Parramatta Eels

2022 - 5 - 15

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Roosters young guns shine on big stage, Eels fail to back up despite ... (Fox Sports)

Roosters young guns shine on big stage, Eels fail to back up despite epic comeback: 3 Big Hits.

The Eels winger Hayze Perham was there and he climbed up and all over the top of him. Keary is controlling the ship and it allows Walker to play off the back of it. “And just before halftime, the presence of mind to take the field goal. He summed up the play so well.” With the game evenly poised at 25-24 in the second half, Suaalii soared high to produce one of the catches of the season to score his second and give the Roosters some much needed breathing space. “It looks like the Eels are trying to score of a lot of their plays.” “The Eels had 27 tackles inside the Roosters 20 metre line in the first half and Papali’i was trying to get to Sam Walker, but Walker was holding his gloves up,” Cronk said. “He realised Tom Opacic is in the bin therefore Gutherson comes to defend in the line and Sam Walker did this in the backyard as a kid in Ipswich. Papali’i gave the Eels a sniff of a comeback with his second try of the afternoon to cut the lead to 13. Walker in particular was excellent in setting up a try for James Tedesco and producing a brilliant chip and chase try for himself when the Eels were reduced to 12 men. The Roosters halves have had their share of critics in 2022, but Sam Walker and Luke Keary put in their best performance as a combination to lead their side to an upset win over the Eels. The Roosters have beaten the Eels 31-24 on the back of masterclass performances from youngsters Sam Walker and Joseph Suaalii in the match of Magic Round.

Suaalii scores screamer as Roosters snuff out Eels' Magic Round ... (The Sydney Morning Herald)

The Roosters winger, granted an exemption to play NRL before his 18th birthday last year, showed the hype is real as the Eels almost pulled off a remarkable ...

Walker finished the game with 15 points of his own. “I was happy we had that fight in us in the second half, but you can’t give a good team like that a start. The kick was perfect and he executed it really well.” “Our defence is not at the standard that is good enough. He’s walked in and dreamt about those hard areas a lot. But his immediate playing future is in severe doubt after falling awkwardly in a tackle as he tried to pop an offload for NSW and Roosters captain James Tedesco. He watched the rest of the game in a moon boot on the sidelines.

Whiz kids fire as Roosters take down Eels (NRL.COM)

Roosters young guns Sam Walker and Joseph Suaalii were at their mercurial best in a 31-24 win over Parramatta at Suncorp Stadium on Sunday.

I was happy that we had that fight in us in the second half but against good teams, you give them that much of a start on the scoreboard it's very hard to peg back." Jared had a heap by 20 minutes in and then Suaalii sparked the way that he carried the ball but then the toughness and the class he showed in that game for an 18-year-old is remarkable. The games that we've lost this year, we've been beaten to the punch at the start of the game and we're waiting to see what the opposition is going to do but we need to go after the game at the start. He has walked in, he's dreamt about those hard areas a lot and he has taken them on board and he has good mentors in Teddy and Toops at the back there." Still just 19 and 31 games into his career, Walker showed the composure of a man 10 years his senior to spot the opening and land the kick perfectly. - Eels five-eighth Dylan Brown was placed on report for high contact on Sitili Tupouniua in the 73rd minute.

NRL Magic Round Sydney Roosters hold off Moses, Parramatta ... (ESPN Australia)

The Sydney Roosters have defied a Mitchell Moses-inspired Parramatta fightback, with Joseph Suaalii starring in their 31-24 NRL Magic Round win.

"He and Jarrod (Waerea-Hargreaves) set the tone in yardage with their carries. His absence wasn't felt heavily in the first half, with Sam Walker's kicking game at the centre of the Roosters' carve-up. "(As a rookie) you have to work at the really hard areas of the game, but he's walked in and he's dreamt about those hard areas a lot."

2022 NRL Magic Round, Roosters 31 Eels 24 – Report (NothingButLeague)

Jack Harbidge reviews the Sunday afternoon Magic Round clash between the Sydney Roosters and the Parramatta Eels… MATCHDAY RESULTS. SCOREBOARD.

While there were concerted efforts from the Eels to answer back in the final six minutes following the penalty, none of the chances came to fruition and the Roosters ran out 31-24 winners in what was an action-packed affair. The Roosters continued the second half where they left off the first, with Suaalii scoring just over three minutes after the resumption. The Roosters continued to pressurise the Eels and made the pressure pay soon after when forcing two penalties in quick succession, with the latter ending in a sin bin for an early tackle from Tom Opacic. The Roosters converted the penalty into two points and led by eight.

Roosters Overcome Late Scare to Down Eels in Magic Round (Sydney Roosters)

The Sydney Roosters have celebrated Captain James Tedesco's 100th game for the Club with a thrilling 31-24 win against the Parramatta Eels at Suncorp ...

The Roosters weren't done yet, however, as they continued to ask questions of the defence, and the result was sealed after a high tackle on Sitili Tupouniua - which forced the bustling backrower from the field - as Walker gave his side a seven-point lead with a penalty goal. Further ill-discipline from the Eels saw Easts start their next set on halfway, and after Tedesco was denied a second after being tackled without the ball, Walker added two more points as Tom Opacic was sent to the sin-bin. It was the perfect start to the contest for the Roosters, who began proceedings with plenty of intent with the ball in hand which saw Jared Waerea-Hargreaves reach over the line to open the scoring after fooling the defence with a clever dummy.