TON OF FUN
Titans cult hero Konrad Hurrell is loving life on the Gold Coast and wants to play another 100 games for the club that saved his career
ON Sunday, Konrad Hurrell will bring up his century and he has already set himself the goal of playing another 100 games all for the Gold Coast in promising signs for Titans fans.
Hurrell has been a revelation on the Coast since cutting short an often troubled tenure at the Warriors to move midway in 2016.
In just 28 appearances for the Titans, the exciting centre’s impact has been enormous on and off the field.
He put his transformation down to the way the club has backed him.
“It just feels good when someone has faith in you,” Hurrell told the Bulletin. “(My career) has been a rollercoaster but I’m glad I made it here.”
It’s taken more than six years for Hurrell to crack the ton but he feels there are many more barnstorming performances to come – and he doesn’t want to pull on any NRL jersey other than that of the Gold Coast. “I feel like I’m home now and hopefully I will stay here for a bit longer,” he said.
“The boys help to make you feel welcome at the Titans and the coaching staff, they have been looking after us very well. Why would you want to move away from where you are being looked after?
“From what I have been going through here at the Titans, I reckon I can probably get another 100 (games) just by how the coaches and the staff and all the trainers are here looking after me and for myself knowing what I need to work on.”
Titans coach Garth Brennan last week hailed Hurrell as one of his favourite NRL players in a show of just how highly he is regarded.
“Obviously he is the coach and he is the big dog so for him to say that I’m one of his favourite players, it feels good,” the Tongan international said.
“There is a lot of pressure in that but it makes me keep working hard so I can stay in his favourite books.”
Hurrell will mark up on St George Illawarra centre Tim Lafai in Toowoomba on Sunday as the Titans strive to bounce back from their 20-8 Round 2 away loss to the Warriors.
IT JUST FEELS GOOD WHEN SOMEONE HAS FAITH IN YOU ... I’M GLAD I MADE IT HERE.” KONRAD HURRELL