Match Centre

The Eels have won a hard-fought opening night clash against the Bulldogs, 8-2, at Bankwest Stadium.

The Eels get a penalty for an illegal tackle and will prevail with two points.

Lewis tries an attacking kick and comes up short.

A lot of errors on opening night - Eels: 12, Bulldogs: 13.

The Bulldogs will start a set inside the Eels' half.

The Eels hold on and should prevail with three minutes left on the clock.

Blake Ferguson and Nick Meaney engage in a tussle.

Lewis forces a repeat set.

The call has been overruled and playbill resume with a 20 metre re-start.

Moses forces a goal line drop out with a towering kick.

The Eels get a penalty after Christian Crichton impeded Maika Sivo.

Napa is collected in a big tackle.

The Bulldogs force a turnover in their own half.

Brad Takairangi and Kerrod Holland are yet to see any action tonight.

Dallin Watene-Zelezniak throws a wayward pass.

The Bulldogs defuse a short attacking kick from Moses.

Moses kicks for Ferguson, but Lewis is up to the task.

The Eels get a penalty after Dylan Napa shoulder charges Junior Paulo from the kick-off.

Lachlan Lewis has failed to defuse the live ball and Mahoney will get the first try of the season.

Mitchell Moses looks to have got a result from his kick.

Reed Mahoney is claiming a try.

Blake Ferguson gets a result from a cross field kick to force an error out of Raymond Faitala-Mariner in-goal.

Brandon Wakeham comes up with a lovely catch on his goal line.

The Bulldogs come up with a forward pass.

The Bulldogs get a penalty after appearing to be trapped in their own in-goal.

Dylan Napa has to get a cut attended to.

Adam Elliott goes for the line but loses the ball.

Michael Jennings looks to race away, but the referee rules a knock on against the Eels in the lead up.

The Bulldogs get a penalty after Reagan Campbell-Gillard commits a shoulder charge.

Blake Ferguson has tripped Dallin Watene-Zelezniak.

Dallin Watene-Zelezniak is clutching at a foot.

Mitchell Moses goes high and almost gets a result.

The Bulldogs comes up with an error.

Reimis Smith is cut down 5 metres out from the line.

There have been a lot of errors from both teams on opening night.

Clint Gutherson loses the ball in his own half.

Christian Crichton is stopped in a try-saving tackle by Marika Sivo.

Raymond Faitala-Mariner is cut down short of the line.

Clint Gutherson comes up with an error close to his try line. The Bulldogs will get a great chance to score the first try.

Dallin Watene-Zelezniak makes a brilliant break up to halfway.

Nick Meaney makes a good catch close to his line.

Blake Ferguson is collected just shy of his 20 metre line.

The referee's decision is upheld - both teams have exhausted their challenges.

The Bulldogs come up with an error, but Jackson opts to challenge the call.

Dallin Watene-Zelezniak makes a nice kick return and gets a penalty.

Kane Evans takes the first run of the second half.

The Bulldogs are back out for the second half.

The halftime siren sounds and the scores are level at 2-all on opening night.

To'omaga smashed Kane Evans with a sensation shot close to the try line.

Renouf To'omaga comes up with a brilliant tackle to force an error.

Christian Crichton has been placed on report for making contact with the head of Maika Sivo.

Sivo is down after making a solid run down the left edge.

The Eels receive a penalty after Joe Stimson is deemed to have collected Clinton Gutherson in the air.

Reed Mahoney puts the ball dead and the Bulldogs will start a seven tackle set.

Kane Evans gets an offload away from the kick-off.

The Eels will look to level the scores.

Dean Britt collects Mitchell Moses high.

The Bulldogs opt against challenging the decision after DWZ was deemed to have knocked on.

Moses' bomb goes high and the Eels will get a repeat set.

Peni Terepo on for the Eels as well.

Marata Niukore is on for Parramatta.

The Bulldogs are doing well to bring the Eels down to their level.

Lachlan Lewis puts up another high ball fielded by Ferguson.

Renouf To'omaga also on for the Bulldogs.

Blake Ferguson does well to field Lewis' high ball.

Dean Britt is on for his club debut.

Christian Crichton earns a seven tackle set for the blue and whites.

Waqa Blake is pushed back from the try line.

Tolman comes up with a poor play the ball inside his own half.

The Eels come up with an error close to the try line.

Make Sivo is struggling with a leg issue.

Eels penalty coming out of their own end.

Another error - Napa comes up with a mistake.

The Eels lose the ball and give the Bulldogs an opportunity on halfway.

Reimis Smith loses the ball after a nice run inside the Eels half.

The original decision is upheld - the Eels have no challenges remaining for the remainder of the match.

The Eels will challenge the call.

Reagan Campbell-Gillard comes up with an error inside the Bulldogs' half.

Joe Stimson loses possession and compounds the error by conceding a penalty.

Wakeham makes a nice grubber in-goal and earns a repeat set.

DWZ makes a strong carry from the line drop out.

The Bulldogs will look to extend their lead with another penalty goal.

The Bulldogs get a penalty close to the posts.

The Bulldogs get a penalty late in the tackle count.

The Bulldogs will look to open the scoring.

The Bulldogs get a penalty after Lachlan Lewis was deemed to have been tackled after kicking the ball.

The Bulldogs will start a set on their 30 metre line.

Blake Ferguson loses the ball in-goal, but the referee deems the Parramatta winger was impeded in the act of catching the ball.

Despite that error the Eels are dominating territory during the opening exchanges.

Nathan Brown comes up with an error following pressure from Stimson and Elliott.

Michael Jennings makes a nice run over the halfway line.

Moses puts up another high ball - DWZ does well to collect the ball with plenty of pressure.

Blake Ferguson is met by three Bulldogs on his 20 metre line.

The Eels look dangerous with the ball.

Blake Ferguson is claiming a try, but the hulking winger is deemed to have put a foot on the line.

Waqa Blake is collected close to the try line.

Penalty Eels.

The Eels will have an early opportunity to post points after DWZ failed to gather in Moses' high ball.

Watene-Zelezniak comes up with an error inside his own half.

Clinton Gutherson is collected just short of his 40 metre line on the kick return.

Dylan Napa takes the first carry of the season.

Clinton Gutherson is met by rapturous applause as the Eels make their way onto the field.

Josh Jackson leads the Bulldogs onto Bankwest Stadium.

The Bulldogs finished last season in 12th position - winning five of their final six matches.

The Eels finished last season in 5th position - bowing out in the semi finals.

The Bulldogs will hand debuts to Joe Stimson and Dean Britt.

The Eels will hand debuts to Reagan Campbell-Gillard and Ryan Matterson.

Both sides are as per program, 1-17.

The first of 201 matches kicks off tonight as archrivals Parramatta and Canterbury-Bankstown clash at Bankwest Stadium.

Welcome to League Unlimited’s coverage of the 2020 NRL Season.