2011 Gold Coast Titans season

Sports season December 2019 May 2011 2011 #66B3FF black NRL NRL 16th 6 0 18 363 629 CEO Michael Searle Coach John Cartwright Scott Prince Skilled Park 15,428 21,729 David Mead (16) Scott Prince (38) Scott Prince (96) 2010 2012 yes Gold Coast Titans#Season summariesThe 2011 Gold Coast Titans season was the 5th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2011 Telstra Premiership coached by John Cartwright and captained by Scott Prince. Gold Coast finished the regular season 16th (out of 16), failing to make the finals and collecting the wooden spoon for the first time in the club's history. Season summary The Gold Coast Titans started the season poorly with three first up losses to the reigning premiers St. George Illawarra Dragons, then a 40–12 smashing at the hands of the Melbourne Storm before losing to archrivals the Brisbane Broncos at home. It seemed after the loss to Melbourne that the Titans would never recover and its fans were forecasting a very long season ahead. Round 4 saw the Titans register their first win for the 2011 season with a 23–22 golden point win over the Canberra Raiders thanks to a Greg Bird field goal in the 2nd minute of extra time. The winning feeling was short-lived with a 10-point loss to the North Queensland Cowboys the following week. Things improved however with the signing of Bulldogs centre Jamal Idris for 5 years and a win against the Wests Tigers in round 6. Round 7 saw the Titans lose their fifth game of the season with the Parramatta Eels scoring a try with 37 seconds remaining to give them a 22–18 victory. A win over the Sydney Roosters in round 8 saw the Titans improve their win–loss record 3–5, and Nathan Friend become the first player to play 100 games for the Titans. This would be the Titans' last win for a while as they lost their next four games, including three at home. The Titans emerged briefly from their losing streak to beat a depleted St. George Illawarra Dragons missing six players due to Origin before entering a five-game losing streak which included a 36–12 loss to the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, which is their worst ever defeat at Skilled Park. To help counter their poor form and last place on the ladder, the Titans lured former dual-international Mat Rogers out of retirement to play out the remainder of the 2011 NRL season.Titans lure Rogers out of retirement http://www.nrl.com/titans-lure-rogers-out-of-retirement/tabid/10874/newsid/63547/default.aspx National Rugby League 29 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110704005340/http://www.nrl.com/titans-lure-rogers-out-of-retirement/tabid/10874/newsid/63547/default.aspx 4 July 2011 dead The return did little to change the luck of the Titans with Rogers breaking his foot in his very first game back (although he did achieve a milestone in his comeback, with this being his 200th NRL game) and their poor season continuing with a 22–6 loss against the New Zealand Warriors in round 18. It only got worse for the Titans, with 3 more losses from as many games, including a 30-point thrashing from the Newcastle Knights in round 21. Round 22 saw the Titans rebound with a gutsy 20–16 win over the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks but came at a price, with captain Scott Prince breaking his arm and being ruled out for the remainder of the season. The loss of Prince saw retiring club legend Preston Campbell elevated to captain but faced a tough debut against the ladder leading Melbourne Storm.Preston Campbell takes Titans captaincy http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/preston-campbell-takes-titans-captaincy/story-e6frep5x-1226113950330 12 August 2011 The Courier Mail Melbourne easily handled the Titans beating them by 24 points, the game also saw Preston Campbell play his 100th game for the Titans. Round 24 saw the Titans jump two spaces clear of the bottom of the ladder thanks to a 26–18 victory over the Canberra Raiders in front of their lowest ever home crowd of just 10,230. The Titans had a chance to secure safety from the wooden spoon with a win in Round 25 against the Tigers but instead were soundly beaten by 19 points. Round 26 saw the 15th-placed Titans play the 16th-placed Parramatta Eels in the so-called "Wooden Spoon Showdown", with the loser taking out the wooden spoon for the 2011 season. Despite home ground advantage and wanting to send retiring Preston Campbell out a winner, the Titans gave the Eels a 22-point lead at halftime. The lead proved too much for the Titans, eventually losing 32–12 and collecting the club's first wooden spoon. Milestones Round 1: Luke Capewell made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Round 1: Kevin Gordon played his 50th game for the club and his 50th career game. Round 2: Preston Campbell played his 250th career game. Round 4: Anthony Laffranchi scored his 50th career try. Round 5: Matthew White and William Zillman both played their 50th career game for the club. Round 6: Michael Henderson played his 100th career game. Round 7: Luke Bailey played his 200th career game. Round 8: Nathan Friend became the first player to play 100 career games for the club. Round 12: Matt Srama made his debut for the club and his debut in the NRL. Round 12: Sam Tagataese played his 50th career game. Round 14: Mark Minichiello played his 100th career game for the club. Round 14: Matt Srama scored his 1st career try. Round 15: Scott Prince played his 250th career game. Round 16: Brenton Lawrence made his debut for the club and his debut in the NRL. Round 18: Mat Rogers played his 200th career game. Round 20: Beau Henry made his debut for the club, after previously played for the Newcastle Knights. Round 20: Scott Prince played his 100th career game for the club. Round 21: Anthony Laffranchi played his 200th career game. Round 21: Dominique Peyroux made his debut for the club and his debut in the NRL. Round 23: Preston Campbell played his 100th career game for the club. Round 23: David Mead played his 50th game for the club and his 50th career game. Round 24: Anthony Laffranchi played his 100th career game for the club. Round 24: Will Matthews scored his 1st career try. Awards Luke Bailey won a record third Paul Broughton Medal for the club's best and fairest player and also won Clubman of the Year.Gardini Adam Bailey makes history with third Paul Broughton Medal http://www.titans.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=43681&title=bailey-makes-history-with-third-paul-broughton-medal Gold Coast Titans 16 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120321083512/http://www.titans.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=43681&title=bailey-makes-history-with-third-paul-broughton-medal 21 March 2012 dead Matt Srama won Titan's Rookie of the Year while Kevin Gordon who missed the majority of the season with a knee injury won the Community Award. David Mead was awarded Try of the Year for his impressive one-handed pickup from a Scott Prince kick in Round 22 against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. Retiring club legend Preston Campbell took home the Members Choice Player of the Year and became the second inductee into the Titan's Hall of Fame.Dew Jake Bailey wins third Paul Broughton medal http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2011/09/16/350165_gold-coast-titans.html 16 September 2011 goldcoast.com.au Squad List List of Gold Coast Titans players Gold Coast Titans #66B3FF black gold black Titans Squad, Coaches & Trainers 16 August 2011 AUS PR Luke Bailey AUS FE LK Greg Bird AUS HK Riley Brown AUS FB FE HB Preston Campbell AUS FE Luke Capewell AUS HK Nathan Friend AUS WG CE Kevin Gordon AUS LK SR Ashley Harrison AUS PR Michael Henderson AUS FE Beau Henry (Mid-season gain) AUS LK SR Ryan James AUS SR Anthony Laffranchi AUS PR Brenton Lawrence AUS HK HB CE Kayne Lawton AUS PR SR Will Matthews PNG WG FB CE David Mead AUS PR Brad Meyers AUS CE Steve Michaels AUS SR Mark Minichiello AUS SR Luke O'Dwyer COK WG Dominique Peyroux AUS HB Scott Prince y AUS FE HB Jordan Rankin AUS SR Ben Ridge AUS HB FE HK Matt Srama NZL SR Sam Tagataese (Mid-season loss) NZL SR Bodene Thompson AUS CE WG FB Joe Tomane (Mid-season loss) TON CE Esi Tonga NZL CE Clinton Toopi AUS WG Joe Vickery AUS FB WG Shannon Walker (Mid-season loss) AUS PR Matt White AUS FB William Zillman John Cartwright Trevor Gillmeister Steve Murphy Chris McLellan (head strength & conditioning) Ronnie Palmer (strength & conditioning / rehab) Dan Ferris (strength & conditioning assistant) Squad Movement Gains Players Previous club Until End of NotesLuke CapewellSouth Sydney 16 South Sydney Rabbitohs?New Titans recruits to debut February 12 http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2011/02/01/288361_gold-coast-titans.html 1 February 2011 Goldcoast.com.auBeau HenryNewcastle 16 Newcastle Knights (Mid-season)2013Kerry Craig Henry leaves Knights https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/471755/henry-leaves-knights/ Newcastle Herald 11 June 2011 Mat RogersRetired2011 Joe VickerySt George 16 St George Illawarra Dragons? Losses Players Club Until End of NotesJordan AtkinsParramatta 16 Parramatta Eels2012Turgeon Luke Titans' Air Jordan take off for Parra http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2010/09/28/259165_gold-coast-lead-story.html 28 September 2010 Goldcoast.com.au Mat RogersRetiredMorton Jim In-form Mat Rogers announces retirement http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/in-form-mat-rogers-announces-retirement/story-e6frfgbo-1225905798742 16 August 2010 The Herald Sun Sam TagataeseCronulla 16 Cronulla Sharks (Mid-season)2013Big hitting Gold Coast forward Sam Tagataese granted early release to join Cronulla Sharks http://www.foxsports.com.au/league/big-hitting-gold-coast-forward-sam-tagataese-granted-early-release-to-join-cronulla-sharks/story-e6frf3ou-1226073738040 14 June 2011 Fox Sports Joe TomaneBrumbies (Mid-season)2013Dutton Chris Tomane targets Brumbies' No13 http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/sport/rugby-union/tomane-targets-brumbies-no13/2249220.aspx https://archive.today/20121230091945/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/sport/rugby-union/tomane-targets-brumbies-no13/2249220.aspx dead 30 December 2012 5 August 2011 The Canberra Times Shannon WalkerARU 7's (Mid-season)?Shannon Walker signs with Australian Sevens http://www.rugby.com.au/sevens/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1754/ArticleID/4041/Default.aspx Australian Rugby Union 8 August 2011 Re-signings Players Club Until End of NotesLuke BaileyGold Coast Titans 16 Gold Coast Titans2013Titans re-sign Luke Bailey http://www.foxsports.com.au/league/nrl-premiership/gold-coast-titans-re-sign-foundation-player-and-former-kangaroos-prop-luke-bailey-until-end-of-2013/story-fn2mcuj6-1226053304241 10 May 2011 Foxsports Preston CampbellGold Coast Titans 16 Gold Coast Titans2012Laine Clark Preston Campbell re-signs with Titans http://www.nrl.com/preston-campbell-re-signs-with-titans/tabid/10874/newsid/63217/default.aspx National Rugby League 9 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20121003221918/http://www.nrl.com/preston-campbell-re-signs-with-titans/tabid/10874/newsid/63217/default.aspx 3 October 2012 dead Ashley HarrisonGold Coast Titans 16 Gold Coast Titans2013Harrison re-signs with Titans http://www.foxsports.com.au/league/nrl-premiership/gold-coast-titans-continue-to-build-for-the-future-re-signing-queensland-forward-ashley-harrison/story-fn2mcuj6-1226085019847 FoxSports 30 June 2011 Matt SramaGold Coast Titans 16 Gold Coast Titans2014Gardini Adam Titans re-sign young gun Srama http://www.titans.com.au/?s=article-display&id=36697 Gold Coast Titans 12 May 2011 Ladder Fixtures Pre-season Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals AttendanceSaturday, 12 FebruaryTrial 1Brisbane 16 Brisbane BroncosKougari Oval18 – 42 Tonga (2), Tagataese, O'DwyerVickery (1)3,500Saturday, 19 FebruaryTrial 2South Sydney 16 South Sydney RabbitohsBCU International Stadium42 – 4Campbell (2), Toopi, Mead, Vickery, Bird, Michaels, PeyrouxVickery (3), Prince (1), Rankin (1)6,125Saturday, 26 FebruaryTrial 3North Queensland 16 North Queensland CowboysBarlow Park24 – 22Gordon, Prince, Mead, TomanePrince (4)- Legend: #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFBBBB Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA Regular season Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals AttendanceSaturday, 12 MarchRound 1St. George Illawarra 16 St. George Illawarra DragonsSkilled Park16 – 25Michaels, Harrison, TagataesePrince (2/3)21,729Saturday, 19 MarchRound 2Melbourne 16 Melbourne StormAAMI Park12 – 40Capwell, ZillmanPrince (2/2)12,391Friday, 25 MarchRound 3Brisbane 16 Brisbane BroncosSkilled Park8 – 14MichaelsPrince (2/2)20,226Saturday, 2 AprilRound 4Canberra 16 Canberra RaidersCanberra Stadium23 – 22Bird, Meyers, Thompson, LaffranchiCampbell (2/2), Bird (1/2) & (FG)12,165Friday, 8 AprilRound 5North Queensland 16 North Queensland CowboysDairy Farmers Stadium12 – 22Michaels, TongaPrince (2/2)13,651Friday, 15 AprilRound 6Wests Tigers 16 Wests TigersSkilled Park20 – 14Zillman (2), Prince, MinichielloPrince (2/4)17,221Sunday, 24 AprilRound 7Parramatta 16 Parramatta EelsParramatta Stadium18 – 22Michaels, Bird, ZillmanPrince (3/3)10,052Saturday, 30 AprilRound 8Sydney 16 Sydney RoostersSkilled Park24 – 13Zillman (2), Michaels, MeadPrince (4/4)15,177Sunday, 8 MayRound 9New Zealand 16 New Zealand WarriorsSkilled Park14 – 34Mead (3)Prince (1/3)17,285Monday, 16 MayRound 10Manly 16 Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesSkilled Park12 – 16Prince, TongaPrince (2/2)12,360Round 11ByeFriday, 27 MayRound 12Bulldogs 16 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsSuncorp Stadium6 – 28PrincePrince (1/1)32,283Saturday, 4 JuneRound 13Penrith 16 Penrith PanthersSkilled Park10 – 23Mead, CampbellPrince (1/2)12,262Friday, 10 JuneRound 14St. George Illawarra 16 St. George Illawarra DragonsWIN Jubilee Oval28 – 14Tomane, Prince, Minichiello, Mead, SramaPrince (4/6)10,139Friday, 17 JuneRound 15South Sydney 16 South Sydney RabbitohsANZ Stadium8 – 31Mead, TomanePrince (0/2)8,021Saturday, 25 JuneRound 16Cronulla 16 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksSkilled Park12 – 36Mead, Tonga, MichaelsPrince (0/3)12,997Round 17ByeFriday, 8 JulyRound 18New Zealand 16 New Zealand WarriorsMt Smart Stadium6 – 22ZillmanPrince (1/2)10,780Friday, 15 JulyRound 19Brisbane 16 Brisbane BroncosSuncorp Stadium10 – 30Michaels, MeadPrince (1/2)31,035Saturday, 23 JulyRound 20North Queensland 16 North Queensland CowboysSkilled Park20 – 28Zillman (2), MichaelsPrince (4/4)15,741Sunday, 31 JulyRound 21Newcastle 16 Newcastle KnightsAusgrid Stadium20 – 50Mead, Prince, Bird, ThompsonPrince (2/4)17,327Saturday, 6 AugustRound 22Cronulla 16 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksToyota Stadium20 – 16Mead (2), ZillmanPrince (4/5)6,313Saturday, 13 AugustRound 23Melbourne 16 Melbourne StormSkilled Park16 – 40Michaels, Thompson, MeadCampbell (2/4)11,663Saturday, 20 AugustRound 24Canberra 16 Canberra RaidersSkilled Park26 – 18Peyroux, Matthews, Mead, MichaelsCampbell (5/5)10,230Monday, 29 AugustRound 25Wests Tigers 16 Wests TigersCampbelltown Stadium10 – 39Minichiello, MeadCampbell (1/2)14,378Saturday, 3 SeptemberRound 26Parramatta 16 Parramatta EelsSkilled Park12 – 32O'Dwyer, MeadCampbell (1/1), Laffranchi (1/1)18,265 Legend: #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFBBBB Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #cfecec Bye 1px solid #AAAAAA Statistics List of Gold Coast Titans players NameAppTGFGPtsLuke Bailey Luke Bailey (rugby league)210000Greg Bird Greg Bird (rugby league)1931115Riley Brown60000Preston Campbell19111026Luke Capewell71004Nathan Friend40000Kevin Gordon rugby league20000Ashley Harrison131004Michael Henderson Michael Henderson (rugby league)160000Beau Henry40000Ryan James Ryan James (rugby league)140000Anthony Laffranchi141106Brenton Lawrence90000Kayne Lawton10000Will Matthews Will Matthews (rugby league)51004David Mead David Mead (rugby league)24160064Brad Meyers21004Steve Michaels23100040Mark Minichiello2330012Luke O'Dwyer191004Dominique Peyroux41004Scott Prince19538096Jordan Rankin80000Ben Ridge110000Mat Rogers10000Matt Srama141004Sam Tagataese81004Bodene Thompson2230012Joe Tomane32008Esikeli Tonga1230012Clinton Toopi130000Matthew White Matthew White (rugby league)230000William Zillman24100040 Totals – 65 51 1 363 Source:Titans NRL Player Statistics http://www.nrl.com/telstrapremiership/playerprofiles/titansplayerlist/tabid/10833/clubid/16/default.aspx NRL.com 3 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110830090329/http://www.nrl.com/telstrapremiership/playerprofiles/titansplayerlist/tabid/10833/clubid/16/default.aspx 30 August 2011 dead Representative honours The following players played a representative match during the 2011 NRL Season. Indigenous All Stars Greg Bird Ryan James Scott Prince NSW Blues Greg Bird NSW City Origin Mark Minichiello NRL All Stars Ashley Harrison Queensland Maroons Ashley Harrison Prime Minister's XIII Greg Bird References 28 4 1 S 153 22 44 E type:landmark_region:AU-QLD Skilled Park title Category:Gold Coast Titans seasons Gold Coast Titans season