2008 Gold Coast Titans season

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2008 Gold Coast Titans season
NRL Rank13th
2008 recordWins: 10; draws: 0; losses: 14
Points scoredFor: 476; against: 586
Team information
CEO Michael Searle
Coach John Cartwright
Captain
Stadium Skilled Park
Avg. attendance21,618
High attendance27,176
Top scorers
Tries Anthony Laffranchi (12)
Goals Scott Prince (51)
Points Scott 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]

Contents

Summary

Milestones

Squad list

Gold Coast Titans
First team squadCoaching staff

Head coach


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

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Source(s): Titans 2008 Squad

Squad movement

Gains

PlayersPrevious ClubUntil End ofNotes
Brenton Bowen North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
2009
[2]
Aaron Cannings Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
2010
[3]
Matthew Cross Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers
2009
[4]
Ashley Harrison Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
2010
[5]
Ben Jeffery Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
2009
[6]
Billy Ngawini Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs
2008
[7]

Losses

PlayersClubUntil End ofNotes
Matt Hilder Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
2009
[8]
Richard Mathers Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors
2010
[9]
David Myles Retired
Lelea Paea Released
Matthew Petersen Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (Mid-season)
2010
Jake Webster HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers
2010

Re-signings

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

Ladder

2008 NRL season
PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2417072584282+30238
2 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (P)2417072645355+29038
3 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2417072451384+6738
4 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2415092511446+6534
5 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2414192560452+10833
6 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24130112640527+11330
7 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 24130112489378+11130
8 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24130112502567-6530
9 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24120122516486+3028
10 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24110132528560-3226
11 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24110132501547-4626
12 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24101132504611-10725
13 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 24100142476586-11024
14 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2480162453666-21320
15 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2450192474638-16414
16 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2450192433782-34914

Fixtures

Regular season

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
Friday, 14 MarchRound 1 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Skilled Park 36 – 18 Atkins (4), Bailey, Laffranchi Prince (6/8)26,974
Monday, 24 MarchRound 2 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium 12 – 30 Friend, Minichiello Prince (2/2)10,521
Saturday, 29 MarchRound 3 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Skilled Park 18 – 4 Rogers, Meyers, Atkins Prince (3/3), Jeffery (0/1)19,050
Saturday, 5 AprilRound 4 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Skilled Park 32 – 12 Bailey, O'Dwyer, Laffranchi, Conn, Jeffery, Minichiello Prince (4/7)17,381
Friday, 11 AprilRound 5 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Parramatta Stadium 28 – 20 Petersen, Cannings, Friend, Prince, Graham Prince (4/5)13,321
Friday, 18 AprilRound 6 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Skilled Park 26 – 24 Petersen (3), Harrison, Laffranchi Prince (3/5)27,176
Sunday, 27 AprilRound 7 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Skilled Park 36 – 24 Harrison, Jeffery, Meyers, Campbell, Laffranchi, Bowen Prince (6/7)25,310
Saturday, 3 MayRound 8 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights EnergyAustralia Stadium 12 – 13 Prince, Minichiello Prince (2/2)21,280
Round 9 Bye
Friday, 16 MayRound 10 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Skilled Park 24 – 20 Samau, Meyers, Luke O'Dwyer, Prince Prince (4/5)22,676
Sunday, 25 MayRound 11 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Leichhardt Oval 18 – 20 Cannings, Bowen, Campbell Prince (3/3)17,493
Sunday, 1 JuneRound 12 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Toyota Stadium 14 – 30 Minichiello, O'Dwyer, Delaney Prince (1/3)8,214
Monday, 9 JuneRound 13 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Skilled Park 18 – 0 Delaney, Meyers, Jeffery Rogers (3/4)19,409
Round 14 Bye
Monday, 23 JuneRound 15 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium 23 – 24 Laffranchi (2), Prince, Atkins Prince (4/6)9,827
Saturday, 28 JuneRound 16 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Skilled Park 22 – 26 Jeffery, Delaney, O'Dwyer, Rogers Rogers (3/5)26,453
Friday, 4 JulyRound 17 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Skilled Park 14 – 34 Laffranchi (2) Rogers (3/3)21,374
Friday, 11 JulyRound 18 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Sydney Football Stadium 32 – 28 Jeffery (2), Rapana (2), Rogers, Graham Rogers (4/6)10,762
Saturday, 19 JulyRound 19 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Skilled Park 22 – 36 Rapana, O'Dwyer, Laffranchi, Hodgson Rogers (3/4)17,759
Saturday, 26 JulyRound 20 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Canberra Stadium 4 – 46 Laffranchi Davis (0/1)8,700
Friday, 1 AugustRound 21 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Olympic Park Stadium 4 – 44 Rapana Rogers (0/1)9,400
Monday, 11 AugustRound 22 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Skilled Park 12 – 32 Rapana, Meyers Campbell (2/2)15,136
Saturday, 16 AugustRound 23 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Dairy Farmers Stadium 26 – 20 Laffranchi (2), Rogers, Campbell, Tonga Prince (3/5)17,605
Friday, 22 AugustRound 24 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium 21 – 25 Campbell, Rogers, Josh Graham Prince (4/4) & (FG)39,757
Monday, 1 SeptemberRound 25 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval 10 – 28 Cooper, Atkins Prince (1/2)14,755
Sunday, 7 SeptemberRound 26 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Skilled Park 12 – 28 Prince, Delaney Prince (2/2)20,723
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

Statistics

Name App T G FG Pts
Clint Amos 60000
Jordan Atkins 1470028
Luke Bailey 92008
Selasi Berdie 10000
Brenton Bowen 52008
Preston Campbell 2142020
Aaron Cannings 152008
Daniel Conn 161004
Gavin Cooper 141004
Matthew Cross 30000
Brad Davis 60000
Brett Delaney 2340016
Nathan Friend 212008
Josh Graham 2330012
Ashley Harrison 202008
Michael Henderson 70000
Michael Hodgson 221004
Ben Jeffery 1960024
Anthony Laffranchi 20120048
Josh Lewis 20000
Will Matthews 90000
Brad Meyers 1550020
Mark Minichiello 1640016
Billy Ngawini 10000
Luke O'Dwyer 2150020
Matthew Petersen 440016
Scott Prince 165512124
Jordan Rankin 10000
Jordan Rapana 550020
Mat Rogers 17516052
Smith Samau 11004
James Stosic 160000
Luke Swain 110000
Esikeli Tonga 51004
Shannon Walker 30000
Totals—84692476

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

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References

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