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Game Day Blog R3: Danger Game as Desperate Dragons Hunt First Win (Hard Fought 30-20 Win)

UPDATE: Jack Williams starts at prop. Dylan Walkers starts at lock. Hopgood goes to the bench. Jason Ryles confirmed Jack De Belin, who has been cut this week against his former club, needed to work on some areas of his game in attack and defence bu

Winning It Twice, Off The Canvas

Gus Gould often says there is only one thing harder than winning a game.

It’s winning it twice.

In Round 1, 2021, Parramatta came back from 16–0 down at halftime to beat Brisbane 24–16 at Suncorp.

Five years later, in Round 2 on Thursday night, it

2026 Disrupter Rule - Why wasn't this a penalty to the Eels?

Why wasn't this a penatly against the Broncos last night?

The new aerial contest rules state that to catch or bat the ball back, players must use two hands. Using one hand to slap the ball down is a penatly.

In realtime it was a little difficult to jud

Greatest Eels Comebacks?

So the Eels turned a 6-20 deficit (after 25 mins) against the Broncos, the previous year's (2025) grand final winners, into not only a 22-20 half time lead but a 40-32 win. It was spectacularly dumbfounding to watch. 

What Eels comebacks stand out for

BRONCOS 32-40 EELS

WHAT A WIN BOYZZZ

What a win, we stuck in there the whole game after a terrible start to the game. Tuilagi was brilliant despite an early high tackle leading to a try he scored 2 tries and was a brilliant ball runner of the edge. Iongi is the spark th

State of the Site 2026

With the 2026 season now underway I thought I would provide an overview of how the site is tracking both in numbers and in overall feedback we've been receiving.

Analytics

2025 built on the 2024 season and 1 Eyed Eel continues to grow. Numbers-wise w

Game Day Blog R2 v Broncos: Back on the Horse (W40-32)

Update: Eels won it twice in a thriller that had to be seen to be believed. 

Both suffered heavy round one losses. Both will be seeking redemption.

The Eels won the last meeting here 22-20 in a Walsh-inspired cliffhanger, but they have lost four of

Poppas Corner: Super says Richardson is a CEO and unlikely to want to report to someone over the top of him.

Super's right of course and basically he has thought about how people fit.

Its little subleties like these that get overlooked when we throw lifelines out in desperation to replace someone that arguably had no influence on the game we lost on the wee

Kemp: Eels vs Storm R1 refereeing was "Disgraceful"

Denan Kemp, the former Broncos NRL player and SEN commentator was equally scathing of the Eels as the officiating in the Eels’ Round 1 loss to the Melbourne Storm in his podcast.

“The jersey deserved better than that second half," he admitted.

“(But

One game only, same old story. 40 years of this rubbish (spoiler alert REALLY REALLY LONG POST)