# 2019 Gold Coast Titans season

The 2019 Gold Coast Titans season is the 13th in the club's history. They competed in the National Rugby League's 2019 Telstra Premiership. The start of season Captain, Ryan James ended his season and in-turn his captaincy due to an ACL rupture in April 2019, this brought forward a well-performing Tyrone Roberts to be selected as the team's captain for the rest of the 2019 NRL Season. The start of the year Head Coach Garth Brennan was axed in mid-July due to a "the results the club has achieved on the field this season have not met expectations", from the same weekend until the end of the season assistants Craig Hodges and Luke Burt took over as interim coaches. In late-July Gold Coast Titans confirmed a 2020 NRL Season coach after the recent dramas.
The 2019 NRL Season the titans came 16th place, this turns out to be the worst performance of the team since its 16th placing in the 2011 NRL season.

## Player movement

These movements happened across the previous season, off-season and pre-season.

### Gains

| Player/Coach | Previous club |
| Kallum Watkins | Leeds Rhinos |
| Tyrone Peachey | Penrith Panthers |
| Shannon Boyd | Canberra Raiders |
| Tyrone Roberts | Warrington Wolves |
| Ryley Jacks | Melbourne Storm |
| Jesse Arthars | South Sydney Rabbitohs |
| Brian Kelly | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles |
| Tanah Boyd | Brisbane Broncos |
| Sam Stone | Newcastle Knights |

### Losses

| Player/Coach | New club |
| Kane Elgey | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles |
| Brendan Elliott | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles |
| Konrad Hurrell | Leeds Rhinos |
| Morgan Boyle | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles |
| Max King | Melbourne Storm |
| Ryan Simpkins | retired |
| Tony Matautia | N/A |
| Tyronne Roberts-Davis | Burleigh Bears |

## Pre-Season Challenge

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
| Saturday, 23 February | Trial 1 | North Queensland Cowboys | Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast, Queensland | 16 - 22 | Jesse Arthars 22' Mitch Rein 35' Leilani Latu 73' | Dylan Phythian (1/2) Jesse Arthars (1/1) | |
| Saturday, 2 March | Trial 2 | Brisbane Broncos | Robina Stadium | 22 - 25 | Brenko Lee 8' Kevin Proctor 14', 20' Jesse Arthars 80' | Michael Gordon (3/3) Ashley Taylor (0/1) | |

## Regular Season

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
| Sunday, 17 March | 1 | Canberra Raiders | Robina Stadium | 0 - 21 | | | 9,843 |
| Saturday, 23 March | 2 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | PointsBet Stadium | 20 - 6 | Brenko Lee 47' | Michael Gordon (1/1) | 15,217 |
| Sunday, 31 March | 3 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Accor Stadium | 28 - 20 | Brian Kelly 23', 58' Dale Copley 39' Anthony Don 64' | Michael Gordon (2/4) | 10,128 |
| Friday, 5 April | 4 | New Zealand Warriors | Mount Smart Stadium | 26 - 10 | Dale Copley 59' Anthony Don 63' | Ashley Taylor (1/2) | 13,995 |
| Friday, 12 April | 5 | Penrith Panthers | Robina Stadium | 30 - 24 | Tyrone Roberts 15' Anthony Don 19' Michael Gordon 35' Jarrod Wallace 50' Bryce Cartwright 67' | Michael Gordon (5/5) | 8,680 |
| Sunday, 21 April | 6 | Newcastle Knights | Robina Stadium | 38 - 14 | Phillip Sami 18' Tyrone Roberts 21', 77' Brian Kelly 37' Anthony Don 48' Michael Gordon 80' | Michael Gordon (5/6) PG: Michael Gordon (2/2) | 11,654 |
| Saturday, 27 April | 7 | Wests Tigers | Scully Park | 30 - 14 | Anthony Don 11' Tyrone Peachey 15' | Michael Gordon (2/2) PG: Michael Gordon (1/1) | 9,799 |
| Friday, 3 May | 8 | North Queensland Cowboys | 1300SMILES Stadium | 28 - 14 | Alexander Brimson 15' Kevin Proctor 44' Anthony Don 58' | Ashley Taylor (1/2) Tyrone Roberts (0/1) | 10,655 |
| Thursday, 9 May | 9 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Lang Park | 18 - 26 | Dale Copley 17' Alexander Brimson 25' Tyrone Peachey 36' | Michael Gordon (3/3) | 17,113 |
| Saturday, 18 May | 10 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Robina Stadium | 16 - 22 | Dale Copley 3', 10' | Ashley Taylor (2/2) PG: Ashley Taylor (2/3) | 10,105 |
| Friday, 24 May | 11 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | Brookvale Oval | 18 - 36 | Dale Copley 34', 55', 60' Alexander Brimson 38' Tyrone Roberts 47', 73' Bryce Cartwright 69' | Ashley Taylor (4/7) | 7,465 |
| Sunday, 2 June | 12 | North Queensland Cowboys | Robina Stadium | 4 - 6 | Dale Copley 21' | Ashley Taylor (0/1) | 11,226 |
| Sunday, 9 June | 13 | Brisbane Broncos | Lang Park | 18 - 26 | Brian Kelly 12', 63' Tyrone Roberts 23' Anthony Don 38' | Tyrone Roberts (4/4) PG: Tyrone Roberts (1/1) | 30,048 |
| Friday, 14 June | 14 | Newcastle Knights | Robina Stadium | 20 - 24 | Ryley Jacks 22' Brian Kelly 25' Alexander Brimson 75' | Tyrone Roberts (3/3) PG: Tyrone Roberts (1/1) | 9,973 |
| Saturday, 29 June | 15 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | Robina Stadium | 12 - 30 | Phillip Sami 55', 66' | Tyrone Roberts (1/2) PG: Tyrone Roberts (1/1) | 11,056 |
| | 16 | BYE | | | | | |
| Friday, 12 July | 17 | Penrith Panthers | BlueBet Stadium, | 24 - 2 | | PG: Tyrone Roberts (1/1) | 10,317 |
| Sunday, 21 July | 18 | Melbourne Storm | Robina Stadium | 18 - 38 | Brenko Lee 1' Jarrod Wallace 6' Bryce Cartwright 31' | Tyrone Roberts (3/3) | 11,143 |
| Saturday, 27 July | 19 | Brisbane Broncos | Robina Stadium | 12 - 34 | Michael Gordon 34' Anthony Don 50' | Michael Gordon (2/2) | 16,201 |
| Sunday, 4 August | 20 | Sydney Roosters | Sydney Cricket Ground | 58 - 6 | Ryley Jacks 65' | Ashley Taylor (1/1) | 9,763 |
| Saturday, 10 August | 21 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | Jubilee Oval | 40 - 28 | Brian Kelly 15' Kevin Proctor 37' Phillip Sami 49', 62' Ryley Jacks 63' | Tyrone Peachey (4/5) | 6,532 |
| Friday, 16 August | 22 | Parramatta Eels | Robina Stadium | 12 - 36 | Brian Kelly 27' Jesse Arthars 76' | Tyrone Peachey (2/2) | 10,780 |
| Sunday, 25 August | 23 | Melbourne Storm | AAMI Park | 24 - 8 | Jesse Arthars 15' | Michael Gordon (1/1) PG: Michael Gordon (1/1) | 11,758 |
| Saturday, 31 August | 24 | Newcastle Knights | McDonald Jones Stadium | 38 - 4 | Ryley Jacks 3' | Michael Gordon (0/1) | 8,274 |
| Saturday, 7 September | 25 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | Robina Stadium | 16 - 24 | Jai Arrow 13' Mitch Rein 53' Phillip Sami 74' | Michael Gordon (2/3) | 11,274 |

## 2019 Squad
### Statistics

| Pos. | Name | National Rugby League | National Rugby League | National Rugby League | Total |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Tries | Goals | Points |
| FB | Michael Gordon | 16 | 3 | 27 | 66 |
| FE | Tyrone Roberts | 15 | 6 | 15 | 54 |
| WG / CE | Dale Copley | 15 | 9 | | 36 |
| CE | Brian Kelly | 23 | 8 | | 32 |
| WG | Anthony Don | 17 | 6 | | 32 |
| WG | Phillip Sami | 15 | 6 | | 24 |
| FE / HB | Ashley Taylor | 10 | | 11 | 22 |
| CE / FE / SR | Tyrone Peachey | 21 | 2 | 6 | 20 |
| FE / FE / FB / HB | AJ Brimson | 21 | 4 | | 16 |
| HB | Ryley Jacks | 13 | 4 | | 16 |
| SR | Bryce Cartwright | 22 | 3 | | 12 |
| SR | Kevin Proctor | 22 | 2 | | 8 |
| PR / LK | Jarrod Wallace | 21 | 2 | | 8 |
| CE / WG | Jesse Arthars | 12 | 2 | | 8 |
| WG / CE | Brenko Lee | 6 | 2 | | 8 |
| HK | Mitch Rein | 18 | 1 | | 4 |
| PR / LK | Jai Arrow | 17 | 1 | | 4 |
| PR | Moeaki Fotuaika | 21 | | | 0 |
| LK / PR | Jai Whitbread | 18 | | | 0 |
| PR | Jack Stockwell | 14 | | | 0 |
| PR | Shannon Boyd | 13 | | | 0 |
| HK / LK | Nathan Peats | 13 | | | 0 |
| PR / LK | Max King | 9 | | | 0 |
| SR | Sam Stone | 8 | | | 0 |
| SR | Keegan Hipgrave | 7 | | | 0 |
| CE | Kallum Watkins | 6 | | | 0 |
| SR / PR | Ryan James | 6 | | | 0 |
| PR | Leilani Latu | 3 | | | 0 |
| HB | Tanah Boyd | 2 | | | 0 |
| SR / LK | Will Matthews | 2 | | | 0 |