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Fri March 2, 2012
Source: www.titans.com.auCourageous winger Steve Michaels has been handed the Jetstar Gold Coast Titans wing spot for Saturday night's clash against North Queensland as Kevin Gordon continues his recovery from a knee injury.
With Gordon spending the past 12 months on the sidelines and needing some more time to get his injured knee 100 per cent right, Jetstar Titans Coach John Cartwright has elected to go with Michaels in the Titans No.2 jersey for the club's season-opener.
It is a decision Cartwright had no hesitation in making, with Michaels proving to be one of the club's most consistent players since joining the Jetstar Titans mid-way through the 2010 season from the Brisbane Broncos.
"Stevie is someone they all feed off and is very popular with the squad because of the way he plays,'' said Cartwright of Michaels, a Mudgeeraba Redbacks junior.
"He's a quiet sort of fellow but he talks with his actions.
"I think the environment here has really helped him. He's back living close to his family and all the friends he grew up with (on the Gold Coast).
"From the moment he got here, he played a couple of games at Burleigh and got his start in first grade and never really looked back.
"I just think it's a combination of things but he's very comfortable with where he is at the moment."
Cartwright said Gordon wasn't far away from reaching full fitness but as with most knee reconstructions, needed more time to get himself totally right.
"He's coming off a knee reconstruction and they're all different,'' said Cartwright.
"That's one thing we've learnt from the amount (of knee reconstruction) we've had over the years, that everyone handles them differently.
"He's not far away but at the moment, he's not quite right.
Michaels was the club's third leading try-scorer last season with 9 tries from 23 apperances behind David Mead (16 tries in 24 games) and William Zillman (11 tries in 24 games).
Tue August 2, 2011
Source: www.titans.com.auJetstar Gold Coast Titans duo Steve Michaels and Will Matthews have been recalled to a new-look line-up for Saturday night's away clash against the Cronulla Sharks at Toyota Stadium.
Michaels makes his return after being rested from last Sunday's loss to Newcastle due to a series of head knocks while Kyogle junior Will Matthews receives his chance to impress off the interchange bench in his first match for 2011 after battling some niggling injuries earlier in the year.
In other team changes, utility Luke O'Dwyer moves to lock in place of Greg Bird, who has been ruled out of the match with a hamstring injury and winger Dominique Peyroux moves into the centres for Clinton Toopi, who will drop back to the Queensland Cup with the Burleigh Bears.
With Jetstar Titans Coach John Cartwright still in hospital recovering from surgery, Assistant Coach Steve Murphy said the return of Matthews was reward for effort after a string of consistent performances for Queensland Cup feeder club Tweed Heads Seagulls.
"Will Matthews comes back into the side which is great, he's been playing very well for Tweed Seagulls and we're more than happy for him to get the opportunity,'' said Murphy.
Murphy said wholesale team changes were not the answer to the team's current predicament despite the disappointment surrounding last weekend's 50-20 loss to Newcastle.
"We're at the stage of the season where wholesale changes are not going to help us. We've got to build combinations, that's part of the reason with Dom going to the centres. He's contracted at the club for next year so we want to see how we goes there,'' he said.
The Titans have won three from seven matches against the Sharks but are yet to beat Cronulla on home soil at Toyota Stadium in three previous clashes.
"From our point of view, it's one of a few things left on our bucket list that we haven't achieved. We've never won down there and that's the approach we'll be taking into this week,'' he said.
"There's not a game we don't think we can win - we've been in every game, regardless of how we've been finishing games, we've been in the contest and for a number of reasons we haven't been able to come up with the result.''
GOLD COAST TITANS v CRONULLA SHARKS
7.30pm, Toyota Stadium
Saturday, August 6
1 Jordan Rankin
2 Steve Michaels
3 William Zillman
4 Dominique Peyroux
5 David Mead
6 Beau Henry
7 Scott Prince [c]
8 Luke Bailey
9 Matt Srama
10 Matthew White
11 Anthony Laffranchi
12 Mark Minichiello
13 Luke O'Dwyer
14 Brenton Lawrence
15 Will Matthews
16 Bodene Thompson
17 Preston Campbell
NYC TITANS v SHARKS
1 Shaun Carney
2 Lausii Taliauli
3 Jackson Springer
4 Hymel Hunt
5 Japeth Vaoa
6 Alec Jones
7 Matt Beddow
8 Luke Page
9 Sam Meskell
10 Lain Windley
11 Sam Saville
12 Blake Anderson
13 Dylan Hartin
14 Sam Ross
15 Jack Clark
16 Mitch Ardler
17 Sam Irwin
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2012 NRL Telstra Premiership
Gold Coast Titans
6 games; 2 tries, 8 points.
[View] Round 1 [03 Mar 12] W 18-0 v North Qld (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 2 [10 Mar 12] L 12-24 v Canberra (H). [WG] [View] Round 3 [17 Mar 12] L 6-30 v Melbourne (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 4 [24 Mar 12] L 6-26 v Warriors (A). [WG] [View] Round 5 [01 Apr 12] L 20-30 v Canterbury (H). [CT] [View] Round 6 [07 Apr 12] L 12-18 v Roosters (H). [CT]
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2011 NRL Telstra Premiership
Gold Coast Titans
23 games; 10 tries, 40 points.
[View] Round 1 [12 Mar 11] L 16-25 v Dragons (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 2 [19 Mar 11] L 12-40 v Melbourne (A). [CT] [View] Round 3 [25 Mar 11] L 8-14 v Broncos (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 4 [02 Apr 11] W 23-22 v Canberra (A). [WG] [View] Round 5 [08 Apr 11] L 12-22 v Cowboys (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 6 [15 Apr 11] W 20-14 v Wests Tigers (H). [WG] [View] Round 7 [24 Apr 11] L 18-22 v Eels (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 8 [30 Apr 11] W 24-13 v Roosters (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 9 [08 May 11] L 14-34 v Warriors (H). [WG] [View] Round 10 [16 May 11] L 12-16 v Sea Eagles (H). [WG] [View] Round 12 [27 May 11] L 6-28 v Canterbury (A). [WG] [View] Round 13 [04 Jun 11] L 10-23 v Panthers (H). [WG] [View] Round 14 [10 Jun 11] W 28-14 v Dragons (A). [WG] [View] Round 15 [17 Jun 11] L 8-31 v Rabbitohs (A). [WG] [View] Round 16 [25 Jun 11] L 12-36 v Cronulla (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 18 [08 Jul 11] L 6-22 v Warriors (A). [WG] [View] Round 19 [15 Jul 11] L 10-30 v Broncos (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 20 [23 Jul 11] L 20-28 v Cowboys (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 22 [06 Aug 11] W 20-16 v Cronulla (A). [WG] [View] Round 23 [13 Aug 11] L 16-40 v Storm (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 24 [20 Aug 11] W 26-18 v Canberra (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 25 [29 Aug 11] L 10-39 v Wests Tigers (A). [WG] [View] Round 26 [03 Sep 11] L 12-32 v Parramatta (H). [WG]
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2010 NRL Telstra Premiership
Brisbane Broncos
1 games; [View] Round 8 [30 Apr 10] L 22-30 v Knights (H). [CT]
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2010 NRL Telstra Premiership
Gold Coast Titans
9 games; 4 tries, 16 points.
[View] Round 20 [23 Jul 10] W 11-10 v Dragons (A). [CT] [View] Round 21 [01 Aug 10] W 28-20 v Warriors (A). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t [View] Round 22 [06 Aug 10] W 34-12 v Eels (H). [CT] [View] Round 23 [14 Aug 10] W 37-18 v Cowboys (H). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t [View] Round 24 [23 Aug 10] W 23-14 v Roosters (A). [CT] [View] Round 25 [28 Aug 10] L 16-30 v Sharks (A). [CT] [View] Round 26 [03 Sep 10] W 21-18 v Tigers (H). [CT] [View] Finals Week 1 [10 Sep 10] W 28-16 v Warriors. [CT] [View] Finals Week 3 [24 Sep 10] L 6-32 v Roosters. [CT]
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2009 NRL Telstra Premiership
Brisbane Broncos
19 games; 8 tries, 32 points.
[View] Round 1 [13 Mar 09] W 19-18 v Cowboys (H). [CT] [View] Round 2 [20 Mar 09] W 16-14 v Storm (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 3 [28 Mar 09] W 26-10 v Warriors (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 4 [03 Apr 09] L 12-25 v Dragons (H). [CT] [View] Round 5 [10 Apr 09] W 28-24 v Roosters (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 6 [17 Apr 09] W 38-18 v Panthers (A). [CT] [View] Round 7 [24 Apr 09] W 40-8 v Eels (H). [CT] [View] Round 8 [02 May 09] L 12-28 v Knights (A). [CT] [View] Round 9 [10 May 09] L 20-22 v Sea Eagles (H). [CT] [View] Round 10 [15 May 09] W 32-18 v Titans (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 11 [22 May 09] W 20-18 v Tigers (A). [CT] [View] Round 13 [05 Jun 09] L 4-48 v Storm (A). [CT] [View] Round 14 [12 Jun 09] L 22-44 v Bulldogs (H). [CT] [View] Round 15 [22 Jun 09] L 12-46 v Sharks (A). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 16 [28 Jun 09] L 14-21 v Eels (A). [CT] 8 Pts; 2t [View] Round 17 [03 Jul 09] W 28-14 v Warriors (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 19 [17 Jul 09] L 12-44 v Rabbitohs (H). [CT] [View] Round 20 [24 Jul 09] L 18-34 v Titans (A). [CT] [View] Round 21 [01 Aug 09] L 0-56 v Raiders (A). [CT]
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2008 NRL Telstra Premiership
Brisbane Broncos
7 games; 1 tries, 4 points.
[View] Round 1 [16 Mar 08] W 48-12 v Panthers (H). [CT] [View] Round 2 [21 Mar 08] W 20-14 v Roosters (A). [CT] [View] Round 3 [28 Mar 08] W 36-2 v Cowboys (H). [CT] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 4 [04 Apr 08] L 8-28 v Storm (A). [CT] [View] Round 5 [13 Apr 08] W 34-22 v Knights (A). [CT] [View] Round 6 [18 Apr 08] L 24-26 v Gold Coast (A). [CT] [View] Round 7 [25 Apr 08] W 32-18 v Rabbitohs (H). [CT]
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2007 World Club Challenge
Brisbane Broncos
1 games; [View] WCC [23 Feb 07] L 14-18 v St Helens (A). [WG]
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2007 NRL Telstra Premiership
Brisbane Broncos
25 games; 10 tries, 40 points.
[View] Round 1 [16 Mar 07] L 16-23 v Cowboys (H). [WG] [View] Round 2 [25 Mar 07] L 14-24 v Warriors (A). [WG] [View] Round 3 [30 Mar 07] L 28-29 v Panthers (H). [WG] [View] Round 4 [06 Apr 07] W 32-10 v Roosters (A). [WG] 8 Pts; 2t (20th, 73rd) [View] Round 5 [13 Apr 07] L 16-28 v Gold Coast (A). [WG] [View] Round 6 [22 Apr 07] W 20-16 v Knights (A). [WG] [View] Round 7 [27 Apr 07] L 18-28 v Storm (H). [WG] [View] Round 8 [04 May 07] W 8-4 v Rabbitohs (H). [WG] [View] Round 9 [11 May 07] L 8-16 v Sharks (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 10 [21 May 07] L 6-18 v Sea Eagles (A). [WG] [View] Round 11 [27 May 07] W 71-6 v Knights (H). [WG] [View] Round 12 [01 Jun 07] L 4-11 v Dragons (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 14 [15 Jun 07] W 19-12 v Bulldogs (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 15 [25 Jun 07] W 48-18 v Wests Tigers (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 16 [30 Jun 07] W 24-16 v Panthers (A). [WG] [View] Round 17 [06 Jul 07] W 19-18 v Titans (H). [WG] [View] Round 18 [13 Jul 07] W 24-16 v Cowboys (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 19 [23 Jul 07] L 16-20 v Eels (H). [WG] [View] Round 20 [29 Jul 07] W 30-16 v Cronulla (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 21 [05 Aug 07] L 8-21 v Sea Eagles (H). [WG] [View] Round 22 [12 Aug 07] L 6-14 v Storm (A). [WG] [View] Round 23 [17 Aug 07] L 24-25 v Bulldogs (H). [WG] [View] Round 24 [26 Aug 07] W 30-19 v Canberra (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 25 [02 Sep 07] L 22-68 v Eels (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Finals Week 1 [09 Sep 07] L 0-40 v Storm (A). [WG]
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2006 Queensland Cup
Toowoomba Clydesdales
6 tries, 24 points.
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2006 NRL Telstra Premiership
Brisbane Broncos
4 games; 1 tries, 4 points.
[View] Round 1 [12 Mar 06] L 4-36 v Cowboys (H). [WG] [View] Round 2 [18 Mar 06] W 16-12 v Sharks (A). [BE] [View] Round 24 [18 Aug 06] W 30-0 v Bulldogs (A). [WG] [View] Round 25 [27 Aug 06] W 23-0 v Eels (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
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2005 NRL Telstra Premiership
Brisbane Broncos
3 games; 2 tries, 8 points.
[View] Round 14 [11 Jun 05] W 20-12 v Raiders (A). [WG] [View] Round 15 [18 Jun 05] W 40-22 v Tigers (H). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t (51st) [View] Round 16 [26 Jun 05] L 18-30 v Warriors (A). [WG] 4 Pts; 1t (29th)
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