FULL TIME. Wests Tigers 42 defeated the Gold Coast Titans 12. And that's that, mercifully for Titans supporters. Thanks for joining us today. Watch out for the match report on the website soon!
Wests Tigers 42-12
SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL WESTS TIGERS
Penalty goal attempt by Pat Richards successful.
And Pat Richards adds the final points of the game.
Wests Tigers 42-12
Richards to attempt the 2 points in a strange decision, but fair enough as it is HOT out there.
Wests Tigers 40-12
PENALTY - Tigers. Tedesco held back in back play. Tigers looking to add an exclamation mark onto their effort today.
Wests Tigers 40-12
No, they knock it on. Everyone looks over it and ready for a beverage.
Wests Tigers 40-12
Tigers scrum feed in the Titans red zone after an error. Can they score again?
Wests Tigers 40-12
Titans crowd leaving in droves. Fair enough I reckon.
Wests Tigers 40-12
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION WESTS TIGERS
Conversion attempt by Pat Richards successful.
Richards adds another.
Wests Tigers 40-12
TRY WESTS TIGERS
Scored by Luke Brooks. Kick to come.
Kick from Farah over the defence sees Tedesco regather the kick again and youngster Luke Brooks touches down for a try. Champagne footy that.
Wests Tigers 38-12
VIDEO REF - Possible Tigers try.
Wests Tigers 34-12
Tigers scrum feed on their own 20 after Sezer's kick finds touch on the last. Both sides looking like radar operators in the Andaman Sea out there today.
Wests Tigers 34-12
Or a broken arm. He looks ordinary the Birdman.
Wests Tigers 34-12
Falloon is off the field. Bird may have a dislocated shoulder. Ouch. Doesn't look good.
Wests Tigers 34-12
Greg Bird is down and clutching at his shoulder. Beau Falloon is also injured.
Wests Tigers 34-12
Titans lose the ball on half way. Not a great display from the home side today.
Wests Tigers 34-12
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION GOLD COAST TITANS
Conversion attempt by Aidan Sezer successful.
Sezer adds the extras.
Wests Tigers 34-12
TRY GOLD COAST TITANS
Scored by Albert Kelly. Kick to come.
80 metre solo effort from Albert Kelly who pounced on an error from Luke Brooks and whizzed down field untouched.
Wests Tigers 34-10
VIDEO REF - Possible Titans try to Albert Kelly.
Wests Tigers 34-6
PENALTY - Tigers. Matt White with a hand in the play the ball.
Wests Tigers 34-6
Greg Bird shows his frustration as he knocks on then throws it in disgust at Adam Blair. Handbags at 5 paces ensues. Tigers scrum on halfway.
Wests Tigers 34-6
Ashley Harrison kicks on the last and it goes dead. The Tigers with 7 tackles to start from their own 20.
Wests Tigers 34-6
Titans get us underway in the 4th quarter of this one-sided contest.
Wests Tigers 34-6
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION WESTS TIGERS
Conversion attempt by Pat Richards successful.
Pat Richards converts another. and that's DRINKS.
Wests Tigers 34-6
TRY WESTS TIGERS
Scored by Martin Taupau. Kick to come.
It's a smash up derby as Martin Tapau hits the gap at speed and scores to the right of the posts.
Wests Tigers 32-6
Albert Kelly is stripped one on one the the Titans.
Wests Tigers 28-6
PENALTY - Titans. Kevin Gordon took the cross field kick beautifully but was tackled illegally in the air by Nofoaluma.
Wests Tigers 28-6
Kelly loses the ball in the tackle right on half way. Tigers again on the attack inside the Titans half.
Wests Tigers 28-6
Error on the 5th tackle from the Tigers and the Titans will start the set on their own line.
Wests Tigers 28-6
Titans all over the shop in defence. The Tigers are playing touch footy. It's like schoolboy footy with everyone wanting to score a try!
Wests Tigers 28-6
Another 90 metre set from the Tigers with Farah absolutely dominating the ruck and showing his class.
Wests Tigers 28-6
PENALTY - Titans. Greg Bird taken in a late tackle.
Wests Tigers 28-6
Pressure increases on the Titans as they will drop out from under their sticks. Though Tigers knock on.
Wests Tigers 28-6
PENALTY - Tigers. Titans err in the play the ball.
Wests Tigers 28-6
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION WESTS TIGERS
Conversion attempt by Pat Richards successful.
Another conversion to Richards.
Wests Tigers 28-6
TRY WESTS TIGERS
Scored by David Nofoaluma. Kick to come.
Sensational solo effort from Nofoaluma as he takes an inside ball from Brooks and runs through 4 Titans defenders to score just the right of the uprights.
Wests Tigers 26-6
No Try. James Gavet unlucky to knock on from a deflection. Tigers scrum feed in the Titans red zone.
Wests Tigers 22-6
VIDEO REF - Possible Tigers try.
Wests Tigers 22-6
And we're underway in the second half.
Wests Tigers 22-6
HALF TIME - Wests Tigers 22 lead the Gold Coast Titans 6. A dominant display from the Tigers in the heat sees them go to the extended half time break leading by lots! Geez these new rules have the game moving quicker than ever but on days like today the players will surely feel it!! We'll see you soon with the second half.
Wests Tigers 22-6
PENALTY - Titans. WOW! Pat Richards pounced on an error and ran 70 metres then the Tigers kicked, Mead took the kick but was tackled in the air. The Tigers almost went over again at the death!!
Wests Tigers 22-6
Titans will have 2 tackles in attack here with an error from the Tigers deep in their own half.
Wests Tigers 22-6
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION WESTS TIGERS
Conversion attempt by Pat Richards successful.
Too easy for Richards.
Wests Tigers 22-6
TRY WESTS TIGERS
Scored by Bodene Thompson. Kick to come.
Ex-Titan Boden Thompson out jumps Zillman and manages to get it down next to the posts. Excellent work from the second rower!
Wests Tigers 20-6
VIDEO REF - Possible Tigers try from an Anasta kick.
Wests Tigers 16-6
UNFORCED ERROR GOLD COAST TITANS
Paul Carter makes an unforced error.
Forward pass from Paul Carter at dummy half. Momentum killer after Kevin Gordon had them on the front foot with a superb dummy half run.
Wests Tigers 16-6
Tedesco stays down after being swung by Bull Bailey. He's good though after squirting some water down his...pants..?
Wests Tigers 16-6
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION WESTS TIGERS
Conversion attempt by Pat Richards successful.
Lovely sideline conversion from Richards. Straight through the hey diddle diddle.
Wests Tigers 16-6
TRY WESTS TIGERS
Scored by Pat Richards. Kick to come.
Pat Richards bags a double with a nice set play from the Tigers. Farah wrapped around, handed it off to Braith Anasta who did well to dummy then cutout 2 players to put Richards over.
Wests Tigers 14-6
Mead knocks on again this time from a Brooks kick and the Tigers will start the set on the 10 metre line.
Wests Tigers 10-6
UNFORCED ERROR GOLD COAST TITANS
David Mead makes an unforced error.
Mead knocks on from dummy half. Tigers on the attack just inside the Titans half.
Wests Tigers 10-6
WOAH!! Albert Kelly made a scorching 60 metre run down the middle of the park and found David Mead in support but Mead loses it as he is collared immediately. Tigers scrum feed 20 metres from their own line.
Wests Tigers 10-6
This game has changed since the penalty kick not out on the full from the Tigers!
Wests Tigers 10-6
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION GOLD COAST TITANS
Conversion attempt by Aidan Sezer successful.
And Sezer makes no mistake.
Wests Tigers 10-6
TRY GOLD COAST TITANS
Scored by Aidan Sezer. Kick to come.
Chalk that up to Greg Bird who forced his way through the first line of defence and found Sezer backing up for an under the posts special!
Wests Tigers 10-4
PENALTY - Tigers. Hand in the play the ball. The kick has not gone out though, Titans on the attack.
Wests Tigers 10-0
Lawrence has a hamstring issue.
Wests Tigers 10-0
Sezer was tackled by Sauaso Sue after he kicked it and he is out and face down, Sue that is!!
Wests Tigers 10-0
Apparently Chris Lawrence has gone off with some sort of injury. Unfortunate for Lawrence..
Wests Tigers 10-0
DRINKS BREAK. Phew.. The Titans will be loving this break, as they were shot to bits. The Tigers are looking slick today.
Wests Tigers 10-0
PENALTY - Tigers. Goes against Greg Bird who went high. No report though.
Wests Tigers 10-0
UNFORCED ERROR GOLD COAST TITANS
Dave Taylor makes an unforced error.
The Coal Train Dave Taylor knocks on, pressure released.
Wests Tigers 10-0
PENALTY - Titans. And again, a repeat.
Wests Tigers 10-0
PENALTY - Titans. Holding down in the tackle.
Wests Tigers 10-0
No Try. A long, long deliberation by the video refs but it goes against the on field ref's decision and is ruled lost in the in goal. Hmmmm. Contentious one that.
Wests Tigers 10-0
VIDEO REF - Possible Tigers try to Martin Tapau under the posts.
Wests Tigers 10-0
PENALTY Tigers - William ZIllman knocks on the bomb and Nate Myles is offside accidentally.
Wests Tigers 10-0
Nofoaluma defuses another bomb well facing into the sun. Tigers work it out again.
Wests Tigers 10-0
Farah's last tackle kick goes dead and the Titans will reply with zero tackle starting on the 20.
Wests Tigers 10-0
David Nofoaluma takes a cross field kick in goal and the Tigers will have 7 tackles starting from the 20 metre mark.
Wests Tigers 10-0
Goal line dropout for the Tigers with a towering bomb by Aidan Sezer defused by Tedesco. And the dropout goes 70 METRES on the fly!
Wests Tigers 10-0
UNFORCED ERROR WESTS TIGERS
Robbie Farah makes an unforced error.
An easy 60 metre set ends with an error from Farah and the Titans will feed the scrum on halfway.
Wests Tigers 10-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION WESTS TIGERS
Conversion attempt by Pat Richards successful.
Easy conversion for Richards.
Wests Tigers 10-0
TRY WESTS TIGERS
Scored by James Tedesco. Kick to come.
James Tedesco scores from a simple Luke Brooks grubber. Mark that down to Farah who sent them upfield early in that set.
Wests Tigers 8-0
Robbie Farah busts the Titans wide open and the Titans are looking soft today..
Wests Tigers 4-0
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION WESTS TIGERS
Conversion attempt by Pat Richards unsuccessful.
And Richards fails to convert his own try.
Wests Tigers 4-0
TRY WESTS TIGERS
Scored by Pat Richards. Kick to come.
Tigers open the scoring through Richards and it was lovely ball movement which gave him too much space and it looked easy in the end.
Wests Tigers 4-0
VIDEO REF - Possible Tigers try to Pat Richards in the left corner. Checking obstruction.
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PENALTY Tigers - Titans offside. Tigers tap it 10 metres out.
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Adam Blair comes up with a big hit on Beau Falloon and he drops it. Tigers with the ball now.
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PENALTY - Titans. Tigers holding on in the tackle.
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Tigers kick off and we're underway at Cbus.
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Sensibly, there will be drink breaks today and a 17 minute half time break due to the heat.
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Teams coming on to the field now. Strap yourselves in!!
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Team Changes: Titans are 1-13 per program. Ben Ridge is onto the bench with Mark Minichiello ill this week and Ryan James not required. For the Tigers, David Nofoaluma comes onto the wing in place of the injured Marika Koroibete, and Liam Fulton's concussion last weekend sees him miss out this week, with Keith Galloway starting at prop and Cory Paterson coming into a starting second row position.
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A very good afternoon to you and welcome to Cbus Super Stadium in Robina for Member's Round 2. Today sees the Gold Coast Titans in their first home game of the season, hosting the Wests Tigers. It's a lovely day for footy (if a little hot) with a current temperature of 30 degrees and due to the magic of the interwebs I can tell you it may peak at 32 degrees a bit later this afternoon. The home side are coming off a scrappy win against the Sharks with little Albert Kelly proving the difference. The Tigers will do well to contain Albert, though the rewards may just come if they can, after being thoroughly outplayed by a hot and cold Dragons side. James Tedesco was a standout for Tigers in that game though youngster Luke Brooks, at half back seemingly has the rugby league world at his feet, and will look to show people that he is worthy of all the buzz.. I'll be back with any changes before kick off.
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Referees & scorers:
Referee: Gerard Sutton, Dave Munro
Touch Judges: Steve Carrall, Peter Gough
Video Referee: Bernard Sutton, Andrew Dunemann
GOLD COAST TITANS (12)
Tries: Aidan Sezer, Albert Kelly
Field Goals:
Conversions: Aidan Sezer (2/2)
Penalty Goals:
WESTS TIGERS (42)
Tries: Pat Richards (2), James Tedesco, Bodene Thompson, David Nofoaluma, Martin Taupau, Luke Brooks
Field Goals:
Conversions: Pat Richards (6/7)
Penalty Goals: Pat Richards (1/1)