After opening the door to a record number of schools and teams from across the Southeast region, the largest ever Kinetic Titans Schools League has now all but concluded.
With only a few schools competing in the premier girls’ competitions which wraps up in August, the majority of divisions culminated on an epic day of grand finals in June.
In a change in format for season 2023 the games were all played at single venues, creating a carnival-style atmosphere every week and at times ran in tandem with the Titans Leaguability program as well.
The Kinetic Titans schools league by the numbers...
- Largest afternoon of football equated in 35 games being officiated on a single Wednesday night
- Competition held over 370 rugby league games
- 2,300+ players played under the Titans Schools League banner
- Record number of Girls (760) and Boys (1520)
- Estimated weekly attendance at our new Carrara venue – 1,500
- Venues used were Bill Norris Oval, Beenleigh (4 fields), Alabaster Playing Fields, Carrara (9 Fields), Robina Raptors (2 Fields) and Southport Tigers (1 Field – Grand Finals)
The competition has produced a number of players that have gone to play in the NRL and NRLW forging professional careers, including:
The competition has been a bloodline of emerging NRL and NRLW stars including:
- NRL
- Xavier Coates – Marymount College
- Jamie Dowling – Marymount College
- Greg Marzhew – Woodridge SHS
- AJ Brimson – Keebra Park SHS
- Corey Norman – Keebra Park SHS
- Josh Papali’i – Woodridge SHS
- Moeaki Fotuaika – Keebra SHS
- Jayden Campbell – Helensvale SHS
- NRLW
- Hailee-Jay Ormond Maunsell – Keebra SHS
- Tiana Raftstrand-Smith – Keebra SHS
- Destiny Brill – Marsden SHS
- April Ngatupuna – Marsden SHS
- Otesa Pule – Mabel Park SHS
Grand Finals Results
Yr. 9/10 Div 2 Boys
Keebra Park SHS Yellow 28 DEF Marsden 14
Player of Competition: Brock Alexander (Keebra Park SHS)
Yr. 11/12 Div 2 Boys
Pimpama SSC 22 DEF Miami SHS 18
Player of Competitions: Cooper McAlister (Pimpama SSC)
Yr. 9/10 Div 1 Boys
Keebra Park SHS Blue 18 DEF Palm Beach Currumbin 14
Player of the Competitions: Harry Benbow (Keebra Park SHS)
Yr. 11/12 Div 1 Boys
Marymount College 28 DEF Keebra Park Maroon SHS 6
Player of Competitions: Hadley Smith (Marymount College)
Yr. 9/10 Div 2 Girls
Stretton SSC 40 Def Marsden 0
Player of the competition: Bailee Williams (Stretton SSC)
Yr. 11/12 Div 2 Girls
Stretton SSC 24 Def Marsden SHS 8
Player of the Competitions: Bella Alo