FULL TIME - Pure dominance from the Red & Green as Souths dominate the Eels 30-12
CAPTAINS CHALLENGE: Ben Cummins rules double knock-on and the Rabbitohs challenge that they weren't the first to touch the ball; Replay show that Ben Cummins got the call spot on
Clint Gutherson loses the ball and Souths go on the counter
This game ambling to a finish as both sides just going through the motions in the dark and dingy conditions
Marata Niukore loses the ball in a strong tackle from Tass
Mitch Moses converts out wide
Clint Gutherson gets a second try as the Eels enjoy rare attacking position and a good play comes off
Parramatta lose the ball inside their own 20 and Souths attack again
Latrell Mitchell converts from close range
Damien Cook scores after Latrell Mitchell steamrolled Reed Mahoney to get upfield and then has Sivo in all sorts before finding Illias and then onto Cook to score
Latrell Mitchell converts from wide out yet again to extend the lead to 18
No problems this time as Jaxson Paulo gets himself in the air as he is headed towards the sideline and grounds the ball in the corner
Jaxson Paulo is over again in the corner after Campbell Graham times his pass perfectly to put Paulo over in the corner pending review
Shaun Lane hammered by Campbell Graham and the ball is forced loose
Isaiah Papali'i is on report for dangerous contact on Lachlan Ilias as he kicked in the set prior to the knock-on
Parramatta still in this as Souths loses the ball close to the line
Not a lot happening at the moment with both sides just playing conservative end to end football as the rains have returned
Campbell Graham throws a bad pass when he should've probably thrown it earlier as Souths cough up another opportunity
Poor kick from Reed Mahoney and Alex Johnston gets over halfway
Shaun Lane loses the ball as the Eels look to go left as the Rabbitohs were 2 down in the defensive line on that play
DIDN'T FIND TOUCH - Latrell trying to go for too many metres and doesn't find touch as Souths could have gone on the attack
PENALTY SOUTHS: Ben Cummins calls out Shaun Lane 3 times but still gets involved in the tackle and is offside
Clint Gutherson's kick is too heavy and the ball runs dead
PENALTY EELS: Lachlan Illias knew that Shaun Lane was getting the ball and needed to be stopped meaning the Bunnies halfback took off early
SECOND HALF IS GO! The Eels use the ball first and make good metres as they look to overcome a 12 point deficit
Latrell Mitchell converts after the siren and pushes the margin back out to 12
GOOOODDDDBYYEEEE - Alex Johnston scores his second of the night as Parra look to shift right and Mitch Moses trying to tip the ball onto Gutherson just gets it straight to AJ who scores
Cam Murray throws a forward pass as the pressure goes back on the Rabbitohs inside the Eels half
BUNKER: Clint Gutherson is tackled after he kicked but the bunker rules that Gutho ran into the line and Nikorima was committed to the tackle and that was the right call, 20m restart ensues
Kodi Nikorima loses the ball with a tough pass towards him
Parra go short and low with the dropout and Keaon Koloamatangi has another issue with it but this time he knocks it on
REPEAT SET: Illias kicks in behind again and again the Eels are there to clean it up
CAPTAINS CHALLENGE: Short dropout by Parra almost comes off as Keaon Koloamatangi can't pick it up it comes off his hand backwards, into the knee of Tass, no infringement by Souths then a knock on by Dylan Brown is ruled
Repeat set for Souths again as they go left and Alex Johnston gets the ball, kicks it and Moses knocks it dead
Maika Sivo just does enough to get the ball over the dead-ball line after a good kick from Lachie Illias
Oregon Kaufusi loses the ball on halfway
Concern for Campbell Graham who got his head in a bad position trying to tackle Waqa Blake and copped the shoulder
Cam Murray with the line open loses the ball after a try saver from Shaun Lane
SIX MORE - Parra lose the ball at the Scrum and Souths have a full set on the 10
Latrell Mitchell loses the ball after Waqa Blake puts pressure on the Souths fullback
Mitch Moses converts from 10m in from touch and 19m out to bring the margin back to 6
How costly is that No Try up the other end? Very because Souths gave away a penalty letting Parra upfield and the some good play gets the ball out to Clint Gutherson who juggles it but holds it and scores
NO TRY - For me on first vision it looked as if Paulo wnet out and the bunker confirm it with pretty much every part of Paulo's body in touch
Jaxson Paulo over in the corner but there are plenty of question marks despite the good play from Souths
REPEAT SET: Souths dominating as the kick in behind the line as Mitch Moses is driven back
CHALLENGE SUCCESSFUL - A pretty poor decision from Ben Cummins as the bunker rules Cook didn't lose the ball
CAPTAINS CHALLENGE - Damien Cook ruled to have knocked on but there is absolutely nothing in the replay to even remotely understand why Ben Cummins ruled that way
Latrell Mitchell converts from close range
THAT IS AMAZING - The Rabbitohs creating something out of nothing as an average kick from Walker is knocked back by Cook, ball goes to Latrell and then gets it out to Paulo who puts in a second kick gets it out to Tass and then Jai Arrow charges through to score
Reagan Campbell-Gillard under pressure gets a terrible play the ball away and is called correctly for a lost ball
NO TRY - No infringement by Parra just incidental contact as both players were running to the ball
BUNKER: Ben Cummins was happy to play on but then on the advice of the touch judge, Cummins sends it to the bunker
PENALTY SOUTHS: Eels penalised for being offside into the kick
PENALTY EELS: First penalty of the night goes to the Eels with the Rabbitohs called offside by Ben Cummns
Cody Walker wastes the good position for the Rabbitohs with his grubber in behind ending up more towards Qudos Bank Arena than the ingoal
Not the cleanest strike for Latrell but it's on target as it glances the right upright and goes through
The Eels defence rushes up and a good ball from Latrell out to AJ gets the quick man into space and the momentum of the wet ground gets AJ over in the corner
NO TRY - Ball off Clint Gutherson and into the corner post so the bunker rules a dropout
BUNKER: Cody Walker kicks in behind and there's plenty of water spraying up so we're going upstairs to see how the ball went dead
Isaiah Papali'i loses the ball as the Eels look to spread the ball and the wet steeden is a difficult conveyance to catch
Lachlan Ilias kicks early and finds touch just short of the 20
GAME ON! It's wet and there's a bit of surface water but we've got a game at Stadium Australia and Souths are using the ball first
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ben Cummins
Touch Judges: Drew Oultram, Todd Smith
Video Referee: Chris Butler
SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS (30)
Tries: Alex Johnston (2), Jai Arrow, Jaxson Paulo, Damien Cook
Conversions: Latrell Mitchell (5/5)
PARRAMATTA EELS (12)
Tries: Clinton Gutherson (2)
Conversions: Mitchell Moses (2/2)