Full Time
80:00
7:55pm Fri April 23, 2021
Round 7 - TIO Stadium, Darwin / Larrakia - Crowd: 12056
80min

Parramatta get through their last set and Brisbane hold the 'home' side off from their aim of 50. Big win for the Eels as they aim to keep pace with Penrith and South Sydney.

79min

Conversion: Eels
Kicked by Mitchell Moses.

Moses nails two more. There's just over a minute left to crack the half-century.

Eels lead Eels 46 - 6 Broncos
78min

Try: Eels
Scored by Clinton Gutherson. Kick to come.

Acrobatics from Mitch Moses kicking the ball back in on the sideline delivers Clinton Gutherson a late Eels try!

Eels lead Eels 44 - 6 Broncos
75min

Sivo busts up the guts (how???) and puts a kick ahead for Moses but Isaako wins the race and Brisbane are off the hook this time.

73min

Challenge UNSUCCESSFUL. Penalty stands for Brisbane.

73min

Brisbane go the short kickoff, and get a penalty out of Parramatta running an escort from the kickoff. The Eels are challenging.

72min

Conversion: Eels
Attempted by Mitchell Moses.

Moses... puts his golf shot into the rough this time.

Eels lead Eels 40 - 6 Broncos
70min

Try: Eels
Scored by Maika Sivo. Kick to come.

Took longer than he'd have liked - but Sivo has his hatty. Try in the corner off a good slide to the left. Gutho with the last pass.

Eels lead Eels 40 - 6 Broncos
67min

Corey Oates tries an intercept... and only gets fingertips on it. Parramatta with a full set from a scrum 15m out.

63min

Rhys Kennedy nearly... nearly... loses it before the line. Just not the night for the Broncos.

57min

And the set ends with a turnover to the Eels.

57min

Brisbane go over... but held up.

53min

Conversion: Eels
Kicked by Mitchell Moses.

This is gonna get U G L Y.

Eels lead Eels 36 - 6 Broncos
52min

Try: Eels
Scored by Bryce Cartwright. Kick to come.

Bryce! He gets his first try in the blue-and-gold. Brisbane with an error and the Eels are ruthless now.

Eels lead Eels 34 - 6 Broncos
48min

Conversion: Eels
Kicked by Mitchell Moses.

Mitch with his golf swing, few words to himself, and bangs it over.

Eels lead Eels 30 - 6 Broncos
46min

Try: Eels
Scored by Tom Opacic. Kick to come.

Easy metres from Parramatta on their return set. Breaking through easily... then Gutho offloads for Opacic and the Eels are in!

Eels lead Eels 28 - 6 Broncos
44min

Brisbane pick up a penalty now, their first tonight and only the 3rd this game. They're up to the Eels' 20m on tackle two.

43min

Sivo goes over in the corner for #3, but it's no try. A forward pass picked up from Gutho in the set-up.

41min

We back on, fam. Parramatta first possession.

40min

Penalty Goal: Eels
Kicked by Mitchell Moses.

Moses pushes the two between the sticks from right in front to take us to the break. Margin is 18.

Eels lead Eels 24 - 6 Broncos
39min

Blake Ferguson manages to force a drop-out with a clever grubber toward the corner after an earlier break from Sivo. Brisbane try another short drop-out with no luck. It's out on the full. Eels penalty.

37min

Brisbane desperate to stem the flow and get one back before the break.

36min

Conversion: Eels
Kicked by Mitchell Moses.

Boom, shake the room! Suddenly Parramatta are all over it!

Eels lead Eels 22 - 6 Broncos
35min

Try: Eels
Scored by Oregon Kaufusi. Kick to come.

Green lights!

Eels lead Eels 20 - 6 Broncos
35min

Pickup is clean and good. He reaches out... puts it down!

35min

No try, play the ball. Next play we're back to the Bunker. Oregon Kaufusi is claiming a try. Kick goes up. Will Smith has touched it in the contest - so whether it's gone forward or backwards is the issue. OK picks it up...

35min

Sivo steams toward the line... has he got it down... is it a double movement? Checking with the good folk of the Bunker...

34min

Conversion: Eels
Kicked by Mitchell Moses.

Moses from a closer angle nails the shot.

Eels lead Eels 16 - 6 Broncos
33min

Try: Eels
Scored by Isaiah Papali'i. Kick to come.

Kaufusi takes on the line, draws defenders, offloads to Mahoney who loops it in for a steaming IP to cross 10m to the left of the sticks.

Eels lead Eels 14 - 6 Broncos
29min

Conversion: Eels
Attempted by Mitchell Moses.

Moses shanks that one wide to the left.

Eels lead Eels 10 - 6 Broncos
28min

Try: Eels
Scored by Maika Sivo. Kick to come.

Sivo goes in on a similar movement from the 2nd minute try. Brisbane's edge defenders tired after that intense few minutes.

Eels lead Eels 10 - 6 Broncos
27min

IT'S ALL HAPPENING! Parramatta lose it and the Broncos pick it up with a long run, Coates finding Farnworth who is eventually dragged down. Next play Levi loses it 3 metres from the line - Opacic picks it up for Parramatta and breaks the field open a bit and gets up toward halfway. End-to-end stuff!

25min

Parramatta force a drop-out, Brisbane go short, tap it back but Niukore fields it and Parramatta are all up in this!

23min

Herb getting a little too spicy! Farnworth penalised for tackling in the air after a Brisbane last-tackle kick and the Eels get a free pass out of their own end.

20min

Brisbane jump onto a repeat set and surge into attacking territory - Reed Mahoney comes up with a chargedown though on a last tackle kick and the Eels are off the hook.

19min

Both sides making good metres up the middle. Parramatta most recently but unable to penetrate.

12min

Conversion: Broncos
Kicked by Jamayne Isaako.

Isaako nails the extras to level proceedings in the Top End.

Tied up at Eels 6 - 6 Broncos
10min

Try: Broncos
Scored by Tevita Pangai Junior. Kick to come.

Brisbane with a couple of repeat sets and trying to crash over and - eventually - TPJ does!

Eels lead Eels 6 - 4 Broncos
7min

Brisbane starting to get into a groove and force an error from Sivo in the air. Full set inside the 30m.

6min

Brisbane with a successful captain's challenge after originally being called on an error during a play the ball.

3min

Conversion: Eels
Kicked by Mitchell Moses.

Super kick from the sideline by Moses!

Eels lead Eels 6 - 0 Broncos
2min

Try: Eels
Scored by Maika Sivo. Kick to come.

First set, go wide, give it to Sivo. Problem solved, try scored.

Eels lead Eels 4 - 0 Broncos
1min

We get underway and Clinton Gutherson's deep kickoff forces an error in goal from Xavier Coates. Parramatta to get first use from a drop-out.

We have some super late mail with Rhys Kennedy into the side, Alex Glenn injured in warmup.

A balmy 30 degree night in Darwin. ANZAC proceedings about to begin. Both sides are 1-17 with Dunster (Eels) and Kennedy (Broncos) the 18th men.

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Grant Atkins

Touch Judges: Liam Kennedy, Darian Furner

Video Referee: Steve Chiddy

PARRAMATTA EELS (46)
Tries: Maika Sivo (3), Isaiah Papali'i, Oregon Kaufusi, Tom Opacic, Bryce Cartwright, Clinton Gutherson
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Mitchell Moses (6/8)
Penalty Goals: Mitchell Moses (1/1)

BRISBANE BRONCOS (6)
Tries: Tevita Pangai Junior
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Jamayne Isaako (1/1)
Penalty Goals: