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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 17, 2020 21:57:45 GMT 10
SATURDAY 16th MAY: Parramatta Eels v New Zealand Warriors at Pirtek Stadium, 3.00pm
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 17, 2020 21:58:10 GMT 10
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Eels
1 Reece Robinson
2 Semi Radradra
3 Will Hopoate
4 Brad Takairangi
5 Ryan Morgan
6 Corey Norman
7 Luke Kelly
8 Danny Wicks
9 Nathan Peats
10 Tim Mannah (c)
11 Manu Ma'u
12 Tepai Moeroa
13 Anthony Watmough
Interchange
14 Isaac De Gois
15 Pauli Pauli
16 Richie Fa'aoso
17 Peni Terepo
Coach: Brad Arthur
Warriors
1 Tuimoala Lolohea
2 Jonathan Wright
3 Dominique Peyroux
4 Solomone Kata
5 Manu Vatuvei
6 Chad Townsend
7 Shaun Johnson
8 Jacob Lillyman
9 Thomas Leuluai
10 Ben Matulino
11 Bodene Thompson
12 Ryan Hoffman
13 Simon Mannering (c)
Interchange
14 Nathan Friend
15 Sione Lousi
16 Sam Lisone
17 Albert Vete
18 Raymond Faitala-Mariner
Coach: Andrew McFadden
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 17, 2020 21:58:31 GMT 10
NRL.com
Parramatta Eels v Warriors
Pirtek Stadium
Saturday 3.00pm
The Eels and Warriors are walking proof that form in the NRL is fickle.
Just a couple or rounds back the Warriors were in a slump which had them drifting towards the foot of the ladder, and halfback Shaun Johnson was being targeted for criticism.
Fast forward to present day and Andrew McFadden's men are back in the top eight, with Johnson being praised for his performances, after leading the Warriors to a dramatic last-minute win over in Round 9.
The Eels on the other hand haven't been able to build off big victories over Manly and South Sydney in the opening rounds, they head into Saturday's clash at Pirtek Stadium with just three wins for the season.
Coach Brad Arthur has clearly had enough, dropping Chris Sandow and Joseph Paulo and calling up Luke Kelly and Tepai Moeroa in their place.
The Warriors lose centre Konrad Hurrell to suspension, with Dominique Peyroux replacing him.
Versatile forward Sione Lousi comes on to the bench for his first Telstra Premiership appearance of 2015, while wing Jonathan Wright will play his 100th game, lining up against the side he debuted for back in 2009.
Watch out Eels: With a little help from his mates Johnson returned to his match-winning best last week, taking control in the final 10 minutes to produce some incredible plays. The Kiwi international got his hands on the ball 54 times, running for 63 metres with two line breaks, as well as setting up a try and scoring the game-sealing one himself.
The Warriors finally started to improve in their troublesome areas last week, and victory followed as a result. With 11 errors, 22 missed tackles and a 79% completion rate it was the tidiest the Warriors have played in over a month. If they can continue to reduce their mistakes they will be hard to beat again.
Watch out Warriors: Eels coach Arthur swung the axe mid-week, banishing two of the more high profile players from his side in Sandow and Paulo, following back-to-back defeats. As a result there will be several others watching their backs this weekend, which will surely see an improved effort.
The New Zealand side field a brand new right-edge combination this weekend with Peyroux becoming the fourth player to line up at right centre this season. It's hardly the ideal occasion to blood a new partnership, given that they will mark up on the deadly duo of Brad Takairangi and Semi Radradra, who between them have six tries and 21 tackle breaks in 2015.
Key Match-Up: Tim Mannah v Ben Matulino. Much of Mannah's job this week will revolve around containing his opposite number, who arrives at Pirtek Stadium in bruising form. Matulino has run for 100 metres or more in every game this season and averages over 16 carries in the middle of the park. Mannah averages 28 tackles and this year sits among Parramatta's most-consistent performers. How he aims up on Matulino and co will be crucial.
The History: Played 34; Eels 19, Warriors 15. Parramatta and the Warriors have a habit of big wins over each other in head-to-head clashes, with the Kiwi side's 13-point win earlier this year the smallest winning margin in their last four meetings. The visitors hold a slight advantage in the recent history, having won three of the last five.
What Are The Odds: Sportsbet punters believe the Warriors are the sure thing of the weekend with the money running 10:1 as far as head-to-head is concerned. Needless to say, all of the money is on the Warriors at the line as well as 13+. Latest odds at Sportsbet.com.au
Match Officials: Referee: Grant Atkins. Assistant Referee: Gavin Reynolds. Touch Judges: Russell Turner and Kasey Badger. Video Referees: Steve Chiddy and Daniel Irvine.
Televised: Fox Sports - Live from 3.00pm. Sky Sport – Live from 5.00pm NZT.
The Way We See It: Only two points separate these sides on the table, but a look at their recent performances suggest the Warriors are heading in a better direction. The New Zealand team hinted at a mid-season revival last week and their key players are starting to find form. The Eels on the other hand have just one win from their last five. Warriors to win by eight.
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 17, 2020 21:58:50 GMT 10
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A golden point extra-time try to Bodene Thompson has helped a 15-man Warriors side scrape home 17-13 to break the hearts of the majority of the 11,152 fans at Pirtek Stadium.
The Eels had outscored the Warriors three tries to two across 80 minutes but Shaun Johnson's clutch conversions and newly-promoted Parramatta halfback Luke Kelly's none-from-three with the boot proved telling.
After the Eels had fought back from 12-nil down to level the scores in the second half, Chad Townsend put the visitors up with five minutes to play with a field goal before Kelly finally guided one between the sticks in the 79th minute to lock the scores up at 13-all.
A left-side movement in extra time almost sent Eels winger Semi Radradra into space but he couldn't handle Brad Takairangi's pass and the resulting field position allowed Shaun Johnson to set up for a field goal. Pressure from the Eels forced the shot wide but the ball was touched and from the ensuing dropout Bodene Thompson broke through the rushing defence to just ground the ball on the line.
There was drama early for the Warriors when a head clash led to NSW back-rower Ryan Hoffman being concussed in just the third minute and playing no further part in the match. The away side was then reduced to just 15 men in the 24th minute when hooker Thomas Leuluai went off with a knee injury.
Despite the injury blows the Warriors dominated proceedings early on against an Eels outfit high on effort but low on execution and completing just 10 of 18 sets and squandering its only attacking chances with poor options.
The visitors struck first through some more Shaun Johnson magic as the New Zealand halfback elected to run it on the last as the Eels rushed up in the 19th minute.
He fired a cut-out pass to winger Jonathan Wright who made some ground and put it on the toe for Johnson backing up to scoop up the ball and beat another three defenders with magic footwork on the way to the line.
The New Zealanders stretched their lead to 12-0 in the 30th minute as Chad Townsend took advantage of yet another Eels error to spread it wide for Solomone Kata to score.
Aside from the 9-5 error count against his men the 17-5 missed tackle count would also have been addressed by Eels coach Brad Arthur at half-time.
Parramatta were down to 16 themselves when bench hooker Isaac De Gois suffered a suspected broken jaw or cheekbone shortly after half-time but the home side still dominated the second half, scoring three unanswered tries – but newly-promoted halfback Luke Kelly's wayward conversions meant it was 12-all going into the final 10 minutes.
Anthony Watmough earned his first try of the year shortly after the resumption, grounding a loose ball from a Luke Kelly chip that was fumbled in-goal by Warriors Wright.
Try-scoring sensation Semi Radradra benefited from some great work from Norman and Takairangi shortly before opposite winger Ryan Morgan scored his second try in two weeks after a deft tap-on from Will Hopoate.
With the clock becoming a factor both sides became more frantic but the home team's completions were a significant improvement on their first-half efforts.
A controversial decision five minutes from time was ruled a dropped ball from Eels skipper Tim Mannah rather than a stripping penalty against Warriors forward Sione Lousi that would have handed the Eels the game, but the tough call looked the correct one.
A scarcely believable series of passes from Parramatta in the 79th minute ended up with a repeat set when the Warriors knocked the ball down and set the side for Kelly's field goal, but in the end it proved not quite enough.
Warriors 17 (Johnson, Kata, Thompson tries, Johnson 2 goals; Townsend field goal) defeated Parramatta Eels 13 (Watmough, Radradra, Morgan tries; Kelly field goal) at Pirtek Stadium. Crowd 11,152. Half-time: Warriors 12-0.
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 17, 2020 21:59:32 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 17, 2020 22:00:12 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 17, 2020 22:00:50 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Sept 8, 2021 13:22:34 GMT 10
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