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Star five-eighth Kieran Foran's influence was again to the fore as the Warriors made it two NRL wins in a row by holding out Parramatta 22-10 in Auckland.
Facing the club he left prematurely in the middle of last season to deal with personal issues, Foran set up two of the Warriors' four tries.
Brisbane have returned to form against the Roosters, leading at half-time by 6 points before they turned up up the heat after the break to run away with it 32-8.
A first half hat-trick by St George Illawarra winger Jason Nightingale inspired the Dragons to a 28-6 defeat of the struggling Wests Tigers at ANZ Stadium, giving them their fourth victory from five starts in 2017.
Parramatta have slipped to their fourth straight defeat against a more polished looking Warriors side in Auckland.
It was his big break and pass in the 62nd minute that sent winger Ken Maumalo over for the score that pushed the home side out to a 20-10 lead after the Eels had dominated after half-time.
After a quiet start in which he didn't touch the ball until the 14th minute, Foran also produced the deft pass in the 32nd minute that sent lock Simon Mannering across for the Warriors' go-ahead try.
The win on Sunday lifted the Warriors to 3-3 for the season, but the loss was the Eels' fourth in a row after starting the year with two victories.
Parramatta opened the scoring midway through the opening half, with back-to-back penalties setting up field position for lock Nathan Brown to dot down under the posts.
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But the Warriors turned the match around with three tries in 10 minutes.
Second-rower Bodene Thompson got the first from a sixth-tackle scramble, before Mannering scored off Foran's slick pass.
Thwarted: Kieran Foran gets caught in a scrum of bodies. Photo: Getty Images
Thompson crossed again five minutes from half-time to hand the home side a 16-6 lead.
The Eels narrowed the gap early in the second half when second-rower Manu Ma'u offloaded with three tacklers on him, keeping the ball alive for winger Josh Hoffman to score.