The Gold Coast Titans have defeated the St George Illawarra Dragons 20-10 this evening at CBUS Super Stadium.
A game which could have gone either way went in the direction of a Titans outfit which showed plenty of guts and demonstrated why they are still in contention for a finals finish. The Dragons however were quite simply awful and looked nothing like they did at the beginning of the season.
Gareth Widdop got the Dragons out to a terrific start by converting a penalty goal in the opening minutes of the contest. But after that the half belong to the Gold Coast with Anthony Don putting the Titans back in front shortly after.
While Widdop did equalise for the Dragons, St George were totally outplayed by the Titans and soon Don was in again with Tyrone Roberts converting a penalty goal at the death to make it 10-4 at half time.
The second half started more evenly, however soon enough magic man Don had his hat trick after more woeful St George defending.
Kurt Mann did score a great try in the corner which started a mini Dragons comeback as they played better for a short while. However nothing came of it as the Titans nullified it and scored two penalty goals to win 20-10.
After claiming a finals berth last season, the Titans have thrilled and disappointed in patches this year. The Dragons on the other hand appear to be in a significant slide, after starting the year on fire and topping the table in the early rounds.
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jeff dustby
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certain? they need to win 3 of their last 9
Albo
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Yep ! They are right back to their 2016 form ! Seems the first few rounds this year were just an aberration ! They were lucky to beat Newcastle last week and were awful again last night. But with that good season start and a soft draw, they can still fall over the line into the 8. A few injuries haven't helped losing Vaughan, and Frizzell & Dugan seem to have been carrying injuries for a few weeks.
Charles NSW
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There is a saying that every coach should say when their side is not firing, back to the drawing board! The biggest problem we have is the reliance on Widdop to run the show. I was one of those that called for Mann to replace McCrone yet he hardly saw the ball As 1/2 back he should be on the ball as much as possible. Back to the drawing board! Jack de Belin deserves a lot of credit for what he does and deserves to be in the SOO.
Oingo Boingo
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Couldn't
Oingo Boingo
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A few weeks ago who'd a thought the Dragons could miss the finals , but they almost look certain to now .