2012 Titans Injury Ward

[Blunt_Beno]

whens idris back?

[thelwall]

next week apparently ^

[Titanic]

Put the club in here ... we've been hamstrung.

[teke]

[Bayside Titan]

Put the club in here ... we've been hamstrung.

Brain damage and the diagnosis is not looking good. Cure is to sever the head and wait till a better one grows back. Hahhahahah

[heidstar]

Is rankin def out tomr night?

[Toads]

Put the club in here ... we've been hamstrung.

Hamstrung..

I would've thought it appears to be a injury aquired from something that resembles being Coat-Hangered..

[DIEHARD]

Injured Prince could be out for a month

THE struggling Titans could be without captain Scott Prince until the end of the month, with the star halfback set to consult a specialist for the biceps tear that will rule him out of at least the next two matches.

The Titans will rely on the makeshift halves combination of Aidan Sezer and Will Zillman to turn their fortunes against the Wests Tigers on Saturday after Prince was ruled out of the clash.

The Coast are set to take advantage of their bye in just over a fortnight to rest Prince in the hope his biceps tear can mend in time for the clash against the Newcastle Knights on May 26.

"They can be dangerous, biceps tears and there's a definite tear there," coach John Cartwright said, adding the problem was different from the one that Prince overcame in round 5 to make a surprise start against the Bulldogs.

"He won't play this week and probably the next week but we'll get him off to the specialist and we'll be a bit the wiser when he sees them."

The Titans know plenty about the ramifications of biceps injuries, with hooker Beau Falloon ruled out for three months after tearing the muscle late in the pre-season.

Unlike Falloon, they are hoping Prince can avoid surgery and build on the promising partnership he is developing with Sezer.

Viewed as a long-term solution to the club's five-eighth problems, Sezer will shift to halfback this week, with William Zillman to wear the No.6.

Former Roosters utility Phil Graham will make his club debut at fullback.

Cartwright said there had been plenty of discussion about the best way to cover for Prince, with Greg Bird, Zillman and Jordan Rankin in the mix for a halves spot. The one player that was not considered a variable was Sezer.

"We brought Aidan here to play first grade and we'll see how he goes this week," Cartwright said.

While he will wear the No.7 jersey, he will be asked to do little different from his first two NRL games at five-eighth, with the Titans to play one half on either side of the ruck.

"He's played in the halves, there's not a lot of difference between the halfback and five-eighth these days, especially the way we play," Cartwright said.

"We spoke about (moving Bird to five-eighth) but we just thought Zilly (Zillman) trained the off-season there and Birdie's in really good form in the back row."

And with Sezer seemingly a preferred long-term option to Rankin, the 20-year-old misses out with the Titans reticent to field such an inexperienced pairing.

"You've got to look at the personality of the guys there too in those key positions," Cartwright said when asked if Rankin's inexperience had counted him out.

"Zilly's a very composed fella. He plays a little bit like a half for us when he's at fullback, the only major difference for him will be coming up and defending in the front line.

"We just thought that it was the least amount of reshuffling we had to do.

"There's also try-scoring players in key positions with Zillman and Phil (Graham) at the back."

Source: http://www.goldcoast.com.au

[Titanic]

"He's played in the halves, there's not a lot of difference between the halfback and five-eighth these days, especially the way we play," Cartwright said.

Hahahahahaha ... which way is that? the inside passing way or the ignoring the wings way or perhaps the dropsie way or maybe even the 60 minutes way?

"We spoke about (moving Bird to five-eighth) but we just thought Zilly (Zillman) trained the off-season there and Birdie's in really good form in the back row."

Hehehehehehehe ... oh, yeah I forgot, we haven't already played eight games and had how many halves combinations, it's the start of the season again.

"Zilly's a very composed fella. He plays a little bit like a half for us when he's at fullback, the only major difference for him will be coming up and defending in the front line.

Oh stop it, I can't breathe, Carty you're hilarious ... now I know why Zillman doesn't have any linebreaks, he has been playing halfback and I didn't realise it ... my bad.

It's pathetic.

[karnage]

PRINCE - RANKIN
PRINCE - BIRD
PRICE - SEZAR
SEZAR - ZILLMAN

Five different players in the halves through 9 rounds. Only one of those players was ousted from the position as a result of injury. Disgraceful coaching...

[Jamal's Hamstring]

Any inside word on tonight dramas?

[Princey's Titanz]

Bird at 5/8 halves
Who else do we have as options at 5/8?

I wish Michael Parker Walshe was eligible to play for Titans this year. Arggh Cowboys.

[DIEHARD]

I feel like I just got owned by Titanic. But I know I was just channelling Carty haha.

[Titanic]

That's a polite way of putting it DH

[amaline]

An article in the Courier Mail says Bodene Thompson dislocated his shoulder and looks to be out for the rest of the year