Parramatta Eels v South Sydney Rabbitohs scores, results, time, program, entertainment, tips, odds, weather, how to watch

The Eels create something out of nothing in their own half, Dylan Walker sending prop Luca Moretti through a yawning gap. Moretti isn’t sure what to do in such open space so finds Ronald Volkman, who is chased down and tackled by Ashton Ward.

Volkman gets a quick play-the-ball away, it’s the last tackle, and Tallyn Da Silva sends Isaiah Iongi into a couple of defenders – Iongi offloads, a couple of passes later the ball gets to Kitione Kautoga, and the second-rower takes it upon himself to put in a kick. He shouldn’t have. The ball travels well beyond the dead-ball line, with the Rabbitohs’ defence in a rabble and Mitch Moses raising his arms in anguish beside Kautoga. Gotta say that’s a bombed try-scoring opportunity.

And it’s the last chance of the first half. It’s been an entertaining one, if a little rusty from both sides at times. Souths looked sharp early on and defended well late in the half, while Parramatta have done well to fight their way back into this one.

Rabbitohs 12, Eels 6 at half-time