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The Lane Train's Home: A Century With Us

I remember watching 6'6'' Shaun Lane's debut for the Dogs, nine years ago in 2015, when he was a spirited 20 year old.

Back then, Brad Arthur was just in his second year into his debut head-coaching role at the Eels.

At the time, I thought to myself

Players and Fans

Something that has been going around in my head lately has been how the players interact with fans and, from a wider lense, how the club interacts with its fans.

The club recently had its Easter visit to Ronald McDonald House which was undoubtedly ex

R6 v The Tigers: FUBAR

“Sir, I just don't have a good feeling about this one”, Private Reiben (Edward Burns) tells Captain Miller (Tom Hanks).

“When was the last time you felt good about anything?”, Miller retorts, in 1998’s Saving Private Ryan, in the middle of their mis

Round 6 Team List v Tigers

1. Clinton Gutherson

2. Maika Sivo

3. Will Penisini

4. Sean Russell

5. Haze Dunster

6. Dylan Brown

7. Mitchell Moses

8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard

9. Josh Hodgson

10. Wiremu Grieg

11. Shaun Lane

12. Bryce Cartwright

13. Ryan Matterson

Interchange:

14. J'Maine Hopgoo

Most impressive and disappointing: Round 5 v Sydney City

Is it weird to still be confident we can win the comp after a 1-4 start? Should i get checked out? Should i be taken away from my house wearing a straight jacket? This team can be competitive, there are pieces missing, we have came up against top 8 q

Where is our talent coming from

This is a slightly different tack to the same old questions, but at the same time, I think it identifies with Parra's need to be more visionary with our development squads and recruitment.

Last night I was at the annual presentation of a senior distr

R5 V ROOSTERS: CONQUERING EVEREST

After failing in his first attempt to climb Mount Everest, Sir Edmond Hillary remarked:

‘I will come again and conquer you because as a mountain you can’t grow… but as a human, I can’

- Sir Edmond Hillary (the first man to summit Mount Everest)

 After

Most impressive and disappointing: Round 4 v Penrith

I was confident, backs to the wall we like adversity. Full marks to BA, he was able to get them up and got them ready to go. It could be a kick start to our season, we were tough and strong and on top for most of the game. It showed we are good enoug

Moses breaks record and other news

Parramatta Eels' Mitchell Moses became the first player to kick over a kilometre in an #NRL match. bit.ly/40cqi57

TITANS LAND KEY SIGNING

THE Gold Coast Titans have beaten the Parramatta Eels for the signature of Leeds Rhinos hooker Kruise Leeming.

Lee

R4 Game Day v the Panthers: The Battle Of The West in a Grand-Final rematch

Ladies and Gentlemen,

If the Eels can't get up and on the board after being bashed, hunted down and owned by the Panthers in the grand final and Finals Week 1, then maybe we need to hit rock bottom first.

It's a grand final rematch that feels somewh

R4 V Penrith: Confucious Says

 Confucius the ancient Chinese Philosopher born in 551BC must have followed Rugby League all those years ago. The great man's ancient quotes seem tailor-made for us Eels fans.

Confucius Say: The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach y

Round 4 Team List v Panthers

1. Clinton Gutherson

2. Maika Sivo

3. Will Penisini

4. Waqa Blake

5. Bailey Simmonson

6. Dylan Brown

7. Mitchell Moses

8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard

9. Josh Hodgson

10. Junior Paulo

11. Bryce Cartwright

12. Ryan Matterson

13. J'maine Hopgood

Interchange:

14. Matt Do

Brendon Hands - Is He Our Answer

Something that is sticking out like a sore thumb in the Eels first grade line up: The role and playing style of the Hooking Position.

As is well known we now have Josh Hodgson in the Blue and Gold first grade number 9 jersey. A crafty dummy half no d

Footy IQ and Footy Smarts

This concept of IQ and footy smarts has become popular in recent times and I'm starting to wonder if we recruit from the other end. i.e. like picking a monkey, because you know you can train him....in Parra's case it seems that in terms of defense, t

R3 v Manly: all good things

Ask no questions, and you’ll be told no lies. So says Pip’s sister, in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations (1861), when Pip (see Chapter 2) had queried the sounds of guns in the distance. But Pip already suspected the truth. He knew convicts were on

Round 3 Team List v Sea Eagles

1. Clinton Gutherson

2. Maika Sivo

3. Will Penisini

4. Waqa Blake

5. Bailey Simmonson

6. Dylan Brown

7. Mitchell Moses

8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard

9. Josh Hodgson

10. Junior Paulo

11. Bryce Cartwright

12. Matt Doorey

13. J'maine Hopgood

Interchange:

14. Jirah Momo

R2 V SHARKS REVIEW: ‘WE ARE GOING TO NEED A BIGGER BOAT’

Is our defence simply in need of a few plugged holes, or is it structurally a sinking ship?

 In the Eels v Sharks preview, HOE very cleverly used the analogy of ‘alchemy’ - the transmutation process of turning metals into gold. In essence, the transf

Most impressive and disappointing: Round 2 v Cronulla

Our worst start to a season since 2018, what happened in 2018? We lost our first 6 and 11 of our first 13, finishing last. This wont be a repeat, purely due to the fact our club is better ran than it was then and we have a better squad overall. Thoug

R2 v Sharks: This Is The Way

 Alchemy. The ancient art of transformation of metals into something greater than the sum of their parts. It's also about the hero’s transformative journey through all the Herculean-like tests. It explains much of Star Wars, The Mandalorian, its ligh