Myles’ cameo proves crucial
Veteran helped Carty mentor young players and form club culture
HE played just two games in their debut season but David Myles was key to helping set the culture of the Titans.
After racking up more than 100 NRL games with the Gold Coast Chargers, New Zealand Warriors and North Queensland Cowboys, Myles headed to France, content that he had wrung every drop out of his NRL career.
But a phone call from inaugural Titans coach John Cartwright brought him back to the city where his career started, with Myles jumping at the chance to join the new franchise for the 2007 season.
“When I left the Cowboys and went overseas, I had no real desire to come back to (the NRL),” Myles said.
“But I got the phone call from Carty who said, ‘do you want to be an old boy and go around again?’
“I’d got 115 games (when I left the Cowboys) which is a lot more than I thought I’d get and a lot more than other people thought I’d get.
“Then to get another chance to do it again in front of my parents and friends and family, that was pretty cool.”
Myles, now 40, played just two games for the Titans but helped mentor many of the younger players as the culture of the new club was set. He also won a Queensland Cup premiership with Tweed.
“It wasn’t many (games I played) and I knew that going in there,” he said.
Co-founder and successful franchisor of gutter-guard business Gutter Knight, Myles brings the principles he learnt during his years in sport to business.
“I don’t have a roofing background or anything but what I wanted to create and I missed from footy was the culture, the teamwork, that environment,” he said.
“That’s what we’ve created and we’ve got a great culture and great people and the business is really growing.
“A lot of things I’ve learnt in football, you can translate across to business – or any profession. And that’s where a lot of the drive comes and I think the (franchisees) find that attractive as well.”