Parramatta extended their win streak to five games with a dominant performance on the road at the Sunshine Coast Stadium against The Dolphins.
Result
Parramatta Eels 48
Tries: (8) Will Penisini 20th, 25th; Clinton Gutherson 23rd, 63rd; Andrew Davey 6th; J’maine Hopgood 11th, Bailey Simonsson 31st, Sean Russell 38th.
Goals: (8) Mitchell Moses 7th, 13th, 22nd, 24th, 26th, 33rd, 40th, 65th
The Dolphins 20
Tries: (4) Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow 49th, 66th; Brayden McGrady 3rd; Valynce Te Whare 55th
Goals: (2) Jamayne Isaako 50th, 67th
Report
The home side got off to a the best start possible, with Brayden McGrady scoring from a long-range Dolphins attacking set. The 4-0 lead wouldn’t last long, however, with Andrew Davey slicing through on a lead line 30 metres from the Dolphins’ line and running in under the opponent’s sticks for an easy Mitchell Moses conversion.
The Eels made the most of their momentum, and all but put the game away over the following 20 minutes with tries from J’maine Hopgood down the left edge, Will Penisini down the right, and Clint Gutherson (in supports on a move down the right hand edge) to take the visitors’ lead out to 24-4.
They continued to pile on the points at the back end of the half with well worked tries from Penisini, Bailey Simonsson, and Sean Russell, which put the Eels 42-4 up going into the sheds at half-time.
The Dolphins made a concerted effort to get back into the game in the second half, and were the first on the board through Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, who raced in from his own 30 metre line for a long-range try after a break from Jamayne Isaako. Soon after, Valaynce Te Whare cut the margin down by four with a close-range effort of his own, before the Eels got one back through Gutherson.
Tabuai-Fidow added another long-range effort to the score sheet with just under 15 minutes left to play, but neither side could add to the mammoth 68-point total in the final 10 minutes: the score remained at 48-20 to the Eels with Mitch Moses a perfect eight from eight off the tee.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR POINTS
Embed from Getty Images3 – Mitchell Moses (Eels)
2 – Bailey Simonsson (Eels)
1 – Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow (Dolphins)
