Wallabies recruit Carter Gordon watched on from behind Gold Coast’s bench as his 2025 membership scored their highest-ever whole in an entire thrashing of the New Zealand Warriors on Saturday afternoon.
Jayden Campbell and Alofiana Khan-Pereira starred in a document 66-6 thumping of Andrew Webster’s facet at Cbus Tremendous Stadium. Campbell answered his critics with a record-breaking 26-point exhibiting, together with 11 of 11 conversions and a second-half strive.
To compound the Warriors’ woes, No.6 Te Maire Martin (hip drop) and centre Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (lifting sort out) had been placed on report.
Coach Andrew Webster stated his gamers had been “devastated” by the humiliating loss. “We acquired what we deserved. Right now could be very embarrassing, however we will positively come again,” Webster stated.
“We acquired rolled utterly down the sector. Each single participant is accountable for that in the present day.”
Away followers streamed in to the bottom earlier than kick-off, and the mantra of “Warriors, Warriors …” could possibly be heard 500 metres from Cbus Tremendous Stadium.
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The Warriors devoted among the many crowd of twenty-two,782 had been quickly silenced by their crew’s ineptitude and the razzle-dazzle of a red-hot house outfit.
Titans winger Alofiana Khan-Pereira crossed 4 instances to grow to be the NRL’s main strive scorer for the season, with 14.
His pace was an excessive amount of for the sluggish Warriors to get anyplace close to.
The Titans had been on fireplace within the opening half, with halves Campbell and Kieran Foran supreme.
Campbell threw a sensational cutout cross to ship try-scoring machine Khan-Pereira over on quarter-hour, and Foran unfurled a misleading quick ball for second-rower Beau Fermor to storm in quickly after.
The Titans’ third strive was pure embarrassment for the woeful Warriors as hooker Chris Randall wafted ahead Jazz Tevaga away like he wasn’t there to make it 18-0.
Six minutes later, Campbell – who had been backed to the hilt by coach Des Hasler in the course of the week – stepped his means by extra non-existent Warriors defence and prop Keenan Palasia did the remainder.
“He confirmed in the present day simply how harmful he could be,” Hasler stated of Campbell. “JC is instinctive. He creates factors and line breaks round him.”
The tries stored coming, with Sam Verrills including one other earlier than the break to deliver up the equal-best first-half lead in Titans historical past – matching the 30-0 efficiency towards Canberra in 2013.
The carnage continued within the second half, with Khan-Pereira once more chopping free.
Gold Coast back-rower David Fifita had a blinder and despatched a message to Queensland coach Billy Slater after he was not noted of the Maroons facet for State of Origin II.
Titans skipper Kieran Foran had 4 strive assists for the primary time since he received the 2011 title at Manly below Hasler.
“You rub a fossil lengthy and exhausting sufficient you get a diamond don’t you,” Hasler stated of his No.7.
The Warriors’ season is now on life help and Webster has a number of issues to resolve.
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