South Sydney to offer Wayne Bennett three-year deal as Eels pass on supercoach

South Sydney are preparing to offer Wayne Bennett a three-year deal as early as next week as the veteran coach weighs up a return to the Rabbitohs.

 

It comes as Parramatta held a scheduled board meeting on Wednesday night at which it was decided not t

Read more…

What Jason Demetriou’s axing as South Sydney coach means for struggling powerhouse Parramatta Eels

From the Daily Telegraph

Read more…

The Bennett Hypothetical: Sliding Doors

The overiding sentiment on this site, and in the media noise, is: we need a "new voice" and "new ideas".

Now, let's assume we can somehow nab seven-premiership winning Bennett who poured icy cold water on the Eels' idea a few weeks back.

It's unlike

Read more…

Hidden Truth

As we go 3 and 5 with a Bye / Brisbane / Melbourne / Bunnys and the Sharks coming up, all logic dictates that we could quite easily find ourselves rooted to the bottom of the League table. Our season in shambles, the volcanic pressure to replace the

Read more…

R8 v Manly: The Rise and Fall of the Eels

 

The free-falling Eels are staring down the barrel of another nail in their season’s coffin. They sit like ducks in the target arrow of the public's microscope just waiting to dissect their ANZAC performance.

Despite the Eagles superior position an

Read more…

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

1. Clint Gutherson (c)

2. Maiks Sivo

3. Will Penisini

4. Morgan Harper

5. Bailey Simmonson

6. Ethan Sanders

7. Dylan Brown

8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard

9. Joey Lussick

10. Junior Paulo

11. Shaun Lane

12. Ryan Matterson

13. J'maine Hopgood

 

Read more…

The Truth Hurts: Article

 

 

 

News.com.au: News NRL

The Australian: Martin Gabor

The truth hurts’: Eels defend Brad Arthur and vow to bounce back following horror loss in Darwin

 

Brad Arthur’s position as Eels coach has come under fire following their shocking second half in Darw

Read more…

Round 7 Team List v Dolphins

1. Clint Gutherson (c)

2. Bailey Simmonson

3. Will Penisini

4. Morgan Harper

5. Sean Russell 

6. Daejarn Asi

7. Dylan Brown

8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard

9. Joey Lussick

10. Junior Paulo

11. Shaun Lane

12. Bryce Cartwright

13. J'maine Hopgood

 

Read more…

Parramatta Eels sign Zac Lomax for 2025

Read more…

RIPPING OFF THE MOSES MASK

 

I'll preface this with some parts are definitely controversial, and pessimisitc, I expect & welcome some heat on it.

One individual is very rarely responsible for a team ultimately winning or losing.

Of course, individuals influence results, and games

Read more…

R6 v COWBOYS: FINDING WILSON

We face three straight losses and far worse in the weeks ahead after some demoralizing, back-to-back losses. 

It made all the tough talk about the character-hardening, longest-off-season-in-years from early in the season - and redemption of the last

Read more…

Round 6 Team List v North Queensland Cowboys

1. Clint Gutherson (c)

2. Bailey Simmonson

3. Will Penisini

4. Morgan Harper

5. Sean Russell 

6. Daejarn Asi

7. Dylan Brown

8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard

9. Joey Lussick

10. Junior Paulo

11. Shaun Lane

12. Bryce Cartwright

13. J'maine Hopgood

 

Read more…

DAILY TELEGRAPH - NRL 2024: Ethan Sanders could save Parramatta season but will Brad Arthur pull the trigger?

From The Daily Telegraph.

Facing a horror run and at least the next six weeks without general Mitchell Moses, Parramatta’s season is slipping away. Brad Arthur has a highly rated halfback but will the coach pull the trigger?

Read more…

ARTHUR: EELS NEED TO OVERCOME A SOFT MINDSET

Following the Wednesday review, Arthur doubled down on what he said in the round four press conference, explaining what went wrong with the Eels against the Tigers. 

"We played a soft style of football" and "looked for soft options".

This all essenti

Read more…

R5 V RAIDERS: THUNDERBIRDS ARE (NOT) GO

Thunderdbird Two to Thunderbird One, do you read me? Static. No Reply. That was the Eels against the Tigers. The Thunderbirds was of course a TV show aired 1965-1966, featuring the Tracy family as operators of International Rescue, a secret para-mili

Read more…

Round 5 Team List v Canberra Raiders

1. Clint Gutherson (c)

2. Maika Sivo

3. Will Penisini

4. Bailey Simmonson

5. Sean Russell 

6. Blaize Talagi

7. Dylan Brown

8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard

9. Joey Lussick

10. Junior Paulo

11. Shaun Lane

12. Ryan Matterson

13. J.Maine Hopgood

 

Read more…

Tough Decisions

Mitchell Moses missing was always going to be a tough situation. For as much as he is seen as "going missing" or "not stepping up", this Eels side is far better with him in the number 7 than anyone else.

His kicking game, organisation and ball-playin

Read more…

R4 V TIGERS: FREUD SAYS ‘WORK THROUGH’ IT, DEAR EELS

Sigmund Freud once said that “one day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful”. With the Eels on-field general and kicking maestro, Mitchell Moses, out for up to 8 weeks with a fractured foot, the Eels will need to

Read more…

Arthur backs Eels' rookie in halves

Read more…

Round 4 Team List v Wests Tigers

1. Clint Gutherson (c)

2. Maika Sivo

3. Will Penisini

4. Morgan Harper

5. Sean Russell 

6. Blaize Talagi

7. Dylan Brown

8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard

9. Joey Lussick

10. Junior Paulo

11. Shaun Lane

12. Bryce Cartwright

13. J.Maine Hopgood

 

Interchange:

14. Luca Moret

Read more…