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2012 Gold Coast Titans season

The 2012 Gold Coast Titans season was the 6th in the club's history. Coached by John Cartwright and captained by Scott Prince they competed in the National Rugby League's 2012 Telstra Premiership. They finished the regular season 11th (out of 16), failing to make the finals for the second consecutive year. Nate Myles was named the club's player of the year.

2012 Gold Coast Titans season
NRL Rank11th
2012 recordWins: 10; draws: 0; losses: 14
Points scoredFor: 449; against: 477
Team information
CEODavid May
CoachJohn Cartwright
Captain
StadiumSkilled Park
Avg. attendance14,358
High attendance20,187
Top scorers
TriesDavid Mead (10)
GoalsScott Prince (59)
PointsScott Prince (134)
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Season summary edit

After their worst ever season which ended in their winning the wooden spoon in 2011, the Titans underwent significant player turnover, which included the signings of Nate Myles, Phil Graham and Jamal Idris amongst others.

On 26 July, The Titans announced changes to its management team including the appointment of a new CEO and new investors. David May, the former CMO of iSelect was named the new CEO of the Titans replacing Michael Searle who stood down as managing director to become executive director of football.[1]

At the end of the season the Paul Broughton Medal for player of the year went to second-rower Nate Myles.

Milestones edit

Squad List edit

See also: List of Gold Coast Titans players
Gold Coast Titans
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

  • Trevor Gillmeister
  • Steve Murphy
  • Chris McLellan (strength & conditioning coach)
  • Dan Ferris (strength & conditioning assistant)
  • Greg Condon (Physiotherapist)
Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Updated: 1 December 2011
Source(s): Titans Squad, Coaches & Trainers


Squad Movement edit

Gains edit

Players Signed From Until End of Notes
Beau Champion   Melbourne Storm
2014
[2]
Luke Douglas   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
2014
[3]
Beau Falloon   South Sydney Rabbitohs
2013
[4]
Phil Graham   Sydney Roosters
2012
[5]
Jamal Idris   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
2016
[6]
Nate Myles   Sydney Roosters
2015
[7]
Aidan Sezer   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
2013
[8]

Losses edit

Players Signed To Until End of Notes
Riley Brown Released
-
[9]
Preston Campbell Retirement
-
[10]
Luke Capewell   Brisbane Broncos
2012
[11]
Nathan Friend   New Zealand Warriors
2013
[12]
Anthony Laffranchi   St. Helens
2013
[13]
Will Matthews   St George Illawarra Dragons
2013
[14]
Brad Meyers Retirement
-
[15]
Mat Rogers Retirement
-
[16]
Esikeli Tonga   Parramatta Eels
2013
[17]
Clinton Toopi Retirement
-
[5]

Re-signings edit

Players Club Until End of Notes
Steve Michaels   Gold Coast Titans
2015
[18]
Mark Minichiello   Gold Coast Titans
2014
[19]
Jordan Rankin   Gold Coast Titans
2014
[18]
Ben Ridge   Gold Coast Titans
2015
[20]
Matthew White   Gold Coast Titans
2015
[20]
William Zillman   Gold Coast Titans
2017
[21]

Ladder edit

2012 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 18 0 6 2 568 369 +199 40
2   Melbourne Storm (P) 24 17 0 7 2 579 361 +218 38
3   South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 16 0 8 2 559 438 +121 36
4   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 16 0 8 2 497 403 +94 36
5   North Queensland Cowboys 24 15 0 9 2 597 445 +152 34
6   Canberra Raiders 24 13 0 11 2 545 536 +9 30
7   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 12 1 11 2 445 441 +4 29
8   Brisbane Broncos 24 12 0 12 2 481 447 +34 28
9   St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 11 0 13 2 405 438 -33 26
10   Wests Tigers 24 11 0 13 2 506 551 -45 26
11   Gold Coast Titans 24 10 0 14 2 449 477 -28 24
12   Newcastle Knights 24 10 0 14 2 448 488 -40 24
13   Sydney Roosters 24 8 1 15 2 462 626 -164 21
14   New Zealand Warriors 24 8 0 16 2 497 609 -112 20
15   Penrith Panthers 24 8 0 16 2 409 575 -166 20
16   Parramatta Eels 24 6 0 18 2 431 674 -243 16

Fixtures edit

Pre-season edit

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 4 February Trial 1   New Zealand Warriors North Harbour Stadium 10 – 26[permanent dead link] Vickery, Dowling Rankin (1) 10,500
Saturday, 11 February Trial 2   Brisbane Broncos Pizzey Park 18 – 16 Minichiello (2), Rankin Prince (3) 7,252
Saturday, 18 February Trial 3   North Queensland Cowboys Virgin Australia Stadium 36 – 28 Zillman (2), Rankin, Lawrence, Ridge, Henry Prince (5), Henry (1) 8,000
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Regular season edit

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 3 March Round 1   North Queensland Cowboys Dairy Farmers Stadium 18 – 0 Idris (2), Michaels Prince (3/5) 16,311
Saturday, 10 March Round 2   Canberra Raiders Skilled Park 12 – 24 Rankin, Peyroux Prince (2/2) 11,378
Saturday, 17 March Round 3   Melbourne Storm Skilled Park 6 – 30 Michaels Prince (1/1) 11,254
Saturday, 24 March Round 4   New Zealand Warriors Mt Smart Stadium 6 – 26 O'Dwyer Prince (1/1) 12,915
Sunday, 1 April Round 5   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Skilled Park 20 – 30 Bird, Lawrence, Gordon, Myles Prince (2/4) 14,344
Saturday, 7 April Round 6   Sydney Roosters Skilled Park 12 – 18 Mead (2) Prince (2/2) 11,478
Saturday, 14 April Round 7   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval 26 – 14 Sezer, Idris, Mead, Gordon Prince (5/6) 11,619
Friday, 27 April Round 8   Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium 6 – 26 Peyroux Prince (1/1) 30,083
Saturday, 5 May Round 9   Wests Tigers Skilled Park 14 – 15 Gordon, Mead Sezer (3/3) 14,254
Friday, 11 May Round 10   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Suncorp Stadium 25 – 14 Prince, Srama, Idris, Minichiello Sezer (2/3) & (FG), Prince (2/3) 41,273
Round 11 Bye
Saturday, 26 May Round 12   Newcastle Knights Hunter Stadium 24 – 14 Srama, Mead, Myles, Bird Prince (4/5) 15,792
Friday, 1 June Round 13   North Queensland Cowboys Skilled Park 28 – 12 Champion (2), Gordon, Bird, Harrison Prince (4/5) 12,092
Sunday, 10 June Round 14   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Toyota Stadium 12 – 22 Srama, Champion Sezer (2/2) 8,635
Sunday, 17 June Round 15   Penrith Panthers Skilled Park 36 – 18 Sezer (2), Mead, Michaels, Lawrence, O'Dwyer Prince (6/6) 11,591
Friday, 22 June Round 16   St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium 6 – 8 Prince Prince (1/1) 10,194
Round 17 Bye
Saturday, 7 July Round 18   New Zealand Warriors Skilled Park 14 – 32 Champion, Gordon, Mead Prince (1/3) 17,134
Sunday, 15 July Round 19   Canberra Raiders Canberra Stadium 38 – 26 Zillman (2), Michaels (2), Gordon, Douglas, Falloon, O'Dwyer Prince (3/8) 8,240
Friday, 20 July Round 20   Brisbane Broncos Skilled Park 14 – 10 Mead, Bailey Prince (3/3) 20,067
Friday, 27 July Round 21   Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium 36 – 16 Zillman (2), Prince, Idris, Falloon, Srama Prince (6/7) 8,134
Sunday, 5 August Round 22   South Sydney Rabbitohs Skilled Park 18 – 22 Michaels, Sezer, Gordon Prince (3/3) 20,187
Friday, 10 August Round 23   Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 16 – 24 Michaels, Ridge, Mead Prince (2/3) 9,108
Sunday, 19 August Round 24   Parramatta Eels Skilled Park 24 – 16 Zillman, Myles, Michaels, Gordon Prince (4/5) 14,159
Saturday, 25 August Round 25   Penrith Panthers Centrebet Stadium 22 – 36 Mead, Prince, Zillman, Minichiello Prince (3/4) 7,297
Saturday, 1 September Round 26   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Skilled Park 16 – 24 Gordon (2), Falloon Prince (2/3) 14,927
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Statistics edit

Name App T G FG Pts
Luke Bailey 17 1 0 0 4
Greg Bird 17 3 0 0 12
Beau Champion 9 4 0 0 16
Luke Douglas 24 1 0 0 4
Jamie Dowling 1 0 0 0 0
Beau Falloon 8 3 0 0 12
Kevin Gordon 21 10 0 0 40
Phil Graham 2 0 0 0 0
Ashley Harrison 17 1 0 0 4
Michael Henderson 7 0 0 0 0
Jamal Idris 20 5 0 0 20
Ryan James 3 0 0 0 0
Brenton Lawrence 9 2 0 0 8
Kayne Lawton 4 0 0 0 0
David Mead 20 10 0 0 40
Steve Michaels 17 8 0 0 32
Mark Minichiello 23 2 0 0 8
Nate Myles 22 3 0 0 12
Luke O'Dwyer 21 3 0 0 12
Dominique Peyroux 12 2 0 0 8
Scott Prince 22 4 61 0 138
Jordan Rankin 6 1 0 0 4
Ben Ridge 17 1 0 0 4
Aidan Sezer 18 4 7 1 31
Matt Srama 23 4 0 0 16
Bodene Thompson 7 0 0 0 0
Matthew White 19 0 0 0 0
William Zillman 21 6 0 0 24
Totals 407 78 68 1 449

Source:[22]

Representative honours edit

The following players played a representative match in 2012.

Australian Kangaroos

Indigenous All Stars

NSW Blues

NSW Country

NRL All Stars

Queensland Maroons

References edit

  1. ^ Badel, Peter (27 July 2012). "Crisis-ridden Gold Coast Titans banking on new leader". The Courier Mail.
  2. ^ Dick, Barry. "Beau Champion signs three-year deal with Gold Coast Titans". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  3. ^ Rothfield, Phil. "Cronulla forward Luke Douglas signs three-year deal with Gold Coast Titans". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  4. ^ Walters, Brad (1 July 2011). "Bets fly against Sea Eagles after routine cap meeting". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Utility back Graham signs with Titans". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  6. ^ Phelps, James. "Bulldogs star Jamal Idris chooses to join Gold Coast Titans on five-year, $1.8 million contract". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  7. ^ Dick, Barry. "State of Origin forward Nate Myles signs four-year deal with Titans". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  8. ^ "Gold Coast Titans unveil their seven new signings for next NRL season". Herald Sun. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  9. ^ Gardini, Adam. "'Presto' and friends prepare to say farewell". Gold Coast Titans. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  10. ^ "Hey Presto: Campbell has change of heart and quits NRL". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  11. ^ Badel, Peter. "Titans utility Luke Capewell signs one-year deal with Broncos". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  12. ^ Price, Jeremy. "Gold Coast Titans hooker Nathan Friend joins New Zealand Warriors". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  13. ^ Badel, Peter. "Titans forward Anthony Laffranchi seals move to Super League club St Helens". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  14. ^ "Dragons Recruit Matthews and Latimore For 2012". St George Illawarra Dragons. Retrieved 5 July 2011.[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ Ricketts, Steve. "Titans forward Brad Meyers say he is retiring after wrist operation". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  16. ^ Ricketts, Steve. "Dual international Mat Rogers will retire from rugby league again after breaking foot against Warriors". Fox Sports. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  17. ^ "Parramatta Eels sign Gold Coast's Esi Tonga on two-year deal". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  18. ^ a b "Titans re-sign Michaels and Rankin". goldcoast.com.au. 16 July 2012.
  19. ^ "Minichiello re-signs with GC Titans". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 June 2012.
  20. ^ a b "Titans re-sign forwards White, Ridge". goldcoast.com.au. 11 July 2012.
  21. ^ Heming, Wayne (5 March 2012). "William Zillman signs new five-year deal with Gold Coast Titans". The Courier Mail.
  22. ^ "Titans NRL Player Statistics". NRL.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2012.

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