Report: NSW Cup Round 2 vs Eels

Wests Magpies have fallen to a 20-10 defeat to the Eels in Round 2 of the NSW Cup.

Haze Dunster scored in the corner to open the scoring for the Eels and Josh Lynn's support play in backing up a line-break made it 8-0 after 12 minutes.

The Magpies' first try came via a perfectly worked scrum play, with Heath Mason and Charlie Staines combining to put Alex Lobb over in the corner.

A neat wrap-around play with Bryce Cartwright helped set up Parramatta's next try to Dean Hawkins in the 33rd minute.

The Eels led 14-4 at half-time and the match developed into a real grind in the second period.

Both teams went set-for-set, with Wests at one point dropping the ball close to the line when it looked certain that they'd break the second-half deadlock.