Check out the match preview and prediction for the round 7 clash between the Gold Coast Titans and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.
MATCHDAY NEWS
MATCHDAY SCHEDULE
Gold Coast Titans Vs Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Venue: CBUS Super Stadium
Date: Saturday April 20, 5:30pm
MATCHDAY TEAM NEWS
Titans: 1. Phillip Sami 2. Alofiana Khan-Pereira 3. Brian Kelly 4. Harley Smith-Shields 5. Jojo Fifita 6. AJ Brimson 7. Kieran Foran 8. Moeaki Fotuaika 9. Chris Randall 10. Jaimin Jolliffe 11. David Fifita 12. Beau Fermor 13. Klese Haas 14. Sam Verrills 15. Erin Clark 16. Isaac Liu 17. Josiah Pahulu 18. Joe Stimson 19. Keano Kini 20. Tanah Boyd 21. Tony Francis 22. Jacob Alick-Wiencke
Sea Eagles: 1. Tom Trbojevic 2. Jason Saab 3. Tolutau Koula. 4. Reuben Garrick. 5. Tommy Talau 6. Luke Brooks 7. Daly Cherry-Evans 8. Taniela Paseka 9. Lachlan Croker 10. Matthew Lodge 11. Haumole Olakau’atu 12. Corey Waddell 13. Jake Trbojevic 14. Karl Lawton 15. Ethan Bullemor 16. Aaron Woods 17. Nathan Brown 18. Jake Arthur 19. Dean Matterson 20. Jaxson Paulo 21. Gordon Chan Kum Tong 22. Aitasi James
Referee: Liam Kennedy
Embed from Getty ImagesMATCHDAY PREVIEW
After a less than stellar start to life on the Glitter Strip, Des Hasler will be hoping to get one up on his old club when the Sea Eagles travel to the Gold Coast to take on the Titans.
The Titans return to the Gold Coast still chasing their first win of the season having gone down in golden point to the Raiders. The team had a much-improved defensive effort and will look to continue this trend in front of their home crowd and claim their first win of the year. AJ Brimson’s return to the spine last week was a rousing success and had the Titans looking far more dangerous in attack, with the livewire six having run for 163 metres with one line-break and five tackle busts.
The Sea Eagles will be stinging from their draw in a game they will feel they should have won, having led 22-10 early in the second half and will not want to be ambushed by a Titans side much lower down the ladder. The return of their strike weapons on the edges should see them cause plenty of trouble for the Titans if their sliding defence isn’t up to scratch.
The Titans have had a bit of a reshuffle with Phillip Sami taking the one jersey for the injured Jayden Campbell and David Fifita is named to start after coming off the bench in Canberra while the cavalry have returned for the Sea Eagles with Reuben Garrick, Jason Saab and Matthew Lodge all being named in the starting side for this clash.
These two sides have an even record against each other over the last ten games, winning five a piece with the Sea Eagles having the slight edge over the lifetime of this clash, having won 14 of their 26 matches overall.
Head-to-head stats can be found at Round 7 Number Crunch.
MATCHDAY PREDICTION
Sea Eagles by 10 points.
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