Titans star AJ Brimson and interim coach Jim Lenihan have spoken of their ‘shock’ in regards to the news of Justin Holbrook’s sacking final Thursday.
Three days after Holbrook’s dismissal and the affirmation premiership-winning coach Des Hasler will lead the crew in 2024 and past, the Titans put collectively one in all their most full performances of the season to down the high-flying Broncos 18-12
Lenihan, who has labored on the Titans below Holbrook for the reason that 2020 season, admitted Holbrook’s sacking “wasn’t easy” for him.
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“It was a really hard week. A shock,” Lenihan mentioned after the Titans win.
“It was late in the week as well, so for the boys to sort of process it, go through it and then turn up and put a good effort like that today was really pleasing.
“It wasn’t easy at all, Justin’s a really good mate.
“He brought me in and gave me an opportunity at the Titans for which I’ll be forever grateful.
“He not just brought me into the club, he brought other players and a lot of staff.
“The place got tipped up on its head for sure this week and the way we dealt with it and come out with a win like that today was pleasing.”
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The Titans have been with out Origin ahead Tino Fa’asuamaleaui, however their different rep stars in Brimson, David Fifita and Mo Fotuaika have been excellent within the win.
The outcome means the Titans stay in ninth on the finish of Round 17, solely 4 factors behind the ladder-leading Panthers.
Brimson mentioned he was caught off guard by the Holbrook news, however careworn to his crew in regards to the significance of sticking collectively as a membership within the lead as much as the Broncos conflict and “getting up for more than just the one game”.
“It was a bit of a shock coming in on Thursday after the highs of (Origin) camp to find out that news,” Brimson mentioned.
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“Jimmy kept it quite simple as we found out Thursday and were playing Sunday and it was a big game in the context of our season so I thought it was handled as well as it could have been.
“We spoke before the game that we want to make our club proud, fans proud and do ourselves proud.
“It’s easy to get up against all the adversity for one game so we just got to make sure we continue it.
“We are in a great position to have a good back end of the year. We got a lot of home games coming up.
“To play finals footy, that’s where our mind is at.”
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