Queensland under-18 rugby league team

Queensland Under-18
Nickname Maroons
Governing body Queensland Rugby League
Head coach Josh Hannay
Captain Keegan Hipgrave
Home stadium Suncorp Stadium (52,500)
Colours
First game
New South Wales 34–12 Queensland
(Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane; 11 June 2008)

The Queensland Under-18 rugby league team, also known as Queensland Under-18s or Queensland U18, represents Queensland in the sport of rugby league at an under-18 age level. Since 2008, the team has played an annual fixture against the New South Wales Under-18s team as a curtain raiser to a State of Origin game. The team features players selected from Queensland's premier under-18 rugby league competition, the Mal Meninga Cup. They are administered by the Queensland Rugby League.

History

Prior to 2008, junior interstate matches were contested at under-17 and under-19 levels. In 2008, with the advent of the National Youth Competition, the age levels switched to an under-16 and under-18 format to keep in line with the NSWRL's existing SG Ball Cup and Harold Matthews Cup competitions and the QRL's Mal Meninga Cup and Cyril Connell Cup competitions, which would begin in 2009.

Queensland suffered defeat in the first four under-18 Origin fixtures, not winning a game until 2012. The 2012 team, which featured future NRL players Anthony Milford, Kodi Nikorima and Lloyd Perrett, held onto to defeat New South Wales 24-18 at ANZ Stadium in Sydney. Queensland would suffer two more defeats in 2013 and 2014 before picking up their second win in 2015, defeating New South Wales 22-18 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Players

Players selected for the Queensland under-18 team are usually contracted with an National Rugby League (NRL) side but play in either the Mal Meninga Cup, Holden Cup or Intrust Super Cup competitions. In 2008, before the Mal Meninga Cup began, players were selected from the under-18 representative carnival in Proserpine.[1] Each pre-season the Queensland Rugby League will select an under-18 squad featuring players in contention for the mid-season fixture. The squad participates in a weekend camp at the Queensland Academy of Sport.[2]

Current Squad

Notable players

Since 2008, four former Queensland under-18 players (Dane Gagai, Josh McGuire, Michael Morgan and Josh Papalii) have gone onto represent Queensland at State of Origin level.

Results

2008

Played as a curtain raiser to Game II of the 2008 State of Origin series.

11 June 2008
Queensland U18 12 – 34 New South Wales U18
Tries
Gerard Beale 1
Pat O'Hanlon 1
Goals
Jordan Rankin 2		 Report Tries
Matthew Wright 3
Lachlan Coote 1
Albert Kelly 1
Mitchel Johnson 1
Goals
Lachlan Coote 5
Queensland under-18
2008 team Coaching staff

Head coach

  • Gary Greinke


Legend:
  • (c) Captain
  • (vc) Vice captain

Updated: 16 January 2016
Source(s): NYCDB

2009

Played as a curtain raiser to Game II of the 2009 State of Origin series.

24 June 2009
New South Wales U18 24 – 6 Queensland U18
Tries
Josh Portlock 2
Nathan Massey 1
Joseph Roqoko 1
Goals
Chad Townsend 4		 Report Tries
Michael Morgan 1
Goals
Jordan Rankin 1
ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Referee/s: Robert Brown
Queensland under-18
2009 team Coaching staff

Head coach

  • Dennis Moore


Legend:
  • (c) Captain
  • (vc) Vice captain

Updated: 16 January 2016
Source(s): NYCDB

2010

Played as a curtain raiser to Game II of the 2010 State of Origin series.

16 June 2010
Queensland U18 18 – 22 New South Wales U18
Tries
Kirisome Auva'a 2
Lachlan Maranta 1
Aaron Whitchurch 1
Goals
Kyle Feldt 1		 Tries
Lachlan Burr 1
Nathan Green 1
Alex McKinnon 1
Goals
Jacob Miller 1
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Referee/s: Peter Gough
Queensland under-18
2010 team Coaching staff

Head coach

  • Jon Buchanan


Legend:
  • (c) Captain
  • (vc) Vice captain

Updated: 16 January 2016
Source(s): NYCDB

2011

Played as a curtain raiser to Game II of the 2011 State of Origin series.

15 June 2011
New South Wales U18 16 – 6 Queensland U18
Tries
Sam Coster 1
Michael Lichaa 1
Kyle Lovett 1
Goals
Curtis Sironen 2		 Tries
Tautau Moga 1
Goals
Anthony Gadd 1
Queensland under-18
2011 team Coaching staff

Head coach

  • Brendan Lam


Legend:
  • (c) Captain
  • (vc) Vice captain

Updated: 16 January 2016
Source(s): LU

2012

Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2012 State of Origin series.

4 July 2012
New South Wales U18 18 – 24 Queensland U18
Tries
Mitchell Moses 1
Tyrone Phillips 1
Jake Trbojevic 1
Goals
Clinton Gutherson 3		 Report Tries
Caleb Timu 2
Luke Bateman 1
Patrick Kaufusi 1
Goals
Anthony Milford 4
ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Referee/s: Matt Noyen
Queensland under-18
2012 team Coaching staff

Head coach


Legend:
  • (c) Captain
  • (vc) Vice captain

Updated: 16 January 2016
Source(s): NRL.com

2013

Played as a curtain raiser to Game II of the 2013 State of Origin series.

26 June 2013
Queensland U18 6 – 56 New South Wales U18
Tries
Ellery Tusa 1
Goals
Jayden Nikorima 1		 Report Tries
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 3
Jackson Hastings 2
Alex Johnston 2
Sione Mata'utia 2
Zach Dockar-Clay 1
Michael Morgan 1
Goals
Jackson Hastings 6
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Referee/s: Michael Gordon
Queensland under-18
2013 team Coaching staff
  • 14 Chris Ostwald - HK
  • 15 Harry Pondekas - SR
  • 16 Kieran Quabba - LK
  • 17 Andrew Niemoeller - SR

Head coach


Legend:
  • (c) Captain
  • (vc) Vice captain

Updated: 16 January 2016
Source(s): QRL.com

2014

Played as a curtain raiser to Game II of the 2014 State of Origin series.

18 June 2014
New South Wales U18 24 – 10 Queensland U18
Tries
Matthew Dufty 2
Lachlan Croker 1
Latrell Mitchell 1
Tom Trbojevic 1
Goals
Jackson Hastings 2		 Report Tries
Lindsay Collins 1
Kieran Duffin 1
Goals
Cooper Bambling 1
ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Referee/s: Liam Nicholls
Queensland under-18
2014 team Coaching staff
  •  1 Joseph Burchell - FB
  •  2 Riva Pati - WG
  •  3 Elijah Alick - CE
  •  4 Junior Taefu - CE
  •  5 Gideon Gela-Mosby - WG
  •  6 Lachlan Lewis - FE
  •  7 Cooper Bambling (c) - HB
  •  8 Lindsay Collins - PR
  •  9 Jake Turpin - HK
  • 10 George Fai - PR
  • 11 Regan Grieve (c) - SR
  • 12 Coen Hess - SR
  • 13 Kieran Duffin - LK
  • 14 Ross Bella - LK
  • 15 Sam Lavea - PR
  • 16 Charlie Galo - SR
  • 17 Keegan Hipgrave - PR

Head coach


Legend:
  • (c) Captain
  • (vc) Vice captain

Updated: 16 January 2016
Source(s): QRL.com

2015

Played as a curtain raiser to Game II of the 2015 State of Origin series.

17 June 2015
New South Wales U18 18 – 22 Queensland U18
Tries
Ryan Papenhuyzen 1
Curtis Scott 1
Reimis Smith 1
Goals
Brock Lamb 3		 Report Tries
Joshua Fauid 1
Tristan Hope 1
Thomas Mikaele 1
Jaydn Su'A 1
Goals
Joshua Fauid 3
MCG, Melbourne
Referee/s: Jarrod Cole
Queensland under-18
2015 team Coaching staff
  •  1 Gehamat Shibasaki - FB
  •  2 Enari Tuala - WG
  •  3 Keenan Yorston - CE
  •  4 Bacho Salam - CE
  •  5 Bernard Lewis - WG
  •  6 Mitchell Dunn - FE
  •  7 Joshua Fauid - HB
  •  8 Keegan Hipgrave (c) - PR
  •  9 Reuben Cotter - HK
  • 10 Keanu Dawson - PR
  • 11 Jaydn Su'A - SR
  • 12 Michael Molo - SR
  • 13 Lachlan Lanskey - LK
  • 14 Tristan Hope - HK
  • 15 Thomas Mikaele - PR
  • 16 Keenan Palasia - SR
  • 17 Cameron Torpy - PR

Head coach


Legend:
  • (c) Captain
  • (vc) Vice captain

Updated: 16 January 2016
Source(s): QRL.com

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ourfootyteam.com/news_08.php
  2. ↑ http://www.qrl.com.au/news/2016/01/20/qas_under_18_squad.html
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