Only one job front of mind for crucial NRLW clash
The Titans' NRLW season all comes down to a big 70 minutes today.
Providing the Eels knock off the Broncos in the earlier match, a win against the Sydney Roosters will send the Gold Coast to Suncorp Stadium to contest their second consecutive finals series and a chance to play on league's biggest day in a fortnight's time.
Given Karyn Murphy's women have no control over what happens in the earlier game, the Titans mentor has just wanted her playing group to focus on their game and their game only in this final round of the regular season.
Match: Titans v Roosters
Round 5 -
home Team
Titans
6th Position
away Team
Roosters
1st Position
Venue: Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
"I think the bottom line for us and what we're concentrating on is that we've got to beat the Roosters this week and that's our number one job," she said.
"Of course after that, we've got to rely on a few results but our number one is needing to beat the Roosters.
"We've spoken about it at training this week to not look at other teams and other results. We are where we are now and we know the job's pretty simple for us.
"The Roosters we know are on top of the table and all we can do is concentrate on improving on where we were against the Eels last week and if we do that, I think we can get the win this week."
The defending premiers were in a very similar situation to where the Titans are now - relying on other results in the final round before bouncing back in the finals series and playing their best game when it mattered most... on grand final day.
It's a situation the Gold Coast have taken inspiration from knowing anything is possible.
"They (Roosters) didn't start well last year and we are now in the same boat," Murphy said.
"They came home strong and that was our best performance that we put on the park last week, so if we build on that, I'm confident we will improve again this week and go a long way in beating the Roosters."
NRLW Match Highlights: Titans v Eels
The side have also embraced the underdog tag given almost everybody in league circles has written the side off from being able to progress.
"We're definitely the underdogs. Everyone's written us off," Murphy said.
"It's something that we can definitely use as motivation because we haven't written ourselves off.
"We'll be using that this weekend against the Roosters who haven't had a loss yet."
Kick-off is at 1.55pm, live on Channel 9, Fox League and Kayo.
