Doinks it
A last bit of consolation for the Tigers - Staines goes across and makes it Scorigami
Pass was forward by Samuela but there is a penalty for inside 10m
Good bust by Latu Fainu
Talagi goes without it this time.
RCG nails it in what will be his final game.
RCG with a farewell kick
Joey Lussick added some late score-board inflation after a brilliant grubber from Cartwright.
Tigers playing some extravagant footy - a great kick is well defused by Russell. Russell sprints over the half-way before being crunched by Seyfarth
Gutho converts.
RCG charges across in what could be his last game for Parramatta as they bring up 50.
Comeback is cancelled...
Mason converts - four tries needed in 12 minutes.
Papali'i goes across on the next play. Here come the Tigers perhaps...
Sukkar on debut goes so close...
Luca Moretti comes on - some interesting reshuffles.
Asi coming off.
Asi now down injured. An NRL debut coming up here for Tony Sukkar.
Penisini coming off - Klemmer placed on report for dangerous contact - Tigers get it back. It is all happening !
Asi converts.
A disappointing grubber from Asi was cleaned up initially by Alex Seyfarth. He got a pass away, which was intercepted by Gutherson and it was becoming a carve up
Great tackle by Staines on Sivo...
We have carnage. Three players are across the ground down.
Joe Ofahengaue catches the error off the kickoff. Unloaded to Penisini and gets to within 15 out of the line. Brilliant cover from Heath Mason.
Goal is made - 42-16.
Parramatta sealed the game just after the hour mark, a poor pass from dummy half allowed Gutherson into space. The brave Parra fullback went straight through to put the exclamation point on this fixture.
Tupou loses it - Parramatta retain possession.
No penalty is called for, Penisini's action is cleared.
Heath Mason is down
Tigers turn it over on their own 10m line. Dylan Brown won't return, hyper-extension of his knee according to Matt Russell.
Short kick-off recovered by the Tigers. Can they rally the troops here.
No good
Get the spoon engraved everybody. On the next set, a late late offload from Kelma Tuilagi allowed Sivo to redeem his earlier sins and he charged across for his second try.
Asi converts.
Asi's cross-field kick is a contest initially between Penisini and Feledy. Feledy looked to be taken off the ball in the aftermath of the contest, Cartwright is jolly on the spot to score.
Api seems lucky to be copping 10 minutes there. He drives in and carries on with the tackle. But, the referee made the right call with him being dismissed.
Api knows his fate I fear here.
PENALTY EELS: Spear tackle
Tigers are on and running. The Fainu bros causing all sorts down the left.
Api converts and it's a two possession game.
Following a speculator bomb from Mason, he got revenge as Sivo lost the ball and the Tigers built some pressure. A bounce pass from Koroisau landed in the lap of Latu Fainu and the Tigers got back into this ball game.
SIX MORE TIGERS: Slow release
Sivo loses it in the sky bomb from Mason. Can the Tigers capitalise.
Heath Mason takes advantage off a poor kick. Good kick return from him
Tigers go down short-side, it nearly paid off for them. But, Junior Tupou's pass is just too high for him.
Samuela leaps high - goes for the speculator offload and it is intercepted by Parramatta.
Talagi loses it in the contest!
No goal
The Tigers started the first half poorly as they looked to throw the footy around. An inside ball from Latu Fainu was intercepted by Bryce Cartwright, he thought better than to run the length and found Penisini to cross for his double.
PICKED OFF!
Back underway for the second stanza.
HT: Spoon Bowl 24' Eels 22 lead Tigers 10
Parra can't get it done.
Tigers lose it on Play 5 - Parra with the final say on H1 of Spoon Bowl.
Kick goes into the touch
Asi converts.
A terrifying Asi bomb caused all sorts of problems. Heath Mason let it bounce, Reagan Campbell-Gillard recovered it and was in dire straights with what to do. He found Will Penisini who breaks his way through some tackles to score.
Sivo has a moment - Tigers recover, but they panic and force the issue. Parra recover, this is not just a spoon bowl but a glorified TANK BOWL!
Parramatta just gaining the upper hand. Important the Tigers avoid getting into the trap for the next portion of the game.
Asi converts and Parramatta have a converted try lead.
Parramatta regained the lead just before the half-hour mark. Dylan Brown caused all sorts of issues for some fatigued defenders before getting the ball away to Brendan Hands who gets off the nudie run for 2024.
PENALTY EELS: Tackle after held
One on one strip lost by Parramatta. Peter Gough gives Gutho his weekly SuperNanny lecture about respect to match officials.
Charlie Staines goes the wombat hustle to get out the in-goal.
Good kick from Galvin forces a line-drop-out. Gutherson arguing about something but no worries. Sivo gets the short-dropout back for his side.
Now Api picks up a loose bit of footy and runs up to the 40m line. Defence into attack at Campbelltown. The prize of the spoon must be avoided.
Heath Mason putting his body on the line with a good tackle on Sivo! He was on his way for a kick-return.
NO GOOD - Wide Left
Parramatta didn't let the two successive tries get in their way. After building pressure of their own, Daejarn Asi took advantage of some disappointing edge defence to cross out wide for the Eels.
SIX AGAIN EELS: Slow peel
PENALTY EELS: Hand on ball
Out on the Full: 3 - short drop-out from Api goes out on the full.
Strong grubber from Asi, Fainu takes no chances and we will have a line-drop-out.
Ball doesn't lie as Parramatta force an error via Solomona Fa'atape.
Forget about the challenges, Spoon Bowl 24' is out of challenge business.
Hang on, Gutho has SPRINTED to the referee for a challenge.
PENALTY TIGERS: Hand in the ruck
Api bounces back on track with that conversion. Wests lead 10-6.
Parramatta gave the Tigers quality field position after the kick-off went out on the full. Galvin was terrorising the Eels with a second try-assist in as many sets as he fired a bullet ball to Junior Tupou.
PENALTY TIGERS: Out on the full
Spoon Bowl Kick-Off routine errors ASSEMBLE!!
Api misfires the kick and it heads for the Campbelltown Athletics Track. 6-4 Eels.
After earning a penalty and building some sustained possession, the Tigers were able to hit back. Great light-footed runs from Latu Fainu and Heath Mason got the Tigers on the front foot, before a clever grubber by Lachlan Galvin found Josh Feledy and the Tigers hit back.
Strong running from Latu Fainu and Heath Mason gets the Tigers in good ball territory.
PENALTY TIGERS: Slow peel - David Klemmer has a go at someone and he is quickly put in his place by the referee.
Joe Ofahengaue tries to truck a defender and spills it. Exactly what the Tigers needed. Good contact from Api and he redeems his earlier mistake.
That is a Spoon Bowl play right there. Api Koroisau has kicked that out on the full.
Great strike by Daejarn Asi and Parramatta lead by a converted try.
First points of Spoon Bowl via Maika Sivo. It was a poor start to the game from the Tigers with a number of careless errors. Parramatta didn't waste their third set inside the Tigers 20m zone. Some nice work from the departing Blaize Talagi got Maika Sivo one on one with Charlie Staines who Sivo trucked over on his way to the line.
Melbourne bound Stefano Utoikamanu will challenge what looks like a normal loose carry. Let's see what Butler in the Bunker thinks. Correct decision reached by the Bunker, this is what Spoon Bowl is made of ladies and gentlemen.
The refs have let this run but it looks like Sivo knocks it on. Peter Gough has a live decision of NO TRY - looking to confirm the knock on. Gough was caught on the open side and didn't have a good view of it.
Short side raid, Cartwright goes for it and it was juggled by Penisini. Cooper Cronk scathing of it in the commentary "strange option by Cartwright".
Parramatta inside the red-zone
Looks like the Bunker has cleared the contact on Tupou by Cartwright. Tigers try to go outside/inside but Mason has put it down. Good signs from the Tigers in attack, Mason was through if he hung onto it.
PENALTY TIGERS: Marker not square against Brendan Hands.
SHOT! Junior Tupou crunched by Bryce Cartwright. Parramatta with the strong opening in defence.
Strong opening collisions led by RCG - he did lead the side out tonight - tiny bit of foreshadowing perhaps?
Here we go for Spoon Bowl 24' - which team will win our unlucky prize for 2024.
Let's look at the teams, as confirmed yesterday Latu Fainu starts at half-back and we see yet another debutant with Tony Sukkar earning his debut. For Paramatta, Ofahiki Ogden starts for Shaun Lane. The lucky man to have the whistle for such a historic occasion of Spoon Bowl is Peter Gough, touch judges are Belinda Sharpe and Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski while Chris Butler has controls of the bunker from Eveleigh. Kick off at the top of the hour.
Welcome to the NRL Spoon Bowl. The key aim isn't to lose but to win, the prize of the circular, wooden based object is one that has to be avoided at all cost. In case of an overload on Kayo servers which occurred last weeked, you will be well looked after here with our man AJ running live updates tonight.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Peter Gough
Touch Judges: Belinda Sharpe, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski
Video Referee: Chris Butler
WESTS TIGERS (26)
Tries: Josh Feledy, Junior Tupou, Latu Fainu, Isaiah Papali'i, Charlie Staines
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Apisai Koroisau (2/3), Latu Fainu (0/1), Heath Mason (1/1)
Penalty Goals:
PARRAMATTA EELS (60)
Tries: Maika Sivo (2), Daejarn Asi, Brendan Hands, Viliami Penisini (2), Bryce Cartwright, Clinton Gutherson (2), Reagan Campbell-Gillard, Joey Lussick
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Daejarn Asi (6/9), Clinton Gutherson (1/1), Reagan Campbell-Gillard (1/1)
Penalty Goals: