Eels Demolish Dragons

A superb 80 minute display from the Parramatta Eels saw them run out 36-0 winners over the St George-Illawarra Dragons. The win broke a couple of records for the Eels and consolidated their position in the Top 8.

Brad Arthur stated the Eels were too soft through the middle following the match against Cronulla. Against the Dragons it seemed that their young forward pack had come of age.

For the opening 20 minutes the match was relatively even. The Eels had plenty of possession but were unable to make it pay off.

St George looked to have scored when they went down their left edge but Gerard Beale was unable to ground the ball. After absorbing plenty of pressure the Eels managed to work the ball down the field.

It was there that Jarryd Hayne and Nathan Peats combined to send Ken Sio over. Hayne went into dummy-half and Peats threw a perfectly weighted pass to Sio.

With the Dragons looking to build more pressure, Benji Marshall spilled the ball behind him and Norman swooped on the loose ball to make it 12-0 to the Eels at half-time.

Following half-time the Eels started the stronger side. Junior Paulo produced a run, reminiscent of Fuifui Moimoi, when he powered through the Dragons' front-line. He drew Dugan before slipping the ball to Hayne.

That try seemed to kick the Eels into top gear, their following try coming only five minutes later when Ken Sio crossed for his second and Sandow's sideline conversion saw the score at 24-0.

It was then that Jarryd Hayne injected himself once more. Taking the ball on the left edge, he straightened and drew two defenders before slipping a deft pass to a rampaging Pauli Pauli.

The St George defenders were helpless in stopping the rampaging back-rower. Sandow continued his form with the boot and made it five from five.

The Eels weren't finished though. Jarryd Hayne slipped into first receiver and made the Dragons' defence look elementary. A quick left foot step and he sliced through the St George line. Sandow kept his perfect record with the boot and the score stood at 36-0.

The rampaging Eels win saw them keep a team scoreless for the first time since 2009 with the win also being largest the Eels have ever had over the Dragons.

The win also puts the Eels into third place, with the lowest place they can drop to being sixth coming into their bye weekend.

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"Why would any decent player want to come play for us? No honestly? The surrounding suburbs are trash. We havent been successful in 40 years..No one grows up wanting to play for us, we are mediocre on our best day.We are simply a team that makes up…"

"And we won't be winning a damn thing as long as that's the philosophy the club pushes. We aren't about winning comps we are about competing in the NRL. The end."

Replies

GRUNTA - Death of a Salesman May 17, 2014 at 9:38pm

"The win also puts the Eels into third place, with the lowest place they can drop to being sixth coming into their bye weekend".

Thanks Super, this is the exact information I was after.

6th at worst huh, after 10 rounds?

Who would have thought?

Woohoo.
- Performance > GRUNTA - Death of a Salesman May 17, 2014 at 9:50pm
  
  The worst we can finish this weekend is 4th
GRUNTA - Death of a Salesman May 17, 2014 at 9:55pm

Super said 6th?

She's a mod, I'll take her tip.
- SuperEel 22 > GRUNTA - Death of a Salesman May 17, 2014 at 10:36pm
  
  Thanks for the reference to my gender Punk. I am male just to confirm.
Mac5733 May 17, 2014 at 10:23pm

Junior Paulo = FuiFui junior
SuperEel 22 May 17, 2014 at 10:34pm

When I wrote it neither of the other Saturday games were finished.
SuperEel 22 May 17, 2014 at 11:04pm

I know, I was just saying that when I wrote the match report neither of the matches after ours had been completed
IH8Manly & IEspeciallyH8Qld May 17, 2014 at 11:44pm

If Raiders beat Panthers and if Newcastle beat Manly at Brookvale by 44 or more, we'll be 2nd.

Pretty fair chance.
RIDER May 18, 2014 at 6:58am

So, you write a piece for your own web site, paste the link onto this site and give yourself a top blog.'marketing'

Honestly, you're taking the p***, or is top blog the payment for moderating.

Just wondering, + I didn't sleep well so not in a great mood.
- SuperEel 22 > RIDER May 18, 2014 at 10:21am
  
  I write the match report for both this site and the other one. It wouldn't make sense to write two separate ones on the same topic. I have a contract with the other site so I ensure I post the match report there first and then copy it across. I include the full article, I don't cut anything out and the link is there, firstly to show where I got it from and secondly if you guys want to view the page. It's up to you. And it's very similar to how a lot of mainstream media do their match reports. I could virtually guarantee you that the Eels match report would be the exact same in every Fairfax newspaper.