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The Sydney Roosters have survived a Parramatta comeback to defeat the Eels 28-18 at Western Sydney Stadium.
The Roosters were in cruise control with a 16-0 lead, before a sin-bin to prop Jared Waerea-Hargreaves for a high tackle turned the game on its head.
Parramatta scored three tries in nine minutes either side of half-time to level the game, followed by a Mitchell Moses penalty goal to give the Eels an unlikely 18-16 advantage.
Sydney was able to regroup and score the final two tries of the contest to secure their eighth win of the season.
Roosters captain James Tedesco gave NSW selectors a reminder of his talent by playing a role in three of his side's tries.
But Tedesco felt Dylan Edwards would likely claim the Blues' fullback position after the star Panther was forced out of State of Origin I due to injury.
"If Dyl is fit and plays, I think he goes back in," said Tedesco, who replaced Edwards in the series opener.
"That's the way I see it. But we saw in the first game anything can happen, so we'll see."
Earlier, Melbourne extended their winning streak over the New Zealand Warriors to 16 straight matches with a 38-24 triumph.
The Warriors stormed out of the blocks for a 14-0 lead early, before a four-try blitz gave the Storm a 20-14 half-time lead.
Second half sin-bins to Warriors wingers Marcelo Montoya and Dallin Watene-Zelezniak ended any Warriors' hopes of a comeback.
In the day's opening game, West Tigers lifted themselves off the bottom of the table with an 18-10 win over the Gold Coast Titans.
Look back at how the action unfolded in our blog below.
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