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That's full time. The Titans put on a 20 point win which helps their for and again for ladder position. This has the Gold Coast definitely in the top eight for the rest of the round. Keep an eye on our website for a full match report coming soon. Thank you for joining us this afternoon

Gold Coast Titans 26-6

PENALTY KNIGHTS. Greg Bird holds down the man with the ball too long. This is right on the goal line.

Gold Coast Titans 26-6

PENALTY KNIGHTS. Greg Bird the offender. Newcastle will get a set on the visitor's line.

Gold Coast Titans 26-6

Gold Coast gain 55m and Roberts puts the ball rolling over the sideline 10m out. Scrum coming for the Knights. All the feeling is out of this contest.

Gold Coast Titans 26-6

PENALTY TITANS. Hodkinson not square at marker. Gold Coast are 30 metres out on the scrum line and they set up for a penalty goal.

Gold Coast Titans 24-6

A lot of passing from the Knights but it's not causing the Titans to stretch. Hodkison kicks to Don with the sun in his eyes but he takes it in goal on the full.

Gold Coast Titans 24-6

PENALTY KNIGHTS. At the 40m line Titans put on a high tackle.

Gold Coast Titans 24-6

Roberts kicks high on fifth and it comes down for Newcastle on the 20m line. Titans look to have clocked off here.

Gold Coast Titans 24-6

Hodkinson has to kick from inside his 40m line. Hurrell receives the ball with space in the back field.

Gold Coast Titans 24-6

Gold Coast get to within 10m on the last when Roberts kicks a grubber for himself. Mamo fields it quickly and is 5m into the field of play.

Gold Coast Titans 24-6

The Knights through Elliot appear to have a try as he scurries through to the corner. The bunker gets the call and Elliot drops the ball. Seven tackle set coming for the Titans.

Gold Coast Titans 24-6

Just 11 in the line for the Titans because a couple are away injured. Knights can't take advantage but earn a penalty on the last because Mead was offside tackling Elliot.

Gold Coast Titans 24-6

Roberts kicked high and it comes down near the try line. Gold Coast field the ball while lying on the ground. The ball is flicked back and kicked dead in goal. Seven tackle set coming for the Knights.

Gold Coast Titans 24-6

Bird now plays five-eighth. The Knights kick for Macdonald and Hurrell provides a great run to start the set. Gains 15m.

Gold Coast Titans 24-6

Hayne goes to tackle and cops a heavy head knock. Play is stopped so the trainers can attend to him. Hayne's coming from the field and won't return, not enough time left in the game.

Gold Coast Titans 24-6

Pearsall has left the field with a head knock now. Highly unlikely he be back.

Gold Coast Titans 24-6

PENALTY TITANS. It's a shot clock violation! The Knights are blowing up but they did not have their heads in when the buzzer went off. The Titans had the feed and instead get a penalty.

Gold Coast Titans 24-6

Roberts looks to end a set comfortably by kicking to a corner. Mamo fields and throws the ball to the opposite wing and Ross finds space and runs half the field. On the next tackle they shift the ball back to the right and Gagai bursts for the line on the right wing. Macdonald bundles Gagai into touch from 5m out. Great play!

Gold Coast Titans 24-6

Titans were under pressure but hold strong. Hayne made a strong try saving tackle. Knights looked dangerous but could not crack the Gold Coast.

Gold Coast Titans 24-6

PENALTY KNIGHTS. Barnett was running onto a short pass at the line and is ruled to have been tackled before playing at the ball.

Gold Coast Titans 24-6

PENALTY KNIGHTS. The Knights go 80m after Gagai broke the line and Mataora offloaded for Pearsall. Hayne and Roberts bring down Pearsall 10m short and Pearsall lost the ball due to an injured shoulder. It should not be a penalty because it was not a strip but we play on.

Gold Coast Titans 24-6

PENALTY TITANS. Barnett held onto the Titan with the ball too long near the try line.

Gold Coast Titans 24-6

PENALTY TITANS. Jacob Saifiti rakes the ball out in a 2 man tackle. From 10m and under the posts they choose to tap.

Gold Coast Titans 24-6

More pressure for the Knights. Hayne placed a short kick on fifth and Gagai fields on the try line. He spills the ball in the contact with Bird and Elliot has to force the ball dead for a line drop out.

Gold Coast Titans 24-6

Pearsall kicks from his own 40m line and doesn't connect properly with the ball. I travels just 20m and Hurrell gains possession.

Gold Coast Titans 24-6

Hayne gets the ball on fifth and kicks from the Knights 40m line deep to Mamo in the corner. They're trapped in the corner now.

Gold Coast Titans 24-6

Hayne on the right short side edge grubbers behind the line for Hurrell. Ross grounds the ball before Hurrell can play at it. The bunker confirms. Goal line drop out again.

Gold Coast Titans 18-6

Roberts is 20m out on fifth and performs a chip to the goal posts for Hayne to contested with Pearsall. Pearsall takes the catch and is tackle in goal. Goal line drop out coming. Pearsall has an injury problem but is playing on.

Gold Coast Titans 18-6

We're back underway, no interchanges from the break.

Gold Coast Titans 18-6

Korbin Sims clashes his head into Bird's hip and play is stopped for Sims as he's not good.

Gold Coast Titans 18-6

PENALTY KNIGHTS. Paea is stripped of the ball in a two man tackle. This will get the Knights into the Titans half.

Gold Coast Titans 18-6

A Shillington offload allows Hurrell space to run 40m. The Titans kick for Elliot again and Macdonald knocks on contesting the ball just a few metres from the line.

Gold Coast Titans 18-6

The home side only make it to halfway and are forced to kick long from there.

Gold Coast Titans 18-6

The Titans gain 51m and Elliot takes a beautiful catch from a Roberts bomb.

Gold Coast Titans 18-6

Both teams are returning to the field. Titans to receive the kick off.

Gold Coast Titans 18-6

Nothing doing for the Knights in their set and that's half time.

Gold Coast Titans 18-6

PENALTY TITANS. David Mead is knocked over without the ball. The Titans are able to kick to touch and land 20m out for a full set.

Gold Coast Titans 18-6

Pearsall kicks long from inside his half and the ball travels over the dead ball line. Seven tackle set coming for the Titans.

Gold Coast Titans 18-6

Roberts puts in a great low kick in the corner which Mamo has to rush to cover. The Titans put Mamo down just 10m out.

Gold Coast Titans 18-6

The Saifiti brothers have lifted the Knights. Pearsall on fifth kicks high to Macdonald again but the winger makes no mistake under pressure.

Gold Coast Titans 18-6

Roberts kicks for Elliot high, Elliot is in the sun and takes the catch while being blinded and under pressure just 10m from his line.

Gold Coast Titans 18-6

Nothing fancy from the Knights. Just forwards up the middle. Hodkinson bombs for Don and he gains 10m on the return to be 20m out of his line.

Gold Coast Titans 18-6

Korbin Sims lands Taia in a CRUNCHING tackle. Roberts on fifth kicks down to Mamo at the 10m.

Gold Coast Titans 18-6

Hodkinson ends a standard set with a grubber going over the sideline just 20m from the Titans line.

Gold Coast Titans 18-6

The Knights let a Titans bomb bounce just 20m from their own line. Mamo recovers it and is tackled at the same sport on the field.

Gold Coast Titans 18-6

The Knights gain 60m in the set. Randell kicks from the 40m line and it's low enough for Hayne to catch in the defensive line.

Gold Coast Titans 18-6

PENALTY TITANS. Hurrell charges at the line and Barnett strips the ball in a two man tackle.

Gold Coast Titans 18-0

Pearsall gets another chance to kick on fifth at the 20m line. It goes deeper to Macdonald's wing but Elliot knocks the ball on.

Gold Coast Titans 18-0

Titans only gain 26m for the set. Roberts kicks long and it should give the Knights good field position.

Gold Coast Titans 18-0

Pearsall has the ball to kick on fifth about 20 metres out. The kick is off target and comes down to Macdonald at the 20m line.

Gold Coast Titans 18-0

The Titans gain good ground. Roberts bombs for Elloit on fifth and Hayne is penalised for pushing a Knight over without the ball. PENALTY KNIGHTS.

Gold Coast Titans 18-0

Both Saifiti brothers are now injected into the game.

Gold Coast Titans 18-0

McQueen on a run out of his half finds himself one on one with Hodkinson again and breaks the line. Mead looms in support and a pass from Mead is intercepted by an offside Smith. PENALTY TITANS.

Gold Coast Titans 12-0

PENALTY TITANS. McQueen is up ended in the tackle by Nathan Ross and tackles him in a dangerous position. Nothing more than a penalty.

Gold Coast Titans 6-0

Knights almost crack again. Peats tries a grubber from dummy half on fifth, being just 2m away from the line. Mamo stops the ball as soon as it's kicked and is in the field of play.

Gold Coast Titans 6-0

PENALTY TITANS. On halfway the Knights held on to the tackler too long. Titans take the tap.

Gold Coast Titans 6-0

Hurrell gets the hit up from the kick off. He gains 30m up the middle. Great run.

Gold Coast Titans 6-0

Roberts opts to grubber in goal towards the posts on fourth tackle. It sits up and Hayne knocks Mamo who had the ball over the dead ball line. Goal line drop out coming.

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The Titans go the length of the field in the set and bomb for Elliot on fifth. Elliot fumbles, it spills back for Pearsall and Taia puts him into touch. Scrum 10m out for Gold Coast.

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Pearsall grubbers for the in goal on tackle three. Paasi plays at the ball and Knights get another set. Elliott gets space on the right wing and dives for the line. Hayne and Macdonald bundle him into touch.

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Knights look dangerous. Barnett draws two and offloads in the tackle. Hodkinson and Mata'utia make 50m and earn a penalty. They get another set 20m out.

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Peats in his 100th NRL game gets 15m out of dummy half. Hayne takes the kicking duties on 5th and gets the ball bouncing over the sideline 10m out of the Knights line.

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Knights enter the Titans half and bomb for Anthony Don. Don is safe under the high ball and comes out from his 20m line.

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Hayne takes the line on in the first Gold Coast set. Almost earned a penalty. Ross is put down about by Hurrell on the kick return.

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Knights gain good metres on the first set after the Titans put in a short kick off. Mead easily takes a chip kick on the 20m line.

Both teams are taking their place on the field. The Titans will kick off.

Welcome to LeagueUnlimited's Round 24 coverage of the NRL featuring the Newcastle Knights against the Gold Coast Titans. Big changes to the teams prior to kick off. Hayne brings the star power to this game and looks to put the Titans firmly in the top eight. The Knights have nothing but pride to play for and maybe the Newcastle fans will enjoy seeing Hayne run around at Hunter Stadium. Kick off not far away, advertised as 3pm.