Junior Development

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2023 saw Cai Garrett represent the Far North Coast U14 Rugby Representative side at the 2023 New South Wales Country U14 Championships with Cai Garratt starting at outside centre (No. 13) with Cai Garrett scoring a hat trick against Illawarra and also scoring against Eastwood.

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Casino Cougars Group One U15 player Latrell Gordan is not just an outstanding rugby league player who a talented athlete and was selected to participant in the NSW Athletics trials in the 100m, 200m and long jump.

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Jayden Wright moved to left second row for the in Round Fourteen of the HDC against the Northern Pride with Jayden Wright coming close to scoring in the 23rd minute only to be held up over the try line ten metres in from the left touchline after a four metre surge at the try line from an off-load from his inside from his lock forward.

Earlier in the 4th minute from a Tweed Heads penalty restart Jayden Wright was able to get the ball from thirty eight metres from the try line to twenty four metres out. Then in the 41st minute from the left of the play the ball Jayden Wright ran the ball from three metres inside Northern Pride territory to thirty three metres out from the try line. The 45th minute then saw Jayden Wright run onto the ball to the right of the play the ball from thirty two metres to within three metres of the halfway mark.

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Murphy Phillips played Oztag in 2023 and was named in the 2023 Super Series Queensland Jesters U14 Representative squad. Murphy Phillips was also named in the 2023 Queensland Schools Oztag Year Ten Boys All Stars School Merit Team.

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Kyhan Weir continued from the bench for Tweed Heads in Round Fourteen of the HDC against the Northern Pride with Kyhan Weir scoring in the 42nd minute when Kyhan Weir crashed over from close range and from the left of the play the ball to get the ball down six metres of the right of the goal posts.

Kyhan Weir also recorded a try assist in the 53rd minute when after getting to within four metres of the try line after a fourteen metres run Kyhan Weir was able to get an off-load away to his right which was picked up on the bounce by Elliott Speed to score six metres to the right of the uprights.

Kyhan Weir had come onto the field to operate in the front row in the 26th minute and immediately made a good kick-off return to get the ball out to the twenty two metre mark. Then in the 37th minute from a kick-off return Kyhan Weir promoted the ball to eh twenty five metre mark.

Kyhan Weir made a further good kick-off return in the 41st minute from the second half kick-off to get the ball to the twenty six metre mark and then in the 42nd minute this time from a Northern Pride goal line drop-out Kyhan Weir got the ball from forty metres out to twenty one metres out.

Impressively Kyhan Weir finished the match with 199 running metres and three tackle breaks.

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Reico Ratana started at right second row for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in Round Fourteen of the HDC against the Northern Pride with Reico Ratana scoring in the 46th minute off an Oskar Bryant pass from his left with Reico Ratana receiving the ball four metres out and getting over the try line ten metres in from the right corner post.

Reico Ratana also recorded a try assist in the 10th minute when from the right of the play the ball, Reico Ratana continued to run the ball in the same direction and after drawing a Northern Pride defender out of the defensive line Reico Ratana off-loaded the ball to his right to give Jaylen Dr Groot an easy ten metre run to score ten metres in from the right corner post.

Earlier in the 4th minute Reico Ratana made a line break when he ran onto a catch and pass from his inside from Max Liles twenty four metres only to be brought down by the Northern Pride fullback two metres out after stepping inside off his left foot to beat the Northern Pride fullback. The Seagulls however were able to then score off Reico Ratana’s quick play the ball.

Reico Ratana made another line break in the 32nd minute from a Tweed Heads penalty restart with Reico Ratana bursting straight through the centre of the Northern Pride defensive line from ten metres inside his own territory before being tackled twenty metres from the try line.

The 22nd minute saw Reico Ratana run the ball down the right channel from forty two metres to thirty metres out from the try line. Then in the 27th minute from two passes to the right of the dummy half, Reico Ratana carried the ball from his forty metre mark to the halfway before getting an off-load away to his right to Elliott Speed.

Impressively Reico Ratana finished the match with 186 running metres and eight tackle breaks.

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Max Liles continued at five eight for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in Round Fourteen of the HDC against the Northern Pride with Max Liles scoring in the 35th minute with a relatively easy five metre run to score midway between the goal posts and corner post on the left side of the field after good work on his inside by Parker Bryant and Nicholas Hilton.

Max Liles also recorded a try assist in the 4th minute when after moving into dummy half with the play the ball two metres from the try line on the right side of the field Max Liles skipped to his right and threw a hard flat ball to his left to Jotham Russell who crashed over to score five metres to the right of the uprights.

Max Liles was in fact the reason that the Seagulls were attacking so close to the try line as from the play earlier two passes to the right of the play the ball twenty four metres out, Max Liles executed a good catch and pass to his right to put Reico Ratana into a big gap with Max Liles tracking the play to move into dummy half and record the try assist after Reico Ratana was tackled just shy of the try line.

Max Liles also forced a Northern Pride goal line drop-out in the 41st minute when from the left of the dummy half and thirty metres out, Max Liles put in a left foot grubber kick towards the left corner with the Northern Pride fullback tackled in-goal.

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Oskar Bryant started at hooker for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in Round Fourteen of the HDC against the Northern Pride with Oskar Bryant recording a try assist in the 24th minute when after receiving an off-load four metres from the try line and to the left of the uprights, Oskar Bryant threw a long pass to his right for Jesse Jackson to crash over to score next to the right upright.

Oskar Bryant was also involved in a good Tweed Heads sequence in the 9th minute when with Oskar Bryant at dummy half with the play the ball on the halfway mark Oskar Bryant ran to his right and held the Northern Pride marker perfectly before off-loading to his right to put his lock through the middle of the field. Oskar Bryant continued to back up and after receiving the ball back, Oskar Bryant carried the ball from thirty metres out to twenty metres out where Oskar Bryant drew the Norther Pride fullback and got the pass away to his right to Elliott Speed who was tackled nine metres short of the try line.

Oskar Bryant also forced a Northern Pride goal line drop-out in the 29th minute when from eighteen metres from the try line, Oskar Bryant moved to his right out of dummy half and put in a right foot grubber kick towards the right corner with Oskar Bryant then chasing his own kick and was on hand to tackle the Northern Pride left winger in the in-goal area.

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A Brodie Saunders try has given PBC SHS a 6-0 lead over Wavell SHS at halftime in the Walters Cup School Boy Grand Final.

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A Brodie Saunders try has given PBC SHS a 6-0 lead over Wavell SHS at halftime in the Walters Cup School Boy Grand Final.

A Kwinn Wolf second half try gives PBC SHS the Grand Final win 12-8.

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PBC SHS with some good chances in the Langer Cup Grand Final but they are down 6-0 at halftime.

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PBC SHS with some good chances in the Langer Cup Grand Final but they are down 6-0 at halftime.

Great second half comeback by PBC SHS to win the Grand Final 16-12.

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Titans contracted Izayah Petrichvich scored the opening try of the Langer Reserve Grand Final ffor Marsden SHS but they went down 22-16 to Ipswich SHS.

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Tanu Nona continued from the bench for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in Round Fourteen of the HDC against the Northern Pride coming onto the field to operate in the dummy half role in the 32nd minute.

Tanu Nona recorded a try assist in the 46th minute when from the dummy half position three metres out from the try line Tanu Nona stepped out of dummy half to his right and put the ball onto the chest of Reico Ratana who scored ten metres in from the right corner post.

Tanu Nona added a second try assist in the 58th minute when once again whilst operating at dummy half three metres out and just to the right of the uprights, Tanu Nona fired a hard flat pass to his left to Nicholas Hilton who crashed over to score under the posts.

Tanu Nona came close to scoring himself in the 42nd minute when after receiving a right arm flock off-load from Nicholas Hilton when twelve metres from the try line Tanu Nona was able to make it to within a metre of the try line when ten metres to the left of the uprights.

The 37th minute saw Tanu Nona run to his right out of dummy half from his own forty metre mark to carry the ball to seven metres into Northern Pride territory. In the 45th minute after getting an off-load two metres inside Northern Pride territory, Tanu Nona ran the ball to the forty metre mark before getting a pass away to his right. Then from the subsequent play the ball Tanu Nona ran out of dummy half to his right to get the ball from thirty three metres away from the try line to the twenty metre mark.

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2023 saw Titans contracted Jahzayis Perenara-Livapulu play for the Souths Magpies in the GBJRL U15 Division One competition with Jahzayis Perenara-Livapulu making his first appearance at left centre in Round Five against Wynnum Manly. Jahzayis Perenara-Livapulu then moved two left second row in Round Six against Logan Brothers before moving to five eight for Round Nine against Redcliffe. Jahzayis Perenara-Livapulu then moved back to left centre in Round Ten against Aspley.

Jahzayis Perenara-Livapulu scored twice in the GBJRL U15 Division One regular season being in Round Nine against Redcliffe and Round Ten against Aspley.