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Gold coast culture boss Mal Meninga has vowed not to lose the regions best young kids now they face There first serious test to snap up teenage Playmaking sensation Toby Sexton.
Sexton was named in the Australian schoolboys last month and formed a lethal scrumbase pairing at palm beach Currumbin with Tom Dearden who made his NRL debut this year at the Broncos.
Now Sexton is a man in demand with the QLD U/18s star being chased by a number of Sydney based NRL clubs .
Sexton has a scholarship with the Bulldogs which expires at seasons end and will not remain at Canterbury opening the door for the titans who have tables an offer for the classy halfback .
A fortnight ago Meninga assured titans fan the drain was over and it will be interesting to see if the club can stem the flow by Sexton .
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I think this could come back to bite us he is definitely one to keep a eye out for maybe the club see Jake Arevillo is a better prospect
 

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Why isn't he staying?
 

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I thought he was signed up till end of 2020
 

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That’s pretty disappointing and poor from the club to have not locked him up. Punting Warren McDonnell might have come back to bite us here as he probably was the one that signed him up.
 

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They would have known thered be interest in him. Not sure why he wasnt signed up earlier and for longer term.
We have always been struggling to produce playmakers so to lose him is disappointing. Not saying hed be a star but its a number game. The more playmakers we have in junior rank, the bigger the chance of one of them making it to first grade.
Tommy talau last year and now this. We lost 2 aust schollboys halves in 2 years.
 

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There were a lot of updates/news on junior signing when mcdonnell was here. Doorey, garner, sexton, the keebra boys etc. I havent seen that many since he left.
Have i been missing the news, or they dont make announcements anymore or they are focusing more on locals?
 

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Club is probably set on Lewis and Cogger leading our charge for next 10 years
 

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Club is probably set on Lewis and Cogger leading our charge for next 10 years
Haha. Tbf Cogger has sort of grown on me.
 

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Nathan Valli Titans culture chief Mal Meninga has struck the first successful blow in his pledge to keep local products on the Gold Coast by staving off Sydney clubs to snare halfback young gun Toby Sexton.

Meninga said a fortnight ago that the days of other NRL clubs raiding the Gold Coast were over and he has secured Queensland under-18s playmaker Sexton to a three-year, $300,000 contract.

Sexton was off-contract with the Bulldogs and the Sharks were so keen on the Palm Beach Currumbin playmaker that Cronulla premiership halfback Chad Townsend spoke to him in a bid to lure the teenager to “the Shire”.

Sexton on Sunday pledged his future to the Titans after meeting with recruitment chief Ezra Howe and Meninga, who is determined to stem the talent drain that saw Broncos sensation Payne Haas quit the club four years ago
The 18-year-old Australian Schoolboys star will join the Titans’ full-time NRL squad next season either as an understudy to Ash Taylor or possible scrumbase partner for Gold Coast’s $1 million halfback.

“It’s a real coup for the Titans,” said Sexton’s manager Tas Bartlett.

“Toby had some interest from Sydney and he seriously considered the Sharks, but after meeting with Mal and Ezra, he was really impressed with their vision for the Titans.

“He’s a Gold Coast kid so the opportunity to stay close to his family and play NRL for the Titans was too good to refuse.”

At PBC last year, Sexton rubbed shoulders with halfback sensation Tom Dearden, who made his NRL debut for the Broncos this year aged 18, and six weeks ago, Sexton was named in the Australian Schoolboys squad alongside boom Sydney Roosters recruit Sam Walker.
In May, Sexton was man of the match in Tweed Heads’ 48-14 thumping of Illawarra in the national under-18s final, scoring 20 points from a try and eight goals.

The Titans have previously lost the likes of Haas and Chooks premiership pivot Luke Keary, who was rejected by the Gold Coast under-20s.

“Before coming to the Titans, I could never understand why so many of the best young players that our region consistently produces ended up playing at other clubs,” Meninga said recently.

“The first thing we needed to do to make sure these talented kids were kept on the Gold Coast was to improve the quality of our recruitment team, and implement the programs and systems we needed to give these kids the pathway they craved to go all the way to the NRL.

“Previously, Gold Coast kids had to go to other clubs to get these pathways.

“But not anymore.

“The Titans will no longer miss out on the best kids being produced in the Gold Coast nursery.”
 

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You would have thought the club would have put more effort in to try and secure him for long term
Sounds like we weren’t even an option. Perhaps club saw it coming and didn’t bother.
Smart play from the manager. Has looked at both squads, and obviously feels that his client will see NRL faster at the Titans. Once again disappointing, but can't keep them all. Someone else will have an opportunity now.
 

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That's a shame. So our future halfs are( FG) Cogger, Lewis, Wakeham (Flegg) Averillo, (jnrs) O'Neil & Teo
 

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the lack of representative talent in our juniors and our inability to hold onto what talent we are able to identify is worrying
 

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the lack of representative talent in our juniors and our inability to hold onto what talent we are able to identify is worrying
We have improved this out of sight and have more juniors in rep teams then we have had in many years....
 
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