Match Centre

FULL TIME at Bankwest Stadium and the Sydney Roosters have taken an excellent 24-10 victory over the Eels who suffer their first defeat

Roosters not happy as Jake Friend goes from dummy half and is taken by a marker who didn't look square but play on was ruled

Parramatta go short with the kick-off but Daniel Tupou outjumps everyone to take it and Roosters go into attack again

Ben Cummins was about to blow a penalty to the Eels for the high contact but then it goes the right way to the Roosters

Victor Radley loses the ball and replays show he was hit high - Players see the replay and react

Some major concern for James Tedesco who was bumped off Maika Sivo hard and then his bounced hard against the ground

Roosters desperate in defence and they force Waqa Blake into touch and survive yet again

NO TRY - The bunker upholds the No Try call from Ben Cummins but replays show no touch by the Eels so a dropout is the result

BUNKER: Reed Mahoney kicks out of dummy half - Ben Cummins initially rules knock-on Eels before Touch Judge David Munro steps in and says check it

Everything going Parramatta's way as they get yet another six again call

James Tedesco takes a good take off the Mitch Moses kick and looked to be collected high but all good says Ben Cummins

Kyle Flanagan with a poor kick that gives Clint Gutherson enough time to get his foot into the ingoal and take the catch for the 20m restart

Michael Jennings is brought down on the last 5m out from the Roosters line and 3m in from touch

Parramatta get another six again call and they are on the attack yet again

A falcon off Brett Morris and it forces Daniel Tupou to play at the ball - Parramatta force a repeat set

Parramatta on the attack as they get a set restart from Ben Cummins

SIX MORE - Nat Butcher charges down the kick from Mitch Moses and the Eels get a second consecutive set

SECOND HALF IS GO! Parramatta are using the ball first trailing by 8

PENALTY ROOSTERS: The Eels penalised for a high shot on a falling James Tedesco and the Roosters will go for the easy 2

Tedesco with a little kick over the top and Maika Sivo has to kick it dead

PENALTY ROOSTERS: Blake Ferguson claims a try but Ben Cummins says Tupou was tackled in the air

PENALTY EELS: Boyd Cordner penalised for making a high tackle

Great desperation from the Eels and they somehow stop the Roosters from scoring

A very slow tackle and takes a while but Ben Cummins finally calls a six again - 5 so far in the game

Mitch Moses kick goes way too deep from a long way out and the Roosters get a 7 tackle set

Gutherson passes right out to Blake Ferguson who has a job to get to the line and can't with Josh Morris and Daniel Tupou forcing Ferguson touch ingoal

PENALTY EELS: Jared Waerea-Hargreaves penalised for being offside - Parramatta start their new set inside the Roosters 20

PENALTY ROOSTERS: Dylan Brown penalised for taking Joseph Manu in the air before he took possession - Roosters will take the '2'

Luke Keary puts a great kick behind the line and Blake Ferguson kicks it dead taking out a cardboard cut-out fan in the process

Victor Radley turns the momentum again for the Roosters with a 1-on-1 strip at the Roosters 30

Some quick work from the Roosters saw Cordner quickly offload ball goes to Josh Morris who throws to space and Daniel Tupou was 2m back from where he should've been

CHALLENGE UNSUCCESSFUL - Parramatta use up their challenge on a pretty average challenge with Michael Jennings clearly knocking the ball forward

PENALTY EELS: Ryan Matterson goes close to the line but Josh Morris strips the ball - Ben Cummins says not in the act of scoring despite the protests of the Roosters

Roosters get too clever on the last and Clint Gutherson goes 70m the other way

Roosters go close again to the line but Siosiua Taukeiaho is tackled just short of the line

Mitch Moses just plugs the ball inside the 30 and into touch to give Parramatta a much needed breather

A great set from the Roosters as they get close to the Eels line and then pin the Eels down in their own end

SET RESTART: Parramatta slow off the ruck and Ben Cummins has no hesitation giving six again away

Roosters regather their own kick and it ends up with Tedesco who kicks it too deep

PENALTY ROOSTERS: Second tackle of the game and Ben Cummins blows an offside penalty against the Roosters

Ben Cummins calls time on and we are go in the battle between 5th and 1st

Parra out on the park at Bankwest Stadium at their regular surroundings although as the away team