2014 Gold Coast Titans season

2014 Gold Coast Titans season
NRL Rank14th
2014 recordWins: 9; draws: 0; losses: 15
Points scoredFor: 372; against: 538
Team information
CEOGraham Annesley
CoachJohn Cartwright → Neil Henry
Captain
StadiumCbus Super Stadium
Avg. attendance13,196
High attendance20,524
(vs. Brisbane Broncos, Rd 6)
Top scorers
TriesAnthony Don (9)
GoalsAidan Sezer (23)
PointsAidan Sezer (63)
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The 2014 Gold Coast Titans season was the 8th in the club's history. Coached by John Cartwright and co-captained by Greg Bird and Nate Myles, they competed in the NRL's 2014 Telstra Premiership. During the second half of the season Cartwright resigned, and his position as head coach was taken by assistant coach Neil Henry for the remainder of the season. Gold Coast finished the regular season in 14th (out of 16) and failed to qualify the finals for the fourth consecutive year.

Season summary

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On 7 January, the Titans released Jamal Idris from the remaining 3 years of his contract so he could return to Sydney to be closer to his family.[1] In a deal between the Titans and the Penrith Panthers, Idris joined the Panthers on a three-year deal and Brad Tighe moved from the Panthers to the Titans.[2]

Milestones

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Squad List

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

Head coach

Assistant coach

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Updated: 30 December 2013
Source(s): Titans Squad


Squad Movement

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Gains

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Player Signed From Until End of Notes
Maurice Blair Melbourne Storm 2015 [3]
Paul Carter Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2015 [3]
Kalifa Faifai Loa North Queensland Cowboys 2015 [4]
Christian Hazard South Sydney Rabbitohs 2015 [3]
Tom Kingston Tweed Heads Seagulls 2014 [5]
Siuatonga Likiliki Newcastle Knights 2014 [3]
Daniel Mortimer Sydney Roosters (Mid-Season) 2016 [6]
James Roberts Penrith Panthers (Mid-season) 2015 [7]
Brad Tighe Penrith Panthers 2015 [2]

Losses

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Player Signed From Until End of Notes
Marmin Barba Brisbane Broncos 2015 [8]
Hymel Hunt Melbourne Storm 2014 [9]
Jamal Idris Penrith Panthers 2016 [2]
Luke O'Dwyer Retirement - [10]
Jordan Rankin Hull F.C. 2015 [11]
Matty Russell Warrington Wolves 2015 [12]

Re-Signings

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Player Signed From Until End of Notes
Anthony Don Gold Coast Titans 2016 [13]
Luke Douglas Gold Coast Titans 2017 [14]
Kane Elgey Gold Coast Titans 2015 [15]
Kevin Gordon Gold Coast Titans 2017 [16]
Ryan James Gold Coast Titans 2017 [17]
Tom Kingston Gold Coast Titans 2015 [15]
Matt White Gold Coast Titans 2016 [18]

Contract Lengths

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Player 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Source
Luke Bailey Gold Coast Titans Retirement [19]
Ashley Harrison Retirement [20]
Sam Irwin Featherstone Rovers [21]
Steve Michaels Hull FC [1]
Mark Minichiello Hull FC [22]
Cody Nelson Parramatta Eels [23]
Siuatonga Likiliki
Maurice Blair Gold Coast Titans
Paul Carter
Kalifa Faifai Loa
Christian Hazard
James Roberts
Brad Tighe
Daniel Mortimer Gold Coast Titans

Ladder

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2014 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Sydney Roosters 24 16 0 8 2 615 385 +230 36
2 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 16 0 8 2 502 399 +103 36
3 South Sydney Rabbitohs (P) 24 15 0 9 2 585 361 +224 34
4 Penrith Panthers 24 15 0 9 2 506 426 +80 34
5 North Queensland Cowboys 24 14 0 10 2 596 406 +190 32
6 Melbourne Storm 24 14 0 10 2 536 460 +76 32
7 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 13 0 11 2 446 439 +7 30
8 Brisbane Broncos 24 12 0 12 2 549 456 +93 28
9 New Zealand Warriors 24 12 0 12 2 571 491 +80 28
10 Parramatta Eels 24 12 0 12 2 477 580 −103 28
11 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 11 0 13 2 469 528 −59 26
12 Newcastle Knights 24 10 0 14 2 463 571 −108 24
13 Wests Tigers 24 10 0 14 2 420 631 −211 24
14 Gold Coast Titans 24 9 0 15 2 372 538 −166 22
15 Canberra Raiders 24 8 0 16 2 466 623 −157 20
16 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 5 0 19 2 334 613 −279 14

Fixtures

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Pre-season

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Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Sunday, 9 February Trial 1 New Zealand Warriors North Harbour Stadium 36 – 18 Carter, Tighe, Kelly, Blair, Hazard, Beddow, Faifai Loa Faifai Loa (4)
Saturday, 22 February Trial 2 North Queensland Cowboys Clive Berghofer Stadium 12 – 28 Bird, Ioane Sezer (2) 8,532
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

NRL Auckland Nines

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Main article: 2014 NRL Auckland Nines

The NRL Auckland Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2014 competition was played over two days on 15 and 16 February at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. The Titans featured in Pool Blue and played the Sharks, Knights and Tigers. The Titans failed to qualify for the quarter finals.

Pool Blue
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
Newcastle Knights 3 2 0 1 62 29 33 4
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 3 2 0 1 60 47 13 4
Gold Coast Titans 3 1 0 2 50 62 -12 2
Wests Tigers 3 1 0 2 28 62 -34 2
Date Time (Local) Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals
Saturday, 15 February 1:00pm Round 1 Wests Tigers Eden Park 22 – 7 Gordon, Carter, Mead, Likiliki, Faifai Loa Kelly (1)
Saturday, 15 Saturday 4:45pm Round 2 Newcastle Knights Eden Park 14 – 25 Tighe (2) [Bonus Tries] Gordon (2)
Sunday, 16 February 12:00pm Round 3 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Eden Park 14 – 30 Minichiello (2), Kelly Kelly (1)
Legend:   Win   Loss

Regular season

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Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Monday, 10 March Round 1 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Remondis Stadium 18 – 12 Bird, Kelly, Zillman Sezer (3/4) 9,321
Sunday, 16 March Round 2 Wests Tigers Cbus Super Stadium 12 – 42 Sezer, Kelly Sezer (2/2) 12,038
Sunday, 23 March Round 3 Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium 24 – 12 Kelly (2), Carter, Falloon Bird (4/6) 9,636
Monday, 31 March Round 4 North Queensland Cowboys Cbus Super Stadium 13 – 12 Gordon, Tighe Brid (1/1), Sezer (1/1) & (FG) 9,482
Sunday, 6 April Round 5 Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 28 – 26 Gordon, Tighe, Mead, Kelly, Minichiello Bird (4/6) 11,930
Friday, 11 April Round 6 Brisbane Broncos Cbus Super Stadium 12 – 8 Mead, Sezer Sezer (2/2), Bird (0/1) 20,524
Monday, 21 April Round 7 Penrith Panthers Sportingbet Stadium 12 – 14 James, Sezer Sezer (2/2) 9,555
Sunday, 27 April Round 8 Wests Tigers Leichhardt Oval 22 – 6 Sezer, Don, Bird Sezer (2/3), Bird (3/4) 8,929
Saturday, 10 May Round 9 South Sydney Rabbitohs Cbus Super Stadium 18 – 40 Don (2), Taylor Sezer (3/3) 19,107
Friday, 16 May Round 10 Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium 8 – 22 Don Sezer (1/1), Henry (1/2) 31,380
Saturday, 24 May Round 11 New Zealand Warriors Cbus Super Stadium 16 – 24 Taylor (3) Henry (2/3) 18,753
Round 12 Bye
Saturday, 7 June Round 13 Penrith Panthers Cbus Super Stadium 14 – 36 Douglas, Mead Gordon (3/3) 10,507
Monday, 16 June Round 14 Melbourne Storm Cbus Super Stadium 20 – 24 Gordon (2), Tighe, Roberts Gordon (2/5) 6,497
Sunday, 22 June Round 15 St. George Illawarra Dragons Cbus Super Stadium 18 – 19 Gordon, Minichiello, Takairangi Bird (2/2), Mortimer (1/1) 12,189
Round 16 Bye
Monday, 7 July Round 17 South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium 14 – 10 Mead, Zillman, Gordon Gordon (1/1) 10,925
Sunday, 13 July Round 18 Canberra Raiders Cbus Super Stadium 20 – 36 Faifai Loa (2), Roberts, Gordon Gordon (2/4) 10,574
Sunday, 20 July Round 19 Newcastle Knights Hunter Stadium 22 – 8 Don, Taylor, Minichiello, Roberts Gordon (3/4) 26,401
Saturday, 26 July Round 20 Parramatta Eels Cbus Super Stadium 18 – 24 Taylor, Don, Roberts Gordon (3/4) 14,175
Saturday, 2 August Round 21 North Queensland Cowboys 1300SMILES Stadium 8 – 28 Takairangi Gordon (2/2) 14,487
Monday, 11 August Round 22 Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium 18 – 26 Don, Taylor, Bird Sezer (3/3) 6,345
Sunday, 17 August Round 23 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Cbus Super Stadium 12 – 15 Roberts, Faifai Loa Sezer (2/2) 11,940
Sunday, 24 August Round 24 St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Jubilee Oval 6 – 34 Don Sezer (1/1) 9,584
Sunday, 31 August Round 25 New Zealand Warriors Mt. Smart Stadium 0 – 42 13,540
Sunday, 7 September Round 26 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Cbus Super Stadium 19 – 18 Faifai Loa, Don, Minichiello, Takairangi Sezer (1/3), Mortimer (0/1), Zillman (FG) 12,563
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Statistics

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Name App T G FG Pts
Luke Bailey 18 0 0 0 0
Caleb Binge 2 0 0 0 0
Greg Bird 17 3 14 0 40
Maurice Blair 14 0 0 0 0
Paul Carter 21 1 0 0 4
Anthony Don 15 9 0 0 36
Luke Douglas 21 1 0 0 4
Kalifa Faifai Loa 9 4 0 0 16
Beau Falloon 23 1 0 0 4
Kevin Gordon 18 7 16 0 60
Ashley Harrison 10 0 0 0 0
Beau Henry 3 0 3 0 6
Mark Ioane 11 0 0 0 0
Ryan James 4 1 0 0 4
Albert Kelly 12 5 0 0 20
Tom Kingston 6 0 0 0 0
David Mead 18 4 0 0 16
Steve Michaels 2 0 0 0 0
Mark Minichiello 23 4 0 0 16
Daniel Mortimer 11 0 1 0 2
Nate Myles 18 0 0 0 0
Cody Nelson 8 0 0 0 0
Ben Ridge 5 0 0 0 0
James Robers 12 5 0 0 20
Aidan Sezer 13 4 23 1 63
Matt Srama 6 0 0 0 0
Brad Takairangi 21 3 0 0 12
Dave Taylor 19 7 0 0 28
Brad Tighe 9 3 0 0 12
Matt White 22 0 0 0 0
William Zillman 16 2 0 1 9
Totals 64 57 2 372

Source:[24]

Representatives

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The following players have played a representative match in 2014

City vs Country ANZAC Test State Of Origin 1 State Of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 Four Nations
Greg Bird - Kangaroos - New South Wales New South Wales
Beau Falloon City - - - -
Kevin Gordon Country - - - -
David Mead Country - - - -
Nate Myles - Kangaroos Queensland Queensland Queensland
Dave Taylor - - - Queensland Queensland

Honours

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League

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  • Nil

Club

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References

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  1. ^ "Jamal Idris gains immediate release from Gold Coast Titans to join Penrith for 2014 NRL season". ABC News. 7 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Chammas, Michael (7 January 2014). "Jamal Idris leaves Gold Coast Titans to take up three-year deal with Penrith Panthers". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. ^ a b c d Gardini, Adam. "Titans recruit promising quartet". Gold Coast Titans. Archived from the original on 17 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Former North Queensland star Kalifa Faifai Loa signs two-year deal with Gold Coast Titans". The Daily Telegraph.
  5. ^ "Kingston Judged Seagulls' Best and Fairest". Queensland Rugby League. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  6. ^ Proszenko, Adrian (17 June 2014). "Daniel Mortimer signs with Titans after being granted released by Sydney Roosters". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  7. ^ Jackson, Ed (31 March 2014). "Roberts signs with Titans". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.
  8. ^ Badel, Peter (28 October 2013). "Brisbane Broncos NRL club sign Ben Barba's brother Marmin Barba to a two-year deal". The Courier Mail.
  9. ^ "Storm hunts down more young guns". Melbourne Storm. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  10. ^ "Inaugural Gold Coast Titans player Luke O'Dwyer announces NRL retirement". The Daily Telegraph. 9 August 2013.
  11. ^ Greenwood, Emma (22 November 2013). "Titan Jordan Rankin has signed a two-year deal with English Super League club Hull FC". The Gold Coast Bulletin.
  12. ^ "Warrington Wolves sign NRL-based former Wigan Warriors full-back Matthew Russell". Sky Sports.
  13. ^ "Titans re-sign winger Don". The West Australian. 13 June 2014.
  14. ^ Meyn, Travis (12 March 2014). "Titans prop Luke Douglas determined to play on despite mystery thumb injury". The Gold Coast Bulletin.
  15. ^ a b "Kingston and Elgey re-sign". Gold Coast Titans.
  16. ^ "Kevin Gordon re-signs with Gold Coast Titans". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 February 2014.
  17. ^ Meyn, Travis (23 January 2014). "Gold Coast Titans prop Ryan James has resigned with a lucrative $1m three-year deal". Gold Coast Bulletin.
  18. ^ "White re-signs for two years". Gold Coast Titans. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  19. ^ Jackson, Ed (1 September 2014). "Luke Bailey calls time on NRL career". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  20. ^ "Ashley Harrison retires from NRL immediately due to neck injury". ABC News. 27 June 2014.
  21. ^ "Super League: Featherstone Rovers sign Australian duo Sam Irwin and Ryan Verlinden". Sky Sports.
  22. ^ "Hull FC sign Gold Coast Titans forward Mark Minichiello". BBC Sport.
  23. ^ Webeck, Tony. "Titans forward pens deal with Eels". NRL.
  24. ^ "Titans NRL Player Statistics". Rugby League Project.
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