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The Broncos and Titans are playing a local derby on the Gold Coast, with Brisbane trying to build on their win over the Dolphins last week.

The Cowboys beat St George Illawarra 32-0 earlier, continuing the Dragons' bad start to the season.

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By Nick Campton

Reece Walsh is out of the game after failing his HIA, which means he'll miss the next match against the Cowboys.

Reynolds might return tonight, but only if needed.

By Nick Campton

Pascoe tips Mam above the horizontal, and the Broncos get a penalty. One more try could end the game.

But Hau steals the ball on the first carry after the tap. Nice play from the big man.

By Nick Campton

Gold Coast almost scored after Brimson ran a great angle to get outside Staggs, but it was called back for being forward.

That's a bad call, I thought it was alright.

Then Staggs got past Brimson, passed to Arthars, and the makeshift fullback scored.

A cruel blow - Staggs missed the kick again, he's 0/3 now. It could've been 16-12, but it's 20-6.

By Nick Campton

Brisbane scored again - a ball from Carrigan went to ground, but Mam got behind Campbell, and Shibasaski supported to score.

That's a fair 10 minutes from the Broncos, considering half their spine is out. Staggs made no mistake this time, but yes, he did, he hooked the kick bad, and it's 16-6 Broncos.

By Nick Campton

Hunt put up a bomb, Mariner tapped it back, Staggs hooked a kick inside, which found Mam, and he had Willison in support to score a great try!

Out of nothing, but that's what Brisbane can do even if they're undermanned.

Staggs, the Broncos' third-string kicker, kicked it wide, but it's 12-6 Brisbane.

By Nick Campton

It's close, and it feels like it's up for grabs in the second half, especially if Walsh doesn't return.

By Nick Campton

Walsh is involved in everything tonight. He got his angles wrong heading in to tackle Morrin and hit his head on Morrin's hip. He'll be off for an HIA.

Antonio Verhoeven came on for his NRL debut and lined up at second row with Shibasaki moving to wing and Arthars going to fullback.

By Nick Campton

Walsh just won a contest over Kini, rounded Feamani, burned Bai, and outpaced Hau in a great 90-meter try, but the touchie put his flag up, Bai just forced Walsh wide enough to put his foot on the line.

Instead of being down eight, the Titans are on the attack.

By Nick Campton

Sami lost the ball on his own 20, and Brisbane have a chance at an immediate reply. Fotuaika clipped him high, and it's a penalty ten out, right in front. Brisbane took the tap.

Hunt put Talty through a big gap, but the pass was called forward. The Titans survived.

By Nick Campton

Walsh looked to hit Mam on an inside pass, and he did, but Fotuaika forced the ball free with a good shot, and Fifita picked up the scraps to go 60 meters and score.

A well-deserved try for the Titans, they've held their own tonight. Campbell converted, and it's 8-6 Broncos.

By Nick Campton

Kini went straight through, and he had Morrin in support, the cover dragged him down, but then Kini knocked it on at dummy half as he went to pick it up. That's a heartbreaker.

By Nick Campton

A ruck penalty that prevented the Broncos from playing the ball stopped play just to the left of the uprights, and Walsh will take the two as a result. Brisbane lead 8-0.

By Nick Campton

Big change here - Adam Reynolds came off for the Broncos with Ben Hunt replacing him at halfback after suffering a groin injury.

By Nick Campton

Kini struggled under the high ball again; this time, there was a contest with Staggs, the ball was loose, and the center was claiming the try.

The Bunker said Kini had the ball, but Staggs stripped it, and it went forward. Lucky escape for the Titans.

By Nick Campton

Mariner lost the ball under heavy pressure from Fa'asuamaleaui, it fell for Fermor, and he cruised over.

The ref said the knock-on from Mariner came before the contact. Mariner is appealing for the penalty - let's see.

On replay, Fa'asuamaleaui's arm just touched Mariner before the ball got there. This'll be a penalty.

But the officials found an escort penalty on Walsh. Gold Coast will keep the ball, as that's the first infringement.

By Nick Campton

The Titans tapped back an Ilias bomb and swung it wide to Hau, he stepped inside and went for the line, only for Mam to get underneath him and strip it at the last second.

Brisbane went short on the drop out and found touch, they survived.

By Nick Campton

The pressure on Shane Flanagan is set to increase after St George Illawarra had their worst start to a season with a 32-0 loss to North Queensland.

The Dragons were booed by fans at a half-empty Kogarah on full-time on Saturday, after their worst performance of the season.

The result means they are now winless through their first five games for the first time in history, while the team's losing streak is now at a record nine, dating back to August.

Potentially making matters worse for the Dragons was co-captain and fullback Clint Gutherson limping up the tunnel at full-time with a leg injury.

On the flip side, North Queensland now have three straight wins, just weeks after their coach Todd Payten's job security had appeared as bleak as Flanagan's following a 0-2 start.

Flanagan now needs a revival of that kind from his Dragons, after he conceded on Friday he was 'a realist' and knew he needed wins to remain coach.

In two-and-a-bit seasons at the club, he has blooded a number of young forwards, but the Dragons' finals drought is now at risk of reaching an eighth year.

They had at least been in all of their first four losses until late in the game, but were never in the contest on Saturday.

Scott Drinkwater and Jaxon Purdue blitzed them, with Drinkwater kicking a 40-20 before the Cowboys' first, then slicing through the Dragons' left edge two plays later to score.

The Dragons' best attacking raid in the first half ended when Dan Atkinson kicked on the second tackle, which was easily scooped up by Drinkwater.

Moments later, it was 10-0 when Jake Clifford offloaded for Purdue to go 65 meters and score, before Clifford later grubber-kicked for Purdue's second on halftime.

The Dragons could count themselves somewhat unlucky in the lead-up to Purdue's second, with David Fale penalised for an extended boot to Murray Taulagi's neck as he leapt to catch a bomb.

Nothing summed up the Dragons' day more than a 90-metre Braidon Burns try, when a wayward Lyhkan King-Togia pass went to ground from a Dragons scrum.

Making matters worse for the Dragons was the fact that it came while the Cowboys were down to 12 men, with Reuben Cotter sin-binned for a professional foul.

King-Togia, in particular, had a poor afternoon in place of the concussed Kyle Flanagan, while Atkinson's kicking game was below par, with multiple grubbers going dead.

In contrast, Clifford was great at No.6 for the Cowboys, and Purdue had a field day outside him.

The centre finished with 189 meters to go with his two tries, and also sent Taulagi over for one in the second half.

Burns and Sam McIntyre both limped off with ankle injuries in the win, the only sour note for the Cowboys.

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By Nick Campton

A set restart on a seven-tackle set put Brisbane on the attack, but a forward pass from Mam let the Titans off the hook.

By Nick Campton

In Brisbane's first set of the night, they got a set restart to roll down the field, Walsh put a bomb up on the last, and ran through to take it over Kini to score a spectacular try in his 100th NRL game.

Kini's struggles under the high ball continued, Walsh - who apparently has 60 family and friends from Nerang here tonight - set the tone early, and once Reynolds converted, Brisbane led 6-0.

By Nick Campton

Broncos kicked off, running right to left.

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