Titans try something on the right but pass goes to ground. That will be FULLTIME!
Bulldogs knock it down. It is the customary challenge from the Bulldogs. UNSUCCESSFUL.
Dogs go shortish.. and Don takes it easily.
Fogarty converts his fifth.
They finish it in style! Mo Fotuaika just shrugs off defenders at will. He sees the trailing Brimson and sends the fullback away.
Phillip Sami with a great catch under the pressure from Cotric. Titans should be able to see this out.
Titans run it on last and Thompson monsters his man. Turnover.
DWZ leaves it late and knocks it dead just before the chasers. Dropout.
DWZ tries to steam through a gap and loses it.
Marsters with a nothing kick and easy catch for the Bulldogs. Seven tackle set incoming.
Averillo converts.
Dogs immediately profit as Thompson slams it down.
PENALTY BULLDOGS! Contact on Wakeham. It helps the Dogs out after a terrible pass curtailed their set.
Oh dear. Averillo kicks out on the full. Titans survive again. Time continues to tick on Fermor's sin bin.
Averillo with a kick from the left now. He takes his time and shapes it right.
Dogs use the man advantage to perfection. Long pass to the left and Meaney strolls in.
Fermor goes to the bin now. Similar contact to the Napa one.
PENALTY DOGS! High shot on Averillo.
PENALTY BULLDOGS! Proctor ON REPORT for his contact.
Don leaps high but knocks it forward.
Marsters knocks it on on a shift right. CHALLENGE from the Titans. The call stays. UNSUCCESSFUL.
Fogarty from close range, raises the flags.
He got the man binned and gets the try. Wallace spins over from close range.
It was soft but Napa is off to the sin bin.
Napa clips Wallace high. The forward goes down after contact.
PENALTY TITANS! Tino is felled and Sione Katoa is on report.
Kick is big and Sami gets seven tackles.
Is Don, is no good there. He spills one on the right side.
Dogs run it on last and Hopoate's pass is forward.
Titans with a huge first set but the kick goes astray and Schoupp motors upfield.
Both sides are back on the field ready for action in this second half! Dogs KICK-OFF and we're away!
HALFTIME :: Titans lead 18-10.
Averillo has the final action of the half. Tough conversion from the right. Every watching the halfback kick. He studies the kick, shanks it.
Buzzer beater Bulldogs! It all came from an offload which created the move. Quick hands to the right and Cotric was too big, too strong.
Boyd with a stabbing kick that keeps rollin' over the dead ball line.
Mid range kick for Fogarty. He strokes it over.
Sami finishes off the move. Brain Kelly weaved between the defenders and flicked it out to the winger.
Great take from Brimson and he is away! He tries to link with Don who is tackled..
DWZ with an interesting attempt to catch that. It hit his chest and he gathers.
Oh no. Katoa throws one forward on the first tackle.
PENALTY BULLDOGS! Pressure on the neck. Dogs have the chance to level things here.
Averillo with his first kick of the afternoon. He studies the kick, keeps it straight and nails it.
Bulldogs get something going! Offload from Averillo started the move. Quick hands from Hopoate put Cotric into space, he shrugged off a defender and found Smith to score.
Another simple conversion for Fogarty.
You can't stop Big Tino! A lovely short ball from Fogarty put the big man in space and despite having a defender hanging on, he slams it down.
Chris Smith ON REPORT for a crusher. PENALTY TITANS!
Oh no! Bulldogs were looking likely again. It swung left and the debutant Schoupp gains metres. Back on the right Adam Elliot throws an ill-advised offload and the Titans survive.
Nick Meaney with the hops! Nick Meaney goes up there cazaly and catches it in front of Anthony Don.
BUNKER TIME! DWZ sliced through. Referee refers it and it is an obstruction. PENALTY TITANS!
Dogs tried to shift it right but Brian Kelly knocks it down. Full set coming up inside the attacking 20 for the Dogs.
Titans now have a set restart and hand it over. Tanah Boyd tries to drift right then slice through but lost it.
Dogs hand it right back. They got a set restart and then Ava Seumanufagai drops it cold. No team can get control of the game atm.
Fermor was surging through the gap. He forgot the ball though.
Nevermind. Luke Thompson loses it.
Beau Fermor tries to bend through the line and loses it.
Easy first kick for Fogarty. He raises the flags.
Titans make the first error pay! It is the man who re-signed for five years - AJ Brimson - who scores. It was shifted left and a deft kick finds Brimson.
Dogs get the first set restart which gets them deep in Titans territory. The pass goes behind Thompson on fourth and makes it a nothing kick on last.
Steady start from both sides. Meaney almost got the Bulldogs a seven tackle set but couldn't drag his foot enough.
Brimson lofts it into the blue sky and we're underway! Bulldogs with first use.
All the chat is done! First out onto the park is the visiting Bulldogs side in their traditional blue and white strip to some razzing from the locals. Congratulations to Aaron Schoupp on his NRL debut. The familiar strains of 'Welcome to the Jungle' welcome out the Titans in their teal and yellow kit.
Happy Saturday! It is a Super Saturday of rugby league which starts on the Gold Coast. Two sides which didn't enjoy a magical weekend last weekend face off in Gold Coast Titans and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. The Titans have faltered after their hot start to the season while the Bulldogs have lacked bite all season including losing to 12 man Canberra on Magic Weekend. Grab a drink, a snack and settle in for nine hours of footy!
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Matt Cecchin
Touch Judges: Jon Stone, Tyson Brough
Video Referee: Chris Butler
GOLD COAST TITANS (30)
Tries: Alexander Brimson (2), Tino Fa'asuamaleaui, Phillip Sami, Jarrod Wallace
Conversions: Jamal Fogarty (5/5)
CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS (20)
Tries: Chris Smith, Nick Cotric, Nick Meaney, Luke Thompson
Conversions: Jake Averillo (2/4)