It's not hard to shine in a good pack - but to lead a no frills bunch of forwards when you are just 23 and making only your 14th NRL appearance takes some doing.But that's the situation young Eels prop Wiremu Greig found himself in against the Cowboys on Friday night - and he shone.Greig scored the opening try of the game and ran for 145 metres with the ball - the most by any Eels forward - to show the way in the 24-16 win over the Cowboys.Parramatta was without its entire grand final pack from last season - Junior Paulo is in the NSW Origin team, Reagan Campbell-Gillard, Shaun Lane and Ryan Matterson are injured, and Reed Mahoney and forwards Isaiah Papali'i, Marata Niukore, Oregon Kaufusi and Nathan Brown have all moved on.But the youngster rose to the occasion and played the best game of his short NRL career, confirming the view of Eels coach Brad Arthur that he has one very special young prop in his ranks.
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