Full Time
80:00
7:50pm Thu August 22, 2019
Round 23 - CommBank Stadium, Parramatta / Burramattagal - Crowd: 18071
80min

The Bulldogs have produced a deserved win to put a major dent in the Eels' top four hopes.

79min

Renouf To'omaga comes up with a tackle that secures a deserved win for the Bulldogs.

79min

Dallin Watene-Zelezniak takes the ball dead and the Bulldogs should survive.

79min

Last tackle.

78min

The Eels will get a repeat set.

77min

Hopoate is tackled in-goal.

77min

The Eels are attacking like their lives depend on it.

76min

Ma'u manages to stay in the field of play.

76min

Sivo does well to field Lewis' cross field kick.

75min

Moses bombs as the Bulldogs counterattack inside their own half.

74min

Sivo contests Foran's high ball.

73min

Foran stays in the field of play despite the best efforts of Maika Sivo.

72min

Lane loses possession to let the Bulldogs off the hook.

72min

Shaun Lane is collected just short of the line.

71min

Brad Takairangi is taken over the sideline, but ends up getting a penalty.

70min

Lewis drive the kick downfield.

69min

Conversion: Bulldogs
Kicked by Nick Meaney.

From in front of the posts, Meaney puts the visitors up by 6.

Bulldogs lead Eels 6 - 12 Bulldogs
68min

Great work from Kerrod Holland to get the ball away to Meaney.

68min

Try: Bulldogs
Scored by Nick Meaney. Kick to come.

PENALTY TRY - Mitchell Moses leads with the boot in the act of Meaney attempting to ground the ball.

Bulldogs lead Eels 6 - 10 Bulldogs
68min

Meaney is claiming a try.

68min

Foran goes close to the line.

67min

Holland kicks for Meaney, but Moses manages to knock the ball dead.

66min

Kerrod Holland is away.

65min

The Eels concede a penalty for being inside the 10.

63min

Points have been at a premium, but this has been an engaging contest nonetheless.

62min

Lewis goes high, but Sivo is up to the task.

61min

Sivo has been denied once again after Dylan Brown kicked for his winger.

60min

Meaney appeared to be into space, but a forward pass denies the Bulldogs speedster.

59min

Sivo loses possession in the act of grounding the ball.

58min

Sivo is claiming a try - but there are doubts over the grounding.

57min

Parramatta come up with possession and get a penalty on the next play.

56min

Hopoate is tackled on halfway by Shaun Lane.

56min

Hopoate is away!

56min

Ma'u instigates a great Parramatta attacking raid.

54min

Raymond Faitala-Mariner makes his first run.

53min

Jackson comes up with an error.

52min

Josh Jackson makes a brilliant run inside the Eels' half.

52min

Dallin Watene-Zelezniak is off the field with a visible shoulder issue.

52min

Sivo knocks on in an attempt to ground the ball.

52min

Sivo is claiming a try.

50min

Kerrod Holland is tackled in-goal after a great kick from Moses.

49min

DWZ is battling on with a shoulder issue.

49min

Smith has been sent to the bin for committing foul play against Maika Sivo.

49min

Reimis Smith concedes a penalty in possession for leading with the head.

49min

The Bulldogs get a repeat set.

48min

To'omaga makes a great offload to Foran.

48min

Jackson makes a point to take the first run off the tap.

48min

The referee has issues a stern warning to Josh Jackson and Lachlan Lewis for escalating the ensuring fracas.

48min

Brown has been sent to the sin bin for committing a shoulder charge with force.

48min

Nathan Brown and Josh Jackson have come to blows.

48min

Nathan Brown has shoulder charged Dallin Watene-Zelezniak without the ball.

48min

The Bulldogs get a penalty coming out of their own end.

47min

Reimis Smith does well to get back in the field of play.

46min

Nathan Brown gets a penalty inside the Bulldogs half.

45min

Clint Gutherson makes a superb kick return almost to halfway.

45min

Lewis makes a good run inside the Eels' half.

44min

Ma'u can't hold onto the ball.

43min

Lewis goes long as Takairangi makes a great return up to halfway.

42min

DWZ does well to get back in the field of play.

41min

Reimis Smith comes up with a poor play the ball to gift the Eels possession inside the Bulldogs' half.

41min

DWZ is met in a three man tackle.

40min

Daniel Alvaro takes the first run of the second half.

40min

Play is just moments away with the Eels back out for the second half.

40min

The Bulldogs make their way back onto the field.

40min

To'omaga is tackled as the halftime siren sounds.

39min

Conversion: Bulldogs
Kicked by Nick Meaney.

From the sideline, Meaney converts to send the teams to the sheds level at 6-all.

Tied up at Eels 6 - 6 Bulldogs
39min

Great work from Kieran Foran and Josh Jackson to set up the Bulldogs opening four-pointer.

38min

Try: Bulldogs
Scored by Will Hopoate. Kick to come.

Hopoate scores and gets the Bulldogs back in the contest.

Eels lead Eels 6 - 4 Bulldogs
38min

The referee has referred the play as "No Try".

38min

Will Hopoate is claiming a try.

37min

Nick Meaney does brilliantly give the Bulldogs a seven tackle set.

36min

Sivo kicks the ball downfield and puts the Eels on the attack.

35min

Renouf To'omaga is tackled just short of the tryline,

34min

David Gower loses the ball inside his own half.

34min

Marata Niukore is down following heavy contact from Josh Jackson.

34min

Renouf To'omaga and Chris Smith on for Canterbury.

33min

The Eels force a turnover.

33min

Reed Mahoney is off the field.

33min

The Eels concede a penalty and compound the issue with dissent.

32min

Moses goes high as DWZ is collected in a strong tackle from Nathan Brown.

31min

Lewis goes high as Gutherson is met by Holland and Harawira-Naera.

30min

Marata Niukore and Daniel Alvaro on for Parramatta.

29min

Corey Harawira-Naera loses possession and lets the Eels off the hook.

28min

Tolman gets a penalty just over halfway.

27min

Nick Meaney makes a nice kick return.

27min

The Eels have been well on top, but as they have made a habit of, the Bulldogs are right in this contest.

26min

Paulo pops an offload close to halfway.

26min

No Try. Holland is deemed to have knocked on in the act of scoring the try.

26min

Holland is claiming a try, but the referee has deemed the play 'No Try' with the bunker to adjudicate.

26min

The Eels concede a penalty after failing to get the line drop out away before the shot clock expired.

25min

Lewis puts a kick into the in-goal and gets a repeat set.

24min

The Bulldogs will get a repeat set inside the Eels' 20 metre zone.

23min

The Bulldogs get a penalty coming out of their own end.

21min

Ma'u comes up with another error inside the Bulldogs half.

20min

The Eels get a penalty coming out of their own end.

20min

DWZ is claiming a try, but the referee deems the Bulldogs fullback knocked on in the lead up.

19min

Hopoate makes a nice run to pressure the Eels' defence.

18min

The Eels are well on top at the moment.

18min

Moses dummies and almost puts Ma'u away, but the Tongan forward can't hold onto the ball.

16min

Lewis goes high and finds the line inside the Eels' half.

15min

Moses fires a short ball to Ma'u, but the Tongan forward can't hold onto possession.

14min

Sivo monsters Watene-Zelezniak to force a changeover.

13min

The Bulldogs get a relieving penalty coming out of their own end.

13min

Kerrod Holland manages to stay in the field of play after a solid set from the Eels.

10min

The Eels come up with a great set after points to force a line drop out following a brilliant second kick from Gutherson.

9min

Conversion: Eels
Kicked by Mitchell Moses.

Moses nails his first kick to give the home side a 6-0 lead.

Eels lead Eels 6 - 0 Bulldogs
8min

Try: Eels
Scored by Waqa Blake. Kick to come.

Manu Ma'u comes up with a great offload close to the line, allowing Blake to post the opening try of the night.

Eels lead Eels 4 - 0 Bulldogs
7min

Parramatta get a penalty and find touch 30 metres out from the Bulldogs line.

6min

The Eels get a repeat set after regaining Jeremy Marshall-King's charge down.

6min

Charge down.

5min

Gutherson does well to defuse Meaney's grubber on the last tackle.

4min

Paulo loses possession inside his own half.

3min

Lewis goes high as Sivo takes the ball over the 20 metre line.

2min

Meaney comes up with possession after a well-timed kick from Moses.

1min

Takairangi earns a penalty.

1min

Gutherson is driven back by Foran and Jackson.

Napa takes the first carry of the night.

Clint Gutherson is greeted to rapturous applause as the Eels take the field.

Josh Jackson takes the Bulldogs out onto Bankwest Stadium.

Facing off at Bankwest Stadium for the first time, tonight’s fixture will be the first time in 12 years the Eels and Bulldogs have played at a venue other than ANZ Stadium.

The Eels have dominated recent fixtures between the two sides, winning six of the past seven, including a 36-16 win back in Round 2 at ANZ Stadium.

Dean Pay has opted to stick solid with the side that downed South Sydney last Saturday.

Tepai Moeroa replaces Peni Terepo in the only change from the side named on Tuesday afternoon by Brad Arthur.

The Bulldogs have struck a rich vein of form with five wins from their past seven matches - a win tonight would see the side post four consecutive wins for the first time since 2016.

The Eels come into tonight’s clash in strong form with seven wins from their past eight matches - including four wins in a row.

Welcome to League Unlimited’s coverage of Round 23 Thursday Night Football between the Parramatta Eels and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Grant Atkins, Peter Gough

Touch Judges: Belinda Sharpe, Todd Smith

Video Referee: Ashley Klein, Bryan Norrie

PARRAMATTA EELS (6)
Tries: Waqa Blake
Field Goals:
Conversions: Mitchell Moses (1/1)
Penalty Goals:

CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS (12)
Tries: Will Hopoate, Nick Meaney
Field Goals:
Conversions: Nick Meaney (2/2)
Penalty Goals: