2014 Gold Coast Titans season

2014 Gold Coast Titans season
NRL Rank	14th
2014 record	Wins: 9; Draws: 0; Losses: 15
Points scored	For: 372; Against: 538
Team information
CEO	Graham Annesley
Coach	John Cartwright → Neil Henry
Captain	Greg Bird Nate Myles
Stadium	Cbus Super Stadium
Avg. Attend.	13,196
High. Attend.	20,524 (vs. Brisbane Broncos, Rd 6)
Top scorers
Tries	Anthony Don (9)
Goals	Aidan Sezer (23)
Points	Aidan Sezer (63)
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The 2014 Gold Coast Titans season was the 8th in the club's history. Coached by John Cartwright and co-captained by Greg Bird and Nate Myles, they competed in the NRL's 2014 Telstra Premiership. During the second half of the season Cartwright resigned, and his position as head coach was taken by assistant coach Neil Henry for the remainder of the season. Gold Coast finished the regular season in 14th (out of 16) and failed to qualify the finals for the fourth consecutive year.

Season summary

On 7 January, the Titans released Jamal Idris from the remaining 3 years of his contract so he could return to Sydney to be closer to his family.^[1] In a deal between the Titans and the Penrith Panthers, Idris joined the Panthers on a three-year deal and Brad Tighe moved from the Panthers to the Titans.^[2]

Milestones

• Round 1: Luke Douglas plays his 195th consecutive NRL game, surpassing Jason Taylor's record of 194
• Round 1: Maurice Blair and Brad Tighe made their debuts for the club
• Round 1: Paul Carter made his first grade debut
• Round 2: Luke Douglas and Ben Ridge played their 50th game for the club
• Round 2: Aidan Sezer scored his 200th career point
• Round 3: Paul Carter scored his 1st career try
• Round 5: Brad Takairangi played his 50th career game
• Round 6: Luke Douglas played his 200th career game
• Round 6: Kevin Gordon played his 100th game for the club
• Round 8: Cody Nelson made his first grade debut
• Round 9: Nate Myles played his 50th game for the club
• Round 10: Kalifa Faifai Loa made his debut for the club
• Round 11: David Mead played his 100th game for the club
• Round 14: Caleb Binge made his first grade debut
• Round 14: James Roberts made his debut for the club
• Round 15: Daniel Mortimer made his debut for the club
• Round 15: Matt White play his 100th game for the club
• Round 17: Tom Kingston made his first grade debut
• Round 17: Mark Minichiello played his 250th career game
• Round 22: Dave Taylor played his 150th career game
• Round 23: Aidan Sezer played his 5oth career game
• Round 24: Luke Bailey played his 150th game for the club
• Round 24: Daniel Mortimer played his 100th career game

Squad List

Gold Coast Titans
First team squad								Coaching staff
Luke Bailey - PR Matt Beddow - HB, HK Caleb Binge - PR Greg Bird (c) - SR Maurice Blair - CE, FE, LK Paul Carter - SR, HK Anthony Don - FB, WG Luke Douglas - PR Jamie Dowling - FB, WG Kalifa Faifai Loa - WG, CE, FB Beau Falloon - HK Jamal Fogarty - FE, FB Kevin Gordon - WG, CE		Ashley Harrison - LK, SR Christian Hazard - HB, FE Beau Henry - FE, HB Jahrome Hughes - FB Mark Ioane - PR Sam Irwin - HK, HB Ryan James - PR, SR Albert Kelly - HB, FE Tom Kingston - SR Siuatonga Likiliki - CE, WG, SR David Mead - WG, FB Steve Michaels - CE, WG Mark Minichiello - SR		Daniel Mortimer - HB Nate Myles (c) - HB, FE Cody Nelson - LK, FE Ben Ridge - SR James Roberts - CE, WG Aidan Sezer - FE Matt Srama - HK, HB Brad Takairangi - CE, SR Dave Taylor - SR Brad Tighe - CE Matt White - PR William Zillman - FB, FE				Head coach John Cartwright Assistant coach Neil Henry Legend: (c) Captain (vc) Vice captain Updated: 30 December 2013 Source(s): Titans Squad

Squad Movement

Gains

Player	Signed From	Until End of	Notes
Maurice Blair	Melbourne Storm	2015	[3]
Paul Carter	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	2015	[3]
Kalifa Faifai Loa	North Queensland Cowboys	2015	[4]
Christian Hazard	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2015	[3]
Tom Kingston	Tweed Heads Seagulls	2014	[5]
Siuatonga Likiliki	Newcastle Knights	2014	[3]
Daniel Mortimer	Sydney Roosters (Mid-Season)	2016	[6]
James Roberts	Penrith Panthers (Mid-season)	2015	[7]
Brad Tighe	Penrith Panthers	2015	[2]

Losses

Player	Signed From	Until End of	Notes
Marmin Barba	Brisbane Broncos	2015	[8]
Hymel Hunt	Melbourne Storm	2014	[9]
Jamal Idris	Penrith Panthers	2016	[2]
Luke O'Dwyer	Retirement	-	[10]
Jordan Rankin	Hull F.C.	2015	[11]
Matty Russell	Warrington Wolves	2015	[12]

Re-Signings

Player	Signed From	Until End of	Notes
Anthony Don	Gold Coast Titans	2016	[13]
Luke Douglas	Gold Coast Titans	2017	[14]
Kane Elgey	Gold Coast Titans	2015	[15]
Kevin Gordon	Gold Coast Titans	2017	[16]
Ryan James	Gold Coast Titans	2017	[17]
Tom Kingston	Gold Coast Titans	2015	[15]
Matt White	Gold Coast Titans	2016	[18]

Contract Lengths

Player	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	Source
Luke Bailey	Gold Coast Titans	Retirement				[19]
Ashley Harrison	Gold Coast Titans	Retirement				[20]
Sam Irwin	Gold Coast Titans	Featherstone Rovers				[21]
Steve Michaels	Gold Coast Titans	Hull FC				[22]
Mark Minichiello	Gold Coast Titans	Hull FC				[23]
Cody Nelson	Gold Coast Titans	Parramatta Eels				[24]
Siuatonga Likiliki	Gold Coast Titans					[3]
Maurice Blair	Gold Coast Titans					[3]
Paul Carter	Gold Coast Titans					[3]
Kalifa Faifai Loa	Gold Coast Titans					[4]
Christian Hazard	Gold Coast Titans					[3]
James Roberts	Gold Coast Titans					[7]
Brad Tighe	Gold Coast Titans					[2]
Daniel Mortimer	Gold Coast Titans					[6]

Ladder

2014 NRL season
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Sydney Roosters	24	16	0	8	2	615	385	+230	36
2	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	16	0	8	2	502	399	+103	36
3	South Sydney Rabbitohs (P)	24	15	0	9	2	585	361	+224	34
4	Penrith Panthers	24	15	0	9	2	506	426	+80	34
5	North Queensland Cowboys	24	14	0	10	2	596	406	+190	32
6	Melbourne Storm	24	14	0	10	2	536	460	+76	32
7	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	13	0	11	2	446	439	+7	30
8	Brisbane Broncos	24	12	0	12	2	549	456	+93	28
9	New Zealand Warriors	24	12	0	12	2	571	491	+80	28
10	Parramatta Eels	24	12	0	12	2	477	580	−103	28
11	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	11	0	13	2	469	528	−59	26
12	Newcastle Knights	24	10	0	14	2	463	571	−108	24
13	Wests Tigers	24	10	0	14	2	420	631	−211	24
14	Gold Coast Titans	24	9	0	15	2	372	538	−166	22
15	Canberra Raiders	24	8	0	16	2	466	623	−157	20
16	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	5	0	19	2	334	613	−279	14

Fixtures

Pre-season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Sunday, 9 February	Trial 1	New Zealand Warriors	North Harbour Stadium	36 – 18	Carter, Tighe, Kelly, Blair, Hazard, Beddow, Faifai Loa	Faifai Loa (4)
Saturday, 22 February	Trial 2	North Queensland Cowboys	Clive Berghofer Stadium	12 – 28	Bird, Ioane	Sezer (2)	8,532
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

NRL Auckland Nines

The NRL Auckland Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2014 competition was played over two days on 15 and 16 February at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. The Titans featured in Pool Blue and played the Sharks, Knights and Tigers. The Titans failed to qualify for the quarter finals.

Pool Blue
Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Newcastle Knights	3	2	0	1	62	29	33	4
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	3	2	0	1	60	47	13	4
Gold Coast Titans	3	1	0	2	50	62	-12	2
Wests Tigers	3	1	0	2	28	62	-34	2

Date	Time (Local)	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Saturday, 15 February	1:00pm	Round 1	Wests Tigers	Eden Park	22 – 7	Gordon, Carter, Mead, Likiliki, Faifai Loa	Kelly (1)
Saturday, 15 Saturday	4:45pm	Round 2	Newcastle Knights	Eden Park	14 – 25	Tighe (2) [Bonus Tries]	Gordon (2)
Sunday, 16 February	12:00pm	Round 3	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Eden Park	14 – 30	Minichiello (2), Kelly	Kelly (1)
Legend:   Win   Loss

Regular season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Monday, 10 March	Round 1	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Remondis Stadium	18 – 12	Bird, Kelly, Zillman	Sezer (3/4)	9,321
Sunday, 16 March	Round 2	Wests Tigers	Cbus Super Stadium	12 – 42	Sezer, Kelly	Sezer (2/2)	12,038
Sunday, 23 March	Round 3	Canberra Raiders	GIO Stadium	24 – 12	Kelly (2), Carter, Falloon	Bird (4/6)	9,636
Monday, 31 March	Round 4	North Queensland Cowboys	Cbus Super Stadium	13 – 12	Gordon, Tighe	Brid (1/1), Sezer (1/1) & (FG)	9,482
Sunday, 6 April	Round 5	Melbourne Storm	AAMI Park	28 – 26	Gordon, Tighe, Mead, Kelly, Minichiello	Bird (4/6)	11,930
Friday, 11 April	Round 6	Brisbane Broncos	Cbus Super Stadium	12 – 8	Mead, Sezer	Sezer (2/2), Bird (0/1)	20,524
Monday, 21 April	Round 7	Penrith Panthers	Sportingbet Stadium	12 – 14	James, Sezer	Sezer (2/2)	9,555
Sunday, 27 April	Round 8	Wests Tigers	Leichhardt Oval	22 – 6	Sezer, Don, Bird	Sezer (2/3), Bird (3/4)	8,929
Saturday, 10 May	Round 9	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Cbus Super Stadium	18 – 40	Don (2), Taylor	Sezer (3/3)	19,107
Friday, 16 May	Round 10	Brisbane Broncos	Suncorp Stadium	8 – 22	Don	Sezer (1/1), Henry (1/2)	31,380
Saturday, 24 May	Round 11	New Zealand Warriors	Cbus Super Stadium	16 – 24	Taylor (3)	Henry (2/3)	18,753
	Round 12	Bye
Saturday, 7 June	Round 13	Penrith Panthers	Cbus Super Stadium	14 – 36	Douglas, Mead	Gordon (3/3)	10,507
Monday, 16 June	Round 14	Melbourne Storm	Cbus Super Stadium	20 – 24	Gordon (2), Tighe, Roberts	Gordon (2/5)	6,497
Sunday, 22 June	Round 15	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Cbus Super Stadium	18 – 19	Gordon, Minichiello, Takairangi	Bird (2/2), Mortimer (1/1)	12,189
	Round 16	Bye
Monday, 7 July	Round 17	South Sydney Rabbitohs	ANZ Stadium	14 – 10	Mead, Zillman, Gordon	Gordon (1/1)	10,925
Sunday, 13 July	Round 18	Canberra Raiders	Cbus Super Stadium	20 – 36	Faifai Loa (2), Roberts, Gordon	Gordon (2/4)	10,574
Sunday, 20 July	Round 19	Newcastle Knights	Hunter Stadium	22 – 8	Don, Taylor, Minichiello, Roberts	Gordon (3/4)	26,401
Saturday, 26 July	Round 20	Parramatta Eels	Cbus Super Stadium	18 – 24	Taylor, Don, Roberts	Gordon (3/4)	14,175
Saturday, 2 August	Round 21	North Queensland Cowboys	1300SMILES Stadium	8 – 28	Takairangi	Gordon (2/2)	14,487
Monday, 11 August	Round 22	Sydney Roosters	Allianz Stadium	18 – 26	Don, Taylor, Bird	Sezer (3/3)	6,345
Sunday, 17 August	Round 23	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Cbus Super Stadium	12 – 15	Roberts, Faifai Loa	Sezer (2/2)	11,940
Sunday, 24 August	Round 24	St. George Illawarra Dragons	WIN Jubilee Oval	6 – 34	Don	Sezer (1/1)	9,584
Sunday, 31 August	Round 25	New Zealand Warriors	Mt. Smart Stadium	0 – 42			13,540
Sunday, 7 September	Round 26	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Cbus Super Stadium	19 – 18	Faifai Loa, Don, Minichiello, Takairangi	Sezer (1/3), Mortimer (0/1), Zillman (FG)	12,563
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Statistics

Name	App	T	G	FG	Pts
Bailey, LukeLuke Bailey	18	0	0	0	0
Binge, CalebCaleb Binge	2	0	0	0	0
Bird, GregGreg Bird	17	3	14	0	40
Blair, MauriceMaurice Blair	14	0	0	0	0
Carter, PaulPaul Carter	21	1	0	0	4
Don, AnthonyAnthony Don	15	9	0	0	36
Douglas, LukeLuke Douglas	21	1	0	0	4
Faifai Loa, KalifaKalifa Faifai Loa	9	4	0	0	16
Falloon, BeauBeau Falloon	23	1	0	0	4
Gordon, KevinKevin Gordon	18	7	16	0	60
Harrison, AshleyAshley Harrison	10	0	0	0	0
Henry, BeauBeau Henry	3	0	3	0	6
Ioane, MarkMark Ioane	11	0	0	0	0
James, RyanRyan James	4	1	0	0	4
Kelly, AlbertAlbert Kelly	12	5	0	0	20
Kingston, TomTom Kingston	6	0	0	0	0
Mead, DavidDavid Mead	18	4	0	0	16
Michaels, SteveSteve Michaels	2	0	0	0	0
Minichiello, MarkMark Minichiello	23	4	0	0	16
Mortimer, DanielDaniel Mortimer	11	0	1	0	2
Myles, NateNate Myles	18	0	0	0	0
Nelson, CodyCody Nelson	8	0	0	0	0
Ridge, BenBen Ridge	5	0	0	0	0
Robers, JamesJames Robers	12	5	0	0	20
Sezer, AidanAidan Sezer	13	4	23	1	63
Srama, MattMatt Srama	6	0	0	0	0
Takairangi, BradBrad Takairangi	21	3	0	0	12
Taylor, DaveDave Taylor	19	7	0	0	28
Tighe, BradBrad Tighe	9	3	0	0	12
White, MattMatt White	22	0	0	0	0
Zillman, WilliamWilliam Zillman	16	2	0	1	9
Totals		64	57	2	372

Source:^[25]

Representatives

The following players have played a representative match in 2014

	City vs Country	ANZAC Test	State Of Origin 1	State Of Origin 2	State of Origin 3	Four Nations
Greg Bird	-	Kangaroos	-	New South Wales	New South Wales
Beau Falloon	City	-	-	-	-
Kevin Gordon	Country	-	-	-	-
David Mead	Country	-	-	-	-
Nate Myles	-	Kangaroos	Queensland	Queensland	Queensland
Dave Taylor	-	-	-	Queensland	Queensland

Honours

League

• Nil

Club

• Paul Broughton Medal: Beau Falloon
• Community Award: Ryan James
• 'The Preston': Luke Bailey
• Rookie of the year: Paul Carter
• Members Choice: Luke Bailey
• U/20s Player of the year: Anthony Colman

References

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