Big League Weekly Edition – August 01, 2019

GAME EIGHT: St George Illawarra v Parramatta

Round 20 BIG LEAGUE 2019 51

ATTACK

DEFENCE

MATCH AVERAGES

HEAD-TO-HEAD

AT NETSTRATA JUBILEE STADIUM

WINNING FORM

PAST8 CLASHES

2019 –

2018 –

2017 –

2016 –

2015 –

2014 –

BIGGEST HEAD-TO-HEAD WINS

NEXT CLASH

CASUALTYWARD

DATE:SUNDAY,AUGUST 4
VENUE:NETSTRATAJUBILEESTADIUM
KICK-OFF:4.05PM
REFEREE:ASHLEYKLEIN
ASSISTANTREFEREE:TODDSMITH
TOUCHJUDGES:ZIGGYPRZEKLASA-ADAMSKI& RICKEY
McFARLANESENIORREVIEWOFFICIAL:HENRY
PERENARAREVIEWOFFICIAL:BRYANNORRIE
CHANNEL9 & FOXLEAGUE:3.30PM
LIVERADIO: ABC, TRIPLE M,NRLNATION

DRAGONS EELS

14th(14 )

321

425

53

77%

38

9

6

75

49

18

8

3

4

18

24

172

362

1518

9

9

3

78%

HEAD-TO-HEADLEADERS

AVERAGE METRES

Clint Gutherson 165

Paul Vaughan 140

AVERAGETACKLES

Cameron McInnes 49

James Graham 39

Paul Vaughan 34

LINE-BREAKS

Mikaele Ravalawa 10

Blake Ferguson 7

STATS

NetstrataJubilee

Stadium

Sunday4.05pm

Form:Mathematicianswillsay

theDragonsarestillintherace

forthefinalsbutrealitysuggests

otherwise.Languishingin14th

positionafterlosing 10 oftheir

past 12 games,theDragons

haveleftthemselveswithfartoo

muchgroundtomakeuponthe

topeight.Theywereoutofsorts

formuchoftheircontestwith

theRabbitohslastFridaybefore

almostsnatchinganimprobable

victory,butinkeepingwiththeir

season,theirluckranoutonthe

finalplayofthegame.TheEels

haveproducedwinningformon

a more consistent basis and go

intothisclashona runoffour

winsfromtheirpastfivegames.

History:Therecenthistoryof

thisclashreadslikea horror

storyforDragonsfanswithonly

onewintoshowfromthepast

nineencounters.TheDragons

lookedlikeshakingtheirrun

ofoutswhentheymettheEels

atBankwestStadiumearlierin

theseasonbutaftercharging

toanearly14-0leadtheywere

beaten32-18.

Dangersign:MaikaSivohas

provena runawaysuccessfor

theEelsthisseason,providing

a similarimpactasa tryscorer

asSemiRadradradida few

yearsago.Sivoscoreda

double against the Dragons in

Round8 andonemoreagainst

theWarriorslastSaturday

tojoinWarriorswingerKen

MaumaloatthetopoftheNRL

tryscorerslist.Hisexplosive

effortinsettingupcentreBrad

Takairangilastweekendwill

senda shudderthroughthose

assignedtomarkhim.

BestBet?Formsuggeststhe

Eelsshouldbecomfortable

winnersinthiscontesteven

thoughtheyhaven’twonat

KogarahsinceJarrydHayne’s

memorableeffortina 2009

qualifyingfinal.

Money-spinner:Consider

rookiesJasonSaabandMaika

SivoforFirstTryscorerorlookfor

the value in Cameron McInnes.

byDAVIDMIDDLETON

@Middleton_David

NRLPreview

Eels firming for finals footy

NATHAN BROWN

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