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| Photos by Michael Shillito |
| PARRAMATTA EELS v NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS Parramatta Stadium, Friday 1st May 2009. |
| The Eel mascot does a lap of honour pre-game |
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| The cheergirls perform their routine |
| The Cowboys enter the arena |
| The Eels make their entrance |
| Kick off |
| Four Eels lay a tackle |
| Kris Keating makes a break to set up Joe Galuvao |
| And the Eels are first to score |
| Faleti Mateo prepares an offload |
| Johnathan Thurston makes a point to the referee |
| Parramatta continue to press |
| Parramatta scores again |
| Luke Burt lines up a conversion attempt |
| Matt Keating dives over to score Parramatta's 3rd try |
| Kris Keating feeds a scrum |
| The Cowboys play the ball |
| Thurston looks for an attacking option |
| Parramatta think they've scored again |
| Only to be denied by the video ref |
| The Cowboys come close to the Parramatta line |
| "Get them onside" calls the crowd |
| The Eels launch another raid |
| Parramatta take a line drop-out |
| A disappointing crowd of just over 8,000 was at the game |
| Kris Keating replaces Matt Keating as first receiver |
| The Cowboys are held up in-goal |
| The referee awards Parramatta a penalty |
| Parramatta scores again |
| Kris Keating converts the try |
| Keating catches the ball from the kick-off |
| A scramble on the Parramatta line |
| And the Cowboys are on the board |
| Johnathan Thurston adds the extras |
| Thurston feeds a scrum 10 metres out |
| Parramatta regain possession |
| The Eels score and the game is safe |
| Kris Keating converts |
| The Cowboys stretch and score |
| The Cowboys continue to press, but drop the ball over the line |
| North Queensland score a late try |
| Thurston converts from the sideline |
| The Cowboys finished strongly, but it was too little too late |
| As the Eels, with a sniff of victory, defended strongly |
| It's all over - Eels 28 Cowboys 18 |