Moses with the final kick of the afternoon. He steadies, misses. FULLTIME.
Blake puts the icing on the cake.
Burton makes a break but his kick inside is easily taken.
That just sums up the Dogs afternoon. Max King makes the break, tries to find Tavita Pangai-Junior who toes it dead.
Wonderful defence from the Eels to deny the Bulldogs any points.
PENALTY BULLDOGS! The ricochet is touched by an offside Lane.
BUNKER TIME! Josh Addo-Carr is claiming this. Brown made a mess of the kick.
RED LIGHTS.. NO TRY! Brown judged to grounded it. Addo-Carr is spewing.
26,451 is the crowd at Parramatta tonight. Good work all.
Averillo is hammered and loses it.
Dogs roll through a kick and get a restart.
Kiraz rips the ball free from Sivo from the short kick-off.
Moses adds two more.
Just copy and paste the last try. Moses for Brown again from the boot.
Bulldogs swing it left and Addo-Carr can't handle.
Mahoney loses the short kick-off.
Moses from the tee. He adds two more.
It didn't work before but this time they timed it perfect. Moses with the kick then a dribble from Brown sees him score.
PENALTY EELS! Dogs were offside.
Matterson loses it.
Nevermind! Dogs have it back now from a risky pass.
Schoupp tries to offload and only finds an Eel!
RED LIGHTS.. NO TRY! Brown was offside.
BUNKER TIME! Moses and Brown combine. Checking offside and grounding.
PENALTY EELS! Thompson slowing things down.
Josh Addo-Carr looks to have made a mess of this kick. Klein calls it still last so changeover. CHALLENGE from the Eels. SUCCESSFUL. Error from the Foxx.
A high bomb from Burton almost bamboozles Gutherson. He got a foot back and it will be a seven tackle set.
Moses from the left side. Hits the post and away.
Just too simple. Eels spread it left and Opacic slices through.
PENALTY EELS! Obstruction.
Eels with a short kick on last and it is spilled.
Moses from mid range. Sails it over.
He was denied in the first half but this one can't. Lovely short pass and the forward goes over.
Dogs haven't helped themselves with another error. Shaun Lane almost went close. Jacob Kiraz is off with a HIA.
Dogs go right to Kiraz who is flung over the sideline by Sivo.
We're back underway!
HALFTIME! Eels lead by 10.
Once again the Eels break free. A kick is again the option but it scrambled dead.
PENALTY BULLDOGS! Mahoney offside from the short dropout.
Eels are feeling it now! Nice offload from Papali'i sends them away then the kick from Cartwright is scrambled away by Addo-Carr. Dropout.
Moses from the left side this time. Hits the post and away.
The King of Western Sydney Stadium does it again! Lovely pass from Brown sees Sivo stroll over.
Dogs get expansive and Addo-Carr knocks on.
Burton from the left side. He takes his time. He gets some jeers from the crowd. Strides in. Misses.
Dogs don't need long! Hands off the scrum and Schoupp dives over.
Eels decide to get adventurous from their own end and it goes forward!
Josh Jackson has been busted open and needs some attention. Now back to the play.
RED LIGHTS.. NO TRY! One look is all it takes. Moses knocks on.
BUNKER TIME! Ryan Matterson is claiming one but there might be a knock on in the build up.
Jackson loses it now.
PENALTY BULLDOGS! Offside.
Brown takes on the line and loses it.
Dogs throw it forward as they were getting some momentum.
Straight from the scrum the Eels try to find Sivo but Opacic loses it.
A high kick is knocked on by Schoupp.
Moses with a kick from the same spot. Same result.
Waqa Blake scored the second.
Moses back and takes the kicking duties. He keeps it straight.
Eels strike first! The short kick from Brown is tapped back then it is quick hands and Penisini with an acrobatic finish.
PENALTY EELS! Laying on the man.
Eels show off their flair in that set. They got close twice but Jake Averillo gets out of the in goal.
Dogs opt for points! Burton pilots it through.
PENALTY BULLDOGS! Lane broke early.
Dogs with an early chance. They give it to the Foxx on the run. He kicks inside and produces an error from Clint Gutherson.
Both teams through their first sets of the game. It is a good crowd in this afternoon.
KICK-OFF! Here we go in the Sydney sun. Bulldogs with first use.
Both sides have entered the field here at Western Sydney Stadium! Here we go!
Happy Super Saturday everyone! We only have a few of these left this season so enjoy! We kick off the triple header with a historic rivalry between the Eels and Bulldogs. Last time these two met, the Dogs ran away with the game to shock the Eels. Now the hosts have welcomed back Mitch Moses earlier than expected and want to head into September with some form! So grab your drinks, snacks and whatever else you need cause this will be a goodun.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ashley Klein
Touch Judges: Chris Sutton, Kasey Badger
Video Referee: Adam Gee
PARRAMATTA EELS (42)
Tries: Viliami Penisini, Maika Sivo, Waqa Blake (2), Ryan Matterson, Tom Opacic, Dylan Brown (2)
Conversions: Mitchell Moses (5/8)
CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS (6)
Tries: Aaron Schoupp
Conversions: Matt Burton (0/1)
Penalty Goals: Matt Burton (1/1)