Titans Get A Victory...(finally) :)

Jubilant scenes were witnessed at Fortress Skilled Park on Friday night as the unfancied Gold Coast Titans pulled off a stunning come-from-behind victory over a stunned West Tigers outfit. It was Mark Minichiello's 78th minute try from short range that ultimately delivered the coup de grace to the ailing Tigers outfit, but loyal fans of the Titans Legion would have been pleased with their side's come back in what was an undulating encounter.
The Tigers threatened to rack up a Cricket score, leading by 14-0 with fifteen minutes gone by on the clock. A powerful try to the rampaging Simon O'Dwyer and a dubious video referees decision to award Chris Heighington a four pointer after a goal-line scramble left the Titans reeling both personell wise and and on the scorecard, but a late first half double from the mercurial William Zillman brought the Gold Coast outfit back into reckoning.

A lacksidasical display from the Tigers in the second half set the door ajar, and it was the ever-present captain Scott Prince who gleefully obliged, scything through a tiring defence to put the home side ahead for the first time in the match.

It capped off a sensational week for the the Titans who were bouyed by the midweek long-term acquisitions of Cronulla enforcer Luke Douglas and the prodigal son, Jamal Idris. 'It was a gutsy effort byt he boys, and i'm sure this will be the catalyst to put our season back on track', said the elated Titans coach John Cartwright.

Greg Bird has been cleared to play this week as he recovers from minor facial graizing as the Titans now turn their attention to the Parramatta Eels on Sunday afternoon.

NRL Ladder as of Round 6

Here is a link to the NRL ladder. Out of the 16 teams in the competition Sea Eagles are 5th, Titans are 13th and Eels are 15th. Push it up Manly!

NRL Ladder

Round 6 - Manly Sea Eagles VS New Zealand Warriors

Sea Eagles win the battle against the Warriors!!!

The Manly Sea Eagles won convincingly over the New Zealand Warriors at Brookvale Oval on Saturday night, making this their fourth win for the season.

Try to New Zealand's Lewis Brown at the start of the match. The try was left unconverted and the Warriors had a four point lead.

Michael Oldfield continued his outstanding form by picking up a nice kick from Jamie Lyon to score the first points for the Sea Eagles. Daly Cherry-Evans converted the kick and the Sea Eagles now had a 6-4 lead.

Michael Robertson didn’t disappoint either as he raced to the corner to score shortly after. The kick went unconverted as the Sea Eagles held a 10-4 lead. Matt Ballin was then denied a try but it didn’t take long for Jamie Buhrer to make up for it. The gun youngster bulldozed his way to the try line taking his third NRL career try. The try was left unconverted but were now with an ever increasing lead.

After an exciting first half, the Sea Eagles stole the show in the second. A try to Joe Galuvao and conversion to Daly Cherry-Evans took the lead to 20-4. The Warriors took a try with only minutes left in the game but they’d run out of time to take the win.

Manly won the game 20-10.

The Sea Eagles play the Penrith Panthers at Brookvale Oval next week.

Beau Ryan - Diary of a DJ

Fresh from the Footy Show!

Whats the Matta Parra?

It was a devestating game of Friday night football this week for Parramatta.

Starting the game with a 14-0 lead, things looked very much their way. Fans were on their feet for the 'Hayne Plane'.

However, the game quickly changed when Hayne re-produced his famous headbutt. Hayne was sent to the sin bin, and was followed quickly by Nathan Hindmarsh and Michael Ennis from the Bulldogs.
With both teams 2 players down, the Bulldogs went on equalising the points to 14-14 before half-time.

Things didn't get better, with Ben Barba and Jamal Idris continuing to add points. Parramatta showed signs of the form that led them to a shocking 38-0 defeat against the Storm last week.

The final score was 34-14, and along with this defeat is what is more than likely the loss of the Eel's season.