Sunday 7 August 2016 09:59, UK
Jarryd Hayne could not prevent Gold Coast from losing to the New Zealand Warriors in his return from a stint in the NFL.
The Warriors won 24-14, moving ahead of the Titans into seventh place in the race for a top-eight playoff spot in the National Rugby League.
Hayne, who left the San Francisco 49ers and unsuccessfully tried out for Fiji's Olympic rugby sevens squad, signed with the Titans on Wednesday.
He came on in the 28th minute to sustained applause from a sellout crowd of 25,000; double the average attendance this season.
Hayne made an impact on his first play as a Titan, tackling Warriors' backrower Bodene Thompson when he seemed destined to score before outjumping two players to take a high kick at the other end of the field, and almost scoring a try.
Early in the second half, Hayne drove Warriors' star Johnson onto his back in a big one-on-one tackle, the Kiwi international fumbling the ball from the impact.
Hayne finished the game with a try assist, his 20-meter grubber kick resulting in the final try of the match to winger Anthony Don.
