That's that.
New Zealand Warriors 42-0
Warriors bumbling to the finish here. Nothing doing.
New Zealand Warriors 42-0
Warriors lazy at a play-the-ball last tackle on the Titans line... the Titans claim it! Well. They obviously aren't fussed on 50 then...
New Zealand Warriors 42-0
Still 42-0... Warriors have six minutes to get themselves into the eight.
New Zealand Warriors 42-0
Titans dominating recent exchanges. Attacking now.
New Zealand Warriors 42-0
Warriors still in need of EIGHT points to creep into the top eight. Titans having a solid dig at the moment.
New Zealand Warriors 42-0
Tomkins fields a long range kick and Faifai Loa tackles him a bit too much, tries to throw him in goal. Penalty Warriors on their own line.
New Zealand Warriors 42-0
Greg Bird with a target on his head after that incident, Warriors defenders muscling up.
New Zealand Warriors 42-0
We have a penalty against the Titans - Bird and Laumape go toe to toe, it's all on report.
New Zealand Warriors 42-0
NO TRY... bizarre. In real time that's a try folks. Bad luck Tomkins.
New Zealand Warriors 42-0
VIDEO REFEREE possible NO TRY to Sam Tomkins... checking double movement. Looks ok to us...
New Zealand Warriors 42-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson successful.
Freakish.
New Zealand Warriors 42-0
TRY NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Scored by Shaun Johnson. Kick to come.
Well well well... Johnson takes them all on and scores himself in the corner.
New Zealand Warriors 40-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson successful.
Six from six, this guy is on fire today.
New Zealand Warriors 36-0
TRY NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Scored by Sam Tomkins. Kick to come.
Tomkins takes a pin-point Johnson kick and gets it down. The Warriors need a 50-point victory to jump over the Broncos into the eight... they're well on the way!
New Zealand Warriors 34-0
And the Warriors force a line drop-out.
New Zealand Warriors 30-0
Warriors now have a penalty, they set their backline and take the tap...
New Zealand Warriors 30-0
OK Never mind, Hurrell puts Laumape through off a loose Titans pass. Warriors back on the attack!
New Zealand Warriors 30-0
One on one strip early in that set and now the Titans advance back up the park.
New Zealand Warriors 30-0
UNFORCED ERROR GOLD COAST TITANS
Anthony Don makes an unforced error.
Don spills it inside his own half. Not the best start for the visitors to the second half.
New Zealand Warriors 30-0
We go to the break but we have Ioane down injured with a second left on the clock. Sam Rapira is called out, he's ON REPORT for a crusher tackle.
New Zealand Warriors 30-0
UNFORCED ERROR NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Sam Tomkins makes an unforced error.
Tomkins spills it at dummy half. Ordinary stuff there.
New Zealand Warriors 30-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson successful.
Johnson adds the extras for the fifth time today. Thirty-blot.
New Zealand Warriors 30-0
TRY NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Scored by Konrad Hurrell. Kick to come.
Too easy, Tomkins finds Hurell close to the line, bang.
New Zealand Warriors 28-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson successful.
Johnson converts.
New Zealand Warriors 24-0
TRY NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Scored by Sam Tomkins. Kick to come.
Tomkins slips through a yawning gap out wide. It goes upstairs for obstruction, it's fine, no worries.
New Zealand Warriors 22-0
Titans looking better and getting more of the ball but continually lacking the finish they need to add points.
New Zealand Warriors 18-0
Titans finally with some attacking footy...
New Zealand Warriors 18-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson successful.
Johnson keeps the Warriors *just* ahead of the clock.
New Zealand Warriors 18-0
TRY NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Scored by Nathan Friend. Kick to come.
Friend takes advantage of some stumbling & bumbling Titans defence. Geez this Gold Coast side is down on confidence...
New Zealand Warriors 16-0
NO TRY. Vatuvei's interfered with the marker. Plus Peyroux dropped it anyway.
New Zealand Warriors 12-0
VIDEO REFEREE possible Warriors NO TRY to Dominique Peyroux - checking use of marker as obstruction.
New Zealand Warriors 12-0
Johnson bombs, nobody takes it, Warriors reclaim the ball and throw it around before Hurrell takes the tackle. Handover.
New Zealand Warriors 12-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson successful.
Different side, same result though, Johnson converts.
New Zealand Warriors 12-0
TRY NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Scored by Dominique Peyroux. Kick to come.
Leuluai lays one on for Peyroux close to the line. Too easy so far.
New Zealand Warriors 10-0
UNFORCED ERROR GOLD COAST TITANS
William Zillman makes an unforced error.
Paul Carige-style start to this one from Zillman, spills a simple grubber through the line. Warriors scrum 10m out.
New Zealand Warriors 6-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson successful.
Johnson adds the extras... the Warriors do love scoring points early.
New Zealand Warriors 6-0
TRY NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Scored by Ben Henry. Kick to come.
Too easy, Henry slices through much to the joy of the Mt Smart faithful.
New Zealand Warriors 4-0
UNFORCED ERROR GOLD COAST TITANS
William Zillman makes an unforced error.
Big bomb goes up from Johnson and Zillman is scared by an impending Sam Tomkins, spilling it. Warriors scrum 10m out.
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A bit of background to this one - the Warriors simply have to win to maintain hope of making the top eight.
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We are underway at Mt Smart, Warriors kicking off, Titans first with the ball. Gavin Badger and Chris James are your men in the middle. HERE WE GO!
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TEAM NEWS | Warriors are 1-17, but the Titans are all over the shop. Luke Bailey is OUT, replaced at prop by Mark Minichiello. Brad Takairangi moves from the centres to the back row to cover Mini, while David Mead is the new man in the centres. Paul Carter and Cody Nelson swap with the latter to start, while Maurice Blair drops off the bench to make way for Steve Michaels. Hit the teams tab for the full team list.
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Referees & scorers:
Referee: Gavin Badger, Chris James
Touch Judges: Michael Wise, Anthony Elliott
Video Referee: Alan Shortall, Ben Galea
NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS (42)
Tries: Ben Henry, Shaun Johnson, Dominique Peyroux, Nathan Friend, Sam Tomkins (2), Konrad Hurrell
Field Goals:
Conversions: Shaun Johnson (7/7)
Penalty Goals:
GOLD COAST TITANS (0)
Tries:
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