Gold Coast Titans flyer David Mead out for six weeks with broken jaw Parramatta gave Gold Coast a mighty scare at Skilled Park on Sunday evening, but the Titans escaped 28-22. David Mead is expected to miss six weeks with a broken jaw. GALLANT Titans winger David Mead knew he could play 15 minutes through the pain of a what turned out to be a broken jaw on Sunday. That is because Mead suffered a broken jaw last year, albeit less severe, and missed four weeks of play. The Papua New Guinea international yesterday underwent surgery on his badly fractured jaw and is facing four to six weeks on the sidelines. Mead, 24, said he battled through the injury for about 15 minutes as Gold Coast came from 22-8 down to beat Parramatta 28-22. It was painful. I thought my bottom teeth had come loose and were sitting in the middle of my mouth," Mead said from his hospital bed last night. Ricky's rant: Stuart hit with $10k fine I wasn't going off because I had experienced the pain earlier last year and I knew it was all right to just push through and finish the game. Mead did not tell his teammates what had happened until after the game. He felt his mouth shatter as he went in for a tackle and copped a shoulder to the face. Mead had another plate inserted into his jaw but is determined to return to the field as soon as possible. "I'm always determined no matter what the situation," he said. These things happen. The Titans have a bye this weekend, which means Mead could miss as few as three games, but his absence has left them short on outside backs. Debutant Anthony Don is likely to hold on to his spot while coach John Cartwright is sweating on the fitness of centre Brad Takairangi (hamstring) for Sunday week's home game against Newcastle.