ANNOUNCEMENT | Townsville Black Stars RL
Townsville Black Stars Rugby League have announced their Under 15 team that will compete in the Queensland Murri Carnival (QMC) held at the South Pine Sports Complex in Brendale, North Brisbane from Tuesday 1st – Friday 4th October 2019.
Townsville Black Stars 25-man squad has both size and depth without compromising any speed, under the captaincy and leadership of Queensland School-boy representative Damon Marshall, the Townsville Black Stars forward pack will include his North Queensland School boys team mates Tyler Pickering (Townsville) and Jamaine Stanley (Townsville) and they will join forces with North Queensland Marlins Manuel Guligo (Innisfail) and Justin Dotoi (Cape/Torres) who were both selected in the U15 merit team at the North Queensland Championships held in May this year.
Townsville Black Stars massive forward pack will be backed up by the team’s Co-captain and NQ School boys representative Elijah Joe (Townsville) at five-eight and NQ Marlins Aiden Carson (Eacham) playing in the No.7, others to watch out for are Gununa speedster Javan Ah Kit and Abergowrie steam train Fred Billy.
2019 U15 Townsville Black Stars Squad
1 Tremaine Body – Brothers TSV
2 Riwha Walden – Centrals Tigers
3 Javan Ah Kit – Centrals Tigers
4 Brody Ah Kit – Centrals Tigers
5 Frank Backo – Centrals Tigers
6 Elijah Joe (co-capt) – Centrals Tigers
7 Aiden Carsons – Malanda Eels
8 Damon Marshall (capt) – Brothers TSV
9 Manuifua Nona – Centrals Tigers
10 George Abednego – Centrals Tigers
11 Manuel Guligo – Tully Tigers
12 Justin Dotoi – NQ Country
13 Tajshon Messa-Santo – Western Lions
14 Tolawha Edwards-Huxley – Centrals Tigers
15 Tyler Pickering – Centrals Tigers
16 Tyreece Michael – Centrals Tigers
17 Fred Billy – Herbert River Crushers
18 Jahvan Oui – Centrals Tigers
19 Amoss Ambrym – Centrals Tigers
20 Caylis Whyte – Centrals Tigers
21 Jermaine Stanley – Western Lions
22 Treziah Tapau-Taylor – Brothers TSV
23 Izreal Osae – Brothers TSV
24 Zayryn Rosendale – Centrals Tigers
25 Zane Kyle – Centrals Tigers
Shadow Players
Wesley Turner
Jaylen Purcell
The squad will be supported by the following team officials
Coach – Christopher Congoo
Assistant Coach – Terrence Whyte
First Aid Officer – Lynette Kim Sing
League Safe Officer – Tyreece Whyte
This squad has been preparing for the QMC since end of June, each member will need to undergo a 715 Health Check as part of the “Closing The Gap” initiative, achieve 90% school attendance to promote Education Queensland “Everyday Counts” strategy and participate in The Salvation Army’s Leadership & Resilience Program that connects the players to local youth services and engage with youth activities.
Townsville has achieved some great success at this carnival in the past 5 years, with a 100% strike rate (so far winning 25 from 25 matches played since 2015), 25 Townsville players participating in 5 QMC Possibles V Probables matches and 14 of those player selected in the QRL Queensland Murri Team.
The team will fly from Townsville to Brisbane on the 30th Sept and return on Friday 4th Oct.
