Gold Coast Titans fringe half Ryley Jacks selected for Tweed Heads Seagulls against PNG Hunters

Ryley Jacks will get a late chance to push his case for an NRL call-up after being handed the No.7 jersey for Tweed Heads’ Intrust Super Cup season-opener on Sunday.

RYLEY Jacks will get a late chance to push his case for an NRL call-up after being handed the No.7 jersey for Tweed Heads’ Intrust Super Cup season-opener on Sunday.

The Seagulls will take a beefed-up list into the home showdown against the Papua New Guinea Hunters, headlined by Jacks and Titans teammate Leilani Latu as well as highly regarded prospects Treymain Spry and Ioane Seiuli.

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“Ryley Jacks is an NRL quality half and I know our players are really excited about having him come back to us and I’m sure he will be keen to impress,” said Tweed chief executive Paul Stephenson.

Ryley Jacks. Picture: Getty Images

“We love Leilani Latu, he played a lot of footy with us last year and he fits in really well with our group and our culture so we’re always happy to have him.

“And our coaching staff are really excited to see what Treymain Spry and Ioane Seiuli can bring.

“They are both very different players – Ioane is a big body and a real strong carry coming out of trouble and Treymain has got some x-factor that may make up for the x-factor that we lost through Brayden McGrady.”

There’s plenty of buzz around Treymain Spry’s potential. Picture: Adam Head

Captain Cheyne Whitelaw (knee) and recruit Christian Hazard (elbow) are both due back in about Round 4, while more Titans affiliates could yet return to Piggabeen once the NRL season kicks off. Jack Cook and John Palavi will lead the side in Whitelaw’s absence.

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Burleigh's Luke Page and Norths’ Luke Archer will square off on Sunday. Picture: Peter Wallis

Tweed Rd1 team v PNG: 1. Talor Walters, 2. Ryland Jacobs, 3. Lamar Liolevave, 4. Treymain Spry, 5. Ioane Seiuli, 6. Lindon McGrady, 7. Ryley Jacks, 8. Leilani Latu, 9. Jack Cook (c), 10. John Palavi (c), 11. Kalani Going, 12. Jaleel Seve, 13. Kirk Murphy. Interchange: 14. Kurtis Dark, 15. Shane Gillham, 16. Harry Hughes, 17. Jarrod Morfett.

Burleigh Rd1 team v Norths: 1. Kurtis Rowe, 2. Troy Leo, 3. Sami Sauiluma, 4. Josh Berkers, 5. Henare Wells, 6. Dylan Phythian, 7. Jamal Fogarty, 8. Luke Page (c), 9. Pat Politoni, 10. Jack Buchanan, 11. Hayden Schwass, 12. Api Noema, 13. Sam Coster. Interchange: 14. Morgan Boyle, 15. Josh Ailaomai, 16. Jai Whitbread, 17. Darius Farmer, 18. Jesse Savage (one to be omitted).