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As someone who loves the game of Rugby League, who is heavily involved with junior footy and who has a son who is just as passionate about the sport, I’m regularly thrust into the role of defending the code. Generally, I’ll argue that yes, the sport

It's tempting to look at today's announcement that Dylan Brown's contract upgrade represents a missed opportunity to upgrade the exciting young playmaker to a longer deal.

To date, Brown has passed every test thrown at him. He has moved through the j

For me, if there was a single take-out from the Eel's trial against the Raiders then it was the fact that Parramatta was more than willing to offload in the tackle.

Junior Paulo led the side in that regard, but he wasn't the only Eel looking to pass

Imagine the Eels get off to a flyer. Riding high on the table and their stocks soaring again, as their young guns take the competition by the storm. What's the worst thing you could do at that point? How about running a Parramatta Leagues Club electi

In all sports, we love to try and pick out a teenager who is going to be the next legend of the game. They might play a certain way, have a certain "look" or downright dominate the junior levels.

Often we'll take that kid, shove them in the spotligh

So the NRL's Graham Annesley has gone and told the clubs the game will be refereed differently yet again in a bid to speed up the game and reduce the wrestling.

At this point you have to question what the NRL is doing. After spending an entire sea

We've had a lot of focus on our juniors so far this off season so I thought it's time to put your money where your mouth is. Comment below which junior is going to have a breakout year in 2019 and why.

Here's the list to choose from. Selection crite

Parramatta halfback Mitchell Moses appears to have been used in a Facebook scam post, tempting readers to click through to an alleged salacious post of him engaging in drug-related activity.

The post, which has been sighted by 1Eyed Eel but which we

With Mitchell Moses a shoe-in for a spot in the halves, it's time to look at who is in contention to partner him and how that combination might work. As Phil revealed yesterday, Dylan Brown is firming for the five-eighth spot and we might get a view

Dylan Brown’s pre-season efforts have earned him the respect of the team’s senior players and Parramatta co-captain Clint Gutherson tipped him as the Eel’s most promising young gun.

“Losing Normy was said, but I think it will work out for both of us

Clint Gutherson has embrace the captaincy role at Parramatta and wants to continue the role into the years ahead.

In a podcast on the Eels website, Gutherson admitting it was a surprise when Brad Arthur approached him, but said he was “honoured and p

You only have to make one change to what is expected to be the likely Parramatta Eels backline, for the whole Parramatta 2018 roster to make a lot more sense.

Start Bevan French at fullback.

With French at fullback, Clint Gutherson moves to the centr

A lot gets written and said about Parramatta's junior development without very much ever happening.

We make minor cosmetic changes, picking at the seams of what I see as essenitally a fundamentally flawed system. So over the years as I've had more an

Claims that Blake Ferguson's foot infection was a cover-up used to hide a drug incident, have been denied by club insiders.

The claims have been made in a text message, which has circulated the Rugby League community today.

It is understood that Ferg

Ahhh rebuild. That single word can trigger sports fans around the world into a meltdown, often sparking calls to sack the general manager, sack the coach, hell sack everyone. Rebuild is a dirty word!

But is a rebuild all that bad and is it something

After months of negotiation, 1Eyed Eel has managed to tap a direct line into the Eels - well, direct in so much as we got through to their PR department. The Parra flacks have agreed to answer all of the questions raised here on 1Eyed Eel with comple

In my opinion, if there is one position that truly sets the top four teams apart from the rest, it's their hooker.

A good hooker is the key to your attack. They set the tempo, have their hands on the ball more than any other player and direct traffi

2019 is looking like it will represent a generational change for the Parramatta Eels. A number of its elder statesmen, who most notably, took the club to a top-four position in 2017, had a disappointing last season and are off-contract for 2020. At t

You only have to look at the Eels roster on the Official site to see the glaring hole in Parramatta's roster for 2019.

Browse over there and look for the word centre. You'll find it once. Under Michael Jennings.

Given you start a match with two centr

So with 2018 best left to the annals of history and our side clearly unsettled leading into the 2019 season, where do our strengths lie?

You'd have to say our backline is far from the potent, try scoring threat it was in 2017. That was a combination