Titans NYC 2015

Shot clock in today's NYC clash

Sun 23rd August, 09:41AM


The ‘shot clock’, which is proposed for the NRL next season, will be trialled in today’s Holden Cup clash between the Gold Training Titans and Canberra Raiders at Cbus Super Stadium.

The rule involves a strict time period for players to restart play with a scrum or line-drop-out to avoid time wasting. There will be 35 seconds allowed form the time the referee signals scrum to when it must be packed, and 30 seconds for a goal-line drop-out.

A team that fails to restart during that period will be penalised. The countdown will be posted on the electronic scoreboard for teams to be aware of how time is progressing.

If a player is injured during the period, to avoid time-wasting he will have to be removed from the field for medical attention, or attended to in back play, while play continues.

Being a Fox Sports televised game, the captain’s call rule will also apply in this match which is usual in televised under-20s games. That gives each team the opportunity to contest a referee’s decision once per half, although each time successful you retain another call.

Titans coach Ben Woolf is looking at some positional switches in his team, with halfback Braydon Torpy out with a hip injury. Daniel Schwass will move to halfback, Karl Lawton from hooker to five-eighth and Chris Law will start as hooker.

The Titans are placed 14th after just seven wins this season but five have been against teams currently in the top eight – leaders Penrith, third-placed Brisbane (by 36-6), fourth-placed Sydney Roosters, fifth-placed Manly and eighth-placed Wests Tigers.

They will be after another scalp against the sixth-placed Raiders who are without powerful centre Brenko Lee who has been called up to the Raiders’ NSW Cup side, Mounties.

However a danger man will be lock Tevita Pangai Junior who is a powerful runner and easily leads the NYC in offloads.

Kick-off is 11.45am.
 
Nice!. The U-20s game is televised, Our team doesn't look too bad, our backline looks real good but we may lack the size.
 
Great match so far with Dan Schwass's kicking keeping the Raiders at their end of the park but the Titans defense has been awesome.

If you are at the game you should be able to hear the Raiders new fullback in Kenny Nagus yelling every call from the back of the ruck, I think he's taking over from Langer as the longest time spent on the field by a trainer :laugh:

How the hell was Lawton binned for defending himself

Halftime Titans 28-0
 
For those who missed it

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the biff
 
NYC PREVIEW: Titans v Dragons
http://www.titans.com.au/

The Gold Training Titans under-20s side, like their NRL counterparts, will have several players making their last appearance for the club at Cbus Super Stadium tomorrow and are motivated to finish with a win against the Dragons in front of their home crowd.

After beating six of the current top eight sides – Brisbane, Manly, Sydney Roosters, Canberra and Penrith – the challenge for Ben Woolf’s side is to put in those sort of performances against the lower eight sides.

They are placed 12th and the Dragons are 13th but like the Titans, the Dragons have strung a few wins together in the past two months, including some against some of the top eight.

The Titans’ for-and-against record shows their true form this season, just minus 71 which is better than six other teams. Twice this season they have been beaten by a point and by two points once, and victory in two of them would have them a point out of the eight, and may have sparked more victories.

“We can’t change that but I certainly think one of two wins during that period when we lost nine straight and had injuries could have turned our season around,” said Woolf. “Our goal is to finish the season well, although we have a tough one in the last round against the leaders North Queensland.

“We were great last week and made no errors in first half except going into touch twice when they backed themselves. But the problem is we haven’t been able to win games we should win, and that’s our challenge this week.

“Some of the 20 years old realise they’re time in the Holden Cup is coming to an end and they have to go out there and play Queensland Cup or find their way outside of 20s and that provides some extra motivation to do all we can in these last two weeks – they’re a pretty close knit side.”

Braydon Torpy returns from injury at halfback and will be partnered with Karl Lawton with the Schwass brothers, Daniel and Hayden, heading back to Burleigh Bears in the Intrust Super Cup.

Woolf will be looking for another big performance from prop Oshae Tuiasau who has been tremendous ion the past month and will join the NRL squad net year.

“Oshea has stepped up his game and he has taken it upon himself to stand up and really lead from the front with some inexperienced props doing into the side,” Woolf said.

The Gold Training NYC team is:

1 - Shaun Hudson (capt)

2 – Greg Leleisiuao

3 – Rory Humphreys

4 – Brian Kelly

5 – Tyronne Roberts Davis

6 – Karl Lawton

7 - Brayden Torpy

8 – Oshae Tuiasua

9 – Chris Law

10 - Max Elliott

11 – Rhys Duke

12 – Josh Berkers

13 - Parahi Wilson (capt)

Interchange:

14 – Shane Wright

15 – Anthony Colman

16 – Simione Fatefahi

17 – Jerome Veve

18 – Brayden McGrady

19 – Nathan Watts
 
The most interesting part of this math may be the referee its Qld Origin heroe in Dale Shearers son Jackson Shearer, Definatly a 1st for the this level of RL
 
elaborate a little? or were you not there either HS?

Wasn't there man, looking at the stats though we missed a lot of tackles through the middle and edges

GL ran for 250 metres though, with 9 tackle busts.

2 of their backrowers ran for over 200m, and the other ran for 170m. Think thats where we lost the game
 
Jed Cartwright edges towards NRL with Gold Coast Titans
TRAVIS MEYN GOLD COAST BULLETIN SEPTEMBER 04, 2015 12:00AM

ANOTHER Cartwright is edging towards the NRL with Gold Coast Titans young gun Jed to step into the top squad next season.

The son of foundation *Titans coach John Cartwright will spend the pre-season training full-time with Neil Henry’s NRL squad after piling on a staggering 14kg in the past year.

The 18-year-old is tipping the scales at a whopping 101kg as he attempts to emulate his father by developing into a powerful back-rower.

The Titans rate Cartwright so highly they yesterday extended his stay at the club until at least 2017.

And the Palm Beach Cur*rumbin graduate is hoping to put the frustrations of an injury-plagued under-20s season behind him as he continues his journey to the NRL.


“Training full-time will help me put on weight and get fitter,” he said.

“It’ll be a good experience to train with some of the older boys.

“Last year I didn’t think I’d be getting a pre-season now or playing as many 20s games as I have.

“It’s (NRL) definitely getting closer.”

Cartwright made his under-20s debut in Round 1 and played 10 games before undergoing an ankle reconstruction.

He will have a minor shoulder operation later this month but is expected to hit the pre-season running.

The speedy centre has been demolishing protein shakes, eggs and tuna while recovering from surgery, which has limited him to mostly weights sessions in the gym.
“A lot,” Cartwright said when asked what he’s been eating.

“I’m eating constantly. I wanted to get to 96kg this year then be in the 100s next year.

“I want to move into the back-row eventually. It will depend if I lose much speed or what Woolfy (coach Ben Woolf) wants me to play.

“I’m not too bothered about whether I play back row or centre.

“It’ll depend how I’m carrying the weight when I’m running.”

At 195cm, Cartwright is taller than his father, who was a damaging ball runner for Penrith, NSW and Australia.

His cousin Bryce Cartwright is rated one of the NRL’s most promising young forwards and Woolf said Jed was far from a finished *product.

“He’s a good kid. The most impressive thing with him this year was how confidently he stepped into (under-20s),” he said.

Cartwright is expected to be joined in the NRL squad for the pre-season by under-20s teammates Karl Lawton, Oshae Tuiasau and Brian Kelly.
 
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