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If all goes to plan for coach Justin Holbrook, David Fifita won't start for Gold Coast any time soon after his bold call to unleash his marquee man from the bench had spectacular results on Sunday. A fired-up Fifita was unstoppable at times, wreaking havoc off the interchange to inspire a 32-10 thumping of St George Illawarra at Cbus Super Stadium and keep the Titans' finals dream alive. It was almost men against boys as Fifita scored a barnstorming 34th-minute try and set up another, finishing with two line breaks, one line break assist and 13 tackle busts while running 127 metres.

TIP NOW Fifita terrorised centre Ramsay and halfback Ben Hunt on the Dragons' left edge and was on the field for just 11 minutes when he bumped them both off to score a freakish solo try. He was denied a second under the sticks early in the second half after he was stripped by Jack Bird, but in the next set he steamrolled Ramsay to set up Greg Marzhew with a flick pass to put the Titans ahead 18-6. The 21-year-old finished with a whopping eight tackle-breaks, two linebreaks, a try, a try-assist and 111 metres in the important victory. "Possibly, yeah," Holbrook said when asked if he'd play Fi...

Eels v Raiders, Thursday 7.50pm at Cbus Super Stadium Eels: Mitchell Moses has been ruled out of Thursday night's clash against the Raiders due to a back fracture suffered in Origin III so Jake Arthur will play halfback again this week. Tom Opacic is also out and his place in the centres is taken by Will Penisini on debut, while Blake Ferguson has been recalled for his first game since round 12 at the expense of Haze Dunster. Joey Lussick and Makahesi Makatoa were the first two players cut 24 hours before kick-off. The Eels have won their past three games against the Raiders.

Phil Gould comes online as Bulldogs football manager as of Monday, with 13 off-contract players and a dozen open roster spots his first priority. Gould's return to the club he coached to a title more than 30 years ago begins via Zoom due to Sydney's latest COVID-19 outbreak, and there is no clear answer on when he will actually meet Canterbury players face-to-face. Critical calls on several of their futures will likely come before then. As well as having nearly half of Trent Barrett's top-30 roster unsigned beyond this season (only South Sydney has more than the Bulldogs 13 off-contract top s...

One of the 13 Dragons players who was busted at an illegal house party amid Sydney's lockdown has admitted the group never thought they'd get caught. Josh Maguire, 31, attended the now-infamous barbecue at prop Paul Vaughan's Shellharbour home, south of Sydney, on July 3. Vaughan was sacked while the dozen other players were given one match suspensions. Maguire, who joined St George Illawarra this season after previously starring for the Cowboys and Broncos, fronted the media and said he and his fellow teammates never thought the gathering would 'escalate to the magnitude it has'. Josh Magui...