ANTHONY Laffranchi has no qualms about stepping into the Titans' engine room to help alleviate some of the pressure on the Gold Coast's big men in Sunday's NRL season opener against the New Zealand Warriors.

WILLIE Mason is on the bench. Lote Tuqiri will start for the Tigers. And a whole batch of rookies are set to debut. Check out the full teams for round one. 

MANY of the top NRL players have spent their off-season `inking up' and with the start of the 2010 season kicking off on Sunday at Skilled Park <em>The Gold Coast Bulletin</em> is giving you the chance to show off your ink too.

HE put his body on the line for the Titans' finals dream and now Luke O'Dwyer's sacrifice is set to be repaid with a new multi-year Gold Coast deal.

FORMER Warriors centre Clinton Toopi is poised to make a surprise NRL comeback with the Gold Coast Titans against the club where he made his name.

GOLD Coast Titans winger Jordan Atkins won't let it get him down. Dealt another telling blow just weeks out from the season opener, Atkins is confident of overcoming a medial ligament tear and getting back on the field within five weeks.

GOLDEN try, restart play from the 30-metre line if the ball is kicked dead, allow a set of six to be completed after fulltime. They are some of the changes fans want.

JARRYD Hayne wasn't listening when the suits started their speeches. He wasn't even in the room. He was performing tricks with the footy with Michael Jennings.

KEEBRA Park coach Greg Lenton believes Broncos prospect Corey Norman will have little problem stepping into the vacant fullback role should he get his chance this season.

GOLD Coast Titans coaching staff can expect some long discussions around the selection table to find their top-17 for the season-opener against the New Zealand Warriors on Sunday week.

WEEKEND EXTRA by Pat McLeod&nbsp;<br>RUGBY LEAGUE: The South Tweed Koalas are not only back in the Gold Coast rugby league competition, they have also lured one of the city's biggest names to come out of retirement.

SCOTT Prince has revealed he will use his birthday in Darwin to show off moves he and new Gold Coast Titans halves partner Greg Bird have created but warned fans it will take time before the pair gel.

THE Daily Telegraph today launches its 2010 NRL Fans Survey. We're giving you the chance to have some real input into the game before season starts. Fans Survey

TITANS recruit Riley Brown has asked for a final chance to impress as Gold Coast coach John Cartwright prepares to name his squad for the club's last remaining pre-season clash against the Cowboys in Darwin.

GOLD Coast coach John Cartwright rated Scott Prince's combination with new five-eighth Greg Bird as the most pleasing aspect of his side's 28-22 NRL trial win over Souths at Coffs Harbour last night.

THE day before Greg Bird debuts as a Gold Coast Titan, the controversial rugby league star thanked the city that has opened its arms to him.

GOLD Coast Titans prop Michael Henderson has been ruled out of tomorrow night's first full-scale trial against Souths Sydney in Coffs Harbour because of a broken big toe.

RETIRING cult hero Wendell Sailor has urged Gold Coast rugby league fans to give Titan Greg Bird a shot at redemption as the former Test and NSW star fights to resurrect his career.

AMONG the crowd of thousands at Skilled Park on Saturday night, two faces in particular warmed the heart of inspirational Indigenous All Stars skipper Preston Campbell.

THE further you move away from the bright lights of Skilled Park and the Gold Coast the more you understand what the All Stars rugby league celebration was all about. Alf Abdullah knows.

GOLD Coast Titans recruits Greg Bird, Joseph Tomane and Riley Brown will get their first chance to impress their new fans this weekend, after today being named for the opening-round NRL home clash with the Warriors.

GREG Bird and Joseph Tomane will make their club debuts for the Gold Coast Titans in Sunday's round one clash against New Zealand Warriors. Squad team

VETERAN Gold Coast Titans fullback Preston Campbell believes rookie speed machines Kevin Gordon and David Mead will find another gear in 2010 and take their games to a new level.

IT was the part of his game that made him a legend and Trevor Gillmeister knows a strong defensive effort in the opening month of the NRL season holds the key for the Gold Coast Titans.

GOLD Coast star Luke Bailey is in doubt for his club's first round date with the Warriors after suffering a flare-up to a knee injury at training.

GOLD Coast Titans winger Jordan Atkins is confident of overcoming a pre-season medial ligament tear and getting back on the field within five weeks.

MUCH as he would like to, Gold Coast Titans skipper Scott Prince won't be rushing out to order his Queensland State of Origin jumper even if veteran Broncos captain Darren Lockyer decides to give away representative footy.

GOLD Coast Titans front rower Michael Henderson will let nothing hold him back when the NRL season kicks off after he was yesterday given the all clear to resume running after a broken toe.

ANOTHER off-season will only do wonders for the young forwards ready to break into the big league this season with the Gold Coast Titans.

A LATE shot by Gold Coast star Greg Bird on North Queensland's Johnathan Thurston has left the Titans sweating on the availability of their major recruit.

HE arrived at the Gold Coast Titans as a centre and hulking new recruit Joseph Tomane wants to prove that's where he belongs in Darwin tonight.

EXCITING Gold Coast Titans winger David Mead has agreed to a whopping contract extension that will see him calling Skilled Park home until the end of 2013.

THERE are not too many things Preston Campbell hasn't done in rugby league. But the diminutive Gold Coast Titans custodian will get a chance after 12 years in the NRL to play his first game of rugby league in Darwin on Saturday night.

REIGNING Titans player of the year Nathan Friend believes the addition of Greg Bird to the Gold Coast backline gives the club an added dimension as they seek to cement their status as premiership contenders in 2010.

GOLD Coast Titans have recorded their first win of 2010, beating NRL rivals South Sydney, 28-22, in a trial match in Coffs Harbour tonight.

WEEKEND EXTRA by Pat McLeod&nbsp;<br>RUGBY LEAGUE: Adrian Vowles didn't take the soft option as a player and he hasn't changed as an administrator.

GOLD Coast Titans recruit Greg Bird says he can't wait to re-ignite a combination with halfback Scott Prince against Souths Sydney in Coffs Harbour on Saturday.

THE Gold Coast witnessed a farewell befitting one of rugby league's greatest showmen on Saturday night. When the siren sounded at Skilled Park on the NRL All Stars clash, Wendell Sailor walked away a winner.

THE historic rugby league All Stars match is in danger of being shifted to Brisbane as early as next year unless the Gold Coast can find a way to raise more revenue.

DESPITE the physical test results for NRL players being closely guarded by their clubs, we can reveal which footy player is the strongest in the league.