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6:00pm Fri July 16, 2021
Round 18 - Cbus Super Stadium, Robina / Yugambeh - Crowd: 15038
80min

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

80min

The fun police in the Bunker say it's a knock on somehow. No try

80min

Bunker going upstairs to check it

80min

The ball comes out of Will Smith, Titans will have one last roll of the dice

80min

Peachey throws an intercept to Dylan Brown

79min

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

78min

Kelly goes right through the frontline but is brought down by Clinton Gutherson

78min

Brimson does well to get back into the field of play

76min

Double knock on, first one Titans

75min

Penalty Titans, Sivo hit Fifita high

73min

Gutherson is tackled 3 metres out from his own line

73min

D. Brown's kick is knocked on by Opacic in the in goal

71min

Fermor steams onto the bouncing ball before Patrick Herbert throws a terrible forward pass to Thompson. Titans turn it over again

70min

Taylor's pass is put down by Patrick Herbert

68min

Penalty Titans

68min

Conversion: Titans
Attempted by Patrick Herbert.

Herbert again sprays it right

Eels lead Titans 8 - 26 Eels
67min

Try: Titans
Scored by David Fifita. Kick to come.

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

Eels lead Titans 8 - 26 Eels
66min

Set restart for GLD as Taylor makes a few breaks

66min

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

65min

Set restart for PAR

64min

Wallace brings it out for the Titans

62min

Conversion: Titans
Attempted by Patrick Herbert.

Herbert starts it wide and it doesn't come across

Eels lead Titans 4 - 26 Eels
62min

Try: Titans
Scored by Brian Kelly. Kick to come.

Absolute peach of a cutout pass from Ashley Taylor to Brian Kelly, who strolls over virtually untouched to score the Titans' first

Eels lead Titans 4 - 26 Eels
61min

Brimson heading off for an HIA

61min

Penalty Titans for a high shot on Brimson

60min

Brimson knocks Dunster into touch in a trysaver. 7 tackle set for the Titans coming up

58min

Waqa Blake knocks on the pass from Gutherson

57min

Proctor ruled to have knocked on while trying to dive on the loose ball

55min

Opacic nearly pulls off a chip n chase but Brimson won the race to knock the ball dead

54min

Thompson trips over and ends up over the sideline. Not the Titans night

53min

Oregon Kaufusi drops it as he's about to hit the defensive line

52min

Conversion: Eels
Kicked by Clinton Gutherson.

Gutho nails it from in front

Eels lead Titans 0 - 26 Eels
51min

Try: Eels
Scored by Ryan Matterson. Kick to come.

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

Eels lead Titans 0 - 24 Eels
49min

Brian Kelly returns Arthur's kick to the field of play

48min

Penalty Eels, Matterson is illegally stripped of the ball

47min

Fogarty's kick is successfully charged down and gathered by Reed Mahoney. Huge play from the hooker

45min

Jamal Fogarty drops it cold

44min

Isaiah Papali'i loses the ball while playing it, Titans with the opportunity now

43min

Taylor's kick is allowed to bounce and D. Brown plays it 7 metres out from his own line

41min

Moeaki Fotuaika takes the first run of the half

40min

Players back out there ahead of the second 40

40min

That's half time, the Eels take a 20 point lead to the break

40min

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

40min

Tino falls over at the play the ball and according to Ceccin that's a knock on. Titans are challenging

39min

Clark kicks early from dummy half, Sivo takes it dead. Repeat set for the Titans

38min

Titans opt to repack the scrum, a rule I didn't even know was introduced

37min

Penalty Titans, Eels were offside from the scrum

36min

Clinton Gutherson loses the ball in the tackle, the Titans will have one shot at them just before half time

35min

Waqa Blake knocks Brown's kick on, Titans will get the scrum feed

34min

Doesn't look good for Sami, leaving the field with some sort of leg injury

34min

Sami is down injured

34min

Taylor throws a good cutout to Sami, who offloads to Kelly, who loses the ball

34min

Set restart for GLD

34min

In the last 11 minutes, the Eels have had 98% of the ball

33min

Brian Kelly does very well to come away with the ball and get into the field of play

32min

Proctor is back out there

31min

Patrick Herbert is tackled in goal. Repeat set for the Eels coming up

30min

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

30min

RCG brings it out to the 20 metres line

29min

Conversion: Eels
Attempted by Clinton Gutherson.

Gutherson is wide left with his kick

Eels lead Titans 0 - 20 Eels
29min

Try: Eels
Scored by Haze Dunster. Kick to come.

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 lead Titans 0 - 20 Eels
28min

Eels making metres for fun here, they'll kick from the Titans 20

26min

Conversion: Eels
Kicked by Clinton Gutherson.

Gutho redeems himself by kicking the conversion

Eels lead Titans 0 - 16 Eels
25min

Try: Eels
Scored by Reed Mahoney. Kick to come.

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

Eels lead Titans 0 - 14 Eels
24min

Conversion: Eels
Attempted by Clinton Gutherson.

Clinton Gutherson has an absolute shocker off the boot, spraying it wide and landing it short

Eels lead Titans 0 - 10 Eels
23min

Try: Eels
Scored by Shaun Lane. Kick to come.

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

Eels lead Titans 0 - 10 Eels
22min

No try confirmed, he was held up

22min

Going upstairs for a possible Eels try, the ref thinks Matterson was held up though

22min

Eels take the tap

22min

Proctor is off to the sin bin for the tackle, Papali'i was put on his head

22min

Penalty to the Eels, Isaiah Papali'i is put in a dangerous position

21min

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

19min

Taylor again providing a good kick chase, immediately hitting Haze Dunster after the catch

18min

Titans come up with the ball 15 out from their own line. Eels completing at 100% so far

17min

Tough call on the Titans as Wallace's offload is ruled forward. Eels will get the scrum win 10 metres shy of halfway

16min

Jakob Arthur will come back on for the Eels

15min

Titans kick inside enemy territory as Gutho is met immediately by Ash after catching it. Eels now doing the hard yards

13min

Brimson makes the catch and the Titans are working it out of their own end

12min

Reagan Campbell-Gillard takes the resuming hit up for Parra

12min

Conversion: Eels
Kicked by Clinton Gutherson.

Clint Gutherson nails it from the sideline

Eels lead Titans 0 - 6 Eels
11min

Try: Eels
Scored by Dylan Brown. Kick to come.

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

Eels lead Titans 0 - 4 Eels
10min

Titans struggle for fround in that set, Waqa Blake plays it on the 40 on tackle 1

7min

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

6min

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

5min

Corey Thompson's bombed it, the ball was loose in the in goal and he bounced it. Eels get let off the hook

5min

Going upstairs for a possible try for the Titans, the ref doesn't think Corey Thompson has scored though

4min

Set restart for GLD

4min

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

4min

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

3min

Parra winning the field position battle early, Dunster gets up to the 40 on tackle 1 before the Eels get a set restart

2min

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

1min

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)