Eels vs Raiders

The winner advances to a grand final qualifier and the loser gets ready for Mad Monday.

His name was in the headlines all week, and now Mitchell Moses is putting his name up in lights. Mitchell Moses stays down looking for a penalty, and the doctor intervenes to bring him off for a head injury assessment. Canberra have struggled to match Parramatta, and the Eels are now 18 minutes away from a trip to Townsville to face the Cowboys. So who is going to turn it around for the Raiders? Surely there was a temptation to wrap Moses in cotton wool for the final 14 minutes, but on he goes. He left the field with a left hamstring issue and has ice wrapped around his leg on the bench.

Canberra Raiders: Corey Horsburgh earns a start with Corey Harawira-Naera dropping back to the bench. With Hopoate acting as the 18th man. Parramatta Eels. 1.

Corey Harawira-Naera 14. Corey Horsburgh 13. 1. With Hopoate acting as the 18th man.

LIVE NRL: Raiders put to the sword as 'ugly' errors set up Eels 'demolition'

huge moment in this game,” Alexander said. Corey Harawira-Naera 14. Corey Horsburgh 13. “All of the back of the Rapana error,” Flanagan said. Mitchell Moses has been named after an ugly head knock in his side’s loss to the Panthers in a huge boost for the Eels. “The young centre opens the scoring for the home side,” Voss said. “Not just a try of skill, not just a try of speed, but a try of great character as well,” Voss said. “They dragged them all in around the line there, it is a demolition here from the Eels.” “He has had a tough night so far, he is still shaking his head about the things that have gone on,” Alexander said. After leaving the field against the Panthers last week, the Eels struggled without his direction, but in a huge boost has returned to the field. what a try to the Parramatta seven,” Voss said. “Oh he is hot, and when he is confident he is so hard to contain,” Alexander said.

It's been 13 years but the Parramatta Eels are back in the preliminary final after a dominating 40-4 shellacking of the Canberra Raiders.

“I have no clue what I want to do, to be honest. "We're going to have to be at our best there, especially playing up there behind their home crowd. "They showed that last week (against the Sharks). Dylan Brown was on the left side and put the grubber through the line but instead of kicking at the fullback, it rolled on, going straight through the youngster's legs as Eels centre Tom Opacic was the first to the ball to give Parramatta a 10-0 lead. The only worries for the Eels were a hamstring injury for Tom Opacic midway through the second half, while Mitchell Moses was taken for a HIA test in the second half, but returned to the field of play. The Eels ran out to a 22-0 lead in the first half, capitalising on a mix of mistakes including a nutmeg on Raiders fullback Xavier Savage and some great strong running.

The Parramatta Eels have broken their semi-final curse, defeating the Canberra Raiders in a blitz on Friday evening in their semi-final.

[Xavier Savage](https://www.zerotackle.com/players/xavier-savage/), allowing [Tom Opacic](https://www.zerotackle.com/players/tom-opacic/) to score on the left-hand side, with Parramatta taking a 10-0 lead after just 16 minutes. [North Queensland Cowboys](https://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/teams/north-queensland-cowboys/) in Townsville next weekend. The incident went without any penalty against Wighton or the Raiders. [Dylan Brown](https://www.zerotackle.com/players/dylan-brown/) and [Clint Gutherson](/rugby-league/players/clinton-gutherson/) linked up on the left to send [Marata Niukore](https://www.zerotackle.com/players/marata-niukore/) away for a try. [Mitchell Moses](https://www.zerotackle.com/players/mitchell-moses/) flick pass in the corner. [Mitchell Moses](https://www.zerotackle.com/players/mitchell-moses/). [Mitchell Moses](https://www.zerotackle.com/players/mitchell-moses/) being the next to cross for a try in the right corner after a long-range effort. [Clint Gutherson](/rugby-league/players/clinton-gutherson/) had knocked the ball out of the Canberra winger's hands, with [Marata Niukore](https://www.zerotackle.com/players/marata-niukore/) then joining Whitehead on the sidelines for a concussion test. [Jordan Rapana](https://www.zerotackle.com/players/jordan-rapana/) falling short of the tryline. [Elliott Whitehead](https://www.zerotackle.com/players/elliott-whitehead/) taken from the field for a concussion test. [Will Penisini](https://www.zerotackle.com/players/will-penisini/) steamroll through a gap between Rapana and [Sebastian Kris](https://www.zerotackle.com/players/sebastian-kris/), before reaching out to score the opening try of the contest. [Parramatta Eels](https://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/teams/parramatta-eels/) have broken their semi-final curse, defeating the [Canberra Raiders](https://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/teams/canberra-raiders/) in a blitz on Friday evening in their semi-final.

The Eels have thrashed the Raiders to set up a preliminary final against the Cowboys.

[pipped Cronulla in a 32-30 thriller that lasted 92 minutes to advance to the preliminary finals](https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/2022-north-queensland-cowboys-v-cronulla-sharks-sin-bin-connor-tracey-video-nicho-hynes/d4769ed2-9149-4d42-8b91-e3151d125390). [clicking here](https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=wwos&redirect_uri=https://wwos.nine.com.au&newsletter=true)! [9Now](https://9now.app.link/NGHBKQkVweb) [Eels](https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/parramatta-eels) have slayed the [Raiders](https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/canberra-raiders) 40-4 to reach their first preliminary final since 2009 and book themselves in for a colossal test against the [Cowboys](https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/north-queensland-cowboys) in Townsville. [ousting the Storm in Melbourne in an elimination final](https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/2022-canberra-raiders-v-melbourne-storm-sebastian-kris-falcon-video-jordan-rapana-try/17e7f82a-b646-4426-81e3-d6860d946bd3), slumped to their heaviest finals defeat in history. "We've got nothing to lose," Arthur said of the trip to Townsville. [Amazing Federer's 'hardest loss, by far'](https://wwos.nine.com.au/tennis/roger-federer-retirement-10-grand-slam-finals/58e93cf1-8e0b-461f-ae0a-8afb1088ddef) [Eels coach torches 'agenda' after huge finals win](https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/parramatta-eels-coach-brad-arthur-trashes-agendas-regarding-club-operations/a856d139-6902-4526-9cad-5c2e7e88b3d1) "Already warm conditions — 30 degrees up there (on Friday)," Cameron Smith said of the sweltering Townsville conditions. [Moses magic puts Eels into prelim finals](https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/semi-finals-live-scores-2022-results-parramatta-eels-canberra-raiders-updates-kick-off-time-news/8c93ef98-b8a8-4deb-8a68-0fe13af832f8) They showed that last week (against the Sharks). [Canberra](https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/canberra-raiders) at CommBank Stadium on Friday night, brushing aside talk of three semi-final exits in succession to put itself within one win of its first grand final appearance since 2009.

Parramatta are into their first preliminary final in 13 years after a barnstorming first half set up a 40-4 victory over the Raiders at CommBank Stadium on ...