THE Gold Coast Titans will farewell nearly an entire team’s worth of talent this season as the club progresses through an unprecedented period of change.

At least 15 players will leave the club at the end of the season with tomorrow’s final home game of the year against St George Illawarra their farewell fixture.

Captain Nate Myles (Manly), five-eighth Aidan Sezer (Canberra) and former Origin star Dave Taylor (Catalans) head the list of departing players as coach Neil Henry prepares to lead the club into a new era.

It was thought to be one of the biggest roster changes in the history of the club when experienced trio Luke Bailey, Ashley Harrison and Mark Minichiello left along with foundation coach John Cartwright last year.

But the current clean-out will see a nearly entirely different squad at the Gold Coast in 2016 to that of just a few years ago.

“It’s a progression. All rosters evolve and different coaches have different ideas about who you want in your team,” Henry said.

“This club’s gone through its initial roster which they did a tremendous job of building with Preston Campbell, Luke Bailey, Ashley Harrison, Anthony Laffranchi, Mat Rogers, Scott Prince and the like.

“They had that mixture really right for a few years to get a game off the grand final in 2010.

“Since then we haven’t been able to recruit or maintain that sort of intensity and quality across the roster.

“Some things are injuries and you can recruit players and it doesn’t work out.”

Henry has recruited young playmakers Ashley Taylor and Tyrone Roberts along with veteran trio David Shillington, Zeb Taia and Nathan Friend to fill the void.

He’ll look to the future with the likes of Karl Lawton, Jed Cartwright and Oshae Tuiasau to step into the NRL squad while Brian Kelly, Greg Loleisiuao and Tyrone Roberts-Davis are impressive teenagers.

“We’ve recruited three players with experience who are professional and been in the game a long time in Shillo, Zeb Taia and Friendy,” Henry said.

“There’ll be a couple of more additions too. We’ve got a couple of spots to look at around our top 25 moving forward.

“We’ve got some exciting young players in Greg Loleisiuao, Brian Kelly and Tyrone Roberts-Davis. The future’s there with these guys.

“It’s mixing that in with our experience. We need to replace Nate Myles and Aidan Sezer with experience and we’ve done that to a certain degree.”

media_camera Dave Taylor is off to France. Picture: David Clark

The huge roster changes, which have included contracted players being released, has arguably had an effect on the Gold Coast’s form this season.

The club was in the top eight after their round 14 win over Canterbury before falling into a terrible rut of form which coincided with a run of injuries as well.

Myles, who will miss tomorrow’s game with a thumb injury, will leave the club after four seasons, including three as skipper.

“If you had to take a photo of all the boys that won’t be lacing the boots up in Titans colours next year it would almost be a team photo,” Myles said.

“It’s one of those things. You’ve got to enjoy the moment while you can because they don’t last forever.

“Team morale’s been pretty good. Some players might feel the effect of it more than others but in general the team’s been really good.”

The longest-serving player to be moving on is prop Matt White, who will head to Melbourne to relaunch his career under Craig Bellamy.

White will draw equal with foundation captain Prince as the fifth most capped Titan in history when he plays his 124th match for the club tomorrow.

“I’ve been here seven years and it hasn’t really set in yet,” White said.

“All the boys will be pumped up for the game. It’ll be a bit emotional.

“The mood’s been a lot better this week but it hasn’t been too bad I suppose.

“Everyone’s held their heads high and kept upbeat which has been good.

“Everyone’s working on their game and trying to improve things every week.

“It hasn’t been my best year. I’ve been in and out of first grade.

“Hopefully I can put that behind me and have a good year.”