2018 Gold Coast Titans season
Rugby league team season
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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]
Ladder
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
1 | ![]() | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 542 | 361 | +181 | 34 |
2 | ![]() | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 536 | 363 | +173 | 34 |
3 | ![]() | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 582 | 437 | +145 | 34 |
4 | ![]() | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 519 | 423 | +96 | 34 |
5 | ![]() | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 517 | 461 | +56 | 32 |
6 | ![]() | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 556 | 500 | +56 | 32 |
7 | ![]() | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 519 | 472 | +47 | 32 |
8 | ![]() | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 472 | 447 | +25 | 32 |
9 | ![]() | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 377 | 460 | −83 | 26 |
10 | ![]() | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 563 | 540 | +23 | 22 |
11 | ![]() | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 414 | 607 | −193 | 20 |
12 | ![]() | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 428 | 474 | −46 | 18 |
13 | ![]() | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 449 | 521 | −72 | 18 |
14 | ![]() | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 472 | 582 | −110 | 18 |
15 | ![]() | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 500 | 622 | −122 | 16 |
16 | ![]() | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 374 | 550 | −176 | 14 |
Player movements
Gains
Player | 2017 Club | 2018 Club | Ref |
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Jai Arrow | ![]() | ![]() | [3] |
Bryce Cartwright | ![]() | ![]() | [4] |
Brendan Elliot | ![]() | ![]() | [5] |
Leilani Latu | ![]() | ![]() | [6] |
Brenko Lee | ![]() | ![]() | [7] |
Will Matthews | ![]() | ![]() | [8] |
Jack Stockwell | ![]() | ![]() | [9] |
Losses
Player | 2017 Club | 2018 Club | Ref |
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Chris Grevsmuhl | ![]() | TBA | |
Chris McQueen | ![]() | ![]() | [10] |
Agnatius Paasi | ![]() | ![]() | [11] |
Leivaha Pulu | ![]() | ![]() | [12] |
Tyrone Roberts | ![]() | ![]() | [13] |
Daniel Vidot | ![]() | Retirement | [14] |
William Zillman | ![]() | Retirement |
Fixtures
Regular season
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |||
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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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