{"id":61903,"date":"2021-04-23T10:14:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T10:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=61903"},"modified":"2021-04-23T11:57:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T11:57:11","slug":"gun-titans-hat-trick-matches-legends-heroics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=61903","title":{"rendered":"Gun Titan&#039;s hat-trick matches legend&#039;s heroics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Superstar Gold Coast Titans second-rower David Fifita has become the first forward to score two hat-tricks in a season since Manly Sea Eagles legend Steve Menzies in 1998.<\/p>\n<p>Fifita was unstoppable in <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/live-scores-2021-gold-coast-titans-south-sydney-parramatta-eels-brisbane-broncos-start-time-results-news-round-7\/871e61c6-7a31-4206-bb95-63ea7657a8ad\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"the Titans&#x27; clash with the South Sydney Rabbitohs at Cbus Super Stadium\">the Titans&#x27; clash with the Rabbitohs at Cbus Super Stadium<\/a>, although it was South Sydney who eventually prevailed, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/live-scores\/titans-v-rabbitohs-nrl-2021\/321072\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"40-30\">40-30<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The former Bronco crossed for his first try after just a couple of minutes, outmuscling four Rabbitohs.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6249982615001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/04\/354919\/pickerImage.jpg\" alt=\"David Fifita grabs opening try of the match\" data-vms-id=\"ref:cknu23b0y000r0rqvzr0begpb\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He then snared another try on a searching run on the left edge in the 31st minute, refusing to be tackled after a tap restart.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NRL\/status\/1385514028873576448\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/NRL\/status\/1385514028873576448<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Fifita then rounded out his hat-trick when he burst onto a Brian Kelly short ball on the left edge less than three minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He&#x27;s his own action hero,&quot; said Fox League commentator Warren Smith after Fifita&#x27;s third try.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He could have his own action figurine. He could be on the front of a DC comic. Starring in a Marvel movie!&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NRL\/status\/1385515031815618560\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/NRL\/status\/1385515031815618560<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tonight&#x27;s hat-trick followed his three-try heroics against the Newcastle Knights at Cbus Super Stadium in round five.<\/p>\n<p>Menzies scored a hat-trick against the Adelaide Rams in round 22 of the 1998 season, grabbed a double against the North Queensland Cowboys in round 23 and added another hat-trick against the New Zealand Warriors in round 24.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><em><strong>clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Superstar Gold Coast Titans second-rower David Fifita has become the first forward to score two hat-tricks in a season since Manly Sea Eagles legend Steve <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=61903\" title=\"Gun Titan&#039;s hat-trick matches legend&#039;s heroics\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61903"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61903"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61905,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61903\/revisions\/61905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}