Parramatta Eels 56–12 New Zealand Warriors — Qualifying Final, 2001 NRL Finals Series
9 Sep 2001 · Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta, NSW · Attendance: 17,336
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Qualifying Final, 2001 NRL finals series: Parramatta Eels 56–12 New Zealand Warriors, at Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta, NSW on 9 Sep 2001.
Sourcing caveat: No try-scoring minutes were found for this fixture. Parramatta's sourced lineup has Luke Burt at #19 (wing) and Alex Chan at #21 (prop) for this specific match — non-standard numbers, reported exactly as sourced rather than defaulted to a typical pattern.
Scorers
| Parramatta Eels | Tries: Hodgson; Hodgson; Wagon; Wagon; Burt; Hindmarsh (I.); Lyon; Taylor; Vaealiki Goals: Taylor (7/8 conversions); Burt (3/5 conversions) |
| New Zealand Warriors | Tries: Koopu; Tony Goals: Cleary (2/2 conversions) |
Team sheets
| Parramatta Eels | New Zealand Warriors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brett Hodgson | Fullback | Ivan Cleary | 1 |
| 19 | Luke Burt | Wing | Henry Fa'afili | 2 |
| 3 | Jamie Lyon | Centre | Clinton Toopi | 3 |
| 4 | David Vaealiki | Centre | Francis Meli | 4 |
| 5 | Jason Moodie | Wing | Shontayne Hape | 5 |
| 6 | Michael Buettner | Five-Eighth | Motu Tony | 6 |
| 7 | Jason Taylor | Halfback | Stacey Jones (c) | 7 |
| 8 | Nathan Cayless (c) | Prop | Jerry Seuseu | 8 |
| 9 | Brad Drew | Hooker | Jason Death | 9 |
| 21 | Alex Chan | Prop | Ali Lauiti'iti | 10 |
| 11 | Nathan Hindmarsh | Second Row | Logan Swann | 11 |
| 12 | Ian Hindmarsh | Second Row | Awen Guttenbeil | 12 |
| 13 | Daniel Wagon | Lock | Wairangi Koopu | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | PJ Marsh | Nathan Wood | 14 | |
| 16 | Chad Robinson | Mark Tookey | 15 | |
| 17 | David Solomona | David Myles | 16 | |
| 22 | Danny Sullivan | Richard Villasanti | 17 | |
| Brian Smith | Coach | Daniel Anderson | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Tim Mander |
Match report
A one-sided rout — minor premiers Parramatta, top of the table all season, ran in nine tries against the Warriors to announce themselves as the team to beat, Brett Hodgson and Daniel Wagon each scoring twice. The dominant win sent the Eels straight through to the Preliminary Final.