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    Former Parramatta Eels NYC player Blaise Barnes scored a double yesterday when he started at right wing for Randwick in their 28-21 Colts I finals win over Manly.

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    Outstanding fullback prospect Matt McTaggert scored once again for Eastern Suburbs in Round One of the Sydney Colts I rugby finals, Unfortunately Eastern Suburbs went down 52-17 to Gordon.

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    Randwick Colts II fullback Lachlan day kicked eight from eight this afternoon as Randwick qualified for the Sydney Colts II Grand Final last weekend by defeating Eastern Suburbs 56-12.

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    Former Parramatta Eels NYC player Blaise Barnes scored his second double in as many finals matches starting on the right wing for Randwick in their 64-14 Colts I finals win over Southern Districts.

    Randwick have qualified for next weekend's Colts I Grand Final.

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    Exciting fullback prospect Lachlan Day kicked five conversions this afternoon for the Randwick Colts II side as they defeated Gordon 50-24 in the Sydney Colts II Grand Final.

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    If the Titans are looking for some big strong young centres they could certainly look at Fijian U16 pair Everoni Koroibiau and Inia Daunikana, who both scored doubles as Fiji defeated WA 46-10 at Ballymore yesterday morning in the Australian U16 Rugby Championships.

    Other Fijian U16's who looked good included fullback Joshua Canaan and fly half Kalaveti Tamani.

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    Brocco Uhrle. The powerfully built 2018 Queensland U16 second rower is no stranger to wearing a Titans jersey after playing for the Titans U13 Development squad in a match against a Toowoomba U14 selection in late 2015 when he started in the front row.

    The Wavell State High School student played for the Aspley Devils in the GBJRL U16 premier Division competition in 2018 playing in ten matches and scoring three tries.

    Earlier in the 2108 season Brocco Uhrle played for the U16 Brisbane Stingers Red squad in the South East Queensland U16 Challenge and was also part of the Queensland U16 Emerging Origin Squad in 2018.
    Brocco Uhrle’s style of play is that of a wide running back rower with what I would consider slightly above average speed for the position he plays and also taking into account his solid build. He is quick off the mark and can maintain his speed over a reasonable distance and also has a good fend and can step off both feet both in space and in tight situations.

    From what I have seen though his left foot step seems slightly quick and with more deception. The side step Brocco Uhrle has is not a big step but is quick and effective enough to keep defenders off balance when he is running the ball. Once his momentum is stopped, Brocco Uhrle will fight for a quick play the ball to maintain his team’s momentum.

    Brocco Uhrle is a naturally aggressive defender whether he is defending in the centre of the ruck or on the fringes, and due to his inherent natural strength is more than capable of defending one on one and can stop the momentum of opposing forwards on initial contact and targets the area around the chest after setting a solid base to project his momentum through his tackles.

    Brocco Uhrle also has outstanding lateral mobility for such a powerful player and thus is not over matched against smaller agile opponents. As noted he is an aggressive defender and looks to come off the defensive line quickly.

    In 2019 Brocco Uhrle will be looking to break into the Norths MM Cup squad as well as playing for Norths Aspley in the GBJRL U18 Nev Blair Cup competition and play for Wavell State High School in their various School Boy competitions.

    Brocco Uhrle will also be in line for Met East Selection for the QSSRL U18 Championships in 2019 as well as Queensland U18 selection.

    For me, his physical attributes and skill set indicates that Brocco Uhrle will continue to play in the back row for the foreseeable future with no reason to consider a positional change.

    From a player comparison perspective, someone with a similar playing style that could be used for a comparison perspective for Brocco Uhrle be the Brisbane Broncos backrower Alex Glenn as a strong hard running, hard tackling aggressive and effective backrower who can play for 80 minutes without the need for a break on the interchange bench.

    I was fortunate enough to see Brocco Uhrle play at the U13 level in 2015 and every time that I have seen him play since I have seen a constant level of improvement from the exceptionally talented Brocco Uhrle.

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    Connor Te Kani. (Revised) He is a local young centre who played his club rugby league on the Gold Coast with the Coomera Cutter in the 2018 GCRL U15 Division One competition and has been named in the 2019 U16 GC Vikings squad.

    For the Cutters (he had previously played for Runaway Bay) Connor Te Kani played in eleven matches, including points and finished as one of the competitions leading point scorers with 84 from ten tries and twenty two goals.

    In Round Two of the U15 Division One Final’s series, Connor Te Kani started at five eight and kicked a conversion as Coomera went down 44 – 6 to eventual Grand Final winners Ormeau.

    In the U15 Division One Preliminary Final Connor Te Kani once again started at five eight, scoring a try and kicking a conversion as Coomera bowed out of the competition on the back of a 58 – 14 loss to Runaway Bay.

    In addition to his finals try, Connor Te Kani scored four doubles which came in matches against Currumbin (in two matches), Mudgeeraba and Ormeau. Connor Te Kani’s other try came late in the season against Mudgeeraba.

    Connor Te Kani had some big matches from a goal kicking perspective in 2018 including six goals in a match against Currumbin (he also scored a double in the same match) and five against Mudgeeraba late in the season.

    In addition Connor Te Kani was co-captain of the Griffith University Colleges U15 rugby side that won their Grand Final, which was played as a curtain raiser to the Wallabies against Argentina test 47 – 19 against the Helensvale Hogs with Connor Te Kani starting the Grand Final at fullback.

    In total for Griffith University Colleges Connor Te Kani played in fourteen matches, starting six at fullback, two from the interchange bench, two at fly half (No. 10), two at inside centre and two at outside centre.

    Connor Te Kani scored three tries and kicked eight conversions, including three in Round Fourteen against the Gold Coast Eagles. Connor Te Kani’s tries came in Round Nine against the Gold Coast Eagles, Round Twelve against Bond University and in Round Fifteen against the Surfers Dolphins.

    Connor Te Kani was also part of the Queensland Red side that won the Australian Gold Cup (U15) Championships starting at outside centre in the final as Queensland Red were victorious 17 – 5 against NSW Gen Blue I. Connor Te Kani also started at outside centre in the semi-final.

    In 2016 the season Connor Te Kani was also yet another member of the exceptionally talented U13 Gold Coast Vikings side that went through the Hill Stumer Championships undefeated. From those championships, Connor Te Kani was selected in the centres for the South East Queensland White team for the Queensland Age Championships. Connor Te Kani kicked five goals on Day One in wins against Brisbane Red and Brisbane White.

    Unfortunately for Runaway Bay even though they finished the U14 Division One 2016 season proper as the minor premiers, they were defeated 34 – 22 in the Grand Final by the Ormeau Shearers, with Connor Te Kani starting in the centres and kicking three conversions.

    Over the course of the 2016 season, Connor Te Kani scored 13 tries from just nine matches and also kicked 18 goals to finish with 88 points in the season. In a four games stretch during June and July 2016, Connor Te Kani scored nine tries including two hat tricks which came against Jimboomba and Helensvale and also in that same stretch scored a double against Jimboomba. Earlier in the season, he also scored a double against Nerang. Connor Te Kani also averaged two tries a game across seven matches in the U13 pre-season grading competition.

    With the boot, Connor Te Kani had two big games when he kicked seven against Ormeau and six against Jimboomba (the same day he scored three tries for 30 points in the game). Connor Te Kani also played one match at the U14 Division One level which was against Nerang.

    During the 2015 season, he also made the Qld U12 side that won the national U12 championships with a 4 – 0 victory against NSW in the final. During the course of the U12 National championships, he scored two tries in the pool matches, against Western Australia and ACT and also scored in Queensland’s semi-final victory against Victoria.

    Connor Te Kani is a big strong super quick centre with an effortless running style with a classic centres build with the ability to stand up his direct opposite and then beat him with pace on the outside, something that is rare in the modern game. His has used this skill set on multiple occasions on the right side of the field. Right centre is the only position that I have seen him play for his club side.

    Connor Te Kani has a very strong left hand fend which prevents opposing centres getting in on him and forcing him towards the sideline. Even though he has size, strength and power in the centre position, he does look for his outside support when confronted with the fullback, even though he is more than capable of beating fullbacks one on one if need be and certainly does on occasion when he outpaces his support players.

    When the defence is sliding he will cut inside and when the defence is playing an up and up style he has the plus speed and agile footwork to get on the outside of his direct opponent and beat him for speed to exploit the gap created. In terms of his speed, in all aspects it would be considered at the plus level in terms of speed off the mark, top end speed and sustainability.

    Another aspect where he is also very good is his ability to run out of dummy half. Connor Te Kani’s size strength speed and power coupled with his plus footwork enables him to make a significant amount of ground out of dummy half and also give his forward a breather.

    Defensively his game is built on intimidation, he will come in when the opportunity presents itself and hit very hard around the chest, you can see the opposing centre looking where he was positioned as the ball was moved out to the back line also his plus speed enables him to recover if he is beaten on the outside.

    Currently Connor Te Kani is better to an up and in defensive methodology but I would argue that is more to do with how coaches want him to play rather than any concern that he cannot be effective in a sliding defensive scheme. With his speed, timing and strength, why not take advantage of his ability to intimidate his opposing centre.

    Moving to the 2019 season Connor Te Kani will/should play for the Coomera Cutters in the GCRL U16 Division One competition.

    For me Connor Te Kani a strong powerful centre with plus speed and footwork and has the skills to stay at centre in the long term and more than that has the skills to potentially become a legitimate strike centre and they are a rare breed to say the least.

    Regardless of the age group or level, you do not often see a player with such a combination of his speed, size, strength and power compared to his peers, couple that with an innate understanding of how to play rugby league and you have a young player with immense potential waiting to be tapped in the coming years.

    From a style perspective, think of someone along the lines of NSW Origin and Australian centre Michael Jennings now of the Parramatta Eels as a legitimate strike centre with the ability to make breaks from anywhere but also can handle the defensive side of the game. He is just one of those players that look like he was born to play rugby league and the scary thing is that he still is not even close to reaching his potential.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mdrew View Post
    Brocco Uhrle. The powerfully built 2018 Queensland U16 second rower is no stranger to wearing a Titans jersey after playing for the Titans U13 Development squad in a match against a Toowoomba U14 selection in late 2015 when he started in the front row.

    The Wavell State High School student played for the Aspley Devils in the GBJRL U16 premier Division competition in 2018 playing in ten matches and scoring three tries.

    Earlier in the 2108 season Brocco Uhrle played for the U16 Brisbane Stingers Red squad in the South East Queensland U16 Challenge and was also part of the Queensland U16 Emerging Origin Squad in 2018.
    Brocco Uhrle’s style of play is that of a wide running back rower with what I would consider slightly above average speed for the position he plays and also taking into account his solid build. He is quick off the mark and can maintain his speed over a reasonable distance and also has a good fend and can step off both feet both in space and in tight situations.

    From what I have seen though his left foot step seems slightly quick and with more deception. The side step Brocco Uhrle has is not a big step but is quick and effective enough to keep defenders off balance when he is running the ball. Once his momentum is stopped, Brocco Uhrle will fight for a quick play the ball to maintain his team’s momentum.

    Brocco Uhrle is a naturally aggressive defender whether he is defending in the centre of the ruck or on the fringes, and due to his inherent natural strength is more than capable of defending one on one and can stop the momentum of opposing forwards on initial contact and targets the area around the chest after setting a solid base to project his momentum through his tackles.

    Brocco Uhrle also has outstanding lateral mobility for such a powerful player and thus is not over matched against smaller agile opponents. As noted he is an aggressive defender and looks to come off the defensive line quickly.

    In 2019 Brocco Uhrle will be looking to break into the Norths MM Cup squad as well as playing for Norths Aspley in the GBJRL U18 Nev Blair Cup competition and play for Wavell State High School in their various School Boy competitions.

    Brocco Uhrle will also be in line for Met East Selection for the QSSRL U18 Championships in 2019 as well as Queensland U18 selection.

    For me, his physical attributes and skill set indicates that Brocco Uhrle will continue to play in the back row for the foreseeable future with no reason to consider a positional change.

    From a player comparison perspective, someone with a similar playing style that could be used for a comparison perspective for Brocco Uhrle be the Brisbane Broncos backrower Alex Glenn as a strong hard running, hard tackling aggressive and effective backrower who can play for 80 minutes without the need for a break on the interchange bench.

    I was fortunate enough to see Brocco Uhrle play at the U13 level in 2015 and every time that I have seen him play since I have seen a constant level of improvement from the exceptionally talented Brocco Uhrle.
    Mate I am hearing he may be going to wynnum next year for mm

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    The 2019 Wynnum MM side is shaping up to to quite exceptional.

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    Mate I am hearing he may be going to wynnum next year for mm

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    James Pere. The powerhouse young forward was outstanding this season both in club rugby league and school boy rugby, playing for the TSS U16A side in the GPS rugby competition.

    Even though he was U16 eligible in 2018 James Pere played the 2018 GCRL season in the U17 Division Two competition with Coomera playing in nine matches including the U17 Division Two Finals series.

    In Week Two of the U17 Division Two finals James Pere started in the centres and scored for Coomera as they went down 28 – 16 to Currumbin.

    In the Preliminary Final James Pere scored a try after starting in the centres as Coomera qualified for the Grand Final on the back of a 62 – 4 victory over Jimboomba.

    In the U17 Division Two Grand Final James Pere started in the centres as Coomera went down 24 – 18 to Currumbin.

    In addition to his two finals tries, James Pere scored ten in the U17 Division Two regular season competition. James Pere scored a hat trick against Jimboomba, doubles against Currumbin in two separate matches and Jimboomba and also scored against Beaudesert.

    Early in the 2018 season James Pere represented Gold Coast Vikings Yellow in the South East Queensland U16 Challenge.

    For the TSS U16A side this season James Pere played in seven matches missing only Round Two as a result of an injury suffered in Round One against Churchie. James Pere started all seven matches at No. 8.

    James Pere scored three GPS U16A tries in 2018, scoring in Round Four against Brisbane Grammar School, Round Seven as a result of a pick and drive against Ipswich Grammar School and Round Nine against Churchie.

    Prior to the GPS U16A season proper James Pere started in six of the U16A TSS trial matches starting at No. 8 in five and on the bench in the other which was against Ipswich Grammar School. Trial matches that James Pere played in included matches against Riverview College (Sydney), Somerset College and Ambrose Treacy College.

    Prior to heading to TSS James Pere attended Keebra Park and 2016 represented the Gold Coast Vikings at the U14 level and was also selected in one of the South East Queensland U14 representative sides.

    In 2016 James Pere was a dominant player for Keebra in the U14 Hancock Cup school boy competition, including scoring a hat trick in a match against Marsden State High School where in the first half he was almost unstoppable running off 2018 Queensland U16 representative Reece Walsh.

    James Pere also scored a hat trick the week prior as well against Wavell. After being down 12 – 0 early to Wavell James Pere crashed over to score Keebra’s first try and then produced two more barnstorming runs in the second half to help Keebra Park close out the game 30 – 18. James Pere understandably was also awarded the man of the match honours in that game.

    James Pere also represented the Vikings and South East Queensland at the U13 level in 2015.

    James Pere is a big powerful young man who whilst using his size to his advantage by running hard and straight, he does have quite decent footwork prior to the defensive line, which he uses to cut back behind the play the ball to take advantage of defenders who are slow to get back into the defensive line.

    Where James Pere’s game has really developed over the last couple of seasons his ability to play wider of the ruck, which is where he is primarily playing for the Northern Pride this season. With his size and strength wider of the ruck James Pere attracts defenders and thus is in a position to use his ball skills to set up his outside supports early in a match.

    When defences start to try to anticipate that James Pere is going to pass then he can use his size and power to cash through the defensive lien as no defender is going to be able to handle him one on one by themselves.

    In defence James Pere uses his size and strength to make very solid initial contact and certainly can take on all opposing forwards one on one. James Pere is not adverse to looking for the big hit but does have a good front on defensive technique, maintaining decent leverage and reasonable agility and lateral movement when looking to tackle smaller opponents on the edge of the ruck, although clearly he is more effective in the centre of the ruck, as most front rowers are.

    James Pere will be looking to break into the Burleigh Bears MM Cup side in 2019 and post that competition will line up for Coomera in the GCRL U17 Division One competition as well as pushing for the No. 8 position in the TSS First XV side for the 2019 GPS Rugby School Boy competition.

    If everything comes together for James Pere is potential is almost limitless and he can dominate games both from an attacking perspective and a defensive one.

    At an imposing 188cm and 102kg James Pere is the ideal size for a rugby league second rower, but it is his above average speed for his size, and undoubted strength and physical nature that screams that he can be a dominant player at the NRL level and maybe even above that into the representative arena.

    James Pere reminds me of St George Dragon’s aggressive second rower Tariq Sims. Like Sims, James Pere is a giant of a man and plays with more than a touch of aggression and makes sure everyone on the opposition knows that he is on the field especially defensively.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mdrew View Post
    The 2019 Wynnum MM side is shaping up to to quite exceptional.
    Mate I think the burleigh and tweed sides are stacked with talent and will be hard to beat

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    Certainly agree with you there mate both squads are outstanding

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    Mate I think the burleigh and tweed sides are stacked with talent and will be hard to beat

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    Syris Schmidt. (Revised) He is a local young five eight from the Ormeau Shearers club on the Gold Coast who after attending Keebra Park High School for a number of years took up a rugby scholarship with TSS last year playing in their U14A side and this year played for the Gold Coast based School in the U15A GPS school boy rugby competition with a team mate being Titans contracted centre Kaleb Ngamanu.

    Recently Syris Schmidt was named in the Gold Coast Vikings U16 Training Squad for the 2019 U16 South East Queensland Challenge.

    This season in relation to club rugby league on the Gold Coast, Syris Schmidt played for Ormeau in the 2018 U15 Division One competition, playing ten matches including finals matches.

    In Week One of the U15 Division One Finals series, Syris Schmidt started a half and scored as Ormeau defeated Runaway Bay 28 – 12.

    Week Two saw Syris Schmidt also start at half as Ormeau qualified for the U15 Division One Grand Final with a big 44 – 6 win over Coomera.

    Syris Schmidt started at half in the Grand Final and scored as Ormeau came out on top 38 – 20 against Runaway Bay.

    In addition to the two U15 Division One Finals tries that he scored Syris Schmidt scored eight regular season tries, including a June hat trick against Coomera and a double the match prior against Mudgeeraba. Syris Schmidt also scored single tries in matches against Runaway Bay and Robina.

    Syris Schmidt also represented South Coast in the QSSRL U15 Championships and was named in the U15 Queensland White side for the ASSRL U15 Championships where team mates included Titans contracted Ezra Ubaldino, Brody Smitka and Flynn Daniel.

    In the ASSRL U15 Championships Syris Schmidt started at half back in all four of Queensland Whites matches which were against New South Wales Combined Independent Schools, ACT twice and Queensland Maroon, scoring against NSWCIS on Day One.

    In October 2018 Syris Schmidt was part of the Queensland II side for the Australian U16 Championships. In Round One Syris Schmidt started at inside centre for Qld II in their big 57 – 5 win over Western Australia.

    Round Two against Victoria saw Syris Schmidt once again start at inside centre for Queensland II as they went down 19 – 17 and in Round Three Syris Schmidt was once again at inside centre with Queensland II going down 29 – 17 to New South Wales I.

    For the TSS U15A side Syris Schmidt started at inside centre (No.12) in all eight of the TSS U15A’s GPS schoolboy matches this year.

    Prior to the start of the GPS school boy rugby season has not kicked off yet, Syris Schmidt played a number of trial matches. He started on the bench for the first two trials which were against Far North Coast and Toowoomba Grammar School before moving into the starting side at outside centre for the last three trials against Nudgee, Ipswich Grammar School and Ambrose Treacy College in the final trial.

    In his three trial appearances in the TSS U15A starting trial side Syris Schmidt has been partnered in the centres with Titans contracted Kaleb Ngamanu with the outstanding Jojo Fifita also in the stacked backline.

    In addition Syris Schmidt played club rugby on the Gold Coast this season for Griffith University Colleges playing in eight matches and started at fly half (No. 10) in the Grand Final that his side won 47 – 19 against the Helensvale Hogs.

    Syris Schmidt started one other match at No. 10 being Round Three against the Bond Pirates, one match in Round Four against the Surfers Dolphins at inside centre (No. 12) and the remainder from the bench.

    Syris Schmidt scored tries in Round Two against the PBC Alleygators and Round Three against the Bond Pirates (He also kicked a conversion in that game)

    In the 2017 GPS rugby season for the TSS U14A side, Syris Schmidt played in seven matches. Syris Schmidt started the season on the bench for the TSS U14A side making his TSS Rugby debut in Round One against Brisbane Stet High School.

    Syris Schmidt broke into the TSS U14A starting line-up in Round Eight against St Joseph’s Nudgee College starting the match at No. 10 (fly half) and was named Best Back in his starting debut. Syris Schmidt also started in Round Nine this time at inside centre against Churchie.

    In 2017 for the Ormeau Shearers, Syris Schmidt played eight matches in the U14 Division One competition, scoring seven tries and kicking a conversion to finish with 26 points. Syris Schmidt scored four tries in a match against Runaway Bay and a double against Nerang.

    Syris Schmidt represented Keebra Park in the Renouf Cup competition in 2016. Syris Schmidt also represented the U13 Vikings side that went through the Hill Stumer Championships undefeated and also represented South East Queensland Green at the U13 level in the Queensland Age Championships which were held in Toowoomba.

    In 2015 Syris Schmidt represented Queensland at the U12 level. For the Queensland U12 side, he scored two tries across the competition that Queensland won, including scoring a try against Western Australia in their round 3 victory and another against Victoria in their 52 – 0 semi-final victory.

    For Ormeau in the U13 GCJRL competition in 2016, Syris Schmidt finished as the leading try scorer with 22 tries from ten matches, two in front of Keebra Park team mate Tuvallo-Afoa Khan Pereira. Syris Schmidt scored six tries in a match against Currumbin and also scored two hat tricks which came against Jimboomba and Runaway Bay.

    For South East Queensland Green in the Queensland Age Championships in 2016, Syris Schmidt scored four tries, including a hat trick on Day Two in a big 44 – 4 win over the Northern Marlins and he also scored on Day Three in a 40 – 10 victory over SEQ White.

    For the U13 Vikings, he played an under stated role leading his team around the field but on Day Two against Ipswich, after mainly setting up his support runners, he started to run more in the second half including a superb play late in the match where he drifted across the field and threw a great dummy before accelerating through the Ipswich defensive line to score under the posts.

    In relation to Schoolboy rugby league, Syris Schmidt also had a great year in 2015 for Keebra Park culminating in him being selected at five eight in the Keebra Park team of the year. Playing for the U13 Renouf Cup side, Syris Schmidt scored five tries across the Rounds, including against Ipswich SHS in Round Two, two tries against Marsden in Round Five, a try against local rivals PBC in Round Six and in the Round of 16 had a great game against Ipswich once again when he split the line to score from 40 metres out with his first touch and also late in the match popped a great ball to Tuvallo-Afoa Khan-Pereira to score.

    In attack, he is a five eight who is a dynamic runner of the football who excels in taking on the defensive line with deft footwork around the ruck, looking to seek out bigger slower forwards when they are caught on the edge of the ruck.

    Syris Schmidt also has a very good dummy which continues to be effective regardless of the frequency of its use as it is indistinguishable in process from when he is going to actually pass the ball.

    Syris Schmidt does not however have blinkers on, and when his backline is set deep, he can see an overlap or a another play developing he will get the ball out quickly and effectively, using his solid passing skills from both sides of his body, where he will put the football out in front of his runners. Syris Schmidt is able to impart a good spin on the ball, thus can get good distance on his passes whilst maintaining accuracy from both sides of his body.

    Assisting his play is the fact that Syris Schmidt makes the decision what to do with the ball quickly thus enabling the ball to get out wide quickly. One aspect that is notable when you see him play is how he directs the team around the field, Syris Schmidt is in charge of when and where the forwards run and also when he wants the ball to spread it out wide to his backline.

    For his age group, he has a prodigious kick on him and seemingly also has good accuracy and presents as a future 40/20 threat. Also his prodigious boot generates significant height on his bombs, and I mean they are huge bombs and again are seemingly quite accurate, his ceiling is that of his team’s primary tactical kicker moving forward, both from a field position and attacking perspective.

    Defensively he has decent size for a five eight, a facet which assists in him being a very effective defender for his position, in fact he is an asset to his team’s defensive pattern to the extent that he has the strength and technique to more than hold his own one on one against wide running forwards.

    Playing no. 10 or at inside centre in school boy rugby has also assisted his defensive development. Loose forwards come off the back of the ruck or maul and traditionally target the channel defended by either the inside centre or fly half, where obviously Syris Schmidt is stationed the majority of the time.

    Moving to the 2019 season, Syris Schmidt will continue to play for the Ormeau Shearers at the U16 Division One level as well as for the TSS U16A school boy rugby side. With the number of TSS First XV students graduating in 2018 it would not surprise at all to see Syris Schmidt get a run in the TSS First XV next year, potentially as early as Round One to replace Canterbury Crusaders bound Campbell Perata.

    It is great to see Syris Schmidt continue to play both codes as the skills he is developing in both codes is no doubt immensely assisting in his development in both codes as the skills are complementary in nature, especially around tactical kicking and game management.

    Playing a high level of school boy rugby at either No. 10 or inside centre (no. 12) can only enhance and accelerate Syris Schmidt’s rugby league developmental curve.

    Syris Schmidt plays his rugby league currently at the five eight position both in terms of club and representative football and certainly has the skills to stay there long term. Syris Schmidt has all of the skills that you would want from your five eight, he can run the ball very well, he is a very good distributor and game manager and is also a very good general play kicker.

    From a player comparison perspective, I am going to make a big call but he really does play the game like Darren Lockyer with more speed than when Darren Lockyer moved to five eight.

    Syris Schmidt really does present on the field as a natural gifted young player who does not take his natural ability for granted.

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    Caleb Esera. The giant young front rower has already worn a Titans jersey in anger when he represented the Titans U13 squad in a match in late 2015 that defeated a Toowoomba U14 side at Burleigh.

    Earlier in the 2108 season Caleb Esera played for the U16 Brisbane Stingers Gray squad in the South East Queensland U16 Challenge and was also part of the Queensland U16 Emerging Origin Squad in 2018. Caleb Esera was part of the 2016 U15 Emerging Origin Squad as well.

    The young front rower from the South’s club in Brisbane represented Stingers Red at the U14 level in 2016 and from there Caleb Esera went on to represent South East Queensland White U14’s at the Queensland Age Championships. For South East Queensland White Caleb Esera crossed in a win against the Capricorn Capra’s.

    For Brisbane Red, Caleb Esera had a great three matches including a huge match on the Sunday morning against Brisbane White when he was the best player on the field scoring a hat trick including showing great pace in his first try when he backed up a great break by Rixon Andrew to score.

    The tall strong young front rower runs hard and straight and does not take a backward step, for example in the GBJRL Grand Final in 2015, he constantly ran into the heart of the Logan Brothers forward pack who were huge and were hitting very hard in the tackle. One thing that did impress me was that he did not just put his head down and run into the first defender he saw.

    On a number of occasions he cut back behind the play the ball to take advantage of defenders who were slow to get back into the defensive line, similarly he also ran wider on occasion to target the smaller Logan Brothers defenders, when Logan Brothers started to compress their defensive line when South’s had the momentum on their side.

    Whilst he did not offload the ball too many times, Caleb Esera did get his arms free but only passed when his support was in a better position. He continually put his hand up all day to take the ball up and has a very quick play the ball so that his team can maintain momentum. In the development squad game in 2015 Caleb Esera offloaded on a number of occasions which maintains the Titans momentum.

    Caleb Esera has continued to get bigger and stronger over the last few years and impressively has also been able to maintain has above average speed for his position, in fact I would consider his speed for a front rower to be in the plus category. In a try that he scored in the 2017 Hill Stumer Championships he was able to keep pace with star fullback Rixon Andrew and Rixon Andrew is very very quick.

    Defensively Caleb Esera regularly is the first player up to target the ball carriers, even though he is one of the bigger forwards in his team and will make solid initial contact as well as having the ability of defending one on one.

    Caleb Esera is not averse to looking for the big hit but also does have a good front on defensive technique and decent agility and lateral movement when looking to tackle smaller opponents. Caleb Esera has the size, strength and power to seal off sections of the field in defence and impressively can sustain that dominance for the entire match regularly.

    Caleb Esera will be pushing for an MM Cup spot in 2019 with the Souths Logan Magpies and will likely play for the Magpies in the GBJRL U17 Division One or U18 Nev Blair Cup competitions in 2019 as well.

    Caleb Esera is a big strong tall young man who has outstanding (elite level) athleticism for his size and thus I can see Caleb Esera making the NRL as a front rower.

    From a style perspective, think along the lines of the Regan Campbell-Gillard of the Penrith Panthers as a tall front rower with good footwork both in attack and defence and he is also a leader on the field who can set the direction and tempo for his team by leading from the front in the most demanding position on a football field with a calmness and assurance that belies his age.


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