Match Centre

Try as they might, there will be no miracle tonight, Granville's final pass is spilt by Antonio Winterstein. FULLTIME & the Eels have knocked over the champs. Thanks for joining us tonight. Stay tuned for the match report coming soon...

Parramatta Eels 20-16

Clinton Gutherson spills the bomb giving Cowboys a late chance to score

Parramatta Eels 20-10

Clinton Gutherson fields the kick on his own 20 to bring it back

Parramatta Eels 20-10

Lachlan Coote with another classic catch at the back

Parramatta Eels 20-10

PENALTY Cowboys, but Cooper spills it again on the first play

Parramatta Eels 20-10

Corey Norman under pressure grubbers but Ethan Lowe cleans it up

Parramatta Eels 20-10

PENALTY Eels & they will go deep on the attack looking for the knockout blow

Parramatta Eels 20-10

crunching tackle Junior Paulo who doesnt fall for the JT show & go!

Parramatta Eels 20-10

Coote fields the kick & has to bring it back off his line again

Parramatta Eels 20-10

Lachlan Coote chips for the corner & the ball rolls out just short of the line. Both teams have upped the anti for the final ten in this one

Parramatta Eels 20-10

Kane Linnett cleans up the pill following a cross field kick from Foran

Parramatta Eels 20-10

Cowboys have turned it over & the Parra chant is up with the Eels getting a scrum 30 out from the Cowboys line

Parramatta Eels 20-10

Nathan Peats has scampered for the sidelines holding his arm after copping a knee from Jason Taumalolo

Parramatta Eels 20-10

JT chips in goal & Kyle Feldt was charging through but the ball just beat him dead

Parramatta Eels 20-10

Cowboys get 6 more after a pass from dummy half is knocked down

Parramatta Eels 20-10

Down to the BUNKER to check the grounding on an Eels try...

Parramatta Eels 16-10

PENALTY Parra for a high shot from James Tamou

Parramatta Eels 16-10

Semi Radradra cleans up a chip kick from Michael Morgan just short of his own line

Parramatta Eels 16-10

Beau Scott tries to force the offload & the Cowboys come up with it

Parramatta Eels 16-10

Lachlan Coote throws the pass out after some promising lead up work

Parramatta Eels 16-10

Johnathan Thurston with a big bomb to the corner forces the line dropout with Clinton Gutherson being taken in-goal after the catch

Parramatta Eels 16-10

Norman goes high but Coote is again safe as a bank at the back

Parramatta Eels 16-10

& Edwards is heading off for a concussion test

Parramatta Eels 14-10

Ken Edwards is down hurt and the penalty goes against Matthew Scott for a crusher & he's on report

Parramatta Eels 14-10

PENALTY Eels making it a 7-3 count

Parramatta Eels 14-10

Bolton has bolted through again!

Parramatta Eels 14-10

PENALTY Cowboys & they will have it just short of halfway

Parramatta Eels 14-6

Nathan Peats knocks down a Thurston grubber but it's ruled knocked back, Parra ball

Parramatta Eels 14-6

Kieran Foran can't hang onto what would have been a neat slips catch from a stabbing Johnathan Thurston kick & the Cowboys are on the attack

Parramatta Eels 14-6

Edwards offload goes to ground with JT scooping it up for the Cowboys

Parramatta Eels 14-6

Johnathan Thurston puts one up high but Michael Gordon takes a solid catch on his 10

Parramatta Eels 14-6

JT's kick clean bowls Clinton Gutherson before the Eels winger goes back to clean it up on his line

Parramatta Eels 14-6

Corey Norman kicks from inside his 40 but Lachlan Coote grabs it on his own 10m line to bring it back

Parramatta Eels 14-6

And we're back in action with Danny Wicks bringing it back from the kickoff

Parramatta Eels 14-6

Players are coming back out for the 2nd stanza

Parramatta Eels 14-6

HALFTIME in the golden west and the defending champs are up against the ropes with a poor completion rate hurting their chances so far. The Eels are still finding their way in attack but are more than committed to the cause. Stay tuned for the 2nd half to come shortly

Parramatta Eels 14-6

We're heading to the bunker for an Eels try...

Parramatta Eels 8-6

PENALTY against Kyle Feldt for taking out Semi Radradra on the kick chase

Parramatta Eels 8-6

Brad Takairangi dives on the loose ball

Parramatta Eels 8-6

Penalty Cowboys & JT finds touch 30 oyt from Parra's line

Parramatta Eels 8-6

Corey Norman bombs to the corner but Antonio Winterstein is safe in cleaning it up

Parramatta Eels 8-6

Cowboys run it on the last but Cooper is brought down, change over

Parramatta Eels 8-6

A promising play from Parra is shut down by Kyle Feldt knocking the ball down

Parramatta Eels 8-6

PENALTY Parra & they will go deep on the attack

Parramatta Eels 8-6

Good pressure by the Eels in defence sees the Cowboys turn it over again. Parra scrum 40 out from their own line

Parramatta Eels 8-6

Lachlan Coote kicks down field for Clinton Gutherson to bring it back over his 20

Parramatta Eels 8-6

Foran grubber again but Coote's positional play is too good cleaning it up

Parramatta Eels 8-6

Kieran Foran stabs a grubber through and the Eels get a penalty for one of their players being held back

Parramatta Eels 8-6

Corey Norman slices through before offloading, but Peni Terepo couldn't hang onto the pill. Cowboys scrum 20 out from their line

Parramatta Eels 8-6

Lachlan Coote's kick goes dead giving the Eels a 7 tackle set from their 20

Parramatta Eels 8-6

Corey Norman goes high on the last with Coote fielding on his own 10

Parramatta Eels 8-6

Rory Kostjasyn turns it over to give Parra a chance to hit back

North Queensland Cowboys 6-2

Lachlan Coote bombs on the last and Clinton Gutherson catches it in field before behing forced in-goal

Parramatta Eels 2-0

Brad Takairangi forces the offload but Cooper cleaned it up for the Cowboys

Parramatta Eels 2-0

A crowd penalty goes the Eels way for the markers not being square. The crowd was booing for a while beforehand

Parramatta Eels 2-0

Kyle Feldt dives for the corner after taking a cut out pass from Michael Morgan but Semi Radradra does well to take him out

Parramatta Eels 2-0

But the Eels have lost it & Cowboys go on the attack again

Parramatta Eels 2-0

Good pressure in defence from Brad Takairangi forces Kane Linnett to spill the ball

Parramatta Eels 2-0

PENALTY Cowboys and JT finds touch 30 out from Parra's line

Parramatta Eels 2-0

Johnathan Thurston kicks on the last & finds touch, but not before Clinton Gutherson had a brain explosion in diving to try & keep the ball in play thinking it was a 40/20

Parramatta Eels 2-0

Norman goes high with his kick but Coote takes a good catch on his own line

Parramatta Eels 2-0

Another penalty & this time Kieran Foran signals for the two

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PENALTY Parra, they will get an early chance to attack

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Coote fields a wonky kick from Foran on his own 10m line

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Johnathan Thurston stabs a kick through on the last with Clinton Gutherson cleaning it up and bringing it back to his 20

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And we're underway with the Cowboys getting first use of the steeden

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Players and fans are applauding in a tribute to the late Jon English

Kieran Foran leads the Eels out for the first time in front of a pumped up home crowd

The Cowboys are heading out onto the park with the world's best leading them out

The home side will line up 1-17, meaning prize recruit Kieran Foran will make his long awaited debut for the Eels.
The Cowboys have made one change, switching Rory Kostjasyn and Jake Granville between the run on side and the bench.

Parramatta Stadium is the venue for the final game of Super Saturday. The Eels will be looking to get their much hyped premiership campaign going when they take on the defending premiers, the North Queensland Cowboys