NRL player ratings Tigers v Eels: Tedesco a threat, Norman struggles

THE Eels have earned themselves another hard fought win, this time against the Tigers. Find out who starred and who flopped in our player ratings.

Corey Norman of the Eels during the Parramatta Eels v North Queensland Cowboys NRL round 2 game at Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta. pic Mark Evans

THE Eels have skipped to a three-game winning streak after being the Tigers 8-0 at ANZ Stadium.

Find out who had the goods and who couldn’t cut it in our player ratings:

	VS
James Tedesco 8 Could not have done more. Saved two tries and always a threat	FULLBACK	Michael Gordon 7.5 Some errors but gets an A plus for effort and getting his side out of trouble
David Nofoaluma 7 Went looking for the footy and made plenty of metres	WING	Semi Radradra 6 Denied by Tedesco early and Eels guilty of not going to him enough
Tim Simona 4.5 Hardly knew he was out there. Wasn’t a factor in the game	CENTRE	Michael Jennings 7 Flashes of brilliance with limited opportunities. Some strong defence
Kevin Naiqama 7.5 Had great battle with Jennings. Didn’t see the ball enough in second half	CENTRE	Brad Takairangi 5.5 A couple of strong carries without ever really threatening
Jordan Rankin 6.5 A couple of errors but hard to knock his enthusiasm for getting involved	WING	Clint Gutherson 6.5 Has grown in confidence. Didn’t do much wrong
Mitchell Moses 6 A bit scatter-gun with his kicking. Lacked the control his side needed	5/8	Corey Norman 5.5 His worst game of the year. Heavily marked and some strange options
Luke Brooks 6.5 Had his moments but needed to be more measured with his options	H/BACK	Kieran Foran 7 Was targeted like Norman but persistence paid off with his pass for Paulo try
Aaron Woods 8 A great captain’s knock. More than 200 metres and over 30 tackles	PROP	Junior Paulo 8 One of the game’s form props. Was like a charging rhino when he scored
Dene Halatau 5 Will be a bench player at best now that Farah is back	HOOKER	Isaac De Gois 6.5 Ever reliable and got through a power of defensive work
Tim Grant 4 Didn’t return after a first half head knock	PROP	Tim Mannah 2 Only played a bit part. Came off early with shoulder injury
Kyle Lovett 6.5 On report for a high shot but nothing wrong with his workrate	2ND ROW	Manu Ma’u 7.5 On report for crusher but surely will be sweet. Prominent again
Josh Aloiai 5.5 A couple of decent charges but didn’t do a whole lot	2ND ROW	Beau Scott 7.5 The defensive glue that is binding the Eels. Top shelf again
Sauaso Sue 7 Gives the Tigers some grunt and didn’t disappoint	LOCK	Tepai Moeroa 5 Have seen him far more involved than this game
Robbie Farah 6.5 Came on after 17 minutes and will only get better	I/CHANGE	Kaysa Pritchard 6.5 Copped a battering but is tough and kept coming at the Tigers
Ava Seumanufagai 7 A real goer who provided some impact when he came on	I/CHANGE	Danny Wicks 5 Did well to return after copping friendly fire in the eye from Scott’s elbow
Jack Buchanan 4.5 A bit of a plodder who didn’t do much to prove his worth	I/CHANGE	Kenny Edwards 7 Has footwork at the line and took some containing at times
Manaia Cherrington 1 Only got a couple of minutes at the death	I/CHANGE	David Gower 6.5 Under-rated forward who did a good job for his side
101	TOTAL	106

Originally published as NRL player ratings Tigers v Eels: Tedesco a threat, Norman struggles