Parramatta have formally announced the signing of former South Sydney hooker Matt McIlwrick on a one year deal.
The rake has played 56 first grade games at clubs including the Roosters, Sharks, Tigers and Rabbitohs.
In the official announcement, Parramatta stated that Reed Mahoney would "continue to be starting hooker" and that McIlwrick would "add depth to that role and complete our top 30 squad".
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Bevan French's NRL career may need to be reborn following the start the Eels have had this season, with many of the plaudits going to Parramatta's back three of Clint Gutherson, Blake Ferguson and Maika Sivo.
The back trio have all had outstanding starts to 2019, with them totalling a whopping 2,300 running metres between them so far. All three are in the top 21 metre eaters and are the only back three of any club to appear in the top 21. For context, not a single…
The dust has settled following the Friday night clash against the Roosters with the Eels going down 32-18.
It's time to go over the five big talking points of the match.
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The Parramatta Eels have gone down to the Sydney Roosters 32-18 at ANZ Stadium on Friday night.
It was the first loss for the Blue and Golds in the 2019 season, but a performance that signalled they're a different team to the wooden spooners of 2018.
While most pundits expected an improved performance from the Eels, few predicted the battle they would hand the reigning Premiers and World Champions.
Parramatta lost Tepai Moeroa in the warm-up, forcing…
Parramatta Eels lock Nathan Brown is the first pectoral tear casualty of the 2019 season. It's an injury that can see players sidelined for up to 14 weeks and has also become more prevalent in recent seasons.
Across 2017 and 2018, 19 players went down with pec tears.
The injury itself isn't a tear in the pectoral muscle, it's a tear in the tendon that connects the muscle to the upper arm. If the injury occurs at the muscle-end of the tendon, recovery is…
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I hope he doesn’t get thrown into first grade and upset young Mahoney.
Mahoney says he can play 80 so let him, do we really need another journeyman wasting space in a top grade bench spot. I for one don’t think so.
Depth signing. Keep in mind injuries occur in rugby league. The replacement (K. Pritchard) is injured and the "capable" of playing hooker utility (W. Smith) also happens to be injured. Smart signing. Nothing more, nothing less.
Nar definitely totally agree with you mate.
Very good to hear its a 1 year deal, dont want to be locking in guys like this for any longer.
Good to make guys like this earn a further stay than one year if they offer enough.
Welcome to the club Matt.
Play well, i dont want to have to call you Mcildope too early.
Loved him at Tigers.
So that's it, that's our 30 all tied up?
Nigel > Unless he's on a Wenty contract??? If so,then we might have room for Rhys Martin? But if he does round off our top 30 and we're still interested in Martin, then I hope we don't offload French in order to do that. I disagree with peoples comments saying Bevan is JUST A FINISHER. He's got quite a useful bag of tricks in his attacking arsenal. He just needs a shot @Fullback injury-free, or even in the halves.
Ok thanks, but Wenty contract would exclude him from playing for us? We'd need to upgrade him to play first grade?
I agree it's worthwhile sticking with French, 19 tries in 13 games in 2017 didn't happen by accident. He has gotten bigger, I'd persevere a bit longer.
He has Los a lot of pace and confidence since those days. He has been caught from behind at training that would never happened two years ago.
What are they doing at training?
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