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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 26, 2020 18:18:20 GMT 10
SUNDAY 3rd April: Parramatta Eels v Penrith Panthers at Pirtek Stadium, 4.00pm
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 26, 2020 18:18:42 GMT 10
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Eels
1 Michael Gordon
2 Semi Radradra
3 Michael Jennings
4 Brad Takairangi
5 Clint Gutherson
6 Corey Norman
7 Kieran Foran (c)
8 Junior Paulo
9 Isaac De Gois
10 Tim Mannah
11 Manu Ma'u
12 Beau Scott
13 Tepai Moeroa
Interchange
14 Kaysa Pritchard
15 Peni Terepo
16 Danny Wicks
17 Ken Edwards
18 David Gower
Coach: Brad Arthur
Panthers
1 Matt Moylan (c)
2 Josh Mansour
3 Waqa Blake
4 Peta Hiku
5 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
6 Te Maire Martin
7 Jamie Soward
8 Sam McKendry
9 Peter Wallace
10 Reagan Campbell-Gillard
11 Bryce Cartwright
12 Isaah Yeo
13 Trent Merrin
Interchange
14 Tyrone Peachey
15 Leilani Latu
16 Suaia Matagi
17 James Fisher-Harris
20 Elijah Taylor
21 Jeremy Latimore
Coach: Anthony Griffin
Peni Terepo has been added to a five-man bench in an otherwise unchanged line up for the Eels.Latest odds at Sportsbet.com.au.
Matt Moylan (back) returns at fullback for Will Smith. Elijah Taylor and Jeremy Latimore have been named on an extended bench as cover for Bryce Cartwright (thumb).Latest odds at Sportsbet.com.au.
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 26, 2020 18:19:04 GMT 10
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Eels v Panthers: Schick Preview
Schick Hydro Preview: Parramatta Eels v Penrith Panthers
Pirtek Stadium
Sunday 4pm
The battle of the west is on again and while the Eels at this early stage are a couple of wins ahead of their local rivals you'd have to argue there's barely a struck match between them in terms of form.
The blue and golds have defended their way to three straight wins with a couple of big scalps but have struggled for fluency with the ball, leaving them as one of the lowest-ranked sides in terms of points scored after four weeks despite having the best defence of any team.
The Panthers were highly impressive in defeating what is arguably the form team of the competition so far, Brisbane, a fortnight ago and have been reasonably impressive and a little unlucky in their other three losses, having twice been beaten at the death.
The Eels have lost club captain Tim Mannah to a fractured shoulder blade with the inclusion of Peni Terepo the only likely change to last week's 17, while Penrith at long last welcome back captain Matt Moylan for the first time in an NRL game since a serious ankle injury against this very opposition at Pepper stadium in Round 12 last year.
He replaces Will Smith at fullback in an otherwise unchanged side, though Elijah Taylor and Jeremy Latimore have been added to an extended bench with ongoing doubts about whether Bryce Cartwright will overcome a thumb injury in time to take his place.
Watch out Eels: The return of Moylan will add another dimension to Penrith's attack but it's the return to form of tackle-busting winger Josh Mansour that has raised plenty of eyebrows, with the one-time Test flanker almost dragging his side to a win over the Dragons last week with an eye-popping, match-high 256 metres from a busy 20 runs, with two line-breaks and five tackle breaks. Much like Parramatta's own left-edge specialist Semi Radradra, Mansour's presence means his side effectively plays with an extra front rower's worth of powerful hit-ups. Mansour has easily the most metres by any winger this year with 738 – the third most of any player after Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and Aaron Woods, and miles ahead of the next best winger, Marika Koroibete's 550.
Watch out Panthers: Penrith will really need to step up their tackling in this one. That may sound obvious but Penrith currently have the worst effective tackle rate in the NRL at just 84.6 per cent and their 38.5 missed tackles per game is easily the worst of any team. Meanwhile the Eels are the league's second best tacklers, completing at 90.8 per cent efficiency. But the real headache for Penrith here is that while they're conceding the most missed and inefficient tackles after four weeks, the Eels are *inflicting* the most. They have the most tackle breaks of any team at 32.8 per game and the third most offloads at 12.8 per game.
Key match-up: Beau Scott v Bryce Cartwright. Origin hardman Scott has brought the defensive starch that has suddenly turned the Eels into a miserly force at their own goal-line, while future Blue Cartwright may still be inconsistent but brings the attacking flair that can bust a game wide open.
Scott clearly makes his biggest contribution without the ball, running just 53 metres per week with 1.3 offloads and 0.3 tackle breaks per game, while whiz-kid Cartwright – who still has to overcome a dislocated thumb to take his place – makes almost 100 metres per game with three tackle busts and two offloads each week. Scott gets through a mountain of defence, with almost 36 tackles per game but Cartwright is no slouch either, making 24 tackles a week.
The history: Played 91; Eels 55, Panthers 35, Drawn 1. The Eels have got the chocolates in the past two meetings between these two clubs but Penrith have six of the last 10 results overall – with five wins from their past seven visits to Pirtek.
What are the odds: More than twice as much money has been wagered on the Eels to keep their winning streak going. Parramatta 1-12 is the way that punters are going while Michael Jennings has been better backed to score the first try than Semi Radradra for a change. Latest odds at Sportsbet.com.au
Match officials: Referee: Grant Atkins. Assistant referee: Alan Shortall. Sideline officials: Jeff Younis and Shane Rehm. Review Officials: Ben Galea and Jason Robinson. Senior RO: Bernard Sutton.
Televised: Channel 9 – Live coverage from 3:30pm; Fox Sports 1 – Live coverage from 4pm.
The way we see it: A couple of personnel changes tip the scales back towards Penrith with Mannah out and Moylan in, and we can see this being the type of match that comes down to who claims one or two key moments. But with the blue and gold defensive wall holding some dangerous attacking sides out over the opening month we'll take Brad Arthur's men to claim a close one. Eels by four.
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 26, 2020 18:19:26 GMT 10
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Panthers steal a thriller at the death
A stunning try after the siren to Panthers back-rower Bryce Cartwright has stolen a win in the battle of the west at Pirtek Stadium.
When Jamie Soward missed a conversion from touch to leave his side 18-16 down with a few minutes to go it looked like the Panthers would just fall short.
But they launched one final assault and despite some desperate defence from the Eels, Jamie Soward's cross-field kick reached Waqa Blake who offloaded to Cartwright who planted down for the match-winner.
The Eels were left ruing a scrum call overturned by the bunker when they were up 18-12 and awarded the feed at their own line before the review officials found a slight knock on from Kenny Edwards to overturn the call.
That set the stage for Penrith captain Matt Moylan, in his first NRL game since injuring his ankle against the Eels at Pepper Stadium in Round 12 last year, to produce a sublime tap-on to set up Josh Mansour in the corner to get his side within two points.
Moylan looked like he'd never been away despite the almost year-long absence, proving a safe presence at the back and chiming into the line to take pressure off the main playmakers as well as providing another kicking option.
The Eels played positive footy and had to repel plenty of Penrith ball at their own line but, after losing countless matches last year through late fade-outs, will be hugely disappointed to have let another win slip.
The first half evolved into an enthralling contest after an early spate of errors from both sides had died down.
There was a disallowed try apiece at the bunker; Brad Takairangi was denied due to a decoy runner infield contacting the Penrith line in just the fifth minute.
Bryce Cartwright also had an effort overruled in the 20th minute when it was found a Soward bomb – which was launched from deep behind the line with most of his team offside – hadn't travelled 10 metres after being collected by Tyrone Peachey (one of the few onside chasers) before finding an offside Te Maire Martin in support.
The deadlock was finally broken in the 23rd minute by big Eels prop Junior Paulo, who became first try-scorer two matches in a row following a similar effort last week against Wests Tigers. Again he hit a quality Foran pass at pace to burst through the line.
Cartwright eventually got his name on the scoresheet three minutes from the break when a run of penalties handed Penrith attacking field position and he proved strong enough to wrestle the ball down – eventually – despite the attention of several defenders next to the posts.
It became two Panther tries in little over five minutes of play when Peter Wallace scooted over from dummy half shortly after the resumption.
The square-up from the home side came in the 53rd minute when Josh Mansour had the ball bumped from his grasp on a kick return and Michael Gordon ran away to score, though the fullback missed the chance to convert his own try.
He added the two points eventually when a run of penalties against Penrith – on the back of Norman making a long run after trapping a Martin kick – finished with Gordon nailing two from in front thanks to Trent Merrin not being square at marker.
The home side earned the outright lead the very next set when Clint Gutherson made a break down the right and put in a lovely kick over the top that bounced viciously for Penrith and sat up perfectly for Isaac De Gois to collect it and score.
With the clock running out on Penrith there was another twist in the tail – a knock on against the Panthers in front of the Eels' posts was overturned before the scrum was fed after the bunker intervened due to a slight knock on from Kenny Edwards as the first infringement.
From the ensuing set a wonderful tap-on from Panthers captain Matt Moylan created a try in the corner for Josh Mansour and despite Soward's missed conversion Penrith were able to charge downfield, earn a repeat set with 40 seconds to go when the Eels knocked down a pass and steal an after-the-siren thriller.
Penrith Panthers 20 (Bryce Cartwright 2, Peter Wallace, Josh Mansour tries; Soward 2 goals) def Parramatta Eels 18 (Joseph Paulo, Michael Gordon, Isaac De Gois tries; Gordon 3 goals) at Pirtek Stadium. Crowd: 15,600..
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