NRL 2024: Titans, Locked in: Fermor's 379 day wait to reach milestone

Author: Titans.com.au
Timestamp: Sat 6 Apr 2024, 05:04 PM

It's been a tedious wait for Beau Fermor to bring up a small but important milestone in his NRL career.

Set to play in his 50th game against the Cowboys on Sunday, the Titans forward was supposed to have notched up the feat in this exact fixture 12 months earlier, if not for his season-ending knee injury.

"I've probably taken the longest out of any NRL players to get to 50 games," Fermor joked.

"If you said to me when I was six years old that I’d play 50 NRL games, I would’ve taken that.

"It’s got a bit of an extra special meaning to reach this milestone after missing the whole year last year because it was this game last year that I should’ve brought up 50 games.

"It wasn’t to be so I’m really excited, not only for myself, but to play 50 games at the Titans... I love this club and I love living on the Gold Coast.

"’m really hopeful that we get a win this weekend for the occasion."

Not the only Titan to celebrate a special achievement this weekend, Fermor will join Brian Kelly who celebrates his 150th NRL appearance having debuted for the Manly Sea Eagles in 2017 before coming home in 2019.

The Gold Coast will also see two debutants with Canberra recruit Harley Smith-Shields making his first appearance for the club alongside Josiah Pahulu, who will come off the bench in his maiden NRL game.

The team remains unchanged heading into the clash, with Tom Weaver, Alofiana Khan-Pereira and Jacob Alick-Wiencke dropping out of the extended squad.

Kick-off is at 4.05pm on Sunday at Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville.

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Cowboys

Titans

Team Lists

Backs

Fullback for Cowboys is number 1 Scott Drinkwater

Fullback for Titans is number 1 Jayden Campbell
Winger for Cowboys is number 2 Kyle Feldt

Winger for Titans is number 2 Harley Smith-Shields
Centre for Cowboys is number 3 Valentine Holmes

Centre for Titans is number 3 Brian Kelly
Centre for Cowboys is number 4 Zac Laybutt

Centre for Titans is number 4 AJ Brimson
Winger for Cowboys is number 5 Murray Taulagi

Winger for Titans is number 5 Jojo Fifita
Five-Eighth for Cowboys is number 6 Tom Dearden

Five-Eighth for Titans is number 6 Kieran Foran
Halfback for Cowboys is number 7 Chad Townsend

Halfback for Titans is number 7 Tanah Boyd

Forwards

Prop for Cowboys is number 8 Jordan McLean

Prop for Titans is number 8 Moeaki Fotuaika
Hooker for Cowboys is number 9 Reece Robson

Hooker for Titans is number 9 Chris Randall
Prop for Cowboys is number 10 Jason Taumalolo

Prop for Titans is number 10 Jaimin Jolliffe
2nd Row for Cowboys is number 11 Kulikefu Finefeuiaki

2nd Row for Titans is number 12 Beau Fermor
2nd Row for Cowboys is number 12 Jeremiah Nanai

2nd Row for Titans is number 15 David Fifita
Lock for Cowboys is number 13 Reuben Cotter

Lock for Titans is number 11 Klese Haas

Interchange

Interchange for Cowboys is number 14 Jake Granville

Interchange for Titans is number 13 Erin Clark
Interchange for Cowboys is number 15 Griffin Neame

Interchange for Titans is number 14 Sam Verrills
Interchange for Cowboys is number 16 Sam McIntyre

Interchange for Titans is number 16 Joe Stimson
Interchange for Cowboys is number 17 Jack Gosiewski

Interchange for Titans is number 17 Josiah Pahulu