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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:42:22 GMT 10
FRIDAY 17th March: Parramatta Eels v Gold Coast Titans at Cbus Super Stadium, 8.05pm
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:43:00 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:43:19 GMT 10
1. Bevan French
2. Semi Radradra
3. Michael Jennings
4. Brad Takairangi
5. Josh Hoffman
6. Clint Gutherson
7. Jeff Robson
8. Suaia Matagi
9. Kaysa Pritchard
10. Tim Mannah (c)
11. Manu Mau
12. Tepai Moeroa
13. Beau Scott (c)
Interchange
14. Nathan Brown
15. Daniel Alvaro
16. Rory O'Brien
17. Frank Pritchard
18. David Gower
19. Marata Niukore
20. Kirisome Auva'a
21. Siosaia Vave
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:43:48 GMT 10
NRL.com
Titans v Eels: Schick Preview
Wed, Mar 15, 2017 - 12:00PM
By Tony Webeck
Schick Hydro Preview: Gold Coast Titans v Parramatta Eels
Cbus Super Stadium
Friday, 7.05pm (AEST)
With landing gear failure grounding the 'Hayne Plane' and the silky skills of Corey Norman falling foul to a hamstring strain both the Titans and Eels have to look elsewhere for the x-factor that will prove the difference between winning and losing.
The Titans have turned to a debutant in Tyler Cornish to fill the void left by Jarryd Hayne at fullback while the Eels have taken an altogether different tact, calling up veteran Jeff Robson to partner Clinton Gutherson in the halves.
The question that this now raises is whether the Titans are better equipped to handle the raft of injuries that have beset the club over the past month than the Eels are to construct effective attacking sets without Norman in the side.
With Norman suspended and nothing to play for last season the Eels won just three of their final eight games with Gutherson and Robson at the helm with one of their five losses a 34-14 thumping at the hands of the Titans on the Gold Coast.
In terms of the injury count at the Titans by half-time against the Knights last week only Eddy Pettybourne remained on the interchange bench and the only players to come back into the 21-man squad named by coach Neil Henry on Tuesday are centre Dan Sarginson, winger William Zillman and utility Ryan Simpkins with Karl Lawton (dislocated shoulder) highly doubtful despite being named.
Recognising the need to start much better than they have in the opening fortnight the Titans have promoted Agnatius Paasi to the starting side who along with Ryan James, Jarrod Wallace, Kevin Proctor and Chris McQueen need to quell the opening onslaught of the big Eels forwards.
The Titans are yet to score a try in the opening 20 minutes of their two games to date but for the sake of their confidence need to be the ones to strike first on Friday night.
Why Titans can win it: They're due? Taking into account their last three games of 2016 the Titans' losing streak now stands at five and with a number of key personnel unavailable due to injury the task seems a very difficult one. The Titans' last win at home was in Round 20 last year against the Eels (34-14) so perhaps that omen, the absence of Norman for the Eels and the fighting spirit they have displayed in each of their opening two games can provide their fans with some cause for optimism.
Why Eels can win it: Through two rounds of the Telstra Premiership no team has had more use of the footy than the Eels (58 per cent) and they have put it to good use with wins over the Sea Eagles and Dragons. Their 17 errors are second-best in the league and they have 11 line breaks, just one behind the Rabbitohs which means they have a potent mix of discipline and strike-power. If they get more than 50 per cent of the ball on Friday the Titans will struggle to contain them.
Key match-up: Konrad Hurrell v Michael Jennings. Two vastly contrasting styles go head-to-head with both players having made bright starts to 2017. Hurrell made some poor errors last week against the Knights when he shifted out to the wing and will no doubt recall being left clutching at thin air by the fast feet of Jennings in 2014 when the pair were both at former clubs. Jennings also has the not insignificant luxury of having Semi Radadra on his outside.
The history: Played 15; Titans 10; Eels 5. The Eels may have got caught up in the holiday spirit on previous visits to the Gold Coast, winning just two of nine games on Titans' home soil. The biggest win in the Titans' history came against Parramatta in 2013 (42-4 in Mudgee) but the most significant meeting came in 2009 when the Titans were swamped by the Eels' momentum 27-2 to bow out of their first finals series with two straight defeats.
What are the odds: Parramatta have been the best backed side of the round by a long way according to the markets with Sportsbet. After opening as outsiders at $1.95, 70 per cent of bets on the winning margin have been for a 13-plus victory to the Eels. Four-try hero Semi Radradra has been backed to do it all again in the first try-scorer market. Latest odds at Sportsbet.com.au.
Match officials: Referee: Ashley Klein; Assistant Referee: Chris James; Touch Judges: Belinda Sleeman and Nick Morel; Review Official: Ben Galea; Senior RO: Bernard Sutton.
Televised: Channel Nine – Live from 7.30pm (AEDT); Fox League – Live from 7.30pm (AEDT).
NRL.com predicts: The loss of Norman is a massive blow to the Eels who would have been considered raging hot favourites with their star halfback in the team. Gold Coast need to start far better than they have in their first two games otherwise they will find themselves with a deficit that they won't be able to recover from. If Parramatta win the middle they should have enough class to get the job done. Eels by six points.
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:44:10 GMT 10
Half time 12-12 after Parramatta led 12-0 ten minutes into the game.
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:44:26 GMT 10
Full time Gold Coast 26 Parramatta 14
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:44:51 GMT 10
NRL.com
Injury-ravaged Titans outlast sloppy Eels
Fri, Mar 17, 2017 - 09:54PM
By Tony Webeck
The Titans have defied an injury crisis that worsened over the course of 80 minutes to register their first win of the season against an error-riddled Parramatta outfit at Cbus Super Stadium on Friday night.
The Eels raced out to a 12-0 lead inside 17 minutes to leave the home fans shell-shocked but despite players going down left, right and centre Gold Coast fought their way back into the contest to draw level with the final play of the first half before going on to win 26-14 in front of 11,612 fans.
Titans winger William Zillman left the field in the 17th minute with a calf injury and was unable to return and when Konrad Hurrell was forced from the field to have a concussion test six minutes from half-time the Titans had Chris McQueen and Kevin Proctor playing in the centres.
Tyrone Roberts struggled on with a hamstring complaint, Ryan Simpkins and Ryan James both went for concussion tests, Englishman Joe Greenwood flat-out refused to leave the field and Ash Taylor and Kane Elgey both went down after heavy hits and yet the most inexperienced team in the Titans' 10-year history recorded one of the club's most courageous wins.
The Eels weren't without their own injury issues with hooker Kaysa Pritchard suffering an ankle injury in the 62nd minute that prevented him taking any further part in the game but the biggest headache for coach Brad Arthur was a complete disregard for possession in the second stanza.
Semi Radradra twice spilt the Steeden on the first tackle inside Parramatta's 10-metre line and with a second-half completion rate of 67 per cent the Eels repeatedly invited the bashed-up Titans to attack their line.
A penalty goal to Clint Gutherson three minutes into the second half saw the visitors edge ahead 14-12 but it was one of the last times they entered Titans territory with any purpose.
When Josh Hoffman was unable to reign in a loose ball the Titans constructed a set that finished with a Taylor grubber ricocheting into the path of Elgey who toed it through to score and hit the front, and when Taylor added a penalty goal and Tyrone Roberts snared a tap-back from Joe Greenwood after a Taylor cross-field kick the Titans had extended their lead to 26-14 seven minutes from full-time.
The Eels started the game showing no signs of missing halfback Corey Norman, crossing first in the eighth minute when Gutherson backed up to receive an offload from Beau Scott to score under the posts and then a beautiful set piece seven minutes later opened the way for Jeff Robson to extend the lead.
Shortly after the Eels' second try William Zillman left the field with a recurrence of his calf injury and when Konrad Hurrell was rocked by a massive Nathan Brown hit in the 34th minute the reserves bench was again looking bereft of back-up.
The Titans threw the ball around with abandon as they searched desperately for their first points of the game but it took the simplest move that there is – a barge over from dummy-half by Chris McQueen – to register their first points after 27 minutes.
The Eels looked as though they would take a six-point lead into the break before lock forward Tepai Moeroa was penalised for a late hit after a kick by Ash Taylor and with 90 seconds left in the half the Titans struck again when a shift wide to the left found Kane Elgey in space who somewhat fortunately snuck his pass past Eels winger Josh Hoffman for Cornish to score in the corner.
Gold Coast Titans 26 (Chris McQueen, Tyler Cornish, Kane Elgey, Tyrone Roberts tries; Ashley Taylor 5 goals) def. Parramatta Eels 14 (Clint Gutherson, Jeff Robson tries; Gutherson 3 goals) at Cbus Super Stadium. Half-time: 12-all. Crowd: 11,612. Holden Cup: Eels 36-28.
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:45:40 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:46:36 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:47:15 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:48:20 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:49:08 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:49:53 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:50:35 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Aug 23, 2020 13:51:13 GMT 10
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