# 2017 Gold Coast Titans season

The 2017 Gold Coast Titans season was the 11th in the club's history. The Titans competed in the National Rugby League's 2017 Telstra Premiership. They also competed in the 2017 NRL Auckland Nines pre-season tournament.

## Season summary
### Milestones

* Round 1: Joe Greenwood, Kevin Proctor, Jarrod Wallace and Dan Sarginson made their debut for the club.
* Round 2: Tyronne Roberts-Davis made his first grade debut.
* Round 3: Tyler Cornish and Max King made their first grade debut.
* Round 4: Dale Copley and Daniel Vidot made their debut for the club.
* Round 5: Chris Grevsmuhl made his debut for the club.
* Round 5: The club played their 250th game in the NRL.
* Round 6: Morgan Boyle made his first grade debut. Paterika Vaivai made his debut for the club.
* Round 15: Phillip Sami made his first grade debut. Pat Politoni made his debut for the club.
* Round 16: Jamal Fogarty made his first grade debut.
* Round 24: Ben Nakubuwai made his first grade debut.
* Round 26: Keegan Hipgrave made his first grade debut.

## Ladder

2017 NRL seasonvte :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Melbourne Storm (P) | 24 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 633 | 336 | +297 | 44 |
| 2 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 500 | 428 | +72 | 38 |
| 3 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 597 | 433 | +164 | 36 |
| 4 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 496 | 457 | +39 | 36 |
| 5 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 476 | 407 | +69 | 34 |
| 6 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 552 | 512 | +40 | 32 |
| 7 | Penrith Panthers | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 504 | 459 | +45 | 30 |
| 8 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 467 | 443 | +24 | 30 |
| 9 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 533 | 450 | +83 | 28 |
| 10 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 558 | 497 | +61 | 26 |
| 11 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 360 | 455 | −95 | 24 |
| 12 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 464 | 564 | −100 | 22 |
| 13 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 444 | 575 | −131 | 18 |
| 14 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 413 | 571 | −158 | 18 |
| 15 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 448 | 638 | −190 | 18 |
| 16 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 428 | 648 | −220 | 14 |

## Fixtures
### NRL Auckland Nines

Waiheke Pool :
| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Penrith Panthers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 36 | +30 | 6 |
| Gold Coast Titans | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 36 | +10 | 4 |
| Cronulla Sharks | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 2 |
| Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 73 | −41 | 0 |

#### NRL Auckland Nines Finals

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Penrith Panthers | Penrith Panthers | 16 | | | | | | |
| Manly Sea Eagles | Manly Sea Eagles | 12 | | | | | | |
| Manly Sea Eagles | Manly Sea Eagles | 12 | Penrith Panthers | Penrith Panthers | 13 | | | |
| | | | Parramatta Eels | Parramatta Eels | 0 | | | |
| Parramatta Eels | Parramatta Eels | 14 | Parramatta Eels | Parramatta Eels | 0 | | | |
| Gold Coast Titans | Gold Coast Titans | 0 | | | | | | |
| Gold Coast Titans | Gold Coast Titans | 0 | | | | Penrith Panthers | Penrith Panthers | 8 |
| | | | | | | Sydney Roosters | Sydney Roosters | 10 |
| Brisbane Broncos | Brisbane Broncos | 14 | | | | | | | Sydney Roosters | Sydney Roosters | 10 |
| Sydney Roosters | Sydney Roosters | 15 | | | | | | |
| Sydney Roosters | Sydney Roosters | 15 | Sydney Roosters | Sydney Roosters | 21 | | | |
| | | | Melbourne Storm | Melbourne Storm | 16 | | | |
| North Queensland Cowboys | North Queensland Cowboys | 12 | Melbourne Storm | Melbourne Storm | 16 | | | |
| Melbourne Storm | Melbourne Storm | 25 | | | | | | |

### Regular season

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
| Sunday, 4 March | Round 1 | Sydney Roosters | Cbus Super Stadium | 18 – 32 | Don, Elgey, Hayne | Taylor (3/3) | 13,933 |
| Saturday 11 March | Round 2 | Newcastle Knights | McDonald Jones Stadium | 26 – 34 | Hurrell (2), Greenwood, Lawton, Roberts-Davis | Taylor (3/6) | 12,869 |
| Friday 14 March | Round 3 | Parramatta Eels | Cbus Super Stadium | 26 – 14 | Cornish, Elgey, McQueen, Roberts | Taylor (5/5) | 11,612 |
| Saturday 25 March | Round 4 | North Queensland Cowboys | Cbus Super Stadium | 26 – 32 | Copley, Roberts, Roberts-Davis, Vidot | Taylor (3/5) | 17,674 |
| Sunday 2 April | Round 5 | New Zealand Warriors | Mt Smart Stadium | 22 – 28 | Elgey (2), Copley, Vidot | Taylor (3/4) | 10,263 |
| Saturday 8 April | Round 6 | Canberra Raiders | Cbus Super Stadium | 16 – 42 | Don, Lawton, Taylor | Taylor (2/3) | 12,390 |
| Friday 14 April | Round 7 | Brisbane Broncos | Suncorp Stadium | 22 – 24 | Don, Elgey, Grevsmuhl, James | Taylor (3/4) | 34,592 |
| Saturday 22 April | Round 8 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Southern Cross Group Stadium | 16 – 12 | Pulu (2), Roberts | Taylor (2/3) | 12,397 |
| Saturday 29 April | Round 9 | Newcastle Knights | Cbus Super Stadium | 38 – 8 | Hayne (2), Hurrell (2), Elgey, Greenwood, James | Elgey (3/3), Taylor (2/4) | 10,511 |
| Saturday 13 May | Round 10 | Melbourne Storm | Suncorp Stadium | 38 – 36 | Hurrell (2), Don, James, McQueen, Pulu, Roberts | Elgey (5/7), Taylor (0/1) | 44,127 |
| Saturday 20 May | Round 11 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | Cbus Super Stadium | 10 – 30 | Don, Taylor | Taylor (1/2) | 12,509 |
| | Round 12 | Bye | | | | | |
| Saturday 3 June | Round 13 | North Queensland Cowboys | 1300SMILES Stadium | 8 – 20 | Taylor | Taylor (2/2) | 14,612 |
| Saturday 10 June | Round 14 | New Zealand Warriors | Cbus Super Stadium | 12 – 34 | Copley, Elgey, Hayne | Don (0/1), Taylor (0/2) | 14,067 |
| Friday 16 June | Round 15 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | ANZ Stadium | 20 – 36 | Greenwood, Politoni, Proctor | Taylor (4/4) | 7,163 |
| Friday 23 June | Round 16 | Wests Tigers | Campbelltown Stadium | 26 – 14 | Hayne (2), Hurrell (2), Zillman | Taylor (3/5) | 6,891 |
| Friday 30 June | Round 17 | St George Illawarra Dragons | Cbus Super Stadium | 20 – 10 | Don (3) | Roberts (2/2), Taylor (2/4) | 13,140 |
| | Round 18 | Bye | | | | | |
| Saturday 15 July | Round 19 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Cbus Super Stadium | 30 – 10 | Taylor (2), Greenwood, Hurrell, Palitoni, Proctor | Roberts (3/5), Taylor (0/1) | 14,333 |
| Saturday 22 July | Round 20 | Penrith Panthers | Pepper Stadium | 24 – 16 | Don, Hayne, Roberts | Roberts (2/3) | 11,480 |
| Sunday 30 July | Round 21 | Wests Tigers | Cbus Super Stadium | 4 – 26 | Hayne | | 11,516 |
| Saturday 5 August | Round 22 | Brisbane Broncos | Cbus Super Stadium | 0 – 56 | | | 21,716 |
| Saturday 12 August | Round 23 | St George Illawarra Dragons | UOW Jubilee Oval | 16 – 42 | Copley, Don, Vaivai | Roberts (2/3) | 6,826 |
| Thursday 17 August | Round 24 | Parramatta Eels | ANZ Stadium | 8 – 30 | Nakubuwai, Zillman | Elgey (0/1), Roberts (0/1) | 6,826 |
| Saturday 26 August | Round 25 | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | Cbus Super Stadium | 14 – 26 | Don, Roberts, Sami | Roberts (1/3) | 10,884 |
| Saturday 2 September | Round 26 | Sydney Roosters | Allianz Stadium | 16 – 20 | Don, Proctor, Pulu | Taylor (2/3) | 11,212 |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye ||||||||