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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 16, 2020 20:16:53 GMT 10
FRIDAY 6th March: Parramatta Eels v Manly Sea Eagles at Pirtek Stadium, 7.45pm
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 16, 2020 20:17:19 GMT 10
NRL.com
Eels
1 Will Hopoate
2 Semi Radradra
3 Beau Champion
4 Brad Takairangi
5 Reece Robinson
6 Corey Norman
7 Chris Sandow
8 Darcy Lussick
9 Nathan Peats
10 Tim Mannah (c)
11 Manu Ma'u
12 Tepai Moeroa
13 Anthony Watmough
Interchange
14 Isaac De Gois
15 Joseph Paulo
16 Junior Paulo
17 David Gower
18 Danny Wicks
19 Pauli Pauli
Coach: Brad Arthur
Sea Eagles
1 Brett Stewart
2 Cheyse Blair
3 Jamie Lyon (c)
4 Clinton Gutherson
5 Peta Hiku
6 Kieran Foran
7 Daly Cherry-Evans
8 Willie Mason
9 Matt Ballin
10 Brenton Lawrence
11 Feleti Mateo
12 Tom Symonds
13 Dunamis Lui
Interchange
14 Jesse Sene-Lefao
15 Blake Leary
16 James Hasson
17 Luke Burgess
18 Justin Horo
Coach: Geoff Toovey
Will Hopoate replaces the NFL-bound Jarryd Hayne at fullback while Anthony Watmough joins Manu Ma'u and Tepai Moeroa in a strong back row. Recruit Danny Wicks is on a six-man bench.
Clinton Gutherson replaces the injured Steve Matai in the centres while Josh Starling will also miss 4-6 weeks through injury. Former Rabbitoh Luke Burgess is included on the bench.
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 16, 2020 20:18:06 GMT 10
NRL.com
By Chris Kennedy, National Correspondent
Wed, Mar 04, 2015 - 12:45PM
Parramatta Eels v Manly Sea Eagles
Pirtek Stadium
Friday 7.45pm
Well here we are, Round 1 of a new year and those bitter old foes, Manly and Parra, will resume hostilities in Sydney's west in a massive Friday night clash.
Seriously, you wouldn't find more subplots, intrigue and shock twists in a series of Days of Our Lives guest-written by William Shakespeare and directed by M Night Shyamalan. This one is set to be more explosive than a trilogy of Michael Bay movies and easily a thousand times more entertaining.
We've got the former northern beaches golden boy, Manly premiership-winner Anthony Watmough, lighting the fuse and setting fire to plenty of bridges in the process by torching his old club in a series of inflammatory media appearances.
We've got Manly's former assistant clipboard-holder – but a man who's bled blue and gold from childhood – in Brad Arthur now in charge of the Eels. There are even suggestions Manly are keen on luring him back, creating an even greater level of interest in the head-to-head contest between the two coaches.
On Arthur's roster he has not just Watmough but former maroon-and-white prodigy Will Hopoate, and ex-Sea Eagles Darcy Lussick, David Gower and Richie Fa'aoso. Manly also have their share of ex-Eels in their current squad to go with plenty more back over the years.
And the big one: Manly's star five-eighth, Kiwi Test pivot Kieran Foran, who, depending on what day you pick up the paper, may or may not be wearing blue and gold from 2016 in what would be a massive coup for the Eels and a bitter blow for Manly. Has he already decided his future? What will be going through his head when he runs out on what may prove to be his home ground from next year?
What else would you rather be doing on a Friday night than watching these two old-school rivals go at it? Welcome back, rugby league, we've missed you.
On the teams front, the Eels enter their post-Jarryd Hayne era with Hopoate at fullback, club debutants Reece Robinson on the right flank, Brad Takairangi and Beau Champion in the centres and Watmough at lock. Nathan Peats is back from injury at hooker pushing Isaac De Gois to the bench.
Manly have a few early-season injury concerns with prop Josh Starling set to miss a month and freshly re-signed centre Steve Matai also missing, with Clint Gutherson to start in the centres. Jorge Taufua will miss 1-2 months handing Cheyse Blair a wing spot. Jamie Lyon, Tom Symonds and Brenton Lawrence have all been named despite injury clouds. Willie Mason (prop) and Feleti Mateo (second row) each start in their club debuts while new signings Luke Burgess and Blake Leary also make their club debuts off the bench.
Watch out Eels: Mercurial Manly fullback Brett Stewart may be known as the 'Prince of Brookvale' but he's not just a home patch bully. He notched more try assists last year than any player outside of regular halves, and fourth overall behind Johnathan Thurston, Cooper Cronk and James Maloney, with 21 assists in 22 games.
Watch out Sea Eagles: Maligned halfback Chris Sandow looked incredibly dangerous at the recent Auckland Nines. He looked as fit as he'd ever been and repeatedly pulled off crucial long kicks when his side needed them. That long boot saw him notch more than double the amount of successful 40/20 kicks by any player last season (seven, next best Adam Reynolds with three) and he had a few more near-misses, a couple of which earned his side the ball back. He's also in a contract year and if the pieces fall into place his boot could prove the difference.
Key Match-Up: Anthony Watmough v Manly. Say what you will about 'Choc' but the bloke knows how to generate some interest, and for that our hats go off to him. In the past few months he's waxed lyrical on how unhappy he was last year at Manly and questioned his former coach Geoff Toovey's leadership. No doubt the smattering of Manly fans in the away supporters bay will be letting him have it and he'll be loving every second of it.
The History: Played 131; Eels 46, Sea Eagles 81, Drawn 4. The northern beaches boys have had the wood over the blue-and-golds over the years. The past eight games at Parramatta are split four apiece but Manly have six of the past eight overall.
What Are The Odds: Eels $1.95, Sea Eagles $1.85. Manly may be slightly favoured in the betting but the Eels have received double the amount of money. Latest odds at Sportsbet.com.au
Match Officials: Matt Cecchin & Henry Perenara; touch judges: Brett Suttor & Nick Beashel; Video Referees: Bernard Sutton & Luke Patten.
Televised: Channel Nine, Live, 7.30pm.
The Way We See It: This is one of the toughest matches of the round to call. Injuries to a couple of key players brings Manly back to the field just a little bit but in turn, the Eels may take some time to adjust to the post-Hayne era. On that basis we'll hesitantly tip Manly but both sides have significantly different rosters so whoever adapts to their new systems the quickest could take this one.
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 16, 2020 20:18:30 GMT 10
NRL.com
Eels smash Manly
By Chris Kennedy, National Correspondent
Fri, Mar 06, 2015 - 09:57PM
Parramatta have produced the perfect start to the post Jarryd Hayne era, conjuring up a stunning second half at home to blow an underwhelming Manly side off the park 42-12.
In an explosive encounter that was just as fiery as everyone expected, the Eels forwards produced the big hits and completely dominated the middle third of the park.
Adding injury to insult, Manly lost centre Clint Gutherson to a suspected ACL injury just 15 minutes in, then in-demand five-eighth Kieran Foran to a knee injury 15 minutes before the finish.
While Hayne was present to address the crowd at half time, the Eels had no trouble sparking into life without their former star fullback. Blockbusting winger Semi Radradra produced a hat-trick – as he had at the same ground in Round 1 last year against the Warriors – livewire half Chris Sandow a double, Wil Hopoate was solid and the new faces in the backline showed they will add plenty of energy to Brad Arthur's side in 2015.
The match got off to the fiery start everyone expected; ex-Manly stalwart Anthony Watmough took a hit-up in the first set and copped a facial massage from Matt Ballin for his troubles; Eels hitters Tepai Moeroa, Darcy Lussick and Junior Paulo produced some brutal hits, but the Eels were their own worst enemy in terms of discipline.
The Eels overcame a 66 per cent first half completion rate and a 60-40 weight of possession against them to take a 16-12 lead into half time.
On their rare attacking opportunities down Manly's end they made it count as Manly's new-look backline proved suspect to sweeping lateral shifts with new centre Clint Gutherson – in for injured Steve Matai – taken off with a knee injury after 15 minutes and Tom Symonds forced to substitute in the three quarter line.
Prodigious winger Radradra bagged a first half double, the first in just the seventh minute after a monstrous shot from Lussick dislodged the ball from Brenton Lawrence and new centre Brad Takairangi produced a quality in-and-away on Jamie Lyon.
Manly were unlucky not to level up when a searing long-range cut-out from Foran put Blair over in the corner but the pass was ruled forward.
Hopoate, making a solid fist of his first outing in the blue and gold No.1 jersey, finished off a right-side movement set up by Chris Sandow when he shaped to pass and got between the defenders to make it 10-0 after 16 minutes.
Foran made his mark shortly after, producing a sublime inside ball to Brett Stewart to get the score back to 10-6 and with a series of goal-line drop outs blowing Manly's possession stats out to 65 per cent at one point, the Eels finally crumbled in the face of a classic left-side shift that went from Foran to Brett Stewart to Maurice Blair.
With Manly finally looking like righting the ship the Eels found another level, and off the back of a dangerous scoot from bench hooker Isaac De Gois, fresh on the field, launched a final raid at the Manly line. Norman, heavily involved throughout the set, produced a brilliant tap-on offload to Takaraingi who was able to set Radradra up for his second of the half and a 16-12 lead at the break.
Manly started the second half in precisely the opposite manner they would have hoped; James Hasson lifted his knee into Watmough off the first hit up handing the Eels a free two points in front of the posts.
Parramatta stretched their lead to 24-12 shortly after when a brilliant long-range move saw Beau Champion into space down the right, flicking it to Reece Robinson whose chip back infield sat in the in-goal for Sandow.
Norman, having a standout game as the man seemingly under most pressure from Parramatta's ongoing attempts to sign Foran, then produced a bullet cut-out pass to send Radradra over for his third of the night. Robinson produced a perfect sideline kick to stretch Parramatta's lead to 18 with 25 minutes to go.
Parramatta then turned on the razzle-dazzle through a mid-field chip and chase from Sandow. The fit-looking No.7 got the perfect bounce, snatched the ball one-handed and passed to his left where Norman put Takairangi over for his first try and blue and gold.
Foran hobbled off 15 minutes from time and straight after that Robinson produced some brilliant footwork out of dummy half, evading several defenders before passing to Lussick who handed it on to Sandow, who ducked past the last line of the defence to bag his double.
The Eels were happy to hold on to a 42-12 win that sees them draw level with the impressive Rabbitohs with a plus 30 differential one game into the season.
Parramatta Eels 42 (Radradra 3, Sandow 2, Hopoate, Takairangi tries; Robinson 7 goals) def Manly Sea Eagles 12 (Stewart, Blair tries; Lyon 2 goals) at Pirtek Stadium. Crowd: 18,718. On report: Junior Paulo, James Hasson. Half time score: Parramatta 16-12.
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 16, 2020 20:19:34 GMT 10
 Semi Radradra scores in the corner. |
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 16, 2020 20:20:43 GMT 10
 Semi celebrates a try. |
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 16, 2020 20:23:13 GMT 10
 Anthony Watmough's debut for the Eels. |
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 16, 2020 20:24:02 GMT 10
 Eels celebrate Sandow's try. |
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 16, 2020 20:24:47 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 16, 2020 20:25:37 GMT 10
 Will Hopoate celebrates with try scorer Semi Radradra. |
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 16, 2020 20:30:45 GMT 10
 Chris Sandow in action. |
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Post by Electric Eel on Sept 8, 2021 13:10:14 GMT 10
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