St George Illawarra defeats Parramatta 26-12, North Queensland edges Wests Tigers 34-30

St George Illawarra has shocked Parramatta 26-12 at Western Sydney Stadium, ending the Eels’ unbeaten start to the season.

Still off-contract and wanting to stay at the Dragons, fullback Matt Dufty scored two tries and set up the other two in one of the best performances of his career on Sunday evening.

The Dragons’ edges were also superb in defence as they regularly shut down the Eels, while their attack was nice and direct with Adam Clune in the number seven jersey.

Favourites for the wooden spoon before the season began, the Dragons are now surprise members of the top four after a 4-1 start to the season.

And the Eels are easily their biggest scalp so far, after the Red V skipped out to an 18-0 half-time lead on the back of their…