Big name sent packing alongside $1 million flop

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Gold Coast playmakers Ash Taylor and Tyrone Peachey header a big of Titans pushed retired the doorway pursuing the club's 2021 season.

Taylor, Peachey, Mitch Rein, Sam Stone, Jai Whitbread and Jonus Pearson person each been fto spell by the Titans.

The forced exit of Taylor marks an astounding autumn by the playmaker, who was connected $1 cardinal a twelvemonth implicit his last 4 seasons astatine the Titans but failed to unrecorded up to his terms tag.

As the Titans surged precocious to snare their archetypal finals quality since 2016 this season, Taylor was shunted to the sideline arsenic Jamal Fogarty and Peachey combined successful the halves.

Taylor played 114 games crossed six years with Gold Coast, aft crossing from Brisbane up of the 2016 season.

Peachey's forced departure besides marks a jarring autumn for the big-name utility, who was considered a prized signing erstwhile the Titans lured him from the Panthers nether past manager Garth Brennan up of the 2019 season.

Peachey was adjacent a subordinate of the NSW Blues broadside that won the 2018 State of Origin bid 2-1, playing a unsafe relation arsenic a inferior disconnected the bench.

The erstwhile Shark and Panther played 63 matches crossed 3 years with the Titans.

It's much feasible that 26-year-old Taylor volition onshore a caller woody astatine a rival NRL nine than 30-year-old Peachey, who mightiness person to depart for the Super League if helium is to proceed his nonrecreational rugby league career.

"The Gold Coast Titans privation to convey each six players for their contributions and sacrifices made during their clip with the nine and privation the players and their families each the champion for what comes next," the Titans said successful a statement.

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