| Year: | 2015 |
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| Font Colour: | black |
| League: | NRL |
| League Rank: | 14th |
| League Wins: | 9 |
| League Draws: | 0 |
| League Losses: | 15 |
| Points For: | 439 |
| Points Against: | 636 |
| Ceo Title: | CEO |
| Coach Title: | Coach |
| Stadium: | Cbus Super Stadium - 27,400 |
| Avg Attendance: | 11,251 |
| High Attendance: | 15,583 (vs. South Sydney Rabbitohs, Rd 12) |
| Top Tries: | James Roberts (16) |
| Top Goals: | Aidan Sezer (51) |
| Top Points: | Aidan Sezer (115) |
| List: | yes |
| List Link: | Gold Coast Titans#Season summaries |
The 2015 Gold Coast Titans season was the 9th in the club's history. Coached by Neil Henry and captained by Nate Myles, they competed in the NRL's 2015 Telstra Premiership. Gold Coast finished the regular season in 14th (out of 16) and failed to qualify for the finals for the fifth consecutive year.
On 12 December 2014, Greg Bird was axed as co-captain and fined $15,000 by the club after he was issued with a criminal infringement notice for urinating in public.[1] Paul Carter had his contract terminated by the club after his second drink-driving offence in a year.[2]
In late February 2015, five players were stood down by the Titans after being charged and issued with notices to appear in court in relation to drug offences by Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission. The players were Greg Bird (two counts of supplying a dangerous drug), Jamie Dowling (seven counts of possession and two counts of supplying a dangerous drug), Kalifa Faifai Loa (one count of supplying a dangerous drug), Beau Falloon (four counts of supplying a dangerous drug) and Dave Taylor (One count of possession and one count of supplying a dangerous drug).[3] [4] Ex-Titans Ashley Harrison (two counts of supplying a dangerous drug), Steve Michaels (10 counts of supplying a dangerous drug) and Joe Vickery (seven counts of supplying a dangerous drug) were also charged and issued with notices to appear in court.[5]
The charges against Bird, Falloon, Harrison and Fai Fai Loa were later dismissed due to insufficient evidence however Dowling, Taylor and Vickery were committed to stand trial against the charges.[6]
On 23 February 2015, the football club was placed in voluntary administration and their licence terminated by the NRL after the Board conceded the club could no longer meet its financial obligations, including staff and player salaries.[7] The NRL assumed full ownership of the Gold Coast Titans however Chairwoman Rebecca Frizelle, Directors Darryl Kelly and Paul Donovan remain on the board, with CEO Graham Annesley also remaining in his role.
In November 2015, the club announced the addition of four new independent Board members; Tony Hickey (Founder and Managing Partner, Hickey Lawyers); Trish Hogan (CEO, Pindara Private Hospital); Professor Ned Pankhurst (Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor, Griffith University); and Lynne Anderson (CEO, Australian Paralympic Committee).[8]
On 6 March 2015, it was announced Daly Cherry-Evans had signed a four-year, $4 million deal to play with the Titans starting in 2016.[9] Cherry-Evans later reneged on the deal to remain with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles on a $10 million contract extension.[10]
See also: List of Gold Coast Titans players.
| Player | Signed From | Until End of | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lachlan Burr | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | |||
| Davin Crampton | Northern Pride | |||
| David Hala | Brisbane Broncos | |||
| Josh Hoffman | Brisbane Broncos | |||
| Nene Macdonald | Sydney Roosters (Mid Season) | |||
| Kierran Moseley | Penrith Panthers | |||
| Nathaniel Peteru | New Zealand Warriors (Mid Season) | |||
| Eddy Pettybourne | Wigan Warriors | |||
| Chad Redman | Newcastle Knights (Mid Season) | |||
| Matt Robinson | Penrith Panthers | |||
| Ryan Simpkins | Penrith Panthers |
| Player | Signed To | Until End of | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Bailey | Retirement | |||
| Maurice Blair | Hull Kingston Rovers | |||
| Ashley Harrison | Retirement | |||
| Beau Henry | St. George Illawarra Dragons | |||
| Mark Ioane | St. George Illawarra Dragons (Mid Season) | |||
| Sam Irwin | Featherstone Rovers | |||
| Albert Kelly | Hull Kingston Rovers | |||
| Tom Kingston | Released | |||
| Steve Michaels | Hull F.C. | |||
| Mark Minichiello | Hull F.C. | |||
| Cody Nelson | Parramatta Eels | |||
| Brad Takairangi | Parramatta Eels |
| Player | Club | Until End of | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jed Cartwright | Gold Coast Titans | |||
| Kane Elgey | Gold Coast Titans | |||
| Brian Kelly | Gold Coast Titans | |||
| Karl Lawton | Gold Coast Titans | |||
| Agnatius Paasi | Gold Coast Titans | |||
| Eddy Pettybourne | Gold Coast Titans | |||
| Oshae Tuiasau | Gold Coast Titans |
| Player | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb Binge | Released | ||||||
| Jamie Dowling | Released | ||||||
| Davin Crampton | Released | ||||||
| Kalifa Faifai Loa | |||||||
| Beau Falloon | |||||||
| Jamal Fogarty | Released | ||||||
| Kevin Gordon | Retirement | ||||||
| Christian Hazard | Released | ||||||
| Shaun Hudson | |||||||
| Jai Ingram | Released | ||||||
| Chad Redman | Released | ||||||
| Ben Ridge | Retirement | ||||||
| James Roberts | |||||||
| Brad Tighe | Retirement | ||||||
| Matt White | |||||||
| Lachlan Burr | |||||||
| Anthony Don | |||||||
| David Hala | |||||||
| Nene Macdonald | |||||||
| David Mead | |||||||
| Daniel Mortimer | |||||||
| Kierran Moseley | |||||||
| Nathaniel Peteru | |||||||
| Matt Robinson | |||||||
| Ryan Simpkins | |||||||
| Greg Bird | |||||||
| Jed Cartwright | |||||||
| Luke Douglas | |||||||
| Kane Elgey | |||||||
| Josh Hoffman | |||||||
| Ryan James | |||||||
| Brian Kelly | |||||||
| Karl Lawton | |||||||
| Agnatius Paasi | |||||||
| Eddy Pettybourne | |||||||
| Oshae Tuiasau | |||||||
| William Zillman | |||||||
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 7 February | Trial 1 | New Zealand Warriors | Clive Berghoffer Stadium | 22 – 12 | Li, Tighe, Hudson, Hazard | Elgey (2), Fogarty (1) | 6,827 |
| Saturday, 21 February | Trial 2 | North Queensland Cowboys | Barlow Park | 10 – 30 | Srama, Gordon | Sezer (1) | – |
| Legend: | |||||||
See main article: 2015 NRL Auckland Nines. The NRL Auckland Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2015 competition was played over two days on the 31 January and 1 February at Eden Park. The Titans featured in the Hunua Ranges pool and played the Raiders, Warriors and Tigers. The Titans won only one match and failed to qualify for the quarter finals.
| Hunua Ranges Pool | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | |||||||||
| Wests Tigers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 32 | 18 | 4 | |
| New Zealand Warriors | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 41 | 17 | 4 | |
| Gold Coast Titans | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 56 | -8 | 2 | |
| Canberra Raiders | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 73 | -27 | 2 | |
| Date | Time (Local) | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 31 January | 2:45pm | Round 1 | New Zealand Warriors | Eden Park | 10 – 17 | Hoffman, Sezer | Daniel Mortimer (1) |
| Saturday, 31 January | 6:15pm | Round 2 | Wests Tigers | Eden Park | 0 – 26 | ||
| Sunday, 1 February | 1:15m | Round 3 | Canberra Raiders | Eden Park | 38 – 13 | Hoffman (2), Roberts (2), Hazard, Faifai Loa, Elgey | Mortimer (2), Faifai Loa (2) |
| Legend: | |||||||
| Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 44 | ||
| 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
| 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||
| 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
| 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 66 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | 3 | 51 | 1 | 115 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Totals | 76 | 67 | 1 | 439 |
The following players have played a representative match in 2015.