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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 19, 2020 14:52:15 GMT 10
MONDAY 8th JUNE: Parramatta Eels v North Queensland Cowboys at Pirtek Stadium, 7.00pm
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 19, 2020 14:52:34 GMT 10
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Eels v Cowboys - Mon 8 June, 7:00pm, 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 Junior Paulo
9 Nathan Peats
10 Tim Mannah (c)
11 Manu Ma'u
12 Tepai Moeroa
13 Anthony Watmough
Interchange
14 David Gower
15 Daniel Alvaro
16 Danny Wicks
17 Pauli Pauli
Coach: Brad Arthur
Cowboys
1 Lachlan Coote
2 Matthew Wright
3 Justin O'Neill
4 Kane Linnett
5 Antonio Winterstein
6 Michael Morgan
7 Johnathan Thurston (c)
8 Matthew Scott (c)
9 Jake Granville
10 James Tamou
11 Gavin Cooper
12 Ethan Lowe
13 Jason Taumalolo
Interchange
14 Ray Thompson
15 John Asiata
16 Ben Hannant
17 Sam Hoare
19 Rory Kostjasyn
Coach: Paul Green
David Gower returns on the bench in place of Joseph Paulo, while Danny Wicks and Junior Paulo swap between starting and the bench. Latest odds at Sportsbet.com.au.
Unchanged from the team who left it late against the Sea Eagles. Rory Kostjasyn is 18th man.Latest odds at Sportsbet.com.au.
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 19, 2020 14:52:55 GMT 10
NRL.com
By By Steven Ross, North Queensland Correspondent
Thu, Jun 04, 2015 - 11:30AM
Parramatta Eels v North Queensland Cowboys
Pirtek Stadium
Monday 7pm
Two sides at either end of the ladder meet in a game that will be a lot closer on the field than on paper.
The Eels are hoping they have their mojo back after a surprise Friday night win in Penrith, while nothing seems to be stopping the North Queensland juggernaut. Even the football gods seem to be on their side as they escaped from the Sea Eagles' clutches at the death last week.
It is a long turnaround for both teams, which aids the visitors and their recovery of Origin stars Johnathan Thurston, Matt Scott, James Tamou and Michael Morgan.
Chris Sandow found form in his second game back after being dropped to the Wentworthville Magpies, and the whole team lifted on the big stage of Friday night football.
If last week was a "danger game" for North Queensland, this one also has the warning beacons flashing. The Cowboys were admittedly complacent last week, and took it to the 11th hour to get over Manly for their ninth straight victory.
Eels coach Brad Arthur will bring David Gower to the bench in place of Joseph Paulo, while Danny Wicks and Junior Paulo swap between starting and the bench.
Cowboys headman Paul Green, who this week signed on for another three years in the north, has named an unchanged side from last week, with Rory Kostjasyn at 18th man.
Watch Out Eels: Parra's defence needs to be on high alert against the league's third most potent attacking side. It is a recipe for disaster as the Eels have conceded the second most points of any team this season with 278 from their 12 matches. Their defensive woes make sense as they average the most handling errors in the competition, meaning that they are required to expend more energy defensively, especially in the second half of games – they have completed the highest number of second-half tackles of any club this season (2338). Spelling more danger for the home side, the Cowboys also average the most run metres per game with 1778.
Watch Out Cowboys: Last week's performance was a long way from their best, completing at just 67.5 per cent; well below their season average of 78.2 per cent. Complacency kicked in very early and it may just take a loss to snap them out of it after fullback Lachlan Coote hinted said they had "switched off" on the back of Matt Scott's early try. Other than that, the Cowboys are looking very solid across the board.
Key Match-Up: Chris Sandow v Johnathan Thurston. Expect a big one from Sandow as he looks to measure himself against the league's best. When Sandow is on, so are his 16 teammates, such is his infectious personality both on and off the field. He is known for his form fluctuations week-to-week, but we are tipping that last week's bumper game against the more fancied Panthers is the start of a monster second half of the season in the 26-year-old's final year of his contract.
If Sandow is one of the more erratic halves in the league Thurston is one of the sturdiest. Cowboys fans know what they are getting from their champion every week and the long turnaround will no doubt freshen up both him and fellow Maroon Michael Morgan after the pair looked a little flat backing up from Origin I.
The History: Played 31; Eels 13, Cowboys 17, Drawn 1. The last time these sides met at Pirtek Stadium, Morgan almost won it at the death for North Queensland with a backfield line break, but his offload went to ground as he was being tackled. They lost that game 18-16. The Cowboys have typically had it tough against the Eels in Sydney, losing seven of their last 10.
What Are The Odds: Eels ($2.70) v Cowboys ($1.47). There have been four times as many individual bets on the Cowboys in head-to-head betting. North Queensland receiving the start in line betting has proven just as popular according to Sportsbet. Latest odds at Sportsbet.com.au
Match Officials: Referee – Gavin Badger; Assistant Referee – Chris Sutton; Touch Judges – Grant Atkins & Brett Suttor; Video Referees – Steve Clark & Henry Perenara.
Televised: Fox Sports 1 – Live 7pm
The Way We See It: Parramatta fans are some of the league's most parochial and their side always seems to grow an extra leg on the Pirtek Stadium turf. If the ladder and form is anything to go by, pencil in the Cowboys for their 10th straight, but the NRL does not always work that way. If the Cowboys haven't learned from last week's Manly scare and stumble out of the blocks this time around, an upset may well be on the cards. Class should prevail in the end, however. Cowboys by 8.
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 19, 2020 14:53:22 GMT 10
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North Queensland, the comeback kings, have stretched their win streak to 10 in a row, pulling off an unbelievable comeback from 30-6 down to seal a 36-30 win over Parramatta in front of a bewildered Pirtek Stadium crowd.
A seven-minute hat-trick from back-rower Gavin Cooper in the second half blew the game open with the Cowboys previously looking dead and buried when the Eels took a penalty goal in the 52nd minute to stretch their lead to 24.
Typically, halfback Johnathan Thurston was in everything during the comeback; a series of pinpoint kicks terrorising the Eels. He also kicked six goals from as many attempts, many tough efforts from the sideline.
Fullback Lachlan Coote was also immense in the second half, finishing with 216 metres and two try assists.
Rnd 13: 7:00pm Mon 8 Jun 2015
The Eels exploded out of the blocks to start the game, full of running and tearing holes in the Cowboys' right edge in particular as Manu Ma'u, Brad Takairangi and Semi Radradra capitalised on several pieces of Corey Norman brilliance.
Ma'u hit the ball up with as much intensity as he ever has, and Radradra – switching between centre and wing with Takairangi – was instrumental.
It started to fall apart for the visitors in the third minute when Norman finished off a long-range movement that started when Ma'u put Radradra through a gap.
A penalty made it 8-0 before Takairangi added his name to the score sheet after a Will Hopoate line break.
The visitors finally got on the board just inside half an hour against the run of play when an Eels error and penalty handed them their first real attacking set, Michael Morgan easily stepping through Ma'u and David Gower at the line.
But the Eels hit back when Ma'u exploded onto a Norman short ball and stretched their lead to 24-6 on the stroke of halftime when a Reece Robinson cut-out sent Radradra over.
A scarcely believable length-of-the-field Eels try was started and finished by Radradra shortly after the break to seemingly put the result beyond doubt at 28-6, and the Eels added a penalty goal to make it 30-6 shortly after.
From that point the Eels switched off and the Cowboys on; a Radradra knock on from a 20-metre restart handed Matthew Wright a simple try against the run of play to get the ball rolling before Coote, Thurston and Cooper got to work to blow the game wide open.
Cooper first swooped on a pinpoint Thurston grubber to make it 30-18 at the 60-minute mark, with enough time left for the Eels to get a little nervous.
Then the Eels failed to even get hands on the ball in a stunning four-minute burst that yielded three converted tries to the visitors.
A carbon copy of Thurston's grubber for Cooper made it 30-24, then the scores were levelled when the back-rower earned his hat-trick, cleaning up the scraps from a Thurston bomb.
With Coote lighting up and making metres at will, yet another line break from the in-form fullback was kicked ahead and when Linnett patiently collected the ball for a try the Cowboys amazingly had the lead.
With 10 minutes remaining it seemed like the Cowboys could go on to score anything, but a missed Michael Morgan field goal attempt was as close as either side got to points in a frantic final stanza as the Cowboys completed the third-biggest comeback of all time.
North Queensland Cowboys 36 (Gavin Cooper 3, Michael Morgan, Matthew Wright, Kane Linnett tries; Johnathan Thurston 6 goals) defeated Parramatta Eels 30 (Semi Radradra 2, Corey Norman, Brad Takairangi, Manu Ma'u tries; Chris Sandow 5 goals) at Pirtek Stadium. Half-time: 24-6 Eels.
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Post by Electric Eel on Sept 8, 2021 13:26:30 GMT 10
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