Match Centre

The Titans have produced their best result of the season with a 20-point win to end the Sea Eagles' finals hopes.

The Titans come up with the short drop out.

Foran forces a line drop out.

Ben Trbojevic has the ball illegally stripped from his grasp.

The Titans are challenging an accidental offside ruling.

Patrick Herbert makes an error.

Dylan Walker throws a dummy, finds space and passes to Toafofoa Sipley, who drops the ball.

Forward pass.

Josh Schuster makes another error... it's been a bitterly disappointing afternoon for Manly.

Tolutau Koula catches a bomb from Tanah Boyd.

Tanah Boyd is smashed by Haumole Olakau'atu.

Manly lose the ball in their own half.

Josh Schuster and Kieran Foran combine to send Tolutau Koula over in the corner.

Jason Saab is suspected to have torn his ACL.

Manly penalty - the Titans are penalised for an obstruction.

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Manly will challenge the ruling.

Ben Trbojevic loses the ball with one of his first touches.

Lachlan Croker cleans up an ill-conceived kick from Jayden Campbell.

The Titans challenge the ruling and get a penalty for ruck interference.

Patrick Herbert makes an error inside his own half.

Haumole Olakau'atu comes up with an error.

Beau Fermor is carried over the try line and taken dead by the Manly defence.

Josh Schuster comes up with a forward pass.

Manly penalty.

Jason Saab is being assisted from the field by two trainers.

Reuben Garrick is trapped in-goal. The trainer is calling for play to stop with Jason Saab down injured.

The Sea Eagles attempt a short kick-off but the Titans come up with possession.

Fifita is away!

The Titans will get another attacking set.

Reuben Garrick is trapped in-goal - it's all coming up Gold Coast this afternoon!

The Sea Eagles come up with an error on the last tackle.

Manly penalty.

Manly hold on with Toafofoa Sipley diving on Boyd's kick.

AJ Brimson makes a tremendous run and is cut down 10 metres from the try line.

Titans penalty.

Fermor is on the spot to pounce on a ricocheting kick from AJ Brimson.

Titans penalty.

Patrick Herbert makes a strong kick return up to the 20 metre line.

The second half is underway - can the Titans break a ten-game losing streak or will the Sea Eagles keep their top eight hopes alive?

The Titans take an eight-point lead into the change of ends.

The Titans will kick to go beyond a converted try.

Daly Cherry-Evans sends the line drop out over the sideline. Titans penalty.

Brimson kicks for the in-goal; Kelly misses the kick but the Sea Eagles are ruled to have knocked on.

Jason Saab is taken over the dead ball line; play will resume with a line drop out.

Kelly comes up with another intercept and the Titans are 10 metres out from the try line.

INTERCEPT

Moeaki Fotuaika runs onto a pass from Herman Ese'ese that is ruled forward.

Josh Schuster comes on for Andrew Davey.

Play is halted after a head clash between Andrew Davey and Sosefo Fifita.

Jake Trbojevic avoids the nudie run with his first try of the season.

The Titans come up with an error after points...

Question: if the tackle by Dylan Walker was so severe to warrant a sin bin, why wasn't Sosefo Fifita required to leave the field and complete a HIA?

Titans penalty.

Dylan Walker is on for the Sea Eagles.

The Titans challenge the ruling and win.

Campbell puts in a short drop out; the Titans bat the ball back, Jake Trbojevic and Jaimin Jolliffe compete for the ball. The referee rules a knock on against the Titans.

Daly Cherry-Evans puts in a great kick which results in a line drop out after Jayden Campbell is trapped in-goal by Kieran Foran.

Jayden Campbell puts up a towering bomb; Garrick is up to the task for the visitors.

Great work from Garrick to support the play and touch down close to the posts.

The Titans make a mess of it on the first play off the penalty.

Titans penalty near halfway.

Jarrod Wallace takes on the line and pops a beautiful offload to send his front-row partner over for first points.

Six again for the Titans inside the Sea Eagles' half.

The try is overturned with the bunker intervening to identify a knock on from Martin Taupau prior to Olakau'atu's emphatic run.

Haumole Olakau'atu powers his way over the line with a bulldozing run!

Daly Cherry-Evans comes up with a last tackle pass that is equal to Jaimin Jolliffe's drop off the kick-off.

Christian Tuipulotu collects a short drop out from Jayden Campbell; the Sea Eagles are 20 metres out from the try line.

Daly Cherry-Evans kicks for the in-goal; Phillip Sami is trapped and play will resume with a line drop out.

Jaimin Jolliffe drops the ball on the first play of the afternoon... oh dear.

AJ Brimson will captain the Titans with Tino Fa'asuamaleaui withdrawing from the match.

The Sea Eagles have won their past three matches against the Titans and hold a record of nine wins from 13 visits to the venue against all-comers.

Des Hasler will make his 300th appearance as coach of the Manly Sea Eagles. The two-time premiership-winning mentor started his coaching career with the club in 2004 and returned for a second stint in 2019.

The Sea Eagles desperately need to win to remain in touch with the top eight; a loss would effectively end any chance of the side making the finals due to for-and-against and sitting six points behind the eighth-placed Roosters with three rounds remaining.

The Titans have lost their past ten games in succession, however a win by four points today would see the side move off the bottom of the ladder ahead of Wests Tigers.

The Sea Eagles welcome back Brad Parker in the centres in place of Morgan Harper. Josh Aloiai starts at prop and Josh Schuster takes the place of Ethan Bullemor on the bench.

The Titans have been dealt a massive blow on the eve of kick-off with captain Tino Fa’asuamaleaui withdrawing to be present for the birth of his second child. Jarrod Wallace earns a recall with Jaimin Joliffe starting ahead of Moeaki Fotuaika in the front-row.

Welcome to League Unlimited’s coverage of Round 22 Sunday Afternoon Football between the Gold Coast Titans and the Manly Sea Eagles from CBUS Super Stadium.