Titans coach Josh Hannay has locked in Mawene Hiroti to join his future squad with the outside back to move north to the Gold Coast for the 2027 and 2028 seasons.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old brings versatility, strike power and experience to bolster the Titans\u2019 backline, capable of playing at both wing and centre.<\/p>\n
Making his NRL debut in 2019, Hiroti has made 34 appearances in the top grade, including 29 at the Cronulla Sharks where he is currently contracted for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n
Hannay believes Hiroti\u2019s experience and character will be a strong addition to the club as the Titans continue to strengthen their long-term roster.<\/p>\n
“Having worked closely with Mawene over the past five years, it\u2019s my belief he\u2019s one of the most underrated outside backs in the competition,” he said.<\/p>\n
“He\u2019s been stuck behind some of the best outside backs in the competition at Cronulla and hasn\u2019t always got regular opportunities in the NRL, but when he has, he\u2019s always been one of the best performing players on the field.<\/p>\n
“I admire his no nonsense, head-down, work-hard attitude and I can\u2019t wait to work with him again in the future. He brings a lot to the table, including a history of being an outstanding goal-kicker.<\/p>\n
“He\u2019s going to be an asset for our club and fits the mould of the type of character we want to attract to the Titans.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Titans coach Josh Hannay has locked in Mawene Hiroti to join his future squad with the outside back…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-385485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385485","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=385485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}