2018 Gold Coast Titans season

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]

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)
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Ladder

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

Player movements

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Gains

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Player 2017 Club 2018 Club Ref
Jai Arrow   Brisbane Broncos   Gold Coast Titans [3]
Bryce Cartwright   Penrith Panthers   Gold Coast Titans [4]
Brendan Elliot   Newcastle Knights   Gold Coast Titans [5]
Leilani Latu   Penrith Panthers   Gold Coast Titans [6]
Brenko Lee   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs   Gold Coast Titans [7]
Will Matthews   St George Illawarra Dragons   Gold Coast Titans [8]
Jack Stockwell   Newcastle Knights   Gold Coast Titans [9]

Losses

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Player 2017 Club 2018 Club Ref
Chris Grevsmuhl   Gold Coast Titans TBA
Chris McQueen   Gold Coast Titans   Wests Tigers [10]
Agnatius Paasi   Gold Coast Titans   New Zealand Warriors [11]
Leivaha Pulu   Gold Coast Titans   New Zealand Warriors [12]
Tyrone Roberts   Gold Coast Titans   Super League: Warrington Wolves [13]
Daniel Vidot   Gold Coast Titans Retirement [14]
William Zillman   Gold Coast Titans Retirement

Fixtures

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Regular season

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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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