Knights vs Eels

'Diabolical' Knights exposed as 'baffling' Eels switch ends up a success: Big Hits.

A fourth try came simply from running out of dummy half and over the top of the Knights. I know he’s got speed and footwork but again some poor defence on the goal line from the Knights... that’s soft stuff,” Roach said. “We’ll give them the excuse that they played without Kalyn Ponga for 15 minutes… The Eels held a 12-point lead at half time despite performing well below their best. If Newcastle let them into any sort of rhythm they’re in trouble.” Three of the Eels’ five tries came from a player crashing over off a pass from dummy half. Nathan Brown 14. Dylan Brown 5. Daniel Saifiti 14. Jacob Saifiti 11. “Some of the defence we saw from the Knights was diabolical,” Corey Parker said after the game. “The Knights won’t want to watch the replay of four of their tries,” commentator Andrew Voss said.

The Eels have bounced back from their Easter Monday loss to Wests Tigers with a huge 39-2 win over Newcastle, handing the Knights a fifth straight loss.

We're in a rut at the moment and have got to stick together really tight and fight our way out of this." "Sorry to the 25,000, to put in that performance, it's not much to be proud of at the moment. There were parts of our game into the first half which I thought we stuck well. We still played plenty of footy and threw the ball around but we were patient and earned the right. Up 14-2 and close to breaking the game open, the Eels did exactly that through Reed Mahoney and Dylan Brown just six minutes into the second half. While not quite as involved as he would be at five-eighth, Brown still came up with a try, six busts and 120 metres to make his mark on the match.

The Newcastle Knights have been torn to shreds following a humiliating 37-point loss to the Eels on Sunday.

He first crashed over for a softer try than most you’ll see in first grade and then found an unmarked Hayze Perham with an offload. “There was nothing fancy, what the Eels did. The Knights lost Ponga to a HIA in the first half and their attack struggled to click into gear even when he came back on. O’Brien said after the game his team's performance was “not acceptable” and said it was the team’s toughest loss for some time. Some of the defence we saw from the Knights it was diabolical,” Parker said. The Newcastle Knights have been torn to shreds following a humiliating 37-point loss to the Eels on Sunday.

Newcastle coach Adam O'Brien only had one word to say to the 26000 fans who turned up for Sunday's game - ...

there's not much to be proud of at the moment. not acceptable. Not at this level," he said. That's not the sort of performance we want to put in defensively anywhere, let alone here at home with 25,000 watching us." "We're in a bit of a rut at the moment, we've got to stick together really tight and fight our way hard out of this." "(We had) 25,000 (fans in the crowd) - to put in that performance...