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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.
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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 Fifita in a similar way over the last six games.
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After ensuring his place on highlight reels for years to come with his WWE antics on Sunday, Braden Hamlin-Uele hopes try celebrations become a regular occurrence in the NRL.
The Sharks prop s impression of The Rock s signature People s Elbow wrestling move resulted in Sportsbet donating $10,000 to the Men of League s Mose Masoe appeal as part of its Try July promotion.
And Hamlin-Uele, who pretended to punch teammate Jack Williams after barging over Warriors fullback Reece Walsh to score on Sunday, wants try celebrations to continue for more than just a month. One hundred percent - I mean, the NFL do it, we can’t we do it? It brings a bit of enjoyment to the fans, the front-rower said after Cronulla s gritty 20-12 victory at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium.