JTS TItans 2024

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Titans contracted Grange Womal who recently was part of the Titans U16 squad that defeated the Balmain Tigers has been named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls CC squad and he is also CC Cup eligible in 2025.

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Titans contracted Taylan To'o has been named on the bench in the 2023 Marsden SHS School Boy Rugby League Team of the Year.

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Titans contracted Sam Stephenson has been named in the 2024 Burleigh Bears MM Cup squad and Sam Stephenson is also MM Cup eligible in 2025.

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Titans contracted Zane Harrison has been named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls U19 MM Cup squad and he is also MM Cup eligible in 2025.

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Titans contracted Gazniah To'omaga has been named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls U17 CC Cup squad and he is also CC Cup eligible in 2025.

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The 2024 Titans JTS U16 cohort includes:

Outside backs:
Julies Matiu-Matiseni
Donte Tahuhu-Wilson
Jahzayis Perenara-Livapulu


Halves:
Grange Womal


Hooker:
Jai Billish


Front row/lock
Gazniah To’omaga
Viliami Fifita
Xhai Waerea


Second row:
Majah Peachey
Kalani Patu
Jyah WHite

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Titans contracted Taylan To;o has been named in the 2023 Cook Islands U16 side for this weekend's QPICC Carnival.

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In late September 2023 Oscar Laffranchi was named in the 2024 Burleigh Bears U19 Mal Meninga Cup squad.

In January 2023 Oscar Laffranchi started from the bench for the Titans U17 side in their annual match at Coffs Harbour against the Newcastle Knights with Oscar Laffranchi coming off the bench in the 21st minute to operate in the front row.

Oscar Laffranchi also started from the bench a week later for the Titans U17’s against the Brisbane Bronco’s U17’s on the Gold Coast with Oscar Laffranchi coming onto the field mid-way through the opening half to operate in the front row with Oscar Laffranchi putting in a strong performance from both an attacking and defensive perspective.

In early December 2022 Oscar Laffranchi took part in a joint training session between the Titans JTS contracted players and the Titans NRL off-season training squad.

In late September 2022 Titan Oscar Laffranchi was named in the powerful 2023 Burleigh Bears U18 Maal Meninga Cup Squad and Oscar Laffranchi is also MM Cup eligible in 2024.

Oscar Laffranchi started from the bench in the Bears third and final trial against the Brisbane Tigers with Oscar Laffranchi coming onto the field to operate in the front row in the 20th minute.

Oscar Laffranchi recorded a line break assist in the 49th minute when whilst engaged with multiple Tigers defenders twenty five metres from the try line, Oscar Laffranchi got a smart right arm off-load away to Ryder Williams who darted away and was only caught two metres from the try line.

Oscar Laffranchi was named to start from the bench in Round One of the 2023 U18 Mal Meninga Cup competition for the Bears against the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.

Oscar Laffranchi also started from the bench in Round Four against the Norths Devils with Oscar Laffranchi coming onto the field to operate in the front row in the 30th minute with Oscar Laffranchi then recording a line break assist in the 38th minute when after engaging the Devils defensive line around forty metres out from his own try line Oscar Laffranchi got a right arm off-load away to his left to Gary Whare-Herlihy who burst twenty metres through the centre of the field.

Oscar Laffranchi also made a strong run from a kick-off in the 42nd minute with Oscar Laffranchi getting the ball twenty two metres away from his own try line.

Oscar Laffranchi also came off the bench in Round Six against the Redcliffe Dolphins as well as in the Round Seven local derby against the Tweed Heads Seagulls with Oscar Laffranchi coming onto the field to play in the front row late in the first half.

Oscar Laffranchi made a strong run in the 36th minute from twenty two metres out from his own try line and to the left of the play the ball with Oscar Laffranchi making twelve metres to the thirty four metre mark.

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Titans contracted Jimmy McCombie started from the bench for the Byron Bay Devils in the Week One NRRRL U18 Elimination Final against Northern United with Jimmy McCombie coming onto the field in the 15th minute and in the 19th minute after running onto the ball to the right of the dummy half Jimmy McCombie was able to get the ball from five metres inside his own territory to ten metres into Northern United territory.

Jimmy McCombie scored in the 47th minute when after taking possession of the ball two passes to the left of the play the ball and sixteen metres from the try line and just to the left of the goal posts, Jimmy McCombie threatened to pass to his left before steeping inside off his left foot before straightening off his run by way of a right foot step with Jimmy McCombie breaking two tackles to score under the posts.

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In October 2023 Torino Jackson signed with the Titans and was subsequently named in the 2024 Tweed Heads Seagulls U17 Cyril Connell (CC) Cup squad and after moving over to the Gold Coast Torino Jackson will attend PBC SHS in 2024 and beyond.

The young front rower arrives on the Gold Coast from Otago, New Zealand and in 2023 Torino Jackson was a member of the South Island Scorpions U16 representative side that won the New Zealand U16 National Rugby League Championships with Torino Jackson starting in the front row in the Championship Final against Waikato.

The former Kings High School student was named the 2023 South Island Scorpions U16 Most Promising Player.

At the completion of the Championships Torino Jackson was named in the New Zealand Rugby League Aoteeroa Whaanui Boys U16 representative side for a match against an Auckland U16 Invitational side with Torino Jackson starting the match for Aoteeroa Whaanui in the front row.

Torino Jackson scored one of the easiest tries that he will ever score in the 18th minute when after the New Zealand fullback lost the ball whilst trying to bring the ball out of his own in-goal, his attempted pass went to ground in front of Torino Jackson who just had to reach down and put downward pressure on the ball with both of his hands to score mid-way between the goal posts and corner post on the right side of the field.

Torino Jackson was subsequently named in the New Zealand U16 Rugby League Representative side.

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Well done to Titans contracted Zane Harrison who received the PBC SHS Year 12 Reds School Boy Rugby League Award for 2023.

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2024 Development contract holder Ryder Williams started at halfback for the Southport Tigers in the GCRL U18 Division One Week Two Qualifying Final against the Burleigh Bears with Ryder Williams kicking three conversions from as many attempts with Ryder Williams kicking his first conversion in the 23rd minute from directly in front. Ryder Williams then added a second conversion from three metres to the right of the goal posts in the 27th minute before converting Austin Marsters try under the posts in the 34th minute.

Inside the opening minute of the match Ryder Williams took possession of the ball to the right of the dummy half twenty metres out and ran the ball to within seven metres of the try line and five metres in from the right touchline.

Ryder Williams kicked an impressive 40/20 in the 14th minute with a low, hard. Driving right foot kick from an acute angle from thirty eight metres out from his own try line to the ball going over the right touchline twelve metres out from the Bears try line.

In the 11th minute Ryder Williams kicked a short goal line drop-out to his left with the Southport left winger jumping above the opposing Burleigh players to take the drop-out on the full just after it had gone the required ten metres. Then in the 33rd minute with Southport forced into another goal line drop-out, Ryder Williams dribbled a drop-out straight down the middle with Southport regaining possession once the ball had crossed the ten metre mark.

Ryder Williams put up a high, spiralling bomb in the 40th minute from thirty metres out and to the right of the play the ball back to the left with the Burleigh right winger knocking the ball on in the in-goal area to require a Bears goal line drop-out.

Ryder William made a try saving tackle in the 39th minute when he raced across to his right to put the Burleigh left winger over the try line and knock the ball loose before the ball was grounded to give Southport a seven tackle set. Then in the 54th minute Ryder Williams raced to his right once again and once again crunched the Bears left winger to bring him down centremetres short of the try line and four metres in from the right corner post.

Ryder Williams also did well defensively in the 42nd minute to grab hold of a Burleigh player five metres in from the right touchline with Ryder Williams able to keep him from getting to ground and then drag him over the touch line to force a change over.

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Titan contracted Cooper Bai started at lock for the Burleigh Bears in the GCRL U18 Division One Week Two Qualifying Final against the Southport Tigers with Cooper Bai recording a try assist in the 25th minute with a good short ball to his left to the Bears replacement forward No. 16 had charged ten metres to score next to the left goal post. Cooper Bai had run onto the ball to the left of the dummy half from sixteen metres out to draw two defenders and send the short pass to his left.

Cooper Bai came close to setting up another try in the 53rd minute when after running the ball down a short left blindside Cooper bai got away a brilliant off-load to his left with three defenders trying to bring him to ground to his left centre who was tackled agonisingly short of the try line near the left corner.

Cooper Bai made a line break in the 59th minute from after taking the ball from a Burleigh penalty restart thirty two metres out from his own try line, Cooper Bai burst straight through the centre of the Southport defensive line and charged downfield before being brought down from behind twenty eight metres from the try line.

Cooper Bai also recorded a line break assist in the 7th minute when after running the ball from the right of the dummy half twenty five metres out, Cooper bai threw a well weighted short ball to his right to put one of his front rowers through a gap.

In the 10th minute Cooper Bai ran onto a pass to the right of the dummy half on his own thirty metre mark to get the ball within seven metres of the halfway mark and then in the 27th minute from the left of the play the ball five metres inside Southport territory Cooper Bai was able to progress the ball to thirty two metres from the try line.

Cooper Bai did well along with Sam McAlister to grab one of the Tigers players who was trying to bring the ball off his own try line, to grab him five metres out and force him back into the in-goal to force a Southport goal line drop-out.

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Titans contracted Oscar Laffranchi started in the front row for the Burleigh Bears in the Week Two GCRL U18 Division One Qualifying Final against the Southport Tigers with Oscar Laffranchi making a strong kick-off return in the 6th minute to get the ball out to the twenty one metre mark. Oscar Laffranchi made a further good kick-off return in the 9th to get the ball to the twenty metre mark.

In the 7th minute after running onto the ball to the left of the play the ball Oscar Laffranchi was able to carry the ball from five metres inside his own territory to eight metres into Southport territory. Then in the 18th minute from the right of the play the ball Oscar Laffranchi carried the ball from three metres inside his own territory to nine metres into Tigers territory with approximately 60% of the metre gained being post contact.

Oscar Laffranchi continued his strong match in the 53rd minute to run the ball from the halfway mark to thirty five metres out with 65% of the metres post contact after running onto the ball to the right of the play the ball. Then to round out a strong match, in the 53rd minute from the right of the dummy half Oscar Laffranchi crashed and barged his way to within sight of the try line before getting an off-load out the ball with his back to the try line to Bailey McConnell.

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Well done to Titans contracted Kalani Patu who has been named in the second row in the 2023 Keebra Park SHS Team of the Season.