 PENRITH PANTHERS 14 Tries (2): Michael Gordon (18th), Rhys Wesser (23rd) Goals (3): Michael Gordon (3 from 4)
PARRAMATTA EELS 27 Tries (4): Luke Burt 2 (14th, 65th), Nathan Hindmarsh (31st), Ian Hindmarsh (77th) Goals (5): Luke Burt (5 from 5) Field Goals (1): Ian Hindmarsh
Venue: Penrith Stadium, Mulgoa Road, Penrith, Sydney (NSW) Crowd: 18,746 Referee: Shayne Hayne Halftime score: Parramatta Eels 14-12
Other Match Information: 4th - Penalty Goal: GORDON, Michael [Penrith Panthers 2-0] 11th - Penalty Goal: BURT, Luke [2 all] 14th - Try: BURT, Luke [Parramatta Eels 6-2] 15th - Conversion: BURT, Luke [Parramatta Eels 8-2] 18th - Try: GORDON, Michael [Parramatta Eels 8-6] 23rd - Try: WESSER, Rhys [Penrith Panthers 10-8] 24th - Conversion: GORDON, Michael [Penrith Panthers 12-8] 31st - Try: HINDMARSH, Nathan [12 all] 32nd - Conversion: BURT, Luke [Parramatta Eels 14-12] 54th - Penalty Goal: GORDON, Michael [14 all] 65th - Try: BURT, Luke [Parramatta Eels 18-14] 66th - Conversion: BURT, Luke [Parramatta Eels 20-14] 71st - Field Goal: HINDMARSH, Ian [Parramatta Eels 21-14] 77th - Try: HINDMARSH, Ian [Parramatta Eels 25-14] 78th - Conversion: BURT, Luke [Parramatta Eels 27-14]
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Fri April 13 2007, 7:30PM AEST GMT+10Fri: Penrith Panthers 14 l. Parramatta Eels 27 at Penrith Stadium, Mulgoa Road, Penrith, Sydney (NSW)Crowd: 18,746 Fri April 13 2007, 7:30PM AEST GMT+10Fri: Gold Coast Titans 28 d. Brisbane Broncos 16 at Suncorp Stadium, Castlemaine Street, Milton, Brisbane (QLD)Crowd: 47,686 Sat April 14 2007, 5:30PM AEST GMT+10Sat: St.George-Illawarra Dragons 10 l. Melbourne Storm 24 at OKI Jubilee Stadium, Kogarah, Sydney (NSW)Crowd: 9,011 Sat April 14 2007, 7:30PM AEST GMT+10Sat: Bulldogs 14 l. Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 16 at Telstra Stadium, Homebush Bay, Sydney (NSW)Crowd: 20,269 Sun April 15 2007, 2:00PM NZST GMT+12Sun: New Zealand Warriors 34 d. North Queensland Cowboys 14 at Mt Smart Stadium, Penrose, Auckland (NZ)Crowd: 11,260 Sun April 15 2007, 2:00PM AEST GMT+10Sun: South Sydney Rabbitohs 22 l. Newcastle Knights 23 at Telstra Stadium, Homebush Bay, Sydney (NSW)Crowd: 18,321 Sun April 15 2007, 3:00PM AEST GMT+10Sun: Wests Tigers 14 d. Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 12 at Campbelltown Stadium, Leumeah, Sydney (NSW)Crowd: 17,566 Mon April 16 2007, 7:30PM AEST GMT+10Mon: Canberra Raiders 37 d. Sydney Roosters 28 at Canberra Stadium, Bruce, Canberra (ACT)Crowd: 15,862
Sat April 14, 2007 Parramatta has made it three wins on the trot as they handed Penrith a second successive loss on home soil winning 27-14 in front of over 18,000 fans at CUA Stadium. The Eels started the season with two disappointing losses, however, the last three weeks has seen them build steadily into the season ahead. Early penalty goals from Michael Gordon in the 4th minute and Luke Burt in the 11th minute opened up the scoring for both sides. Burt crossed for the opening try in the 14th minute when he backed up down the middle following a break from Jarryd Hayne who did a superb job to draw in Rhys Wesser and give Burt a free run to the line. Penrith bounced back crossing for two tries in five minutes as they caught out the Eels left side defence on both occasions with Gordon scoring in the 18th minute and Wesser crossing in the 23rd minute. The Panthers received a lucky break when Burt lost control the ball trying to put it down one hand instead of with two hands. With the Panthers up 12-8 it was again up to Nathan Hindmarsh to provide the difference when he hit a perfect line from a superb inside ball by Tim Smith to cross over in the 31st minute. Penrith denied an opportunity to land a penalty goal on the stroke of half-time and failed to cross for the try with the Eels leading by two at the break. The scores were locked up in the 54th minute when the Panthers didn't turn down another opportunity for two points and Gordon added the easy goal. Parramatta came home the stronger side and the crucial moment came in the 65th minute when Ben Smith made a sensational break down the right hand side with Burt again on the inside to support the ball carrier and this time he put the ball down with control. Ian Hindmarsh of all people landed an important left foot drop goal from 15m with nine minutes remaining on the clock. The snap shot took everyone by surprise and to the delight of his Parramatta team mates. The lesser known of the Hindmarsh brothers capped off a fine game with a powerful try in the dying stages to seal an impressive win for the Eels. Tim Smith's performance was most certainly the highlight for the Eels as he shrugged off the nightmare of his 2006 season. After the match, Smith said, "I'm starting to see things a little bit better at the moment which is good, my vision has been down a bit I think.
"When you play halfback you've got to have good peripheral vision and I think it's starting to come back now.
"It's something I need to do and once that starts happening I can put the ball where it needs to be and hopefully I can get some tries.
"Maturity is a big thing, I'm still only 22.
"It's coming, it's only two games that I've played half decent in so I've still got a long way to go."A disappointed Penrith coach Matthew Elliott said, "We're making errors at crucial times when we've got teams under some pressure. A bit of personal accountability at crucial times.
"The frustrating thing is I know what this team's capable of doing and coaches by nature aren't patient people.
"They made errors and they made them on play six - we made errors and we made on plays one, two and three. The game doesn't work that way."Penrith had impressive victories against The Bulldogs and Brisbane in Round's 2 and 3, however their losses in recent weeks to the Titans and Eels on home soil has put a damper on their season to date. |