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Two teams both in need of a win for different reasons clash in tonight’s match as a desperate Parramatta Eels outfit prepares to take on the resurgent North Queensland Cowboys at Parramatta Stadium. We’ll have live scores from 7.30pm AEST.
Whilst new Eels coach Ricky Stuart foreshadowed a season of highs and lows for the Parramatta faithful, few could have predicted that their season would bottom out as spectacularly as it did in last Monday night’s shellacking by fellow strugglers Penrith.
Stuart’s outfit was completely dominated by the Panthers, and coming up against a Cowboys side boasting the likes of Johnathan Thurston and Matt Bowen, the tackling bags at Parramatta stadium would have copped a pounding this week.
On the other side of the ledger are the Cowboys, a team earmarked for great things in season 2013 but who to date have only been able to display flashes of brilliance.
Last weekend’s comfortable win against the Raiders at home following a close lose to the Broncos would suggest they are moving in the right direction, however they’ll need to prove they can win in Sydney on a regular basis if they are going to be considered premiership threats.
Tonight’s match is the perfect platform for North QLD to launch their Sydney assault, and with a set of representative props and speed to burn out wide there’s no reason why this shouldn’t be the case.
As for players to watch Jarryd Hayne should be looking for a big game tonight, and the Eels young winger Toutai has proven himself a handful for opposition defences.
For the Cowboys lookout for the evergreen Brent Tate and the emerging Kane Linnet, two tough as nails centres who will make sure their young opposite numbers are in for a busy evening.
The last time these two sides met was early 2012 with the Cowboys winning to the tune of 42-6.
Whilst it’s unlikely to be of that magnitude, it’s difficult to see anything other than a Cowboys victory at Parramatta Stadium this evening, I’m tipping North Queensland by 14
But…stranger things have happened in rugby league; Kick-off is at 7.30pm AEST.
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