ABSOLUTE SCENES! The Titans get their first win in almost a YEAR and if you are a Rugby League fan who doesn't support the Tigers you are grinning from ear to ear right now! Well done to Justin Holbrook and everyone at the Gold Coast.
Short kick off and Brian Kelly takes the high ball with EASE!
Ash Taylor extends the Titans lead from 3 to 5. The Tigers will do a short kick off for sure
PHIL SAMI!!! The Titans defy logic and run it on the last, Brian Kelly grubbers through and SAMI is there to ground it!
Titans get the ball back from the short kick off!
Benji Marshall slots a field goal from 20 metres out
Luke Brooks takes the line on and is just taken down
Tigers play it 30 away from their own line on the first. Play is stopped as a Titans player goes down with a CRAMP of all things!!?
Suspect pass out of dummy half goes uncalled - Tigers very lucky
The set amounts to nothing - Don collects the high ball on the last but is barrelled into touch. Will the non-field goal prove costly?
Double knock on, first one Tigers! Titans with a full set 10 metres out from the Tigers line!
Titans play it on the last 40 out from the try-line
Ashley Taylor takes the line on and almost breaks through!
Oh no! Ash Taylor bends it back but not enough! We're all tied up!!!
TRY, TRY, TRY!!!!! Ashley Taylor rolls in a brilliant grubber that Brian Kelly pounces on. Big kick coming up from the sideline to possibly put the Titans in front. I know I'm meant to be unbiased but carn the Titans!!!!
Jai Arrow gets a late offload to Tanah Boyd who makes good metres up the middle
Titans start the set on halfway
Phillip Sami just catches the high ball. Titans get a crucial penalty on the second tackle
Luke Garner is leaving the field injured
Jaimin Jolliffe drops it - the Tigers survive
6 more for the Titans as Moses Mbye is ruled to have played at the ball
Jaimin Jolliffe goes very close but is caught short of the line
And again as Young Tonumaipea breaks through but can't beat the fullback
6 more for the Titans midway through the count!
Anthony Don cleverly positions himself in the in goal before catching it and gets a 7 tackle set for his side. The Tigers challenge but it is unsuccessful.
NO TRY! Don is ruled to have knocked on in goal and it will be a 7 tackle set to the Tigers who are very lucky.
Titans are claiming a try through Jai Arrow but a lot to check here. Robert Jennings let the bomb bounce and Arrow followed it through. On field call of try
Moeaki Fotuaika is back on for the Titans
Tigers with a couple of good runs through Adam Doueihi and David Nofoaluma to start the set
Billy Walters comes on for the Tigers, replacing Harry Grant
Taylor makes no mistake from right in front. Apologies for the butchering of the spelling of "Hipgrave's" earlier.
Try!!!!!! Keegan Hipgrave pins the ears back and sets sail for beneath the uprights. A classic barge-over try. It's Hipgrve;s first ever in the nrl
Ruled that Harry Grant passed it forward off the ground, Titans will have the ball 30 out from the try line
Kick from Benji Marshall is just too deep and Phillip Sami takes it in the in goal. 7 tackles coming up for the Gold Coast
Marshall splits the black dot in two with the conversion
Adam Doueihi puts a cross field kick in and David Nofoaluma leaps above his opposite number and scores
Phillip Sami is up-ended by Luke Garner and knocks it on. Tigers with the momentum now
Titans get 6 more courtesy of a Tigers knock on but knock it on themselves shortly after. There was no advantage though and they'll get a scrum feed 20 out from the try-line
David Nofoaluma's grubber is rushed and ultimately too deep. Titans have 7 tackles
Joseph Leilua is pulled down in an important tackle by Kevin Proctor on the 1st
Erin Clark is ruled to have passed it forward out of dummy half. Tigers have it in good attacking position again
Benji makes an error late in the count
The Titans play it just short of the 30 on the last and the Tigers are in great field position off the kick return
Phillip Sami just gets the ball back into the field of play but the Tigers are applying some good defensive pressure
Tigers get a penalty almost straight away courtesy of a Kevin Proctor hand on the ball
Benji Marshall drags it across the face. Score remains 16-12
Try confirmed by the bunker
We're off to the bunker! It was sideline to sideline and David Nofoaluma got a kick back in field to Joseph Leilua who is claiming a try
Good start for the Tigers who re-gather their kick on the last and play some ad lib footy.
We're underway again and Luke Garner brings it back for the Tigers
Teams are back out on the field ahead of the second 40 at Suncorp
A failed field goal attempt from Ash Taylor will conclude the first half. It's anyone's game from here!
Titans awarded a penalty and they'll have 1 or 2 more plays
A kick from Luke Brooks inside the 40 finds touch but well before the 20 metre line. The Titans will have the last roll of the dice in the first half
Terrible pass from Tyrone Peachey is cleaned up by Joseph Leilua. Tigers hang on again
Golden opportunity for the Titans to take a lead into half time for the first time in 2020
David Nofoaluma is ruled to have incorrectly played the ball and possession is handed right back to the Titans
Stab* not sta
A sta kick from Ashley Taylor is well taken in the slips from Benji Marshall. Tigers hang on
Keegan Hipgrave is now out there for the Titans
Titans receive another piggy-back out of their own end due to a crusher tackle
A chip in behind by Brooks is again collected by Anthony Don, who this time plays it 10 metres out
Repeat set to the Tigers not Titans, my apologies
Repeat set to the Titans. Harry Grant gets a nice little grubber in that's collected by Don who is met by 4 or 5 Tigers who drive him back into the in goal area
David Nofoaluma avoids going into touch by flicking it out the back to Benji Marshall
Good contact by Erin Clark who rushed out of the line to put a hit on Oliver Clark
Challenge unsuccessful, Tigers get it in good attacking position once again
Peachey knocks on on the last, but the Titans are challenging it
Titans hang on again! Luke Brooks' kick rebounds of a Titan and he knocks it on on the re-gather.
Sweep play from the Tigers is well read by Dale Copley who jams in on Adam Doueihi
Just as the Titans were getting momentum the rookie Erin Clark turns it over his own side of halfway
Ash Taylor nails it 15 in from the sideline.
Great try from Don! Another threatening cross field kick from Ashley Taylor this time and Don does what he has so many times before and out-leaps his opposite number. We could be all tied up here soon!
Repeat set for the Titans, a bizarre fifth tackle play from the Titans results in Erin Clark putting a cross field kick in. titans are looking threatening
The Tigers try a short drop out but it is well handled by Anthony Don
But not for long! Young Tonumaipea a great defensive play to force Moses Mbye back into the in goal on play 2.
Robert Jennings just manages to stay in the field of play
Great ad-lib footy from the Titans in their own half, Phillip Sami broke through the frontline and was only stopped by the fullback
Ash Taylor compounds the impact of the 40/20 by kicking the conversion
Proctor runs a good line and gets over the line, quite a simple try and poor defence from Benji Marshall and Harry Grant
Great kick by Ash Taylor, it didn't look like the kick was going to make the sideline but it did about 3 metres away from the tryline. Titans in prime position to hit back here
Great run by Brian Kelly up the middle to get some momentum, the Titans were going nowhere
Sami hit hard by Moses Mbye after taking the high ball. Tigers defending with good line speed here
Hang on - it was deemed to be a forward pass. Tigers have the ball
Knock on Tigers however it was very close to being another runaway intercept try - this time to Moses Mbye. The Titans need to be more careful with their cutout balls
Phillip Sami lays down after an apparent crusher and makes a miracle recovery as soon as the whistle is blown for a penalty
Tigers again advance it well beyond the halfway off the set after points. Anthony Don makes no mistake under the high ball
Marshall makes it 2/2
INTERCEPT!!! Ash Taylor just gets the set play wrong and David Nofoaluma read it well and streaks away for a try
Quick hand on the right hand side but David Nofoaluma can't handle the ball from Luke Garner. Titans survive
Long drop out from the Titans, going 65 metres on the bounce
Adam Doueihi puts a grubber in and Phillip Sami takes it dead very late. Repeat set coming up
Good set after points for the Tigers and they are again awarded 6 more late in the count. More pressure for the Titans here
Marshall makes no mistake from beside the uprights
Adam Doueihi scores after running onto a Benji Marshall inside ball through the middle. Soft Titans defence it has to be said
Tigers get 6 more late in the tackle count and Harry Grant takes advantage and links up with Luke Brooks, Tigers on the attack here
Good set from the Titans, they will play it 15 out from the Tigers line on the last
Joseph Leilua kicks on the last - not a bad one and the Titans will get a scrum feed on their 10 metre line
Young Tonumaipea gets his first touch in the NRL after 2 years out serving a mormon mission
The Tigers complete and Phillip Sami makes no mistake under the Marshall high ball
Adam Doueihi plays it on the 20
Solid start from the Titans as Jai Arrow plays it just short of halfway on the last
We're underway and Moeaki Fotuaika brings it back to start us off
Both sides are out on the ground now and it looks like the Tigers will kick off
Welcome to the live blog of the Titans vs Wests Tigers as we see whether the Tigers can push into the top 4 with a big win or if the Titans can get on the board in 2020. The Tigers are 1-17 while the Titans have made an array of late changes, with Tyrone Roberts dropping out of the side with Phillip Sami replacing him at fullback. Young Tonumaipea will make his Titans debut in the centres replacing Tyrone Peachey who drops back to the bench, while Anthony Don replaces Brian Kelly on the wing. Bryce Cartwright moves into the starting side for Keegan Hipgrave who moves to the bench. T-minus 10 minutes until kickoff
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Adam Gee
Touch Judges: Jon Stone, Kasey Badger
Video Referee: Jared Maxwell, Ben Galea
GOLD COAST TITANS (28)
Tries: Kevin Proctor, Anthony Don, Keegan Hipgrave, Brian Kelly, Phillip Sami
Field Goals: Ashley Taylor (0/1)
Conversions: Ashley Taylor (4/5)
Penalty Goals:
WESTS TIGERS (23)
Tries: Adam Doueihi, David Nofoaluma (2), Joseph Leilua
Field Goals: Benji Marshall (1/1)
Conversions: Benji Marshall (3/4)
Penalty Goals: