Fijian international Maika Sivo scored four tries as the Parramatta Eels thrashed the Cowboys 42-4 at Bankwest Stadium in Sydney.
Sivo was in sensational form and scored his first try in the 21st minute and then a hat trick in the second half.
Sivo and Eels made sure they maintain their lead in the NRL standing.
Maika Sivo’s first try:
SIVO! Who else ?#NRLEelsCowboys 10-0 after 24 minutes.#TelstraPremiership pic.twitter.com/XYFdtMT1wL
— NRL (@NRL) July 3, 2020
??? @TheParraEels #NRLEelsCowboys pic.twitter.com/wNZDVpmKjv
— NRL (@NRL) July 3, 2020
Maika Sivo’s second try:
Déjà Vu?! Gutho throws another great cutout to Sivo!#NRLEelsCowboys#TelstraPremiership pic.twitter.com/5ODPEHD8mw
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Sivo’s third try:
Super Sivo gets a hat-trick! #NRLEelsCowboys#NRLTelstraPremiership pic.twitter.com/Q5gUxsNS3p
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Sivo’s fourth try:
Sivo’s got FOUR ?#NRLEelsCowboys#TelstraPremiership pic.twitter.com/QsVtQvHlZ2
— NRL (@NRL) July 3, 2020
Another Fijian, Waqa Blake scored a try for the Eels in the first half.
Brown the kick ? Blake the try ?#NRLEelsCowboys#TelstraPremiership pic.twitter.com/MYfR4mEnmo
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Michael Jennings opened the scoring in the 10th minute to give Eels a early 4-0 lead.
Cowboys Tom Opacic pulled one back just before the breather to take the scores to 16-4 at halftime.
Opacic gets one back for the Cowboys right before half-time ?#NRLEelsCowboys 16-4 at the break.
#TelstraPremiership pic.twitter.com/MDAKauNiBy— NRL (@NRL) July 3, 2020
Eels started off highly in the second half when Jai Field scored in the first minute to take their lead to 22-4.
Clinton Gutherson managed to convert six out of seven tries for the Eels.
Former Dragon Jai Field had an impressive club debut, using his searing pace to score a try.
Young five-eighth Dylan Brown who had three try assists of his own in a commanding performance belying his relative inexperience.
Eels maintain their lead on top of the NRL standing with 14 points followed by Storm with 12 points after eight matches.
Meanwhile, in other matches, the Canberra Raiders snapped a two-match losing skid with a 22-16 defeat of St George Illawarra at GIO Stadium.
In tonights NRL match, the Titans face the Sharks at 5pm followed by the Warriors and Broncos at 7:30pm.
The Panthers will meet West Tigers at 9:35pm and you can catch the action LIVE on FBC Sports channel.
The Bulldogs play the Rabbitohs at 8:30pm tomorrow but before that the Sea Eagles meet the Knights at 6:05pm.
In the earlier match, Raiders defeated the Dragons 22-16.
[Source: NRL]