NRL ScoreCentre: Dolphins defeat Gold Coast Titans in additional time after Jamayne Isaako penalty purpose

Dolphins winger Jamayne Isaako landed an eighty fifth minute golden level penalty purpose to safe a 23-21 win over the Gold Coast and hold his facet’s finals hope alive.

The penalty got here when Gold Coast utility Erin Clark was dominated offside as Isaako tried a discipline purpose as the primary interval of golden level drew in the direction of to an in depth.

It got here after a crowd of 18,235 at Robina was handled to a Sunday afternoon thriller, although they’ll have left disillusioned after the Titans gave up one other half-time lead.

Amid excessive pressure late within the match, Isaako landed a 74th minute discipline purpose to provide his facet a 21-20 benefit.

His team-mate Sean O’Sullivan then misplaced the ball over the road when he thought he’d scored the match-sealer. The Titans went down the opposite finish and half Tanah Boyd stepped up within the 78th minute with one other discipline purpose to degree the scores at 21-all.

Titans fullback Jayden Campbell broke the membership operating metres report beforehand shared by Jai Arrow and Phil Sami, at 290m, in the most effective video games performed in a Gold Coast jersey.

He ran for 305m in a surprising show however it was the Dolphins, ending a four-game shedding streak, who obtained house to affix the Titans on 20 factors, two factors outdoors the highest eight.

O’Sullivan managed the play beautifully within the early exchanges along with his kicks however it was his double pump to place Connelly Lemuelu over that obtained the Dolphins on the board within the sixteenth minute.

Veteran Titans playmaker Kieran Foran then began and completed a sensational motion. The stylish No.6 lobbed a move to flying winger Alofiana Khan-Pereira, who kicked forward for Foran to chase and rating.

Foran, captaining the facet in his 275th sport, was once more the supplier with one other cut-out move to place winger Phil Sami in to provide the Titans a 14-6 lead on the break.

Campbell’s hand denied a attempt after halftime when Jarrod Wallace broke clear and offloaded, however the Dolphins prop wouldn’t be denied minutes later when he crashed over subsequent to the posts.

The injection of Anthony Milford off the bench gave the Dolphins spark within the second half, and he held up the Titans defence with ability to place a rampaging Kenny Bromwich over. When Isaako snaffled a Milford bomb the Dolphins led 20-14.

Foran once more inserted himself into the fray with a delayed move to ship Brian Kelly in out huge to degree it up earlier than the frenetic last 11 minutes unfolded.

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