The Titans pip the Sharks for the last remaining spot in the finals after beating the Warriors 44-0, while the Bulldogs thrash the Wests Tigers 38-0 in Redcliffe.
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Titans qualify for finals
Gold Coast is through to the finals for the first time in five seasons after thrashing the Warriors 44-0 in a spiteful clash in Robina.
The Titans’ 10th victory of the season locked in an elimination final against the Sydney Roosters at Townsville next Saturday night, while also extinguishing the finals hopes of Cronulla.
Doubles from David Fifita and rookie fullback Jayden Campbell lifted the Titans from 10th into eighth spot after needing to win by a minimum of 11 points.
It will be the first time the Titans have played finals since finishing eighth in 2016 when they were knocked out in week one of the play-offs.
Fifita made an impact off the bench with a try in each half. His tally of 17 for the season is a new Titans’ record.
But it was Campbell, son of club legend Preston, who lit up the field.
In just his sixth NRL game the 21-year-old showed no signs of the pressure the Titans were under to book a finals spot.
Brave and busy, Campbell set up the first try for himself with a dart from dummy half and later went the length of the field in broken play to score under the posts.
Although deputising for injured Queensland fullback AJ Brimson, Campbell is building a case to stay in the number one jersey next season.
His two tries, 222 running metres, eight tackle breaks and try assist will do his chances no harm.
But while the Titans were celebrating, it was a miserable end to a gutsy season for the Warriors, who were down to just 10 players late in the game.
Emotion bubbled over with 16 minutes to play as Jazz Tevaga was sent to the sin-bin for escalating a melee.
Matt Lodge’s late hit on Tyrone Peachey sparked a similar incident just a minute later, with Lodge and Kane Evans subsequently marched from the field.
Evans in particular will be looking at more time on the sidelines for throwing punches, while Lodge could face his third suspension since joining the Warriors mid-season.
Titans forward Jarrod Wallace was also sin-binned in the latter scuffle for running in to defend Peachey.
Titans hooker Mitch Rein was also placed on report for dangerous contact on Warriors fullback Reece Walsh early in the first half.
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