Titans go red in support of Red Cross Blood Service

Titans go red in support of Red Cross Blood Service

The Jetstar Gold Coast Titans are getting behind the Red Cross Blood Service's "Donate for Your State" challenge, with players to wear red adidas socks and the Titanettes to shake red pom poms at Saturday night's clash against the Wests Tigers at Skilled Park.

Jetstar Titans duo Mark Minichiello (NSW) and Ashley Harrison (QLD) have both experienced first hand the impact of donating blood in different ways and are urging both Queenslanders and New South Welshmen to get behind the cause.

Statistics from the Red Cross Blood Service show that one in three Australians will require blood in their lifetime but only one in 30 currently donate blood.

Minichiello knows first hand the importance of donating blood after his wife Milena had to have a blood transfusion after giving birth to the couple