his own thirty metre mark and after engaging the defensive line, Josiah Pahulu got away a good left arm off-load after running onto the ball to the left of the play the ball.

Josiah Pahulu’s outstanding performances over the course of the 2022 ASSRL U18 Championships saw Josiah Pahulu noted by the Courier Mail by being named on various other lists including one of the “Best Mobile Big Men”.

Josiah Pahulu’s performances over the course of the 2022 ASSRL U18 Championships saw Josiah Pahulu named in the Australian School Boys Squad for their Fijian tour with Josiah Pahulu presented with the No. 8 jersey prior to heading to Fiji.

Josiah Pahulu started in the front row for the Australian School Boys side in their match against Fiji Schools with Australia recording a big win.

Round One of the 2022 Langer Cup School Boy competition saw Josiah Pahulu start in the front row and captain for Ipswich State High School against Keebra Park State High School with Josiah Pahulu putting in an outstanding performance to lead from the front as Ipswich SHS recorded an impressive first up 24 – 16 victory.

Josiah Pahulu also started in the front row and captain in Round two against Mabel Park State High School with Josiah Pahulu once again putting in a powerful performance in another big Ipswich SHS victory.

After the mid-season break, Josiah Pahulu started from the bench in Round Four against PBC State High School coming onto the field in the 23rd minute to operate in the front row and in the seven minutes until the halftime break Josiah Pahulu made an impressive five hit-up, accounting for in excess of fifty metres gained.

Josiah Pahulu’s dominance continued in the second half including in the 39th minute with a strong charge and off-load and then in the 43rd minute Josiah Pahulu made twenty tough metres to forty metres out after taking possession to the right of the play the ball.

Josiah Pahulu continued in the front row in Round Five against Wavell SHS as well as in Round Six against Coombabah SHS and Round Seven against Marsden State High School.

Josiah Pahulu also started in the front row and captain for Ipswich SHS in their Quarter Final against Coombabah SHS with Josiah Pahulu outstanding in his two stints on the field.

The first of multiple exceptional runs from Josiah Pahulu came in the 4th minute with Josiah Pahulu made a great eighteen metre charge to his own forty metre mark with around 75% of the run made up of post contact metres after running onto the ball to the left of the play the ball.

Then in the 9th minute Josiah Pahulu once again charged onto the ball to the left of the play the ball with Josiah Pahulu making twenty two metres to get the ball just into Coombabah SHS territory.

Josiah Pahulu added a further strong run in the 15th minute by making twenty more metres and breaking three tackles as he charged from his own forty metre mark to forty metres out from the try line.

Josiah Pahulu was just as outstanding in his second stint on the field as was evidenced in the 54th minute when from an Ipswich SHS penalty tap restart Josiah Pahulu made a twenty metre charge to get within five metres of the try line with at least 50% of Josiah Pahulu’s metres post contact.

Josiah Pahulu also started in the front row in the 2022 Langer Cup Semi-Final against Marsden SHS.

Josiah Pahulu started in the front row in the 2022 School Boy Langer Cup Grand Final against PBC SHS with Josiah Pahulu putting in a dominating performance including an exceptional solo try mid-way through the first half when from an Ipswich SHS penalty tap restart fifteen metres out and towards the right touchline, Josiah Pahulu charged onto the ball and immediately cut towards the centre of the field and broke through a number of attempted tackles to score under the posts.

It was clear from the opening minutes that Josiah Pahulu was in for a big match when in the 9th minute made a hard charge for the left of the play the ball with Josiah Pahulu getting the ball from two metres inside his own territory to twelve metes inside PBC SHS territory.

Josiah Pahulu made a great play in the 51st minute when with the Grand Final in the balance PBC SHS put up a bomb from inside their attacking twenty metre area towards the Ipswich SHS left corner. Joshua Pahulu willed himself across field and jumped high amongst a myriad of players from both teams to take the ball on the full just a metre out from his own try line.

At the completion of the 2022 Langer Cup season Josiah Pahulu was named in the front row in the Courier Mail Langer Cup Team of the Year.

Josiah Pahulu then started in the front row and captain as Ipswich SHS took on Ignatius Park SHS in the 2022 Queensland School Boys Final with Josiah Pahulu leading from the front once again as Ipswich SHS became the 2022 Queensland School Boy Champions with Josiah Pahulu deservedly raising the trophy as captain and leader of the Ipswich SHS team.

Josiah Pahulu also started in the front row and captain for Ipswich SHS in the Australian School Boy Championship match against Patrician Brothers Fairfield.

At the end of the 2022 season Josiah Pahulu was named in the front row in the Ipswich State High School Team of the Year.

Josiah Pahulu was also named as the fifth best School Boy Rugby League or Rugby School Boy player in the 2022 Courier Mail Top 30 school boys.

In October 2021 Josiah Pahulu was named in the 2021 Queensland Samoa U18 representative side for the 2021 QPICC Cultural Carnival, starting all four of his matches at the Carnival at lock and captain, being Match One against Tonga, Match Two against PNG, Match Three against the Cook Islands and Match Four against Queensland Maori.

Josiah Pahulu scored twice at the Carnival being against the Cook Islands in Match Three and Queensland Maori in Match Four. Josiah Pahulu’s try against the Cook Islands was a typically powerful effort. In the 27th minute with Samoa on the attack Josiah Pahulu stationed himself directly behind the play the ball. After the dummy half picked up the ball, Josiah Pahulu ran to the right of the play the ball, receiving the ball five metres out. Near the line Josiah Pahulu stepped off his right foot to dive over on the right side of the field mid-way between the corner post and goal posts.

In January 2021 Josiah Pahulu started at right second row for the Titans U17 side in their annual match at Coffs Harbour against the Newcastle Knights with Josiah Pahulu producing a dominating performance in the impressive Titans 32 – 20 victory in both attack and defence. In a sign of the high regard that the Titans have in Josiah Pahulu, he was acting captain for periods of the match.

One tackle in particular stood out in the match, Newcastle were bringing the ball off their own try line when Josiah Pahulu moved up and got in and under the ribs of the ball runner with his left shoulder. Josiah Pahulu drove the Knights forward back three metres and put him on his back, taking all momentum out of the Knights set of six.

In early May 2021 a Titans U19 side travelled to North Queensland to play an U19 Cowboys selection in a curtain raiser to a Cowboys v Broncos NRL match with Josiah Pahulu starting the match on the bench for the Titans.

Then in June 2021 Josiah Pahulu started at lock for a Titans U17 JTS squad that played at Cbus Stadium against a Titans Northern Rivers U18 selection, with the match being played as a curtain raiser to the Titans Round Fourteen NRL match against the Sydney Roosters.

Josiah Pahulu commenced his 2021 MM Cup campaign for the Ipswich Jets starting at lock against the Western Mustangs and also started at lock in the Jets second MM Cup trial against the Easts Tigers.

In Round One of the 2021 MM Cup competition, Josiah Pahulu was named to start in the front row against the Tweed Heads Seagulls but ended up starting the match at lock and was in the action almost immediately when he made solid contact on fellow Titans contracted forward Ryan Foran who has making just the third hit-up of the match.

One of the best of Josiah Pahulu’s carriers with the ball came in the 10th minute of the match when he took the ball to the right of the dummy half and dragged defenders around ten metres before being stopped less than ten metres away from the try line.

As he was in the first half it did not take long for Josiah Pahulu to get involved in the second with a strong second hit-up of the second half.

Round Two against the Burleigh Bears saw Josiah Pahulu started at lock and a strong charge which made eleven metres into the Bears ten metre zone was a sign of things to come. Josiah Pahulu produced a further strong run in the 26th minute with a charge into Burleigh’s territory that accounted for fifteen metres.

Early in the second half Josiah Pahulu was everywhere for the Jets looking to get them back into the match, starting with a strong charge from just the second hit-up of the second half. A minute later Josiah Pahulu once again took the ball into the Burleigh defensive line, making ten metres to get the ball of the Ipswich twenty metre zone and then from a penalty restart made a further ten metres, then from the third tackle in that same set of six was yet another run of around ten metres.

Josiah Pahulu continued his strong second half performance in the 53rd minute with a powerful run that netted eighteen metres to get the bell within twelve metres of the Bears try line. Even with the match out of Ipswich’s reach, Josiah Pahulu continued to keep trying as was evidenced by a fifteen metre rumble through centre field in the 68th minute of the match.

Josiah Pahulu was named in the front row in Round Three against the Souths Logan Magpies and was one of the Jets best on the way to making 128 metres, with a fair percentage of those metres being post contact metres.

Josiah Pahulu also started in the front row in Round Four against the Tweed Heads Seagulls and was one of the best players on the field. Josiah Pahulu made an immediate impact in the match with a strong twelve metre run over the halfway mark in Ipswich’s first set of six in the match and continued on from there.

In just the 3rd minute of the match, Josiah Pahulu produced another strong charge of the ball down a short blindside on the left to bring the ball over the halfway mark, making twelve metres and then Josiah Pahulu made a further fifteen metres later in the same set of six tackles that took the Jets into their attacking twenty metre zone.

Even the incredibly hot conditions that the match was played in could not stop Josiah Pahulu as in the 9th minute, Josiah Pahulu once again ran the ball into the Tweed Heads defensive line, making a strong run to the twenty metre mark and was then awarded a penalty after the Tweed Heads defensive line refused to allow him to his feet to get a quick play the ball.

Then in the 15th minute, Josiah Pahulu made an impressive eighteen metre charge from an Ipswich penalty restart to get Ipswich to near their attacking twenty metre zone. Josiah Pahulu once again proved difficult to handle in the 26th minute making thirteen metres over the halfway and once again was awarded a penalty after the Seagulls defence laid all over him to prevent the quick play the ball.

After playing the entire thirty five minutes of the first half Josiah Pahulu was back into the action when he took the second hit-up of the second half to get the bell to the Ipswich thirty metre line.

Josiah Pahulu then produced his best run of the match in the 38th minute when he charged onto the ball near the half way mark, tearing through the centre of the Seagulls ruck and running over the Tweed Heads fullback before being dragged down from behind around ten metres out.

After that long line break Josiah Pahulu did not rest on his laurels and was back in the action in the 59th minute with a fifteen metre run to get the ball to the forty metre mark.

Defensively Josiah Pahulu was also exceptional against Tweed Heads producing a number of crunching tackles including in the 42nd minute on Tweed Heads forward Bailey Martin but it was a tackle in the 40th minute that really stood out for me. Coming out from their own territory, Ipswich turned the ball over with it being picked up by Seagulls winger Kruz Remine who darted away, somehow Josiah Pahulu willed himself to chase back and drag the Seagulls winger down from behind less than ten metres away from the try line even though the winger had a head start on Josiah Pahulu.

The match also showed that Josiah Pahulu does not just put his head down and run at the line. In the 67th minute, Josiah Pahulu received the ball on the left side of the field and charged at the line, but just before he was set to contact the defence, Josiah Pahulu propped and send a well weighted pass to his left to put Xavier Stowers into a big gap making ten more metres.

Josiah Pahulu also started in the front row in Round Five against the Burleigh Bears with for me Josiah Pahulu was one of the Jets best.

Josiah Pahulu got close to scoring a deserved try in the match but in the 9th minute, lost the ball over the line trying to get the ball to the ground and also in the 13th minute, Josiah Pahulu got within centremetres of the line after a twelve metre burst on the left side of the field.

In the 14th minute, Josiah Pahulu proved that he does not just run the ball in attacking situations when he made eleven metres from a hit-up getting the ball outside of his own twenty metre area.

Josiah Pahulu did not take much time at all to get involved in the match making thirteen metres from an Ipswich penalty restart to get within five metres of the try line. Josiah Pahulu made a further fourteen metres in the 5th minute when he took the second hit-up after Burleigh kicked off following Ipswich’s first try of the match.

Just two minutes later in the 7th minute, Josiah Pahulu once again ran at the Burleigh line from ten metres out from a Jets penalty restart and it took five Burleigh defenders to halt his progress perilously close to the try line.

In the 23rd minute, with Ipswich well on top, Josiah Pahulu ensured that the Jets started their set after a try on the front foot when he took the hit-up from the kick-off, making twelve metres to get the ball over his own twenty metre area.

Josiah Pahulu made his presence felt in defence when in the 23rd minute he smashed Burleigh left winger Shannon Donaldson with a big front on tackle knocking the winger who was making his MM Cup debut three metres backwards.

Josiah Pahulu was at it again in the 24th minute when he rocked Burleigh front rower VJ Semu who was returning a kick-off, knocking the ball loose in the process.

Josiah Pahulu was involved in an earth trembling collision when in the 58th minute he smashed into fellow Titan Arama Hau when he was returning a Burleigh kick-off with the contact stopping both players in their tracks, it was great to see and let’s call the outcome a draw!

Josiah Pahulu followed that heavy collision up in the 65th minute with a twelve metre charge that was the second run from a Burleigh kick-off with Josiah Pahulu once again getting the ball over his own thirty metre mark.

Round Six being the final regular season round of the 2021 MM Cup competition saw Josiah Pahulu named to start in the front row against the Souths Logan Magpies however he was a late scratching from the match.

At the 2021 Ipswich Jets MM Cup Presentation Night, Josiah Pahulu was deservedly named the 2021 Ipswich Jets Most Valuable Player.

Post the 2021 MM Cup competition, Josiah Pahulu played for the Springfield Panthers in the Ipswich Rugby League U17 Division One competition with his first appearance for the Panthers coming in Round Four when Josiah Pahulu started in the second row against Goonda Black.

Josiah Pahulu captained the Springfield Panthers side in Round Six against Brothers Ipswich, starting in the front row and scoring two tries in their impressive 36 – 8 victory.

Josiah Pahulu moved to lock in Round Seven against Brother Blue and scored the final try of the match in the Panthers victory.

Round Ten against Norths Blue saw, Josiah Pahulu moved to the second row for the Panthers with Josiah Pahulu scoring the Panthers opening try in their 24 – 14 victory. Josiah Pahulu then continued in the second row in Round Eleven against Goodna Black, scoring twice in the Panthers 26 – 8 victory.

Round Twelve against Redbank Plains Red saw Josiah Pahulu once again start in the second row.

Josiah Pahulu finished the abridged 2021 Ipswich U17 Division One regular season as the competitions second leading try scorer.

In the opening round of the Ipswich Rugby League U17 Division One Finals series, Josiah Pahulu started in the second row for the Springfield Panthers against North’s Blue.

2021 also saw Josiah Pahulu line up once again for Ipswich State High School in the South East Queensland School Boy Langer Cup Open A competition starting Round One at lock against PBC SHS.

Ipswich SHS had a tough first 2021 Langer Cup outing but Josiah Pahulu scored a deserved try in the 19th minute when he charged over from dummy half to his left from close range, rumbling over one PBC defender to get the ball down adjacent to the right upright.

Another one of Josiah Pahulu’s best moments of his match was Josiah Pahulu’s huge charge into the PBC line from the second half kick-off.

Josiah Pahulu also started at lock in Round Two against Marsden State High School and whilst his team were soundly beaten, Josiah Pahulu more than held his own against the giant Marsden SHS forward pack.

Josiah Pahulu continued at lock in Round Three against Keebra Park State High School taking the third hit-up of the match and then in the 11th minute, Josiah Pahulu made a hard eleven metres from an Ipswich SHS penalty restart from inside their own twenty metre area.

Josiah Pahulu then moved to the front row for Round Four against Coombabah State High School and continued in the front row in Round Five against Wavell State High School as well as in Round Six against St Mary’s College Toowoomba, a match that saw Josiah Pahulu once again dominate including a great charge and right arm off-load down the left side of the left that led directly to Ipswich State High School’s opening try of the match in their 36 – 6 victory.

After the competition was suspended for a number of weeks due to a Covid 19 lock down, Josiah Pahulu was named in the front row for Ipswich State High School in their semi-final against Marsden State High School with Josiah Pahulu twice taking a hit-up in Ipswich SHS’s first set of six in the match.

Then in the 41st minute, Josiah Pahulu made a great eighteen metre run, breaking three tackles along the way to get the ball into Marsden State High School territory.

Post the completion of the 2021 Langer Cup competition, Josiah Pahulu was named on the bench in the Courier Mail’s 2021 Langer Cup Team of the Season and in the Queensland Rugby League 2021 MM Cup Player of the Year Award Josiah Pahulu was awarded two votes.

Post the Langer Cup competition Josiah Pahulu was named in the front row in the 2021 Ipswich State High School Team of the Tear.

2021 also saw Josiah Pahulu represent Met West at the QSSRL U18 Championships, playing with distinction in the front row.

At the end of the 2021 season, Josiah Pahulu was named at No. 23 in the Courier Mail Top 60 school boys from the GPS Rugby, AIC Rugby and Langer Cup competitions.

In late August 2021, Josiah Pahulu was named in the Queensland City U17 squad for a two match series against a Queensland U17 Country squad with Josiah Pahulu starting the match from the bench coming on midway through the first half and making an immediate impact from a defensive perspective.

Playing twenty nine minutes Josiah Pahulu ran for fifty eight metres (twenty two post contact) and made fourteen tackles at a 93.33% tackling efficiency.

Josiah Pahulu started Round One of the 2020 Langer Cup school boy rugby league competition at lock against PBC and in Round Two against St Mary’s Toowoomba. Josiah Pahulu also started at lock and was the best player on the field in Round Three as Ipswich SHSH went down 22 – 16 against Keebra Park. Some of Josiah Pahulu’s defence was simply outstanding with his initial contact impressive as was his ball running including a couple of kick-off returns.

Josiah Pahulu started the Langer Cup semi-final against PBC in the front row and even though Ipswich State High School went down 34 – 6, Josiah Pahulu had an outstanding match including a great run from the opening kick-off and some outstanding defence including a superb hit mid-way through the first half.

In the Courier Mail 2020 Langer Cup Team of the Year, Josiah Pahulu was named on the interchange bench and in the Courier Mail 2020 Top 30 South East Queensland school boy rugby/rugby league list he was named at No. 23.

At the Ipswich State High School 2020 Sports Awards Night, Josiah Pahulu was named Player of the Season, Best Forward and Best Senior Rugby League Player. Late in 2020 Josiah Pahulu was also named in the front row in the 2020 Ipswich State High School Rugby League Team of the Year.

In November 2020, Josiah Pahulu was named in the 2021 Ipswich Jets MM Cup squad and Josiah Pahulu is also MM Cup eligible in 2022.

The powerful, ball of muscle Josiah Pahulu was a member of the 2019 Queensland U15 Emerging Origin Squad and was also part of the Titans U16 side starting in the right second row position in their annual match against the Newcastle Knights Harold Matthews Cup (U16) side in Coffs Harbour in January 2020.

The Titans came away from the match with an 18 – 14 victory in wet conditions and some of the charges (and tackles for that matter) that Josiah Pahulu made were just outstanding especially some of his kick-off returns.

In addition, one of his hit-ups when Josiah Pahulu took the ball from the dummy half he was exceptional and accounted for twenty five odd valuable metres the majority of which were post contact, with the Newcastle Knights half amongst others vainly trying to drag Josiah Pahulu down to no avail.

In early 2020 Josiah Pahulu was selected in the Ipswich Diggers U16 representative side for the U16 South East Queensland Challenge which unfortunately was cancelled due to the Covid 19 pandemic. Josiah Pahulu would have played matches against Gold Coast (two) and Brisbane based (three) sides in the Challenge. All of those sides were set to contain multiple Gold Coast Titans contracted players as well.

In early October 2019 Josiah Pahulu was part of the Titans U15 side that played a Balmain Tigers U15 side at Piggabeen in Northern New South Wales with the Titans starting in the second row and producing an outstanding display to win 36 – 14 with Josiah Pahulu starting the match in the right second row position for the Titans and producing some powerful charges into the Balmain Tigers defence including from restarts, both kick offs and drop outs from their in-goal.

Josiah Pahulu was one of the standouts for the Titans U15 sides in their February 2019 matches against another Titans side and the Western Mustangs at the U15 level at Mudgeeraba where he started at lock and produced an outstanding display of rugby league.

In the match, Josiah Pahulu scored a barnstorming try against the other Titans side, taking the ball off the dummy half on the right side of the field and crashing over from around ten metres out from the try line.

Josiah Pahulu made another powerful run of about thirty metres later in the day when he took a short pass inside his own twenty metre line and smashed his way to around the half way line before being brought down in a tackle that required multiple defenders to complete.

Josiah Pahulu also had two try assists in his matches, both coming from off-loads close to the opponents try line, on each occasion the support player was able to score reasonably easily. The first pass was popped out around one a metre from the line with Josiah Pahulu engaged with three defenders and the second was when he got halfway through the line before offloading.

As a result of his performances in the Titans games noted above and over recent seasons for the Springfield Panthers in the Ipswich Junior Rugby League competition and Ipswich State High School, Josiah Pahulu, in early 2019 originally signed a multi-year contract with the Titans then in October 2020 signed a new three year deal with the Titans.

Early in the 2019 season Josiah Pahulu trialled for a spot in the Met West U15 rugby league side and to say he was dominant at the trials would be an understatement including an outstanding try when he received an inside ball easily broke through the defensive line before scoring under the posts from around thirty five metres out.

Josiah Pahulu represented Met West, where for me was the stand out Met West player at the 2019 U15 QSSRL Championships, in particular Josiah Pahulu was outstanding in matches against Peninsula and Met East. Subsequently Josiah Pahulu was selected in the Queensland White side for the 2019 U15 ASSRL Championships.

At the 2019 ASSRL U15 Championships Josiah Pahulu played primarily in the right second row position for the Queensland White side, playing particularly on Day Two against New South Wales Combined High Schools.

Late in 2019 Josiah Pahulu was also named in the Ipswich Diggers U15 Development Squad. Josiah Pahulu was also a standout player for the Ipswich State High School Year Ten side in 2019 playing primarily in the front row for the Ipswich based school leading them to the Quarter Finals of the Brisbane Broncos Cup competition.

In 2018 Josiah Pahulu played for Springfield Panthers Black in the Ipswich U14 competition playing in ten matches and scoring eight tries for an 80% strike rate including a try in the Grand Final that his Springfield side was able to win 24 – 4 against the Redbank Plains Bears.

2018 also saw Josiah Pahulu represent Met West at the U14 level and from there he was selected in the South East Queensland U14 side for the Queensland Age Championships, where he played all four of their matches starting each in the front row.

In 2017 Josiah Pahulu represented the Ipswich Diggers at the U13 level and prior to that Josiah Pahulu represented Toa Samoa in a two day tournament in Auckland. In 2017 Josiah Pahulu was also named the Springfield Panthers International Player of the Year.