'One of the bravest efforts' rockets Eels to GF

Sixty-three minutes into the Eels' preliminary last against the Cowboys connected Friday night, Parramatta fans had their heads successful their hands.

A infinitesimal later, their hands were hoisted supra their heads successful solemnisation of a go-ahead effort that yet sealed Parramatta's spot successful the NRL expansive final.

Mitchell Moses botched a aureate accidental to level the scores astatine 20-20 done a punishment goal, but the Eels past stole the pb done a Maika Sivo try, sending Parramatta supporters delirious.

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The Parramatta Eels are awaiting their archetypal NRL expansive last quality since 2009 aft toppling the North Queensland Cowboys successful Townsville. (Getty)

After weathering a fierce Cowboys onslaught implicit the dying minutes of the lucifer successful Townsville, the Eels chalked up a 24-20 triumph to scope their archetypal expansive last since 2009.

More significantly, Parramatta has enactment itself wrong 1 triumph of securing the club's archetypal premiership since 1986.

"That is 1 of the bravest efforts by a team, and it'll enactment them successful large stead for adjacent week," Andrew Johns said connected Nine's post-game coverage.

The Eels' hopes appeared grim erstwhile the Cowboys scored a effort and converted to found a 20-12 pb successful the 55th minute.

But front-rower Reagan Campbell-Gillard cannoned done a feeble Cowboys defence from adjacent scope successful the 58th minute, earlier a Mitchell conversion closed the shortage to 20-18.

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Unheralded back-rower Shaun Lane was the designer of the match-winning Sivo effort — trundling onto a Reed Mahoney ball, hitting the North Queensland defence, spinning and shovelling the footy to Sivo with his backmost to the Cowboys.

"I was ever taught erstwhile I was young, coming through, you never, ever walk the shot with your backmost to the opposition," Johns said, drafting a laughter from Nine big James Bracey.

"This was an perfectly beauteous pass.

"He went astatine the line, turned his back.

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"I don't cognize whether it was a speculator oregon not.

"I deliberation it touched Kyle Feldt's hand, and past Maika went implicit successful the corner.

"I'd accidental each of Parramatta erstwhile perfectly bananas erstwhile that happened."

The Eels volition conscionable the victor of Saturday night's preliminary last betwixt the Panthers and Rabbitohs successful the expansive last adjacent Sunday night.

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