The Warriors continue their winning ways as they make it two in a row with a win against the Eels.

The New Zealand Warriors picked up their second win of the season on Saturday, beating the Parramatta Eels 29-16, but coach Andrew McFadden will be far from happy.

While the scoreline suggested a comfortable first home win at Mt Smart for this campaign, the Warriors went from being 28-0 up early in the second half to scrambling to stay ahead.

Sam Tomkins going off with a leg injury was the changing point. Once he was gone Tuimoala Lolohea switched to fullback and Ben Henry to centre. The Eels then relentlessly pressed down the edge Henry and Jonathan Wright were defending and came up with three quick tries.

Joel Ford/Getty Images GOOD STRENGTH: Ryan Hoffman crashes over to score for the Warriors against the Eels.

Ultimately, the Warriors had built up a big enough lead earlier in the game, but for the second time this year they looked defensively frail without their start fullback.

Things started well for the Warriors. A couple of dummies in the fourth minute from Shaun Johnson caught the Eels' defence flat footed and when the ball went out to Ryan Hoffman there was the chink for him to barge through to record his third try in as many games.

Two minutes later Nathan Peats had to take a concussion test after Jacob Lillian appeared to knock him out with his shoulder. Peats, the Eels hooker, looked in a mess, but surprisingly passed the test and returned to the game.

In the ninth minute the Warriors had their second try, this time setup by Chad Townsend, who put through a grubber kick for Solomone Kata to latch on to. Try number three came in the 17th minute when Thomas Leuluai broke up the middle from the Warriors' 20-metre line and raced 40 metres before flicking the ball to Tuimoala Lolohea for his first NRL touch down.

Three minutes later Manu Vatuvei was set up by Townsend for the Warriors' fourth which should have been game over,even more so when Kata got his second four-pointer seven minutes after halftime.

It was no coincidence that the Warriors fell away after England fullback Tomkins left. The Eels finally got on the scoresheet when Brad Takurangi went over in the 54th minute after a break down the left edge from Reece Robinson - David Gower went in shortly after.

Later in the half Will Hopoate got a knee to the head and although he was wobbly on his feet, remained on the field before Takurangi caused further concern in the Warriors coaching box by scoring his second try in the 64th minute

However, that's where the Eels revival ended and when Johnson landed a field goal five minutes from time the game was up.