Late Eels rally saves the day

Parramatta coach

Brad Arthur still wants

Mitchell Moses at his club immediately, but the Eels attack starred against their future teammate yesterday.

The Eels piled on three late tries to sink the embattled Wests Tigers

26-22 at ANZ Stadium, after staring down the barrel of their fifth straight defeat midway through the second half.

Makeshift halves pairing Brad Takairangi and Corey Norman fired late, but regular No 6 Clinton Gutherson also staked his claim while filling in at fullback for the injured Bevan French.

“Gutho is a footballer,” Arthur said.

It doesn’t matter where we put him, he’ll do his job to the best of his ability.”

Moses endured an up-and-down day, opening the scoring for the Tigers but he ultimately played a key role in the Eels’ match-winning try with a misdirected pass while on the attack. With the Tigers leading 22-20 and 10 minutes left of the clock, he attempted to throw a long ball to fumbling winger David Nofoaluma, only to find grass and for Eels centre Michael Jennings to break free downfield.

He was eventually tackled, but it put the Eels on the attack for Semi Radradra to score with nine minutes to play.

“He did some really good things,” Tigers coach Ivan Cleary said of Moses.-Stuff