Titans ace suffers broken leg in derby
NEWCOMER Talite Vaioleti suffered a broken leg as an experimental Rotherham side went down 17-3 in their British and Irish Cup opener at Leeds Carnegie last night.
Tongan Vaioleti made his first start for the club but went down after a second-half scrum and was immediately taken to hospital. Titans are now waiting to hear how long he will be out for after further medical analysis.
Rotherham, like Leeds, made a string of changes for the game but there were plenty of positives, including the display of Ross Noonan.
Leeds went in front after eight minutes through Alex Rieder and five minutes later Titans missed the chance to cut the lead when Dave Marshall hooked his penalty attempt wide.
Carnegie doubled their advantage after 25 minutes as Rieder broke off and scored in the corner.
A penalty from fly half Dave Marshall got Titans off the mark but Leeds did had the last word late in the game when the referee awarded them a penalty try as Rotherham could only bring down a drive illegall. Bell added the conversion.
Titans: Hodgson, McMahon, Foden, Godfrey, Du Randt, Marshall, Kirkwood, Cahill, White, Harris, Maddison, Vaioleti, Noonan, Dickinson, Kirwan. Reps: Stagg, Stout, Hooper, Griffiths, Williams, Rhodes, Homan.