Junior Development

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Playing the entire seventy minutes for Qld City U17’s against Country, Titans contracted Sunny Kama ran for a match leading and team leading 209 metres, a match leading and team leading 100 metres of which were post contact, made a line break, broke seven tackles and made six tackles.

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Jeremaiah Temapo started on the left wing for the Burleigh Bears in Week One of the 2023 HDC Finals against the Tweed Heads Seagulls and in the 9th minute from the left of a Burleigh scrum win Jeremaiah Temapo carried the ball from forty two metres out from the try line to twenty seven metres out.

The 13th minute then saw Jeremaiah Temapo take a run to the left of the play the ball from just four metres out from his own try line and get the ball to eighteen metres out with at least 60% of the metres that Jeremaiah Temapo made being post contact. Also in the 28th minute from the left of the play the ball once again, Jeremaiah Temapo carried the ball from seventeen metres from his own try line to thirty two metre away.

Then in the 77th minute from the left of the play the ball and twenty eight metres from his own try line Jeremaiah Temapo was able to promote the ball to within four metres of the halfway mark.

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Max Liles continued at five eight for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in Week One of the 2023 HDC Finals against the Burleigh Bears with Max Liles recording a try assist in the 40th minute when after taking possession of the ball from the dummy half to the left of the play the ball twelve metres out, Max Liles continued to run to his left before passing the ball inside to his right to Parker Bryant who crashed over to score ten metres to the right of the goal posts.

Max Liles recorded a second try assist in the 55th minute with a left foot grubber kick into the in-goal from the left of the play the ball and twelve metres out with his left centre winning the race to the ball to score ten metres in from the left corner post.

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Well done to Keebra Park SHS's Tomasi Vaitai who has been named 2023 Queensland White U15 Player of the Australian Secondary School's Rugby League Championships.

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Titans contracted Tanu Nona started from the bench for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in Week One of the 2023 HDC Finals against the Burleigh Bears with Tanu Nona scoring the first of his two tries in the 70th minute when with the play the ball a metre from the try line and six metres to the left of the goal posts, Tanu Nona ran out of dummy half to his right looking to throw a short ball in the same direction, but after being hit by a Burleigh defender Tanu Nona found himself with his back to the try line with Tanu Nona then backing his way over the try line and spinning to his right to get the ball down three metres to the left of the goal posts.

Tanu Nona completed his double in the 78th minute when from twenty two metres out from the try line, Tanu Nona ran to his left of the dummy half, and after hesitating for just a fraction, Tanu Nona raced straight through the centre of the Burleigh defensive line to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.

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Titans contracted Jaylan De Groot continued at right centre for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in Week One of the 2023 HDC Finals against the Burleigh Bears with Jaylan De Groot scoring in the 47th minute with an eight metre run that saw Jaylan De Groot break two tackles after picking up a Seagulls pass on the bounce to score ten metres in from the right corner post.

Earlier in the 45th minute after running to his left out of dummy half Jaylan De Groot was able to get the ball to near the halfway mark before throwing a long cut-out pass to his left to put the Seagulls left sided attack into space.

Jaylen De Groot made a good try saving tackle in the 10th minute on the Burleigh left second rower Adam Christenson to bring him down very close to the try line and six metres in from the left touchline.

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Oskar Bryant continued at hooker for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in Week One of the 2023 HDC Finals against the Burleigh Bears with Oskar Bryant easily the best player on the field in Tweed Heads impressive 46 – 10 victory over their local rivals.

Oskar Bryant scored the opening try of the match in the 14th minute when after scooping up the ball in his left hand from dummy half, Oskar Bryant ran to his right from four metres out and after steeping off his right foot just after clearing the ruck Oskar Bryant got to the try line before spinning clockwise to gain separation and get the ball down a metre to the right of the goal posts with two defenders trying in vain to prevent him from scoring.

Oskar Bryant also recorded a try assist in the 23rd minute when with the play the ball two metres from the try line and ten metres to the left of the goal posts, Oskar Bryant fired a hard flat pass to his left for his left centre to crash over to score ten metres in from the left corner post.

Oskar Bryant showcased his wide ranging skill set in the 21st minute with an effortless 40/20 from thirty five metres out with Oskar Bryant putting in a right foot kick from the centre of the field after stepping out of dummy half to his right with the Burleigh fullback unable to prevent the ball from going over the right touchline twelve metres out from the try line.

In the 17th minute after running out of dummy half to his right after also scooping up the ball in his left hand, Oskar Bryant ran the ball from the forty two metre mark to twenty nine metres from the try line. Oskar Bryant then ran out of dummy half to his right in the 38th minute from twenty eight metres out from his own try line and after getting to within five metres of the halfway mark, Oskar Bryant was hit in a high tackle which saw the Burleigh culprit penalised and sent to the sin bin for ten minutes.

Oskar Bryant finished his exceptional match with a try, two try assists, two line break assists and three tackle breaks.

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Week Two of the 2023 Hastings Deering’s Colts Final saw Seth Nikotemo start at right second row for the Burleigh Bears against the Redcliffe Dolphins with Seth Nikotemo, in the 6th minute running onto the ball from a Burleigh penalty restart to propel the ball from twenty eight metres from his own try line to within ten metres of the halfway mark.

The 20th minute saw Seth Nikotemo take possession two passes to the right of the play the ball from thirteen metres out from his own try line and get the ball out to the twenty nine metre mark with at least 60% of Seth Nikotemo’s being post contact with the Dolphins defensive line.

Then in the 42nd minute from the left of a Burleigh scrum win eight metres out from his own try line Seth Nikotemo was able to get the ball out to the twenty two metre mark. Seth Nikotemo followed up with a 47th minute effort that saw him run the ball down the right channel from inside his own territory to within thirty eight metres of the try line.

Seth Nikotemo, in the 57th minute was involved in holding up the Redcliffe left second rower No .12 over the try line to prevent him from scoring seven metres in from the Bears right corner post.

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Great to see Marquis Sando named in the Qld Maori U14 Tama side for the QPICC Carnival.

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Week Two of the 2023 Hastings Deering’s Colts Final saw Kedan Chan-Tung start at fullback for the Burleigh Bears against the Redcliffe Dolphins with Kedan Chan-Tung running out of dummy half to his left in the 15th minute to get the ball from his own twenty metre mark out to the thirty five metre mark before Kedan Chan-Tung was awarded a penalty for ruck interference. Then in the 38th minute from the left of the play the ball Kedan Chan-Tung ran the ball through the centre of the field from forty metres out to within twenty seven metres of the try line.

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Well done to Okalani Compton who was part of the Qld U16 School Girls side that won the National Championship yesterday with the Keebra Park SHS student named Queensland's best at the Championships.

Our NRLW future is also very bright.

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Bilambil Jets NRRRL U18 right winger Jacob Douglas is just a gutsy young player, he regularly was the smallest player on the field but he was able one of the most courageous for the Jets including their 28-10 Grand Final victory against Murwillumbah.

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Round Fifteen of the NRRRL Reserve Grade competition saw Lachlan Offley start from the bench for the Ballina Seagulls against the Evans Head Bombers and after coming onto the field to play at fullback mid-way through the first half Lachlan Offley scored in the 57th minute when after receiving the ball to the left of the dummy half twelve metres out, Lachlan Offley straightened up his run by stepping off his left foot and after beating the opposing defender Lachlan Offley was able to get the ball over the try line twelve metres to the left of the goal posts.

The match also saw Lachlan Offley kick two conversions, with the first and best of the two coming in the 32nd minute from three metres in from the right touchline. Lachlan Offley’s second conversion was a lot easier as it was directly in front in the 51st minute.

The 26th minute saw Lachlan Offley make a good kick return from twenty metres out from his own try line in the centre of the field with Lachlan Offley able to return the kick to within seven metres of the halfway mark. Then in the 49th minute after taking another Bombers kick on the full in the centre of the field twenty metres out from his own try line. Lachlan Offley broke two tackles as he returned the ball three metres over the forty metre mark.

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Week Two of the 2023 Hastings Deering’s Colts Final saw Jeremaiah Temapo start on the left wing for the Burleigh Bears against the Redcliffe Dolphins with Jeremaiah Temapo taking a hit-up from the left of the play the ball in the 9th minute that saw Jeremaiah Temapo get the ball from twenty seven metres out to forty metres out.

Then in the 20th minute Jeremaiah Temapo chased through a short Burleigh goal line drop-out to the left to knock the ball back with his left hand after the ball had broken the ten metre plane on the bounce for Burleigh to take possession.

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Round Fifteen of the NRRRL U18 competition for the Lower Clarence Magpies against the Kyogle Turkeys saw Reece Warburton start at halfback with Reece Warburton recording a try assist in the 31st minute when after receiving the ball fourteen metres out and to the right of the play the ball Reece Warburton continued to run to his right and when he had gotten to within six metres of the try line, Reece Warburton was able to draw in one defender and get a short ball away to his right to put his right centre over to score ten metres in from the right corner post.