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
CEOGraham Annesley[1]
CoachGarth Brennan
StadiumCbus Super Stadium
Avg. attendance9,278
High attendance18,005 (vs. Brisbane Broncos, round 17)
Top scorers
TriesAnthony Don (14)
GoalsMichael Gordon (58)
PointsMichael Gordon (132)
< 2017 List of seasons  >

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]

Ladder[]

2018 NRL season
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Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 24 16 0 8 1 542 361 +181 34
2 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24 16 0 8 1 536 363 +173 34
3 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 16 0 8 1 582 437 +145 34
4 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 16 0 8 1 519 423 +96 34
5 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24 15 0 9 1 517 461 +56 32
6 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24 15 0 9 1 556 500 +56 32
7 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 15 0 9 1 519 472 +47 32
8 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24 15 0 9 1 472 447 +25 32
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24 12 0 12 1 377 460 −83 26
10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24 10 0 14 1 563 540 +23 22
11 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24 9 0 15 1 414 607 −193 20
12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 8 0 16 1 428 474 −46 18
13 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24 8 0 16 1 449 521 −72 18
14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 24 8 0 16 1 472 582 −110 18
15 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 7 0 17 1 500 622 −122 16
16 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24 6 0 18 1 374 550 −176 14


Player Movements[]

Gains[]

Player 2017 Club 2018 Club Ref
Jai Arrow Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans [3]
Bryce Cartwright Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 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 2017 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[]

Player 2017 Club 2018 Club Ref
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 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors [11]
Leivaha Pulu Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans New Zealand 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[]

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Sunday, 11 March 1 Canberra Raiders Cbus Super Stadium 30 – 28[15] Proctor, Elgey, Sami, Copley, Hurrell Gordon (5/6) 10,238[16]
Saturday 17 March 2 New Zealand Warriors Mt. Smart Stadium 8 – 20[17] Don Gordon (2/2) 14,132[18]
Sunday 25 March 3 St. George Illwarra Dragons Clive Berghofer Stadium 8 – 54[19] Gordon Gordon (2/2) 7,297[20]
Sunday 1 April 4 Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium 26 – 14[21] Sami (3), Copley, Don Gordon (3/5) 30,742
Sunday 8 April 5 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 April 6 Penrith Panthers Panthers Stadium 12 – 35[23] Copley, Don Gordon (2/2) 11,091
Saturday 21 April 7 North Queensland Cowboys 1300SMILES Stadium 14 – 26[24] Taylor, Wallace Gordon (3/3) 12,885
Saturday 28 April 8 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Cbus Super Stadium 9 – 10[25] Rein Gordon (2/2), Taylor (1 FG) 12,713
Saturday 5 May 9 Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium 18 – 32[26] James, King, Proctor Gordon (3/3) 11,170
Saturday 12 May 10 Melbourne Storm Suncorp Stadium 14 – 28[27] Copley, Lee Gordon (3/4) 31,118
Saturday 19 May 11 Newcastle Knights Cbus Super Stadium 33 – 26[28] Sami (2), Brimson, Copley, Don Gordon (3/4), Taylor (3/4) 11,008
Saturday 26 May 12 Sydney Roosters Central Coast Stadium 14 – 34[29] Don, Gordon Gordon (3/4) 10,194
13 Bye
Friday 8 June 14 South Sydney Rabbitohs Cbus Super Stadium 16 – 18[30] Sami, James (2) Gordon (2/3) 11,833
Saturday 16 June 15 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Belmore Sports Ground 32 – 10[31] Gordon (2), James, Don, Sami, Proctor Gordon (4/6) 6,874
Sunday 1 July 16 Wests Tigers Leichhardt Oval 30 – 12[32] James, Taylor, Brimson, Don, Arrow Gordon (5/6) 16,984
Sunday 8 July 17 Brisbane Broncos Cbus Super Stadium 0 – 34[33] 18,005
Sunday 15 July 18 Sydney Roosters Cbus Super Stadium 12 – 20[34] Fotuaika, Wallace Gordon (2/2) 10,074
Saturday 21 July 19 Newcastle Knights McDonald Jones Stadium 24 – 30[35] Don (2), Fotuaika, Sami Gordon (4/5) 14,095
Sunday 29 July 20 New Zealand Warriors Cbus Super Stadium 36 – 12[36] Sami (2), Brimson, Don, Hurrell, Lee Gordon (6/7) 15,149
Saturday 4 August 21 Parramatta Eels ANZ Stadium 12 – 28[37] Don (2), Sami Gordon (0/3) 6,158
Saturday 11 August 22 Penrith Panthers Cbus Super Stadium 16 – 17[38] Don, James, Sami Elgey (1/1), Taylor (1/2) 11,238
Friday 17 August 23 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Lottoland 42 – 34[39] Brimson (2), Don, Rein, Sami, Stockwell, Taylor Taylor (7/8) 6,382
Saturday 25 August 24 Melbourne Storm Cbus Super Stadium 8 – 10[40] Brimson Taylor (2/3) 14,266
Saturday 1 September 25 North Queensland Cowboys Cbus Super Stadium 26 - 30[41] Brimson, Elgey, Rein, Lee Taylor (5/5) 26,681
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

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