Gold Coast surprised the Brisbane Broncos, the defending champions of the Premiership, on Sunday afternoon with a 34-32 victory that was secured by a late comeback.
The squad, beset by injuries, was behind by eight points at the half. However, Titans halfback Tom Weaver stopped Brisbane’s Corey Oates from crossing the line with an outstanding cover tackle within their own 20 meters.
With barely 48 seconds remaining, the home team had one last opportunity to score, and Josiah Karapani dropped the ball to win the game.
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For many gamers, the fight was their last opportunity to appealWalsh just avoided a slight injury scare early in the game when he stopped Tony Francis, a rookie for the Titans, from diving over in the corner. Walsh remained on the ground, gripping his groin, but he soon got back up to play in the following set.Shortly after, the 21-year-old got by the Titans’ defense and found Ezra Mam, who was tackled in the middle of the visitors’ end. The first points were scored on the following play when Payne Haas raced across the line from close range.
“What a statement [from Walsh],” Parker exclaimed.
“He’s in the zone this afternoon; when he’s thinking run first, it’s frightening to try to defend.”
