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The Falcons under-20s premiership-winning skipper of 2019. Has a bit of a roadblock in front of him in Todd Murphy and Jarrod Mullen to earn a halves berth but wont shy away. Will learn plenty in training from Mullen and Murphy.   Falcons training shots. Wyatt Reynolds. Had a stint with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs but came back when COVID-19 hit. Will push for a spot in the engine room. Tough front rower who has a big future at the Falcons.   Falcons training shots. Blake ...

The PNG Hunters will be based in Queensland for the 2021 season. Photo: Facebook/PNG Hunters The club was forced to delay their departure by one week after a request to isolate and train together at a facility on the Gold Coast was denied. Thirty players and six management staff will spend two weeks in managed isolation at a Brisbane hotel before moving to their permanent base at Runaway Bay to prepare for the 2021 Intrust Super Cup competition. "Its great news for us all to finally get the ap...

The Papua New Guinea Hunters relocation to Australia for the Queensland Cup rugby league season has been delayed. The squad is shifting to the Sunshine State in order to retain their place in the competition, after last years Intrust Super Cup was scrapped because of Covid-19. The Hunters began pre-season training at the start of December. Photo: Facebook / SP PNG Hunters 30 players and six management staff were meant to depart Port Moresby on Sunday but the club was forced to change their pla...

Green light for premiership winner to coach Maroons The Queensland Rugby League is in the final stages of locking in a new coach for the Queensland State of Origin team. Rugby League by Travis Meyn Premium Content Subscriber only Paul Green is on the verge of being appointed coach of the Queensland State of Origin team. Green is set to replace Wayne Bennett at the helm of the Maroons for the 2021 series. Greens management and the Queensland Rugby Lea...

Broncos youngster Tesi Niu is a chance to form a right-edge combination with his boyhood idol Anthony Milford, who he admits to still being a bit "star-struck" around. Niu said hed been "training at centre this whole pre-season" and could assume the role in round one with coach Kevin Walters needing to plug the gap left by an injured Kotoni Staggs. Staggs isnt due back from an ACL reconstruction until about round 13, presenting a big opportunity for 19-year-old Niu, who came through the ranks a...

CQ Capras new recruit Tyler Szepanowski (left) with coach Guy Williams. News Aaron Kelly Premium Content TYLER Szepanowski was sitting on the fence. He was “torn” after a surprise phone call from new CQ Capras coach Guy Williams, who was just days into taking the helm of the Queensland Cup side. “I was out for breakfast with my old man (Chris) and Guy gave me a call,” the 21-year-old recalled of the approach to lure the Moranbah product back home to...

News by Rikki-Lee Arnold Premium Content   Former Bronco Lachlan Maranta has been praised for saving the life of a young boy at a Gold Coast beach over the weekend, while on a training camp with the Wynnum Manly Seagulls. The Intrust Super Cup star was training at Burleigh beach on Saturday afternoon with his teammates, when the child found himself in trouble after he became stuck in a hole in the water. The Wynnum Manly playing group, who had already bee...

The 37-year-old last played for the Gold Coast Titans and has represented Queensland and Australia. The prop also previously played for the Sydney Roosters and Canberra Raiders. Former NRL star David Shillington will return to the rugby league field by lacing up with the Noosa Pirates this year. Photo: John McCutcheon / Sunshine Coast Daily Jake Egan Egan previously signed with the Gympie Devils. He is an up and comer in league having played with the Melbourne Storm’s under 20s side and th...

Premium Content Subscriber only FORMER NRL player Ian Lacey recalls the anxiety he endured when a neck injury playing for the Ipswich Jets forced his retirement. It was during Laceys 100th and final game for the club that his football career suddenly ended after a tackle in the 2013 Queensland Cup semi-final in Mackay. "I really felt the spinal cord move in my neck, Lacey said. "It was just an awkward tackle and my whole left side of my body went numb. The former Broncos hooker knew then a...

Premium Content Subscriber only The prospect of more game time in the Intrust Super Cup helped lure Tyler Szepanowski back to his old stamping ground. The talented forward has signed with the CQ Capras for season 2021, and says he is “pumped as” to pull on the jersey for the first trial game against Mackay on February 20. A Moranbah product who went on to captain St Brendan’s College First XIII, Szepanowski was signed by the Gold Coast Titans in 2017. He has since been impressing...