The 2008 Gold Coast Titans

Gold Coast Titans

Gold Coast Titans are an Australian professional rugby league football club, based in the Gold Coast, Queensland. The club competes in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership. It is the newest of the sixteen clubs in the league, having commenced its...

 season was the second in the club's history. Coached by John Cartwright

John Cartwright (rugby league)

John Cartwright is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player. He is the current head coach for the Gold Coast Titans of the National Rugby League...

 and captained by Scott Prince

Scott Prince

Scott Prince is an Australian professional rugby league footballer and current captain of the Gold Coast Titans club of the National Rugby League...

 and Luke Bailey, they competed in the NRL's 2008 Telstra Premiership and by Round 6, were on top of the ladder, enjoying a five-game winning streak from Rounds 3 to 8. Leading the competition in Round 10, the Titans slumped to finish the season 13th (out of 16), missing the finals. Preston Campbell

Preston Campbell

Preston Campbell, is an Indigenous Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Gold Coast Titans of the National Rugby League...

 was awarded the Paul Broughton Medal for the club's player of the year.

The Titans had three players selected to play in the 2008 State of Origin series: Anthony Laffranchi

Anthony Laffranchi

Anthony Laffranchi is an Australian professional rugby league player for St Helens RLFC in the European Super League. He primarily plays in the second-row. He previously played for the Wests Tigers...

 for New South Wales

New South Wales rugby league team

The New South Wales rugby league team has represented the Australian state of New South Wales in rugby league football since the sport's beginnings there in 1907. Administered by the New South Wales Rugby League, the team competes in the annual State of Origin series against arch-rivals, the...

, and Scott Prince

Scott Prince

Scott Prince is an Australian professional rugby league footballer and current captain of the Gold Coast Titans club of the National Rugby League...

 and Ashley Harrison

Ashley Harrison

Ashley Harrison is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Gold Coast Titans of the NRL...

 for Queensland

Queensland rugby league team

The Queensland rugby league team have represented the Australian state of Queensland in rugby league football since the sport's beginnings there in 1908...

.

Post season, a number of the club's players were selected to represent their countries in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup

2008 Rugby League World Cup

The 2008 Rugby League World Cup was the thirteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup since the inauguration of the tournament in 1954, and the first since the 2000 event...

: Scott Prince

Scott Prince

Scott Prince is an Australian professional rugby league footballer and current captain of the Gold Coast Titans club of the National Rugby League...

 and Anthony Laffranchi

Anthony Laffranchi

Anthony Laffranchi is an Australian professional rugby league player for St Helens RLFC in the European Super League. He primarily plays in the second-row. He previously played for the Wests Tigers...

 for Australia, David Moore for Papua New Guinea, Smith Samau

Smith Samau

Smith Samau is a rugby league player who currently plays for the Ipswich Jets in the Queensland Cup.-Playing career:Samau signed with the Melbourne Storm in 2006 and played for the Norths Devils in the 2006 Queensland Cup...

 for Samoa, and Esikeli Tonga for Tonga.