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And with that dramatic finale, we’ll conclude tonight’s Sportswatch.
Some close encounters across all four codes today - not least in the AFL where three late goals from the Lions almost saw them snatch a miraculous come-from-behind win against Queensland rivals the Suns. And earlier a big third-quarter scare for North Melbourne but they hung on to shock the Hawks.
Upsets abounding in the NRL as well where high-flying Penrith were denied by the Sharks, and a remarkable result in the earlier game where Parramatta winless and rudderless until today almost put 50 points on Manly, a team that rolled them 54-0 only five weeks earlier.
Throw in a home loss for the Brumbies in the Super Rugby against the Jaguares and it’s been a lively day all round.
Thanks for your company, watch out for Sportwatch next week as we bring you the A-League semi-finals. Until then, be polite and friendly to strangers and try and get your eight hours each evening.
Full-time: Melbourne Victory 2-1 Adelaide United
And that’s it! Victory are through to the semi-finals, where Sydney FC await.
Commiserations for United who did everything possible to deserve an extra thirty minutes, and even the win, but what can you say about Besart Berisha.
The A-League’s all-time leading goalscorer. He’s come in for a bit of criticism in recent years with some perceiving his powers on the wane, but it’s his brilliance, his determination that have ultimately made the difference tonight.
Victory roll on, and what a big semi-final we have in store next week.
92 min: Poor old Marco Kurz. His side had done just about everything he could have hoped for. And with minutes to go, whamo. A season’s hopes and dreams snatched away at the death!
Five minutes added on, but here come the Muscat changes, he makes two, two minutes apart as first Berisha then George are withdrawn.
Goal!! Melbourne Victory 2-1 Adelaide United (Berisha)
89 min: Would you believe it! With extra-time seemingly a fait accompli, a piece of pure and simple individual brilliance from Besart Berisha to decide this gripping encounter!
Barbarouses again down the right hand flank, he dinks a cross, Berisha shields his marker Elsey as the ball dips, and he then flicks the bicycle kick effort - which nestles just inside Izzo’s far post!
What a goal, and what a time to score it!
86 min: Marco Kurz looking to make his third and final change as George Blackwood comes on for Diawara. Kevin Muscat in contrast yet to shuffle his XI. Does this show greater trust in the chargers that started, or conversely a lack of faith in those on the bench?
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84 min: So will we see extra-time here? Still a fair chunk of time to run, and it’s definitely been a more open second stanza.
There are seven players out there on a yellow as well, might that fact yet play a decisive part?
81 min: And it’s an untidy first contribution from Vinny - he’s picked up a yellow for a late attempt on Antonis. The midfielder and Instagram chef flashes a rueful smile.
78 min: Kitto has been lively since his inclusion with his pace worrying the Victory down the flanks. He fires in a cross, but can’t find a teammate. Meanwhile Berisha goes into the book for finishing despite an earlier whistle.
And cometh the moment, cometh the man - are we about to see former Victory player and Wellington cult figure, Vince Lia enter the fray? Yes we are.
75 min: There were times during the first elimination final where you thought it simply not a game of the quality befitting the occasion. But this has turned into a terrific spectacle - a tasty clash of cut, thrust and counter-parry.
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71 min: Adelaide with a half-chance from an Adlung set piece. Gulum wins a big flick on at the near post, but with the ball looping temptingly to the far post there’s nobody there in Red to tap it home!
Ryan Kitto comes on for Mileusnic as we see our first substitute of the match.
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69 min: Huge save! Victory with a great break, George picks out Berisha at the far post - he fires it across the goal past Izzo, who sticks out a strong left foot and repels the strike!
How crucial could that prove?!
66 min: Well that’s raised the decibel level inside AAMI Park! A nervous hush had fallen on the ground when Adelaide took the lead, but the home supporters have found their voice once more.
A few cards creeping in here. Diawara in the book (for reason your humble scribe can’t explain) and then Broxham for a heavy foul.
Goal! Melbourne Victory 1-1 Adelaide United (George)
63 min: Barbarouses with a mazy dribble outside the box from the right - he dinks in a tempting cross, it evades Berisha but the Dutchman George just gets ahead of Marrone, and it angles into the side of Izzo’s goal.
What a response from the home side!
62 min: Gulum getting through a power of work at the back for the Reds. Such an experienced character. But hold on, hold on..
Goal! Melbourne Victory 0-1 Adelaide United (Mileusnic)
57 min: Terrific quick thinking from the Reds - Isaias with a freekick from deep inside his own half, he looks up, spots the run of the lightning winger and puts it brilliantly over his shoulder.
The winger outpaces Williams and nips in just ahead of the on-rushing Thomas to touch home inside the post.
Game on! This will force Victory to chase a little more proactively.
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55 min: Chance, Victory! George with a freekick in a handy area, his ball in is dealt with, but not cleanly. It falls invitingly and Valeri lashes back goalwards. It strikes Jordan Elsey, replays suggesting the arm, but perhaps ball to hand. It was not in an ‘unnatural’ position, so Master Beath and the VAR let it go.
51 min: A big flashpoint, and no surprise it’s Victory’s captain Valeri in the middle of it. He’s given a yellow for a very ‘agricultural’ challenge on Gulum. He’s gone clean through the Turkish-Australian centre back, and he’s caught him high as well. Lucky perhaps not to receive a red for that?
48 min: Antonis almost tempts fate as he looks to dribble out from his own box, but his decision to retain possession nearly pays off as he then picks out Barbarouses, but the Kiwi’s ball through to Berisha is too heavy, and the move is snuffed out.
Second half: Melbourne Victory 0-0 Adelaide United
And we’re back! No changes from either side at half-time, unsurprisingly given the even nature of the contest.
How’d you see that half? And who do you fancy to be the one to unlock this one?
Fire me a tweet or drop an email to join the coverage. I’m calling this early and saying either extra-time and penalties (Adelaide win), or in the spirit of proper hedging, a half-mistake at the back/contention Berisha moment, and Victory jag 1-0.
Send me your most fervently held predictions; failing anything it’ll be a good giggle come full-time.
Half-time: Melbourne Victory 0-0 Adelaide United
So a tense and terse opening first stanza in this one, with neither side enjoying any real clear cut chances. Isaias’ early freekick the only real goal moment of note, with both midfields working hard to neutralise each other.
Melbourne with 58% possession, but George and Barbarouses aside they haven’t troubled the Reds defence too much. Expect this one to open up more in the second half.
45 min: Two minutes the extras. There haven’t been too many stoppages in this, but referee Beath does warn Izzo in the Adelaide goal for some tardy restarts.
43 min: Garuccio flashes a cross.. but it evades his teammates! Both he and Michael Marrone more natural attackers when the Reds are moving forward, and perhaps they’re offering a bit more in those wide areas, the visitors.
39 min: It’s a very defence-minded back six from Kevin Muscat with no recognised fullbacks. Centre back Thomas Deng is preferred to youngster Stefan Nigro on the right, while veteran utility Broxham patrols the left back position.
And now it’s Rhys Williams in the book for a trademark Championship storm-and-thunder tackle from behind on Diawara. He doesn’t mind those, old Rhys.
35 min: Victory enjoying a decent spell of possession, but the Adelaide defence standing up well to the examination so far. Barbarouses looks the one most likely to spark something with Troisi and Besart Berisha largely peripheral. For now.
31 min: Elimination final 1 winning coach Warren Joyce is in the stands tonight. More of a psyche power move, no? Given his City side won’t face either of these two unless both progress past Newcastle Jets and Sydney FC respectively.
And terrific defending from Garuccio! A fast break, and it’s George almost through one-on-one. The Reds left back slides in. He had to be so careful, having already been booked, but he connects cleanly in the box!
28 min: Slightly more end-to-end now, as Adelaide enjoy a good chance from a corner. Excellent delivery from Absalonsen who gets Thomas coming for it, but he doesn’t connect with the punch, and Konstandopoulos tries to chest control at the far post but can’t direct it goalwards!
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24 min: First caution of the game, as Ben Garuccio bodychecks Barbarouses. He’ll have to watch out, the Adelaide fullback, they’ve got plenty of pace on the flanks, do Victory.
George whips in the freekick and it’s the unlikely figure of Barbarouses on the end of it. Not a prolific headed goalscorer, and it’s safely controlled once more.
21 min: Baba Diawara goes to ground under a tackle from Leigh Broxham - there appeared to be sturdy contact, but nothing given. Up the other end Isaias is now penalised for a late challenge on James Troisi.
What can Victory do with this freekick?
It’s wide, just outside the Adelaide box. Antonis strikes it - but it’s comfortably held by Paul Izzo.
18 min: Not surprisingly it’s been a tense, and perhaps intense, start to this one. Marco Kurz has built a team that works very hard out of possession and the Reds are really scrapping when Victory have the ball and vice-versa from Kevin Muscat’s side.
13 min: Victory beginning to enjoy a slight shade of the possession, but there have been no clear cut chances, outside that early freekick to Adelaide. Mileusnic goes to ground looking for a foul by Carl Valeri but nothing forthcoming.
9 min: This time it’s Adelaide with the lightning transition. Lawrence Thomas very relieved as his clearance clatters into the speedy Nikolai Mileusnic but it trickles behind for a corner.
Ersum Gulum gets a head to it..! But it flashes wide.
5 min: There’s just under 20,000 expected at AAMI Park tonight and already there’s a decent atmosphere. Antonis conceeds a second foul, but in a less dangerous area.
Meanwhile, Kosta Barbarouses breaks away in transition and earns the Victory a corner. Leroy George plays short, but the defence is alive to it. Johan Absalonsen clears for Adelaide.
Full-time: Cronulla Sharks 26-22 Penrith Panthers
And there’s been a late charge from the Panthers, but they’ve not been able to turn it around. A great win for the Sharks - they weathered a stack of pressure late in the first half, but they’ve made it count in the second. Disappointment for Penrith, who slip to just their second loss of the season.
2 min: And an early scare for the Victory! Terry Antonis catch young Red Nathan Konstandopoulos just outside the box to concede a dangerous free-kick opportunity.
Isaias and Daniel Adlung - both hand from the dead ball - standing over it, but the wall deflects behind. Danger averted.
Kick-off! Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United
Okay, we’ll wrap our other live games where we can, but let’s move our attention to this - the big one - the A-League elimination final.
Adelaide’s captain Isaias returns to boost the Reds’ midfield, while Kevin Muscat names an as expected lineup:
ICYMI! Here's how we line up for #MVCvADL #MVFC pic.twitter.com/IV4dj6a2PA
— Melbourne Victory (@gomvfc) April 22, 2018
And here’s the visiting team:
One change to the starting line up with @isaias_sc8 back to lead the team. It's the #OriginalRivalry Finals edition! #AUFC #MVCvADL #ALeagueFinals #WinAsOne pic.twitter.com/MefDHQCxHs
— Adelaide United FC (@AdelaideUnited) April 22, 2018
And there’s the whistle from referee Chris Beath, and we’re underway from AAMI Park in Melbourne!
Full-time: North Melbourne 14.14 (98) defeat Hawthorn 11.4 (70)
Relief for home fans - the Hawks really threatened to come knocking during that third quarter but their young Roos side has dug deep to hang on to a memorable win, and a rare one against Hawthorn!
The margin comfortable in the end, but a wobble there that made it very lively late in the second half.
Full-time: Brumbies 20-25 Jaguares
Deary me. The Brumbies have really blown a chance to make a move in the Australian conference after both the Waratahs and Reds were handed heavy home losses, and the Rebels were done on the road in South Africa.
Henry Speight’s 100th Super Rugby match overshadowed by the 0-4 weekend for Australian rugby, as the Jaguares win their second match on the bounce on Australian soil.
And over in the NRL it’s a second try to Cronulla’s Jesse Ramien, and they should just be good enough, the Sharks, to see this one home!
They lead 24-12 with ten to play and it would take something VERY special from here for the Panthers to maintain their blistering start to this season.
It’s a 21-point margin in the Roos-Hawks AFL match, but North Melbourne are lining up with Zurhaar with just over ten to play.
We’ve had five scoring opportunities in this final quarter and they’ve missed four, with only Jack Gunston kicking a major.
Big pressure on the 19-year-old - he’s only got a handful of goals in his entire AFL career, but he’s got it, he’s kicked straight and true, and the Roos move to 27 clear!
So a quick whizz round the grounds, because we’re not too far away from adding the big one - the A-League second elimination final - to this “all the sports, all the time” rolling report.
In the super rugby, it’s really bubbling nicely as the Brumbies trail the Jaguares 17-20 with about fifteen minutes to play.
To the NRL, where Penrith have just crossed to bring it back to 18-10 (conversion to come) against the Sharks.
And in the AFL it’s Gold Coast by four, 4.3 (27) plays 3.5 (23) for the Lions, and it’s 12.11 (83) plays 9.4 (58) as the Hawthorn squander two consecutive shooting chances to continue their second-half resurgence against North Melbourne!
So much happening, and a tough shout as to which of these is currently the most engrossing. Sports!
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Three-quarter-time: North Melbourne 12.11 (83) lead Hawthorn 9.2 (56)
Goodness me! We’ve had six goals to one in this third quarter; did we read the rites for the Hawks too early?!
Not sure if Clarkson went for the ‘double hairdryer’ at HT but Liam Shiels came out and kicked two as Hawthorn went three straight to start the quarter. A steadier from Trent Dumont gave some nervous North fans a breather, but a double to Luke Breust and and a major to Isaac Smith has the Hawks roaring home.
They trailed 75-18 at half-time don’t forget, but they’ve brought this one back to just 27 points! Remarkable, and what a quarter we have in store here.
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Quarter-time: Brisbane Lions 2.3 (15) trail Gold Coast Suns 4.2 (26)
It’s first blood Suns in the AFL’s “Queensland derby”, who finished the quarter progressively stronger after the home side opened the scoring.
Lewis Taylor and Zac Bailey the men to give home fans something approaching hope not sadness, but a double to Darcy MacPherson and goals to Tom Lynch and Brayden Fiorini gives the Suns a slight advantage. Plenty more to come here.
Half-time: Cronulla Sharks 10-6 Penrith Panther
Now isn’t this an interesting contest; just as the Panthers looked to be building ascendency it’s the Sharks who have hit back.
Penrith have enjoyed nearly 60% possession and at times were really hammering the Cronulla tryline, but a try to Scott Sorensen with 28 minutes gone - converted by his brother-in-law Chad Townsend (fun fact) gives the home side the lead. Nice moment for Sorensen, he’s gone something like three years since his last NRL game, and his teammates gave him a big cuddle when he went over. Lovely.
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Half-time: Brumbies 10-13 Jaguares
Better viewing here if you’re a Brumbies fan, with two late tries to fullback Tom Banks giving the home side a bit of momentum just before the break.
It’s been a typically aggressive start from the Argentinians who have almost bullied the Brumbies. Captain David Pocock has come more into the contest as the half has progressed however, and if not for some conversion misses the Australians could have gone in ahead. Nicely poised here in Canberra therefore.
Ball up! Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast Suns
And we’ve got overlapping AFL games and I’ve officially run out of televisions, phones and radios to monitor all these concurrent matches.
Lets face it though, Lions will lose this right? Let’s work on that theory. It sure worked for that hot tip on the Hawks earlier.
Try! Cronulla Sharks 4-6 Penrith Panthers
Well, they weathered an early storm, did Penrith, but they momentum has definitely swung the way of the side currently boasting five wins from six, especially after the key involvement of another former Panther, this time with the loss of Luke Lewis to injury for the Sharks.
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak making the most of some fine work by Dean Whare as the Panthers hit the lead. A disallowed try let off for them as well, so the Bunker rightly making it one a piece on that front.
Half-time: North Melbourne 11.9 (75) lead Hawthorn 3.0 (18)
Wowee. Alastair Clarkson gave his side an absolute revving at quarter-time, and when a Roos error allowed Jarman Impey to kick the first of the quarter for the Hawks inside 70 seconds it looked like we could have a contest back on our hands.
But we’ve had eight consecutive and unanswered scoring efforts from North, to see the Roos pick up where they left off - Shaun Atley, Billy Hartung, a fourth to Brown and a second to Waite doing the damage.
This is turning into a shellacking, in utter keeping with the topsy-turvy start we’ve seen to this 2018 AFL season!
Bad start: Brumbies 0-13 Jaguares
No, no, no, don’t you bloody dare. We’re about 15 gone down in the nation’s capital and the visiting Argentinians are scoring at almost a point-a-minute!
A try after just four minutes to Matias Orlando but it’s been the Nicolas Sanchez show early on. It was his bust that led to the try, and the fly-half has added the extras with a successful conversion and two penalties as well.
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Try! Cronulla Sharks 4-0 Penrith Panthers
They’ve started brightly here the home side, and it’s the Sharks who draw first blood (arf arf) as Valentine Holmes crosses with just five minutes gone! No extras from the sideline.
And a big video ref examination denies a second try - a one-on-one strip attempt in-goal from former Panthers fullback Matty Moylan almost makes it potentially 10-0, but The Bunker adjudicates it a knock on.
Kick-off! Brumbies v Jaguares
And we’re also underway at GIO stadium in Canberra, as the Brumbies carry the weight of a nation, a nation that’s really sick of losing rugby union games. Thankfully, there’s no way the ACT outfit could lose to the team bottom of the South African conference, right? RIGHT?
Kick-off! Cronulla Sharks v Penrith Panthers
With the Dragons feeling the full force of the new look, who dat, New Zealand Warriors earlier this weekend it’s the Panthers who are now eyeing a share of the NRL ladder lead, but standing in their way is the Cronulla Sharks.
Who will emerge on top? Find out here!
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Full-time: Parramatta Eels 44-10 Manly Sea Eagles
And that’s that! They got absolutely pantsed in Round 2 by the Sea Eagles, but after a week of soul searching and some shake ups at the club the Eels look a very different prospect after this.
Conversely, the Sea Eagles could now be in all sorts. Stories of player ill-discipline of their own behind the scenes are evidently not helping; a big few weeks ahead for Trent Barrett and his staff.
Quarter-time: North Melbourne 7.5 (47) lead Hawthorn 2.0 (12)
Okay, hands up who picked this one.
Here I was thinking the Eels coming out and being world beaters was unlikely, but did anyone think the Hawks would get seven goals put on them in a quarter?!
Ben Brown has led the line for the Roos shooting 3.0, but Jarrad Waite, Jack Ziebell (two) and Cameron Zuhaar have all helped themselves. Wow. what a start for the Roos!
Try! Parramatta Eels 42-10 Manly Sea Eagles
And here he is - like a Godot that actually rocks up, this game is no longer Waiting for Guffman - the new co-captain has a try of his own, and aren’t they celebrating this one!
He strikes you as a popular lad (relative to Jackson Hastings at least) and once again it’s Moses who was instrumental.
This is turning into a tale of two footy clubs here; maybe Manly can ask the Parra boys what went down this week and see if they can try and replicate it?
Try! Parramatta Eels 36-6 Manly Sea Eagles
A sixth try, and a sixth different tryscorer, they’re carving the Sea Eagles open at will. For the very slightest of seconds it looked like Manly was about to arrest this one-way event as Brad Parker registered their first points, but a simple backline move and over strolls Kenny Edwards for the Eels. It’s turning into a procession.
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Try! Parramatta Eels 30-0 Manly Sea Eagles
There was plenty of talk about the chances the Eels had looked to make this week, we mentioned it pre-game. But let’s be honest - would even diehard fans have expected this?
Michael Jennings gets in on the brothers’ act as he reels in a smart chip kick from Moses. This could get very ugly for the Eagles, who with the Cowboys and now the Eels (presumably) wining might start to get very nervous about become NRL 2018’s whipping boys.
Ball up! North Melbourne v Hawthorn
And we’re underway in the AFL! It’s ten plays four, with a big win here giving the Hawks the chance to go top after GWS’s remarkable draw yesterday against St Kilda.
They’re expecting around 25,000 in - should be a good game.
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Try! Parramatta Eels 26-0 Manly Sea Eagles
My, oh my. It’s all coming up Eels-house now.
Corey Norman, a player who’s been in the spotlight lately with whirling rumours of having fallen out with fellow players, with coaching staff, of wanting a move away.
Well, he’s carved through the Sea Eagles defence like a hot knife through butter there. Nothing complex, he received, he ran, he saw half a gap and he made it count.
Is this a season-defining turning point from the Eels?
To some tennis news out of Wollongong, where Ash Barty has backed up yesterday’s heroics for Australia in the Fed Cup, win the crucial win over Netherlands’ No1 Lesley Kerkhove.
After the Dutchman shocked Sam Stosur yesterday, it was down to Barty to level the ledger against the delightfully named Quirine Lemoine. She did so, and today she’s just beaten Kerkhove too, 6-4, 6-2.
Australia now takes a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five-match indoor tie at the Wollongong Entertainment Centre, where a win in the reverse singles from Daria Gavrilova can secure Australia’s return to the eight-nation World Group in 2019.
Half-time: Parramatta Eels 20-0 Manly Sea Eagles
Try, Parramatta!
Welly, well. Some quick thinking from the play-the-ball, but what were Manly doing? Kaysa Pritchard burrowing into the marker who failed to retreat, and they’ve let the diminutive playmaker stroll over.
What a turnaround we’ve got on here - and that’s half-time!
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Try! Parramatta Eels 14-0 Manly Sea Eagles
And they’re in again! A terrific floated pass from Moses once more, and he cuts out two defenders to put in on the chest of George Jennings.
He’s then gone and slotted the kick from the sideline, terrific conversion - where’s this confidence been all season?!
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First big input from new co-captain, the Guff. Manly with a lunge at the line and a fingertip intervention from Parra’s versatile back dislodges the ball over the stripe.
Bad news for the Hayne Plane - he’s left the field with an injury he picked up during that the try. Possibly a hip flexor? He heads up the tunnel, absolutely gutted.
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Try! Parramatta Eels 8-0 Manly Sea Eagles
And they hit back straight away! The play seemed to have broken down, but Mitchell Moses went on a mazy lateral run; he teased and probed before putting it on the chest of Hayne. He moved it quickly to Manu Ma’u and the Eels are in! Moses adds the extras, game on.
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No try!
Sheesh, they’re lucky here the Eels. First play after the 40-20 and Manly have walked over!
They’ve called it back for obstruction, but two Eels defenders still missed their tackles, and it’s questionable whether the third (who was adjudged to have been impeded) could have got there anyway!
Unlucky for Trent Barrett’s men, what a let off for the Eels.
We’re about twenty down and it’s all Parramatta so far. They’re dominated possession and territory, completing their sets and keeping the Sea Eagles largely pinned in their own half.
The only concern you’d have if you’re Brad Arthur so far is that they haven’t made this dominance count on the scoreboard.
Tell you what I’d love to see today though. A bit of Jarryd ‘pre-travels’ Hayne razzle dazzle on the wing for the Eels.
And as we speak, a 40-20 from Cherry-Evans. Gotta hate skill players who can individually turn a contest. What can Manly do from this?
Parramatta Eels 2-0 Manly Sea Eagles
This hasn’t been too shabby from the Eels, we’re about ten in and they’ve twice come dangerously close to breaching the Sea Eagle’s line.
Only a terrific tackle on the tryline from Tom Trbojevic prevent the Eels from going in in the corner, and after four penalties, a talking to from the referee to Daly Cherry-Evans for consistently slowing the play.
They eventually decide to take the kick, and no mistake for the first points of the game.
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Kick-off! Parramatta v Manly
And we’re underway in our first contest of the day, where it’s NRL action and the winless Eels looking for their first win of the season against the team sitting in 11th.
Some big changes during the week for the Eels as they look to arrest their slide. Clint “the Guff” Gutherson has been named as a third co-captain as Brad Arthur looks to get the best from his playing group. David Kidwell, the former New Zealand nation team coach has also joined the backroom staff as the club desperately looks to freshen up their thinking.
And, it’s so far, so good on the pitch. We’re five minutes in and they haven’t lost yet!
Preamble
Hi one, hi all! Another big day of sport as we decide the second A-League elimination final between ‘original derby’ rivals Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United.
We’ll also see whether Parramatta Eels are ready to win their first NRL game of the season, whether the Hawks can keep pace with West Coast in the AFL, and whether the Brumbies can save face for Australian rugby on another ‘weekend horribilis’ as they take on the Jaguares.
There was a veritable feast of football on last night - if you missed any of that check out yesterday’s rolling report, otherwise get the kettle on, pre-warm your dressing gown because we’ve plenty in store this afternoon/tonight.
As always, this is a train ride where talking on mobile phones and communicating with friends is encouraged. Shoot me an email at richard.parkin.casual@theguardian.com or find me on twitter under @rrjparkin.
Fun facts, niche observations and Archbishop of Banterbury-worthy contributions all encouraged.
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