It's known as the party capital of Australia, a place where trouble is as easy to find as a drink – but the Gold Coast may just be the perfect location for Greg Bird's football rehabilitation, according to the Titans.
The NRL club has wasted little time in expressing its interest in signing Bird, who is poised to return to the NRL after escaping jail time following a successful appeal against a reckless wounding conviction.
The former Sharks star, currently playing for French Super League club Catalans, is being pursued by several clubs, with the Titans and Cowboys leading the chase.
Cronulla is also in the frame, although it's believed Bird favours a move to an out-of-Sydney club.
Gold Coast CEO Michael Searle said on Wednesday afternoon: "We have allowed court proceedings to take their natural course and now that they have been completed we will endeavour to speak as a club and with Greg and his partner about his plans for the future."
"The club has a good track record of working with players who have had previous off-field issues and we are interested in talking with Greg and his partner to see where he believes his future may be headed."
"We will also consult with the NRL throughout this process."
Titans coach John Cartwright added: "It's been out there that Greg wants to get out of Sydney, there's not many clubs that he would like to play his football at and I think ours was one of the clubs that he said he'd like to play at."
"At this stage of the year it's all about salary cap and whether he wants to play for an opportunity."
"There's a little bit of room to move there but there's nothing for an international player ... so it's more about opportunity and I suppose what he's prepared to play for."
The Cowboys have some money left under their salary cap after releasing five-eighth Travis Burns and are also interested in talking to Bird.
"We've freed up some money cap and we'll make some decisions after we have the necessary discussions," CEO Peter Parr said.
"I don't think it would be as much money as an international player would demand but I think it would be more money than a few other clubs would have at this stage of the season."
The NRL will monitor the Bird situation closely, with chief executive David Gallop indicating the 25-year-old's return would depend on a number of requirements being met by the club that signs him.
Clubs have been warned they face stiff financial penalties if they take on a player with a bad off-field record and he re-offends.
"If a club looks to sign Greg then clearly we need to look at the issue of registration of a contract," Gallop said.
"There'd be a range of factors that we would want some information about."
"Clearly that club would need to be thinking in terms of how they're going to help him manage his situation."
"He's been through a difficult time no doubt but he's had issues before."
"He would fall into a category of a player that we would be looking for any prospective club to give us an idea of how they're going to deal with him."