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HAVE TITANS FOUND THEIR LONG-TERM HALFBACK?<\/p>\n
A starting performance from Zane Harrison has convinced two-time Dally M Medallist Cooper Cronk that the Gold Coast Titans may have finally found their long-term halfback.<\/p>\n
In only his fourth NRL match, Harrison produced the best showing of his career to date as he guided the Titans to an upset victory against the reigning premiers, the Brisbane Broncos, away from home.<\/p>\n
Although he finished the match with a line-break assist and a try assist, his stats don\u2019t do justice to how composed he was and how influential he was in leading the side\u2019s attack throughout the 80 minutes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are some signs that this young kid can play halfback for a long period of time,\u201d NRL legend Cooper Cronk said on Fox League\u2019s Super Saturday.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can never predict the future, but I think the Gold Coast Titans have found their halfback.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are some things that this young kid has done in his short career that says there are a lot of good building blocks they can develop on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Zane Harrison.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
While Harrison was strong in attack, it was a single moment in defence from him that saw him earn praise from multi-time premiership winner Jared Waerea-Hargreaves. <\/p>\n
With nearly 20 minutes to go in the clash, the young playmaker pulled off a remarkable chase-down tackle on opposing winger Josiah Karapani to prevent a try.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat tackle he made with about 19 minutes to go on Karapani, that won them the game,\u201d Waerea-Hargreaves said on Fox League.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe turns up, saves them the game and they go on to win.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Cooper Cronk continued, \u201cDecent defender, good kicking game, tries hard on every play, but he\u2019s also providing space for [Keano] Kini and [Jayden] Campbell to do their thing. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe Titans have found a really good combination with Kini, Campbell in the six and Harrison at seven.\u201d<\/p>\n
A former two-time Under-19s NSW Blues representative, Harrison will only get better and better over time as he gets more development and experience under his belt.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor his age, the head that he has on him is ridiculous. It makes my job so much easier,\u201d Harrison\u2019s halves partner Jayden Campbell said on Fox League.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe leads the team around really well and I can\u2019t wait to keep playing with him and keep building the combination.\u201d<\/p>\n
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DOLPHINS\u2019 \u2018SCARY\u2019 WARNING SHOT <\/p>\n
The Dolphins have got themselves a bargain in Selwyn Cobbo.<\/p>\n
After a disappointing year at the Broncos last season, the Dolphins were able to sign Cobbo to a cut-price, one-year \u2018prove it\u2019 contract for 2026.<\/p>\n
While it was somewhat of a gamble, it was a low-risk one, but now it\u2019s reaping rewards.<\/p>\n
In his first season at the club, Cobbo has been one of the best wingers in the comp, playing on the end of arguably the competition\u2019s in-form backlines.<\/p>\n
He earned a Origin recall and played super for the Maroons in Game I.<\/p>\n
However, it was his performance against the Cowboys that have tongues wagging.<\/p>\n
Highlighted by a spectacular full-field try against the run of play which included two fends on Cowboys gun Tom Chester, Cobbo was spectacular up in Townsville, recording an eye-watering 305 metres, seven tackle busts and two tries.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s not many players in the history of our game that can do that. Greg Inglis comes to mind, but that moment from Cobbo, it\u2019s almost like his performance in Origin has given him a lot of confidence and that is a scary prospect for anyone that comes up against the Dolphins. He\u2019s been tremendous,\u201d Cooper Cronk said, referring to Cobbo\u2019s first half try.<\/p>\n
His career was uncertain last year, but Selwyn Cobbo is loving life at his new club, playing some of the best footy of his career.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
The winger\u2019s career was at a crossroads last year.<\/p>\n
Cobbo\u2019s former coach at Brisbane, Kevin Walters, says it\u2019s a delight to see Cobbo enjoy his football following a rough season at the Broncos in 2025 which saw the winger dropped to Queensland Cup amid reports he was considering walking away from the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s been in great touch. Not just this week but this season and Origin form comes into it,\u201d Walters said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s got the big, long fend which makes him even harder to tackle. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s great to see him, as much as anything else, with a big smile on his face.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had his troubles at the Broncos but it\u2019s good to see him playing good football and happy.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had a strong game in Game I and he continued that into this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Broncos\u2019 premiership defence is on tilt, but a champion halfback sees something in the struggling club that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":721729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[18743,349711,64,63,689,7292,9421,349724,347810,137960,4428,349712,23971,5079,2667,4532,349716,349718,18382,347808,11101,4430,11096,44328,349725,60064,349714,349722,222174,28463,763,349713,48260,2105,4612,26120,11102,84257,39271,17341,81096,96069,4582,4570,349727,4744,222177,48255,5092,147876,56527,7287,347809,32917,6407,252420,349721,761,762,280709,158,677,4598,39567,14224,52768,52764,7291,349726,4478,349715,4439,85,349720,72910,12931,1080,7663,349717,22294,4737,7619,349723,4515,349719,148132,35829,156099],"class_list":["post-721728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-adam-reynolds","tag-all-time-try-seals","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-capital-territory","tag-benji-marshall","tag-blow-torch","tag-boys-join","tag-breakout-campaign","tag-brisbane-broncos","tag-broncos-blunder","tag-building-blocks","tag-cameron-murray","tag-canberra","tag-canberra-raiders","tag-catch-fire","tag-champion-halfback","tag-chief-playmaker","tag-comedy-duo","tag-cooper-cronk","tag-daly-cherry-evans","tag-daniel-nuttall","tag-defensive-line","tag-dollar-tigers","tag-dominant-win","tag-dramatic-victory","tag-dry-patch","tag-ethan-lee-chalk","tag-finals-football","tag-fox-league","tag-games-in-a-row","tag-genuine-title-contender","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-gold-coast-titans","tag-green-machine","tag-greg-alexander","tag-halves-combination","tag-halves-pairing","tag-home-fans","tag-immense-pressure","tag-jared-waerea-hargreaves","tag-jarome-luai","tag-jayden-campbell","tag-key-coaching","tag-kicking-game","tag-lee-chalk","tag-line-break-assist","tag-line-breaks","tag-long-term-halfback","tag-luke-keary","tag-mark-nolan","tag-marty-michael","tag-michael-ennis","tag-michael-maguire","tag-minor-changes","tag-multi-time-premiership-winner","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nations-capital","tag-nrl","tag-oceania","tag-penrith-panthers","tag-phil-sami","tag-points-scored","tag-premiership-defence","tag-premiership-winner","tag-ricky-stuart","tag-roosters-bounce","tag-sam-walker","tag-scintillating-solo-try","tag-south-sydney-rabbitohs","tag-sports","tag-star-cops-lashing","tag-star-players","tag-struggling-club","tag-sydney-roosters","tag-talking-points","tag-titans-miracle","tag-title-race","tag-trent-robinson","tag-try-assist","tag-under-fire-star","tag-wests-tigers","tag-yardage-attack","tag-young-kid","tag-young-playmaker","tag-yvonne-sampson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721728","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=721728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/721729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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