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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 17, 2020 21:55:34 GMT 10
SUNDAY: Parramatta Eels v Melbourne Storm at Pirtek Stadium, 4.00pm
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 17, 2020 21:55:54 GMT 10
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Eels v Storm - Sun 10 May, 4:00pm, Pirtek Stadium | BUY TICKETS
Eels
1 Reece Robinson
2 Semi Radradra
3 Will Hopoate
4 Brad Takairangi
5 Ryan Morgan
6 Corey Norman
7 Chris Sandow
8 Danny Wicks
9 Nathan Peats
10 Tim Mannah (c)
11 Manu Ma'u
12 David Gower
13 Anthony Watmough
Interchange
14 Isaac De Gois
15 Joseph Paulo
16 Richie Fa'aoso
17 Peni Terepo
18 Tepai Moeroa
Coach: Brad Arthur
Storm
1 Billy Slater
2 Mahe Fonua
3 Will Chambers
4 Kurt Mann
5 Marika Koroibete
6 Blake Green
7 Cooper Cronk
8 Jesse Bromwich
9 Cameron Smith (c)
10 Jordan McLean
11 Kevin Proctor
12 Tohu Harris
13 Dale Finucane
Interchange
14 Ryan Hinchcliffe
15 Tim Glasby
16 Dayne Weston
17 Tom Learoyd-Lahrs
18 Cameron Munster
Coach: Craig Bellamy
Semi Radradra and Ryan Morgan make up a new look wing combination for the Eels in place of Bureta Faraimo and John Folau. Isaac De Gois also replaces Pauli Pauli on the bench. Latest odds at Sportsbet.com.au.
Billy Slater, Tom Learoyd-Lahrs and Dayne Weston all return for Melbourne. A big in, Slater returns in place of Cameron Munster while Weston and Learoyd-Lahrs slot on to the bench in place of the suspended Felise Kaufusi and Nelson Asofa-Solomona. Latest odds at Sportsbet.com.au.
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 17, 2020 21:56:14 GMT 10
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Eels v Storm
Pirtek Stadium
Sunday, 4pm
Rep Round may have been a week off for some, but not for the majority of these two sides. The Eels had eleven players representing for their country or region while the Storm had 16 players on show last weekend.
Melbourne (3th) and Parramatta (15th) enter Sunday's clash at opposite ends of the NRL ladder but such is the close nature of the Telstra Premiership just two wins separates them.
There are welcome inclusions for both sides with Billy Slater set to return after a month-long absence with a shoulder injury. It leaves Cameron Munster as the undeserving 18th man after several eye-catching performances in Slater's No.1 jersey.
Storm youngsters Felise Kaufusi (one week) and Nelson Asofa-Solomona (five weeks) were handed suspensions over Rep Round, paving the way for Dayne Weston and Tom Learoyd-Lahrs to earn a recall for the side's first trip to Pirtek Stadium since Round 20, 2012.
The Eels have finally been granted some injury relief with Semi Radradra to play his first game sine Round 2 after recovering from a knee injury. He will form a new-look wing combination with Ryan Morgan as the pair replaces Bureta Faraimo and John Folau.
As far as ladder position goes even Blind Freddy can pick the favourite in this one however Parramatta will fancy their chances of an upset.
Melbourne surrendered top spot in their last outing, with a defeat to bottom-placed Manly, and they can ill-afford another slip up against a side that on paper they should comfortably account for.
Watch out Eels: Woeful resistance – it isn't their only issue but the Parra defence has been a major concern in 2015. After eight rounds the Eels have the leakiest defence in the NRL, conceding an average of 24.5 points per game. Only on two occasions have they managed to keep their opposition under 20 points. Unfortunately it is an all too common theme for Parramatta, whose defence has ranked no higher than 15th in the previous three seasons. Against a team with as much firepower as Melbourne this is a glaring weakness that could prove costly.
Watch out Storm: Rep Round reshuffle - Storm officials would have cringed when the Trans-Tasman test was rescheduled as a result of torrid weather. The change has thrown a spanner in the works ahead of the club's preparations for Sunday with 16 rep players not rejoining their teammates until Thursday this week. Given six played extensive minutes in Sunday's Test and facing another road trip at the weekend, the men in purple are somewhat behind the eight ball. It is not disastrous, but certainly far from ideal.
Key Match-Up: Chris Sandow v Cooper Cronk – In his last Storm outing Cronk was outplayed by Daly Cherry-Evans. For the second time this season Cherry-Evans overshadowed his more-fancied Kangaroos and Queensland teammate in a man-of-the-match performance. However it is hard to keep champions down and Cronk will be desperate to make amends. Standing in his way is the enigmatic Sandow. It is perhaps too great an ask to expect Sandow to repeat the efforts of DCE but the Eels need their No.7 to at least hold his own and turn on that creative flair if the home side are to have any chance of an upset.
The History: Played 28; Eels 11, Storm 17. Melbourne have won four of the past five meetings by an average margin of 32 points however things have been less joyous for the Victorian side at Pirtek Stadium, winning just one of their previous five games there.
What Are The Odds: Eels $2.10 v Storm $1.67 - This is the game Sportsbet punters think is the toughest of the weekend to find a winner. Money is close to 50/50 in all of the key markets, but either side to win 1-12 is a popular bet. Latest odds at Sportsbet.com.au.
Match Officials: Referee - Gerard Sutton, Assistant Referee – Alan Shortall, Touch Judges – Brett Suttor, Nick Beashel, Video Referee – Bernard Sutton, Luke Patten.
Televised: Channel 9, Live, 4pm.
The Way We See It: The Big Three reunite once again and while the Storm have found it tough to beat the Eels on their home deck it is hard to go past their quality across the board. Storm by 6.
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 17, 2020 21:56:36 GMT 10
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A clinical 80 minutes of high-percentage football has helped a disciplined Storm side outlast a willing and attacking Eels outfit as a second-half shutout helped them to a 28-10 win at Pirtek Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The sides couldn't be split in a frenetic and end-to-end first half that finished 10-all, in which Parramatta's free-flowing and adlib football proved an even match for Melbourne's structured play, but the Storm's discipline paid dividends as they ran out comfortable winners in a dominant second half.
As has been a trend for Brad Arthur's men in 2015, errors at crucial times and a lack of polish in attack hurt them, and following Manly's big win over Newcastle earlier in the day the Eels now find themselves in equal last on the ladder just a single point of differential ahead of the Sea Eagles, while the Storm are second on the live ladder behind only Brisbane.
Storm fullback Billy Slater, making his comeback from a shoulder injury that kept him out of the Kangaroos side a week earlier, crossed twice in the first half for his first two tries of 2015. The first of those came in just the sixth minute as Slater showed great awareness and evasiveness to back up after throwing a loose pass to receive an offload and score.
Parramatta showed their intent shortly after when a Danny Wicks offload sent Corey Norman into space and Sandow, receiving the ball in support, chose a high-risk chip out wide to Semi Radradra rather than taking the tackle. It was a positive option and only a wicked bounce denied the flying Fijian a try in his first game since hurting his knee in Round 2.
Several more positive attacking raids were shut down by Melbourne's effective sliding defence but the pressure finally told in the 18th minute when Will Hopoate showed good strength to cash in off some quality lead-up work from Reece Robinson.
Parramatta hit the lead 10 minutes later after a Radradra line break got them in range and a series of side-to-side shifts finally saw Ryan Morgan score on an overlap.
Melbourne drew level shortly after when Kevin Proctor, best on field in the first half, shrugged through Norman and got a good one-handed offload away for Slater's second.
The Eels had one last chance when Dayne Weston earned a formal caution from the officials for separate incidents where he dropped his head and forearm into the faces of tackled players, the last of which put the Eels on the attack with a minute to go, but the Storm held on to go into the sheds tied up at 10-all.
Storm flyer Marika Koroibete had a villain-to-hero start to the second half; he dropped it cold from a scrum restart inside his own 10 but it didn't prove costly as Sandow reached out to score and was penalised for a double movement, then at the end of the ensuing set he latched onto a perfect Cronk chip to earn a 16-10 lead.
The extra space during the set was created by an injury to Eels prop Richie Fa'aoso who was taken from the field for a concussion test but returned shortly after.
The Storm went back to back when Will Chambers crossed out to the right and the Kangaroos centre continued to run the Eels ragged down that edge on his way to a match-high 183 metres.
An error from Radradra trying to field a grubber in his own in-goal allowed Dale Finucane to ground it for a 28-10 lead with 10 minutes to play.
The Eels did well not to concede further points but never really challenged the Storm line thereafter.
Melbourne Storm 28 (Billy Slater 2, Marika Koroibete, Will Chambers, Dale Finucane tries; Cam Smith 4 goals) defeated Parramatta Eels 10 (Will Hopoate, Ryan Morgan tries; Chris Sandow goal) at Pirtek Stadium. Crowd: 10,505. Half time: 10-all.
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Post by Electric Eel on Sept 8, 2021 13:21:13 GMT 10
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