{"id":284353,"date":"2023-04-09T08:42:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-09T08:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=284353"},"modified":"2023-04-09T13:58:56","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T13:58:56","slug":"punch-missed-as-titans-triumph-in-fiery-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=284353","title":{"rendered":"Punch missed as Titans triumph in fiery thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gold Coast<\/a> triumphed in at-times fiery thriller at Cbus Super Stadium, but the Titans were lucky not to lose a player to the sin bin in the first half.<\/p>\n

St George Illawarra<\/a> looked to have clinched victory when Ben Hunt<\/a> scored to break the deadlock in the 74th minute, until the home side snatched victory with a Toby Sexton try and Tanah Boyd conversion minutes later.<\/p>\n

\ufeffFans were off their seats at the finish, as they had been earlier in the game when a number of brawls erupted.<\/p>\n

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The first \ufeffoccured when F\ufeffrancis Molo was marched to the sin bin for rushing out of the line and hitting Moeaki Fotuaika high.<\/p>\n

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The incident sparked a scuffle with players coming from every direction, and Titans skipper Tino Fa'asuamaleaui was warned by referee Peter Gough to control himself and his team.<\/p>\n

Then in the 31st minute players came together again when \ufeffFa'asuamaleaui paid Tyrell Sloan some \ufeffattention on the ground after wrapping him up in a tackle.<\/p>\n

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Dragons forward Jaydn Su'a rushed in to remonstrate, before Gold Coast hooker Erin Clark grabbed Sloan and seemed to throw a punch, which luckily missed its mark.<\/p>\n

Despite vision showing an apparent strike, Clark was allowed to remain on the field and his team even earned the penalty for the Su'a act.<\/p>\n

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Titans coach Justin Holbrook was not convinced Clark\ufeff did attempt to punch Sloan.<\/p>\n

"I'm not sure if it was a punch… he swung his arm forward," Holbrook said.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\ufeffDragons coach Anthony Griffin was quizzed about Clark being let off, but opted to take a diplomatic approach.<\/p>\n

"When you play away from home, and against a desperate side, you have to deal with those things," Griffin said.<\/p>\n

\ufeffThe Titans play the Broncos next week, while St George Illawarra travels to Canberra.<\/p>\n

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