Brisbane Tigers set to roar during the 2025 Harvey Norman U17 season
Who will spearhead the Brisbane Tigers in the Harvey Norman U17 rugby league competition this season? The squad is revealed here.
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The Brisbane Tigers will field another highly talented, youthful side this season.
The club has been a mecca for young women wanting to play the code, with the U19s making the Harvey Norman grand final last season while the 17s possessed an array of outstanding players in 2024.
Two of those survivors from 2024 were Enah Desic and Riley-Jay Henry-Purcell.
A powerhouse middle forward, Henry-Purcell is a strong woman who breaks field athletic records in shot put.
Yet she is also a mobile player with good hands who has been a fixture in representative teams. Henry-Purcell can also unload in tackles under pressure.
JUNIOR REP PREVIEWS
HARVEY NORMAN U19s
HARVEY NORMAN U17s
MENINGA CUP
CONNELL CUP
Desic was quicksilver No.9 last season, a revelation during the inaugural 2024 competition.
With a year of Schoolgirls Cup, club footy and representative honours under her belt, she will be primed for a big season.
Signed by the Titans, she is clever with a good kicking game and can kick goals as well.
New to the club is impressive centre Leilani Taofinuu.
Taofinuu arrived in Brisbane last year where she linked with her cousin, Bulldogs’ Evelyn Roberts, playing in the National Schoolgirls Cup at Marsden SHS.
A hard-hitting centre, she made such an impression that she was drafted into the Queensland U16 representative side.
Taofinuu has the ability to release her winger on sideline runs, as she did at the weekend, or take quick ruck runs to put her side on the front foot.
The Tigers will face the Devils on Saturday, February 15 at Langlands Park.
The squad: Ebony Tziros, Sofia Scanlan, Leilani Taofinuu, Lily Sumner, Lily Hedge, Charlotte Keki, Tiahna Kanawi, Carayanidis Ta’akimoeaka-Pulu, Enah Desic, Neleilani Ulugia, Peyton Fakaosilea, London Pakura, Riley Jay Henry-Purcell, Taylor Martin-Habib, Lilijana Volkanovska, Iolesina Lale, Te Ahurei Latu, Faith Lafaele, Skye Penitani, Charity Faalogo, Charlize Duncan, Annemarie Lyiambian, Laylah’Ali Ioane, Isabel Baleinagasau, Lucy Posea.
ROUND 1, February 15
Tigers v Norths
Tweed v Dolphins
Blackhawks v Capras
Wynnum v Magpies
Falcons v Clydesdales
Cutters v Pride
Jets v Bulls
Originally published as Brisbane Tigers set to roar during the 2025 Harvey Norman U17 season
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