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Parramatta Eels
22
Sydney Roosters
18
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Parramatta Eels
Sydney Roosters
H1
6
6

    Parramatta Eels Events

  • 21 mins - Try, M.Gordon
  • 23 mins - Conversion, M.Gordon

    Parramatta Eels and Sydney Roosters Events

  • 9 mins - Try, L.Mitchell
  • 11 mins - Conversion, S.Taukeiaho
H2
16
12

    Parramatta Eels Events

  • 60 mins - Try, M.Ma'u
  • 61 mins - Conversion, M.Gordon
  • 67 mins - Try, M.Ma'u
  • 69 mins - Conversion, M.Gordon
  • 75 mins - Try, C.Gutherson

    Parramatta Eels and Sydney Roosters Events

  • 47 mins - Try, B.Cordner
  • 49 mins - Conversion, J.Hastings
  • 51 mins - Try, L.Mitchell
  • 52 mins - Conversion, J.Hastings
ET
0
0

    Parramatta Eels Events

    Parramatta Eels and Sydney Roosters Events

Scorers

Parramatta Eels
Sydney Roosters
Goal Scorers Parramatta Eels Sydney Roosters
Tries Gordon (1), Ma'u (2), Gutherson (1) Mitchell (2), Cordner (1)
Conversions Gordon (3/4) Hastings (2/2), Taukeiaho (1/1)
Penalty Goals
Field Goals

Team Statistics

Parramatta Eels
Sydney Roosters

Statistics

Parramatta Eels Sydney Roosters
Tries 4 3
Conversions 3 3
Penalty Goals 0 0
Field Goals 0 0
Parramatta EelsGoal Scorers
Players R RM OF LB TA K T MT PC ER
D.Alvaro 15 143 0 0 0 0 41 1 0 0
I.De Gois 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2 0 0
K.Edwards 8 78 0 0 0 0 14 2 1 3
B.French 5 109 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 1
M.Gordon 16 120 1 0 0 0 4 3 0 2
D.Gower 13 95 0 0 0 0 28 1 0 0
C.Gutherson 12 118 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 1
M.Ma'u 10 91 0 1 0 0 24 3 2 1
T.Mannah 13 143 1 0 0 0 38 0 0 0
T.Moeroa 7 50 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0
C.Norman 9 72 0 0 4 16 17 2 1 2
R.O'Brien 7 56 1 0 0 0 24 0 0 0
S.Radradra 2 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J.Robson 2 20 0 0 0 5 30 6 1 0
B.Scott 7 61 2 0 0 0 35 5 0 0
P.Terepo 13 135 1 1 0 0 29 0 0 1
D.Wicks 9 82 0 0 0 0 28 2 1 0
Sydney RoostersGoal Scorers
Players R RM OF LB TA K T MT PC ER
M.Aubusson 7 80 0 0 0 0 37 0 0 0
D.Copley 8 117 1 0 0 0 8 5 0 2
B.Cordner 15 139 0 1 0 0 11 0 1 1
K.Evans 8 77 0 0 0 0 16 1 0 0
J.Friend 6 44 0 0 0 3 56 4 0 2
J.Hastings 4 31 1 0 0 4 14 1 0 0
S.Kenny-Dowall 18 215 3 0 1 0 14 2 0 1
I.Liu 10 109 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 0
J.Manu 16 159 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 2
L.Mitchell 15 191 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 1
S.Moa 8 64 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 0
D.Napa 13 128 1 0 0 0 25 2 0 0
M.Pearce 8 54 1 0 0 14 23 1 0 0
S.Taukeiaho 11 108 0 0 0 0 29 2 0 0
D.Tupou 18 195 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 1
J.Waerea-Hargreaves 7 81 1 0 0 0 30 4 1 1
C.Watson 1 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0

Match Details

Parramatta Eels
Sydney Roosters
START TIME
5:50PM
WEATHER
Shower or two
VENUE
Pirtek Stadium
Referees
Ben Galea, Chris Sutton, Gavin Badger, Jared Maxwell, Luke Patten, Matthew Cecchin, Nick Beashel

Parramatta Eels end week from hell with comeback victory over Sydney Roosters

The Parramatta Eels have overcome another week from hell to keep their faint finals hopes alive, clinching a three-try comeback victory over Sydney Roosters. 

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Parramatta fight back to defeat Roosters

The Eels turned around a twelve point deficit to defeat the Roosters.

The 22-18 result means the Eels must win their remaining eight games to have any hope of finishing inside the top eight once they lose points for the salary cap breach. That chance remains more mathematical than it does realistic, but on a day when their star signing of the season, Kieran Foran, requested his contract be terminated, the narrow victory provided their long-suffering fans with some respite from an otherwise disastrous year.  

Not even the return of former hero Jeff Robson – the last halfback to lead them into a grand final – could mask the pain of such an ill-fated campaign. Battling horizontal rain and freezing conditions, those 8000 or so fans who attended asked themselves one same question: could things get much worse? 

Against the odds: Clint Gutherson reacts to his match-winning try.
Against the odds: Clint Gutherson reacts to his match-winning try. Photo: Getty Images

The immediate answer, sadly, was yes. It took a matter of minutes for yet another blow to be delivered upon the blue and gold when star Semi Radradra was forced off with a suspected knee injury. It had been a tough week for the flying Fijian – who days ago was in court to face charges of domestic violence – and it only became worse.

It was from the very side the injured Radradra should have been defending that Roosters fullback Latrell Mitchell broke through, splitting the Eels' line with a spectacular solo run to the try line.

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A suspected medial ligament rupture will have the besieged Eels coach Brad Arthur sweating on scans in the coming days while Isaac De Gois joined Radradra in the injury ward after suffering a head knock. 

Michael Gordon hit back for the Eels. A delicate grubber by five-eighth Corey Norman caught the Roosters unaware, allowing his fullback to pounce and draw level. 

Difficult week: Semi Radradra is helped from the field.
Difficult week: Semi Radradra is helped from the field. Photo: Getty Images

A quick-fire double from the Roosters early in the second-half cooled the sense of a win for Parramatta after Boyd Cordner, latching onto a knock-down by Daniel Tupou, crossed for a simple try eight minutes after the restart.

The Eels failed to learn from those errors and just two minutes later, the Roosters crossed again using the exact same set play. A high ball to Tupou's wing was palmed back down for his inside man, this time Mitchell, who secured the loose ball to score his second of the match. 

Close call: Bevan French of the Eels is tackled over the sideline as he attempts to score.
Close call: Bevan French of the Eels is tackled over the sideline as he attempts to score. Photo: Getty Images

Parramatta fans experienced more disappointment when Eels winger Bevan French intercepted the ball 10 metres off his line. He looked certain to score an incredible try, only to be denied by a last-gasp ankle tap by his opposite number, Joseph Manu. 

Norman then proved the architect for the Eels' second try with a trademark grubber to find Manu Ma'u. The powerful Eels' second-rower barged through the Roosters' defence to pull the score back to 18-16 and ensure a tense finish. 

Comeback: Manu Ma'u of the Eels celebrates scoring his try that, with a conversion, leveled the scores.
Comeback: Manu Ma'u of the Eels celebrates scoring his try that, with a conversion, leveled the scores. Photo: Getty Images

The comeback was sealed with five minutes left to play when yet another classy short kick from Norman unravelled the Roosters, allowing winger Clint Gutherson to score in the corner, sealing a morale-boosting victory for the under-seige club. 

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