2009 Gold Coast Titans season

The 2009 Gold Coast Titans season was the third in the club's history. They competed in the National Rugby League's 2009 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 3rd (out of 16), and for the first time reached the finals only to be knocked out by eventual grand finalists, the Parramatta Eels.

2009 Gold Coast Titans season
NRL Rank	3rd
2009 record	Wins: 16; draws: 0; losses: 8
Points scored	For: 514; against: 467
Team information
CEO	Michael Searle
Coach	John Cartwright
Captain	Scott Prince
Stadium	Skilled Park
Avg. attendance	19,178
Top scorers
Goals	Scott Prince (73)
Points	Scott Prince (174)
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Fixtures

Trial matches

Regular season

Source:

Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Date	Crowd
1	Newcastle Knights	Win	34-20	Skilled Park	15/3/09	16,203
2	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Loss	16-10	WIN Stadium	21/3/09	13,329
3	Bulldogs	Win	20-12	Skilled Park	27/3/09	19,854
4	Melbourne Storm	Win	6-18	Olympic Park	04/4/09	11,698
5	North Queensland Cowboys	Win	10-14	Dairy Farmers Stadium	11/4/09	18,123
6	Canberra Raiders	Win	16-10	Skilled Park	17/4/09	18,510
7	Penrith Panthers	Loss	34-20	CUA Stadium	27/7/09	9,760
8	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Win	22-14	Skilled Park	2/5/09	19,833
9	Newcastle Knights	Loss	23-18	Energy Australia Stadium	10/5/09	11,258
10	Brisbane Broncos	Loss	32-18	Suncorp Stadium	15/5/09	43,083
11	Manly Sea Eagles	Win	18-17	Skilled Park	24/5/09	16,126
12	Bye
13	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Win	28-24	Skilled Park	8/6/09	24,106
14	Sydney Roosters	Win	20-24	Bluetongue Stadium	13/6/09	6,232
15	Bye
16	New Zealand Warriors	Win	28-12	Skilled Park	27/6/09	20,031
17	Canberra Raiders	Loss	34-28	Canberra Stadium	5/7/09	9,800
18	Parramatta Eels	Win	18-12	Skilled Park	13/7/09	14,840
19	Bulldogs	Loss	23-16	Suncorp Stadium	17/7/09	50,109
20	Brisbane Broncos	Win	34-18	Skilled Park	24/7/09	26,336
21	North Queensland Cowboys	Loss	18-34	Skilled Park	31/7/09	20,315
22	New Zealand Warriors	Win	10-30	Mt Smart Stadium	9/8/09	10,205
23	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Win	14-22	ANZ Stadium	14/8/09	11,977
24	Cronulla Sharks	Win	20-10	Skilled Park	23/8/09	13,714
25	Wests Tigers	Win	36-24	Skilled Park	29/8/09	20,102
26	Manly Sea Eagles	Loss	38-4	Brookvale Oval	5/9/09	14,165
FW1	Brisbane Broncos	Loss	32-40	Skilled Park	13/9/09	27,227
FW2	Parramatta Eels	Loss	27-2	Sydney Football Stadium	18/9/09	28,524

Records

Most Points

• 182 - Scott Prince (7 tries, 77 goals)
• 58 - Mat Rogers (11 tries, 7 goals)
• 52 - Kevin Gordon (13 tries)
• 32 - Chris Walker (8 tries)
• 32 - David Mead (8 tries)

Most Tries

• 13 - Kevin Gordon
• 11 - Mat Rogers
• 8 - Chris Walker
• 8 - David Mead
• 7 - Scott Prince
• 6 - Luke O'Dwyer
• 6 - Esi Tonga
• 5 - Anthony Laffranchi
• 5 - Preston Campbell

Most Points in a Match

• 20 - Scott Prince Round 25 (2 tries, 6 goals)
• 14 - Scott Prince Round 20 (1 try, 5 goals)
• 14 - Scott Prince Round 22 (1 try, 5 goals)
• 10 - Mat Rogers Round 4 (5 goals)

Most Tries in a Match

• 2 - Brad Meyers Round 13
• 2 - Kevin Gordon Round 16
• 2 - David Mead Round 16
• 2 - David Mead Round 17
• 2 - Mat Rogers Round 19
• 2 - Mat Rogers Round 22

Available 2009 Players

Bold Players have played International or State any year

Full Backs
Preston Campbell
William Zillman

Wingers
Jordan Atkins
Ben Jeffery
Brenton Bowen
Shannon Walker
Chris Walker
Kevin Gordon
David Mead

Centres
Brett Delaney
Josh Graham
Esi Tonga

Halves
Scott Prince (c)
Mat Rogers
Brad Davis
Jackson Nicolau
Jordan Rankin

Hookers
Nathan Friend
Ian Lacey
Kayne Lawton

Props
Luke Bailey (c)
Brad Meyers
Michael Henderson
Matthew White
Aaron Cannings
Selasi Berdie
Will Matthews
Bodene Thompson
Siosaia Vave

Second Rowers/Locks
Anthony Laffranchi
Mark Minichiello
Ashley Harrison
Luke O'Dwyer
Daniel Conn
Sam Tagataese

2009 Squad

No	Nat	Player	Position	Age	NRL Games	Previous 1st Grade Club
1		Preston Campbell	Fullback	31	204	Penrith Panthers
2		Jordan Atkins	Wing	26	14	None
3		William Zillman	Centre	22	24	Canberra Raiders
4		Brett Delaney	Centre	23	62	Parramatta Eels
5		Chris Walker	Wing	29	131	Melbourne Storm
6		Mat Rogers	Five Eighth	33	159	New South Wales Waratahs
7		Scott Prince (c)	Halfback	29	192	Wests Tigers
8		Luke Bailey (c)	Prop	29	150	St. George-Illawarra Dragons
9		Nathan Friend	Hooker	28	79	Melbourne Storm
10		Michael Henderson	Prop	24	52	St. George-Illawarra Dragons
11		Anthony Laffranchi	Second Row	28	142	Wests Tigers
12		Mark Minichiello	Second Row	27	126	South Sydney Rabbitohs
13		Ashley Harrison	Lock	27	179	Sydney Roosters
14		Brad Meyers	Prop	29	171	Bradford Bulls
15		Billy Ngawini	Hooker	27	4	Canterbury Bulldogs
16		Aaron Cannings	Prop	27	82	Parramatta Eels
17		Luke O'Dwyer	Second Row	26	56	Parramatta Eels
19		Josh Graham	Centre	25	35	Melbourne Storm
20		Ben Jeffery	Wing	22	23	Wests Tigers
21		Brenton Bowen	Wing	25	50	North Queensland Cowboys
22		Shannon Walker	Wing	20	3	None
23		Kevin Gordon	Wing	19	0	None
24		David Mead	Wing	20	0	None
25		Esi Tonga	Centre	21	5	None
26		Jackson Nicolau	Five-Eighth	21	2	North Queensland Cowboys
27		Brad Davis	Halfback	26	6	None
28		Jordan Rankin	Halfback	17	1	None
29		Kayne Lawton	Hooker	19	0	None
30		Matthew White	Prop	24	28	Newcastle Knights
32		Will Matthews	Prop	20	9	None
33		Daniel Conn	Lock	23	27	Canterbury Bulldogs
34		Sam Tagataese	Second Row	22	18	Melbourne Storm
35		Selasi Berdie	Second Row	22	1	None
36		Ian Lacey	Hooker	24	15	Brisbane Broncos

Player Transfers

Source: 2009 NRL PLayer Movements

Gains

Name	Club Coming From	Details
William Zillman	Canberra Raiders	Until 2012
Matthew White	Newcastle Knights	Until 2009
Sam Tagataese	Melbourne Storm	Until 2010
Jackson Nicolau	North Queensland Cowboys
Ian Lacey	Unassigned

Losses

Name	Club Going To	Details
Michael Hodgson	Canterbury Bulldogs	Until 2010
Josh Lewis	Wests Tigers	Until 2009
Clint Amos	North Queensland Cowboys	Until 2010
Gavin Cooper	Penrith Panthers	Until 2010
Matthew Cross	Melbourne Storm	Until 2010
Luke Swain	Salford City Reds - ESL
James Stosic	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats - ESL
Kris Kahler	Pia Donkeys
Smith Samau Mid-Season	Sydney Roosters
Ian Donnelly Mid-Season	Cronulla Sharks

Off Contract

Chris Walker

Brenton Bowen

Ben Jeffery

Ladder

2009 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	17	0	7	2	548	329	+219	38
2	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	18	0	6	2	575	428	+147	381
3	Gold Coast Titans	24	16	0	8	2	514	467	+47	36
4	Melbourne Storm	24	14	1	9	2	505	348	+157	33
5	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	14	0	10	2	549	459	+90	32
6	Brisbane Broncos	24	14	0	10	2	511	566	−55	32
7	Newcastle Knights	24	13	0	11	2	508	491	+17	30
8	Parramatta Eels	24	12	1	11	2	476	473	+3	29
9	Wests Tigers	24	12	0	12	2	558	483	+75	28
10	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	11	1	12	2	566	549	+17	27
11	Penrith Panthers	24	11	1	12	2	515	589	−74	27
12	North Queensland Cowboys	24	11	0	13	2	558	474	+84	26
13	Canberra Raiders	24	9	0	15	2	489	520	−31	22
14	New Zealand Warriors	24	7	2	15	2	377	565	−188	20
15	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	5	0	19	2	359	568	−209	14
16	Sydney Roosters	24	5	0	19	2	382	681	−299	14

¹ The Bulldogs were deducted 2 competition points after an interchange breach in Round 2.