FULL TIME :: Comfortable win for the Titans! They move into seventh.
Grubber. Dropout. Again.
Repeat with another dropout after the kick. Taylor goes short but Dogs gather.
This game is pietering out to the finish. A kick which looked strong is knocked on in goal for by the Titans and recovered. Dropout for the Dogs.
PENALTY BULLDOGS! Obstruction.
Flanagan adds the two after a delay where they might have checked the four pointer.
DOGS HAVE POINTS! Youngster Bailey Biondi-Odo dives over.
Titans are trying to throw it around from their own line. They got to halfway and it is propelled forward.
Tough kick for Sexton. Right on the left sideline. He splits the uprights.
Party time for the Titans! A wonderful pass from Wallace and Kelly dives over.
PENALTY TITANS! for something.
This game has become scrappy. Jolliffe drops it now.
Hard ball and Doorey knocks on.
Mitch Rein was in the middle of the exchange and loses it.
Dogs challenging another decision. It needed some forensic deduction. Judged Hopoate knock on.
Sexton kicks his fourth.
Taylor started the move with a dart which found a rushing Brimson who turned it inside for his five-eighth to finish.
Allan spills it.
PENALTY BULLDOGS! Marker interference after the play broke down for the Dogs.
Sexton adds a further two.
Marzhew finishes off the four pointer after the ball is tapped back.
PENALTY BULLDOGS! Strip.
Nice kick through from the Dogs which looks to trap Thompson. It is called a PENALTY! Titans ball.
Knock on by the young Titans half.
It has not been a day to remember for Okunbor. He has knocked on again. CHALLENGE! It is SUCCESSFUL. Dogs ball.
KICK-OFF! Back underway for the second half of this contest.
Titans tried to find Kelly again but the kick goes through and is gathered up! HALFTIME.
Titans are full of confidence now. Another kick inside and it trapped the Bulldogs in-goal.
Sexton raises the flags!
An early kick and it is chased down by Brian Kelly! Titans have their third.
PENALTY TITANS! Ruck infringement.
Sexton from mid range. Misses.
That was harder than it needed to be but Titans have their second. Mo Fotuaika strolls through, tried to position Brimson but a bat down put it right in the path of Marsters.
Dogs make a mess of the dropout. Okunbor again.
Bailey Biondi-Odo chips through for a dropout.
Titans tried to find the inside ball again but it goes forward.
Dogs tried to find some quick hands down the right but it goes to ground.
PENALTY BULLDOGS! NO TRY! Double movement.
BUNKER TIME! Fifita tries to motor to the line. Checking double movement
PENALTY TITANS! Crowding in the ruck.
Bulldogs go the powerplay on last and turn it over.
Titans cough it up, easily again.
Brian Kelly knocks it on. CHALLENGE from the Titans. It remains a knock on. UNSUCCESSFUL.
Brimson streaks down the middle for the Titans but throws the ball away.
Sexton converts.
Titans get a bevy of set restarts and are inching towards the line. Tino Fa'asuamaleaui storms over.
Titans tried to force something through the middle and Brimson drops it.
There is the first big shot of the game. Ash Taylor boots a 40/20 which Corey Allen just let bounce.
It has been a solid start to the contest. Both sides have completed their sets and got to their kick.
KICK-OFF! We're underway here at Suncorp.
Happy Monday? night football! We start with an interesting contest between the Bulldogs and the Titans. Two sides who sit outside the top eight and look to remedy their situation. Titans are aiming to get back into the top eight while the Bulldogs are trying to get away from the wooden spoon.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Matt Cecchin
Touch Judges: Chris Sutton, Darian Furner
Video Referee: Alan Shortall
CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS (6)
Tries: Bailey Biondi-Odo
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Kyle Flanagan (1/1)
Penalty Goals:
GOLD COAST TITANS (34)
Tries: Ashley Taylor, Tino Fa'asuamaleaui, Esan Marsters, Brian Kelly (2), Greg Marzhew
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Toby Sexton (5/6)
Penalty Goals: