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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:17:50 GMT 10
SUNDAY 5th March: Parramatta Eels v Manly Sea Eagles at Lottoland, 4.00pm
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:18:36 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:18:57 GMT 10
The Parramatta Eels Round One side to take on the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles at Lottoland on Sunday 5 March has been named by Blue & Gold Head Coach Brad Arthur.
Arthur has named a side that features plenty of youth and experience, including new recruits Josh Hoffman, Suaia Matagi, Nathan Brown and Frank Pritchard.
Kick off is at 4pm.
Parramatta Eels
1. Bevan French
2. Semi Radradra
3. Michael Jennings
4. Brad Takairangi
5. Josh Hoffman
6. Clint Gutherson
7. Corey Norman
8. Suaia Matagi
9. Kaysa Pritchard
10. Tim Mannah (c)
11. Manu Ma’u
12. Tepai Moeroa
13. Beau Scott
Interchange
14. Nathan Brown
15. Daniel Alvaro
16. Rory O’Brien
17. Frank Pritchard
Reserves
18. Jamal Fogarty
19. Cameron King
20. David Gower
21. Scott Schulte
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:19:27 GMT 10
NRL.com
Sea Eagles v Eels: Schick Preview
Schick Hydro Preview: Manly Sea Eagles v Parramatta Eels
Lottoland
Sunday, 4.00pm
There's nothing like a good old-fashioned grudge match to kick off a season. The final match of Telstra Premiership Round 1 pits cross town rivals Manly against Parramatta at Lottoland, with the drastically overhauled Sea Eagles desperate to shrug off a disastrous 2016 campaign with a bright start.
The Eels had an equally if not more problematic year but unlike Manly their on-field form was actually pretty good, winning enough games to have played in September but for a salary cap penalty.
Manly's 17 is near unrecognisable from the one that started Round 26 last year. The key recruit is five-eighth Blake Green from the Storm who should prove the perfect foil for new club captain Daly Cherry-Evans, who struggled through last year with a rotating roster of halves partners.
Knights winger Akuila Uate, Wests Tigers back-rower Curtis Sironen and Canterbury prop Lloyd Perrett are the other recruits making their club debuts. The retirements of Steve Matai, Jamie Lyon and Brett Stewart usher in a new era in the Manly backline with Dylan Walker primed for a big season in his preferred position of right centre and ditto for Tom Trbojevic as fulltime fullback. Coach Trent Barrett has handed Titans junior Brian Kelly an NRL debut at left centre and he is certainly one to watch this year.
It's a bit more steady-as-she-goes for Eels coach Brad Arthur; former Titan and Bronco Josh Hoffman joins the club on the right wing and journeyman prop Suaia Matagi starts in the front row after a stellar pre-season. Former Bunnies hard-man Nathan Brown joins the front row rotation and former Bulldogs and Kiwis forward Frank Pritchard gets a start on the bench. His younger brother Kaysa starts at hooker with Isaac De Gois sitting out due to a concussion.
Why Sea Eagles can win: Barrett will be hoping Green can add something similar to what premiership-winning five-eighth Kieran Foran used to: marshal the left edge and provide an adept foil to Cherry-Evans, along with a deft kicking game. Green took half as many kicks as Cooper Cronk last year (but about the same as Cameron Smith) but should share the duties more evenly with Cherry-Evans given reduced kicking options elsewhere in the team compared to the Storm. Trial form suggested Green would play on the left (as Foran used to) and launch plenty of attacking bombs and cross-field kicks with Cherry-Evans to take the bulk of grubbers and clearing kicks while playing on the right.
Why Eels can win: Bear in mind Parramatta remained very competitive despite a massive injury and suspension toll last year amid countless off-field ructions. Inject a few power-packed recruits like Matagi and Brown and the recipe is there for a big year. Halfback Corey Norman was close to the best playmaker in the competition at times last year, though he has been hampered by a hamstring strain picked up at the Nines. The question mark is the inexperience in the spine between young fullback Bevan French, fullback-turned-five-eighth Clint Gutherson and the oft-injured Pritchard standing in for De Gois. If those three can aim up – and each is easily talented and competitive enough to do so – the Eels could well be a force not just on Sunday but in 2017.
The history: Played 136; Sea Eagles 82; Eels 50; Draw 4. The Eels are on a five-match winning run against Manly but have a poor record at Lottoland, winning just under a third of their matches their overall. They've won their past two visits but were successful just once in the eight before that.
What are the odds: The money is running 8:1 in favour of Parramatta in Sportsbet's head-to-head market, but punters are tipping a 1-12 win for the Eels rather than a 13+ result. The gap in odds between the two sides has been closing by the day. No surprise to see a stack of money on Bevan French and Semi Radradra to open the scoring. Latest odds at Sportsbet.com.au.
Match officials: Referee: Grant Atkins; Assistant Referee: Chris Butler; Touch judges: Russell Turner and Rickey McFarlane; Review Official: Luke Patten; Senior RO: Bernard Sutton.
Televised: Channel Nine – Live from 4pm. Fox Sports – Live from 4pm.
How we see it: A tough one to call and plenty hinges on how the revamped Manly playmaking combinations can gel. There are question marks over the Eels too but we'll lean towards the blue and golds to sneak home by six points.
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:19:47 GMT 10
Half time siren rings, Eels take a 14-6 lead at Lottoland.
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:20:04 GMT 10
Full time and the Eels have come away with a 20-12 victory over the Sea Eagles.
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:20:29 GMT 10
NRL.com
Impressive Eels beat brave Sea Eagles
By Chris Kennedy, NRL.com
Sun, Mar 05, 2017 - 06:00PM
The Parramatta Eels have recorded their sixth straight Telstra Premiership win over Manly with a tough 20-12 victory over a new-look Sea Eagles at Lottoland on Sunday afternoon.
The closeness of the final margin was a testament to the resilient defence of the Sea Eagles who had just 40 per cent possession for the entire match and were forced into a whopping seven second-half goal line drop-outs.
The physicality in the forward pack was a highlight, with the battle between Kiwi enforcers Marty Taupau and Suaia Matagi particularly enthralling and producing some massive collisions.
Parramatta's new halves combination of Corey Norman and Clint Gutherson got off to a fine start, linking up on both sides of the field and crossing the line for a try apiece.
Manly debutant Brian Kelly opened the scoring with an impressive try in just the seventh minute - showing good strength and footwork to beat several defenders – after his forwards won the early battle against the Eels. But that was as good as it got for the home side.
Eels halfback Norman dominated proceedings from there. He grubbered through for a fine solo try to square the ledger in the 11th minute then launched a stunning 40/20 kick followed by a sublime face-ball to set up a Bevan French (via an outstanding Manu Ma'u offload) in the 26th minute.
Five-eighth Gutherson nailed three first-half goals from as many attempts, including a penalty goal, to hand the Eels an eight-point advantage at the break.
It could have been worse for Manly, who trailed the possession count 59 to 41 per cent and the completion rate by 84 to 68 per cent at half time, with a try to Josh Hoffman called back due French's neat cut-out pass being judged to have floated forward.
Things didn't improve much for the Sea Eagles after the break with Parramatta continuing to dominate possession and force drop out after drop out.
Gutherson extended the scoring with a powerful show-and-go at the line, forcing his way through Manly's left-side defence in the 49th minute.
The Eels went the length of the field off the next set with the aid of a fortuitous penalty, before Aku Uate made an error from their kick to hand over a repeat set.
From there the Eels – and specifically the precision boot of Norman – forced four consecutive goal line drop outs against Manly but the home team produced an inspiring passage of defence against a threatening opponent to keep their goal line intact through a period where they weren't tackled with the ball for 13 minutes.
The Eels were frustrated by their inability to convert possession and field position into points and eventually opted for two points from a penalty in front to take their lead from 12 to 14 in the 65th minute.
Still more drop outs followed for a rapidly tiring Manly before an inspirational run from Tom Trbojevic – scooping up yet another Norman stab-kick on the fly – set them on the attack with a 50-metre line break.
With just a few plays at the Eels line, new five-eighth Blake Green was able to score in his club debut when he shrugged through some fairly flimsy defence next to the posts but at 20-12 with just three minutes to play it was too little too late for the home side.
Parramatta Eels 20 (Corey Norman, Bevan French, Clint Gutherson tries; Gutherson 4 goals) defeated Manly Sea Eagles 12 (Brian Kelly, Blake Green tries; Dylan Walker 2 goals) at Lottoland. Half time: Eels 14-6. Crowd 11,318.
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:23:35 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:24:12 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:24:51 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:25:34 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:27:43 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:28:24 GMT 10
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