{"id":644697,"date":"2026-05-02T10:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T10:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/644697\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T10:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T10:20:10","slug":"josh-hannay-considers-roster-changes-press-conference-tino-faasuamaleaui-gold-coast-titans-vs-canberra-raiders-round-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/644697\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Hannay considers roster changes, press conference, Tino Fa\u2019asuamaleaui, Gold Coast Titans vs Canberra Raiders, Round 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gold Coast Titans captain Tino Fa\u2019asuamaleaui says his side needs to \u201ctake a look in the mirror\u201d following a sixth loss of the season<\/a>, as coach Josh Hannay ponders wholesale roster changes.<\/p>\n

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The beleaguered Queensland side were never really in the contest in their 28-12 defeat to the Canberra Raiders on Saturday, with skipper Joe Tapine and fullback Kaeo Weekes terrorising the Titans defence all afternoon.<\/p>\n

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The performance led the Titans captain to offer a frank assessment afterwards, telling reporters: \u201cWe didn\u2019t get our game on, we tossed up a lot of s**t\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to look in the mirror at ourselves, if we want to be the team that we\u2019re striving for we\u2019ve got to turn up and start making progress,\u201d Fa\u2019asuamaleaui said.<\/p>\n

Titans coach Hannay was slightly more measured in his observations, prefacing his answers by telling reporters he needed to be careful about what he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think we started with a soft mentality,\u201d Hannay said. <\/p>\n

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Tino Fa’asuamaleaui and Josh Hannay.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n

\u201cWe came here to work hard for each other, and yeah we had a couple of chances but the reality is we were never really in it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe probably stayed close for a period there but we never had the energy or the intent to actually deserve anything today. We got what we deserved in the end.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Titans have strung together some decent footy at times in 2026, posting two wins. However, for whatever progress the side has made, they fell apart at the seams at Cbus Stadium on Saturday, with a poor 68 per cent completion rate, 14 errors and 38 missed tackles.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve seen a difference in our guys from a defensive mindset but that first half was a step back,\u201d Hannay said of the performance. <\/p>\n

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\u201cYou feel like \u2013 and the group feels like \u2013 you\u2019re on the right track, but to have a first half like that burns because it feels like a step back and it is.<\/p>\n

Asked whether the Titans squad has the depth to be making significant roster changes, Hannay said: \u201cWe\u2019ve got the depth to cover positions if we feel like that\u2019s the best step to take\u201d.<\/p>\n

Interchange Cooper Bai was again one of the Titans strongest against the depleted Canberra outfit, putting up 94 metres, three tackle breaks and 30 tackles in his 41 minutes.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old gave Hannay cause to consider him for more minutes as he ponders broader roster changes in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think regardless of whether he starts or comes off the bench his minutes will be the same,\u201d Hannay said. \u201cI think the thing about coming off the bench is the sting has gone out of the game and that\u2019s a big shift for a young middle forward \u2013 to deal with the heat of the start of a game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the time comes he\u2019ll be ready. He started in New Zealand last week, that was a hostile environment and he didn\u2019t look out of place. We\u2019ll see what happens in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gold Coast Titans captain Tino Fa\u2019asuamaleaui says his side needs to \u201ctake a look in the mirror\u201d following…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,689,7292,160813,2667,4532,10288,124724,40802,4612,26120,35866,104452,18387,761,762,1736,158,677,701,7291,206144,85,311868],"class_list":["post-644697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-capital-territory","tag-breakout-star","tag-canberra","tag-canberra-raiders","tag-completion-rate","tag-defensive-mindset","tag-frank-assessment","tag-gold-coast-titans","tag-green-machine","tag-hostile-environment","tag-joe-tapine","tag-josh-hannay","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-new-zealand","tag-nrl","tag-oceania","tag-queensland","tag-ricky-stuart","tag-roster-changes","tag-sports","tag-wholesale-roster-changes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644697","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=644697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}