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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 20, 2020 20:52:22 GMT 10
The Official Parramatta Eels website
The Dyldam Parramatta Eels 2016 Dick Smith NRL Auckland Nines draw has been announced this morning with the Blue and Gold drawing the 2015 champions the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Sydney Roosters and Melbourne Storm.
The tournament will run over two days on Saturday February 6 and Sunday February 7 at Eden Park, Auckland. It has been confirmed Australia's women's team the Jillaroos will also take on New Zealand's Kiwi Ferns over the weekend once again.
The teams have been drawn into the following pools:
Pool Hunua: Bulldogs, Sea Eagles, Warriors, Broncos
Pool Waiheke: Roosters, Rabbitohs, Eels, Storm
Pool Rangitoto: Knights, Cowboys, Panthers, Wests Tigers
Pool Piha: Dragons, Raiders, Sharks, Titans
Each nine-a-side game is played over two nine-minute halves, with clubs naming a squad of 18 for the tournament. A whopping $NZ2.6 million in prize money is up for grabs in the 2016 tournament.
After a round robin format in each pool, the top two teams will advance to the quarter-finals.
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 20, 2020 20:53:43 GMT 10
 2016 Parramatta Eels 9's jersey |
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 20, 2020 20:54:06 GMT 10
The Official Parramatta Eels website
The Dyldam Parramatta Eels have today announced their squad to compete in this weekend’s Downer NRL Auckland Nines tournament at Eden Park.
Five-eighth Corey Norman has been named to captain the side, having previously captained the Eels for one NRL Telstra Premiership game in 2015.
“It’s a great honour to captain the Eels side, and I’m looking forward to getting out on the field,” Corey Norman said.
“The Nines is the first bit of footy of the year, so all the players from every club are very excited and it’s exciting times out there."
“You can play a bit of football and there’s a bit of space there, so it will be a lot of fun to kick off the year.”
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Parramatta Eels Auckland Nines squad:
Mitch Cornish
Bureta Faraimo
John Folau
Bevan French
David Gower
Luke Kelly
Cameron King
Manu Ma’u
Tepai Moeroa
Ryan Morgan
Cody Nelson
Corey Norman (c)
Junior Paulo
Semi Radradra
Kelepi Tanginoa
Peni Terepo
Vai Toutai
Matt Woods
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 20, 2020 20:54:29 GMT 10
NRL.com
Staff writers
Sat, Feb 06, 2016 - 11:14AM
Defence was the name of the game as the Storm defeated the Eels 14-4 in game two of the Downer NRL Auckland Nines.
Half Blake Green starred for the Storm, who ran in three tries to one against Parramatta despite missing their 'Big Three' of Billy Slater, Cameron Smith and Cooper Cronk.
A short, flat drop out to start the game headed straight at the head of Eels forward Tepai Moeroa and forced a knock on before a Ben Hamton pass put Cameron Munster over for the Storm seconds later. However a Young Tonumaipea fumble at his line quickly followed by a brilliant Corey Norman cut-out saw the Eels hit straight back.
From there the wet conditions stymied both sides' attack and while the Eels looked to have the better of first half proceedings an offside call against Corey Norman denied the Eels skipper from a Mitch Cornish grubber.
The Storm then went ahead in the second half when Richie Kennar latched onto a perfect Blake Green cross-field kick before Green showed great evasiveness to score himself and clinch the win.
Green said the wet weather helped Melbourne capitalise when it mattered.
"It was a good start for us in the tournament so hopefully it will give some of our younger boys a bit of confidence," he told NRL.com.
"Kicking played a really important part for us in the wet weather, if you can turn teams around and make them chance their arm out of their own end then hopefully you can force errors and capitalise of them. That was our plan anyway."
Green said it took a while to get his head around the Nines concept.
"It probably took me a half to get my head around it," he said.
"It's footy, but it's not footy either. I thought there was going to be a lot more space then there was but the gaps close pretty quickly."
Parramatta try-scorer Manu Ma'u said the Eels would need to simplify their game in their upcoming matches.
"It wasn't a good start but hopefully we can bounce back in the second game," Ma'u said.
"We had to realise that all we needed to do was hold the ball and run, and pull back on the fancy moves so it was pretty difficult."
Storm 14 (Munster, Kennar, Green tries) def. Eels 4 (Manu try)
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 20, 2020 20:54:53 GMT 10
NRL.com
Sat, Feb 06, 2016 - 02:48PM
A last-minute try to Parramatta young gun Bevan French following a penalty from the kick-off handed the Roosters a second straight defeat at the Downer NRL Auckland Nines.
An early hamstring strain to centre John Folau put a dampener on the Eels' weekend at the start of the game, but soon after Semi Radradra put a quiet opening game behind him with a sliding run and pass out to rookie fullback French who showed great speed to streak away and score.
With sweeping rain making handling tough for both teams, scoring opportunities were few and far between though Eels winger Vai Toutai was only just denied when he failed to cleanly ground the ball in the corner. But right on the stroke of half-time a brilliant offload from the Roosters' Joseph Manu deceived the Eels and created space for Latrell Mitchell to level up with his second try of the day.
Radradra finally got his name on the score sheet with a typical long-range run down the Eels' left wing. Mitchell denied himself a second when he fumbled after Omar Slaimankhel's long-range run but made amends shortly after with a long-range try of his own to get it back to 10-apiece.
With the clock winding down Braith Anasta stunned the Eels by potting a field goal from in front before the Roosters produced a fundamental error, being ruled offside at the restart, to give the Eels a minute of possession at their line. A beautiful cut-out pass from Corey Norman handed French his second try of the game and the Eels a somewhat lucky 14-11 win.
New Eels recruit Mitch Cornish was happy to get away with a win over his brother Tyler's team - even if Tyler didn't end up taking the field for the Roosters.
"He was a late scratching for the game, which I was filthy about but I'll take the bragging rights," Cornish told NRL.com.
"We're living together now so it makes it easier for us in Sydney. We bounce ideas off one another and we train together which has been unreal. It's been awesome at Parra too, I love the change and I'm learning as much as I can."
Parramatta Eels 14 (French 2, Radradra tries) def Sydney Roosters 11 (Mitchell 2 tries, Anasta field goal)
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 20, 2020 20:55:14 GMT 10
NRL.com
By Chris Kennedy
Sun, Feb 07, 2016 - 09:30AM
The Eels booked their passage to the quarter finals and knocked the Rabbitohs out with a 24-11 win built on a quality game from halves Corey Norman and Mitch Cornish.
From the first set Semi Radradra reeled in a short kick-off and was on the end of an overlap a couple of plays later to start the scoring. Bryson Goodwin showed far more urgency than Vai Toutai in chasing down a John Sutton kick early in the count to get his side on the board. A wonderful running set got the Eels in range for Corey Norman to fool everyone with a show and go and a 10-4 lead.
A beautiful right-side shift from the Eels was polished off with a chip from Toutai to impressive youngster Bevan French for a 14-4 half-time lead.
Cam McInnes darted over for a bonus try following his side's regather of the kick off to start the second half before Toutai stretched the lead when he cashed in on an overlap created by a series of late offloads. Souths needed a score to get back within a try but were frustrated by the Eels' defence and a late Radradra try helped the Eels top their pool on for-and-against.
Speaking after the loss, Rabbitohs recruit Damien Cook was frank about his side's failed title defence.
"It was a little bit disappointing to end our title defence that way, but credit to Parramatta for doing what you have got to do at the Nines," Cook said.
"They kept the ball off us and defended better than us as well. At the end of the day you can't win the game without the ball and that's why we are knocked out of the tournament."
Manu Ma'u believes his Eels team are finding form at the perfect time after beating South Sydney to secure a spot in the quarter-finals.
"It is pleasing mate, we were struggling yesterday but it's nice that we have found a bit of form," Ma'u told NRL.com.
"Ahead of the quarter-finals we need to stick to our game plan in the middle. In the first game we just threw the ball around and didn't have anything going forward. If we win the middle the edges come in and we score plenty of tries out wide."
Parramatta Eels 24 (Radradra 2, Norman, French, Toutai tries) def. South Sydney Rabbitohs 11 (Goodwin, McInnes tries)
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 20, 2020 20:55:35 GMT 10
NRL.com
By Chris Kennedy
Sun, Feb 07, 2016 - 12:31PM
Parramatta earned a semi-final berth by holding off a thrilling Newcastle comeback to edge the match 12-8 on the back of a Bevan French double.
A Semi Radradra drop from the opening hit-up could have been costly but Robbie Rochow repaid the favour. Instead the Eels went the length and a beautiful right side move saw Corey Norman put French over for yet another Nines try and an early 4-0 lead.
Norman only had to get Radradra outside his opposition on the left flank for the 'Semi Trailer' to rampage away for another try. The Eels made it 12-0 at the break when a looping pass from big prop Junior Paulo, of all people, sent French over yet again.
Jaelen Feeney kicked through for Jake Mamo to get the Knights on the board early in the second half then after some end-to-end play Feeney went himself to get the Knights back within a try with two and a half minutes to go. Newcastle regathered the kick-off and Tariq Sims went agonisingly close but lost it in the act of trying to score.
Parra looked to have sealed it by forcing a drop out and Feeney was in everything, including some late drama as the ball came back to him when the Knights batted back the short kick. Looking to get back out of the in goal he was livid when ruled to have been pulled down short and was then sin-binned for tossing the ball away and the Eels easily wound down the clock on the final play to be the first team through to the final four.
Parramatta Eels 12 (French 2, Radradra tries) def. Newcastle Knights 8 (Mamo, Feeney tries).
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 20, 2020 20:55:55 GMT 10
NRL.com
By Chris Kennedy
Sun, Feb 07, 2016 - 03:09PM
A polished effort from Parramatta, and a sixth and seventh try of the weekend to exciting youngster Bevan French, has seen them through to their first Auckland Nines grand final with a 17-8 win over Melbourne.
Storm try-scorer Tohu Harris was proud of what his side were able to achieve at the Nines, with few tipping Melbourne to make it deep in the tournament.
"Nobody sort of gave us a chance but we thought we had come up with a quality side, one that works hard for each other," Harris told NRL.com.
"I guess everyone else will think we're overachievers but we knew we were better than what we came up with in the last game. Unfortunately we faced an in-form Parra team and it just wasn't to be."
A relatively tentative feeling out period by both sides had the crowd getting restless with no attacking chances in the first few minutes. An Eels turnover looked like proving costly but a brilliant try-saver in goal from Ryan Morgan on the much bigger Harris somehow kept the scores at zero.
First points eventually came through future Eels star Bevan French who scored his sixth try of the weekend racing through on a Vai Toutai kick to ground it millimetres inside the dead ball line.
A long-range Richie Kennar try moments later squared things up at 4-all and despite one last play near the Storm line the Eels went to the break tied up.
Harris finally got his name on the board in the second half with a wide run splitting Semi Radradra and David Gower.
The blossoming combination between Toutai and French paid further dividends when the big winger offloaded to put the young fullback outside his man to streak 80 metres to score his seventh try of the weekend. More dangerous work from Toutai almost led to a try on the right but the ball went back left where Mitch Cornish provided a simple try to Radradra. Norman's sideline conversion removed any chance of the Storm levelling up and the score remained 17-8 as the Eels qualified for their first Auckland Nines decider.
Eels try-saver Morgan is confident of a tournament victory after accounting for a spirited Storm outfit.
"We had a bit of a slow start but I think we hit our stride and we're pretty happy with where we're sitting now," he told NRL.com.
"I think if we can keep playing the way we have been playing and turn up with our defence then we should be sweet and we should get the 'W'."
Parramatta Eels 17 (French 2, Radradra tries) def. Melbourne Storm 8 (Kennar, Harris tries).
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 20, 2020 20:56:17 GMT 10
NRL.com
By Chris Kennedy
Sun, Feb 07, 2016 - 05:06PM
A beautifully executed Nines effort by the Eels combined with a profligate and undisciplined effort by the Warriors has handed the Eels a thumping 22-4 win in the 2016 Downer Auckland Nines final.
Young star Bevan French scored his eighth try of the tournament and prolific winger Semi Radradra his sixth in the rousing win in which the Warriors struggled to get out of their end, let alone threaten the Eels consistently.
Shaun Johnson's short kick-off to start the game was handled by the Eels and when a spiralling midfield bomb on the last from Luke Kelly floated past the last line of defence and shot into the in-goal, tournament top try-scorer French was on hand to make it 7-0 under the posts just 90 seconds in.
A Corey Norman short side chip on the last tackle the next time the Eels got in range was meant for Radradra but bounced awkwardly for everyone and almost led to a try but ended up forcing the Warriors into a drop out. Those two men combined shortly after though when Norman stood in a tackle and fired a cut-out to his unmarked winger and make it 11-0.
Star Warriors recruit Roger Tuivasa-Sheck – who'd had a surprisingly quiet tournament to that point – chose a good time to find his footwork and shimmy through the Eels line to race away and score untouched, though it only got the score back to 11-4.
The crowd were incensed when the officials missed an awful forward pass from Ryan Morgan and the call became telling when the Eels forced a drop-out to end the set with a minute to go in the half, though a little piece of football karma saw the Eels spill the drop-out and the Warriors went to the break without further damage.
A miscommunication between Johnson and Henare Wells from a towering Kelly kick-off rattled Johnson and handed the Eels an immediate attacking chance to start the second half. A good Kelly short ball was spilled by Tepai Moeroa with the line open, to the relief of the crowd.
Winger Henare Wells threatened to chase through on a kick to score but looked to strain a hammy in the process and had to leave the field. A Moeroa line break set the Eels back on the attack and they spread it right where Vai Toutai barged over out wide to make it 15-4.
A Warriors error soon after gave the Eels another attacking set and a beautiful Kelly pass set up a try on a platter but Radradra fumbled with the line beckoning.
More poor handling from the Warriors gave it back to the Eels and this time some lovely play from Norman to get into space then offload sent Cody Nelson over for a bonus zone try to seal a 22-4 win.
Parramatta Eels 22 (French, Radradra, Toutai, Nelson tries) def. New Zealand Warriors 4 (Tuivasa-Sheck try). Crowd: 70,000+ over two days.
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 20, 2020 20:57:16 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 20, 2020 20:58:01 GMT 10
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