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Eels 10 Warriors 46
Eels - Simonsson & Lane tries, Russell conversion
Warriors - Walker, Barnett 2, Watene-Zelezniak, Metcalf 2 & Montoya 2 tries; Johnson 7 conversions
Second half
40th minute - Another offload from Fonua-Blake almost puts Berry over, but the Eels defuse Johnson's final kick behind their line. The final seconds are allowed to tick off on a big Warriors win.
39th minute - Fonua-Blake reaches halfway and offloads to Harris.
38th minute - Incredibly, Harris comes back on for the Warriors to close out the game.
Pompey almost intercepts a pass in his own half, but Moretti falls on the loose ball. Russell kicks ahead and chases, CNK wins the race to the ball, but Russell beats him to force.
Replays show Russell had his hands on CNK's back, so the try is ruled out.
37th minute - Warriors are just killing time here and Johnson kicks left to Pompey, who snatched the ball, but couldn't hold it.
36th minute - Asi crosses halfway on the last tackle, but his offload is snaffled by Lussick.
35th minute - Fonua-Balek is tackled short of halfway on the last, but Johnson shifts right and DWZ kicks ahead to Russell.
34th minute - Lane is wrestled down at halfway and Asi kicks high to CNK.
33rd minute - Lane has been put on report for an attempted trip during the build-up to that try.
Ford breaks into Eels half, Johnson kicks hight and Russell is safe underneath.
31st minute - TRY to Barnett
Penisini bursts out of the defensive line to smother Metcalf and when the Warriors go right, Berry is dragged down short by Simonsson. Next man up is Barnett, who overpowers Russell to score his second.
Johnson slots the conversion, WAR 46-10
30th minute - Ale reaches halfway, Johnson kicks hight, Berry chases and Warriors regather the ball, with six more tackles.
29th minute - Moretti reaches halfway, Lane looks left, but Simonsson knocks on. Eels challenge the decision, but lose.
Good news for Eels, with Ofahenguae cleared of serious knee injury.
28th minute - Pompey kicks off for the Warriors and Paulo rumbles forward.
27th minute - TRY to Lane
Eels shift left, where Asi almost scores, but as he's tackled, he finds Lane waiting on his shoulder. Russell converts, WAR 40-10
26th minute - Johnson kicks off short, but his teammates are offside. Eels have the ball on the 10. Simonsson looks for a way through, but runs further laterally than forward.
25th minute - Asi kicks towards the tryline, DWZ knocks it back and then dead for a dropout.
24th minute - Lumelume fields a Johnson kick and Moretti reaches halfway.
23rd minute - Penisini breaks towards the tryline. Ofahenguae is caught in a threeway tackle and falls awkwardly - the Warriors immediately raise the alarm and it seems like a knee injury.
Sironen wraps up Asi 10 metres out, Lane looks for a way through and Asi kicks across the field. Russell catches and kicks, but Warriors fall on the ball.
22nd minute - Fonua-Blake spills the ball in a tackle, so Eels have a scrum inside Warriors half.
21st minute - Afoa brings the kickoff back for the Warriors.
19th minute - Walker is still struggling, but Harris looks like he will return.
TRY to Watene-Zeleniak
CNK has to die with the ball, but Fonua-Blake plays the ball quickly and the Warriors go right, where Berry shows DWZ the corner and he needs no second invitation. Johnson hits the right upright with his conversion, WAR 40-4
18th minute - Warriors are keeping Eels pinned deep in their half. Asi puts Cartwright over halfway, but he spills the ball in the tackle.
17th minute - Walker looks a big ginger in a tackle, but Fonua-Blake carries on the momentum. Metcalf puts a kick through and Russell finds the field of play from his own line.
16th minute - Harris is down in centrefield and it looks like an ankle complaint. He limps off.
Paulo reaches halfway for the Eels, but Lane's offload goes to Berry.
15th minute - Simonsson tries to find a way through on the last tackle and his ineffective kick is easily smothered by Johnson. Harris enters Eels territory and Johnson kicks to DWZ, who can't offload in the tackle for a changeover.
14th minute - Eels are on the Warriors 30 with a full set. Hopgood bounces off a couple of tacklers and almost scores.
13th minute - Cartwright crosses halfway for the Eels, who pour onto attack. Ale is penalised for an early tackle and the decision is challenged, but unsuccessfully.
12th minute - Hopgood runs strongly up the middle, Asi kicks from his 40 and DWZ claims it easily.
Ford crosses halfway again, but CNK's quick pass goes behind Berry, who knocks on.
11th minute - Ford reaches halfway, Johnson kicks high to Sivo.
10th minute - Harris brings the kickoff back for the Warriors.
Ninth minute - TRY to Barnett
Johnson puts Sironen towards the tryline and Barnett is next to carry, somehow getting the ball down among three tacklers. Johnson converts, WAR 36-6
Eighth minute - Lane chases the kickoff, but Egan is there to claim the loose ball and Warriors go back on attack.
Seventh minute - Asi kicks from his 40 and DWZ lets it bounce. Montoya is looking for work and Barnett slips a tackle on halfway.
Johnson kicks to goal and Sivo has to bat it dead for a dropout.
Sixth minute - Montoya takes it strongly up the middle. Johnson kicks from his 30 and Russell brings it back.
Fifth minute - Asi reaches halfway for the Eels. He kicks high to CNK and he's safe, as always.
Fourth minute - Warriors shift right, but Berry's flick on goes behind DWZ into touch.
Third minute - Lane loses the ball in a tackle and Warriors have the ball in Eels half. Eels are penalised for a tipping tackle and Johnson takes the tap.
Second minute - Metcalf kicks from halfway and Russell controls the bouncing ball.
First minute - Pompey kicks off for the second half and Matterson is underneath. Their set ends short of halfway and Asi kicks high to DWZ.
Halftime
40th minute - TRY to Walker
Warriors shift right, then left, where Harris puts Walker into a gap. He just swerves past the last tackler to the tryline.
As the halftime siren sounds, Johnson slots the conversion and the Warriors have 30 at halftime.
39th minute - Eels pour onto rare attack. Cartwright tries a backhanded pass to his winger, but Montoya cuts it off and races upfield.
38th minute - Warriors shift left to Montoya and Pompey barely takes the return pass. Johnson kicks to the posts and Metcalf can't force cleanly, much to his dismay.
37th minute - Asi kicks long to DWZ and Montoya reaches halfway on the second tackle.
36th minute - Egan fiels the kickoff and Harris brings the ball forward. Egan darts from dummy half to reach halfway.
Johnson kicks to the corner and races up, with Sironen, to drag Russell back towards his line.
34th minute - TRY to Metcalf
Egan dummies and puts Harris over halfway. Warriors are all around, looking for the pass, but CNK is brought down from hehind by Sivo.
Metcalf runs from dummy half and stretches out to score in three tacklers. Johnson converts, WAR 24-4
33rd minute - Fonua-Blake brings the kickoff forward and Warriors shift right.
31st minute - Egan runs from dummy half towards the 20, Warriors look right.
TRY to Montoya
ON the last tackle, Metcalf shifts left to the winger, who still has two tacklers to beat. He props inside them to score.
Johnson converts and you can hear the Warriors chant go up in Sydney, WAR 18-4
30th minute - Matterson reaches halfway and Asi kicks high to CNK,who is safe. Warriors have a penalty on their 30.
29th minute - Nicoll-Klokstad makes halfway and Sivo takes a high kick from Johnson.
28th minute - Metcalf fields the kickoff and Fonua-Blake charges forward.
27th minute - TRY to Montoya
Johnson shifts left and the move onfolds in slow motion, as the winger takes a pass from Pompey to cross untouched. Metcalf creates the space with a dummy pass to Ford and then to Pompey.
Johnson curls his conversion through, WAR 12-4
26th minute - Johnson's pass is knocked down by Matterson, so another set for the Warriors. From the scrum, JOhnson takes on the line.
25th minute - Warriors win a penalty near their 40 and the pace of the game is hectic.
24th minute - From the scrum, Simonsson threatens again. Cartwright darts from dummy half, but caught short.
Berry catches Asi's kick in goal and Warriors have a seven-tackle set.
23rd minute - Ford tries to offload and the ball goes loose. Eels ball in Warriors half, bad option from Ford.
22nd minute - Paulo rumbles towards the posts, Matterson puts a kick into the goal area and Montoya finds the field of play.
21st minute - Eels have a penalty to clear their territory.
20th minute - Walker almost bursts through the defence and Johnson dances around a few tacklers. He almost makes the line with a second attempt and Metcalf's kick falls to Ford, who touches down.
Replays show the ball went forward from Pompey, so no try.
19th minute - Paulo crosses halfway and Asi kicks high to DWZ. Walker is tackled short of halfway and Warriors have a set restart on the fifth tackle.
18th minute - Pompey kicks off and Matterson brings the ball to the 20.
16th minute - TRY to Simonsson
From the scrum, Eels go left and the former NZ sevens rep reaches out in three tacklers to score. Russell hooks his conversion attempt, WAR 6-4
15th minute - Eels shift left and Russell almost finds a way to the line. Asi kicks right and Pompey knocks on, Eels scrum 10 metres out.
14th minute - Warriors concede a penalty and Eels can clear their territory.
13th minute - Harris powers over the 10, Warriors shift right to DWZ, who is tackled by Simonsson just short of the line. Barnett runs a line, but can't take Johnson's pass.
12th minute - Lumelume reaches halfway and Eels have a set restart. Hopgood offloads to Ogden with the line looming, but Nicoll-Klkostad makes the tackle.
Egan pounces on a loose ball and finds DWZ, who races to halfway.
11th minute - From the midfield scrum, Afoa and Fonua-Blake rumble towards the posts. Harris goes close, but Pompey spills the ball behind him and Eels win the loose ball.
10th minute - Johnson puts a high kick towards Sivo's wing, DWZ outjumps him and the ball goes into touch off the Eels winger. Great attacking position for the Warriors.
Ninth minute - Ford fields the kickoff and brings it back towards halfway. Harris makes Eels territory.
Seventh minute - TRY to Metcalf
Warriors quickly over halfway and Ford bursts towards the tryline. Metcalf props off his right foot and finds space in the defence to score.
Johnson slots the conversion, WAR 6-0
Sixth minute - Eels have six more tackles, after the Warriors bat down a pass in their own half. Hopgood offloads to Hands near the tryline, but Penisini can't find the ball with his foot on the last tackle and Warriors have the ball.
Fifth minute - Warriors race over halfway, but Barnett's pass to DWZ is behind him and into touch.
Fourth minute - Six more tackles for the Eels near the Warriors line. Asi steps through a gap and to the tryline, but there is obstruction and Warriors can clear.
Third minute - Watene-Zelezniak makes a mess of his play-the-ball and Eels have an attacking scrum 20 metres out.
Second minute - Johnson kicks long and Russell is driven back over his 30. Eels are quickly into Warriors territory and Nicoll-Klokstad takes Asi's kick under pressure.
First minute - Warriors hooker Wayde Egan will also celebrate his 100th NRL appearance tonight.
Eels kick off and Fonua-Blake brings the ball forward from his goal-line. Harris driven back on the fourth tackle and Warriors don't reach halfway.
6:51pm - Newshub correspondent Emma Cropper has confirmed Shaun Johnson will line up for tonight's encounter, after doubts over his availability this week.
Johnson's wife, Kayla, is expecting their second child, but that arrival now seems a few days away, enabling him to make the trip across the Tasman to play his 200th game for the club.
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Kia ora, good evening and welcome to Newshub's live coverage of the NZ Warriors v Parramatta Eels NRL clash at Sydney.
After compiling a three-game winning run, the Warriors crashed to earth in the rain against South Sydney Rabbitohs last week and will want to nip that setback at the bud, when they cross the Tasman.
After a week of doubt over Shaun Johnson's availability for his 200th game for the club, the veteran half seems poised to take his place in the line-up, with wife Kayla a few days away from delivering their second child.
Johnson joins Dylan Walker (200 NRL games) and Addin Fonua-Blake (150 NRL games) in celebrating milestones, and all three will play crucial roles, if they are to mark those achievements in style.
State of Origin has helped their cause, with kingpins Mitch Moses, Clint Gutherson and Regan Campbell-Gillard all missing from the Eels line-up, as they prepare for Game Three on Wednesday.
That said, last time the Warriors faced an Origin-depleted team, they managed to lose to a weakened Brisbane Broncos, so they can't afford to take this makeshift line-up lightly.
They currently sit eight on the NRL ladder and defeat may see them slide out of the playoff cut, once North Queensland Cowboys received the two points from their bye week.
TAB Odds: Warriors $1.54, Eels $2.40
Warriors: 1-Charzne Nicoll-Klokstad, 2-Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, 3-Rocco Berry, 4-Adam Pompey, 5-Marcelo Montoya, 6-Luke Metcalf, 7-Shaun Johnson, 8-Addin Fonua-Blake, 9-Wayde Egan, 10-Bunty Afoa, 11-Jackson Ford, 12-Mitchell Barnett, 13-Tohu Harris (c)
Interchange: 14-Dylan Walker, 15-Bayley Sironen, 16-Tom Ale, 17-Freddy Lussick
Eels: 1-Sean Russell, 2-Maika Sivo, 3-Will Penisini, 4-Bailey Simonsson, 5-Isaac Lumelume, 6-Ryan Matterson, 7-Daejarn Asi, 8-Ofahiki Ogden, 9-Brendan Hands, 10-Junior Paulo, 11-Bryce Cartwright, 12-Andrew Davey, 13-J'maine Hopgood
Interchange: 14-Luca Moretti, 15-Joe Ofanhegaue, 16-Shaun Lane, 17-Makahesi Makatoa
'Not about me': Warriors' Walker plays down NRL double-century milestone
Even as he knocks on the door of a huge NRL milestone, NZ Warriors utility Dylan Walker insists this week isn't about him, with major occasions looming for other members of the squad.
When the Warriors travel to Sydney to face Parramatta Eels on Saturday night, a key quartet will all reach significant highlight in their respective careers.
Despite doubts on his availability, due to the impending arrival of his second child, half Shaun Johnson will become just the fifth player in Warriors history to make 200 appearances for the club.
Off-season arrival Walker, 28, will notch 200 NRL appearances of his own, after previous stints with South Sydney Rabbitohs and Manly Sea Eagles.
Front-rower Addin Fonua-Blake makes his 150th NRL appearance, while hooker Wayde Egan notches a century of his own, both after joining the Warriors from rival clubs.
Despite a career that's seen him tick off almost every possible achievement within the game, individual accolades are far from Walker's mind. Instead, he is concentrating on helping the side bounce back from last week's reality-checking loss to South Sydney Rabbitohs.
"I haven't probably reflected on it too much," he said. "It is a special occasion - my family are probably more pumped up than I am and rightfully so, they've been with me every step of the way.
"I'm just excited to go out this weekend. There's a few boys this week who've got a milestone.
"It's not just about me, it's about a few others, but first thing's first, we've got to get a win."
Dylan Walker celebrates with Marcelo Montoya. Photo credit: Photosport
Walker's milestone is made all the more significant for the fact he'll line up alongside Fonua-Blake.
After years shared at Manly, Walker followed Fonua-Blake across the Tasman to join the Warriors at the start of this year, but the pair's relationship started before they first shared a dressingroom in the NRL.
"I've been with 'Walks' since we were growing up," Fonua-Blake said. "He was a bit of a local gun in the area we grew up playing [in].
"He's done it all, won a [Grand Final], played for Australia, played Origin - all of it.
"Just to be part of his milestone, I'm pretty lucky. You don't get to play that many NRL games with people you've grown up playing with.
"A 200th and a 150th together, I'm just happy I get to go out there and lace up the boots with Dyl."
The Warriors feature quite low down the list of clubs that have helped Walker to his 200 games. With 62 appearances for the Rabbitohs and 124 for the Sea Eagles under his belt, Walker could easily have brought up a double-century playing in Australia.
After putting pen to paper in early 2022 with the Warriors, he has no regrets.
"I thought I was going to be with South Sydney my whole career," he said. "When I got to Manly, I thought I was going to finish my career there.
"I've been lucky enough to come over here, Cam George got me over and I'm enjoying it."
