RED LIGHTS.. NO TRY! Ok we don't. Peachey tried to chip and chase himself, touched the line which means the play is finished from there.
BUNKER TIME! Somehow Bryce Cartwright might have a try.
Peats tries to shoot through, had it pop free. That sums up the Titans afternoon.
Good trap from the Don. Probably the best skill we've seen in this half. Titans trying to find some late consolation.
Jarrod Wallace held up. He has been strong in his carries tonight.
A THIRD PENALTY. Titans start again.
PENALTY TITANS! Not square. Titans finishing strong here.
PENALTY TITANS! Peachey tries to go quick, no bueno.
PENALTY SHARKS! Obstruction against the Titans. This game is drifting to the conclusion.
Katoa tries a jumping catch, drops it cold.
Superrb cover defense from the Titans as Wallace slapped it dead after a bounce kick from Townsend.
PENALTY SHARKS! Josh Morris was dragged across field, touches the sideline but referee judges it was a second effort. Sharks can kill off the contest here.
That was going nowhere for the Titans. Peachey went through the rinse cycle, got it to Brimson, who created a repeat set as Capewell puts a foot on the line.
RED LIGHTS.. NO TRY! Easy decision. Dugan clattered into the Titans defender and stopped him getting a chance.
BUNKER TIME! We're off to check obstruction.
Cartwright gets a hand to the ball after some hot potato on last. Six more for the Sharks.
Titans again can't make the man advantage count, Kelly fumbles it with the line in sight.
Titans again fumble in the red zone then Townsend tries a counter that goes astray when it got to Dugan. Titans scrum.
Bukuya is the unlucky man to get his marching orders after ANOTHER penalty.
PENALTY TITANS! Sharks had their warning, now they get someone sent to the bin.
Feki spills a grubber hit right at him. Titans right on the attack. Now the count is wiped clean.
Brayley of the Blayke variety steams from dummy-half, tries to rocket one to Johnson who can't handle the pill.
PENALTY SHARKS! Moylan down after a whack, penalty.
Brimson and James try to combine on the inside before the ball cannons off James, knocked on.
Sharks cough it up on halfway, as Peachey scoots away! Can they put on some pressure.
Tough first ask for Gordon. Just inside the touchline, Gordon swings it over.
THE TITANS HAVE POINTS FOR 2019! Eyes up footy from Peachey. Stopped the gap on the short side, got it to Lee who bundled over.
PENALTY TITANS! Strip.
Scintillating stuff from the Sharks. It started from Johnson before it went through almost every pair of hands in the line-up, before it broke down on the left as Dugan or Katoa can't handle the bouncing ball.
Maybe not. Sharks go short, get it back!
Brimson again surprises the Sharks with a grubber, earnt six more. Bukuya shoveled it out.
PENALTY TITANS! We have the official warning as well. No more he bellows as James crashes through.
Brimson who was the Titans best in the first 40, earns a repeat set. Can they convert here?
Titans have the first chance! Sharks spill the first bomb of the half. Jacks then earns a penalty for offside.
Here come the two sides! Sharks well ahead here, can the Titans score a point or will the Sharks chomp through them like a movie boat.
Dugan tries to audition for Sydney FC there with his series of kicks. HALFTIME. Sharks 20 Titans 0.
PENALTY TITANS! James loses it as he is rolled but gets the whistle.
RED LIGHTS.. NO TRY! Brimson tried to spark them with a toe through, he lost it trying to follow through. So it won't be a try but it will be a PENALTY.
BUNKER TIME! Ref has NO TRY. Checking the knock on.
Jai Arrow launched one in the air, sees Katoa spill it. Chance for the first points of the season?
Johnson slides this one across.
Lovely line and pass. Moylan weights the pass perfectly for Nikora to steam onto for their fourth.
Sharks continue to attack down the right, force Cartwright into an error.
PENALTY TITANS! Offside. Tap and go from the visitors.
Katoa hands it right back after a mazy run.
Is Don, is no good this time. The kick is patted back, Don can't make a play on it, fumbling right into a Sharks player.
Easier task for Johnson for his third. Nails it.
GREEN LIGHTS.. TRY! The pass went astray, Titans fumbled it twice then Dugan swooped on the remains for the easiest try of his career.
BUNKER TIME! That was a strange passage of play. Sharks somehow get the points.
Don fluffs his lines for the first time and Sharks get a big chance.
Same spot for Johnson as well. Has he learnt? He shaved it wide again.
Same play, same outcome! Johnson creates the extra man on the right linked with Dugan, who again, sends Katoa across for his second.
It was all from a stop-start, Fifita moseyed past a defender then flicked it to Townsend, the half stabs one through for a repeat set.
PENALTY SHARKS! Gallen is clipped high, so Sharks get some relief after a stabbing kick from Brimson.
PENALTY TITANS! Don sparks something for the Titans then Ryan James catches Shaun Johnson inside the ten.
Johnson with his first kick of the afternoon, misses.
Sharks finally get some ball in the red zone, spread it out to Katoa, who dives across.
Brimson tries to spark something on last, spills it cold.
Fortunate there. A stabbing kick hits Moylan on the follow through, and the visitors have a repeat set.
Capewell pokes his nose through but the pass goes astray.
PENALTY SHARKS! That was needed for the home side. They were struggling to work it out of their own half, but get the refs whistle.
First signs of attack from the Sharks! Johnson wasn't pressured on last, stepped inside got it to the playmakers then Dugan tries to tip-toe the sideline but gets pushed over.
RED LIGHTS.. NO TRY! Massive work from Matt Prior. He held up a charging Jai Arrow, who hit the line hard but the forward couldn't register the visitors first points of the season.
BUNKER TIME take two! Jai Arrow hits the line hard, checking if he got it down.
PENALTY TITANS! Kevin Proctor angles at the line, Gallen is called for a flop. Visitors into the Sharks half again.
RED LIGHTS.. NO TRY! It took a while, but the bunker calls a knock on from James. Looks a tough call, they needed to slow it right down.
BUNKER TIME! Hang on, we could have a TRY!
PENALTY TITANS! Peachey takes a dart, catches the markers off and gets the whistle.
First out is the Titans in their dark blue kit, quickly followed by the home side, with a generous applause, led out by retiring captain, Paul Gallen, who announced his retirement this weekend. They are in their blue, black and white as we're ready for the ball to soar!
It's Super Saturday! I hope everyone, at least in NSW, has done their democratic duty, got a sausage and now, ready to sit down for six + hours of rugby league! We start in the shire, Cronulla looking to get off the mark in their home opener while Titans want some points! It is quite hot today, so it will be interesting conditions for the two sides. Let's get it on.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Jon Stone, Tim Roby
Touch Judges: Clayton Sharpe, Liam Kennedy
Video Referee: Jared Maxwell, Ben Lowe
CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS (20)
Tries: Sione Katoa (2), Josh Dugan, Briton Nikora
Field Goals:
Conversions: Shaun Johnson (2/4)
Penalty Goals:
GOLD COAST TITANS (6)
Tries: Brenko Lee
Field Goals:
Conversions: Michael Gordon (1/1)
Penalty Goals: