Round 8: TITANS vs SHARKS

Dear Brad

Finally, the Gold Coast Titans are coming home.

The NRL has announced that from next weekend, all teams in the competition will be able to leave their temporary centralised venues, and return to their home stadiums.

This means the Titans will be returning to Cbus Super Stadium for our Round 8 game against the Cronulla Sharks, and will continue to play at Robina for the remainder of the season.

While the Titans are delighted to return to Cbus Super Stadium, and to have more of the Titans Legion with us for game day, there are still very strict conditions accompanying the increase in crowd numbers.

As such, there are many operational issues that need to be worked through over the coming days.

At this point, the Club is still gathering all of the information and how it relates to our return to Cbus Super Stadium.

However, like with the game against the Dragons, Titans Members and the Club’s commercial partners will again receive priority access to seating.

Details around seat allocation, the accommodation of seating groups, availability of retail outlets, corporate hospitality facilities, public transport and ticket availability for the general public will be shared with you next Monday, 29 June.

Until then, please be sure to confirm or update your contact details through your myTitans account. To access you myTitans account, click here and then click on 'Sign In'.

Thank you for your support of the Gold Coast Titans.

Regards,

The Gold Coast Titans Membership team

Source: Titans Member Email
 
We are definitely going to need to be on our game next week vs Cronulla. That right side of theirs with Johnson and Katoa looks deadly and that worries me if Kelly and Sami are having an off game defensively. Definitely need to watch that little grubber behind the line too.
 
We are definitely going to need to be on our game next week vs Cronulla. That right side of theirs with Johnson and Katoa looks deadly and that worries me if Kelly and Sami are having an off game defensively. Definitely need to watch that little grubber behind the line too.

Plus Ramien on that right side
 
Manly v Sharks highlights

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Cronulla’s pack is our problem ... they have size but mobility as well.

Added to that they have their spine back together with Moylan, Johnson and Townsend all playing. Pretty dangerous when all three are fully fit. Moylan and Johnson tore us apart last year.
 
Cronulla’s pack is our problem ... they have size but mobility as well.

Agree mate especially with Uele he has come along really well & hits like a truck but I do believe Hipgrave can be a great match for him along with Kelly on Ramien this game should be brilliant we just have to play the same way we did against the Donkeys

Plus we have the Don :eyebrows:
 
Our left side defence with Kelly and done rushing out of the line at Johnson, nikora and ramien will be our biggest problem on the weekend. If we bring the same energy in defence though we will always be in with a chance
 
Titans v Sharks: Roberts to bolster winning combination
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These two sides piled on 70 points between them in round seven as they broke the shackles in a big way to post impressive wins.

The Titans were averaging a meagre 11 points per game before running 30 past the battling Broncos on Saturday while the Matt Moylan-inspired Sharks beat Manly 40-22 to easily surpass their previous best score of 26 in round four.

Confidence breeds confidence so there should be no shortage of free-flowing attack as Moylan, Shaun Johnson, Jesse Ramien and Sione Katoa match motors with a reinvigorated Ash Taylor and a posse of flyers headlined by the in-form Phillp Sami and Brian Kelly.

Titans: Tyrone Roberts (ankle) was said to be nearing full fitness last week but didn’t play. He could come into calculations again. Few changes are expected to a winning team.

Sharks: Josh Dugan was taken off late in the win against Manly as a precaution due to calf tightness. The centre confirmed on Twitter that he should be ready to play after recovering this week.

Key match-up
Corey Thompson v Matt Moylan. Thompson was strong in his first full match for the Titans, recording 134 metres at fullback. He’s up against Moylan, who contributed two try assists the win over Manly and looked to have his old spark back.

Stat attack
In the six games he has played this year, Titans prop Moeaki Fotuaika has run for 1000m, an average of 166.6m per match. In the win over the Broncos he ran for 154m on 15 carries.
 
In case anyone isn't checking their emails, members need to register for the ticket draft by 5pm today...
 
If the refs penalise Andrew Fifita for not playing the ball correctly we should win the penalty count by a mile.
 
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