NRL live updates: St George Illawarra Dragons vs New Zealand Warriors, Manly Sea Eagles vs Gold Coast Titans

Luke Sommerton is just on the field at hooker as Oliver Pascoe comes off with a concussion.

Sommerton spies an offside marker on the last and takes the risk to run straight at him, forcing Gerard Sutton to wave six again, which he does.

The Titans attack down the right and Arama Hau offloads to Keano Kini, but he can’t handle and the pressure releases.

That’s a phenomenal looping pass from Jayden Campbell, perfectly weighted into the path of Phil Sami on the left wing, who ducks under a tackle and dives over.

Could that be the start of a comeback?

Burbo has a head clash with Chris Randall and he’s been adjudged as having category 1 symptoms. So his night is over.

Jamal Fogarty’s torpedo bomb is perfect! It rises into the night sky, tips at its peak and falls like a bullet.

Keano Kini can’t get close, but the bounce is kind for the Titans and Jensen Taumoepeau flies up the other way about 60 metres.

Jaylan de Groot is penalised for a hip drop on Clayton Faulalo. He’s briefly in pain, but thankfully gets up and runs it off.

Meanwhile, Reuben Garrick slots the penalty goal.

That’s Phil Sami’s second of the half and the Sea Eagles attack from 30 metres out.

Are the errors a result of fatigue from all the defence? Is the defence a result of all the errors?

Yes and yes. A vicious cycle.

Gold Coast toiler Josh Patston is in the hands of trainers and he appears to have some concern with his jaw or maybe even his throat.

He looks very uncomfortable on the sideline.

Jayden Campbell steals Clayton Faulalo’s attempted chip and chase, and the Titans go the other way.

The Titans find space with Chris Randall breaking through, then get a penalty off an apparent dropped ball.

Oliver Pascoe flies upfield off the quick tap.

All the momentum is behind them, but then Kurtis Morrin is hammered by Jamal Fogarty as he catches an inside ball and it comes spitting out of the tackle.

Josh Hannay watches on in agony.

Finally the Gold Coast is set for a first tackle in the opposition half since the break, but Jayden Campbell drops it cold. This is brutal for the Titans.

The Titans are yet to cross halfway in this half and the pressure eventually tells as Luke Brooks goes out to Ben Trbojevic on the left and he lays the ball back inside for a flying Clayton Faulalo to burst through to score.

Lovely footy.

That’s Fozball.

Luke Brooks’s grubber is too heavy but gets a touch by the Titans who, despite having no possession or field position, go long with the dropout.

Surely it’s worth trying a short one.

Again, just like the first, the Titans are in the arm wrestle but a dropped ball hurts them. This time it’s Phil Sami dropping it cold.

The second half starts at Brooky with Josh Patston running into a brick wall.

And the Titans can’t make it to the 40m line off the first set of the half. That’s been the story of the game, really. Manly’s defence just giving nothing away.

A genuine arm wrestle at Brookvale Oval. The sort of game they keep the grass long for. I thought they were gone!

Credit to the Titans for hanging in this match and weathering a mountain of possession and field position going against them.

Luke Brooks tells Fox his team, going for its seventh win from its past eight games, needs to be better in attack.

“It’s been a bit scrappy,” he tells Fox.

“We’ve had a lot of ball but only come up with one try. Hopefully we can improve it in the second half.”

As Jamal Fogarty’s 40/20 attempt falls 2 metres short, the stats read:

• 57 per cent possession for Manly vs Gold Coast’s 43
• Manly leads completion rate 92 per cent to 71 per cent
• The Titans have done 40 more tackles

And yet it’s just one unconverted try the difference on the scoreboard.

The Titans are throwing it all over the park and desperately trying to find a hole in the Sea Eagles’ line, but there’s no gaps to be found and eventually Chris Randall fumbles.

A couple of wrong turns in that play, but it’s all a bit frantic for a pretty exhausted team.

The Manly lock is whacked by Arama Hau and stays down for a while, clearly saying “what the f***?” in the direction of the referee.

I assume he’s claiming a high shot, but Gerard Sutton isn’t listening.

Finally some ball in decent field position, but the Titans’ set ends before its time once again as AJ Brimson’s grubber off the left foot goes straight into touch.

Mercifully for the Gold Coast it crossed the line before going into the in-goal, so no seven-tackle set and 20m tap. Small mercies I suppose.

After his superb catch and pass to set up Blake Wilson a couple minutes ago, Clayton Faulalo tries something similar again, but winger Jensen Taumoepeau isn’t committed to the fullback, so he can just double defend and gets Wilson into touch.

Faulalo was cursing himself the moment he let go of the ball, even as Wilson beat a tackler and tried to offload back infield to him.