Category: Gold Coast Sport

Titans forward Leivaha Pulu is not only lapping up the club’s second win of the season, but a major, personal milestone. The Wyong recruit always vowed to crack the NRL before he turned 26. One week shy of that birthday, he now boasts three top grade games.

Suns fans can finally rejoice – their AFL season finally kicks off against Essendon at Metricon Stadium this Saturday afternoon. The Bombers are still reeling from the supplements scandal, but Touk Miller says off-field dramas will go out the window, as soon as the siren sounds.  

Move over Jarryd Hayne – the new Aussie faces of American football are Tracey Day and Zoe Barnett. Scouted by the Chicago Women’s Football Team at a local training camp last year, they’ll soon be the first Australian women to go pro in the States.  

When we caught up with Coomera wakeboarder Cory Teunissen at training, he’d had no sleep and no breakfast- after a whirlwind trip to Melbourne for a competition. His insatiable appetite for tricks is the reason he’s predicted to soon become the best in the world.

More than 1600 of the state’s top surf lifesavers have taken to the sand and surf today, as part of the 2016 Queensland Surf Lifesaving Championships. Competitors are vying for the chance to compete in next month’s Australian Titles.

Burleigh Heads Lifeguards Ken Wallace and Jordan Woods can now seriously start dreaming about the moment they win gold, for the Aussie Kayak Team. The athletes and 10 fellow paddlers today received their boarding passes for Rio.

Titans veteran Will Zillman will miss another week of footy with a niggling calf injury… So the same 17 that flew South for the Storm encounter will take on in-form Wests Tigers at C-Bus Stadium in their Round Three clash. Eels recruit Nathan Davis is confident his shoulder will hold-up, while Eddy Pettybourne- who’s coming…

Titans players will train under lights this week to prepare for the 8:30 time slot against Wests Tigers this Saturday night. Nathan Davis is in doubt with shoulder and neck concerns, while Will Zillman and Eddy Pettybourne are expected to return.