Two tries to Shaun Johnson has helped the New Zealand Warriors to a 22-point victory over the Gold Coast Titans.
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The Kiwi halfback steered his team to a second half rout of the Titans.
It was all the Warriors early as they heaped the pressure on.
But Gold Coast’s defence stuck and they then hit back with a nice try.
Soon they went to a 10-0 lead when Lachlan Bird barged over.
It took a former Titan, Nathan Friend, for the Warriors to finally break the line.
Charlie Gubb thought he had tied the game up at 10-10 but the video referee ruled it out.
In the second half the Warriors edged in front by two points on 52 minutes thanks to this try.
Shaun Johnson pushed them further afield with this great effort.
With Konrad Hurrell scored the game looked over.
James Roberts cut the lead to 10 points with this try.
But the Titans couldn’t stay with the Warriors.
A lucky bounce and Bodene Thompson was over.
Johnson finshed the game and capped off a fantastic performance with his second four-pointer.
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