Sunday, June 27, 2004
Player Ratings: Eels vs Panthers
1. Wade McKinnon - 8 (67)
Stopped at least two tries again with faultless last man defence and continues to beat the first man when returning the ball. Made some good runs from dummy half and 1Eyed Eel would love to see more of that.
2. Ashley Graham - 6 (32)
Graham is an instinctive footballer and showed it with a spectacular "slips catch" to field a dangerous in-goal kick, and then showed the presence of mind to get back into the field of play. Did nothing wrong and is getting better every week.
3. Junior Langi - 6 (70)
Solid.
4. Luke Burt - 6 (80)
Didn't see a lot of ball but made some good runs out of dummy half and his defence has continued to improve.
5. Matt Peterson - 7 (63)
Great job to score his try and was good under the high ball.
6. Daniel Wagon - 6 (97)
A good first half performance and pulled off some good hits but like so many of the Eels players seemed to go missing in the second period.
7. Michael Witt - 5 (17)
Some aspects of his kicking game were excellent but others were ordinary. Went fairly well when Parramatta's forwards were dominating but lost control of the game in the second half. Was probably to blame defensively for the Whesser try, too.
8. Corey Pearson - 7 (25)
Did a lot of work hitting the ball up and made pretty good metres. Topped both hit-ups and metres gained for the Eels and worked particularly well in combination with Vella in first half. Also made 30 tackles but did start to run out of puff.
9. John Morris - 8 (84)
Another great game, constantly troubled the Panters from dummy half and did a heap of work in defence.
10. Michael Vella - 8 (85)
Was the dominant forward when he was on the park. Scored a great try, made a number of big runs, popped a couple of effective offloads as well as some damaging defence.
11. Nathan Hindmarsh - 8 (100)
The first Parra player to top the 100 points for the season! Once again showed how dangerous he is in broken play when he scored in the first half. Allowed the props to do the heavy work and as such he was more effective in attack.
12. Craig Stapleton - 6 (99)
Struggled to get over the advantage line this week, his 11 hit ups netting only 69 metres.
13. Chris Muckert - 5 (17)
Was good early making a couple of very solid tackles but went missing in the second half.
14. Dean Widders - 6 (88)
Didn't have the same impact as the past couple of weeks but he was busy in defence.
15. Lee Hopkins - 5 (43)
Had some good defensive moments but doesn't add a lot when he comes on.
16. Jack Afamasaga - 6 (33)
Limited game time, but showed how dangerous he can be when he made the late break which resulted in Petereson's try.
17. Justin Tsoulos - 4 (54)
Had no impact this week.
Stopped at least two tries again with faultless last man defence and continues to beat the first man when returning the ball. Made some good runs from dummy half and 1Eyed Eel would love to see more of that.
2. Ashley Graham - 6 (32)
Graham is an instinctive footballer and showed it with a spectacular "slips catch" to field a dangerous in-goal kick, and then showed the presence of mind to get back into the field of play. Did nothing wrong and is getting better every week.
3. Junior Langi - 6 (70)
Solid.
4. Luke Burt - 6 (80)
Didn't see a lot of ball but made some good runs out of dummy half and his defence has continued to improve.
5. Matt Peterson - 7 (63)
Great job to score his try and was good under the high ball.
6. Daniel Wagon - 6 (97)
A good first half performance and pulled off some good hits but like so many of the Eels players seemed to go missing in the second period.
7. Michael Witt - 5 (17)
Some aspects of his kicking game were excellent but others were ordinary. Went fairly well when Parramatta's forwards were dominating but lost control of the game in the second half. Was probably to blame defensively for the Whesser try, too.
8. Corey Pearson - 7 (25)
Did a lot of work hitting the ball up and made pretty good metres. Topped both hit-ups and metres gained for the Eels and worked particularly well in combination with Vella in first half. Also made 30 tackles but did start to run out of puff.
9. John Morris - 8 (84)
Another great game, constantly troubled the Panters from dummy half and did a heap of work in defence.
10. Michael Vella - 8 (85)
Was the dominant forward when he was on the park. Scored a great try, made a number of big runs, popped a couple of effective offloads as well as some damaging defence.
11. Nathan Hindmarsh - 8 (100)
The first Parra player to top the 100 points for the season! Once again showed how dangerous he is in broken play when he scored in the first half. Allowed the props to do the heavy work and as such he was more effective in attack.
12. Craig Stapleton - 6 (99)
Struggled to get over the advantage line this week, his 11 hit ups netting only 69 metres.
13. Chris Muckert - 5 (17)
Was good early making a couple of very solid tackles but went missing in the second half.
14. Dean Widders - 6 (88)
Didn't have the same impact as the past couple of weeks but he was busy in defence.
15. Lee Hopkins - 5 (43)
Had some good defensive moments but doesn't add a lot when he comes on.
16. Jack Afamasaga - 6 (33)
Limited game time, but showed how dangerous he can be when he made the late break which resulted in Petereson's try.
17. Justin Tsoulos - 4 (54)
Had no impact this week.
