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Eels star's 'bullets' set to cause a GF nightmare - CtrlF.XYZ

Eels star's 'bullets' set to cause a GF nightmare

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Andrew Johns is successful awe of the craftmanship and toughness of Eels hooker Reed Mahoney, who's acceptable to deterioration bluish and golden for the past clip arsenic Parramatta meets Penrith successful the NRL expansive final.

The tiny but spirited rake volition articulation the Bulldogs connected a four-year deal aft the Eels' expansive last clash with the Panthers astatine Accor Stadium connected Sunday night.

Parramatta volition besides farewell Isaiah Papali'i, Marata Niukore, Oregon Kaufusi, Ray Stone and Tom Opacic, and is apt to offload Nathan Brown, but Johns believes the nonaccomplishment of Mahoney volition beryllium the greatest.

"Reed's passing from dummy-half ... helium conscionable throws the bullets," Johns said connected Wide World of Sports' Immortal Behaviour.

"Just ticker that intimately connected Sunday night: conscionable however helium services. Gets successful speedy and nonstop and in beforehand each time. You don't cognize however important that is."

Mahoney volition besides beryllium important to the Eels' unit connected weapon Panthers halfback Nathan Cleary, who'll beryllium aiming to assistance Penrith to back-to-back titles.

Cleary's adept kicking game, including the onslaught he's expected to inflict connected susceptible Eels winger Waqa Blake, is definite to person a monolithic accidental successful the result of the match.

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"That's his job; he's got to get astatine Nathan," Johns said of Mahoney's pestering of Cleary.

"It's hard due to the fact that he's making 50, 60 tackles (in the game), but he's conscionable got to marque that other effort. Even if he's disconnected side, you've conscionable got to unit Nathan."

Cleary acceptable to unfastened up container of tricks

Another antheral expected to hound Cleary is Brown, who'll play his archetypal NRL crippled since circular 17 aft earning a daze callback astatine the disbursal of Bryce Cartwright.

Brown was mysteriously connected the outer contempt being a subordinate of the New South Wales Blues guardant battalion arsenic precocious arsenic 2020.

Parramatta manager Brad Arthur has consistently fielded questions astir speech of a rift betwixt himself and Brown, ever rejecting the whispers.

Penrith counterpart Ivan Cleary says his lad is prepared to beryllium peppered by the hard nut.

"We've played against him plentifulness of times, we cognize what helium brings," Cleary said.

"I conjecture they deliberation he's their antheral successful that sense."

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