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Gold Coast Titans
21
Match Complete
Dolphins
21
| T. Boyd |  | 78 | ||
| 74 | | J. Isaako | ||
| T. Boyd |  | 67 | ||
| B. Kelly |  | 65 | ||
| 61 | | J. Isaako | ||
| 58 | | K. Bromwich | ||
| 49 | | J. Isaako | ||
| 47 | | J. Wallace | ||
| T. Boyd |  | 38 | ||
| T. Boyd | | 32 | ||
| P. Sami | | 31 | ||
| T. Boyd | | 28 | ||
| K. Foran | | 27 | ||
| 17 | | J. Isaako | ||
| 16 | | C. Lemuelu |
| 3 | Tries | 4 | ||
| 3 | Conversions | 2 | ||
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 | ||
| 1 | Field Goals | 1 |
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Round 19 of the NRL premiership concludes this afternoon with the Gold Coast Titans hosting the Dolphins at Cbus Super Stadium on the Gold Coast. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 4:05pm (AEST).
Both the Titans (10th) and the Dolphins (12th) harbour faint finals hopes with two months of the regular season remaining, but we’re getting to the point where both need to demonstrate their credentials.
The Titans have a series of crunch games coming up, including encounters with fellow finals chasers, the Eels, Cowboys and Warriors, before they face the Sharks, Panthers and Storm in back-to-back weeks in the final month. They simply have to win this afternoon.
The Dolphins face the Panthers next weekend, before a period of five weeks that could potentially vault them back into finals contention, including a bye followed by encounters with the Bulldogs, Knights, Roosters and Tigers. Their last two games, against the Warriors and Cowboys, could be finals shootouts if they can take enough points between now and then.
So, this is a finals four-pointer in July and one of these teams will be able to keep dreaming for a little while yet, though one suspects both will fall out of contention before too long.
As ever, the Titans’ form is hard to gauge, though they have shown some solidity since the dismissal of former coach Justin Holbrook, with victory over the Broncos followed by an unlucky defeat in Canberra.
Before they partially stemmed the bleeding in their eight-point loss to the Broncos last weekend, the Dolphins had conceded 136 points in three games, and conceding points quickly and in bunches has been a feature of their debut campaign, including conceding 26 in the first half against the Titans in round 8, before rallying for an unlikely victory.
But can the Titans pile on enough points in the absence of four of their best players, David Fifita, AJ Brimson, Mo Fotuaika and Tino Fa’asuamaleaui, who’re all away on Origin duty? Do the Dolphins lose as much without Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, who’s also on Origin duty, and Felise Kaufusi who’s out with a concussion?
No and no. The Titans will start as favourites with the bookmakers, but that probably has more to do with a Dolphins team that’s been even more tackle-averse than the Holbrook-era Titans in recent weeks. But in the absence of three of their best forwards won’t hold the Dolphins to fewer than 20 points and in the absence of their two best attacking players, won’t score that many. Dolphins by 8
Venue: Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
Kick-off: 4:05pm (AEST)
TV: Nine, Fox League
Streaming: 9 Now, Kayo Sports, Foxtel
Odds: Titans $1.70, Dolphins $2.15 – odds via PlayUp
Titans: 1. Jayden Campbell 2. Alofiana Khan-Pereira 3. Brian Kelly 4. Aaron Schoupp 5. Phillip Sami 6. Kieran Foran 7. Tanah Boyd 8. Jaimin Jolliffe 9. Sam Verrills 10. Iszac Fa’asumaleaui 11. Klese Haas 12. Joe Stimson 13. Isaac Liu 14. Chris Randall 15. Erin Clark 16. Jojo Fifita 17. Jacob Alick 18. Thomas Mikaele 19. Keano Kini 20. Kruise Leeming 21. Ken Maumalo 22. Tony Francis
Dolphins: 1. Kodi Nikorima 2. Jamayne Isaako 3. Euan Aitken 4. Valynce Te Whare 5. Tesi Niu 6. Isaiya Katoa 7. Sean O’Sullivan 8. Jesse Bromwich 9. Jeremy Marshall-King 10. Herman Ese’ese 11. Connelly Lemuelu 12. Kenny Bromwich 13. Ray Stone 14. Josh Kerr 15. Mark Nicholls 16. Anthony Milford 17. Jarrod Wallace 18. Max Plath 19. Harrison Graham 20. Poasa Faamausili 21. Brenko Lee 22. Kurt Donoghoe
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