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The 13-year finals hoodoo hanging over Eels - CtrlF.XYZ

The 13-year finals hoodoo hanging over Eels

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Sydney's sunny upwind connected Friday has Andrew Johns assured Parramatta tin advancement to the preliminary finals for the archetypal clip since 2009.

It's been 13 years since the Eels person been wrong 1 crippled of a expansive final, the longest preliminary last drought successful the competition.

They were good beaten, 27-8, by defending premiers Penrith past week, successful slippery conditions astatine BlueBet Stadium.

Despite receiving rainfall connected Thursday evening, Friday has been sunny, and possibly conscionable arsenic importantly, with a drying wind, meaning CommBank Stadium should beryllium successful bully signifier for the lucifer against Canberra.

"I deliberation the Eels tin bounce back," Johns said connected Wide World of Sports' Freddy and the Eighth's Tips.

"Both teams play precise similar, truly attacking footy.

"It's going to beryllium a large game. Dry weather, accelerated track, unfastened footy."

Johns agreed with co-host Brad Fittler that Parramatta five-eighth Dylan Brown was unusually quiescent successful the nonaccomplishment to Penrith

"He didn't tally enough," Johns noted.

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"I cognize the conditions were truly poor, it was truthful slippery to determination the ball.

"I deliberation a drier way volition suit the Eels. I deliberation they tin inactive marque the large one."

While Johns is tipping Parramatta to instrumentality to the winners circle, Fittler is expecting the Raiders to triumph done to a preliminary last against North Queensland successful Townsville.

"I'm going to spell for Canberra. They're unpredictable, they're unconventional," helium said.

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"Somehow they're ne'er retired of the crippled these days, they conscionable person beauteous bully resilience. It doesn't look to fuss them.

"I deliberation it has a batch to bash with Jack Wighton, and (Josh) Papali'i."

Saturday's lucifer pits the Sharks against the Rabbitohs for the close to play Penrith successful the preliminary final.

The Sharks volition person to flooded the disappointment of a 92nd infinitesimal nonaccomplishment to the Cowboys, portion Souths volition person to backmost up from a bruising brushwood with the Roosters.

"The cardinal for Cronulla is they cannot springiness distant penalties," Johns said.

"No squad is amended astatine acceptable starts, and acceptable plays, than Souths. If you support them successful a ding-dong limb wrestle that conscionable goes backmost and forth, they can't get into that enactment and that shape, particularly connected that near side.

"The cardinal for the Sharks is discipline. If they bounds the penalties they springiness away, I deliberation they win."

Scroll beneath for the existent leaderboard and week 2 finals tips by Andrew Johns and each Nine's adept tipsters!

Andrew Johns: Eels, Sharks

Brad Fittler: Raiders, Rabbitohs

Billy Slater: Eels, Rabbitohs

Wally Lewis: Eels, Sharks

Michael Chammas: Eels, Rabbitohs

The Mole: Eels, Sharks

Ben Glover: Eels, Sharks

Peter Psaltis: Raiders, Sharks

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