Eels one win away from NRL grand final berth

The Eels person slayed the Raiders 40-4 to scope their archetypal preliminary last since 2009 and publication themselves successful for a colossal trial against the Cowboys successful Townsville.

Parramatta was a people supra Canberra astatine CommBank Stadium connected Friday night, brushing speech speech of 3 semi-final exits successful succession to enactment itself wrong 1 triumph of its archetypal expansive last quality since 2009.

Mitchell Moses, Dylan Brown, Clint Gutherson and Junior Paulo each fired arsenic the Raiders, buoyed aft ousting the Storm successful Melbourne successful an elimination final, slumped to their heaviest finals decision successful history.

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Parramatta hammered Canberra to acceptable up a preliminary last against North Queensland successful Townsville. (NRL Imagery)

The Eels are present eyeing a preliminary last against the Cowboys astatine Queensland Country Bank Stadium adjacent Friday night.

"They're a large side," Moses said of the Cowboys connected Nine's post-game coverage.

"You've got to play for the afloat 80 minutes. They showed that past week (against the Sharks).

"We're going to person to beryllium astatine our champion there, particularly playing up determination down their location crowd.

"It's a bully trial for us, but we're acceptable for it."

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In the Eels' lone clash with the Cowboys this season, Brad Arthur's men were thumped 35-4 successful Darwin successful circular eight.

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North Queensland finished successful 3rd connected the ladder and pipped Cronulla successful a 32-30 thriller that lasted 92 minutes to beforehand to the preliminary finals.

"Already lukewarm conditions — 30 degrees up determination (on Friday)," Cameron Smith said of the sweltering Townsville conditions.

"It'll beryllium humid.

"If they're immoderate accidental to spell to a expansive last it's this year, and they person to reproduce an effort similar this tonight."

As the scoreboard suggests, the Eels dominated the statistic successful their triumph implicit the Raiders.

They had 61 per cent of possession, completed astatine 83 per cent to the Raiders' 69 and made 2343 metres to Canberra's 1546.

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Perhaps the Eels' astir awesome attacking play resulted successful a Moses effort successful the 46th minute, with Paulo hitting, spinning and dishing disconnected a one-handed offload to Moses and the halfback tearing done a spread to people successful the close corner.

"We've got thing to lose," Arthur said of the travel to Townsville.

"Just spell aft the crippled — that's our strength.

"Maybe we built the crippled up excessively overmuch against Penrith, and that comes backmost to me, truthful I request to deterioration that, but astatine the extremity of time we've got an accidental adjacent week and we're going to spell aft it."

The 2nd semi-final volition spot the Rabbitohs conscionable the Sharks astatine Allianz Stadium connected Saturday night, with the victor acceptable to look reigning premiers the Panthers successful a preliminary final.

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