The 2007

Gold Coast Titans The Gold Coast Titans are a professional rugby league football club, based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australia and New Zealand's national rugby league club competition. The ...

season was the first in the club's history. They competed in the

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's 2007 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 12th (out of 16). At the end of the season Luke Bailey and

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were named co-winners of the club's inaugural

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Medal for best and fairest player of 2007.

Season summary

The Gold Coast Titans' first ever trial match resulted in a 32-6 loss to the previous season's grand finalists

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, however wins over the

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and

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later on led to predictions for a bright start to the Titans' premiership campaign. Their first premiership match was played against the

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on 18 March. After at one stage leading, the Titans lost a cliffhanger, 20-18. But this disappointment was soon erased with the club registering its first ever win against

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the following round. There were mixed results in the first half of the season; highlights included wins over

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's old club the

at Penrith in round four, the

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at Suncorp Stadium (a Titans home game) in round five in a match which was marred by a horrible leg injury to Michael Henderson and the virus-struck

by 38-12 in round seven. The Parramatta side had blamed its loss to the Titans on its preparation of its squad whom at least half of them had been struck with illness in the week leading up to the match. By round fifteen, everything seemed to be coming together. However, injuries to many players, none more so than captain

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, struck the Titans at the wrong end of the season and lost eight of its last ten matches (including a 56-10 loss to

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in round 18 and a final round 50-6 loss to the

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) to fall to 12th at the end of its inaugural season. Despite this, their first season was deemed not a failure but not a success either. Only wins over the

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and

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, both at home, saved the Titans from a lower finish.

Results

References

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