‘We are not winning’: Bullish Titans coach defends Fifita switch despite being ‘blown away’

Titans coach Justin Holbrook wouldn’t rule out using David Fifita at centre in the future despite his defensive shocker against the Cowboys.

The Cowboys scored three tries down the Titans right side, with Fifita exploited a number of times, but Holbrook will continue to experiment in a bid to find an elusive winning formula in 2022.

“Both,” Holbrook said when asked if Fifita’s switch was for injury cover or testing out a new strategy.

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“We had to do it for injury, but I also wanted to test it out there, which is hard.

“We have got to try things. We are not winning games, so we tried it.

“It was a limited preparation there so it was a bit of a mixed bag obviously.”

Holbrook admitted the Fifita experiment wasn’t a success but was bullish that he would continue to tweak the team to find successful combinations.

“We have got to think about it,” Holbrook said.

“We are not winning games of footy so we have got to come up with what we think is right.

“We thought it was right tonight and it clearly wasn’t.

“Not just that move, we were blown away by a much better team.

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“We have got to think long and hard about those key positional areas that we are just not doing enough.”

Titans skipper Tino Fa’asuamaleaui was reluctant to blame Fifita and called on his team to be better across the board.

“It is hard when we don’t complete as a team,” Fa’asuamaleaui said.

“We have got to complete and work hard together.

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“We see what David can do when we are completing and on top but it is hard for everyone on the field when we are not completing and getting through our sets.

“We are just putting ourselves under pressure.

“It is not just him. It is everyone that needs to work harder so we can get David out wide one-on-one with players.

“We have just got to get back to this week and work hard and get things right.”

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