- Parramatta Eels 24-38 South Sydney Rabbitohs
- Rabbitohs through to preliminary final against Penrith Panthers
A tense final that ebbed and flowed ended the way of the Rabbitohs after a decisive second-half burst. They go through to take on the Panthers next weekend for a right to appear in the 2020 NRL grand final.
Defeat was tough on Parramatta, who endured a horrendous build-up to the match, and started awfully, but battled back to lead at half-time courtesy of the omnipresent Gutherson. South Sydney came back strongly after the interval and scored a crucial early try, followed up ten minutes later to secure a narrow lead. That set the scene for the game’s decisive moment. On the hour mark Moses smashed a simple penalty against the post and after Souths gathered the looses ball they went down the other end to cross for a game-breaking four points.
A thrilling match, that until the 70th minute could have gone either way.
The big match turning moment, was Moses missing a simple penalty by hitting the post. Compounded by the Eels team not being ready for that no matter how unlikely it was.
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