{"id":537183,"date":"2026-03-13T06:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T06:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/537183\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T06:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T06:11:12","slug":"selwyn-cobbo-the-dolphins-nrl-season-2026-round-2-dolphins-v-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/537183\/","title":{"rendered":"Selwyn Cobbo, The Dolphins, NRL season 2026, Round 2, Dolphins v Titans"},"content":{"rendered":"

While no stranger to Suncorp Stadium, it would have taken a moment for fans to adjust to the new colours worn by Selwyn Cobbo as he ran out for his first official game as a Dolphin.<\/p>\n

However, Cobbo took to his task like a fish to water against the Rabbitohs, running for 155 metres with a line break, two tackles breaks, a try assist and two key kick defusals, showing promising signs of more to come.<\/p>\n


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Back the same venue this Sunday against the Titans and hunting for the first win of the season, the former Broncos ace shared how he had found the move to a new club following a difficult 2025 season hampered by injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cHappy to play some footy again, didn’t get the win, but I enjoyed every moment out on the field for playing for the Dolphins,\u201d Cobbo told NRL.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year wasn’t the best year for me and I worked all pre-season just to get back to where I know I can be.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am just happy to play some footy again \u2026 I know that I’ve got full faith (from) everyone in this team.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s only Round 1, we’ll go back to the drawing board, work on what we need to work on and get ready for our next game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although a fan favourite at the Broncos, an injury setback and a dip in form all converged to see the former Queensland Maroons representative lose his spot in the starting line-up.<\/p>\n

This coincided with the emergence of unheralded faces like Josiah Karapani and re-emergence of journeyman talent Gehamat Shibasaki who produced irresistible form at the right end of the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I did my hammy \u2026 Deine [Mariner] and Karapani were doing a great job, they deserved that wing spot last year,\u201d Cobbo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was working hard trying to get back, but unfortunately I didn’t get that spot, but I’m happy for them. They got the grand final.<\/p>\n

\u201c(It\u2019s growth), it makes me who I am, it makes me better and makes me want to go after it more.\u201d<\/p>\n


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Deep Dive: Dolphins v Titans<\/p>\n

On his growth, Cobbo said coach Kristian Woolf had also provided a steadying hand as he worked to rediscover his best form.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe tries to get the best out of me,\u201d Cobbo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaking sure I’m staying fit; he’s encouraged me if I know I’m not training my best, to keep me up to standard.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wants me to be the best I can be this year.\u201d<\/p>\n


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Following his club debut which saw him heavily targeted in defence, forward leader Felise Kaufusi praised his efforts to try and bring the ball back from his team\u2019s danger zone.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was really strong for us,\u201d Kaufusi said.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust like Kuli (Finefeuiaki Kulikefu), I thought he carried the ball really well and I think he\u2019ll keep building that as the year goes on.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully those two boys will get more opportunity to find the try-line.\u201d<\/p>\n


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All Tries \u2013 Dolphins v Rabbitohs<\/p>\n

While the Dolphins were disappointed with the defensive effort following their 40-30 loss against the Rabbitohs, they knew the Titans would also be looking for their first opportunity to make amends for their poor start to the season.<\/p>\n

The away side this weekend, the Titans leaked even more points than their opponents, going down 50-10 to the Sharks.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor sure (they will be fired up), Tino [Fa\u2019asuamaleaui], all the Titans, just like us,\u201d Kaufusi said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got belted last week and so did they.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will both be up for it and see who comes out on top.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone is firing and we are ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While no stranger to Suncorp Stadium, it would have taken a moment for fans to adjust to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-537183","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\/537183","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=537183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}