The Gold Coast Titans will head to North Ipswich Reserve for an opposed session and open training event alongside the Ipswich Jets tomorrow night.<\/p>\n
Rugby league fans will have the chance to watch the NRL squad up close on Wednesday afternoon\/evening, with the Titans using the hit-out against their Hostplus Cup affiliate as an important step in their pre-season preparations.<\/p>\n
But the session is about more than just football.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s another opportunity to bring the club into the heart of the community and further strengthen a relationship that continues to grow between the Titans and the Jets.<\/p>\n
Ipswich Jets CEO Richard Hughes said the club was proud to welcome the Titans back to town and excited for the chance to test his squad against NRL opposition.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s fantastic to have the Titans coming to Ipswich,\u201d Hughes said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur players don\u2019t often get the opportunity to measure themselves against an NRL side in this sort of environment, so it\u2019s a great challenge for the group and something they\u2019re really looking forward to.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s also a great day for our local fans to see the Titans up close and feel connected to the club as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
The partnership between the two organisations has strengthened in recent seasons, with close collaboration between programs and coaching staff.<\/p>\n
Jets head coach Tye Ingebrigtsen spending time alongside the Titans staff most weeks at pre-season training.<\/p>\n
That alignment, Hughes says, is helping both clubs.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve built a really strong working relationship,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur coaches are constantly communicating and learning from each other, and having Tye working closely with Josh has been invaluable. Days like this just add another layer to that connection.\u201d<\/p>\n
For the Titans, the opposed session provides valuable match-style preparation ahead of their opening pre-season trial, while also giving supporters a rare behind-the-scenes look at the squad.<\/p>\n
Following the on-field session, fans will be invited to stick around for a meet and greet, with autographs and photos available with Titans players.<\/p>\n
The free community event kicks off from 5pm, with the opposed session followed by the player meet and greet from approximately 6.30pm.<\/p>\n
The Ipswich visit continues a busy pre-season schedule on the road for the Titans, who will also head south to Lismore for a Northern Rivers fan day on February 7 as the club connects with communities across the region ahead of the new season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Gold Coast Titans will head to North Ipswich Reserve for an opposed session and open training event…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-439688","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\/439688","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=439688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}