That'll do it, the Eels hold on for a comfortable victory. Next week, they play the Raiders, while the Titans will play an "away" game against the Dragons on the Gold Coast
The fun police in the Bunker say it's a knock on somehow. No try
Bunker going upstairs to check it
The ball comes out of Will Smith, Titans will have one last roll of the dice
Peachey throws an intercept to Dylan Brown
Tyrone Peachey's kick is deflected by Brown, who would've been away if he could've picked it up cleanly. He didn't, Titans will get the scrum
Kelly goes right through the frontline but is brought down by Clinton Gutherson
Brimson does well to get back into the field of play
Double knock on, first one Titans
Penalty Titans, Sivo hit Fifita high
Gutherson is tackled 3 metres out from his own line
D. Brown's kick is knocked on by Opacic in the in goal
Fermor steams onto the bouncing ball before Patrick Herbert throws a terrible forward pass to Thompson. Titans turn it over again
Taylor's pass is put down by Patrick Herbert
Penalty Titans
Herbert again sprays it right
Tyrone Peachey puts in a grubber that deflects off Dylan Brown and David Fifita is there to pick up the loose ball and score for the Titans
Set restart for GLD as Taylor makes a few breaks
Gutherson beats 2 or 3 Titans defenders and then throws it into the ground, before getting angry at Sivo for being off the pace (probably fairly). Titans survive
Set restart for PAR
Wallace brings it out for the Titans
Herbert starts it wide and it doesn't come across
Absolute peach of a cutout pass from Ashley Taylor to Brian Kelly, who strolls over virtually untouched to score the Titans' first
Brimson heading off for an HIA
Penalty Titans for a high shot on Brimson
Brimson knocks Dunster into touch in a trysaver. 7 tackle set for the Titans coming up
Waqa Blake knocks on the pass from Gutherson
Proctor ruled to have knocked on while trying to dive on the loose ball
Opacic nearly pulls off a chip n chase but Brimson won the race to knock the ball dead
Thompson trips over and ends up over the sideline. Not the Titans night
Oregon Kaufusi drops it as he's about to hit the defensive line
Gutho nails it from in front
It's all second phase play for the Eels 5th try. Gutherson offloaded to Dunster, who offloaded to Matterson, who scores and doesn't have it taken off him this time
Brian Kelly returns Arthur's kick to the field of play
Penalty Eels, Matterson is illegally stripped of the ball
Fogarty's kick is successfully charged down and gathered by Reed Mahoney. Huge play from the hooker
Jamal Fogarty drops it cold
Isaiah Papali'i loses the ball while playing it, Titans with the opportunity now
Taylor's kick is allowed to bounce and D. Brown plays it 7 metres out from his own line
Moeaki Fotuaika takes the first run of the half
Players back out there ahead of the second 40
That's half time, the Eels take a 20 point lead to the break
That's one of the more bizarre calls I've seen, Matterson pretty much kicked big Tino over and the bunker says "no interference from the Eels." Anyway, we move on, Titans lose their challenge and opportunity to put points on the board
Tino falls over at the play the ball and according to Ceccin that's a knock on. Titans are challenging
Clark kicks early from dummy half, Sivo takes it dead. Repeat set for the Titans
Titans opt to repack the scrum, a rule I didn't even know was introduced
Penalty Titans, Eels were offside from the scrum
Clinton Gutherson loses the ball in the tackle, the Titans will have one shot at them just before half time
Waqa Blake knocks Brown's kick on, Titans will get the scrum feed
Doesn't look good for Sami, leaving the field with some sort of leg injury
Sami is down injured
Taylor throws a good cutout to Sami, who offloads to Kelly, who loses the ball
Set restart for GLD
In the last 11 minutes, the Eels have had 98% of the ball
Brian Kelly does very well to come away with the ball and get into the field of play
Proctor is back out there
Patrick Herbert is tackled in goal. Repeat set for the Eels coming up
Waqa Blake offloads and Gutherson would've been away but it was behind him. The Titans came away with possession, but on the next tackle, Gutherson got the 1 on 1 steal. Eels on the attack again
RCG brings it out to the 20 metres line
Gutherson is wide left with his kick
Clint Gutherson puts in a superb kick that bounces perfectly for Haze Dunster to score the Eels 4th try, and their 3rd in the last 6 minutes. Titans haven't handled this sin bin period all that well
Eels making metres for fun here, they'll kick from the Titans 20
Gutho redeems himself by kicking the conversion
Eels are carving them up. Nathan Brown threw a ball to Matterson, who broke the line and linked up with Brown again on the inside. He had only the fullback to beat and then gave it to Gutherson in support, who then handed it off to Reed Mahoney, who scores in his return game
Clinton Gutherson has an absolute shocker off the boot, spraying it wide and landing it short
Great play from Reed Mahoney out of dummy half, he dummied to go out the back before hitting Shaun Lane, who was running the unders and spun his way over the line
No try confirmed, he was held up
Going upstairs for a possible Eels try, the ref thinks Matterson was held up though
Eels take the tap
Proctor is off to the sin bin for the tackle, Papali'i was put on his head
Penalty to the Eels, Isaiah Papali'i is put in a dangerous position
Clinton Gutherson does well to make the catch and then break a few tackles before getting an offload to Waqa Blake. The Eels then get a set restart and Sivo breaks the line, giving Parra all the momentum
Taylor again providing a good kick chase, immediately hitting Haze Dunster after the catch
Titans come up with the ball 15 out from their own line. Eels completing at 100% so far
Tough call on the Titans as Wallace's offload is ruled forward. Eels will get the scrum win 10 metres shy of halfway
Jakob Arthur will come back on for the Eels
Titans kick inside enemy territory as Gutho is met immediately by Ash after catching it. Eels now doing the hard yards
Brimson makes the catch and the Titans are working it out of their own end
Reagan Campbell-Gillard takes the resuming hit up for Parra
Clint Gutherson nails it from the sideline
Dylan Brown accelerates past Tino Fa'asuamaleaui before putting the foot down to burn AJ Brimson on the outside. He scores the first try of the match
Titans struggle for fround in that set, Waqa Blake plays it on the 40 on tackle 1
Eels get a penalty after Dunster was pushed in the back. The Titans look very dangerous with ball in hand here, that's twice they've almost gone the length in a set to score
Will Smith appears to be doing most of the attacking work, however it's Clinton Gutherson who puts the attacking kick in on the last. It's caught by Thompson, who gets a penalty after an offside Eels player tackled him
Corey Thompson's bombed it, the ball was loose in the in goal and he bounced it. Eels get let off the hook
Going upstairs for a possible try for the Titans, the ref doesn't think Corey Thompson has scored though
Set restart for GLD
Jakob Arthur is being brought off the field. It'll be on Dylan Brown to stand up in attack now, something he hasn't really done at all this year
Terrible last play for the Eels, Jakob Arthur didn't know whether to run or pass and eventually got a poor pass away and his teammate was tackled
Parra winning the field position battle early, Dunster gets up to the 40 on tackle 1 before the Eels get a set restart
A good set first up for the Eels, who make about 60 metres and the Titans play it on their own 20 on tackle 2
The Titans kick off and Reagan Campbell-Gillard takes the first carry for the Eels
Hello and welcome to LeagueUnlimited's coverage of Friday Night Footy and to start off we are on the Gold Coast for game 1 of a double header as the Titans look to score an upset win over the Eels. The Titans only change is a shuffle within the 17 named on Tuesday, with Jaimin Jolliffe starting in place of Moeaki Fotuaika, who is backing up from origin alongside teammates David Fifita, Tino Fa'asuamaleaui and Alexander Brimson. For the Eels, Mitch Moses won't back up, with Jakob Arthur to start at halfback, while Junior Paulo will also sit out, replaced by Marata Niukore, while Will Smith comes in on the bench. Kickoff about 2 minutes away
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Matt Cecchin
Touch Judges: Darian Furner, Jon Stone
Video Referee: Alan Shortall
GOLD COAST TITANS (8)
Tries: Brian Kelly, David Fifita
Conversions: Patrick Herbert (0/2)
PARRAMATTA EELS (26)
Tries: Dylan Brown, Shaun Lane, Reed Mahoney, Haze Dunster, Ryan Matterson
Conversions: Clinton Gutherson (3/5)