Jetstar Gold Coast Titans coach John Cartwright will stick with a winning formula for Saturday night’s clash against Melbourne at Olympic Park after today naming an unchanged starting side for the match.
Veteran Preston Campbell will again line-up at halfback in the absence of Scott Prince, who has been ruled out of the match against the Storm in order to get his injured hamstring right for the round 5 clash against North Queensland.
Centre Josh Graham has been included on an extended five-man interchange bench with one to be omitted. Graham was a late withdrawal from last Friday night’s 20-12 win over the Bulldogs due to a head knock.
Hardworking backrower Mark Minichiello said the side had taken confidence out of the win against the Bulldogs in the absence of co-captain Prince.
“Every time you play Melbourne you know you’re in for a real big fight and especially without Princey, it’s probably going to be a little tougher for us,’’ said Minichiello.
“But we proved to everyone last week that we can win without him and the team took a lot of confidence out of that win against the Dogs so we’re going down there with a lot of confidence and I think we can really give them a shake.’’
Minichiello said ‘enthusiasm’ and ‘intensity’ would the key to beating the Storm on their home turf.
“When you play Melbourne, if you’re down one per cent on your intensity or your attention to detail they’re going to get you – they’re just that good of a side.
“So we have to be 100 per cent on song and come to the game with enthusiasm and that intensity again.
“We took that out of game against the Bulldogs and we know how to do that now so hopefully we can take that down to Melbourne.’’
The team will travel to Melbourne on Friday.
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