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    Default NRL officials will head to the Gold Coast for crisis talks with the Titans

    NRL official will head to the Gold Coast for crisis talks with the Titans
    TODD BALYM EXCLUSIVE THE COURIER-MAIL
    FEBRUARY 24, 2015 12:00AM



    NRL officials will fly to the Gold Coast for crisis talks with the Titans as the club struggles to wade through the fallout of the cocaine scandal that has gripped the sport.

    The Courier-Mail has been told the NRL will send several officials to the Titans offices on Tuesday to assist the club get back on its feet as it reels from one crisis to the next just 12 days out from the NRL season.

    It is believed chief executive Graham Annesley will be given full support from NRL powerbrokers with extra bodies given to him in the office to help restore the natural order of business while the NRL take a closer look at the administration of the Titans.

    On Monday coach Neil Henry and his football department were racing around town trying to find training locations for the rest of the week, with the team due to train at Cudgen and on Thursday at Cbus Super Stadium.

    Players were sent to The Southport School to clear out their belongings from the premises after they were evicted from their temporary training facilities beside the river on school grounds.

    Henry said it was a difficult scenario facing his squad as they try to prepare for their season opening game at home on March 7.

    “The boys can only control what they can control and that’s their attitude with training and getting their preparation done for round one,” Henry said.

    “While we’ve got concerns for the players that aren’t with us and we’re conscious of their welfare as well, they are teammates, we’ll hopefully get a resolution to this fairly quickly.

    “Time will tell (how we cope with it). There’s no doubt it’s a disruption.

    “There’s some experience and quality about the players missing at the moment but we’ll just have to cope with that.”

    Faced with the prospect of starting his season with only 30 members of his 35-man squad, and no end in sight to the legal process that is facing Greg Bird, Dave Taylor, Beau Falloon, Jamie Dowling and Kalifa Faifai Loa, Henry admitted the prospect of seeking permanent replacements could be entertained in the coming weeks.

    However, Henry would only have access to second tier players from Queensland Cup feeder clubs and even then would likely need salary cap dispensation from the NRL.

    “We don’t have an option to replace them,” Henry said.

    “Our squad is effectively down to 30.

    “We do have a couple of players who have gone down to play Queensland Cup at our feeder teams.

    “We’ll be looking at bringing in a couple of players from Burleigh Bears or Tweed Seagulls.

    “You’d hope if we’re losing players there’d be some way we’d have some cap dispensation so that we could move in the market to fill the void.”

    While the Titans await the court process and board review into the players for potential breach of contracts, Henry confirmed the suspended five would keep training in isolation with some input from club coaching personnel.

    “They’re allowed to do their own personal training,” he said.

    “We have contacts around them being able to do gym work and stuff like that.

    “We’d expect they’d keep training.”
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    “Like I’ve said previously I am not walking away. I will be working closely with the NRL to reinvest in the Titans" Darryl Kelly's comments, WOW this bloke is as staunch as they come, this is great news for the titans even if the licence is given back, Kelly still wants to reinvest into the titans, I am lost for words astounding what a great bloke Mr Kelly is.


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