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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 10, 2020 19:27:43 GMT 10
SUNDAY 15th June: Parramatta Eels v Canterbury Bulldogs at ANZ Stadium, 3.00pm
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 10, 2020 19:28:04 GMT 10
Official Parramatta Eels website
Dyldam Parramatta Eels Head Coach Brad Arthur has named his side to take on the Bulldogs on Sunday in Round 14 of the NRL Telstra Premiership, including new recruit Isaac De Gois.
With Jarryd Hayne and Will Hopoate named in the NSW Blues side for Origin II, Ken Sio moves into the fullback position and Ryan Morgan and Vai Toutai join the Blue and Gold back line.
Eels centre willie Tonga has been named in the extended squad for the Queensland Maroons but remains a possibility of running out for the Sunday afternoon clash.
Dyldam Parramatta Eels:
1. Ken Sio
2. Semi Radradra
3. Ryan Morgan
4. Willie Tonga
5. Vai Toutai
6. Corey Norman
7. Chris Sandow
8. Tim Mannah (c)
9. Isaac De Gois
10. Junior Paulo
11. Kenny Edwards
12. Manu Ma'u
13. Joseph Paulo
Interchange:
14. David Gower
15. Lee Mossop
16. Peni Terepo
17. Pauli Pauli
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 10, 2020 19:28:33 GMT 10
NRL.com
By Matt Encarnacion, Western Sydney Correspondent
Wed, Jun 11, 2014 - 01:12PM
Bulldogs v Eels
ANZ Stadium
Sunday, 3pm (AEST)
With almost the entire NSW Blues backline between them, the Bulldogs and Eels clash on Sunday is suddenly cast as the 'Battle of the Back-ups'.
Opposing coach Des Hasler and Brad Arthur have been forced to reach far into their reserves, with the former naming a makeshift halves pairing in Reni Maitua and youngster Damien Cook, while the latter has turned to reserve-graders Vai Toutai and Ryan Morgan.
The Bulldogs will be aiming to snap a worrying two-game losing slide that included being on the end of their first beatdown of the year – a 32-10 mauling in the pigpen that was Brookvale Oval last week. It was their second loss in a row to a 2013 grand finalist, prompting immediate questions over their credentials as a genuine premiership threat.
The loss of regular halves pairing Josh Reynolds and Trent Hodkinson to Origin is a particular headache for Hasler, who will also has promising playmaker Moses Mbye sidelined for around six weeks with a foot injury. Strike weapon Josh Morris (knee) and centre Chase Stanley (knee) will be gone for a similar period, while Aiden Tolman is also out with injury. Second-rower Tony Williams is on deck however, with the Game I Blue squeezed out by the returning Greg Bird.
Parramatta, meanwhile, are gunning for their fourth win in five games after they held on for an impressive 18-16 victory over the Cowboys.
The win continued their unbeaten run at Pirtek Stadium this year, but that doesn't even come close to their equally bad record at Homebush, where they haven't tasted success in almost four years.
And it won't get easier on Sunday, when Arthur will be without the services of Origin stars Jarryd Hayne and Will Hopoate. Centre Willie Tonga is also in camp with Queensland, but he's been named by Arthur to return by the weekend. Ken Sio's steps into Hayne's boots, which gives Vai Toutai a recall, while Ryan Morgan comes in for Hopoate. Hooker Isaac De Gois also gets his first game at Parramatta after moving from the Shire during the week.
Watch Out Bulldogs: To get an idea on the offensive mentality Eels halfback Chris Sandow is in right now, his 14 runs against the Cowboys last week was a season-high, as were the 72 possessions he had. In fact, the rejuvenated playmaker has run the ball at least 11 times in five of the nines games he's played.
Watch Out Eels: Bulldogs fullback Sam Perrett was supposed to be a fill-in, a temporary No. 1 for whichever fullback the club could scour the market for. But the Mr Reliable has played every single game so far this year, posting up these more-than-handy numbers: 158 metres per game, 17 runs per game, and a team-high 43 tackle busts.
Plays To Watch: It's not hard to see why rookie Pauli Pauli hasn't missed a game since debuting in Round 4. Along with sidekick Junior Paulo, the Eels are doing a great job of isolating their manchildren with defenders, and the big men are using their height and strength to offload to supporting players on the way through.
With the Bulldogs lacking a genuine halfback – Maitua is a second-rower while Cook is a utility – expect skipper Michael Ennis to take a bit of the kicking load off his inexperienced halves. Not renowned for his general play kicking, Ennis has done so six times in the past three games.
Where It Will Be Won: With the forward packs of both squads largely untouched, this will boil down to which team shows more fluidity in attack. The Bulldogs are missing their five-eighth and halfback, but the Eels also have a new fullback and hooker. Whichever spine holds their side together best should come out on top.
The History: Played 146; Canterbury-Bankstown 79, Parramatta 60, drawn 7. After a lean four-year period where the Eels won eight of nine between 2007-10, the Bulldogs have gone unbeaten since, winning their past six. The blue-and-whites topped 30 points in four of those victories, including 40-12 beatdown in their last meeting.
What Are The Odds: Just as many bets for the Eels as for the Bulldogs in the head-to-head market at Sportsbet.com.au, but nearly twice the dollars being placed on the Doggies.
Match Officials: Referees – Matt Cecchin & Henry Perenara; Sideline Officials – Jason Walsh & Adam Reid; Video Referees – Bernard Sutton & Luke Phillips.
Televised: Channel Nine – Delayed 4pm (AEST)
The Way We See It: Parramatta's record at Homebush scares the living daylights out of us, but so does their most recent game without their main man in Hayne, when they were blacked out by Penrith. Put the two together and it should equate to an easy Bulldogs win.
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 10, 2020 19:28:54 GMT 10
NRL.com
Parramatta have defied a poor record without Jarryd Hayne to record a 22-12 victory over the Bulldogs before a 24,012-strong crowd at ANZ Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Having won just four of their past 29 games without their attacking spearhead, it was two moments of brilliance from rookie second-rower Pauli Pauli that proved to be the difference between two sides forced into radical positional surgery before and during the game.
There was a hooker playing halfback, a second-rower named in the centres but playing five-eighth, and the hooker named at halfback but standing behind the ruck.
And that was just one team.
The other crew had their halfback playing fullback and a hooker who had just met his new teammates a week ago.
Quite clearly from the kick-off it was a matter of which team would make the most sense of this Origin/injury disruption that would come out looking less disrupted than the other.
And, while Chris Sandow's 50-metre line break down the left fringe didn't result in a try, it was the kind of jump-out-of-your-seat moment that wouldn't have warmed the hearts of Bulldogs fans.
Neither exactly, did Mick Ennis' two botched kicks at the end of their next two sets, or the 18th-minute intercept pass thrown by Bulldogs five-eighth Josh Jackson that ended in Eels winger Semi Radradra running 90 metres to score his 13th try of the season.
In fact, when Sandow again split the defence clean on the halfway line to gift Vai Toutai a try just five minutes later – as well as rookie firebrand David Klemmer done for the match with an ankle injury moments beforehand – the warning bells were well and truly ringing for the home side.
Eventually though, the Bulldogs found their bearings and could've reduced the deficit had Krisnan Inu reached over after hitting the ground in the 27th minute, but the 10-0 buffer was the way it stayed until the halftime break.
Making their task harder was a knee injury to fullback Sam Perrett just before halftime, reducing their bench to just two healthy bodies.
With their backs to the wall, the home side raced out of the sheds and immediately over the try line courtesy of the deceptively strong Corey Thompson, who burrowed his way past three defenders in the 44th minute.
Inu's sideline conversion cut the lead to two and put the game in the balance.
But two moments of Pauli Pauli magic – one in the 58th minute and another in the 67th minute – all but put the game to bed.
Both were short -side plays and both fifth-tackle options, with underarm passes from to Toutai and Morgan respectively to put the visitors well in command.
A second try to Morgan – this time from a 75th-minute Bulldogs error on halfway – rubber-stamped the victory, before Thompson bagged a second and consolation try with a grubber for himself with two minutes remaining.
Eels second-rower Manu Ma'u also failed to finish the game after succumbing to a possible arm fracture early in the first half.
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 10, 2020 19:29:09 GMT 10
Parramatta 22 (Toutai 2, Morgan 2, Radradra tries; Sandow goal) defeated Canterbury-Bankstown 12 (Thompson 2 tries; Inu, Ennis goal) at ANZ Stadium. Crowd: 24,012.
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 10, 2020 19:29:54 GMT 10
 Chris Sandow had an excellent first half playing at fullback. |
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 10, 2020 19:30:44 GMT 10
 Eels skipper Tim Mannah revealed coach Brad Arthur challenged his team to toughen up. |
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 10, 2020 19:31:42 GMT 10
 Semi Radradra finds way too much space down the wing. |
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Post by Electric Eel on Sept 8, 2021 12:45:16 GMT 10
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