Eels teen silences the critics and puts Manly's season on life support - 3 Big Hits.
“I haven’t done the maths but anything less is not going to work. you have to come up with a pin-perfect pass,” Corey Parker said on Fox League. He’s a far more accomplished player this year. If there was any doubt about Jakob Arthur then he’s put it to bed.” We have the players to do it and we just have to find a way. “We were in a position to win tonight and we didn’t and we can’t afford to do that.” They are always out there working on their game. “That’s his eighth try of the season, the improvement in Dylan Brown between 2021 and 2022 it’s dramatic,” Alexander said. “The pass that he gave Waqa Blake to score in the corner, to have the nerve and the confidence to throw that... “To do that at that crucial time in the game was a superb confidence builder for him. The Sea Eagles hit back against the run of play when Daly Cherry-Evans put in a kick for Toluatau Koula to fly above the pack and score in the 20th minute. The win featured a try of the season contender and moved the Eels above the Broncos into fifth on the ladder with four rounds remaining.
Parramatta have all but ended Manly's hopes of making the top eight while Melbourne's win over Gold Coast has been soured by a potential long-term injury to ...
Young Tonumaipea, playing his first NRL game since 2020 after a Mormon mission and then a stint in rugby, capped the night with a try in the final minute. And after Gutherson put the Eels ahead, it was Arthur who put the game beyond doubt with a grubberkick for Will Penisni with 11 minutes to play. The Storm scrapped their way to 32-14 over the last-placed Titans at AAMI Park on Friday night thanks to a hat-trick of tries to Cameron Munster, who started at fullback for the first time since round one in 2018. Parramatta started the better through two early tries to Maika Sivo, the first from a Gutherson cut-out ball and the next a grubberkick from the fullback. It leaves the fight for the NRL's top-eight realistically down to nine teams, with Manly now needing a miracle to stay in the hunt. Gutherson starred with a hand in each of the Eels three first-half tries, before the Manly junior ran 50 metres for Parramatta's go-ahead try after the break.
Maika Sivo scored twice inside the opening eight minutes to get Parramatta, who were without injured halfback Mitchell Moses, off to a flying start at 4 Pines ...
We came away with what was needed at the back end of that half. I thought we went in at half-time in pretty good shape, started the second half OK... but there was some tackles there we just had to make and didn't make them. A remarkable finish when the game sat in the balance. We have got to win the next four from four [to make the finals]... I haven't done the math, but anything less is not going to work." "I thought that we stayed in the fight [in the second half], because they came at us early and got a try. - The win means the Eels have defeated the Sea Eagles twice in a season for the first time since 2016.
For the Parramatta Eels, without their halves playmaker for the next month in Mitch Moses which means that Jake Arthur slots in the halfback role alongside ...
Sean Russell is the 18th man. There is one change from the side named on Tuesday afternoon. Ben Trbojevic 19. Jake Trbojevic 10. Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles welcome back six of the seven players from their boycott last weekend. Josh Schuster is the 18th man for the side.
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles suffered a 36-20 loss to the Parramatta Eels at a sold out 4 Pines Park tonight in round 21 of the Telstra Premiership.
Lock Ryan Matterson looked to have gone over untouched after the ball ricocheted out of second-rower Andrew Davey’s hands into his, resulting in a double knock-on and a Parramatta scrum 10 metres out. The Eels hit back with just over five minutes to play and scored through centre Tom Opacic as Gutherson grabbed his third try assist after picking up a loose pass from his second-rower and offloading to Opacic on his outside. The away side hit back with a try of their own three minutes later through winger Waqa Blake in a sensational diving effort. The bunker was brought in to refer a play four minutes later as Harper and lock Jake Trbojevic each thought that they’d scored. As the ball rolled towards the sideline, Saab batted the ball back into Davey, who placed a rare kick aiming towards the posts. Cherry-Evans put a bomb up, which was allowed to bounce and was taken by the chasing second-rower Andrew Davey who threw the ball to nobody.
Tolutau Koula, Jason Saab and Christian Tuipulotu were part of the group that sat out last week's loss to the Sydney Roosters as they chose not wear Manly's ...
And after Gutherson put the Eels ahead, it was Arthur who put the game beyond doubt with a grubberkick for Will Penisni with 11 minutes to play. Parramatta started the better through two early tries to Maika Sivo, the first from a Gutherson cut-out ball and the next a grubberkick from the fullback. Clint Gutherson was superb for the Eels and had a hand in each of their three first-half tries
Manly have scored 14 unanswered points to lead Parramatta after 32 minutes at a sold-out Brookvale Oval. Eels winger Maika Sivo scored two tries in the ...
Manly must win their remaining five games to secure a finals spot and they get back a host of stars against the Eels. Manly then slotted a penalty to draw level, before Jason Saab did sensationally well to finish in the corner and Reuben Garrick converted to make it 14-8. The Sea Eagles hit back against the run of play when Daly Cherry-Evans put in a kick for Toluatau Koula to fly above the pack and score.