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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 26, 2020 20:15:15 GMT 10
FRIDAY 8th July: Parramatta Eels v Sydney Roosters at Pirtek Stadium, 7.50pm
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 26, 2020 20:15:39 GMT 10
Dyldam Parramatta Eels NRL vs Sydney Roosters, 7.50pm, Friday July 8 at Pirtek Stadium
1. Michael Gordon
2. Semi Radradra
3. Clint Gutherson
4. Brad Takairangi
5. Bevan French
6. Corey Norman
7. Jeff Robson
8. Danny Wicks
9. Isaac De Gois
10. Tim Mannah
11. Manu Ma’u
12. Tepai Moeroa
13. Beau Scott (c)
Interchange:
14. Kenny Edwards
15. Peni Terepo
16. David Gower
17. Daniel Alvaro
18. Rory O’Brien
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 26, 2020 20:15:59 GMT 10
NRL.com
Schick Hydro Preview: Parramatta Eels v Sydney Roosters
Pirtek Stadium
Friday, 7.50pm
We head into this final multi-bye round weekend with the Eels still technically ensconced in the top eight and their rivals in the unusual position of being all but formally eliminated from the 2016 finals chase following three straight minor premierships in 2013-15.
To the credit of the Parramatta players and coach Brad Arthur, a season where you couldn't imagine more having gone wrong off the field has still featured some determined and resilient play on it as the blue and golds surged to 10 wins from 16 games so far.
If you assume their 12-point penalty will come into effect shortly then effectively both these clubs enter Round 18 on 10 competition points and needing to win every game remaining to potentially jag an unlikely finals berth.
The Eels at least will be boosted by a few reinforcements: after they struggled through the past few rounds with only a solitary fit playmaker at the club in Corey Norman, 2009 grand finalist Jeff Robson has returned for his first game in blue and gold since 2011 after stints with Cronulla and the Warriors. Prop Tim Mannah is finally back from a shoulder injury and centre Brad Takairangi returns from a hammy strain in place of Origin centre Michael Jennings. With Kenny Edwards back in the forwards Cody Nelson and Rory O'Brien are the two to make way.
The Roosters showed improvement last week against Canterbury but it still wasn't enough and with a differential 160 points worse than the Eels' you'd have to just about put a red pen through their September ambitions now.
The Tricolours have Blake Ferguson and Aidan Guerra on Origin duty with Joseph Manu returning to the three-quarter line, Isaac Liu pushing into the starting side and Ryan Matterson and Chris Smith added to a five-man bench.
Watch out Eels: Former Blues halfback Mitch Pearce was a man on a mission last week. Having missed the first eight rounds through suspension only to come back and pick up a niggling calf injury, to call his season 'interrupted' thus far would be an understatement. But against Canterbury last week he showed his club what they've been missing with some physical shots in defence and a composed exhibition of running, passing and kicking.
Pearce created a try and two line breaks last week against the Dogs while running over 100 metres – a rare feat in itself for a half and kicking for 360 metres. His intent in defence – he smashed a couple of his former Origin teammates in particular – was also impressive.
Watch out Roosters: Tingha speedster Bevan French has been as electric in attack as we all expected following his pre-season heroics at the Auckland Nines. With a stunning seven tries in four games to start his career the 20-year-old has shown he can sniff out a try just as well as famous relatives Nathan Blacklock and Preston Campbell. His decision-making in defence is still a work in progress but his work with the ball in open space is something to behold. The Roosters have been uncharacteristically flimsy in that department this year and back at Pirtek French and fellow flanker – try-scoring ace Semi Radradra – will be ready to capitalise on any opportunities.
Key match-up: Manu Ma'u v Sio Siua Taukeiaho. These two softly-spoken Aucklanders are as terrifying and ferocious on the field as they are quiet and polite off it. Both are capable of playing big minutes, running hard lines on an edge, busting tackles by the dozen and offloading late to send support runners through gaps.
The History: Played 128; Eels 61, Roosters 62, Drawn 5. Neck and neck over the course of their history, but the Tricolours have a big edge in recent times. The Bondi boys have lost just twice to the blue and golds since 2008, winning seven games against two in that time. They have won four of their past six at Pirtek.
What are the odds: Sportsbet reports twice as many dollars invested on Parramatta in the head to head market but punters think it'll be a close one with Eels 1-12 the most popular winning margin. Latest odds at Sportsbet.com.au.
Match officials: Referee: Matt Cecchin. Assistant referee: Gavin Badger. Sideline officials: Nick Beashel and Chris Sutton. Review officials: Jared Maxwell and Ben Galea. Senior review official: Luke Patten.
Televised: Channel Nine - Live coverage from 7.30pm; Fox Sports 1 – Live coverage from 7.30pm.
The way we see it: It's rare for us to tip a Parramatta win over the Roosters at any point over the past five years but we'll do it this week with the Eels back at home and reinforced by some returning troops. Parramatta by six.
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 26, 2020 20:16:23 GMT 10
NRL.com
An early injury to winger Semi Radradra somewhat soured an otherwise brave and thrilling 22-18 comeback win by Parramatta over the Sydney Roosters at Pirtek Stadium.
A series of stunning moments punctuated the pulsating 80-minute contest: a length-of-the-field try-saving tackle from Roosters speedster Joe Manu on pacey Eels try-scorer Bevan French; a standout performance from Roosters fullback Latrell Mitchell; and a masterful game from Parramatta playmaker Corey Norman which overshadowed that earned his team the win.
The come-from-behind win looked very long odds for an Eels side that has had to push aside another week of off-field controversy following fresh news troubled star recruit Kieran Foran had asked to take an indefinite break from the sport, which was then coupled with early, match-ending injuries to Radradra and hooker Isaac De Gois to what is already an injury-ravaged roster.
Norman was the best player on the field, directly creating all four of Parramatta's tries – three with clever grubber kicks behind the line and one with a deft short pass – as well as repeatedly turning the Roosters around with his accurate long kicking game before preventing a possible match-winning try to the Roosters in the final minute.
Former Eel and 2009 grand finalist Jeff Robson was a welcome inclusion in his first game in blue and gold since 2011, spending the majority of it at dummy half filling in for a concussed De Gois.
For the Roosters, neither a threatening 80 minutes from Mitchell – who scored two tries and caused huge headches for the Eels defence with his potent running game – nor a powerful return from Origin back-rower Boyd Cordner (who scored a try of his own) was quite enough.
The result surely ends any dim hopes the Tricolours had of making a late finals charge with even eight wins from their final eight games probably not enough from here. By the same token, once Parramatta's 12-point salary cap penalty is finalised, this win keeps their faint finals hopes alive.
The win was particularly brave given the club's injury toll; from the time exciting youngster Bevan French was denied a try in just the fourth minute because the assisting pass from his inside man Ma'u was ruled forward, little went right for the home side.
Radradra's sixth-minute injury – on the back of Michael Jennings' absence and Brad Takairangi's pre-game withdrawal – meant a second rower was forced to play centre on both sides of the field and the Roosters were ready to attack the makeshift Clint Gutherson-Kenny Edwards left side combo at every opportunity.
Radradra has suffered a possible medial ligament strain and will be assessed but the injury is often a six-week one.
The move to attack that edge paid dividends for the visitors barely two minutes after Radradra left the field when a surging run from Kenny-Dowall broke through a few defenders and his wonderful offload to a supporting Latrell Mitchell sent the latter on a free run to the line.
A concussion check for Tim Mannah after 17 minutes (which he passed to later return) and one a few plays later for Isaac De Gois (who copped a knee to the head attempting to tackle a rampaging Dylan Napa and did not return) meant the blue and golds were down to a single fit player on the bench for a period.
Despite the injuries the Eels held on gamely and levelled up in the 21st minute when fullback Michael Gordon swept onto a Norman grubber.
Two quick tries to Roosters Mitchell and Cordner shortly after half-time – both created by isolating towering winger Dan Tupou against the much smaller French with cross field bombs – looked to have closed out the contest.
But the Eels, and Norman, had other ideas.
Back-rower-turned-centre Ma'u bagged a double in the space of seven minutes courtesy of a Norman grubber then a flat pass at the line to square the ledger.
The Roosters should have found a way against the undermanned Eels from there but the Eels hung in tenaciously and the 8,464 brave souls who ventured out in the awful winter weather erupted when Clint Gutherson latched onto a Norman grubber behind the line in the 75th minute.
The Roosters regained possession through from a short restart and launched a final assault at the line. A right side move looked to have squared the scores again but that man Norman raced across in cover to deny Manu and the Eels held on to a morale-boosting win.
Eels 22 (Ma'u 2, Gordon, Gutherson tries; Gordon 3 goals) def. Roosters 18 (Mitchell 2, Cordner tries; Hastings 2 goals, Taukeiaho goal) at Pirtek Stadium. Crowd: 8464.
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