Sunday second NRL Round 21 match is between Gold Coast Titans and Wests Tigers with the opening kick to commence at 3.00pm local time. The game is to be played at Skilled Park which see’s home team Gold Coast Titans hold favouritism in the market. View our NRL live scores, odds and results for the game between Gold Coast Titans and Wests Tigers.
WHERE AND WHEN: Skilled Park, 3.00pm
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Opening odds comparison:
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| Gold Coast Titans | 1.60 | 1.60 | 1.63 | 1.60 | 1.60 | 1.63 |
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Wests Tigers
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2.35 | 2.35 | 2.32 | 2.35 | 2.35 | 2.35 |
Preview:
The Gold Coast Titans take on Wests Tigers on Sunday, 3.00pm at Skilled Park. This is one of the more even match-ups of round 21, with the Titans probably slight favourites to take the points. Saying that, however, the Gold Coast side are very much on the slide, with four losses in a row and two points out of the top eight. While the Tigers have nothing to play for but pride, that should be more than enough to offer the Titans some serious competition when they need it the least.
Teams:
Gold Coast Titans:
David Mead, Kevin Gordon, Brad Takairangi, Jamie Dowling, Anthony Don, Ashley Harrison, Aidan Sezer, Luke Douglas, Beau Falloon, Nate Myles (capt), Ben Ridge, Mark Minichiello, Greg Bird (capt). Interchange: David Taylor, Ryan James, Luke O’Dwyer, Sam Irwin.
Wests Tigers:
James Tedesco, David Nofoaluma, Blake Ayshford, Chris Lawrence, Tim Simona, Benji Marshall, Curtis Sironen, Jack Buchanan, Robbie Farah (capt), Adam Blair, Liam Fulton, Bodene Thompson, Sauaso Sue. Interchange: Ava Seumanufagai, Keith Galloway, Ben Murdoch-Masila, Braith Anasta, Shaun Spence (one to be omitted).
Souths loss turns up heat on Titans coach
Should the axe fall on his North Queensland counterpart Neil Henry this week, Gold Coast’s John Cartwright may well find the sacking spotlight shined in his direction next.
While there has been no indication of unhappiness from the Titans with their coach, a rampant South Sydney upped the pressure on Cartwright with a 32-4 NRL win over Gold Coast on Saturday.
The Titans are now staring at a third-straight campaign without finals after a four-game losing run which has tumbled them out of the top eight at the wrong time of the year.
Just six matches remain to claw their way back into finals contention and the Titans could be two games outside the eight by the end of the weekend depending on other results.
It’s a run which has started to put the pressure on Cartwright, especially given Henry is reportedly about to get sacked in Townsville despite a superior recent record.
Over the past three seasons Henry has won 36 games and taken the Cowboys to the finals in both of the past two years while during that time there’s been no September action for Cartwright’s men and just 24 victories.
Next weekend’s home game against Wests Tigers looms as a must-win if they’re realistic about having any hope of making the finals.
While fullback Will Zillman could return from a groin injury, the bruising encounter with the Rabbitohs has given Cartwright some added headaches going into the Tigers clash.
Hooker Matt Srama could not play again this year after suffering an ankle sprain in the first half on Saturday while Luke Bailey (ankle) and halfback Albert Kelly (shoulder) also picked up knocks against the Bunnies.
Cartwright says any talk of finals is premature and certainly not his focus as he tries to halt his team’s horror run.
“You’re going to throw that at me every week but it’s not something that we can talk about at the moment,” Cartwright said when asked about finals football.
“Now we’ve left it to other results going our way it’s a matter of getting some pride back in our performance.
“As much as I thought we were there to play, they (Souths) were really dominant. They gave us nothing.
“We haven’t got that confidence within the team to get the job done and it really hurt us.”