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ozynorts said:
We got this, don't care who is injured, next up will get it done.
I can't wait to see them live for the first time and will be hoping for a big win.
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Well we have 3 ACLs and 3 now with medium term injuries. There does come a time where you hit a critical mass.
We really need some good luck for maybe 3 weeks now.
I wonder where Lofipo is at? She did her PCL seven weeks ago now. She’d be a very handy addition to the 17.
We can cover KBrown pretty well although she’s such a smart player.
Canfield concerns me, I don’t like the balance of our bench now.
 
Meet the humble legend behind Gold Coast NRLW stars' success
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Meet the humble legend behind Gold Coast NRLW stars' success

Vanessa Rogers has been a pioneer of the female game on the Gold Coast for more than a decade now, helping a raft of current stars achieve their dreams of playing on the big stage.
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Vanessa Rogers has been a pioneer of the female game on the Gold Coast for more than a decade now, helping a raft of current stars achieve their dreams of playing on the big stage.

First making her way onto the coaching scene in 2010 at the Nerang Roosters after making the switch from a netball, touch and rugby union background, her time in the coaching space has helped many successful NRLW, Origin and Australian players reach their goals – making for many fond memories to reflect on.

Especially nurturing several current Titans NRLW stars, including the likes of Lauren Brown, Jess Elliston, Rilee Jorgensen, Dannii Perese and Hailee-Jay Ormond-Maunsell.

"With the young girls there’s a lot of great memories," Rogers said.

"We played in what I think was the only Presidents Cup between the top clubs that used to be on the Gold Coast, I think we still hold the Presidents Cup to this day.

"We played a Logan Brothers side here in Nerang and it was hard going.

"I had to deal with a lot of male attitudes that didn’t think girls should be playing footy and field space, they weren’t always willing to share field space."

Reflecting on her success in the game - still actively coaching and is the vice president of Nerang today - one experience that stood out for Rogers was their 2015 grand final win over a Jillaroos-filled Souths Logan side.

"When I was managing at Burleigh, we beat their star-filled South Logan side that had about 11 Jillaroos at the time playing for them," she recalled.

"That year was amazing.

"We played them in Round 1, and they absolutely pumped us 44-4, and we then lost a few more times to them throughout the season but in the Grand Final and we beat them by 12."

Nominated as the Titans' NRLW Women in League role model for 2024, the first year of the the national female competition was another top highlight for Rogers as she got to see the season be a great opportunity for so many of the young talented female stars she had coached at Nerang and Burleigh.

But the humble coach doesn’t want to take any of the praise.

"I can’t take any credit for it – it was all their hard work," she said.

"They’ve stuck to it and worked hard, it’s not easy I know that.

"I don’t have a favourite NRL team because I know too many of the players in the sides, I support a lot of them, but it means a lot to watch them out there.

"Even some of them now playing for their country, NRLW and Queensland – it’s great and I love it.

"I love the way women in league has changed and developed, all for the better and it’s only going to continue to get bigger.

"I think that women in league in general have pretty much run clubs for years.

"There wouldn’t be anything if there wasn’t a woman behind it.

"I love the fact that they acknowledge the women these days and it’s not all about the men. It means a lot.”
 
We needed that complacency killing early try by the Tigpies.

Then the “pass it to Chapman” response x 2
 
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Last season the women’s engagement with fans was first class.
This year they’ve caught the men’s disease of thanking only the legion and it appears the north west corner.

You pay premium money to have a membership for your kid in my case a little girl in the western stand and you get totally brushed.

I take my girl to a Suns men or women’s game and she will guaranteed get at least half a dozen high fives post game after a win.

But at the Titans if you are a kid in the western expensive stand you don’t exist.

It’s crap. I’m writing this rant in the hope someone at the club reads this.

Fan engagement with the kids is a basic.
 
Bodsy definitely email the club directly. The kids are everything. Looking after the fans is paramount.

I saw the NRLW ladies spending lots of time with the fans in the northern stand. But I did comment to my friend how it seemed they didn’t really give much time to the members stand in the west.

Btw Legion (The Frontline) is now moved from Section 30 to Section 23. So I didn’t notice many NRLW players over there.

I was in Section 31.
 
There is a distinct lack if attacking penetration down the right side. All the attack was down our left side ( obviously for Chapman) but Williams lacked any attacking penetration
 
DIEHARD said:
Bodsy definitely email the club directly. The kids are everything. Looking after the fans is paramount.

I saw the NRLW ladies spending lots of time with the fans in the northern stand. But I did comment to my friend how it seemed they didn’t really give much time to the members stand in the west.

Btw Legion (The Frontline) is now moved from Section 30 to Section 23. So I didn’t notice many NRLW players over there.

I was in Section 31.
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I’ll get around to it. There’s actually a pretty simple solution really. There are 17 players in the team.
Send 5 to the Eastern Stand to walk the length given that’s where the Legion is if they are so important.

5 to walk the Western Stand given that’s the members side.

4 to the Northern end given I think that’s where family are and it seems to get more titans fans than the southern

Finally the other 3 to the Southern end.

Done. Every kid gets a high five and maybe a few get a chance for a photo.

The men might want to consider that model as well.
 
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