Eels stun dragons to end Manly's season

Parramatta spectacularly ended premier Manly's season and remain in the hunt for the NRL premiership after slaying St George Illawarra 25-12 at WIN Jubilee Oval on Sunday.The dynamic Eels reversed a 37-0 flogging at the hands of the Dragons just nine days ago, to become the second eighth-placed team under the McIntyre finals system to run down the minor premiers in as many years.A Luke Burt field goal in the dying minutes put the game beyond a converted try (19-12) and then Dally M medallist Jarryd Hayne scored a superb try to seal an entertaining victory in front of 18,174 fans.The Eels, boosted by the return of Nathan Hindmarsh and Eric Grothe, ran in four tries to two in a superb reversal of form to keep their season alive.The Eels next face Gold Coast on Friday night, while the Dragons must travel to Brisbane to play the Broncos.The Eels led 12-8 at half-time and the Dragons looked to have evened up the score through a Matt Cooper try but it was ruled to be on the end of a knocked forward pass from Ben Creagh after he'd touched the ball down.An untimely Eels error gave the Dragons another shot at four points but enigmatic winger Grothe swung the game with one piece of brilliant play.Grothe intercepted a bullet pass from Jamie Soward intended for a tryline bound Brett Morris and bolted the length of the field, touching down under the post in the 62nd minute to give the Eels a 10 point lead after Burt's conversion.Just when the game looked like it might be out of the Dragons reach, Morris touched down in the corner with nine minutes left on the clock to make it a six-point ball game.www.nrl.com

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Phil September 13, 2009 at 6:34pm

Great game, our defence was bloody awesome, even better that our win knocked out Manly, eat s*** brookvale hahaha.... Bring on the Titans
- garydoug > Phil September 13, 2009 at 7:02pm
  
  im in brisbane.i want to come down to syd 4 game on fri.how do i get tickets
anthony September 13, 2009 at 6:41pm

manly out just made the win even better
Henryk September 13, 2009 at 6:44pm

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww :( hehehehe
timbodavo September 13, 2009 at 6:49pm

I honestly beleive Joel Reddy was our man of match, made massive plays in defence over and over
Tayls September 13, 2009 at 6:52pm

what a team, what a win, lets keep it going boys
Higheel September 13, 2009 at 6:52pm

with you timbodavo Joel learnt from last week and wasnt going to ley Morris dominate on his wing. Excellent play.....go the Eels
Clive September 13, 2009 at 6:56pm

One of our best wins in years.
86 Eels September 13, 2009 at 7:07pm

Go you mighty Eels, what a fantastic effort. I wonder what happened to the so called "mental scars' the Dragons had inflicted on the mighty Eels the week before. And even sweeter is that Manly are gone as well. Yeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaa.

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