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NZ Warriors 18 Parramatta Eels 24
Parramatta 24 (Ferguson, Blake, Field, Sivo tries, Moses 4 goals) bt
Warriors 18 (Harris-Tavita x2, Perham, tries, Harris-Tavita3 goals) HT 16-12
Fulltime - That's it. The Eels hold on thanks to a 9-2 penalty count, the worst sin bin call in the history of the NRL (not my words) and scoring two tries while the Warriors were down to 12 men.
79mins - The Warriors run on the fourth tackle ... Hiku gets to the outside of Jennings and the flick pass is on but Hiku is wrapped up by the cover and tackled over the tryline.
78mins - Penalty for the Warriors for a hand in the play the ball.
77mins - Short kickoff from the Warriors...Blake climbs high to grab it for the Eels. Nathan Brown claims a try on the last tackle, but Gutherson has knocked the ball on in the build up.
76mins - Penalty goal Eels: Moses makes no mistake. Eels 24-18
74mins - The Eels have a penalty .... RTS was taken out in the air but old mate Atkins doesn't care beacuse he's been wearing the blindfold all day and Moses will have a shot at goal. Offside against Tevaga.
72mins - Tevaga's offload on halfway is astray and the Eels attack from halfway. Final play bomb from Moses but RTS is safe under it.
70mins - Good set from the Warriors ... Eels set from their own 10.
69mins - Try Warriors: Hayze Perham - Nikorima runs on the last .... RTS out the back finds Perham who offloads to Beale...stab kick ahead and Perham follows through to score. Harris-Tavita converts from the sideline. Eels 22-18
68mins - Brown loses the ball forward in a Tevaga tackle ... scrum Warriors 40m out. The Warriors finally win their first penalty on tackle 1.
67mins - Try Eels: Waga Blake - Poor set form the Eels but a great kick on the end of it.....Moses bombs to the right hand side .... Blake climbs high and is unchallenged .. he powers over in a three-man tackle. Converted. Eels 22-12
66mins - Repeat set for the Eels ... Gutherson with a lovely kick and chase, but Hiku cleans up well.
63mins - The Eels begin a fresh set on their own 30...poor kick again from Kodi.
61mins - Warriors attcking with intent, but again the final play kick isn't great and the Eels will work it out from their 20.
59mins - Razzle dazzle final play footy again from the Warriors, but this time the Eels survive.
58mins - Seven-tackle set for the Warriors ... Moses' kick just one bounce too long.
57mins - Harris-Tavita bombs on the last but Gutherson has no issues with that.
56mins - Moses kicks on the last - deflected by Egan who collects the ball in a great indivdual effort.
55mins - Another penalty for the Eels - 8-0 the count now.
54mins - Warriors bringing the ball out from their 10. Good set from the Eels and Josh Curran coughs the ball up in a tackle from Paulo. Scrum Eels 20m out.
53mins - Nikorima bombs on the last, but Sivo is safe underneath it.
52mins - Eels denied a try for an accidental offside ... lucky break for the Warriors.
50mins - Paulo knocks the ball on on tackle one but the Eels will challenge. Challenge is correct .... Harris with the strip. Penalty Eels .... 7-0 the count now. Eels attack from the 30.
49mins - Forward pass from Kane Evans inside the Warriors 30 and the Eels cough the ball up. RTS makes a mistake on tackle one and the Eels have a scrum on the 30.
48mins - Beale thinks he has scored in the corner from a lovely second-man play that involved RTS, but the final pass from Hiku floated forward. Penalty for the Eels ... that's a 6-0 count now.
47mins - Mahoney loses the ball in a good tackle from Papalii and the Warriors have a scrum on the Eels 40.
46mins - Harris-Tavita bombs but Moses climbs high to clean up for the Eels.
45mins - Good last tackle kick from Harris-Tavita earns the Warriors a repeat set.
43mins - Seven-tackle set for the Warriors as Hiku catches Moses' bomb on the full in the in-goal.
42mins - Defensive penalty for the Eels ... a blocking runner called against Beale. Eels on attack.
41mins - Moses bombs from halfway but RTS is as safe as a house underneath it.
Second-half - Here we go for the second half .... the Eels will have the ball first.
Halftime - That's the end of a controversial first half - and despite one of the worst calls in NRL history that had the Warriors playing with 12 for 10 minutes, they are just four behind.
39mins - Great set off the back of scoring for the Warriors - Eels working back from their 10.
37mins - Try Warriors - Chanel Harris-Tavita - RTS breaks through the middle... steps Gutherson .... inside pass to Nikroima who toes ahead and Harris-Tavita scores! Another superb Warriors try. Converted. Eels 16-12
35mins - Try Warriors: Chanel Harris-Tavita - I cannot do this try justice with words. Nikorima bomns and Perham bats the ball back ... razzle dazzle second phase play here .... Nikorima with the ball again and kicks for Harris-Tavita who dots down to score the best try of 2020. Converted. Eels 16-6
32mins - Evans looks set to score for the Eels under the posts but can't ground the ball.
30mins - Ferguson loses the ball cold trying to play the ball and this bloke decides to rule a penalty against Tevaga...maybe Jazz blocked him on Instagram?
27mins - Never been one to buy into the Warriors cop a bad wrap from Aussie refs theory - but that sin bin was border line criminal from this referee and he shouldn't officiate another game this season.
26mins - Try Eels: Blake Feguson - The Eels making the most of the idiotic call from the referee .... Moses kicks on the last and the Eels have a four on one overlap ... Harris-Tavita can't gather the ball .. Ferguson can and he sprints away to score. Eels 16-0
24mins - Try Eels: Jai Field - Great try. Mahoney breaks through some poor defence and finds a charging Gutherson who rolls out of Harris' tackle ... he kicks for Field who wins the race easily to score. Converted. Eels 10-0
22mins - Nikorima's final tackle kick is poor and the Eels survive. Repeat set for the Eels from their own 30.
20mins - Nikorima bombs well and Sivo and Jennings collide but the ball falls safely. Line dropout.
19mins - Andrew Vos, Fox Sports commentator, just called the sin bin the worse call he has ever seen in 20 years calling the game.
17mins - Tevega given 10 in the bin for nothing! That is the worst call I have ever seen!! Rubbish and the referee should sit out the rest of the season. He pushed Brown up, trying to play the ball and the referee has called it a punch. What an absolute dickhead call.
16mins - Moses with the spiral bomb .... RTS collects with ease, steps Gutherson and makes 30 metres. Brilliant.
14mins - Field bombs on the last and Blake climbs high to bat the ball back but it's ruled forward.
13mins - Hiku's flick pass floats forward .... scrum Eels on halfway.
12mins - Moses bombs from the 30, but Beale does a nice job under pressure . Tackle reset for the Warriors.
10mins - Ferguson bombs a try for the Eels. Mahoney carving the Warriors up through the middle finds Gutherson who's pulled down in a try saver from RTS. Moses kicks for Ferguson, who would have scored had he gathered the rolling ball, but knocks it on.
8mins - The Eels throwing the ball around and making waves. Moses runs on the last and creates space .... Lane looking dangerous but he can't get a pass away and it's a handover.
6mins - Try Eels: Mika Sivo - Repeat set earned on tackle two - Mahoney goes shortside and finds Lane who throws a face pass to Sivo who dots down in the corner untouched. Pompey witha terrible read on defence there. Moses can't convert. Eels 4-0
5mins - Gutherson kicks on the 3rd ... it's well weighted and Blake tackles Tuivasa-Sheck in the in-goal. Line dropout.
3mins - Eels with an early penalty .... Taunoa-Brown pinged for offside. Eels attack from the 40.
2mins - Moses bombs high and accurate, but Pompey climbs high and takes a superb catch to save any danger.
1min - Nikorima kicks form the 40 and finds space in behind Gutherson but kick is heavy and rolls over the dead ball line. Seven-tackle set.
Kick-off - The Warriors with first use of the ball.
6:04pm - Roger Tuivasa-Sheck leads out the Warriors .... Clint Gutherson leads out the Eels.
5:50pm - The Warriors are 1-17, meaning no Paul Turner and a first game of the season for Josh Curran.
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Good afternoon rugby league fans and welcome to Newshub's live coverage of the NRL clash between the NZ Warriors and Parramatta Eels from Central Coast Stadium.
The Warriors are remarkably in the hunt for the playoffs, just four points behind the eighth-places Cronulla Sharks with a game in hand.
But they have to keep on winning to maintain the pressure on the faltering Sharks, who they play next week.
The Eels are looking for a bounce-back performance after being humbled by South Sydney last week and a win will lift them above the Roosters into third spot.
The Warriors are looking for five wins from their last seven games, and third in a row.
TAB odds: Eels $1.33, NZ Warriors $3.20
