2010 Gold Coast Titans season

The 2010 Gold Coast Titans season was the 4th in the club's history and they competed in the NRL's 2010 Telstra Premiership. They were coached by John Cartwright and captain by Scott Prince. Gold Coast finishing the regular season 4th (out of 16) and fell just one game short of the Grand Final losing to the Sydney Roosters in the Preliminary Final.

2010 Gold Coast Titans season
NRL Rank	4th
Play-off result	Lost Preliminary Final (Sydney Roosters, 6–32)
2010 record	Wins: 16; Draws: 0; Losses: 10
Points scored	For: 554; Against: 546
Team information
CEO	Michael Searle
Coach	John Cartwright
Captain	Scott Prince
Stadium	Skilled Park
Avg. Attend.	17,877
High. Attend.	26,197
Top scorers
Tries	Kevin Gordon 12
Goals	Scott Prince 66
Points	Scott Prince 151
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Season summary

The Gold Coast Titans began the season with a come-from-behind 24–18 victory against the New Zealand Warriors at home. A golden point win over Souths followed, in what was a long match that didn't finish until around 11:30pm Queensland time (10:30pm Sydney time; as the match kicked off at 8:30pm). A 24–4 win over the Canberra Raiders at home followed before the Titans lost its first match of the season against the North Queensland Cowboys in Townsville. The Titans bounced back a week later to beat the Melbourne Storm at home before stumbling against the St. George Illawarra Dragons in round six. The Titans then had a three-match winning streak before stumbling against rivals Brisbane in round ten, the Sydney Roosters in round 12 and the Canberra Raiders in round 13. The Titans got back on track with a 28–14 win over the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles at home, which was backed up with a win over the Bulldogs in round 15 before an unexpected defeat against the Newcastle Knights at home the following round. This trigged the Titans' second three-match losing streak in the season, however the Titans would emerge from their form slump and the dreaded State of Origin period with a golden point 11–10 victory over the Dragons at Kogarah where neither of the Gold Coast franchises had never won. They would lose only one more game for the rest of the regular season, against battlers Cronulla in Cronulla in the penultimate round of the season in what was also Greg Bird's return to the Shire since the Sharks sacked him in 2008.

Finishing fourth at the end of the season (a place lower than their 3rd finish in 2009), the Titans, as the only Queensland representation in the finals, entered the finals series with high expectations. They defeated the New Zealand Warriors easily 28–16 and as a result earned a week off (two of the top three teams lost on the weekend) and a home preliminary final at Suncorp Stadium. Unfortunately, the Titans saved their worst for last, losing 32–6 against the Sydney Roosters who progressed to the Grand Final a season after finishing last.

Players

No	Nat	Player	1st Position	2nd Position	Age	Height	Weight	NRL Games	Previous 1st Grade Club
1		Preston Campbell	Fullback	Five-Eighth	32	167	75	228	Penrith Panthers
2		Kevin Gordon	Wing	Fullback	19	183	90	23	None
3		Esi Tonga	Centre	Wing	21	190	100	17	None
4		Jordan Atkins	Wing	Centre	26	188	96	23	None
5		David Mead	Wing	Fullback	20	183	90	14	None
6		Mat Rogers	Five-Eighth	Centre	33	178	85	178	NSW Waratahs
7		Scott Prince	Halfback	Five-Eighth	29	177	80	215	Wests Tigers
8		Luke Bailey	Prop		29	189	108	169	St. George Illawarra Dragons
9		Nathan Friend	Hooker		28	170	85	105	Melbourne Storm
10		Matthew White	Prop		25	189	112	36	Newcastle Knights
11		Anthony Laffranchi	Second Row	Prop	28	185	100	165	Wests Tigers
12		Mark Minichiello	Second Row	Lock	27	180	98	147	South Sydney Rabbitohs
13		Ashley Harrison	Lock	Second Row	28	188	95	196	South Sydney Rabbitohs
14		Michael Henderson	Prop		25	186	103	73	St. George Illawarra Dragons
15		Brad Meyers	Prop	Second Row	29	190	103	148	Bradford Bulls
16		Luke O'Dwyer	Second Row	Centre	26	180	92	73	Parramatta Eels
17		William Zillman	Fullback	Centre	23	181	90	37	Canberra Raiders
18		Aaron Cannings	Prop	Lock	27	187	108	95	Parramatta Eels
19		WIll Matthews	Prop	Second Row	21	187	101	23	None
20		Joe Tomane	Wing	Centre	19	187	101	11	Melbourne Storm
21		Josh Graham	Centre	Lock	26	190	98	49	Western Force
22		Sam Tagataese	Second Row	Centre	22	192	100	23	Melbourne Storm
23		Shannon Walker	Fullback	Wing	20	174	81	3	None
24		Bodene Thompson	Second Row	Centre	21	183	112	2	None
25		Selasi Berdie	Prop	Second Row	23	183	100	2	None
26		Kayne Lawton	Hooker	Halfback	20	174	83	1	None
27		Greg Bird	Lock	Five-Eighth	25	183	102	128	Catalans Dragons
28		Jackson Nicolau	Five-Eighth	Centre	22	187	90	2	North Queensland Cowboys
29		Riley Brown	Hooker	Lock	25	180	96	67	Sydney Roosters
30		Marshall Chalk	Centre	Wing	28	181	94	84	Canberra Raiders

Paul Broughton Medal

After playing the Titans last few matches of the 2010 NRL season with a broken thumb, Luke Bailey was awarded his second Paul Broughton Medal for the club's player of the year.[1]

Squad Movement

Gains

Players	Signed From	Until End of	Notes
Greg Bird	Catalans Dragons	2010	[2]
Riley Brown	Sydney Roosters	2011	[3]
Marshall Chalk	Crusaders	2010	[3]
Steve Michaels	Brisbane Broncos (Mid-season)	2012	[4]
Joe Tomane	Melbourne Storm	2011	[5]
Clinton Toopi	Bay of Plenty	2010	[6]

Losses

Players	Signed To	Until End of	Notes
Brenton Bowen	Northern Pride (Queensland Cup)	2010	[7]
Daniel Conn	Sydney Roosters	2011	[8]
Brett Delaney	Leeds Rhinos	2012	[9]
Ben Jeffery	Released		[10]
Chris Walker	Catalans Dragons	2011	[11]

Re-signings

Players	Club	Until End of	Notes
Greg Bird	Gold Coast Titans	2011	[12]
Kevin Gordon	Gold Coast Titans	2014	[13]
Ryan James	Gold Coast Titans	2014	[14]
David Mead	Gold Coast Titans	2013	[15]
Mark Minichiello	Gold Coast Titans	2012	[16]
Ben Ridge	Gold Coast Titans	2013	[17]
Sam Tagataese	Gold Coast Titans	2013	[18]
Bodene Thompson	Gold Coast Titans	2013	[13]
Clinton Toopi	Gold Coast Titans	2011	[17]

Ladder

2010 NRL season
Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	St. George Illawarra Dragons (P)	24	17	0	7	2	518	299	+219	38
2	Penrith Panthers	24	15	0	9	2	645	489	+156	34
3	Wests Tigers	24	15	0	9	2	537	503	+34	34
4	Gold Coast Titans	24	15	0	9	2	520	498	+22	34
5	New Zealand Warriors	24	14	0	10	2	539	486	+53	32
6	Sydney Roosters	24	14	0	10	2	559	510	+49	32
7	Canberra Raiders	24	13	0	11	2	499	493	+6	30
8	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24	12	0	12	2	545	510	+35	28
9	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	11	0	13	2	584	567	+17	26
10	Brisbane Broncos	24	11	0	13	2	508	535	−27	26
11	Newcastle Knights	24	10	0	14	2	499	569	−70	24
12	Parramatta Eels	24	10	0	14	2	413	491	−78	24
13	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	9	0	15	2	494	539	−45	22
14	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	7	0	17	2	354	609	−255	18
15	North Queensland Cowboys	24	5	0	19	2	425	667	−242	14
16	Melbourne Storm	24	14	0	10	2	489	363	+126	0^1

¹ Melbourne were deducted eight premiership points and barred from receiving premiership points for the rest of the season due to gross long-term salary cap breaches.[19]

Fixtures

Regular season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Sunday, 14 March	Round 1	New Zealand Warriors	Skilled Park	24 – 18	Tomane, Laffranchi, Mead, Campbell	Prince (4/4)	16,112
Friday, 19 March	Round 2	South Sydney Rabbitohs	ANZ Stadium	19 – 18	Zillman, Laffranchi, Tomane	Prince (3/4) & (FG)	10,943
Saturday, 27 March	Round 3	Canberra Raiders	Skilled Park	24 – 4	Prince, Tomane, Gordon, Mead	Prince (4/5)	11,521
Saturday, 3 April	Round 4	North Queensland Cowboys	Dairy Farmers Stadium	18 – 32	Minichiello (2), Tagataese	Rogers (3/3)	15,551
Friday, 9 April	Round 5	Melbourne Storm	Skilled Park	20 – 16	Tomane, Harrison, Bird	Rogers (4/5)	20,083
Friday, 16 April	Round 6	St George Illawarra Dragons	Skilled Park	6 – 19	Henderson	Campbell (1/1)	21,336
Monday, 26 April	Round 7	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Brookvale Oval	24 – 22	Gordon (2), Campbell, Laffranchi	Campbell (4/4)	15,195
Saturday, 1 May	Round 8	Penrith Panthers	Skilled Park	38 – 24	Prince, Laffranchi, Harrison, Toopi, Bird, Bailey	Prince (7/7)	15,430
Sunday, 9 May	Round 9	Newcastle Knights	EnergyAustralia Stadium	38 – 36	Toopi (2), Campbell, Tomane, Minichiello, Mead, Bird	Prince (5/7)	13,384
Friday, 14 May	Round 10	Brisbane Broncos	Suncorp Stadium	6 – 28	Tomane	Prince (1/1)	40,168
	Round 11	Bye
Monday, 31 May	Round 12	Sydney Roosters	Skilled Park	16 – 30	Mead (3)	Prince (2/3)	13,235
Sunday, 6 June	Round 13	Canberra Raiders	Canberra Stadium	24 – 28	Tomane, Minichiello, Prince, Laffranchi	Prince (4/4)	10,425
Friday, 11 June	Round 14	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Skilled Park	28 – 14	Gordon (2), Minichiello, Tagataese, Bailey	Prince (4/6)	17,508
Friday, 18 June	Round 15	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Suncorp Stadium	25 – 24	Gordon, Minichiello, Zillman, Laffranchi	Prince (2/3), Rogers (2/2), Bird (FG)	42,233
Sunday, 27 June	Round 16	Newcastle Knights	Skilled Park	16 – 24	Harrison, Meyers, Zillman	Rogers (2/3)	13,396
	Round 17	Bye
Friday, 9 July	Round 18	Wests Tigers	Campbelltown Stadium	14 – 15	Rogers, Gordon	Rogers (3/3)	14,050
Friday, 16 July	Round 19	Brisbane Broncos	Skilled Park	10 – 24	Rogers, Thompson	Rogers (1/2)	26,197
Friday, 23 July	Round 20	St George Illawarra Dragons	WIN Jubilee Oval	11 – 10	Gordon, Laffranchi	Prince (1/2), Rogers (FG)	12,668
Sunday, 1 August	Round 21	New Zealand Warriors	Mt Smart Stadium	28 – 20	Michaels (2), Rogers (2), Zillman	Prince (4/5), Rogers (0/1)	12,017
Friday, 6 August	Round 22	Parramatta Eels	Skilled Park	34 – 12	Minichello (2), Thompson (2), Rogers, Gordon	Prince (5/6)	19,568
Saturday, 14 August	Round 23	North Queensland Cowboys	Skilled Park	37 – 18	Michaels (2), Prince, Friend, Bailey, Minichello	Prince (6/6) & (FG)	14,032
Monday, 23 August	Round 24	Sydney Roosters	Sydney Football Stadium	23 – 14	Toopi (2), Gordon, Thompson	Prince (3/4) & (FG)	9,113
Saturday, 28 August	Round 25	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Toyota Stadium	16 – 30	Thompson (2), Atkins	Prince (2/3)	10,116
Friday, 3 September	Round 26	Wests Tigers	Skilled Park	21 – 18	Harrison, Zillman, Gordon	Prince (4/4), Rogers (FG)	26,103
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Finals

	Qualifying Finals					Semi Finals					Preliminary Finals					Grand Final
	1	St George Illawarra	28
	8	Manly-Warringah	0
											1W	St George Illawarra	13
	2	Penrith Panthers	22			4W	Canberra Raiders	24				Wests Tigers	12
	7	Canberra Raiders	24			2L	Wests Tigers	26									St George Illawarra	32
																	Sydney Roosters	8
	3	Wests Tigers	15								2W	Gold Coast Titans	6
	6	Sydney Roosters	19			3W	Sydney Roosters	34				Sydney Roosters	32
						1L	Penrith Panthers	12
	4	Gold Coast Titans	28
	5	NZ Warriors	16

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Friday, 10 September	Qualifying Final	New Zealand Warriors	Skilled Park	28 – 16	Zillman (2), Toopi, Rogers, Gordon	Prince (4/6)	27,026
Friday, 24 September	Preliminary Final	Sydney Roosters	Suncorp Stadium	6 – 32	Zillman	Prince (1/1)	44,787
Legend:   Win   Loss

Statistics

Player	Position	Tries	Try Assists	Metres	Tackles	Hit-Ups	Line Breaks	Line Break Assists	Errors	Offloads
Luke Bailey	Prop	16		237	0	0	2	0
Greg Bird	Five-Eight	0	0	198	32	7	0	0	5	5
Riley Brown	Hooker	0	0	25	14	2	0	0	0	0
Preston Campbell	Fullback	1	2	48	4	0	0	0	1	0
Nathan Friend	Hooker	0	2	43	90	0	0	1	0	0
Kevin Gordon	Wing	3	0	246	3	0	1	0	0	1
Ashley Harrison	Lock	0	0	209	62	18	0	0	2	1
Anthony Laffranchi	Second Row	2	0	192	73	20	2	0	2	1
Will Matthews	Prop	0	0	41	10	3	0	0	0	1
David Mead	Wing	1	0	271	11	0	1	0	1	1
Brad Meyers	Prop	0	0	174	60	16	0	0	1	0
Mark Minichiello	Second Row	0	0	174	36	20	0	0	2	1
Scott Prince	Half Back	1	3	78	37	0	0	2	2	4
Mat Rogers	Centre	0	1	138	22	0	0	1	3	2
Sam Tagataese	Second Row	0	0	78	19	9	0	0	2	5
Bodene Thompson	Prop	0	0	142	36	9	0	0	1	1
Joe Tomane	Centre	2	1	269	18	3	1	1	2	2
Matthew White	Prop	0	0	84	23	11	0	0	2	1
William Zillman	Fullback	1	0	128	2	1	1	0	0	0

Representative honours

The following players have played a representative match during the 2010 NRL Season.

Australian Kangaroos

• Greg Bird

Indigenous All Stars

• Greg Bird
• Scott Prince

NRL All Stars

• Luke Bailey

NSW Country Origin

• Greg Bird
• Anthony Laffranchi

NSW City Origin

• Mark Minichiello
• John Cartwright (Coach)

NSW Blues

• Greg Bird

QLD Maroons

• Ashley Harrison

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