Harold Matthews

 

Parramatta Eels v Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles – QUALIFYING FINAL
Campbelltown Stadium, Saturday 16^th April
10am
Referee: Tom Cambourn
Touch Judges: Michael Ford, Tyron Jordan
Parramatta: 1 JOHN PAUL NOHRA 2 JOSHUA BOUMELHEM 3 WILLIAM KEI ASAELI VUICAKU 5 CLIFF LEA’AETOA 6 TYLER FIELD 7 DYLAN BROWN 8 HARRY DUGGAN 9 KYLE SCHNEIDER 10 STEFANO UTOIKAMANU 11 MATT DOOREY 12 CHARBEL TASIPALE 13 UELLINGTON SEVE 14 LUKE SOMMERTON 15 MARK TEPU SMITH 16 PHILLIP FANENE 17 VALANCE HARRIS 18 DALLAS KING 19 PETER TEVAGA 20 DANE OOSTENDORP 25 HYRUM WICHMANN 21 RONAN KING 22 JAYDEN TANNER 23 DENNIS MAITAIA COACH SCOTT JONES
Manly-Warringah: 1 ALBERT HOPOATE 2 CALLUM SCARR 3 MAX LEHMANN 4 ARMANI BIDDLE 5 SIMI AFEAKI 6 TREMAINE TERZIS 7 HARRY WILSON 8 KEITH TITMUSS 9 FREDDY LUSSICK 10 ISAAC MEEHAN 11 JOSHUA FEPULEAI 12 SEAN VAIVELATA 13 BEN COLLINS 14 DANIEL ALA 15 TOM LATU 16 TOM HARDCASTLE 17 JOSH SCHUSTER 18 LENNOX WHITTAKER 19 ALEC TUITAVAKE 20 NATHANAEL ENDEMANN COACH JASON LUSSICK

 

First Half

 

Some see-sawing exchanges to open this game but the Eels are on the board first via a lovely scrum move. John Paul Hohra throws a nice ball to make-shift centre Dennis Maitaia who runs an over s lines and scores in the left corner! Conditions are a bit greasy this morning to that was goods hands.

 

Try scored by Maiataia. Conversion unsuccessful by Schneider.

Parra lead 4-0

 

Two tries for the Eels now as Wellington Seve crashes over! Inside ball from either Brown or Field there (can’t recall if it was #6 or #7) and Seve’s footwork and strength are too much.

 

Try scored by Seve. Conversion successful by Schneider.

Parra lead 10-0

 

Dylan Brown comes up with the massive play against the run! Blocks the grubber kick from Manly in our red zone and scoops up the rolling ball to race 90m and score under the posts. Great awareness and speed on display there.

 

Try scored by Brown. Conversion successful by Schneider.

Parra lead 16-0

 

Half Time

Parra have had most of the running in the first half and will go into the sheds leading 16-0.

Parramatta Eels 16 LEAD Manly Sea-Eagles 0

 

Second Half

 

Phillip Fanane crashes over to the left of the posts! Looked to be held up initially but he rolled through the tacklers to score.

 

Try scored by Fanana. Conversion successful by Schneider.

Parra lead 22-0

 

Manly finally get on the board as they score down our right-edge on the back of a half bust from their backrower. Short pass from dummy half was enough to catch us out down the shortside.

 

Try scored by Manly. Conversion successful.

Manly trail 6-22

 

The Eels hit back quickly. Dennis Maitaia scoops up a wayward pass from a Manly player and races 50m downfield before linking up with Ronan King who races the rest of the way. He had scored for all money but the ref rules knock on! Turns out he dived too early and the ball got dislodged! Oh my. Manly turn it over on the next tackle though and a couple of plays later Valance Harris forces his way between two defenders to score!

 

Try scored by Harris. Conversion successful by Schneider.

Parra lead 28-6

 

The Eels have less than a minute on the clock from the kickoff but still find a way to go the length of the field and score the try that is they cherry on top! Cliff Lea’aetoa the beneficiary here.

 

Try scored by Lea’aetoa. Conversion successful by Schneider.

 

Full Time

Parramatta Eels 34 DEF Manly Sea Eagles 6

 

SG Ball

 

Parramatta Eels v Sydney Roosters – ELIMINATION FINAL
Campbelltown Stadium, Saturday 16^th April
11:30am
Referee: Jake Sutherland
Touch Judges: Joel Mani, Joseph Eid
Parramatta: 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 JOSH CURRAN 14 VEA TAPA 15/25 BENI VALU 16 VINNIE TIKERI 17 MICHAEL TUPOU 18 SEAN KEPPIE 19 TAUFA AFU 20 ELIE ELZAKHEM 15 JESSIE CRONIN 21 KYLE CASSEL 22 MITCH HYDE 23 ROBERT AFU 24 HARRY BROWN COACH NATHAN CAYLESS
Roosters: 1 REECE TOWNSEND 2 KYLE LOWE 3 TOM FULLER 4 WETERE POMPEY 5 ZANE BLAKE 6 JAKE HAZARD 7 LACHLAN LAM 8 MITCH BUTFIELD 9 MATTHEW WOOLNOUGH 10 SAM LILOMAIAVA 11 JACKSON FREI 12 EDEN ROGERS- SMITH 13 JED BOURIS 14 CALLAN TURNER 15 MANA AONGA 16 ISAIAH CONWAY 17 JIMI-JO LARSON 18 ETHAN O’NEILL 19 SHANE TOMOKINO 20 LINCOLN STEWART 21 SHANNON GARDINER 22 ISACC TOOHER 23 JACKSON MOHI 24 TYRELL NEUIFI COACH ARTHUR KITINAS

First Half

 

Great footwork from Ethan Parry there! Much like the Harold Matthews game, our first try comes from a set piece from a scrum win. Parry steps past the first defender and from there he it too big, too fast and too strong as he slices through out wide. Great try.

 

Try scored by Parry. Conversion unsuccessful by Seve.

Parra lead 4-0

 

On the back of a great run from Parry who carted the ball from the right edge back into the posts, Travis Turnbull has played the ball brilliantly down the left-edge. Swept behind and hit Noel Auckafolu with a money ball to see the youngest of the Auckafolau clan cross in the corner!

 

Try scored by Auckafolau. Conversion unsuccessful by Seve.

Parra lead 8-0

 

The Eels pick up six again in the Roosters’ red zone when Turnbull’s grubber is dropped. The Chooks are at sea down their right-edge and we got that way immediately. They race off the line to try and shut Tui down from the dummy half ball but he steps crisply to his right and then passes back to his left to find Benny Valu who strolls over as easily as you please.

 

Try scored by Valu. Conversion unsuccessful by Seve.

Parra lead 12-0

 

Now the ball-playing big men take over the play. Josh Curran hits Oregon Kaufusi with a gorgeous short ball at the line and ‘Origin’ carries multiple defenders over the line to score. Got to love the big men cracking the line that way.

 

Try scored by Kaufusi. Conversion successful by Seve.

Parra lead 18-0

 

The Chooks get on the board as they score from their own scrum set piece. An error from the kickoff set by the Eels gifts them the chance and they made us pay. Short side move down our right-edge. Seve is a bit tentative to make the first contact which sucks in his outside men and creates the overlap. The Chooks score in the corner.

 

Try scored by the Roosters. Conversion unsuccessful.

Roosters trail 4-18

 

Half Time

Parramatta Eels 18 LEAD Sydney Roosters 4

 

Second Half

 

Superb try for the Eels! It comes on the tackle after Tui Afualo deadset bulldozes a defender and gets the fast play the ball. We spin it to our right to the hands of Johnny Fonua who turns the nitrous on running an outside slant. The sliding defence gets to him in time but he manages to flick the ball back inside to Ethan Parry who scores!

 

Try scored by Parry. Conversion unsuccessful by Seve.

Parra lead 22-4

 

The Roosters hit back via a short ball to their #8. Fonua got across in cover but couldn’t quite stop him from reaching out and scoring.

 

Try to the Roosters. Conversion successful.

Roosters trail 10-22

 

Bit of a roll-on for the Roosters here. They make it two tries on the trot when Alex Seve is fended off by the #4 for the Tri-colours. He races into the backfield and links up with his halfback, the offspring of Adrian Lam who scores under the posts.

 

Try scored by the Roosters. Conversion successful.

Roosters trail 16-22

 

All the running if with the Roosters now. Another try comes from a scrum win. Tui might have been the culprit here for a missed tackle. It opened up some second phase play and the Roosters score in our left corner. Parra need to stem the bleeding badly now.

 

Try scored by the Roosters. Conversion successful.

Roosters lock it up at 22-all

 

What a huge set play there! On the fourth tackle attacking the goal line. Campbell jumps out of dummy half and dummies back inside to Dresler who was steaming in, he then turns it back inside to the SECOND runner! Michael Tupou was the man and he is way too powerful for the defenders there. Parra had to lift after a sluggish second half and they certainly did.

 

Try scored by Tupou. Conversion unsuccessful by Seve (how did he miss it!?!)

Parra lead 26-22

 

Phew, dramatic end to the game! Josh Carr loses the ball over the line to give the Roosters one last chance. They lose it back in turn and on the last play of the game Turnbull rolls the ball in behind to see Noel Auckafolau score. Lots of ooh, ahhs and gasps from the crowd in that passage of play.

 

Try scored by Auckafolau. Conversion successful by Campbell.

 

Full Time

Parramatta Eels 32 DEF Sydney Roosters 22