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 and fell just one game short of the Grand Final losing to the Sydney Roosters in the Preliminary Final.

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. 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, 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 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

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.

Squad Movement

Gains

Losses

Re-signings

Ladder

Fixtures

Regular season

Finals

Statistics

PlayerPositionTriesTry AssistsMetresTacklesHit-UpsLine BreaksLine Break AssistsErrorsOffloads
Luke BaileyProp162370020--
Greg BirdFive-Eight001983270055
Riley BrownHooker00251420000
Preston CampbellFullback1248400010
Nathan FriendHooker02439000100
Kevin GordonWing30246301001
Ashley HarrisonLock0020962180021
Anthony LaffranchiSecond Row2019273202021
Will MatthewsProp00411030001
David MeadWing102711101011
Brad MeyersProp0017460160010
Mark MinichielloSecond Row0017436200021
Scott PrinceHalf Back13783700224
Mat RogersCentre011382200132
Sam TagataeseSecond Row00781990025
Bodene ThompsonProp001423690011
Joe TomaneCentre212691831122
Matthew WhiteProp008423110021
William ZillmanFullback10128211000

Representative honours

The following players have played a representative match during the 2010 NRL Season.
Australian Kangaroos
Indigenous All Stars
NRL All Stars
NSW Country Origin
NSW City Origin
NSW Blues
QLD Maroons