Foran dominates NRL newbies in massive win

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Kieran Foran has starred successful the Gold Coast Titans' last NRL pre-season tune-up successful a comfy triumph implicit its Queensland rival Dolphins.

The seasoned playmaker was astatine his masterful best, pulling the strings to perfection arsenic the Titans ran retired 40-16 winners successful Redcliffe.

21-year-old prima Alofiana Khan-Pereira was unstoppable for the Titans, scoring 4 tries, portion Jojo Fifita, Aaron Schoupp and Sam McIntyre besides deed the scoreboard.

At the bosom of it each was the 32-year-old Foran, the Titans' prima off-season recruit.

"I emotion the touches from the large off-season recruit, Kieran Foran, the archetypal 1 a bully walk and past toying with them here, mounting up different play retired the back," league fable Cooper Cronk said connected Fox League's coverage.

"He sums it up truthful quickly. He's truthful calm," Tigers icon Steve Roach added.

Foran, too, was impressed by his side's outing, but lamented a 2nd fractional which saw Connelly Lemuelu and Kurt Donoghoe grounds tries for the Dolphins.

"Pretty blessed with however we started but gee we finished poorly," helium told Fox League.

"We did a just spot of enactment connected (the near edge) passim the pre-season but you ne'er cognize however it's going to spell until you spell retired and trial it during a game.

"Things person gone good for america contiguous but arsenic we saw successful that past 15 if we don't clasp the shot we don't get down there."

Justin Holbrook's broadside volition present displacement its attraction to circular one, with a roadworthy match-up against the Wests Tigers connected deck. The Dolphins volition instrumentality connected the Sydney Roosters successful their archetypal authoritative NRL regular play match.

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