The Gold Coast Titans come into 2024 with new direction, new leadership and a breath of fresh air around the club.

But whether that is enough to turn around the plight of a club who, on the whole, have struggled since they entered the competition almost two decades ago is anyone's guess.

What is assured for the Titans is that they have a number of players locked up on long-term deals which provide plenty of stability for the club.

Not only that, but their key parts are among those deals. David Fifita and Tino Fa'asuamaleaui both re-signed long-term last year, while star AJ Brimson is also signed.

But it doesn't mean there aren't questions hovering over the Titans.

Here are the ones that will define 2024.

4. Can Kieran Foran stay fit?

What the Titans need more than anything is their experienced big-name players being on the park more throughout the 2024 campaign than they are off it.

Signing Kieran Foran on the back of some of the best form of his career at the Manly Sea Eagles was always going to shape as a risk for the Titans.

He has a long, long history of injuries does the New Zealand five-eighth, but the Titans will have been pleased with what they got out of Foran during his first year, even if it wasn't a completely full campaign where, even then, he still at times had to play through the pain barrier.

Even more this year though, the Gold Coast need their veteran number six on the field as they adapt to life under Hasler.

Foran and Hasler have spent plenty of time together in the past, and from the coaches point of view, the five-eighth will be like an on-field general to the club.

But not only that, Foran's abilities and talents need to be at their peak in combination with Tanah Boyd, who is still trying to find his feet, and an uncertain spine with plenty of youth throughout the forward pack.