Big League Weekly Edition – July 25, 2019

GAME FOUR: Parramatta v Warriors

Round 19 BIG LEAGUE 2019 43

ATTACK

DEFENCE

MATCH AVERAGES

HEAD-TO-HEAD

AT BANKWEST STADIUM

WINNING FORM

PAST8 CLASHES

2018 –

2017 –

2016 –

2015 –

2014 –

BIGGEST HEAD-TO-HEAD WINS

NEXT CLASH

CASUALTY WARD

DATE:SATURDAY,JULY 27
VENUE:BANKWESTSTADIUM
KICK-OFF:3PM
REFEREE:CHRISSUTTON
ASSISTANTREFEREE:CHRISBUTLER
TOUCHJUDGES:CLAYTONSHARPE& ADAMCASSIDY
SENIORREVIEWOFFICIAL:STEVECHIDDY
REVIEWOFFICIAL:BEAUSCOTT
FOXLEAGUE:2.30PM
LIVERADIO: ABC, TRIPLE M, NRLNATION

WARRIORS

9th(17 )

319

353

52

77%

34

17

1

57

36

13

7

3

3

19

21

181

357

1628

9

13

4

81%

EELS

6th(20)

387

376

65

75%

41

10

13

64

46

10

7

4

4

23

22

175

336

1600

11

13

4

84%

HEAD-TO-HEADLEADERS

AVERAGE METRES

Ken Maumalo 193

Clint Gutherson 161

AVERAGETACKLES

Reed Mahoney 49

Adam Blair 35

Lachlan Burr 33

LINE-BREAKS

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 12

Peta Hiku 9

STATS

BankwestStadium

Saturday3pm

Form:Parramatta’sthree-game

winningstreakwasbroughtto

a shudderinghaltatLottoland

lastSundaywhentheSeaEagles

exposeddefensiveflawsthat

haveshownupseveraltimes

throughouttheseason.It was

thethirdtimesinceRound9 that

theEelshaveconcededseven

triesina gameandultimately,

lastSunday’s12-pointloss

flatteredthevisitors.Although

theEelshaveclimbedtothird

inattackingrankings,their

defencehasslumpedtoan

alarming13thandthatwill

notputthemingoodstead

toplayfinalsfootball.Atfirst

glance, the Warriors’ recent

resultsresemblea hotchpotch

ofinconsistencywitha win,

a loss,a win,a drawanda win

insuccessiveweeks,however

twogoldenpointresults(lossto

thePanthersanddrawwiththe

Broncos)couldeasilyhavefallen

intheirfavour.Theirone-point

winovertheSharkslastFriday

wasachievedwithoutstrike

playersDavidFusitu’aandKen

Maumalosoif thereis a team

flyingundertheradarintherun

tothefinals,it is theWarriors.

Theycurrentlysitonepoint

outsidethetopeight.

History:TheEelsholda narrow

leadinhistoricresultssince

1995 buttheWarriorshavehad

thebetterofrecentencounters,

winning five of the past seven.

Theirlastmeetingwasmidway

throughlastseasonatANZ

StadiumwhentheWarriors

claimeda 24-14victory.The

Warriorswillmaketheirfirst

appearanceatBankwest

Stadiumwhilethisclashwill

bethefirstbetweentheseteams

atParramattasince2015.

Dangersign:RogerTuivasa-

Sheck,KodiNikorima,Blake

GreenandIssacLukearemore

experiencedthantheEels’key

positionplayersandarecapable

ofleadingtheirteamtovictory.

BestBet?Lookfora Warriors

winbya smallmargin.

Money-spinner:Playersto

considerforFirstTryscorerare

MaikaSivoandPetaHikuor

forvalue consider Manu Ma’u.

byDAVIDMIDDLETON

NRLPreview @Middleton_David

Warriors flying under the radar

KODI NIKORIMA

5

tackle-

breaksin

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