The Gold Coast Bulletin

Duo to lead Seagulls

- – CONNOR O’BRIEN

CHEYNE Whitelaw has backed Lamar Liolevave and Sam Meskell to lead Tweed Heads’ charge as Intrust Super Cup co-captains after scans confirmed his season is over with an ACL rupture.

Though a typo on the QRL website initially listed Eli Levido as skipper for their Round 15 home match against Norths on Saturday, it will be vicecaptai­ns Liolevave and Meskell who step up to the top job.

Whitelaw is confident his side can continue their momentum – having won six of their past seven games – under their new leaders, both of whom have previously captained the squad.

“Meskell has the experience … he’s been at the club for a long time,” Whitelaw said.

“He has a very level head on his shoulders. Having that experience I think the boys can look up to him and he is very calm in games, he doesn’t let emotion get to him too much and he’s very well-spoken being a schoolteac­her.

“And Lamar, he’s a man of few words but when he talks, everyone listens.

“He just goes out each week and puts on some big shots and just leads by example which I think the boys really respond to.”

The 23-year-old’s injury comes just three weeks after form centre Brayden McGrady suffered the same fate.

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