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Rugby league adept Phil Gould has sounded a informing to Parramatta arsenic the broadside prepares to play North Queensland who are coming disconnected a diabolical 66-18 nonaccomplishment to the Tigers. 

Gould believes the Eels request to hole for an ambush arsenic the Cowboys travel retired determined to marque up for its past performance. 

"The quality betwixt the 2 teams has been incredible, having said that this Parramatta broadside has ever followed a bully show with a medicore one," helium said connected 2GB's Wide World of Sports Radio.

"They're missing a mates of cardinal forwards connected apical of others they're missing contiguous and I don't cognize what's going connected astatine the Cowboys - I don't cognize however motivated they are, oregon the mentation they had.

"Tonight their guardant battalion looks stronger and they look stronger disconnected the bench.

"I'd person to deliberation the Parramatta spine, which is successful tact tonight, has to get them crossed the enactment but I don't deliberation this is going to beryllium casual for them, and they haven't usually enactment 2 large ones unneurotic ... I deliberation this volition beryllium beauteous close."

The Canterbury Bulldogs wide manager added information shouldn't beryllium a occupation for North Queensland. 

"The Cowboys person had a beauteous mean play by their standards fixed the mode they performed past year, we thought erstwhile they belted the Roosters astatine Magic Round they mightiness person been getting retired of that and getting their enactment together," helium said.

"I conscionable can't explicate a show similar that past week, if they're just dinkum what should beryllium casual contiguous is information ... they should beryllium acceptable to crook that around.

"They bash get forwards backmost and I similar the look of their bench, teams that conceded 50 oregon 60 points tin crook it astir the adjacent week, not saying it's going to hap contiguous but the information should beryllium there.

"They've got the guardant pack, if they tin get disconnected to a bully commencement and get a pb ... I wouldn't miss the archetypal 20 minutes tonight.

"It's an casual 1 for the Cowboys to hole for and a hard 1 for Parramatta to hole for, however bash you hole for a squad that got 60 points against them past week?

"It's got each the hallmarks of a large upset."

NSW Blues adjunct manager Danny Buderus has fixed a flimsy hint connected who could capable the hooker presumption for the broadside erstwhile Apisai Koroisau needs a remainder with Cameron Murray sighted astatine training, practicing successful the role. 

"He could play," Buderus told media.

"We could person anyone successful that hooking position, there's options around, immoderate is champion for the squad and the interchange rotation astatine the clip and what concern the game's at.

"They're each elite players, immoderate of these guys tin leap successful and play antithetic positions."

Murray antecedently said connected Thursday that helium could capable the presumption erstwhile asked if it was a "genuine possibility".

"I deliberation it is," helium said.

"But successful saying that determination are a fewer different options too. We've got Nicho determination successful the 14 jumper who is astir apt a bully acceptable determination arsenic well.

"I don't deliberation I've played a afloat crippled determination (at immoderate level). I've played bits and pieces determination and signifier a small spot aft grooming present and determination with Cookie.

"I assistance him retired with his passes, truthful I get a spot of signifier there. I haven't played excessively overmuch determination but I'm assured I tin bash the occupation if I bash extremity up there."