2023 Gold Coast Titans season

The 2023 Gold Coast Titans season was the 17th in the club's history. With head coaches Justin Holbrook (Rounds 1-16) and Jim Lenihan (Round 17 onwards) and team captain Tino Fa'asuamaleaui,[1][2] they competed in the National Rugby League's 2023 Telstra Premiership but did not qualify for the finals.

2023 Gold Coast Titans season
NRL Rank14th
2023 recordWins: 9; losses: 15
Points scoredFor: 527; against: 653 (Round 27)
Team information
CEOSteve Mitchell
Head CoachJustin Holbrook (Rounds 1-16)
Jim Lenihan (Round 17 onwards)
Captain
StadiumCbus Super Stadium (Capacity: 27,690)
High attendance14,483 (Round 3)
Low attendance12,452 (Round 6)
Top scorers
TriesAlofiana Khan-Pereira (18)
GoalsTanah Boyd (19)
PointsTanah Boyd (38)
← 2022 List of seasons 2024 →

The Titans also fielded a team in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Season summary

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Player movement

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These movements happened across the previous season, off-season and pre-season.[5][6][7]

Pre-Season Challenge

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Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Sunday, 12 February Trial 1   Brisbane Broncos Sunshine Coast Stadium 24 – 24 Jojo Fifita 15'
Vaka Sikahele 48'
Alofiana Khan-Pereira 56', 73'
Tanah Boyd (3/3)
Toby Sexton (1/1)
Sunday, 19 February Trial 2   Dolphins Kayo Stadium 16 – 40 Alofiana Khan-Pereira 3', 9', 11', 68'
Jojo Fifita 17', 24'
Aaron Schoupp 44'
Sam McIntyre 56'
Tanah Boyd (4/8) 7,216

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Regular Season

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Ladder

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Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1   Penrith Panthers (P) 24 18 0 6 3 645 312 +333 42
2   Brisbane Broncos 24 18 0 6 3 639 425 +214 42
3   Melbourne Storm 24 16 0 8 3 627 459 +168 38
4   New Zealand Warriors 24 16 0 8 3 572 448 +124 38
5   Newcastle Knights 24 14 1 9 3 626 451 +175 35
6   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 14 0 10 3 619 497 +122 34
7   Sydney Roosters 24 13 0 11 3 472 496 −24 32
8   Canberra Raiders 24 13 0 11 3 486 623 −137 32
9   South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 12 0 12 3 564 505 +59 30
10   Parramatta Eels 24 12 0 12 3 587 574 +13 30
11   North Queensland Cowboys 24 12 0 12 3 546 542 +4 30
12   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 11 1 12 3 545 539 +6 29
13   Dolphins 24 9 0 15 3 520 631 −111 24
14   Gold Coast Titans 24 9 0 15 3 527 653 −126 24
15   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 7 0 17 3 438 769 −331 20
16   St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 5 0 19 3 474 673 −199 16
17   Wests Tigers 24 4 0 20 3 385 675 −290 14

Result by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAAHAHHAANAAHHAAHAHHHAHAH
ResultWLWLBWLLWWLLBLWBWLLLLWLLLLW
Position28611961010107910913109910111214121313131314
Points2244688810121212141416182020202020222222222224
Updated to match(es) played on 24 June 2023. Source: National Rugby League
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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Round 1: 5 March 2023 Wests Tigers   10–22   Gold Coast Titans Sydney
18:15 AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Tries:
Doueihi   45'
Laurie   64'
Goals:
Doueihi 1/3   3 (pen)'
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Tries:
Sami   13'23'
McIntyre   41'
Brimson   69'
Goals:
Boyd 3/4   14', 24', 43'
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 14,667
Referee: Peter Gough
Round 2: 12 March 2023 St. George Illawarra Dragons   32–18   Gold Coast Titans Sydney
18:15 AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Tries:
Liddle   31'
B. Hunt   36'
Ravalawa   39'
Sloan   45'
Lawrie   66'
Goals:
Lomax 6/8   8 (pen)', 33', 46', 49 (pen)', 53', 67 (pen)'
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Tries:
Khan-Pereira   12'
Verrills   18'
T. Fa'asuamaleaui   70'
Goals:
Boyd 3/3   13', 20', 71'
Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 8,538
Referee: Chris Sutton
Round 3: 18 March 2023 Gold Coast Titans   38–34   Melbourne Storm Gold Coast
15:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Tries:
Khan-Pereira   3'21'
Kelly   39'
Vuna   41'
Schoupp   46'73'
Goals:
Boyd 7/8   4', 6 (pen)', 40', 43', 47', 60 (pen)', 74'
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Tries:
Pezet   10'
Meaney   24'33'
Sims   30'
Hughes   65'
Coates   75'
Goals:
Meaney 5/6   12', 25', 31', 34', 76'
Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
Attendance: 14,483
Referee: Grant Atkins
Round 4: 25 March 2023 North Queensland Cowboys   24–12   Gold Coast Titans Townsville
17:30 AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Tries:
Nanai   35',   58'
Tamou   44'
Holmes   50'
Chester   72'
Goals:
Holmes 4/4   36', 45', 51', 73'
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Tries:
Khan-Pereira   3'56'
Goals:
Boyd 2/3   4', 26 (pen)'
Stadium: Queensland Country Bank Stadium
Attendance: 16,426
Referee: Chris Butler
Round 5 (Bye for Gold Coast Titans)
Round 6: 9 April 2023 Gold Coast Titans   20–18   St. George Illawarra Dragons Gold Coast
16:05 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Tries:
Campbell   22'
Sami   53'
Sexton   76'
Goals:
Boyd 4/4   23', 32 (pen)', 54', 77'
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Tries:
F. Molo   3'
Lomax   17'
Ravalawa   42'
B. Hunt   73'
Goals:
Lomax 3/4   19', 35 (pen)', 44'
Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
Attendance: 12,452
Referee: Peter Gough
Round 7: 15 April 2023 Gold Coast Titans   26–43   Brisbane Broncos Gold Coast
19:35 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Tries:
Sami   4'
Khan-Pereira   22'79'
T. Fa'asuamaleaui   61'
Leeming   69'
Goals:
Boyd 5/5   5', 23', 31 (pen)', 70', 80'
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Tries:
Riki   3'
Farnworth   39'
Walsh   50'
Arthars   55'
Capewell   63'
Mam   66'
Cobbo   75'
Goals:
Reynolds 7/8   16', 51', 57', 61 (pen)', 65', 67', 76'
Field goals:
Reynolds   79'
Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
Attendance: 26,563
Referee: Todd Smith
Round 8: 23 April 2023 Dolphins   28–26   Gold Coast Titans Brisbane
14:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Tries:
Jennings   33'64'
Nicholls   47'
Wallace   50'
Aitken   74'
Goals:
Isaako 4/5   34', 49', 51', 66'
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Tries:
Randall   14'
Liu   18'
T. Fa'asuamaleaui   20'
Boyd   26'
Goals:
Boyd 5/5   8 (pen)', 16', 19', 22', 28'
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 22,034
Referee: Chris Butler
Round 9: 29 April 2023 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles   10–26   Gold Coast Titans Sydney
17:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Tries:
Sipley   27'
Keppie   50'
Goals:
Garrick 3/3   8 (pen)', 51', 55 (pen)'
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Tries:
Khan-Pereira   21'39'
D. Fifita   18'
Sami   60'
Haas   69'
Goals:
Boyd 3/6   23', 31', 66 (pen)'
Stadium: 4 Pines Park
Attendance: 10,107
Referee: Ben Cummins
Round 10: 7 May 2023 Gold Coast Titans   26–24   Parramatta Eels Brisbane
18:25 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Tries:
Foran   8'10'
Khan-Pereira   22'50'
Kelly   71'
Goals:
Boyd 3/5   12', 24', 51'
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Tries:
Sivo   1'42'54'
Gutherson   7',   56'
Davey   76'
Goals:
Moses 1/4   58'
Gutherson 1/1   76'
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 46,835
Referee: Chris Butler
Round 11: 14 May 2023 Newcastle Knights   46–26   Gold Coast Titans Newcastle
14:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Tries:
Young   11'79'
Frizell   39'
Marzhew   49'
Best   56'73'
Ponga   60'
Gagai   64'
Goals:
Miller 7/9   21 (pen)', 40', 57', 61', 65', 75', 80'
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Tries:
D. Fifita   25'70'
Sami   29'
Campbell   44'
Khan-Pereira   77'
Goals:
Boyd 3/5   26', 30', 46'
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 13,064
Referee: Peter Gough
Round 12: 21 May 2023 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs   20–18   Gold Coast Titans Sydney
14:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Tries:
Averillo   43'
Addo-Carr   45'
Kiraz   64'
Okunbor   77'
Goals:
Burton 2/4   44', 77'
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Tries:
D. Fifita   3'
Stimson   31'
Sami   59'
Goals:
Boyd 3/4   4', 22 (pen)', 33'
Stadium: Accor Stadium
Attendance: 10,815
Referee: Chris Butler
Round 13 (Bye for Gold Coast Titans)
Round 14: 3 June 2023 Gold Coast Titans   28–46   South Sydney Rabbitohs Gold Coast
17:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Tries:
I. Fa'asuamaleaui   6'
Randall   9'
Khan-Pereira   21'
S. Fifita   39'
T. Fa'asuamaleaui   78'
Goals:
Boyd 4/5   7', 10', 22', 78'
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Tries:
Koloamatangi   13'
Johnston   16'34'47'
Graham   43'
Walker   55'
Kennar   72'
Sele   75'
Goals:
Taaffe 7/9   14', 36', 44', 56', 70 (pen)', 73', 76'
Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
Attendance: 18,736
Referee: Liam Kennedy
Round 15: 8 June 2023 Gold Coast Titans   28–12   Wests Tigers Gold Coast
19:50 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Tries:
Brimson   10'
Haas   26'
Campbell   33'
T. Fa'asuamaleaui   57'
Sami   60'
Goals:
Boyd 4/5   28', 34', 58', 62'
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Tries:
Klemmer   19'
Bula   64'
Goals:
Wakeham 2/2   21', 65'
Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
Attendance: 10,232
Referee: Todd Smith
Round 16 (Bye for Gold Coast Titans)
Round 17: 25 June 2023 Brisbane Broncos   12–18   Gold Coast Titans Brisbane
14:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Tries:
Flegler   28'
Mam   61'
Goals:
Reynolds 2/2   29', 62'
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Tries:
D. Fifita   38'
Kelly   43'
Khan-Pereira   52'
Goals:
Boyd 3/4   40', 53', 74 (pen)'
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 42,249
Referee: Chris Butler
Round 18: 1 July 2023 Canberra Raiders   26–22   Gold Coast Titans Canberra
15:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Tries:
Hopoate   1'
Kris   16'
Timoko   49'
Young   73'
Goals:
Croker 5/5   3', 17', 51', 74', 77 (pen)'
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Tries:
D. Fifita   22'
S. Fifita   42'
Khan-Pereira   62'
T. Fa'asuamaleaui   78'
Goals:
Boyd 3/4   24', 64', 78'
Stadium: GIO Stadium
Attendance: 11,659
Referee: Todd Smith
Round 19: 9 July 2023 Gold Coast Titans   21–23   Dolphins Gold Coast
16:05 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Tries:
Foran   27'
Sami   31'
Kelly   65'
Goals:
Boyd 4/4   28', 32', 38 (pen)', 67'
Field goals:
Boyd   78'
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Tries:
Lemuelu   16'
Wallace   47'
K. Bromwich   58'
Isaako   61'
Goals:
Isaako 3/5   17', 49', 85 (pen)'
Field goals:
Isaako   74'
Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
Attendance: 18,335
Referee: Grant Atkins
Round 20: 16 July 2023 Parramatta Eels   25–24   Gold Coast Titans Sydney
18:15 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Tries:
Campbell-Gillard   5',   25'
Penisini   11'
Sivo   21'
Cartwright   43'
Gutherson   66'
Goals:
Moses 4/5   6', 12', 35 (pen)', 67'
Field goals:
Moses   74'
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Tries:
Khan-Pereira   16'30'
Sami   28'
Boyd   48'
Goals:
Boyd 4/6   29', 40 (pen)', 49', 59 (pen)'
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 12,599
Referee: Chris Butler
Round 21: 22 July 2023 Gold Coast Titans   18–36   Sydney Roosters Gold Coast
15:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Tries:
Kelly   65'
Randall   70'
Clark   78'
Goals:
Campbell 3/3   66', 70', 78'
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Tries:
E. Butcher   10'
Tedesco   13'
Sua'ali'i   22'
Collins   28'
N. Butcher   30'
Baker   46'
Goals:
Sua'ali'i 6/7   4 (pen)', 12', 24', 29', 32', 48'
Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
Attendance: 15,362
Referee: Adam Gee
Round 22: 30 July 2023 Gold Coast Titans   22–13   North Queensland Cowboys Gold Coast
16:05 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Tries:
Brimson   7'
Sami   22'
Campbell   40'
Khan-Pereira   45'
Goals:
Boyd 3/4   9', 42', 47'
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Tries:
Valemei   10'
Hess   14'
Goals:
Holmes 2/2   12', 15'
Field goals:
Townsend   39'
Sin bin:
Holmes   20' to 30'
Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
Attendance: 16,516
Referee: Todd Smith
Round 23: 4 August 2023 Gold Coast Titans   18–28   New Zealand Warriors Gold Coast
18:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Tries:
D. Fifita   21'
Stimson   51'
Campbell   63'
Goals:
Boyd 2/2   23', 64'
Campbell 1/1   53'
Sent off:
Fotuaika   16'
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Tries:
Johnson   26'34'
Ford   42'
Harris   72'
Watene-Zelezniak   75'
Goals:
Johnson 4/5   27', 36', 43', 74'
Sin bin:
Niukore   18' to 28'
Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
Attendance: 20,877
Referee: Ben Cummins
Round 24: 11 August 2023 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks   36–6   Gold Coast Titans Sydney
18:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Tries:
Mulitalo   3'30'
Tracey   17'
McInnes   35'
Graham   44'
Rudolf   63'
Ramien   75'
Goals:
Hynes 4/7   18', 36', 46', 64'
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Tries:
T. Fa'asuamaleaui   21'
Goals:
Boyd 1/1   22'
Sin bin:
Clark   66' to 76'
Stadium: PointsBet Stadium
Referee: Ashley Klein
Round 25: 19 August 2023 Gold Coast Titans   14–40   Penrith Panthers Gold Coast
17:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)
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Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium
Round 26: 26 August 2023 Melbourne Storm   37–16   Gold Coast Titans Melbourne
15:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)
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Stadium: AAMI Park
Round 27: 3 September 2023 Gold Coast Titans   34–30   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Gold Coast
14:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)
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Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium

2023 squad

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Top 30 squad - 2025 NRL season Supplementary list Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches


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

Updated: 7 September 2024
Source(s): Titans Team Profiles


References

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  2. ^ Dobeson, Shane (11 January 2023). "Holbrook confirms who will captain Gold Coast Titans in 2023". mygc.com.au. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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  10. ^ "Joe ready to go: Stimson a Titan in '23". titans.com.au. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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  13. ^ "2023 NRL Pre-Season Challenge". NRL.com. 27 February 2023.