2014 Gold Coast Titans season

2014 Gold Coast Titans season
2014 Gold Coast Titans season
2014 record	Wins: 8; draws: 0; losses: 12
Points scored	For: 335; against: 429
Team information
CEO	Graham Annesley
Coach	John Cartwright → Neil Henry (interim)
Captain	Greg Bird ; Nate Myles;
Stadium	Cbus Super Stadium
Avg. attendance	13,385
High attendance	20,524 ; (vs. Brisbane Broncos, Rd 6)
Top scorers
Tries	Anthony Don (7) ; Kevin Gordon (7) ; Dave Taylor (7)
Goals	Aidan Sezer (19)
Points	Kevin Gordon (60)

The 2014 Gold Coast Titans season will be the 8th in the club's history. Coached by John Cartwright and co-captained by Greg Bird and Nate Myles, they will compete in the NRL's 2014 Telstra Premiership. During the second half of the season Cartwright resigned, and his position as head coach was taken by assistant coach Neil Henry for the remainder of the season.

Season summary

On 7 January, the Titans released Jamal Idris from the remaining 3 years of his contract so he could return to Sydney to be closer to his family.^[1] In a deal between the Titans and the Penrith Panthers, Idris joined the Panthers on a three year deal and Brad Tighe moved from the Panthers to the Titans.^[2]

Milestones

Round 1: Luke Douglas plays his 195th consecutive NRL game, surpassing Jason Taylor's record of 194
Round 1: Maurice Blair and Brad Tighe made their debuts for the club
Round 1: Paul Carter made his first grade debut
Round 2: Luke Douglas and Ben Ridge played their 50th game for the club
Round 2: Aidan Sezer scored his 200th career point
Round 3: Paul Carter scored his 1st career try
Round 5: Brad Takairangi played his 50th career game
Round 6: Luke Douglas played his 200th career game
Round 6: Kevin Gordon played his 100th game for the club
Round 8: Cody Nelson made his first grade debut
Round 9: Nate Myles played his 50th game for the club
Round 10: Kalifa Faifai Loa made his debut for the club
Round 11: David Mead played his 100th game for the club
Round 14: Caleb Binge made his first grade debut
Round 14: James Roberts made his debut for the club
Round 15: Daniel Mortimer made his debut for the club
Round 15: Matt White play his 100th game for the club
Round 17: Tom Kingston made his first grade debut
Round 17: Mark Minichiello played his 250th career game
Round 22: Dave Taylor played his 150th career game

Squad List

Gold Coast Titans
First team squad								Coaching staff
Luke Bailey – PR Matt Beddow – HB, HK Caleb Binge – PR Greg Bird (c) – SR Maurice Blair – CE, FE, LK Paul Carter – SR, HK Anthony Don – FB, WG Luke Douglas – PR Jamie Dowling – FB, WG Kalifa Faifai Loa – WG, CE, FB Beau Falloon – HK Jamal Fogarty – FE, FB Kevin Gordon – WG, CE		Ashley Harrison – LK, SR Christian Hazard – HB, FE Beau Henry – FE, HB Jahrome Hughes – FB Mark Ioane – PR Sam Irwin – HK, HB Ryan James – PR, SR Albert Kelly – HB, FE Tom Kingston – SR Siuatonga Likiliki – CE, WG, SR David Mead – WG, FB Steve Michaels – CE, WG Mark Minichiello – SR		Daniel Mortimer – HB Nate Myles (c) – HB, FE Cody Nelson – LK, FE Ben Ridge – SR James Roberts – CE, WG Aidan Sezer – FE Matt Srama – HK, HB Brad Takairangi – CE, SR Dave Taylor – SR Brad Tighe – CE Matt White – PR William Zillman – FB, FE				Head coach John Cartwright Assistant coach Neil Henry Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 30 December 2013 Source(s): Titans Squad

Squad Movement

Gains

Player	Signed From	Until End of	Notes
Maurice Blair	Melbourne Storm	2015	^[3]
Paul Carter	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	2015	^[3]
Kalifa Faifai Loa	North Queensland Cowboys	2015	^[4]
Christian Hazard	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2015	^[3]
Tom Kingston	Tweed Heads Seagulls	2014	^[5]
Siuatonga Likiliki	Newcastle Knights	2014	^[3]
Daniel Mortimer	Sydney Roosters (Mid-Season)	2016	^[6]
James Roberts	Penrith Panthers (Mid-season)	2015	^[7]
Brad Tighe	Penrith Panthers	2015	^[2]

Losses

Player	Signed From	Until End of	Notes
Marmin Barba	Brisbane Broncos	2015	^[8]
Hymel Hunt	Melbourne Storm	2014	^[9]
Jamal Idris	Penrith Panthers	2016	^[2]
Luke O'Dwyer	Retirement	-	^[10]
Jordan Rankin	Hull F.C.	2015	^[11]
Matty Russell	Warrington Wolves	2015	^[12]

Re-Signings

Player	Signed From	Until End of	Notes
Anthony Don	Gold Coast Titans	2016	^[13]
Luke Douglas	Gold Coast Titans	2017	^[14]
Kevin Gordon	Gold Coast Titans	2017	^[15]
Ryan James	Gold Coast Titans	2017	^[16]
Matt White	Gold Coast Titans	2016	^[17]

Contract Lengths

Ladder

2014 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Sydney Roosters	24	16	0	8	2	615	385	+230	36
2	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24	16	0	8	2	502	399	+103	36
3	South Sydney Rabbitohs (P)	24	15	0	9	2	585	361	+224	34
4	Penrith Panthers	24	15	0	9	2	506	426	+80	34
5	North Queensland Cowboys	24	14	0	10	2	596	406	+190	32
6	Melbourne Storm	24	14	0	10	2	536	460	+76	32
7	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	13	0	11	2	446	439	+7	30
8	Brisbane Broncos	24	12	0	12	2	549	456	+93	28
9	New Zealand Warriors	24	12	0	12	2	571	491	+80	28
10	Parramatta Eels	24	12	0	12	2	477	580	−103	28
11	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	11	0	13	2	469	528	−59	26
12	Newcastle Knights	24	10	0	14	2	463	571	−108	24
13	Wests Tigers	24	10	0	14	2	420	631	−211	24
14	Gold Coast Titans	24	9	0	15	2	372	538	−166	22
15	Canberra Raiders	24	8	0	16	2	466	623	−157	20
16	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	5	0	19	2	334	613	−279	14

Fixtures

Pre-season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Sunday, 9 February	Trial 1	New Zealand Warriors	North Harbour Stadium	36 – 18	Carter, Tighe, Kelly, Blair, Hazard, Beddow, Faifai Loa	Faifai Loa (4)
Saturday, 22 February	Trial 2	North Queensland Cowboys	Clive Berghofer Stadium	12 – 28	Bird, Ioane	Sezer (2)	8,532
Legend: Win Loss Draw

NRL Auckland Nines

The NRL Auckland Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2014 competition was played over two days on 15 and 16 February at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. The Titans featured in Pool Blue and played the Sharks, Knights and Tigers. The Titans failed to qualify for the quarter finals.

Pool Blue
Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Newcastle Knights	3	2	0	1	62	29	33	4
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	3	2	0	1	60	47	13	4
Gold Coast Titans	3	1	0	2	50	62	-12	2
Wests Tigers	3	1	0	2	28	62	-34	2

Date	Time (Local)	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Saturday, 15 February	1:00pm	Round 1	Wests Tigers	Eden Park	22 – 7	Gordon, Carter, Mead, Likiliki, Faifai Loa	Kelly (1)
Saturday, 15 Saturday	4:45pm	Round 2	Newcastle Knights	Eden Park	14 – 25	Tighe (2) [Bonus Tries]	Gordon (2)
Sunday, 16 February	12:00pm	Round 3	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Eden Park	14 – 30	Minichiello (2), Kelly	Kelly (1)
Legend: Win Loss

Regular season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Monday, 10 March	Round 1	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Remondis Stadium	18 – 12	Bird, Kelly, Zillman	Sezer (3/4)	9,321
Sunday, 16 March	Round 2	Wests Tigers	Cbus Super Stadium	12 – 42	Sezer, Kelly	Sezer (2/2)	12,038
Sunday, 23 March	Round 3	Canberra Raiders	GIO Stadium	24 – 12	Kelly (2), Carter, Falloon	Bird (4/6)	9,636
Monday, 31 March	Round 4	North Queensland Cowboys	Cbus Super Stadium	13 – 12	Gordon, Tighe	Brid (1/1), Sezer (1/1) & (FG)	9,482
Sunday, 6 April	Round 5	Melbourne Storm	AAMI Park	28 – 26	Gordon, Tighe, Mead, Kelly, Minichiello	Bird (4/6)	11,930
Friday, 11 April	Round 6	Brisbane Broncos	Cbus Super Stadium	12 – 8	Mead, Sezer	Sezer (2/2), Bird (0/1)	20,524
Monday, 21 April	Round 7	Penrith Panthers	Sportingbet Stadium	12 – 14	James, Sezer	Sezer (2/2)	9,555
Sunday, 27 April	Round 8	Wests Tigers	Leichhardt Oval	22 – 6	Sezer, Don, Bird	Sezer (2/3), Bird (3/4)	8,929
Saturday, 10 May	Round 9	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Cbus Super Stadium	18 – 40	Don (2), Taylor	Sezer (3/3)	19,107
Friday, 16 May	Round 10	Brisbane Broncos	Suncorp Stadium	8 – 22	Don	Sezer {1/1}, Henry (1/2)	31,380
Saturday, 24 May	Round 11	New Zealand Warriors	Cbus Super Stadium	16 – 24	Taylor (3)	Henry (2/3)	18,753
	Round 12	Bye
Saturday, 7 June	Round 13	Penrith Panthers	Cbus Super Stadium	14 – 36	Douglas, Mead	Gordon (3/3)	10,507
Monday, 16 June	Round 14	Melbourne Storm	Cbus Super Stadium	20 – 24	Gordon (2), Tighe, Roberts	Gordon (2/5)	6,497
Sunday, 22 June	Round 15	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Cbus Super Stadium	18 – 19	Gordon, Minichiello, Takairangi	Bird (2/2), Mortimer (1/1)	12,189
	Round 16	Bye
Monday, 7 July	Round 17	South Sydney Rabbitohs	ANZ Stadium	14 – 10	Mead, Zillman, Gordon	Gordon (1/1)	10,925
Sunday, 13 July	Round 18	Canberra Raiders	Cbus Super Stadium	20 – 36	Faifai Loa (2), Roberts, Gordon	Gordon (2/4)	10,574
Sunday, 20 July	Round 19	Newcastle Knights	Hunter Stadium	22 – 8	Don, Taylor, Minichiello, Roberts	Gordon (3/4)	26,401
Saturday, 26 July	Round 20	Parramatta Eels	Cbus Super Stadium	18 – 24	Taylor, Don, Roberts	Gordon (3/4)	14,175
Saturday, 2 August	Round 21	North Queensland Cowboys	1300SMILES Stadium	8 – 28	Takairangi	Gordon (2/2)	14,487
Monday, 11 August	Round 22	Sydney Roosters	Allianz Stadium	18 – 26	Don, Taylor, Bird	Sezer (3/3)	6,345
Sunday, 17 August	Round 23	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Cbus Super Stadium
Sunday, 24 August	Round 24	St. George Illawarra Dragons	WIN Jubilee Oval
Sunday, 31 August	Round 25	New Zealand Warriors	Mt. Smart Stadium
Sunday, 7 September	Round 26	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Cbus Super Stadium
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye

Statistics

Name	App	T	G	FG	Pts
Luke Bailey	18	0	0	0	0
Caleb Binge	1	0	0	0	0
Greg Bird	16	3	14	0	40
Maurice Blair	15	0	0	0	0
Paul Carter	19	1	0	0	4
Anthony Don	13	8	1	0	34
Luke Douglas	21	1	0	0	4
Kalifa Faifai Loa	7	3	0	0	12
Beau Falloon	21	1	0	0	4
Kevin Gordon	18	7	15	0	58
Ashley Harrison	10	0	0	0	0
Beau Henry	3	0	3	0	6
Mark Ioane	9	0	0	0	0
Ryan James	4	1	0	0	4
Albert Kelly	12	5	0	0	20
Tom Kingston	4	0	0	0	0
David Mead	16	4	0	0	16
Mark Minichiello	21	3	0	0	12
Daniel Mortimer	9	0	1	0	2
Nate Myles	18	0	0	0	0
Cody Nelson	7	0	0	0	0
Ben Ridge	5	0	0	0	0
James Robers	10	5	0	0	20
Aidan Sezer	11	4	22	1	61
Matt Srama	6	0	0	0	0
Brad Takairangi	19	2	0	0	8
Dave Taylor	18	7	0	0	28
Brad Tighe	9	3	0	0	12
Matt White	20	0	0	0	0
William Zillman	14	2	0	0	8
Totals		60	56	1	353

Representatives

The following players have played a representative match in 2014

	City vs Country	ANZAC Test	State Of Origin 1	State Of Origin 2	State of Origin 3
Greg Bird	-	Kangaroos	-	New South Wales	New South Wales
Beau Falloon	City	-	-	-	-
Kevin Gordon	Land	-	-	-	-
David Mead	Land	-	-	-	-
Nate Myles	-	Kangaroos	Queensland	Queensland	Queensland
Dave Taylor	-	-	-	Queensland	Queensland

References

^ "Jamal Idris gains immediate release from Gold Coast Titans to join Penrith for 2014 NRL season". ABC News. 7 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c Chammas, Michael (7 January 2014). "Jamal Idris leaves Gold Coast Titans to take up three-year deal with Penrith Panthers". The Sydney Morning Herald.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gardini, Adam. "Titans recruit promising quartet". Gold Coast Titans.
^ "Former North Queensland star Kalifa Faifai Loa signs two-year deal with Gold Coast Titans". The Daily Telegraph.
^ "Kingston Judged Seagulls' Best and Fairest". Queensland Rugby League.
^ Proszenko, Adrian (17 June 2014). "Daniel Mortimer signs with Titans after being granted released by Sydney Roosters". The Sydney Morning Herald.
^ Jackson, Ed (31 March 2014). "Roberts signs with Titans". The Sydney Morning Herald.
^ Badel, Peter (28 October 2013). "Brisbane Broncos NRL club sign Ben Barba's brother Marmin Barba to a two-year deal". The Courier Mail.
^ "Storm hunts down more young guns". Melbourne Storm. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
^ "Inaugural Gold Coast Titans player Luke O'Dwyer announces NRL retirement". The Daily Telegraph. 9 August 2013.
^ Greenwood, Emma (22 November 2013). "Titan Jordan Rankin has signed a two-year deal with English Super League club Hull FC". The Gold Coast Bulletin.
^ "Warrington Wolves sign NRL-based former Wigan Warriors full-back Matthew Russell". Sky Sports.
^ "Titans re-sign winger Don". The West Australian. 13 June 2014.
^ Meyn, Travis (12 March 2014). "Titans prop Luke Douglas determined to play on despite mystery thumb injury". The Gold Coast Bulletin.
^ "Kevin Gordon re-signs with Gold Coast Titans". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 February 2014.
^ Meyn, Travis (23 January 2014). "Gold Coast Titans prop Ryan James has resigned with a lucrative $1m three-year deal". Gold Coast Bulletin.
^ "White re-signs for two years". Gold Coast Titans. Retrieved 4 June 2014.

[1] "Jamal Idris gains immediate release from Gold Coast Titans to join Penrith for 2014 NRL season". ABC News. 7 January 2014.

[multiple_1-2] Chammas, Michael (7 January 2014). "Jamal Idris leaves Gold Coast Titans to take up three-year deal with Penrith Panthers". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[multiple_2-3] Gardini, Adam. "Titans recruit promising quartet". Gold Coast Titans.

[multiple_3-4] "Former North Queensland star Kalifa Faifai Loa signs two-year deal with Gold Coast Titans". The Daily Telegraph.

[multiple_4-5] "Kingston Judged Seagulls' Best and Fairest". Queensland Rugby League.

[6] Proszenko, Adrian (17 June 2014). "Daniel Mortimer signs with Titans after being granted released by Sydney Roosters". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[7] Jackson, Ed (31 March 2014). "Roberts signs with Titans". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[8] Badel, Peter (28 October 2013). "Brisbane Broncos NRL club sign Ben Barba's brother Marmin Barba to a two-year deal". The Courier Mail.

[9] "Storm hunts down more young guns". Melbourne Storm. Retrieved 21 August 2013.

[10] "Inaugural Gold Coast Titans player Luke O'Dwyer announces NRL retirement". The Daily Telegraph. 9 August 2013.

[11] Greenwood, Emma (22 November 2013). "Titan Jordan Rankin has signed a two-year deal with English Super League club Hull FC". The Gold Coast Bulletin.

[12] "Warrington Wolves sign NRL-based former Wigan Warriors full-back Matthew Russell". Sky Sports.

[13] "Titans re-sign winger Don". The West Australian. 13 June 2014.

[14] Meyn, Travis (12 March 2014). "Titans prop Luke Douglas determined to play on despite mystery thumb injury". The Gold Coast Bulletin.

[15] "Kevin Gordon re-signs with Gold Coast Titans". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 February 2014.

[16] Meyn, Travis (23 January 2014). "Gold Coast Titans prop Ryan James has resigned with a lucrative $1m three-year deal". Gold Coast Bulletin.

[17] "White re-signs for two years". Gold Coast Titans. Retrieved 4 June 2014.

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