NRL Saturday live: Sea Eagles vs Titans

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41' Sea Eagles kick off

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By Jon Healy

The second half starts at Brooky with Josh Patston running into a brick wall.

And the Titans can't make it to the 40m line off the first set of the half. That's been the story of the game, really. Manly's defence just giving nothing away.

HT: Manly leads Gold Coast 4-0

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By Jon Healy

A genuine arm wrestle at Brookvale Oval. The sort of game they keep the grass long for. I thought they were gone!

Credit to the Titans for hanging in this match and weathering a mountain of possession and field position going against them.

Luke Brooks tells Fox his team, going for its seventh win from its past eight games, needs to be better in attack.

"It's been a bit scrappy," he tells Fox.

"We've had a lot of ball but only come up with one try. Hopefully we can improve it in the second half."

37' How is Manly only leading 4-0?

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By Jon Healy

As Jamal Fogarty's 40/20 attempt falls 2 metres short, the stats read:

57 per cent possession for Manly vs Gold Coast's 43

Manly leads completion rate 92 per cent to 71 per cent

The Titans have done 40 more tackles

And yet it's just one unconverted try the difference on the scoreboard.

34' Manly's scramble on point

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By Jon Healy

The Titans are throwing it all over the park and desperately trying to find a hole in the Sea Eagles' line, but there's no gaps to be found and eventually Chris Randall fumbles.

A couple of wrong turns in that play, but it's all a bit frantic for a pretty exhausted team.

32' Nathan Brown is incensed

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By Jon Healy

The Manly lock is whacked by Arama Hau and stays down for a while, clearly saying "what the f***?" in the direction of the referee.

I assume he's claiming a high shot, but Gerard Sutton isn't listening.

29' A wasted chance for the Titans

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By Jon Healy

Finally some ball in decent field position, but the Titans' set ends before its time once again as AJ Brimson's grubber off the left foot goes straight into touch.

Mercifully for the Gold Coast it crossed the line before going into the in-goal, so no seven-tackle set and 20m tap. Small mercies I suppose.

26' Faulalo misses his moment

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By Jon Healy

After his superb catch and pass to set up Blake Wilson a couple minutes ago, Clayton Faulalo tries something similar again, but winger Jensen Taumoepeau isn't committed to the fullback, so he can just double defend and gets Wilson into touch.

Faulalo was cursing himself the moment he let go of the ball, even as Wilson beat a tackler and tried to offload back infield to him.

23' Titans stuck in mud

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By Jon Healy

The Sea Eagles have had about 70 per cent of possession thus far and now the Titans start successive sets a metre off their own tryline.

The kicking of Jamal Fogarty and Luke Brooks, as well as a suffocating defensive effort is piling on the pressure.

What. A. Pass! Clayton Faulalo take a bow

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By Jon Healy

The Sea Eagles go to the left and fullback Clayton Faulalo channels Latrell Mitchell with a perfect catch-and-pass cut-out ball to send Blake Wilson over in the corner.

That's just a glorious piece of ball-playing by Faulalo.

18' Out on the full by Jayden Campbell

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By Jon Healy

The Gold Coast five-eighth tries for a 40/20, but hooks it too far and it's out on the full.

Manly right on the attack.

16' Titans are surging

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By Jon Healy

In a contest between the two most junior coaches in the NRL, both teams are firing shots.

This time the Titans break down the right through Jensen Taumoepeau. They go left and Beau Fermor throws and incredibly forward offload to Phil Sami, but thankfully the Manly defence arrives to stop him grounding it, avoiding an incorrectly awarded try.

14' Sami holding his own against Saab

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By Jon Healy

The Sea Eagles want to target the enormous Jason Saab against Phil Sami, but in two contests so far, Sami's done just enough.

11' After a perfect start, the errors have arrived

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By Jon Healy

Jackson Shereb fumbles as he tries to hit a gap under the posts but is hit by Cooper Bai, then Arama Hau is unable to handle a poor pass by Zane Harrison.

And now Josh Feledy drops it, but he's convinced captain Jake Trbojevic to challenge.

And he's won it! A lot of trust from the skipper there. Vindicated.

7' Jaylan de Groot is over in his second game this year, but the bunker says no

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By Jon Healy

Jayden Campbell gets the Titans rolling forward and Zane Harrison's bomb is perfect for a contest between AJ Brimson and Clayton Faulalo.

There's a bobble and bat-back, but does the ball hit Faulalo before Brimson bats it back?

Regardless, play rolls on and the ball is spun out to the right. The Sea Eagles' cover defence comes across and Jaylan de Groot steps inside three would-be tacklers as Jake Trbojevic struggles to close the gap under the posts.

It's awarded on the field, but the bunker chimes in and finds the faintest touch from Faulalo after Brimson's first grab in the air. Knock-on Titans. Brutal 'game of millimetres' stuff.

And an offside penalty to rub salt in the wound.

6' It's going end to end

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By Jon Healy

No mistakes, no breaks in play yet.

The pressure is rising as we go on.

The legs of the big men must be feeling heavy.

1' Titans kick off at Brookvale Oval

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By Jon Healy

The surface is wet as Taniela Paseka hammers into the Gold Coast defence.

Moeaki Fotuaika leads out the Titans

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By Jon Healy

The former Origin prop is playing a record-breaking 174th game for the Gold Coast Titans, surpassing Mark Minichiello as the most capped Titan.

Not a gold number in sight.

Final teams: Sea Eagles vs Titans

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By Nick Campton