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Post by Electric Eel on Nov 25, 2020 17:26:54 GMT 10
SUNDAY 23rd July: Parramatta Eels v Wests Tigers at ANZ Stadium, 4.00pm
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Post by Electric Eel on Nov 25, 2020 17:28:18 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Nov 25, 2020 17:28:46 GMT 10
The Parrramatta Eels side to take on the Wests Tigers at ANZ Stadium in Round 20 of the NRL Telstra Premiership on Sunday 23 July has been named by Blue & Gold Head Coach Brad Arthur.
Following a 22-6 victory over the Storm in round 19, followed by a bye in round 20, Arthur has named a 21 man squad to take on the Wests Tigers, with prop Siosaia Vave called into the starting side in the front row alongside captain Tim Mannah.
Daniel Alvaro moves to an extended bench alongside Kenny Edwards, Suaia Matagi, Will Smith, David Gower, Peni Terepo, Kirisome Auva'a and John Folau.
Kick off is at 4pm.
Despite this being an away fixture, ticketed Eels Members will be able to gain FREE entry as it is the second of our three reciprocal rights matches at ANZ Stadium! Reserved seat Members will need to have their Membership card present at the game and will need to enter through Gate C.
GA Members will need to present their Membership card and enter at Gate B.
Parramatta Eels side
1. Clint Gutherson
2. Semi Radradra
3. Michael Jennings
4. Brad Takairangi
5. Bevan French
6. Corey Norman
7. Mitch Moses
8. Siosaia Vave
9. Cameron King
10. Tim Mannah (c)
11. Manu Ma'u
12. Tepai Moeroa
13. Nathan Brown
Interchange
14. Daniel Alvaro
15. Kenny Edwards
16. Suaia Matagi
17. Will Smith
18. David Gower
19. Peni Terepo
20. Kirisome Auva'a
21. John Folau
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Post by Electric Eel on Nov 25, 2020 17:29:12 GMT 10
NRL.com
Schick Hydro Preview: Wests Tigers v Parramatta Eels
ANZ Stadium
Sunday, 4pm
The 'battle of the west' is always a heated and passionate encounter but in 2017 it holds even greater significance: an important cause off the paddock and a mouthwatering new rivalry on it.
In conjunction with the NRL, both the Wests Tigers and Parramatta Eels have joined forces with the Thomas Kelly Foundation to use rugby league as a platform for raising awareness on an extremely important subject – suicide.
Sunday will be the first 'Stay Kind' day in Australia and both clubs will be playing for the inaugural trophy.
The clash on the field is expected to be a fiery one. Mitchell Moses takes on his old club for the first time up against former teammates and current housemates James Tedesco and Luke Brooks.
Moses's exit at Concord was a sour one and Wests Tigers supporters could be forgiven for feeling as though he jumped off the bus at a time when the side needed him the most.
There is no doubting the Eels have been the real beneficiaries out of the situation though, winning five from their last seven games with the 22-year-old in the No.7 jersey.
Parramatta are in a comfortable position on the Telstra Premiership ladder in seventh and if their winning form continues, could push for a top-four position with seven rounds remaining.
It hasn't been as smooth sailing for the Tigers, who after pushing clear of the Knights on the bottom of the table, couldn't back it up with a victory over the Sea Eagles on the weekend.
You just get the feeling with this one though that it won't matter where these two sides are on the ladder.
The Eels have been boosted by the return of Manu Ma'u from an ankle injury with Kenny Edwards shifting back to the bench.
For the Wests Tigers, they've lost Jacob Liddle to a shoulder injury and Sauaso Sue through suspension. Chris Lawrence moves into the starting back-row with Tim Grant and Michael Chee-Kam added to the bench. Matt McIlwrick will start in the No.9 jersey.
Why the Tigers can win: Without pointing out the obvious that the side will want to spoil Moses's return party, Ivan Cleary's men match it with Parramatta in possession, runs and metres gained this season and have been building in recent weeks for another strong performance. Their loss to the Sea Eagles on the weekend came down to a second-half slump after leading early, a real area where the side has struggled this season. Between the 40th and 70th minute they have conceded 37 tries compared to the Eels' 21 this season. If that can be matched on the weekend they're a chance because Brad Arthur's side traditionally like to lead from the front early – scoring 40 of their 54 tries before the 50th-minute mark in 2017.
Why the Eels can win: As mentioned the Eels are on par with Wests Tigers for yardage and possession, yet are eight positions higher on the Telstra Premiership ladder. Why? They've turned their territory into points and are finding ways to grind out games. In a competition where fundamentals are key, the Eels aren't fantastic but they're giving themselves every chance of competing by holding the ball and making their tackles. They rank behind Melbourne and St George Illawarra in the top eight for least missed and have scored 11 extra tries over their opposition on the back the fourth best error rate in the Telstra Premiership after 19 rounds.
The history: Played 34, Wests Tigers 14, Eels 19, Drawn 1. Parramatta hold an overall record over the Wests Tigers and have won three of their last four between the two including their Easter Monday victory back in Round 7. Semi Radradra has scored four tries from four games against the joint venture and 17 from 19 overall at ANZ Stadium. Eels teammate Bevan French has 25 tries from 25 games in the Telstra Premiership, but he is yet to get over the line against the Wests Tigers.
What are the odds: Nearly twice as many individual bets have been placed on Parramatta, however 50 per cent more money is with the Wests Tigers in Sportsbet's head-to-head market. Punters clearly think the Tigers' price is generous, and they're backing them at the line as well. Latest odds at sportsbet.com.au.
Match officials: Referee: Adam Gee; Assistant referee: Chris Sutton; Touch judges: Rohan Best and Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski; Review Officials: Luke Patten and Bernard Sutton.
Televised: Channel 9 and Fox League – Live from 4:00pm.
NRL.com predicts: The Tigers showed plenty of fight against Manly and will be up for the challenge of Moses' return early, however whether they can go with Parramatta for the entire 80 minutes is what leaves us asking questions. With a top-four finish still in sight, the visitors cannot afford to lose this one and you get the feeling Moses may lift in front of the Tigers faithful. Despite sitting in seventh position, Parramatta isn't that far off the Wests Tigers in the statistical aspect of the game, but should get home just same. Eels by 8.
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Post by Electric Eel on Nov 25, 2020 17:29:32 GMT 10
Halftime: Parramatta Eels 10 Wests Tigers 8
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Post by Electric Eel on Nov 25, 2020 17:29:47 GMT 10
Fulltime: Parramatta Eels 17 Wests Tigers 16
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Post by Electric Eel on Nov 25, 2020 17:30:11 GMT 10
NRL.com
Parramatta have edged tantalisingly close to their first finals appearance since 2009 with a highly entertaining, if scrappy, 17-16 win over Wests Tigers at ANZ Stadium on Sunday.
The inaugural Stay Kind Cup, supporting the Thomas Kelly Youth Foundation, was a frantic and end-to-end affair right through the 80 minutes.
The Tigers led 12-10 at one stage halfway through the second half on the back of three straight penalty goals despite trailing two tries to one, but their conservatism eventually proved costly as a 77th-minute Corey Norman field goal edged the enterprising Eels in front for a win that moves them to 26 competition points and possibly needing just two wins from their final six matches to seal a finals berth.
The offload count (15-14 to the Tigers), error count (17-9 against the Eels) and line breaks (9-2 to Parramatta) told the story of a match where discipline and completions took a back seat to off-the-cuff football.
The one blight on the game for the Eels was a knee injury concern for fullback Clint Gutherson.
Plenty of attention in the build-up was around Eels half Mitch Moses facing his former club for the first time but aside from receiving a couple of extra spicy tackles from his housemate and former teammate Luke Brooks he had a steady but unspectacular game.
It looked like being a potentially long afternoon for the Tigers when some enterprising play from the Eels saw winger Bevan French step inside the cover defence to score in just the third minute.
The Tigers squared up at 6-all in the 12th minute when fullback James Tedesco burst onto an Aaron Woods offload and streaked away to the corner, beating half the Eels team in the process.
The Eels continued to chance their arm and missed possible try-scoring opportunities when first Tepai Moeroa and then Corey Norman spilled chances near the Tigers line.
The home side edged in front 8-6 through a Tui Lolohea penalty midway through the half but the Eels continued to have the better of the chances and reclaimed the lead through flanker Semi Radradra in the 31st minute when a nice wraparound play was followed by a perfect Norman cut-out pass on the left edge. The 10-8 score saw no further change through to half time.
The early stages of the second half were marked by good Tigers defence and clunky Eels attack despite the blue and golds largely having the better of field position and the Tigers managed to claim the lead 12-10 on the strength of two more penalty goals midway through the half despite being down two tries to one.
An opportunistic one-on-one steal from Moeroa righted the ship as a nice Brad Takairangi run beat Tui Lolohea and sent a supporting Radradra bursting into space with the winger able to create a two-on-one situation to put Gutherson over for a try and a 16-12 lead.
The Eels looked to have gone further ahead when Siosaia Vave strolled through some sloppy Woods defence and French leapt over Tedesco to field a Norman kick but the Bunker detected a knock on in the lead up.
Instead the Tigers levelled up when Malakai Watene-Zelezniak leapt high over opposite number French to mark a Brooks bomb but a miss from a gettable conversion by Lolohea kept it tied at 16-all with just under 10 minutes to play.
The closing stages brought new meaning to the word 'frantic'; the Eels bombed a try when Takairangi marked a Norman kick and offloaded to Gutherson who probably should have gone himself but instead offloaded to French who spilled it with the line begging.
The Tigers then came up with lost balls of their own through awful offloads from Lolohea and then Woods.
Norman broke the deadlock with three minutes to play with a low, driving field goal that barely skimmed over the cross-bar.
Brooks missed with a tough chance of his own a minute later before an attacking Eels set saw them march downfield where a tripping penalty against Brooks on his former teammate and current housemate Moses officially ended the Tigers' chances.
Parramatta Eels 17 (French, Radradra, Gutherson tries; Gutherson 2 goals; Norman field goal) defeated Wests Tigers 16 (Tedesco, Watene-Zelezniak tries; Lolohea 4 goals) at ANZ Stadium. Half time: Eels 10-8. Crowd: 30,901.
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Post by Electric Eel on Nov 25, 2020 17:31:09 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Nov 25, 2020 17:31:46 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Nov 25, 2020 17:32:26 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Nov 25, 2020 17:33:07 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Nov 25, 2020 17:33:45 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Nov 25, 2020 17:34:27 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Nov 25, 2020 17:35:08 GMT 10
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Post by Electric Eel on Nov 25, 2020 17:35:46 GMT 10
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