French till 2019

Parramatta Eels sign Bevan French till the end of the 2019 season

The Parramatta Eels have today announced the re-signing of 2016 Eels Rookie of the Year Bevan French until the end of the 2019 season.

French joined the Blue and Gold in 2013 and debuted for the Club in Round 12, 2016 becoming Eels player number 779. He played 13 NRL games in 2016 and broke the Parramatta Eels record for the most tries in a debut season, previously held by Jarryd Hayne, crossing for 19 tries.

Head Coach Brad Arthur said that the contract extension is a reward for the hard work and commitment shown by Bevan since joining the Club from Tingha in country NSW.

“Bevan’s development this year was a real positive for the Club and I am sure our Members and fans are pleased that we have secured Bevan for at least another three seasons,” Arthur said.

“We have had a strategy over the last two months to retain our key players and provide strong additions for our squad going into 2017. We have made good progress so far and it’s our intention to continue this strategy as we lead into the 2017 pre-season."

French joins Corey Norman, Danny Wicks, Kenny Edwards, Isaac De Gois, Rory O'Brien, Brad Takairangi and Manu Ma’u as recent re-signings for the Eels.

This follows the announcements of Nathan Brown, George Jennings, Siosaia Vave and Josh Hoffman as new signings for the Eels in 2017.

"He was a try-scoring machine, but fuck his defence was deplorable. Just imagine where Semi would be sitting on this list is he'd have stayed in League..."

"He's a gun. Go and watch the Eels/Tigers Preseason trial match from last year, he tore us apart. I think he just needs some time with Moses. He also needs some creative license when he comes off the bench and can't just be a ball distributer like…"

Replies

Clive October 25, 2016 at 4:59pm

Nice work, now for Semi to commit long term and we will be looking good.
- Ray Zammit > Clive October 25, 2016 at 5:56pm
  
  Bronco bound... Hope I'm wrong
- Tin Tim > Clive October 25, 2016 at 8:49pm
  
  I gather that's a guess Ray.
Eric The 17.78cm Eel October 25, 2016 at 5:21pm

Ron, Déjà Vu?
Tentonz October 25, 2016 at 5:22pm

Court case?
RazorRam0n October 25, 2016 at 6:05pm

wasn't he already contracted to 2018 anyway? sounds like he got an upgrade on contracted seasons, not hard to say yes to that.
- Rise of an empire > RazorRam0n October 25, 2016 at 6:09pm
  
  He did
Ed October 25, 2016 at 6:20pm

Boooomm
Mathew Clarke October 25, 2016 at 6:44pm

Pretty sure this already has a blog?