2012 Gold Coast Titans season

The 2012 Gold Coast Titans season was the 6th in the club's history. Coached by John Cartwright and captained by Scott Prince they competed in the National Rugby League's 2012 Telstra Premiership. They finished the regular season 11th (out of 16), failing to make the finals for the second consecutive year. Nate Myles was named the club's player of the year.

2012 Gold Coast Titans season
NRL Rank11th
2012 recordWins: 10; Draws: 0; Losses: 14
Points scoredFor: 449; Against: 477
Team information
CEODavid May
CoachJohn Cartwright
Captain
StadiumSkilled Park
Avg. Attend.14,358
High. Attend.20,187
Top scorers
TriesDavid Mead (10)
GoalsScott Prince (59)
PointsScott Prince (134)
< 2011 List of seasons 2013 >

Season summary

After their worst ever season which ended in their winning the wooden spoon in 2011, the Titans underwent significant player turnover, which included the signings of Nate Myles, Phil Graham and Jamal Idris amongst others.

On 26 July, The Titans announced changes to its management team including the appointment of a new CEO and new investors. David May, the former CMO of iSelect was named the new CEO of the Titans replacing Michael Searle who stood down as managing director to become executive director of football.[1]

At the end of the season the Paul Broughton Medal for player of the year went to second-rower Nate Myles.

Milestones

Squad List

Gold Coast Titans
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

  • Trevor Gillmeister
  • Steve Murphy
  • Chris McLellan (strength & conditioning coach)
  • Dan Ferris (strength & conditioning assistant)
  • Greg Condon (Physiotherapist)

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice captain(s)

Updated: 1 December 2011
Source(s): Titans Squad, Coaches & Trainers

Squad Movement

Gains

PlayersSigned FromUntil End ofNotes
Beau Champion Melbourne Storm
2014
[2]
Luke Douglas Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
2014
[3]
Beau Falloon South Sydney Rabbitohs
2013
[4]
Phil Graham Sydney Roosters
2012
[5]
Jamal Idris Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
2016
[6]
Nate Myles Sydney Roosters
2015
[7]
Aidan Sezer Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
2013
[8]

Losses

PlayersSigned ToUntil End ofNotes
Riley BrownReleased
-
[9]
Preston CampbellRetirement
-
[10]
Luke Capewell Brisbane Broncos
2012
[11]
Nathan Friend New Zealand Warriors
2013
[12]
Anthony Laffranchi St. Helens
2013
[13]
Will Matthews St George Illawarra Dragons
2013
[14]
Brad MeyersRetirement
-
[15]
Mat RogersRetirement
-
[16]
Esikeli Tonga Parramatta Eels
2013
[17]
Clinton ToopiRetirement
-
[5]

Re-signings

PlayersClubUntil End ofNotes
Steve Michaels Gold Coast Titans
2015
[18]
Mark Minichiello Gold Coast Titans
2014
[19]
Jordan Rankin Gold Coast Titans
2014
[18]
Ben Ridge Gold Coast Titans
2015
[20]
Matthew White Gold Coast Titans
2015
[20]
William Zillman Gold Coast Titans
2017
[21]

Ladder

2012 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2418062568369+19940
2 Melbourne Storm (P) 2417072579361+21838
3 South Sydney Rabbitohs 2416082559438+12136
4 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2416082497403+9436
5 North Queensland Cowboys 2415092597445+15234
6 Canberra Raiders 24130112545536+930
7 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24121112445441+429
8 Brisbane Broncos 24120122481447+3428
9 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24110132405438-3326
10 Wests Tigers 24110132506551-4526
11 Gold Coast Titans 24100142449477-2824
12 Newcastle Knights 24100142448488-4024
13 Sydney Roosters 2481152462626-16421
14 New Zealand Warriors 2480162497609-11220
15 Penrith Panthers 2480162409575-16620
16 Parramatta Eels 2460182431674-24316

Fixtures

Pre-season

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 4 FebruaryTrial 1 New Zealand WarriorsNorth Harbour Stadium10 26Vickery, DowlingRankin (1)10,500
Saturday, 11 FebruaryTrial 2 Brisbane BroncosPizzey Park18 16Minichiello (2), RankinPrince (3)7,252
Saturday, 18 FebruaryTrial 3 North Queensland CowboysVirgin Australia Stadium36 28Zillman (2), Rankin, Lawrence, Ridge, HenryPrince (5), Henry (1)8,000
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Regular season

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 3 MarchRound 1 North Queensland CowboysDairy Farmers Stadium18 0Idris (2), MichaelsPrince (3/5)16,311
Saturday, 10 MarchRound 2 Canberra RaidersSkilled Park12 24Rankin, PeyrouxPrince (2/2)11,378
Saturday, 17 MarchRound 3 Melbourne StormSkilled Park6 30MichaelsPrince (1/1)11,254
Saturday, 24 MarchRound 4 New Zealand WarriorsMt Smart Stadium6 26O'DwyerPrince (1/1)12,915
Sunday, 1 AprilRound 5 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsSkilled Park20 30Bird, Lawrence, Gordon, MylesPrince (2/4)14,344
Saturday, 7 AprilRound 6 Sydney RoostersSkilled Park12 18Mead (2)Prince (2/2)11,478
Saturday, 14 AprilRound 7 Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesBrookvale Oval26 14Sezer, Idris, Mead, GordonPrince (5/6)11,619
Friday, 27 AprilRound 8 Brisbane BroncosSuncorp Stadium6 26PeyrouxPrince (1/1)30,083
Saturday, 5 MayRound 9 Wests TigersSkilled Park14 15Gordon, MeadSezer (3/3)14,254
Friday, 11 MayRound 10 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsSuncorp Stadium25 14Prince, Srama, Idris, MinichielloSezer (2/3) & (FG), Prince (2/3)41,273
Round 11Bye
Saturday, 26 MayRound 12 Newcastle KnightsHunter Stadium24 14Srama, Mead, Myles, BirdPrince (4/5)15,792
Friday, 1 JuneRound 13 North Queensland CowboysSkilled Park28 12Champion (2), Gordon, Bird, HarrisonPrince (4/5)12,092
Sunday, 10 JuneRound 14 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksToyota Stadium12 22Srama, ChampionSezer (2/2)8,635
Sunday, 17 JuneRound 15 Penrith PanthersSkilled Park36 18Sezer (2), Mead, Michaels, Lawrence, O'DwyerPrince (6/6)11,591
Friday, 22 JuneRound 16 St. George Illawarra DragonsWIN Stadium6 8PrincePrince (1/1)10,194
Round 17Bye
Saturday, 7 JulyRound 18 New Zealand WarriorsSkilled Park14 32Champion, Gordon, MeadPrince (1/3)17,134
Sunday, 15 JulyRound 19 Canberra RaidersCanberra Stadium38 26Zillman (2), Michaels (2), Gordon, Douglas, Falloon, O'DwyerPrince (3/8)8,240
Friday, 20 JulyRound 20 Brisbane BroncosSkilled Park14 10Mead, BaileyPrince (3/3)20,067
Friday, 27 JulyRound 21 Sydney RoostersAllianz Stadium36 16Zillman (2), Prince, Idris, Falloon, SramaPrince (6/7)8,134
Sunday, 5 AugustRound 22 South Sydney RabbitohsSkilled Park18 22Michaels, Sezer, GordonPrince (3/3)20,187
Friday, 10 AugustRound 23 Melbourne StormAAMI Park16 24Michaels, Ridge, MeadPrince (2/3)9,108
Sunday, 19 AugustRound 24 Parramatta EelsSkilled Park24 16Zillman, Myles, Michaels, GordonPrince (4/5)14,159
Saturday, 25 AugustRound 25 Penrith PanthersCentrebet Stadium22 36Mead, Prince, Zillman, MinichielloPrince (3/4)7,297
Saturday, 1 SeptemberRound 26 Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesSkilled Park16 24Gordon (2), FalloonPrince (2/3)14,927
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Statistics

NameAppTGFGPts
Luke Bailey171004
Greg Bird1730012
Beau Champion940016
Luke Douglas241004
Jamie Dowling10000
Beau Falloon830012
Kevin Gordon21100040
Phil Graham20000
Ashley Harrison171004
Michael Henderson70000
Jamal Idris2050020
Ryan James30000
Brenton Lawrence92008
Kayne Lawton40000
David Mead20100040
Steve Michaels1780032
Mark Minichiello232008
Nate Myles2230012
Luke O'Dwyer2130012
Dominique Peyroux122008
Scott Prince224610138
Jordan Rankin61004
Ben Ridge171004
Aidan Sezer1847131
Matt Srama2340016
Bodene Thompson70000
Matthew White190000
William Zillman2160024
Totals40778681449

Source:[22]

Representative honours

The following players played a representative match in 2012.

Australian Kangaroos

Indigenous All Stars

NSW Blues

NSW Country

NRL All Stars

Queensland Maroons

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