{"id":409292,"date":"2024-07-04T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=409292"},"modified":"2024-07-04T13:05:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T13:05:00","slug":"eels-rookie-embarrasses-teammates-in-soft-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=409292","title":{"rendered":"Eels rookie 'embarrasses' teammates in 'soft' defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parramatta<\/a>'s season from hell has continued, failing to topple a resilient and brave Rabbitohs<\/a> outfit in wet conditions on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

The hosts missed the start in the rain at CommBank Stadium, with \ufeffJacob Gagai opening the scoring in the eighth minute as Cody Walker and Latrell Mitchell<\/a> combined with a lovely backline play for the cardinal and myrtle.<\/p>\n

South Sydney almost went back-to-back as Walker repeatedly found open space, before Jack Wighton<\/a> extended the lead in the 33rd minute.<\/p>\n

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The game turned back in the favour of the Eels just moments after Wighton's try, with rookie sensation Blaize Talagi scoring a "wicked" try in the corner.<\/p>\n

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\ufeff"Talagi is embarrassing his other teammates," Andrew Johns told Nine's coverage.<\/p>\n

"Parramatta, there's your future. He's got No.1 written all over him."<\/p>\n

His efforts were all in vain however, with \ufeffWalker crossing virtually untouched to extend the Rabbitohs' lead to 12 points at the break.<\/p>\n

"That is soft right before half time," Johns said.<\/p>\n

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As the conditions worsened in the second half, Reagan Campbell-Gillard barged over and planted the ball down to swing the momentum for a brief moment.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for the under-fire Eels, they were up against one of the most in-form players in the competition in Mitchell, who used the conditions to his advantage and slid over to halt the comeback. \ufeff<\/p>\n

"Too big, too strong, too smart," Phil Gould said on Nine.<\/p>\n

\"'Smart'<\/p>\n

Jake Tago was denied his \ufefffirst-ever NRL try\ufeff after the Bunker determined that the debutant's forearm went into the touch before he planted the ball, before Wighton put the icing on the cake with a try under the posts.<\/p>\n

Mitchell Moses was sin binned in the dying stages for a professional foul and the Eels halfback was clearly frustrated as the side suffered a fourth-straight loss. \ufeff<\/p>\n

To make matters worse for Parramatta, front-rower Junior Paulo went off in the 44th minute with a foot injury\ufeff and did not return to the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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