Cowboys star Valentine Holmes has been heavily criticised for a "lazy" tackle after he was sent to the sin bin in his side's shock loss to the Titans
Just last week, Holmes was fined $1,800 for a careless high tackle on Mitchell Moses and it's likely he'll face a similar, if not worse, punishment for his shot on Jayden Campbell.
Sin binned in the 20th minute, the Titans scored through Phillip Sami with the one-man advantage and eventually went on to win the game 22-13.
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NRL legend Brad Fittler was highly critical of Holmes at half-time and the Cowboys performance as a whole.
"I've got to say I think they've been a little bit lazy, they've completed high (but) their discipline was poor," he said on Nine's coverage.
"Val Holmes, he did it last week, I thought that he had a problem and was a bit lazy with his technique, he got caught out today and cost his team a try."
With Andrew Johns describing the sin bin high shot as a "bad one", Fittler believes he'll be out for a while.
"For sure … he'll serve time for this one too. I think last week was a warning," he said.
Fittler then doubled down on the Cowboys' lack of potency.
"They've completed so high, I reckon they've had a lot of calls go against them especially down on their line, I thought there was some ridiculous calls really but they've looked lazy, not supporting each other, I don't see that ad lib play that's threatening," he said.
"Without Scott Drinkwater I feel like there's not much attack in them."
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The Titans were off to the perfect start when AJ Brimson capitalised on a Alofiana Khan-Pereira line break and chip kick in the seventh minute.
Straight away North Queensland hit back through Semi Valemei and Coen Hess before Holmes was given his marching orders.
Despite Sami's try, the Titans still trailed at half-time 13-10 after a Chad Townsend field goal right on the break.
Both sides came out of the sheds completely different teams, with Jayden Campbell scoring immediately to give Gold Coast the lead.
Khan-Pereira then added another four-pointer in the 45th minute to make it 22-13, with the score remaining the same at full-time.
Along with Holmes' incident, the Cowboys will have a number of concerns after Coen Hess and Luciano Leilua were also put on report while Reece Robson left the field for a HIA late in the game.
Next week the Titans play the Warriors on Friday while North Queensland has another derby against the Broncos as they attempt to maintain their top eight spot.
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