Full Time
80:00
4:05pm Sun April 16, 2023
Round 7 - CommBank Stadium, Parramatta / Burramattagal - Crowd: 27655
80min

Field Goal: Eels
Attempted by Mitchell Moses.

Moses tries a "why not" on the final siren. Canterbury pick it up, take the tackle. Game over. Eels win.

Eels lead Eels 30 - 4 Bulldogs
78min

Conversion: Eels
Kicked by Mitchell Moses.

Moses with another stellar kick.

Eels lead Eels 30 - 4 Bulldogs
77min

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

Andrew Voss was right - Sivo was in a "double scoring mood". He gets his second after a well-placed Gutho grubber.

Eels lead Eels 28 - 4 Bulldogs
74min

Penalty Goal: Eels
Kicked by Mitchell Moses.

Moses adds the two from the infringement. Margin pushes out to twenty.

Eels lead Eels 24 - 4 Bulldogs
73min

Penalties coming thick and fast as discipline wastes away and the result is fairly obvious now. Moses will take the two.

71min

A dropped ball from the Bulldogs winger.

69min

Canterbury valiantly trying but this game looks very much beyond them.

66min

NO TRY. Preston obstruction. Penalty Eels.

66min

We're off to the Bunker. Perham claiming a try, Referee says no for now.

65min

Conversion: Eels
Kicked by Mitchell Moses.

Moses with the simple conversion from in front.

Eels lead Eels 22 - 4 Bulldogs
63min

Try: Eels
Scored by Reagan Campbell-Gillard. Kick to come.

RCG crashes over despite the attention of plenty.

Eels lead Eels 20 - 4 Bulldogs
62min

Another TPJ error. Eels with a big chance to seal it here.

60min

TPJ out to Okunbor on the right edge just as the Dogs looked likely and the pass is errant.

55min

Burton still trying to test the Eels' back three with mammoth bombs but no dice thus far. They're good to the challenge - and now they get a penalty too. Dogs running out of hope.

52min

Conversion: Bulldogs
Attempted by Matt Burton.

The extras aren't added by Burton, it fades away.

Eels lead Eels 16 - 4 Bulldogs
50min

Try: Bulldogs
Scored by Paul Alamoti. Kick to come.

Alamoti scores off a superb Burton grubber into the corner, and the Dogs on the board.

Eels lead Eels 16 - 4 Bulldogs
47min

Burton makes a bust up the middle after a superb dummy, but the next play there's a knock on.

46min

Conjecture over a dead ball but Canterbury get a reprieve, a 20m restart letting them off the hook.

43min

Mahoney in trouble for a late push on Moses after he kicked it. Eels penalty 10m out where the ball landed. Bad to worse for the Dogs.

41min

Game back on. Eels first use after halftime.

40min

Canterbury manage to hold on without conceding more points through to halftime.

30min

Conversion: Eels
Attempted by Mitchell Moses.

The first blemish on Moses' day, this one fades away ... just ... from the sideline.

Eels lead Eels 16 - 0 Bulldogs
29min

Try: Eels
Scored by Mitchell Moses. Kick to come.

Simple stuff. Canterbury with no answers. Moses streaks away down the right edge after Penisini throws it back inside.

Eels lead Eels 16 - 0 Bulldogs
28min

Conversion: Eels
Kicked by Mitchell Moses.

Moses converts nicely from the sideline.

Eels lead Eels 12 - 0 Bulldogs
27min

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

Sivo goes over in the left corner with Canterbury's edge defenders too far in.

Eels lead Eels 10 - 0 Bulldogs
23min

Conversion: Eels
Kicked by Mitchell Moses.

Moses bangs it over easily from in front.

Eels lead Eels 6 - 0 Bulldogs
22min

Try: Eels
Scored by Viliami Penisini. Kick to come.

Penisini bursts through and gets the hosts on the board first.

Eels lead Eels 4 - 0 Bulldogs
20min

Canterbury's attack breaks down with an error on the left edge. Parra run away with it.

20min

Mid-set and Canterbury get six again.

19min

Bunker says no try, Bulldogs get the penalty.

19min

Heading to the Bunker for a possible Canterbury try. If it's not a try, Canterbury will get a penalty with Moses being offisde.

15min

Dead ball... an inexplicable challenge by Canterbury with Waddell claiming Sivo touched it before it went dead. Unsuccessful, Eels 20m restart.

12min

Kiraz now hobbles off. Canterbury's injury ward just about full you'd think. Jackson Topine comes into the side.

12min

Time off with Kiraz down injured. Bent a bit like a pretzel in the tackle with three Eels defenders.

10min

Wasted. Scrum play goes left and Okunbor's too far ahead of the last pass, spilling it.

9min

Penisini knocks the ball down trying to prevent a Flanagan offload and Canterbury get a scrum just inside the Eels half.

8min

Third drop-out goes short from Burton and Russell loses it. Pressure valve released for the Belmore club.

7min

The Eels' attack is a bit stunted, but they are clever enough to put in a grubber which traps Kiraz in-goal for a third straight drop-out.

6min

Back-to-back drop-outs forced by Parramatta. Canterbury line holding strong thus far.

3min

Perham spills it in a play-the-ball. Could've been a penalty but no dice for the Dogs fullback. Eels scrum halfway.

2min

A quick look at team news - Parramatta lose hooker Josh Hodgson with Hands starting hooker, Doorey joining the bench. Hopgood starts lock, Matterson second row and Cartwright benched. Canterbury lost Braidon Burns mid week along with Viliame Kikau. Okunbor is winger, Waddell second row. New bench players are Topine and Davey.

1min

Canterbury get through their first set, Burton sending it deep on tackle four and Gutherson picks it up, monstered by the chasing pack.

Teams out onto a PACKED Commbank Stadium. Both wearing their main jerseys, a welcome change from recent weeks.

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Chris Butler

Touch Judges: Wyatt Raymond, Nick Beashel

Video Referee: Kasey Badger

PARRAMATTA EELS (30)
Tries: Viliami Penisini, Mitchell Moses, Maika Sivo (2), Reagan Campbell-Gillard
Field Goals: Mitchell Moses (0/1)
Two Point Field Goals: Mitchell Moses (0/0)
Conversions: Mitchell Moses (4/5)
Penalty Goals: Mitchell Moses (1/1)

CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS (4)
Tries: Paul Alamoti
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Matt Burton (0/1)
Penalty Goals: