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Sea Eagles v Eels

Sea Eagles vs Parramatta Eels live

Date : 17-05-2010

Game Start Time : 11:00 until 13:00

Time Zone : CET

Round #10 - NRL Telstra Premiership 2010

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“Here we go again, Manly and Parra…” – it’s not for no reason the advertising gurus opted to make a beer commercial around the rivalry between these two clubs in the 1980s. And more than 25 years on, it’s still going strong, fuelled by a ‘Silvertails’ v ‘Battlers’ perception and not a little bitterness at what Parramatta sees as a continual robbing of their junior nursery.

Theft or not, it’s true that five former Eels will line up in maroon and white in this game – Jamie Lyon, Trent Hodkinson, Tony Williams, Ben Farrar and Joe Galuvao (and that doesn’t include injured winger David Williams, either).

But the Sea Eagles have plenty to smart about themselves. No-one in the camp has forgotten the blatant Kris Keating forward pass that saw the Eels snatch a 24-20 win back in Round 2.

Hence, this looms as an explosive Heritage Round “grudge” match.

The Sea Eagles are in a purple patch of form, winning four of their past five and easily accounting for the table-topping Dragons at “Fortress Brookvale” last week – despite a disrupted preparation with eight players on representative duty. They sit in third place on the ladder, their 226 points scored the most by any side.

Meanwhile the Eels continue to grow in confidence, having won their past three against the Bulldogs, Cowboys and Rabbitohs. They sit in sixth place, just two wins away from top spot, and would join the Sea Eagles on competition points with a win here.

Watch out Sea Eagles: The argument that Eels fullback Jarryd Hayne isn’t the strike weapon he proved to be at the end of 2009 just doesn’t wash. Hayne may have just three line-breaks to his name, and just the one try, but his work rate and input elsewhere have been huge.

Hayne’s 168 metres gained a match is the most territory carved out by any player in the NRL – in that total he’s also averaging more than 80 metres on kick returns.

Additionally, he’s responsible for five of the team’s total 17 line-break assists. No question he’s still a huge threat.

Elsewhere, the Sea Eagles need to watch their discipline – they are the worst offenders in the NRL, averaging 7.3 penalties a game. Jason King and Anthony Watmough (10 each) and Glenn Stewart (9) head the rap sheet. From that you can deduce they like to rush out of the line and also slow down the opposition play-the-ball. If they get pinged often here, a brilliant side like the Eels will put points on them in a flash.

Watch out Eels: The Sea Eagles have scored more tries (38) than any other side – while incredibly the Eels’ 23 tries are the second fewest scored, with only the lowly Sharks crossing the stripe less frequently.

The Eels need to be wary of attacking kicks – the Sea Eagles have scored 12 tries from kicks (second in the NRL), while the Eels’ nine tries conceded from kicks is equal second worst in the comp.

The Eels have built a reputation as the game’s entertainers, with expansive plays off the back of flashy second-phase football. Last season everything they attempted stuck – this year they haven’t been anywhere near as effective.

They’re still making a bunch of offloads – their 17.3 a game is the most by any team and three more a game than the second-most prolific Warriors. But errors are cruelling them – they’ve made a whopping 111 blunders, with Hayne (17) and Daniel Mortimer (13) the main offenders.

From those stats it’s obvious they’re trying to make things happen, but aren’t executing. They can’t afford to bumble through this contest.

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