{"id":450520,"date":"2026-01-31T23:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T23:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/450520\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T23:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T23:45:08","slug":"gold-coast-titans-lock-in-schoolboy-sensation-to-long-term-nrl-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/450520\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Coast Titans lock in schoolboy sensation to long-term NRL deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Titans<\/a> head coach Josh Hannay and director of football Scott Sattler continue to make shrewd future-oriented moves, with news the club has locked in gun schoolboy hooker Jai Bilish until the end of 2030.<\/p>\n

Currently completing Year 12 the Gold Coast, Bilish is captain of Palm Beach Currumbin and featured in the school\u2019s National Schoolboy Cup success in 2024.<\/p>\n

Bilish, 17, has been part of the Gold Coast \u2018Future Titans\u2019 program since 2022 and was already signed until 2028, but after impressing Hannay during pre-season training the club has moved quickly to extend his current deal<\/a> by a further two years.<\/p>\n

According to the club, Bilish\u2019s new deal will see him upgraded to the Titans\u2019 full-time squad in 2027 when he finishes school, before being elevated into the top 30 in 2028.<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0NRL Pre-Season Challenge: Henson Park, Seiffert Oval return as 2026 NRL season kicks off on 7 February<\/a><\/p>\n

Titans director of football Scott Sattler said Bilish\u2019s extension was a significant vote of confidence in both him and the club\u2019s long-term vision under new coach Josh Hannay.<\/p>\n

\u201cJai is exactly the type of player we want to build our future around,\u201d Sattler said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s shown tremendous growth in a short period of time and has a real appetite to learn, improve and do the little things well. That mindset is critical to where we want to go as a club.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are in an exciting position where all our key playing positions of a similar age demographic are committing to the club, forming a generational playing group that should energise Titans fans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bilish comes from a rugby league family with his older brother Roko and younger brother Ike also part of the Future Titans program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Titans head coach Josh Hannay and director of football Scott Sattler continue to make shrewd future-oriented moves, with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-450520","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\/450520","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=450520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}