Brad Takairangi of the Eels drops the ball as he attepts to score a try. Photo / Getty
Error-riddled North Queensland still had too much in the tank for Parramatta on Monday night, laying on 36 points in 33 minutes to thrash the Eels 46-4
.Expected to pile on a cricket score, the home side was sluggish for much of the first hour with a host of errors
keeping the Eels in the match.But the points came in a hurry in the second half as the Cowboys hammered the under-siege visitors.
It has been a season to forget for Parramatta, with salary cap concerns, dramas with halfback Chris Sandow which culminated in his eventual release to the English Super League and a shopping list of injuries headlined by Corey Norman, Danny Wicks and Anthony Watmough.
The early signs were ominous for the Eels, as Cowboys winger Antonio Winterstein crossed in the fifth minute and lock Jason Taumalolo barged over nine minutes later to open up a 10-0 lead.
But a fleet-footed run from Semi Radradra, where he flirted with the touch line before putting fullback Reece Robinson over, cut the deficit to six points.The Cowboys were uncharacteristically poor with the ball, committing seven first half errors.
