Gold Coast young gun Toby Sexton has a big week ahead with the half back a confirmed starter at Tweed’s Season Launch on Wednesday morning, before wearing the number seven Titans jersey in Saturday’s trial match against the Broncos.
Sexton will be part of a star-studded line-up at Wednesday’s Season Launch and will be joined at the function by his Coach, Justin Holbrook, likely halves partner for the year, AJ Brimson, Seagulls Head Coach Ben Woolf, Seagulls players Lindon McGrady and Braden Robson, plus WRLW Head Coach Spencer Taplin and players Georgia Hales, Rona Peters and Brooke Saddler.
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Sexton has endured a long, tough pre-season but this year has been entrusted with leading the side around the park, week in, week out.
“I’m really excited to be honest. It’s been a long pre-season and I’ve put in a lot of work and feel I’ve made some good headways in my game,” Sexton told media last week.
“I think individually and as a team, we’re a lot further ahead than what we were last year and I think it’s all about playing footy now.
“It’s a good opportunity to test ourselves against what will be a pretty good Brisbane side I think.
“We’ve got a lot of our boys playing… a lot of our middles are playing, so it’ll be a good opportunity to see where we’re at.”
Another Tweed alumni Jayden Campbell will also have a chance to put his pre-season preparation to the test with the fullback set to wear the number one jersey.
“I think JC and I will only play around 30-40 minutes,” Sexton confirmed.
“It’ll be a good opportunity to get a few cobwebs out and I think we’ll be playing nearly the full 80 in the Warriors trial the week after, so it’ll be a good opportunity to stretch the legs and get back into footy.”
After Jamal Fogarty’s departure in the off-season, the Currumbin Eagles junior will start the season as the first-choice playmaker but the 20-year-old believes he will be able to handle the pressure.
“I’m not too worried about [the pressure]. We all left on good terms and I wish [Jamal] the best of luck in his future at the Raiders,” Sexton said.
“I’m here at the moment and I’ve just got to focus on that.
“The coaching staff have put a lot of confidence in me and I use that as a strength, not necessarily as a thing where if I don’t perform, I won’t be playing.
“It’s only a good thing and all I have to do now is my job for the team and hopefully that goes a long way to the results we want.”
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