The Bulldogs have produced a deserved win to put a major dent in the Eels' top four hopes.
Renouf To'omaga comes up with a tackle that secures a deserved win for the Bulldogs.
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak takes the ball dead and the Bulldogs should survive.
Last tackle.
The Eels will get a repeat set.
Hopoate is tackled in-goal.
The Eels are attacking like their lives depend on it.
Ma'u manages to stay in the field of play.
Sivo does well to field Lewis' cross field kick.
Moses bombs as the Bulldogs counterattack inside their own half.
Sivo contests Foran's high ball.
Foran stays in the field of play despite the best efforts of Maika Sivo.
Lane loses possession to let the Bulldogs off the hook.
Shaun Lane is collected just short of the line.
Brad Takairangi is taken over the sideline, but ends up getting a penalty.
Lewis drive the kick downfield.
From in front of the posts, Meaney puts the visitors up by 6.
Great work from Kerrod Holland to get the ball away to Meaney.
PENALTY TRY - Mitchell Moses leads with the boot in the act of Meaney attempting to ground the ball.
Meaney is claiming a try.
Foran goes close to the line.
Holland kicks for Meaney, but Moses manages to knock the ball dead.
Kerrod Holland is away.
The Eels concede a penalty for being inside the 10.
Points have been at a premium, but this has been an engaging contest nonetheless.
Lewis goes high, but Sivo is up to the task.
Sivo has been denied once again after Dylan Brown kicked for his winger.
Meaney appeared to be into space, but a forward pass denies the Bulldogs speedster.
Sivo loses possession in the act of grounding the ball.
Sivo is claiming a try - but there are doubts over the grounding.
Parramatta come up with possession and get a penalty on the next play.
Hopoate is tackled on halfway by Shaun Lane.
Hopoate is away!
Ma'u instigates a great Parramatta attacking raid.
Raymond Faitala-Mariner makes his first run.
Jackson comes up with an error.
Josh Jackson makes a brilliant run inside the Eels' half.
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak is off the field with a visible shoulder issue.
Sivo knocks on in an attempt to ground the ball.
Sivo is claiming a try.
Kerrod Holland is tackled in-goal after a great kick from Moses.
DWZ is battling on with a shoulder issue.
Smith has been sent to the bin for committing foul play against Maika Sivo.
Reimis Smith concedes a penalty in possession for leading with the head.
The Bulldogs get a repeat set.
To'omaga makes a great offload to Foran.
Jackson makes a point to take the first run off the tap.
The referee has issues a stern warning to Josh Jackson and Lachlan Lewis for escalating the ensuring fracas.
Brown has been sent to the sin bin for committing a shoulder charge with force.
Nathan Brown and Josh Jackson have come to blows.
Nathan Brown has shoulder charged Dallin Watene-Zelezniak without the ball.
The Bulldogs get a penalty coming out of their own end.
Reimis Smith does well to get back in the field of play.
Nathan Brown gets a penalty inside the Bulldogs half.
Clint Gutherson makes a superb kick return almost to halfway.
Lewis makes a good run inside the Eels' half.
Ma'u can't hold onto the ball.
Lewis goes long as Takairangi makes a great return up to halfway.
DWZ does well to get back in the field of play.
Reimis Smith comes up with a poor play the ball to gift the Eels possession inside the Bulldogs' half.
DWZ is met in a three man tackle.
Daniel Alvaro takes the first run of the second half.
Play is just moments away with the Eels back out for the second half.
The Bulldogs make their way back onto the field.
To'omaga is tackled as the halftime siren sounds.
From the sideline, Meaney converts to send the teams to the sheds level at 6-all.
Great work from Kieran Foran and Josh Jackson to set up the Bulldogs opening four-pointer.
Hopoate scores and gets the Bulldogs back in the contest.
The referee has referred the play as "No Try".
Will Hopoate is claiming a try.
Nick Meaney does brilliantly give the Bulldogs a seven tackle set.
Sivo kicks the ball downfield and puts the Eels on the attack.
Renouf To'omaga is tackled just short of the tryline,
David Gower loses the ball inside his own half.
Marata Niukore is down following heavy contact from Josh Jackson.
Renouf To'omaga and Chris Smith on for Canterbury.
The Eels force a turnover.
Reed Mahoney is off the field.
The Eels concede a penalty and compound the issue with dissent.
Moses goes high as DWZ is collected in a strong tackle from Nathan Brown.
Lewis goes high as Gutherson is met by Holland and Harawira-Naera.
Marata Niukore and Daniel Alvaro on for Parramatta.
Corey Harawira-Naera loses possession and lets the Eels off the hook.
Tolman gets a penalty just over halfway.
Nick Meaney makes a nice kick return.
The Eels have been well on top, but as they have made a habit of, the Bulldogs are right in this contest.
Paulo pops an offload close to halfway.
No Try. Holland is deemed to have knocked on in the act of scoring the try.
Holland is claiming a try, but the referee has deemed the play 'No Try' with the bunker to adjudicate.
The Eels concede a penalty after failing to get the line drop out away before the shot clock expired.
Lewis puts a kick into the in-goal and gets a repeat set.
The Bulldogs will get a repeat set inside the Eels' 20 metre zone.
The Bulldogs get a penalty coming out of their own end.
Ma'u comes up with another error inside the Bulldogs half.
The Eels get a penalty coming out of their own end.
DWZ is claiming a try, but the referee deems the Bulldogs fullback knocked on in the lead up.
Hopoate makes a nice run to pressure the Eels' defence.
The Eels are well on top at the moment.
Moses dummies and almost puts Ma'u away, but the Tongan forward can't hold onto the ball.
Lewis goes high and finds the line inside the Eels' half.
Moses fires a short ball to Ma'u, but the Tongan forward can't hold onto possession.
Sivo monsters Watene-Zelezniak to force a changeover.
The Bulldogs get a relieving penalty coming out of their own end.
Kerrod Holland manages to stay in the field of play after a solid set from the Eels.
The Eels come up with a great set after points to force a line drop out following a brilliant second kick from Gutherson.
Moses nails his first kick to give the home side a 6-0 lead.
Manu Ma'u comes up with a great offload close to the line, allowing Blake to post the opening try of the night.
Parramatta get a penalty and find touch 30 metres out from the Bulldogs line.
The Eels get a repeat set after regaining Jeremy Marshall-King's charge down.
Charge down.
Gutherson does well to defuse Meaney's grubber on the last tackle.
Paulo loses possession inside his own half.
Lewis goes high as Sivo takes the ball over the 20 metre line.
Meaney comes up with possession after a well-timed kick from Moses.
Takairangi earns a penalty.
Gutherson is driven back by Foran and Jackson.
Napa takes the first carry of the night.
Clint Gutherson is greeted to rapturous applause as the Eels take the field.
Josh Jackson takes the Bulldogs out onto Bankwest Stadium.
Facing off at Bankwest Stadium for the first time, tonight’s fixture will be the first time in 12 years the Eels and Bulldogs have played at a venue other than ANZ Stadium.
The Eels have dominated recent fixtures between the two sides, winning six of the past seven, including a 36-16 win back in Round 2 at ANZ Stadium.
Dean Pay has opted to stick solid with the side that downed South Sydney last Saturday.
Tepai Moeroa replaces Peni Terepo in the only change from the side named on Tuesday afternoon by Brad Arthur.
The Bulldogs have struck a rich vein of form with five wins from their past seven matches - a win tonight would see the side post four consecutive wins for the first time since 2016.
The Eels come into tonight’s clash in strong form with seven wins from their past eight matches - including four wins in a row.
Welcome to League Unlimited’s coverage of Round 23 Thursday Night Football between the Parramatta Eels and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Grant Atkins, Peter Gough
Touch Judges: Belinda Sharpe, Todd Smith
Video Referee: Ashley Klein, Bryan Norrie
PARRAMATTA EELS (6)
Tries: Waqa Blake
Field Goals:
Conversions: Mitchell Moses (1/1)
Penalty Goals:
CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS (12)
Tries: Will Hopoate, Nick Meaney
Field Goals:
Conversions: Nick Meaney (2/2)
Penalty Goals: