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)
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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]

Summary

Milestones

Squad list

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

Gains

PlayersPrevious ClubUntil End ofNotes
Brenton Bowen North Queensland Cowboys
2009
Aaron Cannings Parramatta Eels
2010
Matthew Cross Penrith Panthers
2009
Ashley Harrison Sydney Roosters
2010
Ben Jeffery Wests Tigers
2009
Billy Ngawini Bulldogs
2008

Losses

PlayersClubUntil End ofNotes
Matt Hilder Newcastle Knights
2009
Richard Mathers Wigan Warriors
2010
David MylesRetired
Lelea PaeaReleased
Matthew Petersen Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (Mid-season)
2010
Jake Webster Hull Kingston Rovers
2010

Re-signings

PlayersClubUntil End ofNotes
Preston Campbell Gold Coast Titans
2009
Nathan Friend Gold Coast Titans
2009
Josh Graham Gold Coast Titans
2010
Michael Henderson Gold Coast Titans
2012
Anthony Laffranchi Gold Coast Titans
2011
Will Matthews Gold Coast Titans
2011
Brad Meyers Gold Coast Titans
2010
Jordan Rankin Gold Coast Titans
2011
Shannon Walker Gold Coast Titans
2010

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Melbourne Storm 2417072584282+30238
2 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (P) 2417072645355+29038
3 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2417072451384+6738
4 Sydney Roosters 2415092511446+6534
5 Brisbane Broncos 2414192560452+10833
6 Canberra Raiders 24130112640527+11330
7 St George Illawarra Dragons 24130112489378+11130
8 New Zealand Warriors 24130112502567-6530
9 Newcastle Knights 24120122516486+3028
10 Wests Tigers 24110132528560-3226
11 Parramatta Eels 24110132501547-4626
12 Penrith Panthers 24101132504611-10725
13 Gold Coast Titans 24100142476586-11024
14 South Sydney Rabbitohs 2480162453666-21320
15 North Queensland Cowboys 2450192474638-16414
16 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2450192433782-34914

Fixtures

Regular season

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
Friday, 14 MarchRound 1 North Queensland CowboysSkilled Park36 18Atkins (4), Bailey, LaffranchiPrince (6/8)26,974
Monday, 24 MarchRound 2 St. George Illawarra DragonsWIN Stadium12 30Friend, MinichielloPrince (2/2)10,521
Saturday, 29 MarchRound 3 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksSkilled Park18 4Rogers, Meyers, AtkinsPrince (3/3), Jeffery (0/1)19,050
Saturday, 5 AprilRound 4 Canberra RaidersSkilled Park32 12Bailey, O'Dwyer, Laffranchi, Conn, Jeffery, MinichielloPrince (4/7)17,381
Friday, 11 AprilRound 5 Parramatta EelsParramatta Stadium28 20Petersen, Cannings, Friend, Prince, GrahamPrince (4/5)13,321
Friday, 18 AprilRound 6 Brisbane BroncosSkilled Park26 24Petersen (3), Harrison, LaffranchiPrince (3/5)27,176
Sunday, 27 AprilRound 7 New Zealand WarriorsSkilled Park36 24Harrison, Jeffery, Meyers, Campbell, Laffranchi, BowenPrince (6/7)25,310
Saturday, 3 MayRound 8 Newcastle KnightsEnergyAustralia Stadium12 13Prince, MinichielloPrince (2/2)21,280
Round 9Bye
Friday, 16 MayRound 10 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsSkilled Park24 20Samau, Meyers, Luke O'Dwyer, PrincePrince (4/5)22,676
Sunday, 25 MayRound 11 Wests TigersLeichhardt Oval18 20Cannings, Bowen, CampbellPrince (3/3)17,493
Sunday, 1 JuneRound 12 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksToyota Stadium14 30Minichiello, O'Dwyer, DelaneyPrince (1/3)8,214
Monday, 9 JuneRound 13 Melbourne StormSkilled Park18 0Delaney, Meyers, JefferyRogers (3/4)19,409
Round 14Bye
Monday, 23 JuneRound 15 South Sydney RabbitohsANZ Stadium23 24Laffranchi (2), Prince, AtkinsPrince (4/6)9,827
Saturday, 28 JuneRound 16 St. George Illawarra DragonsSkilled Park22 26Jeffery, Delaney, O'Dwyer, RogersRogers (3/5)26,453
Friday, 4 JulyRound 17 Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesSkilled Park14 34Laffranchi (2)Rogers (3/3)21,374
Friday, 11 JulyRound 18 Sydney RoostersSydney Football Stadium32 28Jeffery (2), Rapana (2), Rogers, GrahamRogers (4/6)10,762
Saturday, 19 JulyRound 19 Penrith PanthersSkilled Park22 36Rapana, O'Dwyer, Laffranchi, HodgsonRogers (3/4)17,759
Saturday, 26 JulyRound 20 Canberra RaidersCanberra Stadium4 46LaffranchiDavis (0/1)8,700
Friday, 1 AugustRound 21 Melbourne StormOlympic Park Stadium4 44RapanaRogers (0/1)9,400
Monday, 11 AugustRound 22 Newcastle KnightsSkilled Park12 32Rapana, MeyersCampbell (2/2)15,136
Saturday, 16 AugustRound 23 North Queensland CowboysDairy Farmers Stadium26 20Laffranchi (2), Rogers, Campbell, TongaPrince (3/5)17,605
Friday, 22 AugustRound 24 Brisbane BroncosSuncorp Stadium21 25Campbell, Rogers, Josh GrahamPrince (4/4) & (FG)39,757
Monday, 1 SeptemberRound 25 Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesBrookvale Oval10 28Cooper, AtkinsPrince (1/2)14,755
Sunday, 7 SeptemberRound 26 Wests TigersSkilled Park12 28Prince, DelaneyPrince (2/2)20,723
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Statistics

NameAppTGFGPts
Clint Amos60000
Jordan Atkins1470028
Luke Bailey92008
Selasi Berdie10000
Brenton Bowen52008
Preston Campbell2142020
Aaron Cannings152008
Daniel Conn161004
Gavin Cooper141004
Matthew Cross30000
Brad Davis60000
Brett Delaney2340016
Nathan Friend212008
Josh Graham2330012
Ashley Harrison202008
Michael Henderson70000
Michael Hodgson221004
Ben Jeffery1960024
Anthony Laffranchi20120048
Josh Lewis20000
Will Matthews90000
Brad Meyers1550020
Mark Minichiello1640016
Billy Ngawini10000
Luke O'Dwyer2150020
Matthew Petersen440016
Scott Prince165512124
Jordan Rankin10000
Jordan Rapana550020
Mat Rogers17516052
Smith Samau11004
James Stosic160000
Luke Swain110000
Esikeli Tonga51004
Shannon Walker30000
Totals84692476

Source: NRL 2008 - Gold Coast Titans Summary

Representative honours

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

  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.
  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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