Round 16: Gold Coast Titans vs New Zealand Warriors

[eelectrica]

Important win for the Titans. Especially with the upcoming draw.

Raiders in Canberra next week, always a tough game down there.
Then Parra on Monday night - OK, hate to say it but that should be an easy win.
Then comes the tough part
Canterbury on the following Friday night.
Parra on Monday Then Cantebury on Friday How the hell did that happen?! Oh and there's this little game on the Wednesday someone in the NRL may have heard of - Origin 3.

Followed by the Broncos and Cowboys.

Really gotta win these next two because from there it gets very tough.

[DIEHARD]

Titans unbeatable at home

Skilled Park claimed another victim as the Gold Coast maintained their unbeaten home record and a share of the NRL premiership lead by touching up the Warriors 28-12 on Saturday.

Wingers David Meade and Kevin Gordon celebrated with two tries each.

Despite having Origin representatives Luke Bailey and Ashley Harrison watching from the sidelines, along with dual international Mat Rogers and Mark Minichiello, plus late withdrawal Chris Walker (migraine headache), the Titans had too much attacking speed for the clumsy Warriors who fell back into bad old habits of pushing passes and taking poor last tackle options.

It was the Titans seventh successive win at their Skilled Park fortress and they remain unbeaten at home this season, along with the Bulldogs.

Mead, an exciting young winger tipped for big things after making his international debut for PNG in last year's World Cup, bagged two tries after being called up late to replace Walker.

He stretched out and planted to ball to claim his first try in the first half following some slick passing from his inside backs before being the beneficiary of massive Scott Prince cut out pass that allowed him to stroll over for his second soon after half time.

Prince spotted Mead all on his lonesome on the right wing.

While his cut-out pass didn't reach the young winger on the full, it bounced up like it was on a string for him to score untouched.

His second try gave the Titans a commanding 22-2 lead before the Warriors finally found their way to the try line through a sidestepping Lance Hohaia in the 49th minute.

Not to be outdone, "Flash" Gordon, the quickest player in the club, pulled of an intercept in the 65th minute, his try slamming the door on any comeback by the Warriors by pushing the score out to 28-6.

Titans prop Michael Henderson showed plenty of courage taking the field in the second half after fracturing his thumb early in the game.

Mark Zillman, who came into the Titans starting line-up to allow fullback Preston Campbell to shift to five-eighth, excited fans with several zig-zagging bursts.

It took a desperate tackle from Warriors fullback Wade McKinnon to stop him scoring in the 19th minute.

The Warriors grabbed a late consolation try when second-rower Lewis Brown crashed through Brett Delaney and Brad Meyers to make it 28-12.

Veteran half Stacey Jones almost scored soon after but lost the ball close to the line when wiped out in a tackled by Titans prop Meyers.

Warriors coach Ivan Cleary with disappointed with his player's execution and failure to finish off a number of opportunities.

"Our execution was pretty bad," said Cleary who will keep his players in camp on the Gold Coast to prepare for next weekend's clash with Brisbane.

"Their two 100 metre intercept tries didn't help.

"The first one was a gift, the second was a good read a big play."

Titans coach John Cartwright only told Gordon on Saturday morning he was playing after Walker was not 100 per cent.

"He's been scoring a heap of tries in the Queensland Cup and I've been busting to give him another chance (in the NRL," said Cartwright.

"Their tries were no flukes, they work hard at it at training."

Cartwright was also please with confident game of stand-in fullback William Zillman who made several dangerous breaks in open play.

"It's tough coming back from one knee reconstruction, but he's had two," said a pleased Cartwright.

"He handling the ball more and getting better with each game."

http://news.leaguehq.com.au

[Adelaide Titan]

if we can at least win our 2 home games of our next 4 that would be great but if the Titans want the minor premiership they really need to push to get all 4 wins especially against the Bulldogs (unless they get more points stripped for some reason :P ) then we'll be laughing. If the Titans win next week in Canberra, i'll be very happy!

tonight showed we are an improved side compared to last season, we arenlt fading away and can still play awesome with a depleted squad.

Zillman, Mean, Gordon, Princey and Friend were great tonight, infact the whole team were!

i manged to watch an hour of it and get the rest on Sportal Scoreboard

GO YOU TITANS!!!

[patskE]

"Titans coach John Cartwright only told Gordon on Saturday morning he was playing after Walker was not 100 per cent."
do they mean mead?

[Adelaide Titan]

i would think so, im pretty sure Mead was a late inclusion considering Gordon's become a regular

[DIEHARD]

"Titans coach John Cartwright only told Gordon on Saturday morning he was playing after Walker was not 100 per cent."
do they mean mead?

Yea and they called William Zillman, Mark!

My comments on this fantastic game tomorrow. I'm so tired.

[Adelaide Titan]

im tired also as i was at a party...

Mark Zillman haha, at least they got the score correct!

what was tonights attendance?

[DIEHARD]

Young guns inspire depleted Gold Coast Titans to big win over Warriors

Skilled Park claimed another victim as the Gold Coast maintained their unbeaten home record and a share of the NRL premiership lead by beating the Warriors 28-12.

Wingers David Meade and Kevin Gordon celebrated with two tries each.

Despite having Origin representatives Luke Bailey and Ashley Harrison watching from the sidelines, along with Mat Rogers, Mark Minichiello and Chris Walker (migraine headache), the Titans had too much attacking speed for the clumsy Warriors who fell back into bad old habits of pushing passes and taking poor last tackle options.

It was the Titans seventh successive win at their Skilled Park.

Mead, an exciting young winger tipped for big things after making his international debut for PNG in last year's World Cup, bagged two tries after being called up late to replace Walker.

He stretched out and planted to ball to claim his first try in the first half following some slick passing from his inside backs, before being the beneficiary of massive Scott Prince cut out pass that allowed him to stroll over for his second soon after half-time.

Prince spotted Mead all on his lonesome on the right win, and while his cut-out pass didn't reach the young winger on the full, it bounced up like it was on a string for him to score untouched.

His second try gave the Titans a commanding 22-2 lead before the Warriors finally found their way to the try line through a sidestepping Lance Hohaia in the 49th minute.

Not to be outdone, Gordon, the quickest player in the club, pulled of an intercept in the 65th minute, his try slamming the door on any comeback by the Warriors by pushing the score out to 28-6.

Titans prop Michael Henderson showed plenty of courage taking the field in the second half after fracturing his thumb early in the game.

William Zillman, who came into the Titans starting line-up to allow fullback Preston Campbell to shift to five-eighth, excited fans with several zig-zagging bursts.

It took a desperate tackle from Warriors winger Kevin Locke to stop him scoring in the 19th minute.

The Warriors grabbed a late consolation try when second-rower Lewis Brown crashed through Brett Delaney and Brad Meyers to make it 28-12.

Veteran half Stacey Jones almost scored soon after but lost the ball close to the line when wiped out in a tackled by Titans prop Meyers.

Warriors coach Ivan Cleary with disappointed with his player's execution and failure to finish off a number of opportunities.

?Our execution was pretty bad,'' said Cleary who will keep his players in camp on the Gold Coast to prepare for next weekend's clash with Brisbane.

?Their two 100 metre intercept tries didn't help.

?The first one was a gift, the second was a good read a big play.''

Titans coach John Cartwright only told Meade on Saturday morning he was playing after Walker was not 100 per cent.

?He's been scoring a heap of tries in the Queensland Cup and I've been busting to give him another chance (in the NRL),'' said Cartwright.

?Their tries were no flukes, they work hard at it at training.''

Cartwright was also pleased with confident game of stand-in fullback Zillman who made several dangerous breaks in open play.

?It's tough coming back from one knee reconstruction, but he's had two,'' said Cartwright.

?He handling the ball more and getting better with each game.''

http://www.foxsports.com.au

[amaline]

Both wingers were also amazing both in defence (which people rarely take notice of) and attack which is devastating

I noticed that. There were a few times where Mead or Gordon rushed up and shut down plays. They were both awesome last night.

[TITAN PETE]

That was another great win by the boys with a few outstanding performances from Friend,Zillman & Mead but i thought Henderson & White were brilliant when they were on the park

Some of these stats look pretty good for metres gained even if it does include a couple of intercepts

Zillman 9 runs (182m)
Gordon 11 runs (179m)
Mead 12 runs (190m)
Henderson 16 runs (145m) , Thats impressive against one of the Biggest pack of forwards in the NRL

I hope Chalky's injury isn't too serious but he didn't look good as he went straight up the tunnel

[Tamwelg]

That was another great win by the boys with a few outstanding performances from Friend,Zillman & Mead but i thought Henderson & White were brilliant when they were on the park

Some of these stats look pretty good for metres gained even if it does include a couple of intercepts

Zillman 9 runs (182m)
Gordon 11 runs (179m)
Mead 12 runs (190m)
Henderson 16 runs (145m) , Thats impressive against one of the Biggest pack of forwards in the NRL

I hope Chalky's injury isn't too serious but he didn't look good as he went straight up the tunnel

Add to that Aaron Cannings 106m from 12 runs.

[Paul]

"Titans coach John Cartwright only told Gordon on Saturday morning he was playing after Walker was not 100 per cent."
do they mean mead?

After Mead scored his second a big picture of Kevin Gordon came up on the screen as the tryscorer,Pretty unforgivable at your home ground

[Massive_Weno]

Firstly what a fantastic win. It has been awesome to see the boys playing so well this year and was a brilliant glimpse into the future last night seeing gordon and mead on the wings.

[QUOTE=Steve;252325]According to the courier mail/NRL, that was Mark Zillman at fullback, anyone know who he is? Is he related to William? Did we get two for the price of one?QUOTE]

Mark Zillman is Williams father. Played in the qld cup in the 70's and 80's.

C'mon the Titans lets continue our march into september!

[patskE]

anyone else feel mead intercept try would of been a vatuvi steamroll try if walker was playing?
thats wat i love about love players, they back emself, mead with the intercept, and gordan with his amazing reads in defense.
i sorta got the feeling the way walker plays he would of held back and tryed to tackle manu.

[Steve]

im tired also as i was at a party...

Mark Zillman haha, at least they got the score correct!

what was tonights attendance?

It was just over 20,000 if memory serves.