Full Time
70:00
1:05pm Sat September 10, 2022
Round 4 - AAMI Park, Melbourne / Wurundjeri - Crowd: 505
69min

FULL-TIME: Titans 18 def Eels 16

69min

Final play!!

69min

60m to go.

69min

PENALTY EELS: Slow ruck.

69min

Eels will need to go 80m

68min

PENALTY TITANS: Strip.

67min

Cassey Tohi-Hiku puts down the bomb... Such a shame for the young debutant.

66min

Preston taken on the last and it's a change-over.

64min

Conversion: Eels
Kicked by Tayla Preston.

Preston converts - 18-16.

Titans lead Titans 18 - 16 Eels
64min

Try: Eels
Scored by Rima Butler. Kick to come.

Rima Butler!! SENSATIONAL TRY FROM THE FORWARD. Charging over the top of Brittany Breayley-Nati and two other defenders to score a vital try.

Titans lead Titans 18 - 14 Eels
63min

PENALTY EELS: High shot by Evania Pelite.

62min

Jessika Elliston loses the ball - NO TRY.

62min

Karra-Lee Nolan going up as a NO TRY.

61min

Hanisi loses it.

60min

That kick goes deep. Eels have a late slither of hope.

59min

Cherrington placed ON REPORT, but Lauren Brown will have to leave the field... EXPLAIN it

59min

PENALTY TITANS: Kennedy Cherrington hits Lauren Brown late.

58min

Pass is intercepted by Lauren Brown.

57min

PENALTY EELS: Shoulder charge by Stephanie Hancock.

57min

SIX MORE for the Eels here.

56min

PENALTY EELS: Hold down penalty. Tiana Penitani hobbling around AAMI PARK.

55min

Hancock is held-up there.

53min

PENALTY TITANS: They hang on Steph Hancock for too long.

52min

They drop it at dummy half.

52min

Great play from the Eels, can they score.

50min

PENALTY EELS: Another penalty for being in front of the kicker.

48min

PENALTY EELS - Georgia Hale in front of the kicker.

46min

PENALTY TITANS: Slow ruck (flop).

45min

Eels hang on.

44min

Evania Pelite was a bit casual and nearly stripped by Rima Butler.

43min

Conversion: Eels
Kicked by Tayla Preston.

Preston converts - 18-10.

Titans lead Titans 18 - 10 Eels
42min

Try: Eels
Scored by Simaima Taufa. Kick to come.

Simaima Taufa caught the Titans napping with a dummy and go. She took on Evania Pelite and beats the fullback and crashes over for a vital try.

Titans lead Titans 18 - 8 Eels
41min

PENALTY EELS: Slow ruck.

40min

Sloppy start to this second half. Good kicks are being let down by poor chases on both sides.

38min

Eels hang on there.

37min

PENALTY TITANS: "Dangerous tackle".

36min

Preston puts down a poor pass.

35min

Kickoff was perfect - Titans fail to recover and it's a scrum for the Eels.

35min

Conversion: Titans
Kicked by Lauren Brown.

Brown converts - Titans leading the Eels 18-4.

Titans lead Titans 18 - 4 Eels
35min

Try: Titans
Scored by Jessika Elliston. Kick to come.

That had to come for the Titans. Eels were scrambling in defence, good work from Georgia Hale who found Kimiora Breayley-Nati who found the short ball to Jessika Elliston and she crosses right on half-time.

Titans lead Titans 16 - 4 Eels
34min

Can the Eels hang on here?

33min

Six to go!

32min

Cassey Tohi-Hiku can't get out of the in-goal.

32min

That's a try saver from Cassey Tohi-Hiku. Sensational!

31min

PENALTY TITANS: High shot

30min

Inside the final five here in the first half of game 1 of 4 on your Super Saturday here on LU.

28min

Quinlan's pass is intercepted by Karina Brown.

27min

PENALTY EELS: High tackle. Titans are imploding a little here.

27min

Conversion: Eels
Attempted by Tayla Preston.

Preston fails to hit the target and it's NO GOOD.

Titans lead Titans 12 - 4 Eels
26min

Try: Eels
Scored by Zali Fay. Kick to come.

That was much needed by the Eels. They weathered the storm, a good pass from Ash Quinlan who found Tiana Penitani who in turn found Zali Fay. Fay hit and spun her way out of the tackle of Pelite and the Eels are on the board.

Titans lead Titans 12 - 4 Eels
25min

Preston threw the dummy but was dragged down just...

24min

PENALTY EELS: Offside and involved - big chance.

23min

Jessika Elliston loses the ball. Much needed chance for the Eels.

23min

Kick was inch perfect but Preston but it was a poor chase which allowed Evania Pelite to get out of the field of play.

21min

PENALTY EELS: Much needed penalty for the visitors here this afternoon.

21min

Based on the live call of NO TRY - decision upheld.

21min

Karra-Lee Nolan sending it to the video ref - calling it NO TRY.

20min

Titans turn defence into attack as Pelite found Karina Brown.

19min

The grubber kick was recovered by Rikeya Horne after it went through the legs of Ash Quinlan.

19min

Big run from Hale!

15min

Titans convert their set after points.

14min

Conversion: Titans
Kicked by Lauren Brown.

Brown adds the extras and it's 12-0.

Titans lead Titans 12 - 0 Eels
13min

Try: Titans
Scored by Shannon Mato. Kick to come.

Another crash play from the Titans and they crash over - Brittany Breayley-Nati finds Shannon Mato and Karra-Lee Nolan points to the spot. Gold Coast have their second.

Titans lead Titans 10 - 0 Eels
10min

Gayle Broughton breaks the line again but was nabbed down in desperate defence by the Titans.

9min

Karina Brown kicks it out on the full.

8min

Conversion: Titans
Kicked by Lauren Brown.

Lauren Brown adds the extras and the Titans have an early lead.

Titans lead Titans 6 - 0 Eels
7min

Try: Titans
Scored by Stephanie Hancock. Kick to come.

Stephanie Hancock crashes over for her eighth try in the NRLW and believe it or not, it puts her as the leading scorer in the comp's history. A great try from the front rower.

Titans lead Titans 4 - 0 Eels
6min

Cassey Tohi-Hiku saves the try. Great pass from Pelite but the debutant saves the day for the Eels.

6min

PENALTY TITANS: Brittany Breayley-Nati goes for a run out of dummy half, but she was tackled by an offside player. Another set coming up.

5min

PENALTY TITANS: Parramatta "flop back into the tackle" and it's a golden chance for the Titans.

4min

Kennedy Cherrington is up on her feet and will play the ball.

4min

Time off here with Kennedy Cherrington in a lot of discomfort.

3min

Kimiora Breayley-Nati's grubber fails to amount to anything and Gayle Broughton picks it up.

1min

Both sides make their way through their opening sets here. Titans with the slight win in field position.

Game on from AAMI Park, Kennedy Cherrington is a late starter.

Karra-Lee Nolan is today's referee, Kailey Beattie and Cam Turner are the touch judges. Chris Butler is in the bunker this afternoon.

Well thanks for joining us for this critical NRLW match-up between the Gold Coast Titans and Parramatta Eels. Both sides need a win today to have any chances to make the finals. The Titans have opted to play Evania Pelite at fullback with Apii Nicholls going to centre, Roxy Murdoch is the 18th man. For the Eels, there was no further changes to what was reported yesterday, Abbi Church is the 18th man. Kickoff is just after 1pm.

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Karra-Lee Nolan

Touch Judges: Kailey Beattie, Cameron Turner

Video Referee: Chris Butler

GOLD COAST TITANS (18)
Tries: Stephanie Hancock, Shannon Mato, Jessika Elliston
Conversions: Lauren Brown (3/3)

PARRAMATTA EELS (16)
Tries: Zali Fay, Simaima Taufa, Rima Butler
Conversions: Tayla Preston (2/3)