Round 16
Gold Coast Titans 28 d. New Zealand Warriors 12

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Rookies snare double in win over Warriors
Sun June 28, 2009
Source: www.titans.com.au

The Jetstar Gold Coast Titans have stayed on top of the NRL ladder after scoring an entertaining 28-12 win over the New Zealand Warriors at Skilled Park tonight.

The victory which was helped by doubles from rookie wingers Kevin Gordon and David Mead moved the Titans back to the top with the Dragons and Bulldogs.

In front of a 20,031 strong crowd the Titans kept their perfect winning streak at Skilled Park, having won all seven of their home-games this year.

Titans coach John Cartwright was proud of the boys' efforts ahead of next week's round 17 clash against the Canberra Raiders in Canberra.

"The first half I thought was tremendous," Cartwright said

"As soon as we got the ball up their end we came up with some tries, we scored some opportunistic tries, but the guys were at the right place to take advantage of it.

"It's great to come here and win in front of our home supporters.

"It's the week in week out effort of the boys at training, they're putting a lot of hard work in, a lot of extra work and that's what gets results."

It was the Warriors who opened the scoring with a penalty goal to winger Kevin Locke.

The Titans hit back with a try to forward Anthony Lafranchi, after a break from fullback William Zillman gained the Titans good field position.

Scott Prince converted the try giving the Titans a 6-2 lead.

After back-to-back penalties, the Titans found the try-line in the 26th minute through winger Kevin Gordon, after a set of well strung passes created space for Gordon to score in the corner.

The conversion from the sideline was unsuccessful by Prince, leaving the Titans 10-2 up.

Mead, who was given a late call-up for winger Chris Walker, took an intercept to run the length of the field to score his maiden first grade try in his second game, Prince adding the extras to give the Titans a 16-2 lead.

Some great scrambling defence by the Titans in the dying moments of the first half kept the Warriors out, giving the Titans a 16-2 lead into the half-time break.

It was the Titans who broke through after the break, with Mead scoring his second try of the night, off a Prince cut-out ball.

Prince then converted the goal from the sideline, giving the Titans a 20 point lead.

A Titans error gave the Warriors good attacking opportunity which they converted after Lance Hohaia scored next to the post through a set piece from the scrum.

Locke's conversion bounced away off the upright, leaving the score at 22-6.

Another error by the Titans in their own half gave the Warriors a great opportunity but it was Gordon who took advantage, taking an intercept pass to run 90 metres to score under the posts.

Prince added the extras for a 28-6 lead.

A late converted try to Warriors forward Lewis Brown put the final score at 28-12.

A possible ankle injury to utility Luke O'Dwyer was the only real scare coming out of the game for the Titans.

Gold Coast Titans 28 (K Gordon 2, D Mead 2, A Lafranchi; S Prince 4 goals) def New Zealand Warriors 12 (L Hohaia, L Brown; K Locke 2 goals).

Report Source: www.titans.com.au

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RleagueBetting Preview: Titans v Warriors
Sat June 27, 2009
Source: RleagueBetting.com

The Titans will start as warm favourites to beat the Warriors in this afternoon's NRL clash.

Gold Coast are at $1.57 with the Warriors at $2.75. But with a forward pack decimated by injury, the Titans will find it hard to dominate a Warriors side struggling for form but still boasting a big forward pack. Expect a low scoring tough encounter, and take the Warriors with 6.5 start paying $1.76 at BetEzy. The $2.20 odds from Bet365 that no team will score 3 unanswered tries also look good.

The Gold Coast usually start very strongly at home, and they are paying $1.72 from Sportingbet to be the first team to 10 points. If you think the Warriors might come back after half time, you can get $9 odds from Sportingbet of a Gold Coast/Warriors Half Time/Normal Time double.

The 1st Try Scorer market is an open affair, with Sportingbet paying top odds of $11 for favourites Vatuvei and Walker. The best value looks to be coming from Sports Alive, who are paying $15 for Flash Gordon ($11 available elsewhere).

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Saturday June 27, 2009
Gold Coast Titans vs New Zealand Warriors at Skilled Park, Robina, Gold Coast (QLD)

Gold Coast Titans
1. Preston Campbell, 2. Kevin Gordon, 3. Esi Tonga, 4. Brett Delaney, 5. Chris Walker, 6. Mat Rogers, 7. Scott Prince [c], 8. Matt White, 9. Nathan Friend, 10. Michael Henderson, 11. Anthony Laffranchi, 12. Brad Meyers, 13. Ashley Harrison. Subs: 14. Aaron Cannings, 15. Will Matthews, 16. Luke O'Dwyer, 17. William Zillman, 18. Josh Graham, 19. Daniel Conn (two to be omitted).

New Zealand Warriors
1. Wade McKinnon, 2. Kevin Locke, 3. Patrick Ah Van, 4. Joel Moon, 5. Manu Vatuvei, 6. Lance Hohaia, 7. Stacey Jones, 8. Sam Rapira, 9. Ian Henderson, 10. Steve Price [c], 11. Simon Mannering, 12. Lewis Brown, 13. Micheal Luck. Subs: 14. Aaron Heremaia, 15. Jesse Royal, 16. Ben Matulino, 17. Jacob Lillyman, 20. Russell Packer (one to be omitted).

Date: Sat June 27 2009, 5:30PM AEST GMT+10 [Sat June 27 2009, 7:30PM NZST GMT+12]
[Sat June 27 2009, 7:30AM GMT]
Referees: Ben Cummins, Alan Shortall

Predictions:
Matthew O'Neill: Titans by 18
Dennis Righetti: Tiyans by 4
Paul Booth: Titans by 8

OVERALL:
Total Games: 6
Gold Coast Titans wins: 2. [Pts: 109]
New Zealand Warriors wins: 4. [Pts: 166]
Draws: 0

Biggest wins:
Gold Coast Titans: 13 pts: 1998 National Rugby League - Round 18 - [View] Sat Jul 11: Gold Coast 31 d. Auckland 18 [Crowd: 5490]
New Zealand Warriors: 28 pts: 1995 Australian Rugby League - Round 15 - [View] Sun Jul 9: Auckland 44 d. Gold Coast 16 [Crowd: 20493]

Biggest Crowd: 2008 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 7 - [View] Sun: Gold Coast Titans 36 d. New Zealand Warriors 24 [Crowd: 25310]

Last 50 games against each other form line (most recent matches at end of line):
Gold Coast Titans: LLWLLW
New Zealand Warriors: WWLWWL

Last 10 games:
2008 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 7 - [View] Sun: Gold Coast Titans 36 d. New Zealand Warriors 24 [Crowd: 25310]
2007 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 22 - [View] Sat: New Zealand Warriors 30 d. Gold Coast Titans 6 [Crowd: 20609]
2007 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 16 - [View] Sat: Gold Coast Titans 6 l. New Zealand Warriors 22 [Crowd: 17608]
1998 National Rugby League - Round 18 - [View] Sat Jul 11: Gold Coast 31 d. Auckland 18 [Crowd: 5490]
1996 Optus Cup - Round 15 - [View] Sat Jul 13: Gold Coast 14 l. Auckland 28 [Crowd: 11870]
1995 Australian Rugby League - Round 15 - [View] Sun Jul 9: Auckland 44 d. Gold Coast 16 [Crowd: 20493]

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