That's the game. Parramatta comfortable winners.
Parramatta Eels 20-4
SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL PARRAMATTA EELS: Penalty goal attempt by Mitchell Moses successful.
Canterbury forced into a drop out - a penalty ensues as Reynolds has taken it in the field of play (don't most?) and Moses converts.
Parramatta Eels 20-4
Forward pass down the right channel as the Bulldogs look promising. Eels scrum on their own 30m.
Parramatta Eels 18-4
Tim Mannah goes to the line on tackle six but is held up. Handover.
Parramatta Eels 18-4
UNFORCED ERROR CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS: David Klemmer makes an unforced error.
SHOCK: Another Bulldogs error. Parra push up the park after Klemmer spills his lollies.
Parramatta Eels 18-4
Canterbury force a drop-out.
Parramatta Eels 18-4
Parramatta rolling up the park looking threatening once more.
Parramatta Eels 18-4
Pritchard error 10m out, lets the Dogs off the hook. Canterbury scrum.
Parramatta Eels 18-4
Another drop-out. That's 7 so far for Parramatta. Canterbury under pressure once again.
Parramatta Eels 18-4
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS: Conversion attempt by Chase Stanley unsuccessful.
Waved away.
Parramatta Eels 18-4
TRY CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS: Scored by Marcelo Montoya. Kick to come.
Canterbury finally on the board! Down the right hand side Lee breaks through and finds Montoya in support.
Parramatta Eels 18-4
Utterly torrential rain now falling at ANZ.
Parramatta Eels 18-0
Dogs chance goes begging... again.
Parramatta Eels 18-0
Canterbury force Radradra in-goal on tackle two after they nearly had Norman trapped on the first.
Parramatta Eels 18-0
SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL PARRAMATTA EELS: Penalty goal attempt by Mitchell Moses successful.
Moses adds the two easily.
Parramatta Eels 18-0
Penalty Eels 10m out. Dogs under all sorts of pressure... but Parramatta will go for two.
Parramatta Eels 16-0
Another error from Josh Morris, this time a valiant attempt to intercept. Parramatta scrum on the Canterbury 10m.
Parramatta Eels 16-0
Brenko Lee spills it on halfway. Parramatta scrum.
Parramatta Eels 16-0
Canterbury force a drop-out.
Parramatta Eels 16-0
UPDATE | French will not return tonight, taken off with a precautionary leg injury. #blueandgold
— Parramatta Eels (@TheParraEels) August 3, 2017
Parramatta Eels 16-0
We are back underway.
Parramatta Eels 16-0
David Klemmer with the chip just before the siren... Montoya is nowhere near it and that's halftime.
Parramatta Eels 16-0
Penalty Bulldogs after Takairangi took Reynolds high.
Parramatta Eels 16-0
Bulldogs force a drop out.
Parramatta Eels 16-0
Canterbury pick up a handy penalty - question remains if they can actually do anything with it.
Parramatta Eels 16-0
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION PARRAMATTA EELS: Conversion attempt by Mitchell Moses unsuccessful.
No luck this time for Mitch. Lead stays at 16.
Parramatta Eels 16-0
TRY PARRAMATTA EELS: Scored by Semi Radradra. Kick to come.
Big Semi scores down the left flank with very little resistance. Great shift of play from the Eels.
Parramatta Eels 16-0
Parramatta all over the Dogs at the moment. Hot on the attack once more.
Parramatta Eels 12-0
Some confusing moments as Norman streaks away from a lost Bulldogs ball for a try but a double knock on is ruled and it's called all the way back to Parramatta's half for a scrum.
Parramatta Eels 12-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION PARRAMATTA EELS: Conversion attempt by Mitchell Moses successful.
No problems from beside the posts.
Parramatta Eels 12-0
TRY PARRAMATTA EELS: Scored by Bevan French. Kick to come.
Moses splits them up the middle, French in support - too easy.
Parramatta Eels 10-0
UNFORCED ERROR CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS: Josh Morris makes an unforced error.
Another error from 'J Moz'. He's having a Barry Crocker tonight. Along ball from Elliot cuts out Stanley and Josh just can't handle it.
Parramatta Eels 6-0
UNFORCED ERROR PARRAMATTA EELS: Semi Radradra makes an unforced error.
Big Semi loses it. Bulldogs scrum 40m out from the Eels line.
Parramatta Eels 6-0
Moses with a clever chip on the last, but an even cleverer (is that a word?) Reynolds plucks it out of the air.
Parramatta Eels 6-0
Another drop-out easily won by the Eels. Surprising the Dogs haven't conceded more yet, if we're being honest.
Parramatta Eels 6-0
Alvaro loses it just before the line. Bulldogs scrum on their own 10m.
Parramatta Eels 6-0
Jennings nearly through to score off a Moses grubber but Hopoate bats it dead. Another drop-out.
Parramatta Eels 6-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION PARRAMATTA EELS: Conversion attempt by Mitchell Moses successful.
Easy conversion for Mitch under the sticks.
Parramatta Eels 6-0
TRY PARRAMATTA EELS: Scored by Daniel Alvaro. Kick to come.
Try time! He just carried a few defenders over the stripe.
Parramatta Eels 4-0
Up to the Bunker for an Eels try. Daniel Alvaro the scorer, checking grounding under the posts.
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Josh Morris penalised for holding an Eels player off the ball.
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Parramatta with some enterprising last tackle play but nobody's gone with him. Josh Reynolds takes the grubber and looks trapped for all money but gets it out.
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NO TRY. King held up. Next play Canterbury's Will Hopoate is forced to bat the final tackle kick from Corey Norman touch in-goal. Bulldogs drop-out.
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We're up to the bunker! Cameron King has burrowed over, but it's sent up as no try. Checking grounding.
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Adam Elliot loses it... and then the Dogs concede a penalty. Eels to attack again.
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Canterbury pick up the first penalty of the evening which sees them kick for line and tap again from halfway.
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Dogs survive. Canterbury work it up field. In backplay, Nathan Brown comes off after a head clash with Brenko Lee.
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Edwards chasing through a Moses kick which William Hopoate takes five metres out... and Edwards drags him back in goal! Drop-out Bulldogs.
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WEATHER: It's pouring out there. Almost certainly will bring the margin a lot closer, you'd think.
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Game on at ANZ with the Bulldogs booting it to the Eels first up.
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Not far from kickoff - let's check the team news - we can confirm Parramatta have lost Tepai Moeroa with Kenny Edwards to start in the second row, and Frank Pritchard coming onto the bench. Canterbury have been a little more brazen. Matt Frawley is benched with Michael Lichaa dropped completely. Chase Stanley moves to half, with Brenko Lee starting in the centres.
A couple of traditional rivals in very different positions at the moment. Parramatta clear favourites but you never know what the Bulldogs might throw at you.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Grant Atkins, Gavin Reynolds
Touch Judges: Belinda Sleeman, Nick Beashel
Video Referee: Luke Patten, Bernard Sutton
CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS (4)
Tries: Marcelo Montoya
Field Goals:
Conversions: Chase Stanley (0/1)
Penalty Goals:
PARRAMATTA EELS (20)
Tries: Daniel Alvaro, Bevan French, Semi Radradra
Field Goals:
Conversions: Mitchell Moses (2/3)
Penalty Goals: Mitchell Moses (2/2)