2018 Gold Coast Titans season

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2018 Gold Coast Titans season
NRL Rank14th
2018 recordWins: 8; draws: 0; losses: 16
Points scoredFor: 472; against: 582
Team information
CEO Graham Annesley [1]
Coach Garth Brennan
Stadium Cbus Super Stadium
Avg. attendance9,278
High attendance18,005 (vs. Brisbane Broncos, round 17)
Top scorers
Tries Anthony Don (14)
Goals Michael Gordon (58)
Points Michael Gordon (132)
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The 2018 Gold Coast Titans season was the 12th in the club's history. The Titans completed the NRL's 2018 Telstra Premiership in 14th place, out of 16 teams, and did not qualify for the finals. [2]

Contents

Ladder

2018 NRL season
PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2416081542361+18134
2 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2416081536363+17334
3 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2416081582437+14534
4 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2416081519423+9634
5 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2415091517461+5632
6 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2415091556500+5632
7 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2415091519472+4732
8 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2415091472447+2532
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24120121377460−8326
10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24100141563540+2322
11 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2490151414607−19320
12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2480161428474−4618
13 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2480161449521−7218
14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2480161472582−11018
15 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2470171500622−12216
16 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2460181374550−17614

Player movements

Gains

Player2017 Club2018 ClubRef
Jai Arrow Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans [3]
Bryce Cartwright Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans [4]
Brendan Elliot Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans [5]
Leilani Latu Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans [6]
Brenko Lee Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans [7]
Will Matthews St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans [8]
Jack Stockwell Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans [9]

Losses

Player2017 Club2018 ClubRef
Chris Grevsmuhl Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans TBA
Chris McQueen Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers [10]
Agnatius Paasi Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors [11]
Leivaha Pulu Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors [12]
Tyrone Roberts Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Wolvescolours.svg Super League: Warrington Wolves [13]
Daniel Vidot Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Retirement [14]
William Zillman Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Retirement

Fixtures

Regular season

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
Sunday, 11 March1 Canberra Raiders Cbus Super Stadium 30 – 28 [15] Proctor, Elgey, Sami, Copley, Hurrell Gordon (5/6)10,238 [16]
Saturday 17 March2 New Zealand Warriors Mt. Smart Stadium 8 – 20 [17] Don Gordon (2/2)14,132 [18]
Sunday 25 March3 St. George Illwarra Dragons Clive Berghofer Stadium 8 – 54 [19] GordonGordon (2/2)7,297 [20]
Sunday 1 April4 Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium 26 – 14 [21] Sami (3), Copley, DonGordon (3/5)30,742
Sunday 8 April5 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Marley Brown Oval 32 – 20 [22] Arrow (2), Boyle, Don, Wallace Gordon (5/7), Proctor (1/1)5,135
Sunday 15 April6 Penrith Panthers Panthers Stadium 12 – 35 [23] Copley, DonGordon (2/2)11,091
Saturday 21 April7 North Queensland Cowboys 1300SMILES Stadium 14 – 26 [24] Taylor, WallaceGordon (3/3)12,885
Saturday 28 April8 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Cbus Super Stadium 9 – 10 [25] Rein Gordon (2/2), Taylor (1 FG)12,713
Saturday 5 May9 Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium 18 – 32 [26] James, King, ProctorGordon (3/3)11,170
Saturday 12 May10 Melbourne Storm Suncorp Stadium 14 – 28 [27] Copley, Lee Gordon (3/4)31,118
Saturday 19 May11 Newcastle Knights Cbus Super Stadium 33 – 26 [28] Sami (2), Brimson, Copley, DonGordon (3/4), Taylor (3/4)11,008
Saturday 26 May12 Sydney Roosters Central Coast Stadium 14 – 34 [29] Don, GordonGordon (3/4)10,194
13 Bye
Friday 8 June14 South Sydney Rabbitohs Cbus Super Stadium 16 – 18 [30] Sami, James (2)Gordon (2/3)11,833
Saturday 16 June15 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Belmore Sports Ground 32 – 10 [31] Gordon (2), James, Don, Sami, ProctorGordon (4/6)6,874
Sunday 1 July16 Wests Tigers Leichhardt Oval 30 – 12 [32] James, Taylor, Brimson, Don, ArrowGordon (5/6)16,984
Sunday 8 July17 Brisbane Broncos Cbus Super Stadium 0 – 34 [33] 18,005
Sunday 15 July18 Sydney Roosters Cbus Super Stadium 12 – 20 [34] Fotuaika, WallaceGordon (2/2)10,074
Saturday 21 July19 Newcastle Knights McDonald Jones Stadium 24 – 30 [35] Don (2), Fotuaika, SamiGordon (4/5)14,095
Sunday 29 July20 New Zealand Warriors Cbus Super Stadium 36 – 12 [36] Sami (2), Brimson, Don, Hurrell, LeeGordon (6/7)15,149
Saturday 4 August21 Parramatta Eels ANZ Stadium 12 – 28 [37] Don (2), SamiGordon (0/3)6,158
Saturday 11 August22 Penrith Panthers Cbus Super Stadium 16 – 17 [38] Don, James, SamiElgey (1/1), Taylor (1/2)11,238
Friday 17 August23 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Lottoland 42 – 34 [39] Brimson (2), Don, Rein, Sami, Stockwell, TaylorTaylor (7/8)6,382
Saturday 25 August24 Melbourne Storm Cbus Super Stadium 8 – 10 [40] BrimsonTaylor (2/3)14,266
Saturday 1 September25 North Queensland Cowboys Cbus Super Stadium 26 - 30 [41] Brimson, Elgey, Rein, LeeTaylor (5/5)26,681
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

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