The Roosters have scored 28 unanswered points in the second half to beat the Titans 34-14 at Central Coast Stadium in Gosford.
The Titans scored two first half tries to one to head into the sheds leading the Roosters 14-6, but it was all one-way traffic in the second half with the Roosters having a glut of possession and piling on four tries. Two of those were scored while Titans’ half Ash Taylor was in the sin bin for a ruck infringement.
Earlier, Taylor had set up both of the Titans’ first half tries. The first came in the 9th minute when he put in a grubber kick that Blake Ferguson fumbled in his own in-goal. Titan’s fullback Michael Gordon was on hand to dive on the ball and score.
The Roosters hit back in the 15th minute with their own try off a grubber kick. Hooker Jake Friend put one in from dummy half and fullback James Tedesco easily won the race to ground the ball.
Titans’ winger Anthony Don scored the Titans second try in the corner in the 31st minute after the Gold Coast ran the ball down the short side and Taylor threw him a cut out ball.
Down 14-6, it was important for the Roosters to start the second half well. They did that in the 44th minute when replacement backrower Victor Radley put a charging Isaac Liu for a try.
Eight minutes later, Latrell Mitchell showed his strength to beat three defenders to score in what was otherwise a fairly quiet game from him. He was sin binned late in the match after the Roosters had been warned for repeated ruck infringements.
Leading 22-14, the Roosters went further ahead in the 58th minute when Titans’ replacement backrower Bryce Cartwright fumbled a Cooper Cronk grubber in goal. Cronk was on hand to dive on the ball and score under the posts.
Four minutes from full-time, James Tedesco capped a good performance by making a 50 metre break up the middle before throwing a long ball to put centre Mitch Aubusson over.
The win consolidates the Roosters top-eight spot ahead of the State of Origin period ahead.
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