Mitchell Moses was at his mercurial best on Sunday as he led Parramatta to an impressive 48-14 win over St George Illawarra in the NRL.
The Eels halfback scored a double, kicked eight from eight goals and contributed two try assists as the Dragons were put to the sword in front of 19,711 fans at CommBank Stadium.
Parramatta, who moved up to fourth spot on the NRL ladder, would have felt hard done by when they went in with a narrow 12-8 lead at the break.
But a Moses-inspired second-half showing helped them see off the Dragons' threat and secure their third win of the season.
The result will lead to questions over the Dragons' team selection after coach Anthony Griffin opted to drop fullback Tyrell Sloan and shift young five-eighth Junior Amone to the interchange bench after two straight losses.
As part of the reshuffle, Jack Bird moved to the No. 6 role as Moses Mbye was deployed at fullback.
It was a decision which backfired when Parramatta went on their first attacking raid deep in Dragons' territory with seven minutes gone.
Eels five-eighth Dylan Brown shaped to run wide but stepped back in and eased past Mbye for Parramatta's opener.
Brown was in a mood and a similar jinking run up the middle of the field brought Mbye into action and while the Dragons fullback was up to the task, his positioning proved his undoing.
Mbye was stuck at marker and a quick-thinking Moses took advantage by poking a kick over the defensive line and regathering to touch down for the Eels' second.
Zac Lomax converted a Jack Bird try and added a penalty on the stroke of half-time to cut the Eels' lead to 12-8 at the interval.
But the optimism of a Dragons comeback was short-lived when Tariq Sims and Mbye failed to deal with a Moses grubber towards the in-goal early in the second half.
Eels lock Nathan Brown pounced on the loose ball and another well-weighted Moses grubberkick a few minutes later was picked up by Parramatta hooker Reed Mahoney.
Moses fed Will Penisini down the right who turned the ball back inside for captain Clint Gutherson to go over in the 52nd minute before Waqa Blake intercepted a pass to Zac Lomax and ran 85 metres to score.
Blake and Sims exchanged tries before Moses rounded out the rout as Bryce Cartwright produced a sublime flick pass for the halfback to cross.
