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Wests Tigers vs Parramatta Eels: NRL live scores, blog

Roar Guru
22nd March, 2013
Teams

Wests Tigers

1. Tim Moltzen
2. Joel Reddy
3. Blake Ayshford
4. Chris Lawrence
5. Marika Koroibete
6. Benji Marshall
7. Jacob Miller
8. Aaron Woods
9. Robbie Farah
10. Jack Buchanan
11. Braith Anasta
12. Liam Fulton
13. Adam Blair

Interchange

14. Ben Murdoch-Masila
15. Ava Seumanufagai
16. Matthew Bell
17. Eddy Pettybourne

Parramatta Eels

1. Jarryd Hayne
2. Vai Toutai
3. Ryan Morgan
4. Jacob Loko
5. Cheyse Blair
6. Ben Roberts
7. Chris Sandow
8. Mitchell Allgood
9. Matthew Keating
10. Tim Mannah
11. Ken Edwards
12. Matthew Ryan
13. Ben Smith

Interchange

14. Joseph Paulo
15. Darcy Lussick
16. Fuifui Moimoi
17. Kelepi Tanginoa

Kick-Off: 8:05pm AEDT
Venue: Leichhardt Oval
Referees: Shayne Hayne, Alan Shortall
Last Time: Tigers 51-26 Eels
History: Tigers 10 Eels 15 Drawn 1
Betting: Tigers $1.72 Eels $2.15
TV: Live, Channel 9
The Eels take on the Wests Tigers for a bit of Monday night action. (AAP Image/Action Photographics, Grant Trouville)
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The Wests Tigers returned to winning ways last week and will be keen to make it two wins on the trot against rivals Parramatta Eels tonight. Join us for live scores and commentary from 8.00pm AEDT.

After suffering a poor defeat at the hands of Newcastle in round one, the Tigers bounced back well against the Panthers and will fancy their chances of outscoring Parramatta tonight.

Despite dominating possession and territory last week, the Eels struggled to put the Bulldogs to the sword and eventually lost 20-16 in a match where star fullback Jarryd Hayne underperformed.

Hayne was largely obsolete in attack against Canterbury and needs to improve tenfold if the Eels are a chance of beating the Tigers tonight.

It’s a shame that Hayne couldn’t fire last week, given that his attacking partner Chris Sandow actually played very well.

Sandow had a hand in all of the Eels three tries last week, and also kicked a 40/20 in a performance that would have pleased coach Ricky Stuart.

The Tigers will definitely need to keep tabs on Sandow tonight, given that the Eels half did cause a lot of havoc when these two teams last met late in 2012.

Prediction

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The outcome of this match largely depends on how well Sandow and Hayne combine in attack tonight for Parramatta.

If both of these players can fire, the Eels should be favoured to open up a Tigers defence that can still crack when placed under pressure.

A repeat of last week’s performance in attack however and the Eels will find themselves on the back foot against a Tigers side that has begun finding its rhythm with the football.

Tigers hooker Robbie Farah was the star of the show against Penrith last week, setting up three tries, two of which were scored by Aaron Woods.

Benji Marshall was also heavily involved against the Panthers, scoring a try before setting up Marikia Koroibete’s match winner in the second half with a delicate grubber.

Playing infront of the Leichhardt faithful generally gets the best out of the Tigers and we may just see them click into gear tonight against an Eels side with plenty of room for improvement in attack.

Tigers by 8.

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