Harold Matthews

 

Parramatta Eels v Western Suburbs Magpies
New Era Stadium, Saturday 12 March
10:00am

EELS 1 JOHN PAUL NOHRA 2 JOSHUA BOUMELHEM 3 WILLIAM KEI 4 PETER TEVAGA 5 DENNIS MAITAIA 6 HYRUM WICHMANN 7 DYLAN BROWN 8 VALANCE HARRIS 9 KYLE SCHNEIDER (@) 10 MARK TEPU SMITH 11 MATT DOOREY 12 CHARBEL TASIPALE 13 PHILLIP FANANE 14 LUKE SOMMERTON 15 UELLINGTON SEVE 16 HARRY DUGGAN 17 DALLAS KING 18 DANE OOSTENDORP 19 RONAN KING 20 TYLER FIELD 21 CLIFF LEA’AETOA 22 ASAELI VUICAKI 23 JAYDEN TANNER 24 STEFANO UTOIKAMANU COACH SCOTT JONES
MAGPIES 1 TYRONE HARDING 2 CAMERON OITMANN 3 MOSESE VUKI 4 TYLER RULLIS 5 ELIJAH PEACOCK 6 MARC ZAURRINI 7 CHRISTIAN URSO 8 FELIX SMITH 9 BEN QUINLAN 10 TUKI KYRIACOU 11 HENRY LEALUGA-PUHOTAU 12 MASON HURST 13 RUA NGATI 14 FREDDY KINI 15 MARCUS MOORE 16 BRODY DOONER 17 JAKOB BLAKE 18 JOEL SALDANERI 19 KOLIN SAUKURU 20 NATHANIEL TIATA 21 JAYKE LEALUGA-PUHOTAU 22 RYAN WESSEL 23 WILL SAUNDERS 24 25 COACH WAYNE AZZOPARDI

 

First Half

 

First try of the day to none other than William Kei. Well executed backline move sees him break the line and score down the left.

 

Try scored by Kei. Conversion successful by Schneider.

 

Eels lead 6-0

 

Wests hit back via some second phase play. It it their lock that ends up scoring but confusion reigns as Wests don’t celebrate the score and the ref takes considerable time before pointing to the spot.

 

Try scored by the lock. Conversion is successful by the five-eighth.

 

Score locked up at 6-all

 

John Paul Nohra gives the Eels the lead back after surging through in support up the middle. Great control of the ruck from the Eels in that set.

 

Try scored by Nohra. Conversion successful by Schneider.

 

Eels lead 12-6

 

Kei turns try-maker now. He breaks through from the scrum win and races down the left sideline. The cover chase closes in on him and he links up with josh Buomelhem who races to the posts to score!

 

Try scored by Boumelhem. Conversion successful by Schneider.

 

Parra lead 18-6

 

One of the updates got eaten by the site but the Eels lead 24-6 at half time!

 

Half Time

Parramatta Eels 24 lead Western Suburbs Magpies 6

 

Second Half

 

Boumelhem gets his second try of the day and again it comes from a scrum win. Hyrum Wichmann with the magic from inside though. Explosive step to create the 2-on-1 down the left-edge short side.

 

Try scored by Boumelhem. Conversion unsuccessful by Schneider.

 

Parra lead 28-6

 

Notch up another one for William Kei. Turned back inside by Wichmann there and streaks through a gap in the sliding defence. Pretty simple that one.

 

Try scored by Kei. Conversion successful by Schneider.

 

Eels lead 34-6

 

The triple double! Wellington Seve gets in on the two-score effort now as he crashes over from short range. Proving himself to be a real red zone threat both today and in the first half of the season.

 

Try scored by Seve. Conversion successful by Schneider.

 

Parra lead 40-6

 

Wests get on the board in the second half as their #19 reaches out to plant the ball down despite the attention of a defender on the goal line. Good effort from the Wests’ forward there.

 

Try scored by #19. Conversion unsuccessful by #6

 

Wests trail 10-40

 

Nohra joins the double club. He has been a constant presence up the middle pushing up in support and he is rewarded with the four points this time around. Great support play from the big fullback.

 

Try scored by Nohra. Conversion successful by Schneider.

 

Parra lead 46-10

 

Hat-trick for Kei! Lovely ball movement from the kickoff sees Kei make a break down the left sideline. He gets tackled 35m out but two tackles later he is in the right place to secure that third try off some lovely ball work by Dylan Brown.

 

 

Try scored by Kei. Conversion successful by Schneider.

 

Parra lead 52-10

 

Nearly one last try for the Eels on the back of an excellent break by Phillip ‘The Fridge’ Fanane but Wests scramble well to shut the break down.

 

Full Time

Parramatta Eels 53 DEF Western Suburbs Magpies 10

 

SG Ball

 

Parramatta Eels v Western Suburbs Magpies
New Era Stadium, Saturday 12 March
11:30am

EELS 1 JOHN FONUA 2 NOEL AUKAFOLAU 3 TUI AFUALO 4 ETHAN PARRY 5 HAZE DUNSTER 6 ALEX SEVE 7 TRAVIS TURNBULL 8 OREGON KAUFUSI 9 ADAM CAMPBELL 10 STEVE DRESLER 11 JOSH CARR © 12 FILIA UTOIKAMANU 13 MICHAEL TUPOU 14 MITCH HYDE 16 ELIE ELZAKHEM 17 JOSH CURRAN 18 VEA TAPA 25 BENI VALU COACH NATHAN CAYLESS
MAGPIES 1 JAMES TAUTAIOLEFUA 2 KYE DEANE 3 JAMEN JOHNSON 4 NATHAN TUI 5 DEE IOAPO 6 GUS GARZANITI 7 HOSEA LEUEA 8 ALATANU WRIGHT 9 JAKE SCOTT 10 BEN POWERS 11 LEKENDRICK MASOE 12 JAI FERGUSON 13 TALA MAUIGOA 14 CAMERON BRABENDER 15 TOM ANGEL 16 ANDREW HORNE 17 MANISELA TEUHEMA 18 BRYCE SHAW 19 JONATHAN TALAMAIVAO 20 KOMITI VETEMOTU 21 LUCAS CASTLE COACH JOHN MCPHERSON/MARK BARNES

 

First Half

 

A great run by Dresler sets up the Eels on the goal line and Travis Turnbull follows his lead three tackles later when he pins his ears back and hurls himself at the goal line defence. He twists and contorts through the contact to get the ball down. Great effort.

 

Try scored by Turnbull. Conversion successful by Turnbull.

 

Parra lead 6-0

 

The Human Wrecking Ball that is Tui Afualo makes it a two score lead for the Eels as he gets the ball on the back of a fast play the ball from Filia Utoikamanu and barrels down the left-edge short side to score.

 

Try scored by Afualo. Conversion successful by Turnbull.

 

Parra lead 12-0

 

A perfect grubber from Alex Seve is pounced on by Ethan Parry as he dives between two defenders in the in-goals. Terrific fifth-tackle footy there.

 

Try scored by Parry. Conversion successful by Turnbull.

 

Parra lead 18-0

 

Drinks break due to the sweltering conditions.

 

Great ball from Fonua sweeping down the left and great crash line from Ad\fualo there. Too much for the Magpies to handle and Tui gets his second try of the game.

 

Try scored by Afualo. Conversion successful by Turnbull.

 

Parra lead 24-0

 

Spectacular stuff from Dresler now. Makes a half bust straight up the middle and slips an outrageous offload to Josh Curran in support who guns it to the try line. Lovely try between two forwards.

 

Try scored by Curran. Conversion successful by Turnbull.

 

Parra lead 30-0

 

Light stepping from Alex Seve creates something out of no where. He runs the ball down the right but steps past 4 or 5 defenders back to the left, links up with Curran who in turn hits Turnbull with a short pass and Travis joins Afualo with the early double. Parra playing some good footy in the heat.

 

Try scored by Turnbull. Conversion successful by Turnbull.

 

36-0

 

How did they score that? Parra run it down their right on the last and Seve puts in a shallow grubber behind the line. Parry races through and regathers it and flicks it away to Haze Dunster in one motion and Dunster scoops it up off the ground to score. Heads up play from Parry who knew he was short of the goal line there.

 

Try scored by Dunster. Conversion successful by Turnbull.

 

Parra lead 42-0

 

Half Time

Parramatta Eels 42 lead Western Suburbs Magpies 0

 

Second Half

 

It takes the Eels six minutes to add to their score but they do it in wonderful fashion with a perfectly executed backline move down their left-edge. Turnbull and Fonua play the ball from the inside to create the space for Noel Auckafolau down the sideline.

 

Try scored by Auckafolau. Conversion unsuccessful by Turnbull.

 

Parra lead 46-0

 

Wests finally get on the board as they crash over next to the posts via their hooker.

 

Try scored by #9. Conversion successful by #7

 

Wests trail 46-6

 

Parra hit back immediately with a long range effort to Noel Auckafolau. Think Tui was the man that put him into space there. He actually gets run down a metre short but a display of great core strength sees him reach out and slam the ball down.

 

Try scored by Auckafolau. Conversion unsuccessful by Turnbull.

 

Parra lead 50-6

 

Drinks break due to the sweltering conditions.

 

Wests get their second try of the game as their dummy half darts in behind the ruck and hits their #8 with a short ball between two defenders under the posts. Referee has gotten very trigger happy against the Eels in the second half.

 

Try scored by #8. Conversion successful by #7.

 

Wests trail 12-50

 

Third try for Wests now, this one is scored by their #15 down our left-edge. Came on the back of a dubious penalty after it looked like the visitors lost the ball cold. Still, defence has let the young Eels down in the second half.

 

Try scored by #15. Conversion unsuccessful by #7.

 

Wests trail 16-50

 

Tui Afualo stems the bleeding as he careens through the defensive line from Parra’s half. Turnbull races up in support and the ‘Ginger Ninja’ notches up his hat-trick as the dives over under the posts.

 

Try scored by Turnbull. Conversion successful by Turnbull.

 

Parra lead 56-16

 

Back-to-back scores for the Eels in the dying moments of this game! Michael Tupou has blown past some tired defenders and Haze Dunster races up inside him from no where to go the rest of the distance to score under the posts where Turnbull was not one minute ago.

 

Try scored by Dunster. Conversion successful by Turnbull.

 

Full Time

Parramatta Eels 62 DEF Western Suburb Magpies 16