{"id":839520,"date":"2026-08-02T09:24:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T09:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/839520\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T09:24:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T09:24:25","slug":"nrl-news-2026-wests-tigers-comeback-falls-short-in-loss-vs-parramatta-eels-adam-doueuhi-return-result-video-field-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/839520\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL news 2026: Wests Tigers comeback falls short in loss vs Parramatta Eels; Adam Doueuhi return, result, video, field goal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adam Doueihi<\/a>\u2019s return came agonisingly close to paying off for the Wests Tigers<\/a>, but his second-half heroics were undone in a narrow 16-13 loss to Parramatta<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After a well-documented argument with Benji Marshall<\/a> saw him sit out last week\u2019s game, Doueihi was back on Sunday and scored a crucial try before putting his side ahead with a field goal that looked set to seal a comeback win.<\/p>\n

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Adam Doueihi celebrates his try against the Eels.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

But with less than five minutes to go, the Eels regained the lead when fullback Isaiah Iongi burst through a gaping hole, derailing the Tigers\u2019 comeback.<\/p>\n

While the result didn\u2019t pan out after a tumultuous period, Doueihi stood up with the eyes of the NRL on him, scoring a cracking try at CommBank Stadium.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s back – all the talk the past week has been about Adam Doueihi, he knew he let his team down,\u201d Billy Slater<\/a> said on Nine. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere was nothing happening, too many yellow jerseys in the picture, he gets back to where the tired forwards are and gets his way to the line.\u201d<\/p>\n

Phil Gould<\/a> summed up the Doueihi situation perfectly. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a funny game rugby league,\u201d the legendary coach quipped.<\/p>\n

He nearly put the Tigers ahead with 15 minutes to go, throwing a quick cut-out pass to Sunia Turuva in open space, but the winger dropped it cold.<\/p>\n

In the first half, the 27-year-old had a classy early touch when he put Pat Herbert through a hole, before the centre was stopped centimetres before the line.<\/p>\n

Herbert was ruled to have been dragged down short in a desperate tackle, which Bunker official Chris Butler was unable to overturn after multiple replays.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s as close as it gets,\u201d Gould said.<\/p>\n

While it didn\u2019t come up with points, Doueihi showed his intentions early and proved he was up for the task after copping widespread criticism.<\/p>\n

Speaking post-game, Marshall threw his support behind Doueihi and said he was \u201creally proud\u201d of the experienced No.7 for overcoming the tough fortnight and the criticism levelled towards him and the club as a whole.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought he was outstanding and I thought it showed true character given the week he had, to turn it around and put it into the performance,\u201d Marshall said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI thought he showed moments tonight – repeat sets, set up a couple of tries, good kicking game and defensively he was solid – the Adam we all know.<\/p>\n

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Adam Doueihi celebrates a try.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really proud of him. It\u2019s not about \u2018a lot of people\u2019 – it\u2019s about what you think is best for the club and the team at the time and that was the decision we made.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m feeling proud of the guys, it\u2019s been tough. Through hardships and pain, you get the biggest growth and through tough times, you see whose character comes out. Today, I thought we showed a lot of character. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe execution wasn\u2019t there, but I\u2019m feeling proud of the boys that we could get through that and put in that performance.\u201d<\/p>\n

After an error-riddled start from both sides, Parramatta finally ended the deadlock when Jordan Samrani out-jumped Jahream Bula to score from a kick. <\/p>\n

There were likely some nervous moments for Eels fans as replays showed a slight bobble from Samrani, but it was eventually green-lit by the Bunker.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe examine those contests way too much,\u201d Gould said. <\/p>\n

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Jordan Samrani scores against the Tigers.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n

Will Penisini looked to have put the blue and gold outfit further ahead, but replays showed Mitch Moses dropped the ball into Jarome Luai before kicking it.<\/p>\n

Tallyn Da Silva wouldn\u2019t be denied against his old club, boosting the Eels before the half-time break as the Tigers were left searching for answers at 12-0 down.<\/p>\n

Fonua Pole finally put the joint venture on the board with a rampaging solo try, scoring under the sticks after bumping off multiple Eels defenders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adam Doueihi\u2019s return came agonisingly close to paying off for the Wests Tigers, but his second-half heroics were…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":839521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-839520","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\/839520","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=839520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/839521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=839520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=839520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=839520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}