Falloon to make Titans debut

by NRL

Gold Coast have named hooker Beau Falloon to make his anticipated Titans debut and star fowards Luke Bailey and Nate Myles to return from injury for Sunday's clash against the Raiders in Canberra.

Jetstar Titans Coach John Cartwright today named former Souths hooker Beau Falloon on a five-man interchange bench, while Bailey (ribs) and Myles (sternum) have both been named in the hope they will be fit to return against the Raiders.

Falloon played 25 NRL matches for the Rabbitohs from 2008-11 and has been rewarded for his recent form for Queensland Cup feeder club Burleigh Bears since returning from a torn biceps injury he suffered in the club's pre-season trial match against the Broncos at Pizzey Park.

Centre Dominique Peyroux has been promoted from the interchange bench to right centre in place of the injured Beau Champion, who will have surgery on his injured ankle this week, while winger Steve Michaels comes in for David Mead, who will miss the match after returning to PNG for his father's funeral.

Cartwright said Falloon would be used in tandem with hooker Matt Srama in an attempt to ease the workload on the young rake, who has not missed a match this season with 16 consecutive games.

"Matty has been up for a fair while now and Beau's had half a dozen games back and is a strong defender so we'll use those two in tandem down in Canberra,'' said Cartwright.

"Matty has been averaging 50 tackles a week and that's very hard even on an expereinced guy.

"We don't want to blunt his attack and I just feel that's been blunted over the last couple of weeks so we'll look to share that role depending on what happens in the course of the game.

"Beau is very deserving of his chance. He's a real popular member of the side since he came up from Sydney. He had an unfortunate start with the biceps but he's worked very hard and when we announce the side to the players I'm sure everyone in the squad will be happy for him.''

Cartwright said he was hopeful of regaining the services both Bailey and Myles, with a final decision on their fitness and availability to be made later in the week.

"We'll monitor them. We're pretty hopeful at the moment but they've both got similar type of injuries. We'll give them every chance we can,'' said Cartwright.

Titans vs Raiders
2pm, Sunday July 15
Canberra Stadium

1 William Zillman
2 Kevin Gordon
3 Jamal Idris
4 Dominique Peyroux
5 Steve Michaels
6 Aidan Sezer
7 Scott Prince [c]
8 Luke Bailey
9 Matt Srama
10 Luke Douglas
11 Ben Ridge
12 Mark Minichiello
13 Nate Myles

14 Matthew White
15 Michael Henderson
16 Luke O'Dwyer
17 Beau Falloon
18 Ryan James

Coach John Cartwright

TITANS NYC vs RAIDERS NYC
1 Tyler Chadburd
2 Tom Guymer
3 Hymel Hunt
4 Sam Johnson
5 Jared Teo
6 Kane Elgey
7 Jamal Fogarty
8 Tauryn Laurenson
9 Sam Irwin
10 Caleb Binge
11 Nick Harrold
12 Sam Gee
13 Dylan Hartin

14 Oliver Percy
15 Zach Friend
16 Jack Durheim
17 Mitch Hall

Coach Jamie O'Connor

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