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2008 Gold Coast Titans season

The 2008 Gold Coast Titans season was the 2nd in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2008 Telstra Premiership coached by John Cartwright and co-captained by Luke Bailey and Scott Prince. After 10 rounds of the premiership the Titans found themselves leading the competition with 7 wins from 9 games before slumping to finish the regular season 13th (out of 16) and failing to make the finals. Preston Campbell was awarded the Paul Broughton Medal for the club's player of the year.[1]

2008 Gold Coast Titans season
NRL Rank13th
2008 recordWins: 10; draws: 0; losses: 14
Points scoredFor: 476; against: 586
Team information
CEOMichael Searle
CoachJohn Cartwright
Captain
StadiumSkilled Park
Avg. attendance21,618
High attendance27,176
Top scorers
TriesAnthony Laffranchi (12)
GoalsScott Prince (51)
PointsScott Prince (124)
← 2007 List of seasons 2009 →

Summary

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Milestones

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Squad list

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See also: List of Gold Coast Titans players
Gold Coast Titans
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Updated: {{{date}}}
Source(s): Titans 2008 Squad


Squad movement

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Gains

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Players Previous Club Until End of Notes
Brenton Bowen   North Queensland Cowboys
2009
[2]
Aaron Cannings   Parramatta Eels
2010
[3]
Matthew Cross   Penrith Panthers
2009
[4]
Ashley Harrison   Sydney Roosters
2010
[5]
Ben Jeffery   Wests Tigers
2009
[6]
Billy Ngawini   Bulldogs
2008
[7]

Losses

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Players Club Until End of Notes
Matt Hilder   Newcastle Knights
2009
[8]
Richard Mathers   Wigan Warriors
2010
[9]
David Myles Retired
Lelea Paea Released
Matthew Petersen   Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (Mid-season)
2010
[10]
Jake Webster   Hull Kingston Rovers
2010
[11]

Re-signings

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Players Club Until End of Notes
Preston Campbell   Gold Coast Titans
2009
[12]
Nathan Friend   Gold Coast Titans
2009
[13]
Josh Graham   Gold Coast Titans
2010
[14]
Michael Henderson   Gold Coast Titans
2012
[15]
Anthony Laffranchi   Gold Coast Titans
2011
[16]
Will Matthews   Gold Coast Titans
2011
[17]
Brad Meyers   Gold Coast Titans
2010
[18]
Jordan Rankin   Gold Coast Titans
2011
[19]
Shannon Walker   Gold Coast Titans
2010
[20]

Ladder

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2008 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1   Melbourne Storm 24 17 0 7 2 584 282 +302 38
2   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (P) 24 17 0 7 2 645 355 +290 38
3   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 17 0 7 2 451 384 +67 38
4   Sydney Roosters 24 15 0 9 2 511 446 +65 34
5   Brisbane Broncos 24 14 1 9 2 560 452 +108 33
6   Canberra Raiders 24 13 0 11 2 640 527 +113 30
7   St George Illawarra Dragons 24 13 0 11 2 489 378 +111 30
8   New Zealand Warriors 24 13 0 11 2 502 567 -65 30
9   Newcastle Knights 24 12 0 12 2 516 486 +30 28
10   Wests Tigers 24 11 0 13 2 528 560 -32 26
11   Parramatta Eels 24 11 0 13 2 501 547 -46 26
12   Penrith Panthers 24 10 1 13 2 504 611 -107 25
13   Gold Coast Titans 24 10 0 14 2 476 586 -110 24
14   South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 8 0 16 2 453 666 -213 20
15   North Queensland Cowboys 24 5 0 19 2 474 638 -164 14
16   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 5 0 19 2 433 782 -349 14

Fixtures

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Regular season

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Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Friday, 14 March Round 1   North Queensland Cowboys Skilled Park 36 – 18 Atkins (4), Bailey, Laffranchi Prince (6/8) 26,974
Monday, 24 March Round 2   St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium 12 – 30 Friend, Minichiello Prince (2/2) 10,521
Saturday, 29 March Round 3   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Skilled Park 18 – 4 Rogers, Meyers, Atkins Prince (3/3), Jeffery (0/1) 19,050
Saturday, 5 April Round 4   Canberra Raiders Skilled Park 32 – 12 Bailey, O'Dwyer, Laffranchi, Conn, Jeffery, Minichiello Prince (4/7) 17,381
Friday, 11 April Round 5   Parramatta Eels Parramatta Stadium 28 – 20 Petersen, Cannings, Friend, Prince, Graham Prince (4/5) 13,321
Friday, 18 April Round 6   Brisbane Broncos Skilled Park 26 – 24 Petersen (3), Harrison, Laffranchi Prince (3/5) 27,176
Sunday, 27 April Round 7   New Zealand Warriors Skilled Park 36 – 24 Harrison, Jeffery, Meyers, Campbell, Laffranchi, Bowen Prince (6/7) 25,310
Saturday, 3 May Round 8   Newcastle Knights EnergyAustralia Stadium 12 – 13 Prince, Minichiello Prince (2/2) 21,280
Round 9 Bye
Friday, 16 May Round 10   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Skilled Park 24 – 20 Samau, Meyers, Luke O'Dwyer, Prince Prince (4/5) 22,676
Sunday, 25 May Round 11   Wests Tigers Leichhardt Oval 18 – 20 Cannings, Bowen, Campbell Prince (3/3) 17,493
Sunday, 1 June Round 12   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Toyota Stadium 14 – 30 Minichiello, O'Dwyer, Delaney Prince (1/3) 8,214
Monday, 9 June Round 13   Melbourne Storm Skilled Park 18 – 0 Delaney, Meyers, Jeffery Rogers (3/4) 19,409
Round 14 Bye
Monday, 23 June Round 15   South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium 23 – 24 Laffranchi (2), Prince, Atkins Prince (4/6) 9,827
Saturday, 28 June Round 16   St. George Illawarra Dragons Skilled Park 22 – 26 Jeffery, Delaney, O'Dwyer, Rogers Rogers (3/5) 26,453
Friday, 4 July Round 17   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Skilled Park 14 – 34 Laffranchi (2) Rogers (3/3) 21,374
Friday, 11 July Round 18   Sydney Roosters Sydney Football Stadium 32 – 28 Jeffery (2), Rapana (2), Rogers, Graham Rogers (4/6) 10,762
Saturday, 19 July Round 19   Penrith Panthers Skilled Park 22 – 36 Rapana, O'Dwyer, Laffranchi, Hodgson Rogers (3/4) 17,759
Saturday, 26 July Round 20   Canberra Raiders Canberra Stadium 4 – 46 Laffranchi Davis (0/1) 8,700
Friday, 1 August Round 21   Melbourne Storm Olympic Park Stadium 4 – 44 Rapana Rogers (0/1) 9,400
Monday, 11 August Round 22   Newcastle Knights Skilled Park 12 – 32 Rapana, Meyers Campbell (2/2) 15,136
Saturday, 16 August Round 23   North Queensland Cowboys Dairy Farmers Stadium 26 – 20 Laffranchi (2), Rogers, Campbell, Tonga Prince (3/5) 17,605
Friday, 22 August Round 24   Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium 21 – 25 Campbell, Rogers, Josh Graham Prince (4/4) & (FG) 39,757
Monday, 1 September Round 25   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval 10 – 28 Cooper, Atkins Prince (1/2) 14,755
Sunday, 7 September Round 26   Wests Tigers Skilled Park 12 – 28 Prince, Delaney Prince (2/2) 20,723
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Statistics

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See also: List of Gold Coast Titans players
Name App T G FG Pts
Clint Amos 6 0 0 0 0
Jordan Atkins 14 7 0 0 28
Luke Bailey 9 2 0 0 8
Selasi Berdie 1 0 0 0 0
Brenton Bowen 5 2 0 0 8
Preston Campbell 21 4 2 0 20
Aaron Cannings 15 2 0 0 8
Daniel Conn 16 1 0 0 4
Gavin Cooper 14 1 0 0 4
Matthew Cross 3 0 0 0 0
Brad Davis 6 0 0 0 0
Brett Delaney 23 4 0 0 16
Nathan Friend 21 2 0 0 8
Josh Graham 23 3 0 0 12
Ashley Harrison 20 2 0 0 8
Michael Henderson 7 0 0 0 0
Michael Hodgson 22 1 0 0 4
Ben Jeffery 19 6 0 0 24
Anthony Laffranchi 20 12 0 0 48
Josh Lewis 2 0 0 0 0
Will Matthews 9 0 0 0 0
Brad Meyers 15 5 0 0 20
Mark Minichiello 16 4 0 0 16
Billy Ngawini 1 0 0 0 0
Luke O'Dwyer 21 5 0 0 20
Matthew Petersen 4 4 0 0 16
Scott Prince 16 5 51 2 124
Jordan Rankin 1 0 0 0 0
Jordan Rapana 5 5 0 0 20
Mat Rogers 17 5 16 0 52
Smith Samau 1 1 0 0 4
James Stosic 16 0 0 0 0
Luke Swain 11 0 0 0 0
Esikeli Tonga 5 1 0 0 4
Shannon Walker 3 0 0 0 0
Totals — 84 69 2 476

Source: NRL 2008 - Gold Coast Titans Summary

Representative honours

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The following players played a representative match in 2008.

Australian Kangaroos

Mate Ma'a Tonga

NSW Blues

NSW City Origin

NSW Country Origin

Queensland Maroons

Toa Samoa

References

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  1. ^ Marshall, Matt (26 September 2008). "Preston Campbell wins Titans player of year award". The Courier Mail.
  2. ^ "Bowen signs two-year deal with Titans". Brisbane Times. 20 June 2007.
  3. ^ "Titans sign Parra prop". Brisbane Times. 5 June 2007.
  4. ^ Marshall, Matt (3 September 2008). "Melbourne Storm snaps up unhappy Titan Matt Cross". Herald Sun.
  5. ^ "Titans snare Harrison". ABC News. 12 November 2007.
  6. ^ "Jeffery joins Titans". The Weekly Times. 27 June 2007. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  7. ^ "Future Titans stars step up". goldcoast.com.au. 18 February 2008.
  8. ^ "Hilder hooking in". The Newcastle Herald. 1 May 2008.
  9. ^ Hampson, Andy (7 November 2007). "Mathers move delights Noble". Sporting Life. UK.[dead link‍]
  10. ^ "Matt Petersen released by Gold Coast Titans for England". The Daily Telegraph. 4 May 2008.
  11. ^ Turgeon, Luke (30 August 2007). "Ready to take centre stage". goldcoast.com.au.
  12. ^ "Titans re-sign Campbell". The Courier Mail. 1 May 2008.
  13. ^ "Friend extends Titan deal". Fox Sports. 22 April 2008.
  14. ^ "Graham re-signs for two years". The Courier Mail. 30 April 2008.
  15. ^ "Michael Henderson re-signs". The Daily Telegraph. 17 July 2008.
  16. ^ "Bailey confident, Laffranchi re-signs". Fox Sports. 12 May 2008.
  17. ^ "Former Kyogle junior Will Matthews re-signed by Titans; to make NRL debut". The Far North Coaster. 25 June 2008.
  18. ^ "Former Origin prop to sign new deal with Gold Coast Titans". The Courier Mail. 20 August 2008.
  19. ^ Turgeon, Luke (6 August 2008). "Rankin signs new deal". goldcoast.com.au.
  20. ^ "Walker re-signs with Titans". The Daily Telegraph. 7 May 2008.

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