Injuries likely to change Titans line-up
Emma Greenwood | 10:10am March 20, 2012
INJURIES could force the Gold Coast Titans to make several changes when their team for Saturday's clash against the Warriors in Auckland is named today.
Centre Jamal Idris is expected to be sidelined for a second week, with his hamstring strain worse than first thought.
Fullback William Zillman was among players that missed training yesterday, with Aidan Sezer and Beau Henry running at five-eighth during the session.
Sezer was again solid for Queensland Cup outfit Burleigh but just two games back from a knee reconstruction, Cartwright is loathe to put him under the microscope against the Warriors.
"They're all in the mix, we've got a few injury problems,'' Cartwright said when asked whether Sezer was an option in the halves.
"He did all right for Burleigh yesterday but he still hasn't played a first grade game and it's probably not the place to take him to make his first-grade debut with two games under his belt.''
Despite the club's 30-6 loss to the Storm, Cartwright said the Titans would take plenty of confidence across the ditch.
"It was probably our best performance of the season on the weekend,'' Cartwright said, denying the Titans were under pressure after a 1-2 return from the first three rounds.
"It's probably a funny thing to say but defensively we were very strong, we dominated them for long periods of time and our combinations are still getting there.
"We still haven't been able to field our best side yet but there were some really good signs there on the weekend.''
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