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A record ninth consecutive win for the One New Zealand Warriors as they cleared away to beat Parramatta 46-22 in Saturday's round 15 New South Wales Cup encounter at Kellyville Park in Sydney.
With their 13th win of the season the Warriors move up to 28 points, still three ahead of the Dragons and now seven points ahead of the third-placed Eels.
The home side got off to a horror start, coughing up possession on the opening set and leaking points down its right edge as Warriors standoff Luke Hanson sold a dummy to isolate his defender before offloading for Setu Tu who beat the fullback to score. Tanah Boyd slotted the conversion for a 6-0 lead.
It didn’t take long for the Eels to hit back, advancing upfield off the back of a penalty and a strong run from Alfred Smalley. Picking and probing at the competition’s best defence, Joey Lussick put his experience on display as he burrowed his way over from dummy half. Te Hurinui Twidle added the extras to lock it up at six apiece.
After a physical period of end-to-end football, the Warriors regained their lead with a slick short-side shift as Taine Tuaupiki found Morgan Harper on his outside who fended off his opposite man to dive over against his former club.
With the Warriors forced to shuffle their left edge after try scorer Tu was forced from the field with a concussion, Parramatta worked the ball to its right to take advantage of the disruption.
Match: Eels v Warriors
Round 15 -
home Team
Eels
3rd Position
away Team
Warriors
1st Position
Venue: Kellyville Park, Kellyville
Brendan Hands gave an early ball out the back to Twidle, allowing him ample time to find winger Samuel Loizou who dived over to score. Twidle’s conversion attempt spectacularly deflected off the inside of the right upright before rebounding out off the left post, leaving the game tied at 10-all.
A Parramatta error on the resuming set allowed the pendulum to swing back in the visitors’ favour before the break, as Tuaupiki swept around the right side of the ruck for a short side move, finding Harper who drew in the Eels’ winger and got the ball to Daeon Amituanai on his outside.
Boyd converted from out wide to give the competition leaders a 16-10 lead at half-time.
The Warriors extended their lead in extraordinary fashion shortly after the break, as Edward Kosi read a Parramatta scrum play to perfection.
The winger flew out of the line, snatched an arching cut-out ball out of thin air and offloaded to substitute centre Geronimo Doyle who traversed 60 metres of open pasture down the south-western touchline to score.
A 40/20 from Boyd on the resuming set put the Warriors in prime attacking territory once more.
They didn’t waste the opportunity, executing a shift through the backline as Tuaupiki threw a cut-out ball to Amituanai who dived over in the corner for his second try of the game. Boyd converted from the sideline to put his side ahead by 18.
Working their way back into the contest through the middle of the park, the Eels showed great resilience to cut the deficit to six as Te Hurinui Twidle assisted both Alfred Smalley and Liam Scolari to score within minutes of each other. As well as assisting the two tries, the fullback converted both from out wide – much to the delight of the Eels faithful at Kellyville Park.
Despite the valiant efforts of the blue and gold, the Warriors weathered the storm with tries from Kosi, Tuaupiki and Hanson to close out a dominant 46-22 triumph on the road.
The Warriors are shaping up as heavy competition favourites, extending their winning streak to nine and boasting a 7-0 away record this season with only one loss against their name all year.
Boyd’s outstanding 2025 form continued as he controlled the game for the visitors with a brilliant performance off the boot. He helped them pile on the points with a timely 40/20 and converted six of his side’s eight tries, with both of his misses bouncing off the uprights.
Brothers Joey and Freddy Lussick faced off against each other for the first time this season, with the former winning something of a personal battle as he found the white stripe early in the piece, but the latter having the last laugh as his side dominated in the end.
Smalley was sent off in the dying stages of the contest for a gruesome high shot on Tuaupiki that completely knocked the fullback out.
After three matches on the road, the Warriors will be back home facing the Panthers in a Saturday tripleheader at Go Media Stadium.
