LIVE: Maroons star suffers cruel injury blow

Alright that was a bonkers archetypal half.

Off the backmost of a Souths error, the Titans person scored again and volition deed the shed with a steadfast cushion.

Again, the Rabbitohs were connected the onslaught but a dropped shot from Keaon Koloamatangi gave the Titans a acceptable successful beardown tract position, and Jojo Fitita gets implicit the line.

From the sideline, Tanah Boyd's footwear looks bully conscionable astir the full way, but fades crossed the face.

They spell hunting for oranges with a six constituent lead.

In the shadows of fractional time, Alex Johnston has his 2nd for the afternoon, and it was astir comical.

Isaiah Tass had 2 defenders connected him, but erstwhile helium got a precocious offload retired to Johnston, helium astir virtually walked implicit the enactment and mildly tapped the shot connected the ground.

It was an exceptional show of trolling.

Taaffe's footwear is bully this clip though, and the Titans' pb is backmost down to two.

The Titans person scored again, with Alofiana Khan-Pereira moving distant to dependable the vessel for the Queensland side.

Moments earlier, Jai Arrow was forced from the tract with an evident ankle wounded picked up successful a tackle.

Chris Randall was putting a tackle connected Arrow and the value of some men came down connected the Queenslander's ankle. He tried to basal up and enactment connected the field, but intelligibly couldn't enactment overmuch value connected it.

"That's not a large look … he's had a unspeakable tally this year," Shane Flanagan said successful commentary for Fox Sports.

"He's had a atrocious hamstring wounded and he's conscionable got backmost and has been playing immoderate bully football. Hopefully it's not excessively bad."

But it mightiness be. Arrow has since failed a fittingness trial and is done for the evening. He'll necessitate scans tomorrow.

That's a immense interest not lone for Souths, but the Maroons too.

They've done it again!

Almost arsenic easy arsenic the archetypal try, the Rabbitohs person scored a second.

Quick hands get the shot left, and Alex Johnston strolls into the corner.

Unfortunately, Taaffe's footwear is simply a wobbly 1 and the Titans clasp a slender lead.

Concerning for the Titans.

With their archetypal existent accidental with the Steeden, the Rabbitohs person crossed done large antheral Keaon Koloamatangi.

He skipped onto Jayden Campbell's outside, and powered his mode to the enactment with 3 Titans connected his back.

With Latrell Mitchell retired with that calf wounded that kept him retired of Origin, Blake Taaffe is connected kicking duties, and helium knocks it implicit for the other two.

Off the backmost of a fifty-fifty punishment for precocious interaction connected Tanah Boyd, the Titans person scored again.

Chris Randall is the antheral to get his sanction connected the card, and Boyd erstwhile again nails the conversion.

The Titans bash this a spot - contention retired to an aboriginal pb - but the existent trial volition travel aboriginal successful this fractional erstwhile fatigue starts to instrumentality its toll.

Iszac Fa'asumaleaui has his archetypal effort successful the NRL!

Tanah Boyd danced done the Souths defence, and was well-supported by Fa'asumaleaui erstwhile came up to immoderate trouble.

He scores adjacent to the posts and gives Boys a straightforward footwear archetypal up.

Good commencement for the Titans!

We're underway connected the Gold Coast!

With the objection of Jai Arrow, each Origin stars volition beryllium coming disconnected the seat arsenic they backmost up aft Game I.

Gold Coast Titans

1. Keano Kini 2. Alofiana Khan-Pereira 3. Phillip Sami 4. Aaron Schoupp 5. Jojo Fifita 6. Jayden Campbell 7. Tanah Boyd 8. Moeaki Fotuaika 9. Chris Randall 17. Iszac Fa'asumaleaui 16. Haas 12. Joe Stimson 13. Isaac Liu (Interchange) 10. Tino Fa'asuamaleaui 11. David Fifita 14. Sam Verrills 15. Erin Clark (18th Man) 19. Brian Kelly

South Sydney Rabbitohs

1. Blake Taaffe 2. Alex Johnston 3. Isaiah Tass 4. Campbell Graham 5. Richard Kennar 6. Cody Walker 7. Lachlan Ilias 8. Tevita Tatola 9. Damien Cook 10. Hame Sele 11. Keaon Koloamatangi 12. Jacob Host 14. Jai Arrow (Interchange) 13. Cameron Murray 15. Michael Chee Kam 16. Shaq Mitchell 17. Daniel Suluka-Fifita (18th Man) 18. Taane Milne