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Titans haven't helped young half: Herbert

Gold Coast's Patrick Herbert says he and his NRL teammates haven't given Toby Sexton the best platform for success in 2022 as the Titans rest the young half.

PATRICK HERBERT.
PATRICK HERBERT. Picture: Albert Perez/Getty Images

As Gold Coast coach Justin Holbrook gives young halfback Toby Sexton a break from the NRL, Patrick Herbert has admitted he and his teammates haven't given the 21-year-old much to work with.

Sexton was thrust into a starting role at the Titans during the off-season and has been an ever present during a disappointing 2022 campaign which has featured just three wins and has the club staring down the barrel at a second wooden spoon in four years.

The No.7 will sit out Friday's trip to face Melbourne at AAMI Park, given the weekend off by Holbrook with Tanah Boyd to shift to halfback and AJ Brimson moving from fullback to five-eighth.

After his try-scoring double against Canberra last Sunday, Jayden Campbell will start at fullback.

Herbert was hopeful the time away would be of benefit to Sexton.

"He's real young. He's in a real key position and to sort of take a step back and work on his craft and come back even better, I'm sure it'll do him wonders," Herbert told reporters on Tuesday.

"We haven't really given them the best sort of platform to work off.

"We've lost a lot of games and we can't put it on the back of Sex.

"He is in a key position. It doesn't help that we're not performing as best as we can for him.

"He has a good head on the shoulders, doesn't really take it to heart as such, but the rest will probably do him well."

The Titans have named Greg Marzhew to take Campbell's spot on the interchange bench as they aim to arrest a nine-game losing streak.

Gold Coast haven't beaten the Storm since 2017 and have won on just two of their 10 trips to Melbourne.

"You have to really step up and nail the detail in these sort of games and these sort of teams, the calibre of players they have - (Cameron) Munster, Harry Grant, all those guys," Herbert said.

"Their engine room's massive so you've got to dig deep, otherwise you just get embarrassed."

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