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Titans moving in on Broncos' turf

Steve Ricketts
October 31, 2006 11:00pm
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NRL newcomers the Gold Coast Titans are poised to gatecrash the Broncos' premiership defence at Suncorp Stadium next year, leaving the reigning premiers $250,000 out of pocket.
The Titans have asked the NRL for a debut home match at Suncorp Stadium against St George-Illawarra on the same weekend the Broncos will be at home to the North Queensland Cowboys.
The Titans-Dragons match could open the season on the Friday night, March 16.
Broncos chief executive Bruno Cullen said he feared thousands of league fans would choose the historic nature of the Titans' debut match ahead of the traditional Queensland derby.
But Titans managing director Michael Searle yesterday made no apologies.
NRL operations manager Graham Annesley said the draw was still up to 10 days away and nothing had been decided on the season openers.


-Titans v Dragons at Suncorp first game-would be a great opening.
Can't believe some fools on the GC are actually whinging about this not being played on the Gold Coast-the best Football stadium is 1hr up the road and you want to play it at Carrara? pffft. As for the broncos-i think Brisbane fans can handle more than one game on a weekend, considering the Broncs DID win the comp...

 

[gcbronco]

Generally speaking being a Broncos supporter I don't have a problem with Titan's playing matches at Suncorp Stadium but in saying that is it the best move to play it in the first round with a potential conflict between what is turning into a regular derby of sorts between the Broncos and Cowboys? Potentially your only hurting crowd attendances for both games so I just question the thinking behind such a move if it is made. And what does winning the competition got to do with this?

 

[aids]

finally, the tits doing what they were born for.
giving the people of the wider brisbane area a team to go for that isn't the bronx.

both games will pull a great crowd, if not possibly sell out.

 

[Twizzle]

sounds like a good idea

surely Carrara would be a sell out an this way alot more people can get to see the tits first game

 

[Pierced Soul]

thats f**ked. the first game of the season should be up to the PREMIERS to open (if they choose) not the new team.

I dont have as much a prob with it if it was played AFTER the broncos first game. I agree they'll draw a huge crowd wherever they play

 

[Smiley]

Why not a Double-header like they have in Sydney. One game at 5:30 the second at 7:30.

 

[innsaneink]

I tipped them to play Saints first.

Not surprised at the continued arrogance from the Titans, you have your own ground, when does the special requests cease?

 

[JK]

:lol: We've got to stop calling them the tits!!!

Brilliant decision (if made) that could mean Qld gets overs 100,000 people to Round 1.

That means the remaining games need only 16,666 people each to crack 200,000 for a round.

Wow.

 

[colonel_123]

Why not a Double-header like they have in Sydney. One game at 5:30 the second at 7:30.

Because if you play it as a double header on the Friday and you'll sell the ground out and get 52000 people to the game.

Play one game on the Friday and another on the Sunday and you'll get at least 40000 to both games.

 

[Holla if ya hear me]

You know..i was on the gold caost the recent school hols..NO ONE GIVES A sh*t ABOUT BRISBANE there

 

[Brutus]

Well done to Searle for this initiative.

I will travel from Sydney to Brisbane especially to see the Titans first game now. Great move.

 

[innsaneink]

Maybe the Broncos should - as Premiers- request to play Saints in Rd 1.

No shame Titans, their debut game, their very first game...and they wanna play it at the home of their local opposition.
Great way to begin the 'tradition'.

 

[Twizzle]

Why not a Double-header like they have in Sydney. One game at 5:30 the second at 7:30.

top idea

 

[brendothejet]

no double header.

Brisbane city and the GC combined with Townsvillians and A travelling St George group can easily fill that stadium twice.

Im a saints man and would fly up to watch the friday night between saints and titans. then i'd spend a day at the beach/pub kip it off, then out to watch sunday footy as the broncs take on the cowgirls.

f**king awesome in my head!

 

[V1er]

Why not a Double-header like they have in Sydney. One game at 5:30 the second at 7:30.

why dont they just play against each other? new comers v premiers, sell out crowd in brisbane on a friday night.

 

[miccle]

I don't have a HUGE problem with it as a Broncos fan, because I believe both games will sell out regardless but this CANNOT happen throughout the year.

If they wanna move any other game to Suncorp, it HAS to be on a weekend when we aren't there imo.

I can't see the big appeal for the tits either, in the sense that there are THOUSANDS of Dragons fans in Brisbane... the poor bastards will be outnumbered 20-1 in their first ever match. :lol:

 

[Sea_Eagles_Rock]

I think the Broncos should have been given the Titan's first up.

The Cowboys could have then got a home match to start the season.

I don't see why we have to have set opponents each year. There is plenty of rivalry out there between most teams.

 

[aids]

the titans are planning on having a few games out at suncorp next year arn't they?
moslty becuase the ground won't be completed and dramas with the afl over the oval.

although i am probably wrong

 

[miccle]

Nah you're right - they want to move the bigger games to Suncorp also because Carrarra only holds around 18K or so, thus they can make more money going up the road.

 

[mattyg]

That sounds awesome. If Titans play Saints and Brisbane play Cowboys, there is almost 100k right there. IMO If Bulldogs also play Tigers in rd1 with a fit SBW and Benji, the first round will quite easily break 200k.