{"id":734036,"date":"2026-06-13T12:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T12:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/734036\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T12:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T12:58:12","slug":"nrl-news-2026-parramatta-eels-defeat-canberra-raiders-daine-laurie-pass-reaction-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/734036\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL news 2026 | Parramatta Eels defeat Canberra Raiders, Daine Laurie pass, reaction, video"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Parramatta Eels<\/a> have survived a late comeback charge by the Canberra Raiders<\/a> to claim a hard-fought 15-12 victory at CommBank Stadium on Saturday. <\/p>\n

The Eels held a 15-0 lead until the 61st-minute, but despite looking comfortable on the field, their opponents were only just getting started. <\/p>\n

\"Kitione<\/p>\n

Kitione Kautoga celebrates scoring a try.\u00a0Cameron Spencer<\/p>\n

Matthew Timoko was the first to strike for the visitors before former Panther Daine Laurie darted over in the 68th minute to narrow the scores to 15-12.<\/p>\n

A series of errors by the hosts opened the door for more try-scoring chances for Ricky Stuart\u2019s men, but Parramatta were determined not to let their mistakes become too costly. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe time is ticking down … what a finish (this will be),\u201d Greg Alexander said in commentary on Fox League with a minute left in the match. <\/p>\n

Canberra held on to the ball in the final seconds of the game, but a long ball by Laurie out to Xavier Savage went wrong, flying straight into touch and sealing the result 15-12 in favour of the Eels.<\/p>\n

\"Raiders<\/p>\n

Raiders coach Ricky Stuart reacts after his team’s loss to the Eels.\u00a0Cameron Spencer<\/p>\n

\u201c(Laurie) is absolutely filthy with himself,\u201d Luke Keary said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey had a full set in front of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Parramatta snatched their first points of the match in the 12th-minute via Jordan Samrani, who dashed over in the corner from close range. <\/p>\n

Five minutes later, Parramatta\u2019s attack was still proving to be an issue for the Raiders, with a number of errors gifting the hosts in strong position to enhance their lead.<\/p>\n

Brian Kelly looked to be the man to score his team\u2019s second try in the 24th minute, popping in a slick kick down the sideline in attempt to outpace Kaeo Weekes. <\/p>\n

Weekes managed to get his hand to the ball first and bat it into touch, although he could only do so as Canberra teammate Sanders had taken out Kelly. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe is going to the bin. He has too,\u201d Keary said.<\/p>\n

Alexander added: \u201cThat was not needed. He can\u2019t help himself.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Bunker agreed with the views of the former rugby league stars, recognising that no penalty try would be awarded as a sin bin would be a suffice punishment.<\/p>\n

\"Josh<\/p>\n

Josh Addo-Carr lashes his feet towards Xavier Savage.\u00a0Fox League<\/p>\n

Just three minutes later, the Eels were awarded a controversial try via Kelma Tuilagi, who the Bunker confirmed kept a finger on the ball when grounding it, much to the displeasure of the Raiders.<\/p>\n

While momentum was in favour of the homeside, Parramatta were not willing to take any risks, with Ronald Volkman nailing a field goal to end the half ahead 9-0.<\/p>\n

The Raiders did not get on the scoreboard until the 61st-minute when Matthew Timoko swerved past a handful of Eels defenders to ground the ball. <\/p>\n

However, his effort came after Parramatta\u2019s third try scored by Kitione Kautoga. <\/p>\n

Josh Addo-Carr looked to be in some hot water earlier in the second half after he appeared to lash his feet at Savage when attempting to get out of a tackle. <\/p>\n

The winger was pinged for the incident, with a penalty deemed to be the right call. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere wasn\u2019t too much in it,\u201d Keary said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s certainly not the worst thing I\u2019ve seen, but you can\u2019t use your feet to push a player away. Simple as that,\u201d Alexander added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Parramatta Eels have survived a late comeback charge by the Canberra Raiders to claim a hard-fought 15-12…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":734037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-734036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=734036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/734037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}