Titans in the hunt for more star recruits

Following on from the signatures of Tyrone Peachey and Shannon Boyd to come on board for the 2019 season, Gold Coast Titans coach Garth Brennan has confirmed the club are still on the look out for more top-tier talent.

Boyd joins a forward pack alongside Ryan James, Jai Arrow and Jarrod Wallace (who are all on long-term deals), and Brennan confirmed "representative players" have told the club they want to join the Titans.

"People want to come to this club," Brennan told NRL.com.

"There are others there, I can't disclose who, but players who are contacting me or contacting the club saying 'I really want to come to the Gold Coast' and these are representative players.

"That's why we are being selective, we haven't gone out and bought anyone this year [despite having three spots left in the top 30]. We have two so far in Boyd and Peachey who are both quality players playing good football at their clubs.

"I don't think it stops their progress [of the existing young front-rowers], if anything it helps them.

"I've come through clubs where you develop young players and it's hard to throw young guys onto sides that are getting dominated and beaten. You have to have a good support network around them.

"You need to bring young players into sides that have experienced and hard heads around them to help them to develop off-field and how to prepare for a game. It's not blocking their pathway.

"I want to be a development club and I want young guys of the Gold Coast like Mo [Fotuaiki] and AJ [Alexander Brimson] and more in our systems to come through.

"It will take time to come through systems, to come through to the NRL. We need experienced players around educating them."