Jahrome Luai scored a hat-trick to help the Wests Tigers come from an 18-12 halftime deficit to beat the Gold Coast Titans 36-28 in the NRL last night.
The Tigers started strongly with tries from Starford To'a and Taylan May to take a 12-0 lead, but the Titans responded with three tries in six minutes through Jayden Campbell, Kurtis Morrin and Arama Hau to go into halftime ahead 18-12.
Beau Fermor extended the Titans' lead after crossing just two minutes into the second half before Luai responded for the Tigers to cut the deficit to 24-18.
Alex Seyfarth scored in the 53rd minute to level the scores at 24-all, but the Titans hit back through Phillip Sami to regain the lead at 28-24.
Luai crossed for his second try in the 70th minute to put the Tigers back in front before the 29-year-old completed his hat-trick in the 79th minute to seal a 36-28 victory.
