FULLTIME :: Dragons back on track with a 26 point victory.
St George Illawarra Dragons 42-16
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.
Besides the sticks, Widdop adds the two.
St George Illawarra Dragons 42-16
TRY ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Scored by Kurt Mann. Kick to come.
Mann bookended his performance with a try at the start and end. He saw the space, stepped inside and scored.
St George Illawarra Dragons 40-16
Roberts knocks it down as it was building right.
St George Illawarra Dragons 36-16
PENALTY DRAGONS! Milne is on and gets a whistle.
St George Illawarra Dragons 36-16
Titans try to find a way through, thawed by a forward pass.
St George Illawarra Dragons 36-16
PENALTY TITANS! Strip.
St George Illawarra Dragons 36-16
Titans toed one through and score but it is brought back for a forward pass.
St George Illawarra Dragons 36-16
UNFORCED ERROR GOLD COAST TITANS: Ryan James makes an unforced error.
RED LIGHTS.. NO TRY! James lost contact and it was a knock on.
St George Illawarra Dragons 36-16
BUNKER TIME! Ryan James might have a four-pointer.
St George Illawarra Dragons 36-16
PENALTY TITANS! Dragons interfered in the ruck.
St George Illawarra Dragons 36-16
Don leaps high again, takes it but is swarmed by the defenders! Dropout.
St George Illawarra Dragons 36-16
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION GOLD COAST TITANS: Conversion attempt by Tyrone Roberts successful.
Roberts adds the two.
St George Illawarra Dragons 36-16
TRY GOLD COAST TITANS: Scored by Paterika Vaivai. Kick to come.
Well done for Vaivai, gets his first in grade.
St George Illawarra Dragons 36-14
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.
Widdop adds two more to his tally.
St George Illawarra Dragons 36-10
TRY ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Scored by Cameron McInnes. Kick to come.
Double for the hooker! JDB bent the line back with a hard run. It gave the hooker enough space to smash through.
St George Illawarra Dragons 34-10
PENALTY DRAGONS! Proctor just laid in the ruck and gets interfered with.
St George Illawarra Dragons 30-10
SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Penalty goal attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.
Widdop extends the lead out to 20.
St George Illawarra Dragons 30-10
PENALTY DRAGONS! Widdop is taken after kicking. Do the Dragons go for the two? Yes they do.
St George Illawarra Dragons 28-10
CROWD: 8,873 at Kogarah.
St George Illawarra Dragons 28-10
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION GOLD COAST TITANS: Conversion attempt by Tyrone Roberts unsuccessful.
From the sideline, Roberts steps in and misses.
St George Illawarra Dragons 28-10
TRY GOLD COAST TITANS: Scored by Anthony Don. Kick to come.
Is Don, Is TRY! He had springs in his boots there, he marked it over Nightingale and twisted around to score.
St George Illawarra Dragons 28-10
It all got mucked up on last there.. Nightingale finds it and kicks it out.
St George Illawarra Dragons 28-6
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION GOLD COAST TITANS: Conversion attempt by Tyrone Roberts successful.
Roberts nails it.
St George Illawarra Dragons 28-6
TRY GOLD COAST TITANS: Scored by Dale Copley. Kick to come.
The Titans won't be niled tonight! Some quick hands opened up the space for Don who sent it inside for Copley to finish.
St George Illawarra Dragons 28-4
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.
From besides the sticks, Widdop adds another two.
St George Illawarra Dragons 28-0
TRY ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Scored by Cameron McInnes. Kick to come.
That was globetrotter like from the Dragons. It looked dead at the right when MacDonald had it but they threw it back inside, Thompson sliced through and a hopeful ball goes to McInnes who finishes it.
St George Illawarra Dragons 26-0
Titans just can't get going this afternoon, now MacDonald earnt the Dragons a seven tackle set.
St George Illawarra Dragons 22-0
PENALTY TITANS! Dragons knock on a bomb then it is touched offside.
St George Illawarra Dragons 22-0
McInnes tries to kick the Dragons out of trouble but it went out on the full.
St George Illawarra Dragons 22-0
PENALTY TITANS! Dragons were offside, some luck as Peats knocked it on.
St George Illawarra Dragons 22-0
One tackle and a stoppage as Vave gets crunched in a tackle. The prop looks worse for wear and is headed off. Added to that, young half Kane Elgey is off with a sternum issue.
St George Illawarra Dragons 22-0
Dragons kick-off and we're back underway!
St George Illawarra Dragons 22-0
Big half for the Titans, kept to nil for 148 minutes now. Can they get back into this or will the Dragons be back on track.
St George Illawarra Dragons 22-0
HALFTIME :: All Dragons in that first half, 22-blot.
St George Illawarra Dragons 22-0
Dragons tried to sweep right but Zillman takes a slips catch.
St George Illawarra Dragons 22-0
PENALTY DRAGONS! Sims is caught high.
St George Illawarra Dragons 22-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.
Widdop nailed it over the middle of the posts.
St George Illawarra Dragons 22-0
TRY ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Scored by Jason Nightingale. Kick to come.
GREEN LIGHTS.. TRY! Nothing wrong with it and the Saints are having a party in this first half.
St George Illawarra Dragons 20-0
BUNKER TIME! Nightingale might have his fifteenth of the season.
St George Illawarra Dragons 16-0
PENALTY DRAGONS! Cam McInnes scooted through and almost created something. Saints get the whistle anyways
St George Illawarra Dragons 16-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.
Easier kick for the half and he nails it.
St George Illawarra Dragons 16-0
TRY ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Scored by Joel Thompson. Kick to come.
That has been coming! Titans were hanging on, the counter-attack of the Dragons backs got them on the front foot then.. a short pass to Thompson allows the second rower to steam over.
St George Illawarra Dragons 14-0
Elgey tries to create something for the visitors but it rolled dead.
St George Illawarra Dragons 10-0
PENALTY TITANS! Sims catches a Titan high.
St George Illawarra Dragons 10-0
Dragons just pulling the strings here! Their fourth goal-line dropout incoming after Widdop tried to chip it for Nene.
St George Illawarra Dragons 10-0
Mann weighted that one perfectly! He made the Titans take it in-field then Copley is back in-goal.
St George Illawarra Dragons 10-0
Jeez that was going at glacial pace, but somehow the Titans have six more!
St George Illawarra Dragons 10-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.
Just inside the touchline for Widdop, snuck it inside.
St George Illawarra Dragons 10-0
TRY ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Scored by Jason Nightingale. Kick to come.
It was quick, it was easy for the Saints! From the penalty restart they swung it left, Dufty read the numbers and flung one to Nightingale to walk in.
St George Illawarra Dragons 8-0
PENALTY DRAGONS! Zillman with a brilliant take but it chalked off for some blockers taking out MacDonald.
St George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
UNFORCED ERROR GOLD COAST TITANS: Leivaha Pulu makes an unforced error.
Titans have started to get behind the Dragons ruck but the ball doesn't go to hand.
St George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
PENALTY DRAGONS! Thompson steamed onto the ball and caught them offside. Widdop failed to find touch though.
St George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
UNFORCED ERROR GOLD COAST TITANS: William Zillman makes an unforced error.
Titans with their first real shot of the contest - trying to find Zillman back on the inside.
St George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
PENALTY TITANS! Dugan and Sims lay too long in the tackle.
St George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
PENALTY DRAGONS! The Dragons allow the last tackle kick to be batted back by the visitors and they were all off.
St George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
UNFORCED ERROR ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Josh Dugan makes an unforced error.
RED LIGHTS.. NO TRY! It popped out at the wrong moment for Dugan..
St George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
BUNKER TIME! Dugan might have lost it going to the ground.
St George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
More pressure for the Saints! Widdop just stabbed one through and Hayne takes it dead.
St George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
PENALTY DRAGONS! Frizell like a bullet off the kick-off!
St George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop unsuccessful.
Widdop with a mid-length conversion attempt, hammers the post.
St George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
TRY ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS: Scored by Kurt Mann. Kick to come.
It is the Mann of the hour! Mann swept down the right and found Dugan who slung it for Mann to dive over.
St George Illawarra Dragons 4-0
Mann spied the winger up in the line and tried to grubber one for MacDonald but it is batted dead.
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That is more the Dragons of old! Mann ducked through the line and sent Widdop away! The Dragons were on the front foot and get a PENALTY. Tap and go.
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UNFORCED ERROR GOLD COAST TITANS: Ryan James makes an unforced error.
Ryan James tried to get up too quickly and spills it.
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PENALTY TITANS! Mann with a midway kick, taken by Hayne and the visitors have a penalty. Dragons were inside the ten.
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Titans have the ball on the tee! Here we go!
We're gearing up for kick-off here! Titans make their way down the race and led out by the returning Kevin Proctor. Now the drums have started up for the home side, here come the Dragons!
Welcome to Super Saturday! We have an intriguing game to kick-off Round 23! The embattled St George side return to home comforts, probably against the ideal opposition, a Gold Coast side coming off a thrashing against their local rivals. The Dragons need a win to keep their finals hopes alive, coach McGregor has shuffled the deck again with Kurt Mann partnering Gareth Widdop in the halves. For the Titans, Kevin Proctor is back which could be a boon for the side looking to finish 2017 on a high.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ashley Klein, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski
Touch Judges: Nick Beashel, Nick Morel
Video Referee: Bernard Sutton, Bryan Norrie
ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS (42)
Tries: Kurt Mann (2), Jason Nightingale (2), Joel Thompson, Cameron McInnes (2)
Field Goals:
Conversions: Gareth Widdop (6/7)
Penalty Goals: Gareth Widdop (1/1)
GOLD COAST TITANS (16)
Tries: Dale Copley, Anthony Don, Paterika Vaivai
Field Goals:
Conversions: Tyrone Roberts (2/3)
Penalty Goals: