Thrilling start for Titans

With just 12 minutes of normal time left, they looked dead and buried at 32-18 down against a London Welsh side that had bossed the entire second half.

But in an astonishing finish, Rotherham snatched two opportunist tries to make it 32-30 with seconds left and then, after the Exiles gave away a penalty for offside 40m out, sub Charlie Foley became an instant hero by coolly booting the winning points.

It left the Londoners, today facing a winding up order in court over unpaid debts, shell-shocked, especially after they had seemingly done enough to bag the first-day points and grab some respite from the traumas off the field.

In a tight first half, they led 10-3 early on after Joe Carlisle and Rotherham's Will Robinson traded penalties before Nick Reynolds scored the first try.

Titans hit back when Robinson kicked on and collected a lucky bounce to score under the sticks, converting himself to make it 13-10

Welsh hit back through a penalty try only for Jack Hayes to respond for the hosts, finishing off a fine move to score in the corner and make it 18-17 at the break.

After that it was one-way traffic, Kristian Phillips scoring Welsh's third try with Carlisle converting, and then a drop goal being followed by Aaron Carpenter's touch-down to make it 32-12.

It looked done and dusted at that stage, only for Rotherham to nick the points in a win that sets them up nicely for Saturday's derby at Doncaster.