# 2023 Gold Coast Titans season

The 2023 Gold Coast Titans season was the 17th in the club's history. With head coaches Justin Holbrook (Rounds 1-16) and Jim Lenihan (Round 17 onwards) and team captain Tino Fa'asuamaleaui, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2023 Telstra Premiership but did not qualify for the finals.
The Titans also fielded a team in the NRL Women's Premiership.

## Season summary

* Preseason Challenge – Tanah Boyd kicks a late conversion to draw the Titans first preseason challenge fixture against the Brisbane Broncos 24–all at the Sunshine Coast Stadium. Boyd's conversion coming after Alofiana Khan-Pereira scored a spectacular try. In the second match, Gold Coast thrashed new NRL club the Dolphins 40–12 at Kayo Stadium, with Khan-Pereira scoring four tries.

## Player movement

These movements happened across the previous season, off-season and pre-season.
| Player/Coach | Previous Club | Length |
| Kieran Foran | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 2024 |
| Sam Verrills | Sydney Roosters | 2024 |
| Joe Stimson | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 2024 |
| Aaron Schoupp | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 2025 |
| Chris Randall | Newcastle Knights | 2024 |
| Player/Coach | New Club |
| Jarrod Wallace | Dolphins |
| Jamayne Isaako | Dolphins |
| Corey Thompson | Retired |
| Herman Ese'ese | Dolphins |
| Sam Lisone | Leeds Rhinos |
| Greg Marzhew | Newcastle Knights |
| Paul Turner | St. George Illawarra Dragons |

## Pre-Season Challenge

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
| Sunday, 12 February | Trial 1 | Brisbane Broncos | Sunshine Coast Stadium | 24 – 24 | Jojo Fifita 15' Vaka Sikahele 48' Alofiana Khan-Pereira 56', 73' | Tanah Boyd (3/3) Toby Sexton (1/1) | |
| Sunday, 19 February | Trial 2 | Dolphins | Kayo Stadium | 16 – 40 | Alofiana Khan-Pereira 3', 9', 11', 68' Jojo Fifita 17', 24' Aaron Schoupp 44' Sam McIntyre 56' | Tanah Boyd (4/8) | 7,216 |
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## Regular Season
### Ladder

2023 NRL seasonvte :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Penrith Panthers (P) | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 645 | 312 | +333 | 42 |
| 2 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 639 | 425 | +214 | 42 |
| 3 | Melbourne Storm | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 627 | 459 | +168 | 38 |
| 4 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 572 | 448 | +124 | 38 |
| 5 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 626 | 451 | +175 | 35 |
| 6 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 619 | 497 | +122 | 34 |
| 7 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 472 | 496 | −24 | 32 |
| 8 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 486 | 623 | −137 | 32 |
| 9 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 564 | 505 | +59 | 30 |
| 10 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 587 | 574 | +13 | 30 |
| 11 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 546 | 542 | +4 | 30 |
| 12 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 545 | 539 | +6 | 29 |
| 13 | Dolphins | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 520 | 631 | −111 | 24 |
| 14 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 527 | 653 | −126 | 24 |
| 15 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 438 | 769 | −331 | 20 |
| 16 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 474 | 673 | −199 | 16 |
| 17 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 385 | 675 | −290 | 14 |

### Result by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | – | H | H | A | A | N | A | A | – | H | H | – | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | L | B | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | B | L | W | B | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| Points | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 24 |