That'll be full time and it's a convincing win for the Eels. Next week, the Knights travel to Homebush to take on Souths, while the Eels will host the Tigers at Bankwest.
Waqa Blake kicks on the last and it goes out on the full
The Knights looked threatening but Watson knocked on. The Eels are tackled on their own 30
Clifford's kick is wide left
The Knights swing it right and finally score a try through Enari Tuala
Six more for NEW
Oregon Kaufusi penalised for a high shot
Connor Watson looked certain to score but Gutherson stripped it at the last minute. Eels will drop it out
Six more for NEW
Reagan Campbell-Gillard's offload is picked off by Connor Watson
The Eels medical staff believe Mahoney's injury to be a shoulder rather than a pectoral
Gutherson nails the conversion
Waqa Blake grounds the ball after a nice grubber from Bryce Cartwright beat the Knights' defensive line.
The Knights kick is stopped at the line and Dylan Brown streaks away before linking up with Dunster, who is tackled 20 metres away from the Knights' line. Eels on the attack
Mahoney is off the field
Reed Mahoney is down with what looks like a left pec injury.
Mahoney knocks on and Clifford streaks away
Sauaso Sue has been sent to the bin for late contact on Reed Mahoney
Mitchell Barnett mucks up the play the ball
Hoy makes a good catch under the high ball but the Knights are going nowhere
Fitzgibbon went straight through but was tackled by Gutherson. Barnett then made a strong run but his offload was caught by an Eel
Moses is off as a precaution, with Will Smith playing in the halves
Musgrove is tackled in the air. Penalty Newcastle
Gutherson successfully charges dow Mann's kick
Clifford's kick sits up in goal and Gutherson will return it to the 10 metre line
Mahoney puts in a great kick from dummy half and the Knights are forced to play it just a couple of metres out from their own line
Gutherson steps into the goal-kicking duties due to a calf complaint for Moses. He nails it
Tom Opacic goes over after some nice dummy-half work from Reed Mahoney
Sivo desperately threw the ball back infield and it was taken dead by the Knights. Repeat set for Parra coming up
Oh no. After all of that, Bradman Best has knocked on while playing the ball.
Challenge successful, I'm not even going to attempt to explain everything thats happened there but it's a Newcastle play the ball on the 10 metre line
Bunker taking their sweet time...
Eels put in a crossfield kick and it's a double knock on, first one Newcastle but they are challenging
Sivo makes a break and links up with Blake, who is taken in a great tackle by Hoy
Clifford kicks on the 4th and it rolls into touch
Mann's pass is knocked down by Haze Dunster, Newcastle will have a fresh set starting on their own 30
Eels are rolling upfield. They've made 70 metres off that set and kept the ball alive on the 5th, but the Knights are let off the hook after Moses' pass is called forward
Mitch Moses improves to a 33.3% success rate with the boot
Shaun Lane hits the line and gets a miracle offload away to Ryan Matterson, who scores. The reason it found Matterson is because it deflected off Clifford's back. Eels picking up where they left off
Jake Clifford knocks on from dummy half
Oregon Kaufusi takes the first hit up for Parra
Players are back out on the field ahead of the second half
Dylan Brown is tackled and that'll be half time, the Eels taking a commanding 22-point lead to the break
Moses kicking record is now 1/5 after that miss
The Eels are on fire here. Another shift to the left ends in points. Mitch Moses threw a cutout to Waqa Blake, who turned back inside for for Sivo who then offloaded to Clinton Gutherson, who scores his first.
Moses' kick misses the outside of the left upright by millimetres. No goal
Clinton Gutherson fires a bullet to Maika Sivo who steamrolls poor old Starford To'a to score his second
Moses and Jones have a head clash. Jones will be replaced by Jack Johns while Moses will remain on the park
Clifford puts it out on the full by 3 miles
Brayden Musgrove pulls off a great instinctual play, tapping the Eels' kick back to Hoy and ensuring there's no repeat set
Gutherson does well to diffuse Clifford's kick and then finds some space to the left, before linking up with Waqa Blake who helps himself to about 20 more metres and gives the Eels momentum
Moses nails it from the sideline
That is a very nice looking try by the Eels. Tom Opacic started it on the right with an offload back to Matterson, who began swinging it left through both playmakers. Clinton Gutherson and Waqa Blake did well to ensure Sivo was set up 1-on-1 with Jones and there was only going to be one winner of that duel. Eels go up by more than 2 converted tries
Clinton Gutherson takes a huge risk by not batting Clifford's kick dead but it comes off, with To'a not able to ground the ball before it rolled over the dead ball line. 7 tackle set for the Eels
To'a gets into some open space but Gutherson makes the tackle. Clifford's kick is then cleaned up by Moses
Eels kick on tackle 2 and it doesn't come off, with Dylan Brown failing to regain his own kick
Connor Watson tries to force an offload but instead loses it
Dunster makes a good catch under pressure and stays in the field of play
Mitchell Moses' kick is allowed to bounce by Hoy and Dylan Brown comes through and collects it. He was hit by Hoy and threw a hail mary back towards his own goal line but it was dived on by Mitchell Barnett. Knights survive
Moses is again unsuccessful with the kick
An average set ends with a brilliant kick from Mitchell Moses. It was batted back by Dylan Brown to Ryan Matterson, who has an assist to go with his try now after flicking it out to Haze Dunster, who scores his first try in the NRL
Another penalty to the Eels for an illegal strip from Brodie Jones
Penalty to the Eels for a crusher
Moses' kick is returned to the 30 by Starford To'a
Set restart for PAR but Marata Niukore immediately coughs it up
Kurt Mann throws it right over the sideline
Mitch Barnett is held up over the line
Isaiah Papali'i tries to force an offload but loses it
The Knights look to get expansive on the right but Starford To'a has to fling the ball back in as he goes into touch and Parra come up with the ball
No try confirmed, ruled that Isaiah Papali'i obstructed Jake Clifford
Waqa Blake has gone over but we're going upstairs for a possible obstruction
Set restart for PAR
Kurt Mann forces a pass that is put down. Eels are on the attack and looking dangerous
The Eels complete the set and Brayden Musgrove holds on to this one
Mitchell Moses' kick is waved away to the right
That was a bit too easy for the Eels. Ryan Matterson was given the ball on the short-side and crashed over to get his side an early lead
Brayden Musgrove knocks on, giving the Eels a prime opportunity to get on the board early
Clifford's kick is handed off to Sivo by Gutherson. Eels play it on the 20
Underway and Newcastle hit it up first through Sauaso Sue
Hello and welcome to LeagueUnlimited's coverage of Sunday Footy and we are at Newcastle on Old Boys Day 20 years on from the Knights' 2001 premiership win against the Eels, who they will be paying today. Jake Clifford will make his club debut as starting halfback, pushing Connor Watson back to the bench for Newcastle, while Parra are 1-17. Very close to kickoff now
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Adam Gee
Touch Judges: Peter Gough, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski
Video Referee: Chris Butler
NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS (4)
Tries: Enari Tuala
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Jake Clifford (0/1)
Penalty Goals:
PARRAMATTA EELS (40)
Tries: Ryan Matterson, Haze Dunster, Maika Sivo (2), Clinton Gutherson, Bryce Cartwright, Tom Opacic, Waqa Blake
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Mitchell Moses (2/6), Clinton Gutherson (2/2)
Penalty Goals: