Eels Holden Cup Team and junior reps thread, Part II

[half_back]

Any thoughts on who's likely to be next to get a call up to the NRL team?

As Pou said outside chance for anyone else that hasn't yet debuted (Pritchard, Tanginoa). Would need significant injuries although next in line would be Folau, Goodall, ZDC and Moeroa.

 

[Forty20]

Massive lineups at ANZ already. Hopefully I'll be inside in time for the NYC kickoff in ~20min but it might be touch and go.

 

[Maroubra Eel]

Massive lineups at ANZ already. Hopefully I'll be inside in time for the NYC kickoff in ~20min but it might be touch and go.

Any good sorts in the lineup?

 

[Forty20]

Kaysa Pritchard gets over for the first try today as he dummies to the right and dives over on the Tigers' goal line.

Davis converts.

Eels lead Tigers 6-0

6min gone.

 

[Forty20]

Penalty to the Tigers. They find touch 30m out from the Parra goal line.

They nearly burst through with a sweeping move down our right edge but we scramble well and shut the ball down.

They try to scoot down our left edge shortside but we shoot hard off the line and force an error.

Fabian Goofall picks up the ball 2m off our goal line, beats 3 or 4 defenders and streaks into the clear as he speeds downfield to score a length of the field try.

Fantastic individual effort.

Davis hits the uprights and is waved away.

Eels lead 10-0

9min gone.

 

[Forty20]

Kelepi starts the set off with a great charge.

The Eels capitalise off the early momentum as Matterson feeds Meoroa a lovely short ball to put him through down the left. Moeroa finds Kaysa on the inside and he pins his ears back for the line. Their is a fast chase from the Tigers and Pritchard knows he wont make it so he looks for support and finds Clay on his inside.

Clay dives over under the posts which gives Davis a simple conversion.

Eels lead Tigers 16-0

11min gone.

 

[Forty20]

Mistake from Pritchard as he fumbled the pick up from dummy half. Matterson had his left edge lined up threateningly too.

Tigers srcum on halfway.

 

[Forty20]

Strong defence from Tanginoa and Tepu-Smith forces the Tigers back, which in turn gives them a poor play the ball for their last tackle.

Thy try a cute chip to the posts but can't control the bat-back and Parra come up with it.

Parra then concede a penalty for an incorrect play-the-ball giving the Tigers a great chance.

They make Parra pay as a backline movement from the tap restart catches Parra a man short on our left edge and their wingers crosses untouched in the corner.

 

[Forty20]

The Tigers also have a conversion waved away after hitting the posts.

Tigers trail Eels 4-16

The kickoff is out on the full, Tigers penalty on halfway.

They find touch 10m into Parra's half.

Consecutive errors are hurting Parra now.

 

[Forty20]

Moeroa makes two strong tackles in a row but the Tigers compose themselves and attack our right edge.

We have the numbers on this attempt but they roll the ball in goals and trap Makelim inside for a line drop out.

 

[Forty20]

Davis times his jam perfectly and shuts down the sweeper on our left egde.

The Tigers spin it to the other side on the following play and fire a loooongg cut out ball to their winger.

Lavaka has read it well and not only tackles the winger but forces an error.

 

[Forty20]

Another fantastic charge from Kelepi gets play near halfway for Parra.

Clay demands the ball on the last and sends a towering bomb up. Neither team are able to get a play at the ball and it hits the carpet before bouncing into touch.

Tigers scrum 20m out from their line.

 

[Forty20]

Parra defend quite well for this set and come away with the ball after another Tigers bat-back is cleaned up on the last. Tanginoa leads the way again with yet another powerful charge but things get bogged down slightly on the last and Matterson is forced to send a hurried kick away.

The Tigers pick up some nice field position as a result and two tackles later they get a penalty for the Eels infringing inside the 10m mark.

Play resumes 30m out from Parra's goal line.

 

[Forty20]

Folau mirrors the earlier effort of Davis with a great read and tackle on his edge.

The Tigers swing the ball to the other edge but their play falls apart and Moeroa ropes in the sideways runner.

Parra field the ball on the full ingoals on the last and come back for a 7 tackle restart.

Goodall draws a penalty after he gets involved mid field with an early carry.

 

[Forty20]

Great hands from Matterson as he picks up a poor pass from Clay. He beats his first man but can't beat the next two and takes the tackle.

Parra switch their focus to their right edge for the next two tackles and looked to have crossed via Lavaka but the reg has found an error (forward pass I believe) and the Tigers dodge the bullet.

The Tigers play out a simple set from the scrum and shoot an early 40/20 attempt but it is well read and taken by the Eels.

 

[Forty20]

A loose carry from the Eels results in a turnover near halfway and yet another chance for the Tigers.

Davis defends well n two occasions on the left edge and forces an error on the second tackle. Great defence from the rangy centre.


Makelim then gets Parra onto the front foot with a nimble dart that catches offside defenders for a penalty.

 

[Forty20]

Well worked set from Parra as they spend time attacking down first their left then their right edge. The ball comes to Matterson centrefield on the fourth and he backs himself from 12m out from storms through the defence and scores under the posts.

Davis has no problems with the extra two points.

Parra lead Tigers 22-4

 

[Forty20]

Moeroa fields a shortish kickoff and takes the ball up on the first tackle.

Aloiai makes some good metres up the middle and puts the Tigers on the backfoot with a quick play-the-ball.

Matterson puts up a well placed bomb on the last but the Parra chasers are offside and give away a penalty for their chase.

 

[Forty20]

There is a good carry from the Tigers #10 which draws in a few defenders around the ruck.

We recover well though and soon turn defence into attack on the back of another Goodall counterattack.

He soars high on his goal line and plucks the Tigers kick out of the air before plaming away one defender and making a quick 15m. He is tackled before hitting full flight this time but Matterson wasted no time in pushing up in support for the offload.

He makes another 30m before realising he hasn't got the pace (like Pritchard earlier) and slows down in the hope for support. Davis has flown up on the inside in the meantime and gladly takes the pass from Matterson and sets off downfield.

Davis does have the pace comfortably and finishes a lovely counterattacking movement before converting his own try.

Parra lead Tigers 28-4

38min gone.

 

[Forty20]

There is an error from Parra as they try to force an offload and this give the Tigers one last chance in the first half.

Parra are made to pay as the Tigers find space on our left edge with a nice offload that sees them cross 10m in from touch.

Two mistakes from Parra and two tries to the Tigers. We have dominated most of this half but keep givign them a small sniff.

Moses hits the conversion.

Tigers trail Parra 10-28

There is time for the kickoff and the run of play from that kick but the Tigers just take the hitup as the siren rings out.

Half Time

Parra lead Tigers 28-10