2016 Gold Coast Titans season

2016 Gold Coast Titans season
2016 record	Wins: 3; Draws: 0; Losses: 5
Points scored	For: 170; Against: 173
Team information
CEO	Graham Annesley
Coach	Neil Henry
Captain	Nathan Friend; William Zillman;
Stadium	Cbus Super Stadium - 27,400
Avg. Attend.	12,896
High. Attend.	21,080; (vs. Brisbane Broncos, Rd 5)
Top scorers
Tries	Zeb Taia (5)
Goals	Ashley Tayor (15)
Points	Ashley Taylor (38)

The 2016 Gold Coast Titans season is the 10th in the club's history. Coached by Neil Henry and co-captained by Nathan Friend and William Zillman, the Titans are currently competing in the NRL's 2016 Telstra Premiership. They also competed in the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines tournament.

Season summary

Milestones

Round 1: Chris McQueen, John Olive, Tyrone Roberts, David Shillington and Ashley Taylor made their debuts for the club.
Round 1: Nathan Davis and Leivaha Pulu made their first grade debuts.
Round 1: John Olive scored his first career try.
Round 2: Nathan Davis scored his first career try.
Round 3: Tyrone Roberts played his 100th career game.
Round 3: Ashley Taylor scored his first career try.
Round 6: Cameron Cullen made his first grade debut and scored his first career try.
Round 6: Anthony Don played his 50th career game.
Round 8: Luke Douglas played his 100th game for the club.

Squad list

Gold Coast Titans

First team squad

Coaching staff

Head coach

Neil Henry

Assistant coach

Terry Matterson

Legend:

(c) Captain
(vc) Vice captain

Updated: 10 March 2016
Source(s): Titans Squad

Squad movement

Gains

Player	Signed From	Until End of	Notes
Cameron Cullen	Burleigh Bears (QLD Cup)	2016	^[1]
Nathan Davis	Parramatta Eels	?	^[2]
Nathan Friend	New Zealand Warriors	2016	^[3]
Jeff Lynch	Canberra Raiders	2016	^[4]
Chris McQueen	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2017	^[5]
John Olive	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2018	^[6]
Leivaha Pulu	Wyong Roos (NSW Cup)	2016	^[7]
Tyrone Roberts	Newcastle Knights	2017	^[8]
David Shillington	Canberra Raiders	2017	^[9]
Zeb Taia	Catalans Dragons (Super League)	2017	^[10]
Ashley Taylor	Brisbane Broncos	2017	^[11]

Losses

Player	Signed To	Until End of	Notes
Caleb Binge	Wynnum Manly Seagulls (QLD Cup)	?	^[12]
Jamie Dowling	Burleigh Bears (QLD Cup)	?	^[12]
David Crampton	File:Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins (QLD Cup)	?	^[12]
Kalifa Faifai Loa	File:St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons	2017	^[13]
Beau Falloon	File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos (Super League)	2016	^[14]
Jamal Fogarty	Burleigh Bears (QLD Cup)	?	^[12]
Kevin Gordon	Retirement	-	^[15]
Christian Hazard	File:Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins (QLD Cup)	?	^[12]
Shaun Hudson	File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys	2017	^[16]
Jai Ingram	Released
Nate Myles	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	2018	^[17]
Chris Redman	Burleigh Bears (QLD Cup)	?	^[12]
Ben Ridge	Retirement	-	^[18]
James Roberts	Brisbane Broncos	2017	^[19]
Aidan Sezer	Canberra Raiders	2018	^[20]
Dave Taylor	Catalans Dragons (Super League)	2017	^[21]
Brad Tighe	Retirement	-
Matt White	Melbourne Storm	2016	^[22]

Re-signings

Player	Club	Until End of	Notes
Kane Elgey	Gold Coast Titans	2018	^[23]

Fixtures

Pre-season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Saturday, 13 February	Trial 1	New Zealand Warriors	Toll Stadium	18 – 40	Anderson, Robinson, Roberts-Davis, Boyle	Fogarty (1)
Saturday, 13 February	Trial 2	Parramatta Eels	ANZAC Oval	20 – 20	Friend, Davis, Pulu, Pettybourne	Taylor (1), Davis (1)	2,405
Saturday, 20 February	Trial 3	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Pizzey Park	20 – 22	Kelly, Don, Taia, Cullen	Roberts (1), Davis (1)	5,000
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 2016 competition was played over two days on the 6 & 7 February at Eden Park. The Titans featured in the Piha pool and played the Raiders, Sharks and Dragons. The club finished top of their pool and along with the Raiders qualified for the Quarter-Finals. They were eventually eliminated by the New Zealand Warriors (4 – 22) in the Semi-Finals. Agnatius Paasi and Chris McQueen were named in the Team of the Tournament.^[24]

The Titans' squad for the tournament was:

Greg Bird, Lachlan Burr, Nathan Davis, Anthony Don, Brian Kelly, Greg Leleisiuao, Jeff Lynch, Nene Macdonald, Chris McQueen, David Mead, Daniel Mortimer, Agnatius Paasi, Nathaniel Peteru, Tyrone Roberts, Matt Srama, Ashley Taylor, Shannon Walker and Shane Wright.^[25]

Piha Pool v t e
Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Gold Coast Titans	3	2	0	1	62	50	+12	4
Canberra Raiders	3	2	0	1	61	52	+9	4
Cronulla Sharks	3	2	0	1	46	38	+8	4
St. George Illawarra Dragons	3	0	0	3	40	69	–29	0

Quarter-Finals		Semi-Finals		Final


Parramatta Eels	12

Newcastle Knights	8
		Parramatta Eels	17

		Melbourne Storm	8
Melbourne Storm	14

File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys	6
				Parramatta Eels	22

				New Zealand Warriors	4
New Zealand Warriors	16

Canberra Raiders	8
		New Zealand Warriors	22

		Gold Coast Titans	4
Manly Sea Eagles	4

Gold Coast Titans	24

Date	Time (Local)	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Saturday, 6 February	3:35pm	Round 1	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Eden Park	12 – 23	Mead, Bird	Roberts (2/2)
Saturday, 6 February	6:30pm	Round 2	Canberra Raiders	Eden Park	26 – 15	Paasi (Bonus Zone Try), Bird, Roberts, Wright, Davis (Bonus Zone Try)	Roberts (2/3)
Sunday, 7 February	1:05pm	Round 3	File:St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons	Eden Park	24 – 12	McQueen (2), Paasi, Lelesiuao, Don	Roberts (1/3), Mortimer (1/2)
Sunday, 7 February	3:30pm	Quarter Final	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Eden Park	24 – 4	Macdonald, Mead (Bonus Zone Try), McQueen (Bonus Zone Try), Don	Roberts (2/3), Paasi (1/1)
Sunday, 7 February	5:05pm	Semi Final	New Zealand Warriors	Eden Park	4 – 22	Paasi
Legend: Win Loss Draw

Regular season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Sunday, 6 March	Round 1	Newcastle Knights	Cbus Super Stadium	30 – 12	Don (2), Olive, Paasi, Taia	Roberts (5/6)	8,313
Sunday, 13 March	Round 2	Melbourne Storm	AAMI Park	16 – 34	Hoffman, Davis, James	Roberts (2/3)	12,637
Saturday, 19 March	Round 3	Wests Tigers	Cbus Super Stadium	30 – 18	Mortimer, Hoffman, James, Taylor, Macdonald	Taylor (5/5)	9,975
Saturday, 26 March	Round 4	Canberra Raiders	GIO Stadium	24 – 20	James, Shillington, Taia, Olive	Roberts (1/1), Taylor (3/3)	11,039
Friday, 1 April	Round 5	Brisbane Broncos	Cbus Super Stadium	16 – 24	Taia (2), Mead	Taylor (2/3)	21,080
Sunday, 10 April	Round 6	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Southern Cross Group Stadium	20 – 25	Macdonald, Cullen, Taylor	Taylor (4/4)	11,753
Saturday, 16 April	Round 7	File:St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons	Cbus Super Stadium	14 – 19	Paasi, Roberts	Roberts (2/2), Taylor (1/1)	12,215
Saturday, 23 April	Round 8	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	ANZ Stadium	20 – 21	Taia, Mead, Hoffman	Roberts (4/4)	11,450
Sunday, 1 May	Round 9	Melbourne Storm	Cbus Super Stadium
Monday, 16 May	Round 10	Sydney Roosters	Cbus Super Stadium
Sunday, 22 May	Round 11	Penrith Panthers	Pepper Stadium
	Round 12	Bye
Sunday, 5 June	Round 13	South Sydney Rabbitohs	nib Stadium
Saturday, 11 June	Round 14	Parramatta Eels	TIO Stadium
Monday, 20 June	Round 15	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Cbus Super Stadium
Sunday, 26 June	Round 16	Canberra Raiders	Cbus Super Stadium
Saturday, 2 July	Round 17	New Zealand Warriors	Mt Smart Stadium
	Round 18	Bye
Friday, 15 July	Round 19	File:St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons	Jubilee Oval
Saturday, 23 July	Round 20	Parramatta Eels	Cbus Super Stadium
	Round 21	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Cbus Super Stadium
	Round 22	New Zealand Warriors	Cbus Super Stadium
	Round 23	Wests Tigers	Campbelltown Stadium
	Round 24	Newcastle Knights	Hunter Stadium
	Round 25	Penrith Panthers	Cbus Super Stadium
	Round 26	File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys	1300SMILES Stadium
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye

Ladder

2016 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	11	9	0	2	1	301	170	+131	20
2	Melbourne Storm	11	9	0	2	1	241	130	+111	20
3	Brisbane Broncos	12	8	0	4	0	312	155	+157	16
4	File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys	12	8	0	4	0	308	172	+136	16
5	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	12	7	0	5	0	261	208	+53	14
6	Canberra Raiders	12	6	1	5	0	299	247	+52	13
7	Penrith Panthers	11	5	0	6	1	222	225	−3	12
8	South Sydney Rabbitohs	11	5	0	6	1	238	243	−5	12
9	Gold Coast Titans	11	5	0	6	1	224	241	−17	12
10	St. George Illawarra Dragons	12	6	0	6	0	143	242	−99	12
11	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	11	4	0	7	1	190	246	−56	10
12	Wests Tigers	12	5	0	7	0	227	305	−78	10
13	New Zealand Warriors	11	4	0	7	1	220	300	−80	10
14	Sydney Roosters	11	2	0	9	1	193	265	−72	6
15	Newcastle Knights	12	1	1	10	0	132	395	−263	3
16	Parramatta Eels	12	7	0	5	0	210	177	+33	2¹

¹ Parramatta were deducted 12 competition points for gross long-term salary cap breaches.

Statistics

Name	App	T	G	Pts
Greg Bird	10	1	0	4
Lachlan Burr	2	0	0	0
Cameron Cullen	2	1	0	4
Nathan Davis	5	1	0	4
Anthony Don	10	3	0	12
Luke Douglas	10	0	0	0
Nathan Friend	10	0	0	0
Josh Hoffman	11	3	0	12
Ryan James	11	3	0	12
Nene Macdonald	9	2	0	8
Chris McQueen	11	1	0	4
David Mead	10	3	0	12
Daniel Mortimer	7	1	0	4
Kierran Moseley	4	0	0	0
John Olive	4	2	0	8
Agnatius Paasi	11	4	0	16
Nathan Peats	1	1	0	4
Eddy Pettybourne	4	0	0	0
Leivaha Pulu	11	0	0	0
Tyrone Roberts	9	1	121	46
David Shillington	8	1	0	4
Zeb Taia	11	5	0	20
Ashley Taylor	10	3	17	46
William Zillman	6	1	0	4
Totals		28	29	170

Representatives

The following players have played a representative match in 2016.

	All Stars match	City Vs Country	ANZAC Test	Pacific Test	State Of Origin 1	State Of Origin 2	State of Origin 3	Four Nations
Greg Bird	Indigenous All Stars
Ryan James	Indigenous All Stars
Nene Macdonald	World All Stars
Tyrone Roberts	Indigenous All Stars

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2016 Gold Coast Titans season

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Gains

Losses

Re-signings

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