Sunday’s game is a Qld affair that, with several key players missing from both sides due to Origin duty.
The Titans are missing highly rated forwards, Nate Myles and Ashley Harrison whereas the Cowboys will be without star playmaker Jonathon Thurston, Matt Scott and centre, Brent Tate.
These players leave big holes in their respective teams.
The Titans put a poor performance against an under-manned Broncos team in round 10 (beaten 32-6) well and truly behind them last week with a 42-4 point win over the struggling Parramatta Eels.
They take a winning record of 3-2 when playing at home this year and won both encounters against the Cowboys last year by margins of 16 and 18.
It’s well documented how poor of a strike rate the Cowboys have minus Thurston however, that will be accentuated this game given the recent poor form of the Cowboys, even with Thurston in the line-up.
Poor form has the Cowboys supporting a 4-7 record this year and last week they were defeated by the West Tigers 22-20, the Tigers first win in seven weeks and only their third of the year.
It also highlighted the Cowboys’ poor form when playing away from home – this year they’ve lost five of their seven away games with the only wins coming over Parramatta and in the opening round of the competition, against Canterbury.
The Titans at home, should be too good.
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Odds Comparison by NRL odds:
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| Gold Coast Titans | 1.32 | 1.30 | 1.32 | 1.30 | 1.32 | 1.32 |
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Nth Queensland Cowboys
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3.50 | 3.65 | 3.50 | 3.65 | 3.50 | 3.50 |
Teams:
Gold Coast Titans:
William Zillman, Kevin Gordon, Brad Takairangi, Jamal Idris, Anthony Don, Aidan Sezer, Albert Kelly, Luke Bailey, Matt Srama, Luke Douglas, David Taylor, Mark Minichiello, Luke O’Dwyer. Interchange: Ryan James, Mark Ioane, Jamie Dowling, Sam Irwin
Nth Queensland Cowboys:
Clint Greenshields, Ashley Graham, Antonio Winterstein, Kane Linnett, Kalifa Faifai Loa, Michael Morgan, Robert Lui, Ashton Sims, Rory Kostjasyn, Scott Bolton, Tariq Sims, Glenn Hall, Dallas Johnson. Interchange: Ray Thompson, Joel Riethmuller, Ricky Thorby, Jason Taumalolo, Ethan Lowe, Blake Leary
