Match Centre

That's the game. Parramatta comfortable winners.

Parramatta Eels 20-4

Forward pass down the right channel as the Bulldogs look promising. Eels scrum on their own 30m.

Parramatta Eels 18-4

Tim Mannah goes to the line on tackle six but is held up. Handover.

Parramatta Eels 18-4

Canterbury force a drop-out.

Parramatta Eels 18-4

Parramatta rolling up the park looking threatening once more.

Parramatta Eels 18-4

Pritchard error 10m out, lets the Dogs off the hook. Canterbury scrum.

Parramatta Eels 18-4

Another drop-out. That's 7 so far for Parramatta. Canterbury under pressure once again.

Parramatta Eels 18-4

Utterly torrential rain now falling at ANZ.

Parramatta Eels 18-0

Dogs chance goes begging... again.

Parramatta Eels 18-0

Canterbury force Radradra in-goal on tackle two after they nearly had Norman trapped on the first.

Parramatta Eels 18-0

Penalty Eels 10m out. Dogs under all sorts of pressure... but Parramatta will go for two.

Parramatta Eels 16-0

Another error from Josh Morris, this time a valiant attempt to intercept. Parramatta scrum on the Canterbury 10m.

Parramatta Eels 16-0

Brenko Lee spills it on halfway. Parramatta scrum.

Parramatta Eels 16-0

Canterbury force a drop-out.

Parramatta Eels 16-0

UPDATE | French will not return tonight, taken off with a precautionary leg injury. #blueandgold

— Parramatta Eels (@TheParraEels) August 3, 2017

Parramatta Eels 16-0

We are back underway.

Parramatta Eels 16-0

David Klemmer with the chip just before the siren... Montoya is nowhere near it and that's halftime.

Parramatta Eels 16-0

Penalty Bulldogs after Takairangi took Reynolds high.

Parramatta Eels 16-0

Bulldogs force a drop out.

Parramatta Eels 16-0

Canterbury pick up a handy penalty - question remains if they can actually do anything with it.

Parramatta Eels 16-0

Parramatta all over the Dogs at the moment. Hot on the attack once more.

Parramatta Eels 12-0

Some confusing moments as Norman streaks away from a lost Bulldogs ball for a try but a double knock on is ruled and it's called all the way back to Parramatta's half for a scrum.

Parramatta Eels 12-0

Moses with a clever chip on the last, but an even cleverer (is that a word?) Reynolds plucks it out of the air.

Parramatta Eels 6-0

Another drop-out easily won by the Eels. Surprising the Dogs haven't conceded more yet, if we're being honest.

Parramatta Eels 6-0

Alvaro loses it just before the line. Bulldogs scrum on their own 10m.

Parramatta Eels 6-0

Jennings nearly through to score off a Moses grubber but Hopoate bats it dead. Another drop-out.

Parramatta Eels 6-0

Up to the Bunker for an Eels try. Daniel Alvaro the scorer, checking grounding under the posts.

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Josh Morris penalised for holding an Eels player off the ball.

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Parramatta with some enterprising last tackle play but nobody's gone with him. Josh Reynolds takes the grubber and looks trapped for all money but gets it out.

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NO TRY. King held up. Next play Canterbury's Will Hopoate is forced to bat the final tackle kick from Corey Norman touch in-goal. Bulldogs drop-out.

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We're up to the bunker! Cameron King has burrowed over, but it's sent up as no try. Checking grounding.

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Adam Elliot loses it... and then the Dogs concede a penalty. Eels to attack again.

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Canterbury pick up the first penalty of the evening which sees them kick for line and tap again from halfway.

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Dogs survive. Canterbury work it up field. In backplay, Nathan Brown comes off after a head clash with Brenko Lee.

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Edwards chasing through a Moses kick which William Hopoate takes five metres out... and Edwards drags him back in goal! Drop-out Bulldogs.

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WEATHER: It's pouring out there. Almost certainly will bring the margin a lot closer, you'd think.

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Game on at ANZ with the Bulldogs booting it to the Eels first up.

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Not far from kickoff - let's check the team news - we can confirm Parramatta have lost Tepai Moeroa with Kenny Edwards to start in the second row, and Frank Pritchard coming onto the bench. Canterbury have been a little more brazen. Matt Frawley is benched with Michael Lichaa dropped completely. Chase Stanley moves to half, with Brenko Lee starting in the centres.

A couple of traditional rivals in very different positions at the moment. Parramatta clear favourites but you never know what the Bulldogs might throw at you.