FULL TIME - Things weren't all the Titans way this afternoon but they fight their way to an important 20-18 victory
HUNT LOSES THE BALL SIMPLY... TITANS WIN
Tanah Boyd tries to waste some time by finding touch which he does 10m out from the Dragons line
Alofiana Khan-Pereira takes a brilliant take on the right as the Titans knew it was coming that way so the left winger takes a brilliant take
Tanah Boyd's all important conversion from 10m in from touch to put the Gold Coast ahead is GOOD!
SEXTY SEXTON: The repeated sets for the Titans mounting pressure was too much and a dummy opens up a gap and goes through to score
SIX AGAIN: The Dragons giving away set restarts left right and centre at the moment to slow it down
SIX MORE: A Titans pass played at by Zac Lomax and a much needed six more tackles for the Titans on the Dragons line
Titans regather the short kickoff and are on the attack
Zac Lomax from out wide has the shot and it's away to the right
BEN HUNT SCORES - The Titans looked to have them covered but Jack Bird gets a great pass from Ben Hunt who gives it back to Hunt who goes at the line to score
Again the Dragons go from dummy half and Tanah Boyd with a miracle try saver
SIX AGAIN: The Dragons go from dummy half three times and stopped all three times before somehow Peter Gough pulls out an offside six more
A weird attempt from Brian Kelly to catch a Ben Hunt bomb that went nowhere and Kelly loses the ball 20m out from his own line
Mikaele Ravalawa dragged into touch by Alofiana Khan-Pereira who gave his opposite number some space with the intention of not giving him the room to come back in
Tino Fa'asuamaleaui loses the ball 30m out on play 1 from the dropout
TRY SAVER - Tanah Boyd gets over the line but Mikaele Ravalawa rolls him onto his back and strips the ball
PENALTY TITANS: Jayden Su'a penalised and put on report for a Hip Drop and cue the argument
PENALTY TITANS: Kruise Leeming the first Eswatini born player in the NRL is hit high in a lazy shot by Blake Lawrie
REPEAT SET: The Titans forced into a repeat set as they go short and Alofiana Khan-Pereira takes the leap and regathers it for the Gold Coast
PENALTY DRAGONS: Peter Gough not winning any friends on the Gold Coast tonight as it looked like Ben Hunt was tackled in-goal but ruled to have got out then penalises the Titans
Tanah Boyd converts from about 10m to the right of the posts
HAVE SAMI OF THAT - The Titans weren't doing much but then out of nowhere he just goes through a gap and there is no defensive intent at all from the Dragons as Sami beats Ben Murdoch-Masila and he wasn't being stopped
Crowd booing intensely as Ben Hunt takes an intercept and is ruled onside
Back to back penalties for the Titans with the second being a crusher tackle from Josh Kerr
Zac Lomax converts the try
TRY TIME: Some poor defence from the Titans as the Dragons play breaks down and a harbour bridge pass out to Ravalawa goes astray but coming back in Ravalawa isn't going to be stopped
SIX MORE: Titans with the cardinal sin of a last tackle ruck infringement as the Dragons are deep on attack
SECOND HALF IS GO! Titans have first use of the ball at Robina
HALF TIME at Cbus Super Stadium - Titans and Dragons locked up in a spiteful clash at times with the scoreline 8 all
BUNKER: Aaron Schoupp shrugs his shoulders if he scores as Campbell goes through and kicks through; Lomax makes a meal of it at the back but does ground it before Schoupp gets there
Zac Lomax levels the score from close range
PENALTY DRAGONS: High shot penalised against Aaron Schoupp who also goes on report
Tanah Boyd slots the penalty goal from close range
Apparently there were no punches in that according to Kasey Badger in the bunker and the penalty does go to the Titans who will take the shot at 2
IT'S ON - There's a fight in back play as there are definitely punches thrown and both sides are set to lose a player to the bin
BUNKER: David Fifita fighting his way to the line and manages to get his arm out to stretch but loses the ball
SIX AGAIN: A couple of repeat sets for the Dragons deep in attack as the Titans called offside again
Tanah Boyd converts from in front
Jayden Campbell starts with the ball at dummy half runs across field finds Toby Sexton who gets an offload away in a strong tackle and he scores between the posts
PENALTY TITANS: There's no dummy half at home for the Titans which sees Ben Murdoch-Masila dive from marker from the ball but he wasn't square according to Peter Gough
Zac Lomax converts his own try from around 10m to the right of the uprights
TRY TIME - Zac Lomax flying through the air grabs the ball out of the hands of Jayden Campbell and it's third time lucky for the Dragons
SIX AGAIN: Dragons on the attack and they get a set restart
NO TRY - Before the contact Alofiana Khan-Pereira put his foot on the line
BUNKER: Alofiana Khan-Pereira over in the corner again but again looks like he's lost the ball from the contact from Mikaele Ravalawa looks to stop him
The Dragons have been across twice in both the right and left corners but both times the flick pass goes forward.
Titans again with a rush of blood electing to kick but the perfect surface on the Gold Coast sees the ball kick on
NO TRY - The Dragons pull off a great play but the flick pass around the back from Zac Lomax goes well forward and despite the celebrations of the try; Peter Gough rules correctly a forward pass
Alofiana Khan-Pereira loses the ball as the Titans spread the ball left and they probably rushed the play a bit too much with the overlap
PENALTY TITANS: Francis Molo with a weird attempt of tackle that he is probably lucky that he missed because it would've been a send off. But he is given 10
Both sides completing their sets across perfect conditions
GAME ON! Peter Gough has the whislte and the Titans kick off deep
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Peter Gough
Touch Judges: Belinda Sharpe, Michael Wise
Video Referee: Kasey Badger
GOLD COAST TITANS (20)
Tries: Jayden Campbell, Phillip Sami, Toby Sexton
Conversions: Tanah Boyd (3/3)
Penalty Goals: Tanah Boyd (1/1)
ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS (18)
Tries: Zac Lomax, Mikaele Ravalawa, Ben Hunt
Conversions: Zac Lomax (2/3)
Penalty Goals: Zac Lomax (1/1)