Full Time
80:00
2:00pm Sun August 18, 2024
Round 24 - WIN Stadium, Wollongong / Dharawal - Crowd: 9240
80min

FT: Dragons 32-Titans 16

79min

Kini finishing with 393 metres... HOOLEY DOOLEY

78min

Titans will finish with the ball.

78min

Challenge here - call came very late from Drew Oultram - Dargons challenge is unsuccessful.

77min

PENALTY TITANS: Escort

77min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Zac Lomax.

32-16.

Dragons lead Dragons 32 - 16 Titans
76min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Francis Molo. Kick to come.

At the end of the match, the Dragons finally got some field position and capitalised to secure victory. A brilliant run from Liddle out of dummy half saw Francis Molo try a similar strategy. The referee had to squat and manouvre himself to see it on the line but the try is confirmed.

Dragons lead Dragons 30 - 16 Titans
76min

Liddle is THROUGH! Brought down a metre away.

76min

Dragons finally inside Titans end.

75min

PENALTY DRAGONS: High tackle.

75min

Should be a zero tackle and it will be. Good scramble from the Dragons

74min

Kini approaching 350+ metres tonight. Absolutely monster effort from him

73min

Sloan couldn't handle it - cleaned up by Hunt.

72min

Gold Coast need something to happen and they need it NOW!

71min

Great take under pressure from Tyrell Sloan.

71min

Now the Titans having to get out of their own end. Expect an early kick to come - maybe a 40/20 attempt.

70min

Short dropout defused by Bird. He has been excellent.

69min

NRL debut coming up now for Lyhkan King-Togia.

69min

Foran kicks on four and it is well defused by Feagai.

68min

SIX AGAIN TITANS: Ruck infringment against Blake Lawrie.

68min

Strong run from Fifita.

68min

Brimson is ON for the Titans.

67min

Dragons are stuck in quick sand. The quick sand is remarkably stretching 50 metres. They have barely gotten the ball over the Titans side of half-way.

66min

Conversion: Titans
Attempted by Jayden Campbell.

No good - wide right.

Dragons lead Dragons 26 - 16 Titans
65min

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

Gold Coast capitalised on their dominance of field position with the breeze at their back. A wonderful rainbow ball from Foran found Fifita on the fly and the winger crossed for his double to keep the Titans in it.

Dragons lead Dragons 26 - 16 Titans
64min

Titans over-rule what the initial decision from Drew Oultram was. Not sure how he could've seen a Titans knock on in all that. But, Titans get a big chance.

64min

We have a challenge to determine what-ever happened here.

63min

Still on AJ Brimson watch.

63min

Christian Tuipulotu knocks it over the dead-ball line.

62min

Titans need to show something in attack. Take chances, make mistakes and get messy in the next 20

62min

We're back 13 v 13.

61min

Fifita puts a grubber in - well handled Bird.

61min

Sami brought down by Max Feagai.

59min

That was bizarre - Feagai caught the bomb - caught in traffic he puts boot to ball. Caught by Hunt, he got it to Lomax who does a trademark flick over the sideline. Been a while since we've seen Zac do that.

58min

Challenge successful Dragons - PENALTY for a high tackle.

58min

Christian Tuipulotu finally gets tested - loses it backwards - brilliantly scrambled and cleaned up by Jack Bird.

58min

Need to score here.

57min

SIX AGAIN TITANS: Ruck infringement.

56min

PENALTY TITANS: Kini ruled a strip - he might have hurt a finger here.

55min

Dragons hang on in defence

54min

Kini v Sloan - great cover tackle by Sloan.

54min

Lomax v AKP won by AKP.

52min

AKP loses it in the contest.

52min

PEN TITANS: Late shot

52min

He is gone! De Belin goes for 10 after a late shot to the head on Foran.

52min

Jack De Belin might be in trouble here...

50min

Both sides been in the arm-wrestle the last five minutes. Lomax attacks a mid-field bomb and is brought down. Mitch Pearce in the crowd as we had an awkward silence in the broadcast box.

46min

Conversion: Titans
Kicked by Jayden Campbell.

26-12.

Dragons lead Dragons 26 - 12 Titans
45min

Try: Titans
Scored by Jayden Campbell. Kick to come.

Titans capitalise on a Dragons knock on. Foran passed it high to Campbell who did initially lose it but it was negated by a kick before the ball hits the ground, Campbell chases through and scores. A great decision by Wyatt Raymond.

Dragons lead Dragons 26 - 10 Titans
43min

Dragons make a mistake - trying to catch them short on the short-side but no cigar for the Dragons.

42min

Seems that breeze is playing a big part. Titans dominating the early field position in this second half.

40min

Back underway for this second half. Titans eventually recover the kick-off.

39min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Zac Lomax.

Lomax adds extras.

Dragons lead Dragons 26 - 6 Titans
38min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Luciano Leilua. Kick to come.

Toby scored one, now Ryan is assisting one. Brilliant offload from Ryan Couchman to Leilua and the Dragons inflict a hammer blow on the Titans.

Dragons lead Dragons 24 - 6 Titans
37min

PENALTY DRAGONS: Inside 10m from the scrum and they will REPACK

37min

CHALLENGE SGI: Wyatt says knock on Dargons, but the challenge is coming up. Chris Butler in the bunker in a late sub. Challenge is successful.

37min

A crash pass to Feagai and Mat goes without it... but hang on.

36min

Kini trapped in-goal.

34min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Zac Lomax.

20-6

Dragons lead Dragons 20 - 6 Titans
32min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Toby Couchman. Kick to come.

Liddle down the hay diddle diddle he gets it to one of the Couchmans - it's Toby and he scores for the Dragons. The 6 x League Scene NSW Cup TOTW entrant crashes over to score.

Dragons lead Dragons 18 - 6 Titans
31min

De Belin goes on his own... brought down on the last and will result in a change of possession.

30min

And you wouldn't believe it - Titans running into this strong breeze have failed to find touch - great job by Tyrell Sloan.

30min

PENALTY TITANS: High shot by Luciano Leilua.

30min

AKP is staying down. He does have a habit of it without sounding disrespectful. Wyatt Raymond has said "tackle two".

29min

Really important period for the Titans they cannot allow this margin to get any bigger.

28min

Conversion: Dragons
Attempted by Zac Lomax.

Lomax can't hook it back.

Dragons lead Dragons 14 - 6 Titans
27min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Zac Lomax. Kick to come.

That penalty comes back to absolutely bite the Titans. Hunt gets try-assist number 30 with a brilliant pass to Lomax. The Titans defence were on different islands and the NSW winger flies across in the right corner.

Dragons lead Dragons 14 - 6 Titans
26min

PENALTY DRAGONS: Brian Kelly deliberately takes out a Dragon defender (looks like Jaydn Su'A).

25min

Couchman offloads to Bird and then finds Couchman 2 and then he lose the football. Vossy says this game could be anything and it is so far.

23min

The one major complaint from the Dragons so far - considering their defensive improvement. Every side has looked dangerous against them on a kick return.

22min

Really intriguing in this one so far - a side hasn't taken the game for the full taking so far. Strong charge from Isaac Liu gets it up and beyond the half-way line.

20min

JoJo Fifita puts it down bombing a golden opportunity.

20min

SIX AGAIN TITANS: Slow peel.

20min

PENALTY TITANS: Slow peel - Wyatt identifies them "1,2,3 PEEL!"

19min

Titans survive - strong defence there from I think it was Foran or Jolliffe.

17min

PENALTY DRAGONS: High contact spotted by the referee there - David Fifita getting the caution. He was also placed on report.

16min

Titans are under assault with the kick but they are the best counter attacking team in the comp. Sami takes advantage and gets the footy inside Dragons territory.

14min

Titans defuse the kick for Lomax - running into a strong breeze here at WIN Stadium.

12min

Dragons complete their set post points.

11min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Zac Lomax.

Lomax adds the extras.

Dragons lead Dragons 10 - 6 Titans
11min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Ben Hunt. Kick to come.

The home side went back to back after the Titans kick-off caught the wind and Luciano Leilua capitalised on the over-chase and got to within 20 metres of the Titans line. The visitors couldn't hold and Ben Hunt threw a dummy, fooled Jayden Campbell and put the home side in front.

Dragons lead Dragons 8 - 6 Titans
10min

SIX MORE SGI: Hand on ball

9min

That is a ridiculous kick-off - Leilua sprints up to the 20m line. This is absolutely BANANAS.

9min

Conversion: Dragons
Attempted by Zac Lomax.

Lomax no good - wide left

Titans lead Dragons 4 - 6 Titans
8min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Christian Tuipulotu. Kick to come.

St George was able to capitalise relatively quickly on a Titans error. The Dragons went 90 metres from the counter-attack and got their first try. A well-worked set move down the left edge saw a magnificent tip-on pass from Tyrell Sloan and Christian Tuipulotu had just enough pace to beat Phillip Sami to cross.

Titans lead Dragons 4 - 6 Titans
7min

SIX AGAIN DRAGONS: Ruck infringement

7min

Titans butcher a chance - picked off by Tom Eisenhuth - he found Christian Tuipulotu before getting caught down by Jojo Fifita.

6min

SIX AGAIN TITANS: Ruck infringement.

5min

Su'a drops it as the Dragons were starting to come up field and impose themselves in this fixture.

4min

Dragons getting back into the grind. The focus is not giving Kini a staggered line, he is such an impressive ball carrier.

2min

Conversion: Titans
Kicked by Jayden Campbell.

Campbell adds the extras. 6-0

Titans lead Dragons 0 - 6 Titans
1min

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

The Dragons started very poorly with a poor kick chase allowing one of the game's most damaging kick returners to find open space. Keano Kini got through a poor tackle from Jacob Liddle and he found Jojo Fifita to score under the posts for the opening try.

Titans lead Dragons 0 - 4 Titans

Here we go on the GC. Titans will want a win for Foran's 300th, Dragons need something to keep the Dolphins at bay.

Kieran Foran gets a small applause for his 300th game. The sole BKR Sport in a Foran 300 shirt.

Wyatt Raymond is in charge tonight in his 9th NRL match as we celebrate Kieran Foran's 300th match this afternoon. Drew Oultram and Kieran Irons are the touch judges with Grant Atkins in the bunker this afternoon.

Big changes for the Dragons. Kyle Flanagan's supsension sees Bird into the halves, while de Belin drops to the bench and Lawrie starts prop, while King-Togia debuts on the bench. Gold Coast are 1-17.

Sunday Ticket sees us take a trip down the Gong with the Dragons desperate to capitalise on the Dolphins loss yesterday to the Dogs when they take on the Titans.

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Wyatt Raymond

Touch Judges: Drew Oultram, Kieren Irons

Video Referee: Chris Butler

ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS (32)
Tries: Christian Tuipulotu, Zac Lomax, Ben Hunt, Toby Couchman, Luciano Leilua, Francis Molo
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Zac Lomax (4/6)
Penalty Goals:

GOLD COAST TITANS (16)
Tries: Jojo Fifita (2), Jayden Campbell
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Jayden Campbell (2/3)
Penalty Goals: