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Benji Marshall of the Rabbitohs makes a break to score a try against the Titans on the Gold Coast on Friday.
South Sydney have withstood a week of turmoil and a demolition job from David Fifita as an evergreen Benji Marshall carried the Rabbitohs to a comeback win over the Titans in a sensational contest that has early honours for game of the season. Marshall and Fifita have shown themselves to be two of the buys of the season but at different stages of their career. The 21-year-old Fifita treated Souths like under-6s as he smashed his way to a hat-trick of first half tries to give the Titans a 24-10 lead at the break.
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Titans co-captain Jamal Fogarty believes a horrible video review and short turnaround will help the side rebound from last week’s reality check loss to Manly.
The Titans can’t dwell on the 36-0 thrashing from the Sea Eagles for too long as they’ve got a huge test against Wayne Bennett’s Rabbitohs - a side riding a five-game winning streak into Cbus Super Stadium on Friday.
Gold Coast coach Justin Holbrook made his players sit through an uncomfortable video review session on Monday but Fogarty walked out confident his team would learn a lesson from the poor performance in Mudgee.
He will face off against Manly star and the NRL s iceman Daly Cherry-Evans in Mudgee on Sunday as he looks to build on his quest to be re-signed. Taylor said he was not focused on securing a new contract and hoped his performances would be enough to clinch a deal. I don t really think about that, Taylor said. I just do whatever it takes for the team to win games even if that means me running around out there behind a decoy all night. I m here to try to get a new deal but that s not on my mind. I m just focused on my footy for now.
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We are a fifth into the season and several things are still very clear: the Panthers are the team to catch, the Storm, Rabbitohs and Roosters are still contenders, while another long season could loom large for the Broncos, Cowboys and Bulldogs.
In fact, what threatens to be the biggest mismatch of the season will kick off Round 6 of the NRL, with the undefeated Panthers flying north to face the reigning wooden spooners, the Broncos, at Suncorp Stadium on Thursday night.