The Eels have taken victory at TIO Stadium - Parra 22 Canberra 16
PARRA SNATCH VICTORY
The Raiders try to go down the narrow short side and the ball goes to ground
The Raiders try and force the miracle play but they come up with an error and the Eels survive
PENALTY CANBERRA: The Raiders get a penalty on the Eels 30 as they attack inside 5 to go
Jack Wighton does a good thing.... Jack Wighton does a bad thing; He forced the dropout then knocks on the catch attempt from the dropout
Jack Wighton forces a repeat set and the Raiders have a big chance to level things up
KICK-OFF OFFSIDE - Matt Cecchin penalises the Raiders for being offside at the kick-off
Mitch Moses keeps his kick to the left of the posts and it's waved away
Mitch Moses goes down the short-side and Moses bounces through some poor defence from the Raiders and the Eels are dominating right now
Jack Wighton makes another basic error and the Eels are attacking again
Mitch Moses slots the conversions and the Eels go in front
Canberra go down the left hand-side and Jarrod Croker pushes a pass that hits Blake Ferguson on the chest and he runs 80m to score untouched
Bad pass from Wighton at dummy half and Josh Papalii makes an error trying to stop it with his feet
The ball is becoming slippery and Wighton loses the ball in his own end
Dylan Brown throws another forward pass and the Eels try to create something where it's not needed again
Neither side really looking to expand their play at the moment
A strange end to the repeat set for the Raiders, Hodgson went short to Sutton who didn't really charge at the line and the Eels start their next set right on their own line.
Poor end to another good set from the Eels - The Blue & Gold have taken the momentum from the back end of the first half
SECOND HALF IS GO! The Eels use the ball first trailing 16-12 after trailing 16-0
Mitchell Moses converts from the sideline and the Eels have narrowed the gap to 4
2 IN 2 - Blake Ferguson does all he can to stay in and Takairangi helps him as Ferguson lands on him, stays in and gets the try
Mitch Moses hits the conversion ok but needs the assistance of the upright to get it through
Manu Ma'u throws a massive dummy and slices through some poor defence and the charge included a goose step
Canberra make just 10m in their set on their own line as Parra gain ascendancy in the late stages of the first half
PENALTY EELS: Maika Sivo is down after getting trapped in a crusher tackle
Jarrod Croker from the right-hand sideline hits the conversion attempt well but hits the uprights
KRISFLYER - Sezer spots the Eels defence in from their wing so he kicks out to Sebastian Kris and Kris jumps over Sivo takes the catch and grounds it in goal
PENALTY EELS: The Eels get their second penalty of the game after Jon Stone penalises the Raiders for a hand on the ball
PENALTY RAIDERS: Peni Terepo clocks Jordan Rapana very high and is ON REPORT - No sin bin used by the officials despite Rapana having to leave the field
PENALTY RAIDERS: Eels wanted an offside penalty after a kick deflection but the Cecch blows it against Eels
Parramatta make 20m in their set and in the kick return CNK makes as many metres
Pretty lethargic set for the Eels in their own end and Mitch Moses kick doesn't pose many questions on the Raiders backs
Parramatta make their SIXTH error of the game as Mitch Moses passes out to Ferguson but the ball goes into touch as the touchie pulls out the footwork to jump over the ball
A scrappy few minutes with both sides coming up with errors
Jarrod Croker converts another try for the Raiders
Last tackle Jack Wighton jumps into dummy half and goes straight at the line and has too much strength and gets over
Excellent run from Clint Gutherson sets up Parramatta for a good attacking position but Mitch Moses messes it up with an awful pass attempt to Ferguson
PENALTY RAIDERS: Brad Takairangi penalised for an incorrect play the ball after he played it at a 90 degree angle after being dazed for hitting his head on the ground
PENALTY EELS: A quick confab between referees Matt Cecchin and Jon Stone sees a knock on call turn into a strip
No kick from the Raiders on the last as Wighton runs it and is taken inside the Eels 10
Bailey Simonsson tries a flick that is looked to have been knocked on but refs rule knock back
PENALTY RAIDERS: Matt Cecchin plays a long advantage but eventually comes back to penalise the Eels for an obstruction on halfway
Parramatta struggling to make the metres they would want with Canberra forcing the Eels to bring it out of the corners
Jarrod Croker converts from close range
Oh So Easy - Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad goes straight through a yawning gap and has too much speed for Gutherson at the back and he scores near the posts
Mitch Moses throws a pass in a tough situation and it goes to ground
Both sides with good first sets - Mitch Moses kick taken very well by Bailey Simonsson
Game underway in Darwin; Raiders have first use of the ball
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Matt Cecchin, Jon Stone
Touch Judges: Mark Bohan, Todd Smith
Video Referee: Steve Chiddy, Ben Galea
PARRAMATTA EELS (22)
Tries: Manu Ma'u, Mitchell Moses, Blake Ferguson (2)
Field Goals:
Conversions: Mitchell Moses (3/4)
Penalty Goals:
CANBERRA RAIDERS (16)
Tries: Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, Jack Wighton, Sebastian Kris
Field Goals:
Conversions: Jarrod Croker (1/2)
Penalty Goals: Jarrod Croker (1/1)