R11 Game Day Blog, Magic Round v Storm: Trauma and Redemption (L34-8)

This is the 7th annual Magic Round. The Caxton Carnival.

We’ve lost all but one.

Both teams are desperate to climb out of the bottom four. Both rebounded with wins last week.

Down on troops, we were gritty and brave to upset the then-high-flying Co

Round 11 Team List v Melbourne Storm (Magic Round)

1. Joash Papaili

2. Brian Kelly

3. Jordan Samrani

4. Sean Russell

5. Josh Addo-Carr

6. Ronald Volkman

7. Mitchell Moses (c)

8. Luca Moretti

9. Tallyn Da Silva

10. Junior Paulo

11. Kelma Tuilagi

12. Jack Williams

13. Jack De Belin

Interchange:

14. Dylan Walker

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EA & SB Rookie Report - End of Season SG/HM Player Review

TO AVOID REPETITION: This is more of an update on the players development. Please read the previous blog on these players if you want to know more about their history. https://www.1eyedeel.com/forum/topics/ea-sb-sg-ball-rookie-watchlist 

Cameron Bam

Game Day Blog R10 v Cowboys: The Townsville Graveyard (Eels upset Cows in 33-30 Golden Point Thriller)

UPDATE: Somehow the Eels made the impossible possible to spoil Jason Taumalolo 's historic moment. They Eels executed the only blue-print that has worked for them this year. Fighting hard and doing the fundamentals well. High completions (93 v 74%).

Parramatta sign Harrison Edwards immediately

Round 10 Team List v North Queensland Cowboys

 1. Joash Papaili

2. Brian Kelly

3. Jordan Samrani

4. Sean Russell

5. Josh Addo-Carr

6. Ronald Volkman

7. Mitchell Moses (c)

8. Luca Moretti

9. Tallyn Da Silva

10. Junior Paulo

11. Kelma Tuilagi

12. Jack Williams

13. Jack De Belin

Interchange:

14. Dylan Walker

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Game Day Blog R9 v Warriors: The Chase For Consistency (L36-14)

UPDATE: The Eels showed fight, but were never a chance given the amount of errors and ball-handling against a well-drilled, strong and atheletic side like the second-placed Warriors. With 70% (29/41) v 86% (38/44) completion rates, you're losing a

Round 9 Team List v New Zealand Warriors

1. Joash Papaili

2. Brian Kelly

3. Will Penisini

4. Sean Russell

5. Josh Addo-Carr

6. Ronald Volkman

7. Mitchell Moses (c)

8. Luca Moretti

9. Ryley Smith

10. Junior Paulo

11. Charlie Guymer

12. Jack Williams

13. Jack De Belin

Interchange:

14. Tallyn Da Silva

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Thirteeen Minutes

Trauma snowballing syndrome and the urge to blow things up isn’t just something buried in human DNA. It's now rebranded as “high standards". Forty Years can do that. Sometimes, all it takes is a few minutes.

But let’s park the emotion for a minute.

Jaydn Su’A Commits to Parramatta Eels (Official Club Statement)

Game Day Blog R8 v Manly: Back-to-Back Or Back to Reality? (L33—18)

UPDATE: Review of the Game lost in 13 minutes.

Last week, the Parramatta Eels showed they can win with controlled rage and a plan.

This week, they’re up against it again. History says so. Form says so. The bookies say so. The venue says so. “Fozball

Round 8 Team List v Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (Anzac Round)

1. Joash Papaili

2. Brian Kelly

3. Will Penisini

4. Sean Russell

5. Josh Addo-Carr

6. Ronald Volkman

7. Mitchell Moses (c)

8. Luca Moretti

9. Ryley Smith

10. Junior Paulo

11. Charlie Guymer

12. Jack Williams

13. Dylan Walker

Interchange:

14. Tallyn Da Silva

15.

Game Day Blog R7 v Dogs: The M*A*S*H Unit (UPSET W38-20 WOW)

We host our greatest and longest foe this afternoon. Can our brave 1986 premiership warriors inspire us?

"It's come without warning," Gus Gould told us earlier this week. 

He was not referring to our injury list that is around half our squad. A M*A*

Round 7 Team List v Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

1. Joash Papaili

2. Brian Kelly

3. Will Penisini

4. Sean Russell

5. Josh Addo-Carr

6. Ronald Volkman

7. Mitchell Moses (c)

8. Luca Moretti

9. Rylex Smith

10. Junior Paulo

11. Charlie Guymer

12. Jack Williams

13. Dylan Walker

Interchange:

14. Tallyn Da Silva

15.

The injury ward

Given the raft of injuries across first grade I thought it best to collate it all together to see where we currently sit. Have sorted it into positions.

1. Iongi

2. Twidle

3. Russell (maybe back this week)

4. Samrani

5. Simonsson

6. Pezet

7. (Moses g

Game Day Blog R6 v Titans: Call House (L52-10)

UPDATE: A 52-10 blowout loss. Jason Ryles pressor: "Last week, I saw fight. This week, I didn't"

Call Doctor House. The Eels have used the most players of any club. It will be at least 26 after this week. We face an injury toll from hell with a

Ryles coaching

There has been a lot of comments about Ryles coaching especially after the big losses to Penrith and Storm and now after Tigers.  Funny that they weren't there after our wins but that is a different discussion.

Here is a good example of good coaching.

Round 6 Team List v Gold Coast Titans

1. Joash Papaili

2. Araz Nanva

3. Will Penisini

4. Brian Kelly

5. Josh Addo-Carr

6. Ronald Volkman

7. Mitchell Moses (c)

8. Jack Williams

9. Rylex Smith

10. Junior Paulo

11. Kelma Tuilagi

12. Kitione Kautoga

13. Dylan Walker

Interchange:

14. Tallyn Da Silva

15.

The Club and Foul Play Injuries.

Parramatta’s Injury Crisis Exposes an NRL Salary Cap Grey Area

The 2026 season is quickly turning into a case study in how bad luck, foul play, and rigid rules can collid, and no club is feeling it more than us,the Parramatta Eels.

A growing injury to

GAME DAY BLOG, R5 vs TIGERS: The Trial (L22-20 in Extra Time)

It is a little known fact that Franz Kafka’s The Trial (1925) had a baby with Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot (1953), producing what literary historians know as The Parramatta Eels. In Kafka’s novel, Joseph K is an entirely unremarkable bank emp