It was the furthest thing from a polished win but the Parramatta Eels secured an important 28-20 over the Wests Tigers in Round 17. Sixties and Forty20 get into the thick of the breakdown as they balance the frustration of a sloppy win against a stellar effort from Mitchell Moses.

Parramatta's star halfback answered the call against his old club and with Isaiah Papali'i providing some quality support, the two spearheaded a critical win. While those two were the stars of the show, the Eels struggled for long passages in a heavily stop and start game against the Tigers. Sixties shares his qualms while Forty20 finds some peace in the win if only for the sake that the team might remember that is okay to win ugly.

A tight loss in the Flegg and a big win in the Cup rounded out the triple header at Leichardt. Hayze Perham had a huge day as he bagged four tries while a couple of young forwards impressed in a strong allround team performance.