Having carried Gold Coast on his young shoulders through a challenging first NRL campaign as captain, Titans coach Justin Holbrook wants Tino Fa'asuamaleaui's teammates to step up to their skipper's standards. The Titans will aim to make it back-to-back home wins for the first time since round four when they host Newcastle at CBUS Super Stadium on Sunday. "The blame's not getting pointed in his direction, I think we all know that," Holbrook said. "He probably tries too hard at times. It's been a big learning curve for us all and him included and he'll be better for it. "It comes back to our halves really running the game when it's happening and he just playing it. "He's tremendous. He's our best leader by a mile Tino. If you see him from Monday to game day he's exceptional, and then once we kick off there's got to be more emphasis placed on the key guys in the halves. "We'll keep working on that but for Tino, we know how good he is and he's terrific for us." Holbrook has made several changes from the team which lost to the Dragons with Klese Haas, the younger brother of Broncos prop Payne, to debut from the interchange bench while Brian Kelly returns to take injured Patrick Herbert's (knee) spot in the centres.
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