SCRUM MANLY - Roberts finds touch 10m from the Manly line
Taylor's conversion hooks early and savagely.
A Titans kick is tapped back by Kelly, Roberts cleans up, drifts left, dummies and then falls over the line for his second try.
Aaand Manly turns it over again
PENALTY MANLY - Whitbread trying to milk a penalty. AFB gives him a facepalm just because.
Taylor converts
Roberts grubbers for touch, but the ball hits Walker in the back. Cartwright cleans it up and dives over for a try
SCRUM MANLY - Hipgrave knock on - He's off for an HIA
Play stopped as Hipgrave cops an accidental head knock 5m from the Manly line
Roberts splits Manly up the middle and passes to Copley, who gets tackled 30m from the Manly line.
Cust kicks for the left corner, but Don diffuses it brilliantly.
Garrick nails the conversion from out wide
Manly run down the short side with some great short passing and Parker scores out wide.
PENALTY MANLY - Manly get a piggy back up to their own 40m line
Taylor adds the extras.
A great long ball from Taylor finds Copley, who does a great job to reel in the pass and stay in the field of play before scoring on the left side.
Titans with a hail mary kick to Don, who catches it but is held up in goal. The ball touched Taufua first, so the Titans get a fresh set 10m from the Manly line.
PENALTY TITANS - High tackle by Manly on the kick return
Taylor converts the try
Titans keep the ball alive and use some good hands on the left side to get Copley in for another pie.
Manly go to ground with the ball in hand on the last. Handover 40m from their own line.
SCRUM TITANS - Manly with some short passing, but the last pass goes behind the player and is grassed
PENALTY MANLY - Proctor gets penalised for standing around like a brown cow in the play-the-ball.
Taylors conversion attempt just stays wide of the posts.
Manly's right side defence over runs the play waaay waay too much and Roberts just strolls over the line for a soft try.
PENALTY TITANS - Manly pinged for an escort. Titans take the tap 10m from the Manly line.
PENALTY TITANS - They get a gift stroll into the Manly half.
Walker with a break, but loses the ball 3m shy of the Titans line.
Titans lose the ball, 5m from the Manly line, Elliott cleans up and runs 50m upfield before being tackle, just inside the Titans half.
PENALTY TITANS - Manly illegally knocks the ball loose. Titans take the tap inside the Manly half.
Taylor misses a relatively easy conversion
Brimson follows through a grubber and gets a hand on the ball first to score a good try just before the break.
Taylor converts from touch
Kelly finds himself in open space on the left shortside, draws the defender and then sends it to Copley who scores an easy try in the corner.
Manly loses the ball and the Titans clean up and march into the Manly half again.
Roberts puts in a hurried grubber and it goes dead in the Manly in-goal. Titans kicking game is woeful so far.
PENALTY TITANS - Sironen's tackle slips high. Titans will again find touch and start their set inside the Manly half.
SCRUM - TITANS - First play off the penalty and Walker makes a break before throwing a forward pass, denying Manly another try.
PENALTY MANLY - Titans with an illegal strip
Rein from dummy half decides to go shortside and grubbers, but the ball bounces once and goes dead in the Manly in-goal. 7 tackle set for Manly.
SCRUM TITANS - Cust with a shortside play pops a shortball to Thompson who wasn't ready for it and the ball is knockedon
Kelly struggling in back play
Garrick from wide on the right side, sneaks this one through the posts.
Second tackle of the set after the penalty and the Titans spill the ball. Walker cleans it up, steps a defender and then dishes it to Garrick who runs 60 metres to score untouched on the right side.
PENALTY TITANS - They get a piggyback off the back of Brimsons run and now start their set 20m from the Manly line
Brimson with a great kick return, gets just past halfway
PENALTY TITANS - They find touch 20m from their own line
A try for Manly is disallowed after an off-side Walker played at the ball.
A kick for Don to try and score in the right corner, but it's a bit heavy and Don can only manage a knock-on in the Manly in-goal.
PENALTY TITANS - Manly with an illegal strip. Signs of sloppiness starting to creep into the game.
PENALTY MANLY - Roberts throws a long ball to Don who scores on the right side, but it's disallowed due to the Titans obstructing the Manly defence.
SCRUM TITANS - Elliott drops a bomb 10m from his own line.
SCRUM TITANS - Cust finds touch 2m from the Titans line
Garrick's sideline conversion juuust gets across the bar.
A few tackles after the break downfield, Cust throws a brilliant long ball out to an unmarked Taufua and the big winger goes over for an easy try in the left corner.
On the last, Titans kick to the right corner, the ball is batted back, the Titans keep it alive and spread it left where Roberts attempts a flick pass, but it was intercepted by Elgey who ran 60 metres before passing to Parker who got tackled 30m inside the Titans half.
SCRUM TITANS - Taufua drops the ball in a tackle deep inside the Manly half.
Neither side taking any risks early on. Playing solely through the middle so far
Manly receive first
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Matt Cecchin, Phil Henderson
Touch Judges: Rickey McFarlane, Mark Bohan
Video Referee: Henry Perenara, Ben Galea
MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES (18)
Tries: Jorge Taufua, Reuben Garrick, Brad Parker
Field Goals:
Conversions: Reuben Garrick (3/3)
Penalty Goals:
GOLD COAST TITANS (36)
Tries: Dale Copley (3), Alexander Brimson, Tyrone Roberts (2), Bryce Cartwright
Field Goals:
Conversions: Ash Taylor (4/7)
Penalty Goals: