Titans stun Raiders with comeback win

The Gold Coast Titans have come from nowhere to snatch a 24-20 victory over the Canberra Raiders on Easter Saturday.

Despite being dominated by Canberra for most of the match, the Titans somehow managed to score 18 straight points in the final 15 minutes to close out the match, after displaying very little in attack for the opening 65 minutes of the match.

A silly penalty from Frank-Paul Nuuausala in the final five minutes gave the Titans a final crack at victory after the Raiders hard man ironed out Ryan James off the ball.

And the Titans took that opportunity with both hands, scoring through John Olive after the Bunker stuck with an on-field try call. 

That was the third-straight Gold Coast try, after David Shillington and Zeb Taia also scored late through some soft goal-line defence from the Raiders.

The Titans finished far stronger than Canberra who appeared to take their foot off the pedal late, showing less and less aggression and intensity as the game wore on.

The display continued a run of surprisingly good form from the Gold Coast who now sit at the top of the NRL Telstra Premiership on six competition points.

Dally M Medal leader Josh Hodgson was once again outstanding for the Green Machine, brilliantly setting up two tries through crafty dummy-half play.

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NRL.COM