{"id":215047,"date":"2025-10-15T10:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/215047\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:56:09","slug":"titans-star-to-stay-in-gold-coast-despite-exit-talks-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/215047\/","title":{"rendered":"Titans star to stay in Gold Coast despite exit talks &#8211; NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/gold-coast-titans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gold Coast Titans<\/a> have continued their roster overhaul, but instead of axing another star, they&#8217;ll be keeping one on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">According to AAP, outside back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/phillip-sami\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phillip Sami<\/a> is expected to remain with the Titans in 2026, with new coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/coaches\/josh-hannay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Hannay<\/a> making it clear he wants the experienced flyer in his plans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Reports had circulated suggesting Sami was free to negotiate elsewhere, but his manager Paul Hogan told AAP those claims were off the mark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cWe were never at any stage given formal permission by the Titans to negotiate with other clubs for next year,\u201d Hogan said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cPhil has had several conversations with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/coaches\/josh-hannay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Hannay<\/a> about 2026, and Josh made it clear he wanted him at the club. I spoke with Josh yesterday, and he reiterated to me that he wanted Phil on board.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-165742\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"NRL Rd 15 - Titans v Wests Tigers\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1735\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1496897675-scaled.jpg.webp.webp\"\/>GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA &#8211; JUNE 08: Phillip Sami of the Titans celebrates after scoring a try during the round 15 NRL match between Gold Coast Titans and Wests Tigers at Cbus Super Stadium on June 08, 2023 in Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Bradley Kanaris\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Hogan confirmed Sami is enthusiastic about the opportunity to work under Hannay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cPhil is really looking forward to being coached by Josh and taking his game to another level,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Sami remains under contract through 2026 but will become a free agent for 2027 on November 1. His camp intends to wait until pre-season before making any long-term calls.<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; The Gold Coast Titans have continued their roster overhaul, but instead of axing another star, they&#8217;ll&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-215047","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-national-rugby-league","11":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","12":"tag-nrl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}