The second of Saturday night’s NRL Round 21 matches is between Parramatta Eels and Manly Sea Eagles. The opening kick is set to commence at 5.30pm local time with the game to be played at Parramatta Stadium. The away team the Manly Sea Eagles are the current favourites in the market. View our preview and teams for the game between Parramatta Eels and Manly Sea Eagles.
Parramatta Stadium
Saturday, 5.30pm
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Odds Comparison by NRL Odds:
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| Parramatta Eels | 7.00 | 7.00 | 8.50 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
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1.10 | 1.10 | 1.08 | 1.10 | 1.10 | 1.12 |
Preview:
The second game of three set down for Saturday sees last placed Parramatta up against third placed Manly and, it could be a long, long night for the home side.
Manly have won their past four games by an average of 24 points with this string of victories commencing with a 50 – 10 walloping of Parramatta back in Round 17.
The Manly side will be licking their lips at the prospect of another rout and just a brief look at the stats and head to head history, it is more than likely that a repeat performance will occur.
Parramatta has lost their past nine matches by an average of over 22 points. They haven’t been able to score more than ten points in any of their past four outings and won one of their past five against Manly.
Manly have been able to keep a strong team together for the past few rounds after frustrating run of injuries, this has seen the Sea Eagles come “good” at the right time of year however, they do have to face Sydney Roosters, Melbourne and next week, the NZ Warriors, so will be looking for a polished performance here in readiness for a tough month ahead.
Teams:
Parramatta Eels:
Jake Mullaney, Ken Sio, Ryan Morgan, Willie Tonga, Semi Radradra, Api Pewhairangi, Ben Roberts, Tim Mannah (capt), Matt Keating, Fuifui Moimoi, Reni Maitua, Daniel Harrison, Darcy Lussick. Interchange: Joseph Paulo, Peni Terepo, Mitchell Allgood, Junior Paulo.
Manly Sea Eagles:
Brett Stewart, Jorge Taufua, Jamie Lyon (capt), Steve Matai, David Williams, Kieran Foran, Daly Cherry-Evans, Brenton Lawrence, Matt Ballin, Brent Kite, Anthony Watmough, Justin Horo, Glenn Stewart. Interchange: Richie Fa’aoso, Jamie Buhrer, David Gower, George Rose, James Hasson, Peta Hiku (two to be omitted).
Bulldogs tear apart sorry Eels
Next season cannot come quick enough for Parramatta coach Ricky Stuart after his side slumped to a 40-12 NRL defeat to bitter rivals Canterbury.
The loss was the ninth in a row for the Eels and the fifth time they’ve conceded 40 points or more in a season that’s almost certain to end with a second successive wooden spoon.
News filtered through before kick-off that superstar fullback Jarryd Hayne might miss the remainder of the season and 10 minutes into the game things failed to improve as the visitors found themselves 16-0 down.
Canterbury, who have their eyes on a top-four finish, were gifted three tries without hardly breaking a sweat.
Luke Kelly’s attempted short kick-off was missed by all of his teammates and easily gathered by Canterbury’s Krisnan Inu and from the ensuing phases Sam Perrett finished in the right corner.
The resulting kick-off from Kelly then went out on the full to gift the home side possession and after a strong run from Aiden Tolman, Josh Jackson handed off to Josh Reynolds who eased to the line.
And it got worse in the next set when Ben Barba danced his way past four lamentable tackle attempts and touched down for his 10th try of the season.
However, it proved to be Barba’s last contribution for the evening as he limped off with an ankle injury.
But his absence failed to slow down the rampant Bulldogs with Josh Morris touching down to give his side a 22-0 lead at the break.
The second half followed a similar pattern as the Eels coughed up the ball with alarming regularity and the Bulldogs took advantage with debut tries for James Graham and Dale Finucane.
Parramatta tried manfully to trouble the scorers with Ryan Morgan and young Fijian winger Semi Radradra being held up just short of the line.
But Canterbury went over again in great style through skipper Michael Ennis who darted out of dummy-half, exchanged passes with Morris and sprinted away to score.
There was finally a moment to savour for the long-suffering Eels faithful when the much-maligned Ben Roberts was put clear by Reni Maitua and finished brilliantly 15 minutes from fulltime.
But Parramatta’s woes were compounded further when Willie Tonga was placed on report for a dangerous throw that could earn him a spell on the sidelines.
Trent Hodkinson kicked six goals for the hosts, but right on the siren Radradra planted the ball down for his first NRL try to give the Eels some scant consolation.