A great time was had by South Queensland Sharks players, coaches and referees on the Sunshine Coast last week at the 2021 National Youth Championships. Eight of our twelve Sharks teams reached the Semi Finals with two teams progressing to the Grand Final however some narrow defeats meant that no Sharks team was victorious in 2021.
Overall there were solid results across the board and the four development teams sent by SQBD all recorded at least one win with some great results through the event. The Sharks U16 Boys featured in a memorable Grand Final which was arguably the match of the tournament, eventually going down to South West Queensland 12 tries to 13 in a nerve wrecking 3-player drop-off.
A record number of referees represented the region at NYC 2021 and the group had some great results with Matt Lavery receiving the award for Male Referee of the Tournament and Charlise Falconer receiving the award for Female Junior Referee of the Tournament. Thank you and well done to all of our referees.
A special mention must go out to the Under 18 players who played their final junior touch event at NYC 2021, many of whom have proudly represented Sharks for a number of years. We thank you and hope to see you remain a Shark at NTL in 2022 and beyond.
Matt Lavery - Male Referee of the Tournament / U18 Boys Grand Final (rank #1)
Charlise Falconer - Female Junior Referee of the Tournament
Lee Rossow - U14 Boys Grand Final (rank #14)
John Viklund - U12 Girls Grand Final (rank #24)
U12 Boys
Semi Finalists - 2-5 to Brisbane City Cobras
MVP - Murphy Phillips
U12 Girls A
Semi Finalists 2-3 to Central Queensland Bulls
MVP - Lashae Tonga
U12 Girls B
5th of 10
MVP - Summer Lam
U14 Boys A
Semi Finalists - 6-7 to Brisbane City Cobras
MVP - Talan Cross
U14 Boys B
6th of 8
MVP - Robbie Swaney
U14 Girls A
Semi Finalists - 6-8 to Central Queensland Bulls
MVP - Evie Clarkson
U14 Girls B
6th of 10
MVP - Campbell Phillips
U16 Boys
Grand Finalists - 12-13 to South West Queensland Swans
MVP - Kalani Sione
Player of the Finals - Kyer Teika
U16 Girls A
Semi Finalists - 5-11 to Central Queensland Bulls
MVP - Isabel Fish
U16 Girls B
8th of 9
MVP - Piper Renata
U18 Boys
Grand Finalists - 3-11 to Central Queensland Bulls
MVP - Jack Quinn
U18 Girls
Semi Finalists - 4-5 to North Queensland Cyclones
MVP - Maya Sheil