EELS REPEL THE RAIDERS
PARRAMATTA EELS 40 CANBERRA RAIDERS 4
TOM SMITH
PARRAMATTA booked their ticket to Townsville for a preliminary final against the Cowboys with a commanding win over Canberra.
The Eels sprinted to a 22-0 lead inside 25 minutes before substitute Marata Niukore cashed in with a late double.
A bruising performance by their big men — namely Isaiah Papali’i (232 running metres), Shaun Lane (221), Reagan Campbell-Gillard (190) and Junior Paulo (164) — laid the platform
for fullback Clint Gutherson, stand-off Dylan Brown and scrum-half Mitchell Moses to assist five of the Eels’ seven tries.