Des spray pays off as Titans produce upset of the season
Gold Coast Titans’ hopes of avoiding the dreaded wooden spoon may have received a boost, after they produced a stunning upset to beat the Warriors in Des Hasler’s 500th game as a coach.
Gold Coast Titans’ hopes of avoiding the dreaded wooden spoon may have received a boost, after they produced a stunning upset to beat the Warriors in Des Hasler’s 500th game as a coach.
Des Hasler’s dressing room spray of a shell-shocked Titans group went viral this week. Now, as the coach prepares for his 500th and possibly final NRL game, he’s addressed the saga.
A bad attitude spreads like a virus, and it has infected the Gold Coast Titans dressing room. Des Hasler’s blast may have looked savage, but it was sorely needed, MATTY JOHNS writes.
Des Hasler becomes just the sixth coach in NRL history to crash through the 500-game barrier this weekend, but while the axe hovers over his head at the struggling Titans, Hasler insists he’s not ready to end his career yet.
Des Hasler let loose on the Gold Coast Titans squad before players started moving towards the showers and ice baths – that’s when cameras captured the real spray.
The Warriors have launched a trans-Tasman assault on the Broncos after setting up a poaching program one of rugby league’s most fertile breeding grounds.
The Gold Coast Titans are facing a $250 million fight with the AFL but ARLC chairman Peter V’landys has predicted the NRL’s paupers will become premiership heavyweights following a huge change.
The new owners of the Gold Coast Titans have wasted no time in stamping their authority after holding crisis talks and putting the club on notice.
The likes of Cameron Ciraldo, Andrew Webster and Kristian Woolf have all been successful in the coach’s spotlight, heaping the pressure on the Titans to get their next appointment right after three consecutive failures.
Des Hasler has been called a dead man walking on the Gold Coast but the embattled Titans coach is set to survive another two weeks as he closes in on an NRL milestone.
People initially decried Bazball and Angeball but the mood is warming towards Walkerball in the NRL after brothers, Ben and Shane, put their hands up to save the Titans.
Titans chairman Dennis Watt has broken his silence on the state of the club, addressing speculation around the futures of coach Des Hasler and captain Tino Fa’asuamaleaui, as well as calls for relocation.
Kieran Foran has played over 300 NRL premiership games with five different clubs. Now set to retire he pays tribute to those who helped him throughout his rugby league career.
One more loss will give the Gold Coast hierarchy the power to put Des Hasler’s turbulent Titans tenure to an end. From relentless training methods to player disharmony, this is how Hasler lost the Titans dressing room.
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