2008 Gold Coast Titans season
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| 2008 Gold Coast Titans season | ||||
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| NRL | 13th | |||
| 2008 record | Wins: 10; Draws: 0; Losses: 14 | |||
| Points scored | For: 476; Against: 586 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| CEO | Michael Searle | |||
| Coach | John Cartwright | |||
| Captain | ||||
| Stadium | Skilled Park | |||
| Avg. Attend. | 21,618 | |||
| High. Attend. | 27,176 | |||
| 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
- Round 1: Four players made their debuts for the club; Jordan Atkins, Aaron Cannings, Ashley Harrison and Ben Jeffery. Jordan Atkins also made his NRL debut.
- Round 1: Jordan Atkins broke the club record for most tries scored by an individual in a single match.
- Round 2: Nathan Friend scored his 1st career try.
- Round 4: Daniel Conn scored his 1st career try.
- Round 7: Brenton Bowen made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the North Queensland Cowboys.
- Round 10: Shannon Walker made his debut for the club and his debut in the NRL.
- Round 12: Esikeli Tonga made his debut for the club and his debut in the NRL.
- Round 12: Brett Delaney played his 50th career game.
- Round 13: Brad Davis made his debut for the club and his debut in the NRL.
- Round 15: Mat Rogers played his 150th career game.
- Round 16: Will Matthews made his debut for the club and his debut in the NRL.
- Round 17: Brenton Bowen and Luke O'Dwyer played their 50th career game.
- Round 18: Michael Henderson played his 50th career game.
- Round 18: Two players made their debuts for the club; Matthew Cross and Jordan Rapana. Jordan Rapana also made his NRL debut and scored his 1st career try.
- Round 21: Preston Campbell played his 200th career game.
- Round 22: Jordan Rankin made his debut for the club and his debut in the NRL.
- Round 22: Gavin Cooper played his 200th career game.
- Round 23: Michael Hodgson played his 150th career game and Esikeli Tonga scored his 1st career try.
- Round 26: Two players made their debuts for the club; Selasi Berdie and Billy Ngawini. Selasi Berdie also made his NRL debut.
Squad list
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Squad movement
Gains
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| Brenton Bowen | File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys |
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| Aaron Cannings |  Parramatta Eels |
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| Matthew Cross |  Penrith Panthers |
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| Ashley Harrison |  Sydney Roosters |
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| Ben Jeffery |  Wests Tigers |
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| Billy Ngawini |  Bulldogs |
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Losses
| Players | Club | Until End of | Notes |
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| Matt Hilder |  Newcastle Knights |
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| Richard Mathers | File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors |
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| David Myles | Retired | ||
| Lelea Paea | Released | ||
| Matthew Petersen | File:Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (Mid-season) |
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| Jake Webster |  Hull Kingston Rovers |
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Re-signings
| Players | Club | Until End of | Notes |
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| Preston Campbell |  Gold Coast Titans |
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| Nathan Friend | Gold Coast Titans |
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| Josh Graham | Gold Coast Titans |
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| Michael Henderson | Gold Coast Titans |
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| Anthony Laffranchi | Gold Coast Titans |
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| Will Matthews | Gold Coast Titans |
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| Brad Meyers | Gold Coast Titans |
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| Jordan Rankin | Gold Coast Titans |
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| Shannon Walker | Gold Coast Titans |
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Ladder
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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| 1 |  Melbourne |
24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 584 | 282 | +302 | 38 |
| 2 |  Manly-Warringah |
24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 645 | 355 | +290 | 38 |
| 3 |  Cronulla |
24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 451 | 384 | +67 | 38 |
| 4 | Sydney Roosters |
24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 511 | 446 | +65 | 34 |
| 5 |  Brisbane |
24 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 560 | 452 | +108 | 33 |
| 6 |  Canberra |
24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 640 | 527 | +113 | 30 |
| 7 | File:St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 489 | 378 | +111 | 30 |
| 8 |  New Zealand |
24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 502 | 567 | -65 | 30 |
| 9 | Newcastle |
24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 516 | 486 | +30 | 28 |
| 10 | Wests Tigers |
24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 528 | 560 | -32 | 26 |
| 11 | Parramatta |
24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 501 | 547 | -46 | 26 |
| 12 | Penrith |
24 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 504 | 611 | -107 | 25 |
| 13 | Gold Coast |
24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 476 | 586 | -110 | 24 |
| 14 |  South Sydney |
24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 453 | 666 | -213 | 20 |
| 15 | File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 474 | 638 | -164 | 14 |
| 16 | Bulldogs |
24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 433 | 782 | -349 | 14 |
Fixtures
Regular season
Statistics
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| Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
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| Clint Amos | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Atkins | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Luke Bailey | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Selasi Berdie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brenton Bowen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Preston Campbell | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Aaron Cannings | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Daniel Conn | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Gavin Cooper | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Matthew Cross | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Davis | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Delaney | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Nathan Friend | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Josh Graham | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Ashley Harrison | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Michael Henderson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Hodgson | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ben Jeffery | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Anthony Laffranchi | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Josh Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Matthews | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Meyers | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Mark Minichiello | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Billy Ngawini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke O'Dwyer | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Matthew Petersen | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Scott Prince | 16 | 5 | 51 | 2 | 124 |
| Jordan Rankin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Rapana | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Mat Rogers | 17 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 52 |
| Smith Samau | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| James Stosic | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Swain | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Esikeli Tonga | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Shannon Walker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | — | 84 | 69 | 2 | 476 |
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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