Titans thrash woeful Raiders 36-0 in NRL
Ed Jackson AAP Sun, Mar 17, 2013 - 4:05 PM
Gold Coast marked their 150th NRL match with a record-breaking 36-0 win over Canberra at Skilled Park on Sunday.
Playing in hot and humid conditions which forced the activation of the NRL's heat rule, the Titans were relentless against a woeful Raiders outfit, running in six unanswered tries as temperatures soared past 30 degrees.
The victory margin is the biggest in the Titans' history, eclipsing their 38-12 win over Parramatta in 2007, while their 30-0 halftime advantage was also a new high for the club.
Matt Srama and Albert Kelly both scored first-half doubles for the Titans, with Kelly's second coming after a length-of-the-field break by Jamal Idris sent the former Cronulla playmaker into the clear.
The Raiders, who have endured a miserable week including the sacking of star fullback Josh Dugan, head back to the nation's capital winless from their opening two fixtures of the season.
The visitors were simply never in Sunday's game, racking up 35 missed tackles and completing just 22 of their 37 sets.
They will also have a nervous wait after forward Tom Learoyd-Lahrs was placed on report in the 72nd minute for a shoulder charge on Titan Ryan James.
The Titans host Manly next weekend while the Raiders welcome St George Illawarra to Canberra.
I'm very excited to see the halves pairing play together more and develop even more. I love having a defensive halfback!
Albys chase on a runaway centre was outstanding. He is so cool.
Some really good signs today without getting carried away.
That was fun.
Best day I've had at the footy since I don't remember when.
we could of easy put on 60 against canberra, storm would of but the heat was full on im glad our defence stood the test ,alby is amazing he has so much skill i was very impressed his defence is second to none and even him and sezer seemed to gel better, idris was excellent and giving the ball to mead or gordy was always a good option even taka had an excellent game showed some real power earlier on in the game overall very happy look forward to meeting manly now this will be a real test for us
Any questions, haters?
There were 12 points that Alby saved that Prince would have given up on. And he hasn't hit his straps in attack yet.
Was there something wrong with Meady today? Played worse than Flash last week, the worst hands, no chase, seemed like he must've had the flu or something.... or just the heat??
We we're denied about 24 extra points either by refereeing, or just some unlucky/simple errors at they try line, and some tired attack with kick chases etc. Porbably hard to maintian that intensity in that heat when you are up by 30.
But yes, it was the late defensive effort that made it worthwhile. It will be a different game next week, but you have to savour these wins when you get them, and then start again from scratch for the next week. The boys should take a lot of confidence out of a good effort in attack, and holding them out for 80 minutes. I'm pretty happy.
The pace Jamal had over the 60m was fairly impressive for someone his size when he put Albert Kelly thru for a try.
2013 - Sezer's breakout year