FULL TIME at Hunter Stadium and the Knights have run out 46-16 winners over the Gold Coast Titans
Newcastle Knights 46-16
TRY GOLD COAST TITANS
Scored by David Mead. Conversion attempt by Aidan Sezer successful.
David Mead scores the Titans third try to put a bit more respectability into the score
Newcastle Knights 46-16
60 seconds left, Titans on the attack looking to get a third try, Knights might try for 50
Newcastle Knights 46-10
Titans try a 40/20 but the mud is the only thing stopping it from going over the touchline, Knights in possession 10m out from their own line
Newcastle Knights 46-10
Knights try some audacious play on their own goalline through new recruit Craig Gower
Newcastle Knights 46-10
A short interchange of passes and some Greg Bird strength gives the Titans back to back tries
Newcastle Knights 46-10
Greg Bird tests out Danny Buderus' back surgery with a massive hit that dislodges the ball
Newcastle Knights 46-4
Inside the final 10 minutes, and the Titans will be hoping it goes through quickly so they can end their miserable day in the Hunter
Newcastle Knights 46-4
TRY GOLD COAST TITANS
Scored by Kevin Gordon. Conversion attempt by Aidan Sezer unsuccessful.
Kevin Gordon goes 100m to get the Titans their opening points of the match
Newcastle Knights 46-4
Knights looking to get to 50, they have posession 20m out from Titans line
Newcastle Knights 46-0
TRY NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
Scored by Jarrod Mullen. Conversion attempt by Tyrone Roberts unsuccessful.
Jarrod Mullen shows good speed from the scrum to score and slide over the line, the conversion is a shocker from Tyrone Roberts
Newcastle Knights 46-0
Like night follows day, Titans get a scrum feed and on the very first play they drop the ball
Newcastle Knights 42-0
Knights try some adventurous play on tackle 2, with Mullen trying a crossfield kick to Akila Uate who can't get a clean take on it
Newcastle Knights 42-0
What's the word to describe the performance from the Titans today? Awful seems to be too easy on how they've played today
Newcastle Knights 42-0
Titans try an attacking kick but it goes dead with no real pressure on the Knights defenders
Newcastle Knights 42-0
The Knights to take a dropout after Mullen runs the ball dead, Knights not having many problems with the Titans attack
Newcastle Knights 42-0
PENALTY TITANS: Willie Mason penalised and put on report for a high tackle
Newcastle Knights 42-0
Hunter Stadium started to resemble a mud bath, with big patches of mud started to form in the centre of the field
Newcastle Knights 42-0
Day going even worse for the Titans with Greg Bird down with an injury
Newcastle Knights 42-0
Second half turning more into an armwrestle than the first half
Newcastle Knights 42-0
Day getting worse for the Titans with Ashley Harrison being assisted off the field
Newcastle Knights 42-0
Titans have possession and started their 90m from their Opponents tryline, at least they made it up close to halfway
Newcastle Knights 42-0
Fox Sports reporting that the news is Jamal Idris has a suspected broken Ankle
Newcastle Knights 42-0
TRY NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
Scored by James McManus. Conversion attempt by Tyrone Roberts successful.
AWESOME FOURSOME - James McManus has scored his fourth try of the match out on the left side for the Knights, Any chance the Titans had of mounting a comeback is now gone
Newcastle Knights 42-0
Again the Titans have started the half very badly, with a drop ball on tackle 1
Newcastle Knights 36-0
Second Half Underway at Hunter Stadium
Newcastle Knights 36-0
FOX SPORTS have just reported that Jamal Idris has been taken away from the Hunter Stadium complex to hospital by Ambulance
Newcastle Knights 36-0
Titans get some luck from the Referees, Albert Kelly looks to have knocked on to another Titans player who was offside but let go, then Zillman looked to be tackled and offloaded off the ground but again let to play on
Newcastle Knights 36-0
This time the Knights try a play over on the right side but end up being tackled 20m out from the Titans line on the last tackle
Newcastle Knights 36-0
Day not going right for the Titans, their best attacking chance ends with extremely poor play
Newcastle Knights 36-0
The Knights try the left side raid again however it takes 4 Titans to take Leilua over the touch line
Newcastle Knights 36-0
Knights looking strong in defence as well as attack, forcing the Titans kicks to find the Knights on the full
Newcastle Knights 36-0
TRY NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
Scored by James McManus. Conversion attempt by Tyrone Roberts successful.
James McManus gets his HAT TRICK after just 29 minutes, takes advantage of the wet conditions to slide over the line from about 5m out, Titans with massive issues on their wide defence
Newcastle Knights 36-0
Over the last 20 minutes the possession rate is 86% to the Knights
Newcastle Knights 30-0
TRY NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
Scored by Joseph Leilua. Conversion attempt by Tyrone Roberts successful.
The Knights have their fifth try of the match, this time through Joseph Leilua
Newcastle Knights 30-0
VIDEO REFEREE: Checking a possible Joseph Leilua try, checking ground, Referee Shayne Hayne says TRY
Newcastle Knights 24-0
SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
Penalty goal attempt by Tyrone Roberts successful.
Tyrone Roberts adds the 2 points to make it a 6 points from the McManus try even though he missed the conversion
Newcastle Knights 24-0
TRY NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
Scored by James McManus. Conversion attempt by Tyrone Roberts unsuccessful.
The Knights take the advantage of poor defence out wide to score through James McManus, To make it worse for the titans its been awarded as an 8 point Try
Newcastle Knights 22-0
VIDEO REFEREE: Possible try for James McManus, Checking Sideline, Referee Shayne Hayne says TRY
Newcastle Knights 18-0
UNFORCED ERROR GOLD COAST TITANS
Anthony Don makes an unforced error.
Anthony Don for the second time this afternoon can't take a skidding ball, Knights on the attack again
Newcastle Knights 18-0
TRY NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
Scored by James McManus. Conversion attempt by Tyrone Roberts successful.
Simple ball movement from the Knights creates an overlap for James McManus to score in the corner
Newcastle Knights 18-0
Knights to get a repeat set, after the Titans make a play on the Tyrone Roberts kick
Newcastle Knights 12-0
TRY NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
Scored by Darius Boyd. Conversion attempt by Tyrone Roberts successful.
PENALTY TRY - Darius Boyd denied an opportunity for clean grounding through an illegal holdback, Video Refs agree with the onfield call of Jason Robinson
Newcastle Knights 12-0
VIDEO REFEREE: Checking a possible Darius Boyd try, checking grounding & hold back, Referee Jason Robinson says he has a PENALTY TRY
Newcastle Knights 6-0
Newcastle showing some aggression in defence and forces a forward pass from the Titans
Newcastle Knights 6-0
TRY NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
Scored by Tyrone Roberts. Conversion attempt by Tyrone Roberts successful.
Tyrone Roberts takes advantage of the sliding Titans defence to go through and score off the back of the Penalty
Newcastle Knights 6-0
PENALTY KNIGHTS - Titans ruled to be offside, Knights start their next set 13m out from the Titans line
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Some strong defence from the Titans sees Dane Gagai slid over the touchline
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TIME OFF at Hunter Stadium with Jamal Idris looking to suffer a nasty knee/ankle injury
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UNFORCED ERROR NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS
Willie Mason makes an unforced error.
First play off the dropout sees Willie Mason leave the ball behind him
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UNFORCED ERROR GOLD COAST TITANS
Anthony Don makes an unforced error.
First error made by Anthony Don, slips over in his own ingoal as the Jarrod Mullen grubber came to him, Titans dropout
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Both sides complete their opening sets conservatively
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Play underway at Hunter Stadium, Knights have the first possession of the match
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Weather not the best at Hunter Stadium as the Titans head out onto the field
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TEAM NEWS - Newcastle are 1-17. The Gold Coast Titans lose Dave Taylor from the starting lineup, replaced by NSW representative forward and club co-captain Greg Bird in jersey #20.
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Knights: 1. Darius Boyd 2. James McManus 3. Dane Gagai 4. Joey Leilua 5. Aku Uate 6. Jarrod Mullen (c) 7. Tyrone Roberts 8. Kade Snowden 9. Danny Buderus 10. Willie Mason 11. Robbie Rochow 12. Beau Scott 13. Jeremy Smith
Interchange: 14. Craig Gower 15. Chris Houston 16. Zane Tetevano 17. Neville Costigan
Titans: 1. William Zillman 2. Kevin Gordon 3. David Mead 4. Jamal Idris 5. Anthony Don 6. Aidan Sezer 7. Albert Kelly 8. Luke Bailey 9. Matt Srama 10. Luke Douglas 20. Greg Bird (c) 12. Mark Minichiello 13. Ashley Harrison
Interchange: 14. Mark Ioane 15. Ryan James 16. Ben Ridge 17. Sam Irwin
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Referees & scorers:
Referee: Shayne Hayne, Jason Robinson
Touch Judges: Brett Suttor, Michael Wise
Video Referee: Ashley Klein, Luke Patten
NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS (46)
Tries: Tyrone Roberts, Darius Boyd, James McManus (4), Joseph Leilua, Jarrod Mullen
Field Goals:
Conversions: Tyrone Roberts (6/8)
Penalty Goals: Tyrone Roberts (1/1)
GOLD COAST TITANS (16)
Tries: Kevin Gordon, Greg Bird, David Mead
Field Goals:
Conversions: Aidan Sezer (2/3)
Penalty Goals: