Full Time
80:00
5:30pm Sat August 10, 2019
Round 21 - CommBank Stadium, Parramatta / Burramattagal - Crowd: 20671
79min

Penalty Goal: Eels
Kicked by Mitchell Moses.

Moses from almost in front, adds another two to wind down the clock and give the Eels a win

Eels lead Eels 20 - 14 Knights
78min

PENALTY EELS - Klemmer with a forearm to Mau's face.

77min

SCRUM EELS - Eels with two shocking passes in a row, the second of which bounced off Lane's shins. Barnett chasing through dived on the ball and knocked it on. Set starts 20m from the Knights line.

76min

SCRUM EELS - Daniel Saifiti drops the ball in a weak carry. Eels scrum 25m from the Knights line

75min

Parramatta playing smart footy for the last 10 minutes keeping Newcastle trapped inside their own half for the whole time.

73min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Lane with a deft kick finds touch 1m from the Knights line.

71min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Moses finds touch with a kick. Newcastle will have to work the ball off their own 10m line.

69min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Moeroa drops the ball as he was playing it.

68min

SCRUM EELS - Lino drops a regulation pass inside his own half.

67min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Mahoney grubbers into touch close to the Knights line.

66min

SCRUM EELS - They'll set the scrum 10m inside the Knights half.

63min

SCRUM EELS - SKD got into space but the pass was ruled forward.

61min

Conversion: Eels
Attempted by Mitchell Moses.

Moses unable to convert from out wide on the left side

Eels lead Eels 18 - 14 Knights
61min

Try: Eels
Scored by Maika Sivo. Kick to come.

Sivo scores in the right corner when a grubber from Brown is pounced on by Sivo

Eels lead Eels 18 - 14 Knights
61min

Gutherson makes a break but is brought down in a brilliant desperation tackle by Ponga, 10m from the Knights line.

60min

SKD knocks on the kick to the corner on the last. Changeover 10m from the Eels line.

56min

Conversion: Eels
Kicked by Mitchell Moses.

Moses converts from in front to level the scores.

Tied up at Eels 14 - 14 Knights
56min

Try: Eels
Scored by Reed Mahoney. Kick to come.

Mahoney and Paulo link for a smooth run around on the Knights line and Mahoney dunks the ball over the line next to the upright.

Knights lead Eels 12 - 14 Knights
55min

PENALTY EELS - Knights pinged for being offside. Eels take the tap 10m out from the Knights line.

53min

Moses gets caught with the ball on the last, offloads to Brown and the big man kicked into the Knights ingoal brilliantly. The Eels defence force the Knights player ingoal and will receive a drop out.

52min

Parramatta with a good defensive set. They start their set 10m inside the Knights half.

51min

Moses with a high kick but it's way too short. The Knights let Takairangi catch it and then they push him into touch.

49min

Conversion: Knights
Kicked by Mason Lino.

Lino converts from the right side touchline.

Knights lead Eels 8 - 14 Knights
48min

Try: Knights
Scored by Shaun Kenny-Dowall. Kick to come.

Ponga's crossfield kick finds Hunt, who gets a miracle offload to Barnett, who miraculously catches it with his fingertips before passing to Kenny-Dowall who threaded his way through the cover defenders to score in the corner.

Knights lead Eels 8 - 12 Knights
46min

Magnificent defensive set by the Knights. Moses kicked on the last just 10m from his own line.

43min

Conversion: Knights
Kicked by Mason Lino.

Lino from almost in front, adds the extras and we're all locked up.

Tied up at Eels 8 - 8 Knights
43min

Try: Knights
Scored by Mitchell Barnett. Kick to come.

Pearce kicks to the right and finds Barnett, who takes a great catch and scores just to the right of the posts.

Eels lead Eels 8 - 6 Knights
42min

PENALTY KNIGHTS - MNoses grubbers but the Eels kick chase are offside.

41min

PENALTY EELS - Knights kick off. and it's out on the full.

40min

SCRUM EELS - SKD heads towards the touchline and the Eels push him over it. And that's halftime.

39min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Jennings attempted an intercept but the Knights recover the ball.

38min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - 12m from their own line

35min

Lino's grubber bounces horribly for him and the ball goes dead ingoal. 7 tackle set for the Eels

30min

Conversion: Eels
Attempted by Mitchell Moses.

Moses misses a relatively easy conversion attempt

Eels lead Eels 8 - 2 Knights
29min

Try: Eels
Scored by Clint Gutherson. Kick to come.

Moses chips over the top early in the set, Gutherson flies through unchecked, regathers and then falls over the line for a good try.

Eels lead Eels 8 - 2 Knights
28min

PENALTY EELS - Knights give away another dopey penalty, trying to slow down the play again. Eels now stroll into the Knights half.

28min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Gutherson make a charge for the corner but Ponga smashes him into touch

27min

SKD takes the grubber dead. Knights drop out.

26min

PENALTY EELS - Knights again concede a dumb penalty. Parramatta 30m from the Knights line

25min

Pearce with a massive kick and Takairangi takes it easy on the full in his own ingoal. Eels with a 7 tackle set.

24min

Parramatta have been dominating field position and possession. Both sides looking clunky on the last tackle more often than not.

23min

PENALTY KNIGHTS - They'll start their set on halfway

22min

SCRUM EELS - Sloppy play the ball by the Knights 25m from their own line.

21min

Conversion: Eels
Attempted by Mitchell Moses.

Moses unable to convert from touch

Eels lead Eels 4 - 2 Knights
18min

Try: Eels
Scored by Clint Gutherson. Kick to come.

Moses with a shallow cross field chip, Takairangi leaps up and takes the catch and then offloads to Gutherson sweeping around and he scores in the right corner.

Eels lead Eels 4 - 2 Knights
15min

PENALTY EELS - Moses finds touch 5m shy of halfway.

14min

Pearce grubbers to the right corner and Sivo cleans it up, but he's tackled in-goal. Eels drop out.

12min

PENALTY KNIGHTS - Eels giving away another penalty, this time on the 5th tackle. Knights will start this set 35m from the Eels line.

11min

Penalty Goal: Knights
Kicked by Mason Lino.

Lino from right in front, gets the scoring started for the game.

Knights lead Eels 0 - 2 Knights
9min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Pearce with the long kick downtown, goes straight to Takairangi, however he drops it over the sideline. Knights with a full set inside the Eels 20m

7min

And another poor Eels set comes to a close

6min

PENALTY EELS - Levi collects Moses with a very gentle high tackle. Woeful Eels set. They get a do-over now.

4min

Pearce cleans up a Moses grubber well, but cannot get back into the field of play. Knights drop out.

3min

PENALTY EELS - Moses earns his side a penalty and they'll take the tap 20m from the Knights line

Parramatta kicks off

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Adam Gee, Jon Stone

Touch Judges: Jeff Younis, Liam Nicholls

Video Referee: Jared Maxwell, Ben Lowe

PARRAMATTA EELS (20)
Tries: Clint Gutherson (2), Reed Mahoney, Maika Sivo
Field Goals:
Conversions: Mitchell Moses (1/4)
Penalty Goals: Mitchell Moses (1/1)

NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS (14)
Tries: Mitchell Barnett, Shaun Kenny-Dowall
Field Goals:
Conversions: Mason Lino (2/2)
Penalty Goals: Mason Lino (1/1)