THE Gold Coast Titans have been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons — from the cocaine scandal, to the Daly Cherry-Evans backflip and now the James Roberts contract forgery.

Sadly we don’t always get to hear about some of the better things, like this story about the wonderful work, compassion and kindness of their players.

Jade Elliott is a familiar face around the Titans — a wheelchair restricted youngster who suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

She is a fanatical fan who attends games and even the odd training session. The players invite Jade into the dressing sheds and have basically adopted her.

Last week their support for Jade went even further.

Two of the club’s most popular players — Luke Douglas and Matt Srama — escorted Jade to her year 12 formal, bringing tears to the eyes of her family and friends.

Jade attends Mudgeereba Special School. NRL Ken Stephen Medal winner Douglas said he regarded it as an honour to be there.

“It was just great to be able to do that for Jade and see how happy she was, and the other students were a bit in awe of her,” he said.

Jade’s mum Kate said: “It was the best day of Jade’s life.

“When I saw Matt and Luke there I just started to cry because if she is happy, we’re happy. It was such a highlight seeing them there, they were brilliant.”