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The Gold Coast Titans have snatched a win form their Queenslandian rivals, defeating the Brisbane Broncos by 12 points on Sunday.
Final score
Brisbane Broncos 14
Gold Coast Titans 26
It’s big brother vs little brother, as the Brisbane Broncos and Gold Coast Titans ready for their first Queensland derby of the season. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog as these two face off from 6:30pm (AEST), Sunday.
The Broncos have won back-to-back games since their opening round defeat to the Dragons. Last Friday’s controversial golden point win against the Wests Tigers proved the Broncos are able to grind out games, albeit were kept try-less and would be aiming to rectify that against their rivals.
The Titans, on the other hand, have seen their fortunes reversed. They’ve lost consecutive games since their comeback victory against the Canberra Raiders in Round 1 and were heavily beaten by a rampant Dragons side, 54-8.
There are injury concerns for the Broncos. They will be without both Tevita Panhai Jr. (hamstring) and Corey Oates (hip). The pairing will be replaced by Jonus Pearson and Korbin Sims.
The Titans have been forced to drop prized recruit Bryce Cartwright to the bench following a poor start for his new club. Garth Brennan will be hoping this decision will serve as a wake-up call to the former Panther if he expects a push for finals football throughout the campaign.
Coming in at lock to replace him is Jai Arrow, who has been moved out of the front-row that started last weekend.
Brennan hasn’t stopped the changes there and has continued to reshuffle his pack in response to last week’s humiliating defeat. Ryan James has been moved from the back-row to the front – Will Matthews replaces the void left behind by him, coming into the run-on-side.
Prediction
Their last NRL fixture, back in August last year, was a 54-0 drubbing on the Gold Coast, but the Titans are an improved outfit compared to last season, though last weekend will say otherwise.
While the Broncos are still trying to perfect the halves combination of Anthony Milford and Kodi Nikorima, both teams are nowhere near the finished product.
The Titans will be determined to save face after last week’s drubbing and a victory over the Broncos will restore lost faith in their fanbase. Though they have only won one encounter in the 13 played at Suncorp and I don’t see it changing anytime soon.
Broncos by 10
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