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Match Complete
Dragons
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| M. Moses |  | 74 | ||
| M. Sivo |  | 71 | ||
| M. Moses |  | 64 | ||
| B. Ferguson | | 63 | ||
| M. Moses | | 58 | ||
| 51 | | M. Ravalawa | ||
| M. Moses | | 47 | ||
| M. Sivo | | 45 | ||
| M. Moses | | 43 | ||
| C. Gutherson | | 42 | ||
| M. Moses | | 36 | ||
| R. Mahoney | | 35 | ||
| 33 | | Z. Lomax | ||
| 31 | | M. Dufty | ||
| 27 | | Z. Lomax | ||
| 26 | | B. Hunt | ||
| 19 | | Z. Lomax |
| 5 | Tries | 3 | ||
| 4 | Conversions | 2 | ||
| 2 | Penalty Goals | 1 | ||
| 0 | Field Goals | 0 |
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The Eels will look to ride the high of Easter Monday’s win over the Tigers, playing their second game within a couple of weeks at Bankwest Stadium. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog from 4:05pm AEST.
There aren’t many stadiums where Parramatta have a perfect record, but they do at Bankwest, and they’ll be keen to keep it that way when they play a middle-of-the-road Dragons team.
The Dragons are about as 50/50 as you can get. They’ve won four, and lost three, have a points differential of just two, however they hold onto their top eight position by two match points, from the Sharks who faced off against the Storm yesterday, above a host of teams on four points.
As for Parramatta, they trail the Raiders – on 10 points – who round out the top four, following a prestigious cluster at the top, with South Sydney, Melbourne and the Roosters holding the top three places.
Parra sport wins over Penrith, Canterbury, Cronulla and the Wests Tigers, but losses to the Roosters, Raiders and Knights dampen that record.
The Dragons go into this game as slight underdogs, but prior to the Anzac Day loss to the Roosters, they’d won four on the trot, following a start where they lost to the Cowboys and Rabbitohs.
In team news, Daniel Alvaro comes back from a concussion which kept him out of last weekend’s loss, with Peni Terepo finding his spot on the bench and Ray Stone into the Parramatta reserve numbers.
Mikaele Ravalawa will start on the wing, pushing Zac Lomax to outside centre. Also, Euan Aitken falls back to the interchange, with Blake Lawrie set to run out at 13, leaving Jacob Host on the bench.
The fear for Parramatta is that the thrashing of the Wests Tigers may be a rare “good day” and while the bookies don’t agree, I’m tipping the visitors in this one.
Time: 4:05pm AEST.
Venue: Bankwest Stadium.
Referees: Ashley Klein, Chris Butler.
Odds: Eels $1.85, Dragons $1.95.
Eels
1. Clint Gutherson 2. Maika Sivo 3. Michael Jennings 4. Brad Takairangi 5. Blake Ferguson 6. Jaeman Salmon 7. Mitchell Moses 8. Daniel Alvaro 9. Reed Mahoney 10. Junior Paulo 11. Shaun Lane 12. Marata Niukore 13. Tepai Moeroa.
Interchange: 14. Peni Terepo 16. Oregon Kaufusi 17. Manu Ma’u.
Reserves: 18. Ray Stone 19. Kane Evans 20. Josh Hoffman 21. George Jennings.
Dragons
1. Matthew Dufty 2. Jordan Pereira 3. Zac Lomax 4. Timoteo Lafai 5. Mikaele Ravalawa 6. Corey Norman 7. Ben Hunt 8. James Graham 9. Cameron McInnes 10. Paul Vaughan 11. Tyson Frizell 12. Tariq Sims 13. Blake Lawrie.
Interchange: 14. Jeremy Latimore 15. Euan Aitken 16. Jacob Host 17. Luciano Leilua.
Reserves: 18. Mitchell Allgood 19. Jai Field 20. Lachlan Timm 21. Jonus Pearson.
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