The St George Illawarra Dragons will return home to host the Gold Coast Titans at UOW Jubilee Oval, Kogarah on Friday (7:50pm).
The Red-and-Whites return to action following on from their designated bye and will be looking to cement their place inside the top eight with a win.
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The Dragons will be without the services of halfback Benji Marshall for the fixture and will miss out on celebrating his 250th first-grade appearance milestone.
Furthermore, Dragons fullback Josh Dugan has also been omitted after suffering a jaw injury while representing the NSW Blues on Wednesday.
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St George Illawarra Dragons |
Position |
Gold Coast Titans |
TBC |
Fullback |
David Mead |
Kalifa Faifai Loa |
Wing |
Anthony Don |
Euan Aitken |
Centre |
Josh Hoffman |
Kurt Mann |
Centre |
Konrad Hurrell |
Jason Nightingale |
Wing |
Nene Macdonald |
Gareth Widdop |
Five-eighth |
Tyrone Roberts |
TBC |
Halfback |
Ash Taylor |
Russell Packer |
Prop |
Luke Douglas |
Mitch Rein |
Hooker |
Nathan Peats |
Tyson Frizell |
Prop |
Ryan James |
Jacob Host |
Second Row |
Zab Taia |
Joel Thompson |
Second Row |
Chris McQueen |
Jack de Belin |
Lock |
Greg Bird |
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Tariq Sims |
Interchange |
Eddy Pettybourne |
Leeson Ah Mau |
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Leivaha Pulu |
Dunamis Lui |
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Agnatius Paasi |
Jake Marketo |
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Nathan Friend |
Tyrone McCarthy |
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Nathaniel Peteru |
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Ryan Simpkins |
Gold Coast Titans
The Titans too are coming off their respective bye round after dropping two straight games to the New Zealand Warriors and Canberra Raiders.
One of the things that Head Coach Neil Henry will be hoping to solidify is his sides defence, after they have allowed the third most missed tackles this season (517), including 63 in their last two games.
Meanwhile, the Titans will be boosted by the return of halfback Ash Taylor and fullback David Mead, a worrying sign for an attack that has averaged just shy of 24 points per game in their last seven matches.
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St George Illawarra Dragons (8th) |
Gold Coast Titans (9th) |
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Record |
8 wins, 8 losses |
7 wins, 9 losses |
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Points |
215 |
15th |
335 |
9th |
Tries |
37 |
15th |
57 |
9th |
Line Breaks |
42 |
15th |
48 |
13th |
Tackle Busts |
418 |
13th |
345 |
16th |
Offloads |
154 |
12th |
185 |
7th |
Tackles |
5607 |
1st |
5055 |
14th |
Missed Tackles |
405 |
14th |
517 |
3rd |
Head To Head
The Dragons and Titans have been hard to separate over the last couple of years, with four of the last six games being decided by two points or less, including a 19-18 victory at Cbus Super Stadium, Robina last season.
The Dragons have also won 11 of their 16 starts against the Titans, including four of their last six, and five of seven all time outside of Queensland.
Round |
Date |
Result |
Score |
Venue |
9 |
May 12, 2013 |
Loss
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Gold Coast Titans - 15 St George Illawarra Dragons - 14 |
Cbus Super Stadium, Robina |
15 |
June 22, 2014 |
Win |
Gold Coast Titans - 18 St George Illawarra Dragons - 19 |
Cbus Super Stadium, Robina |
24 |
August 24, 2014 |
Win |
St George Illawarra Dragons - 34 Gold Coast Titans - 6 |
UOW Jubilee Oval, Kogarah |
25 |
August 30, 2015 |
Loss |
Gold Coast Titans - 28 St George Illawarra Dragons - 26 |
Cbus Super Stadium, Robina |
7 |
April 16, 2016 |
Win |
Gold Coast Titans - 14 St George Illawarra Dragons - 19 |
Cbus Super Stadium, Robina |
Quotes
“With eight games to go, we want to win as many as we can but we can't look too far ahead. Although it's a shame for Parramatta (losing their competition points), it presents us with an opportunity to make sure we can consolidate a spot." - Jason Nightingale
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“(The Titans) have proved a lot of people wrong. They are only sitting two points out of the eight… so it’s a really important game when you look at the context.” - Paul McGregor
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Match Day Details
Date: Friday, July 15
Venue: UOW Jubilee Oval, Kogarah
Gates Open: 5.15pm
NYC: 5.30pm
NRL: 7.50pm
Broadcast: Channel Nine and Fox Sports
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