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DYLAN BROWN CAN'T PLAY FIRST GRADE FOR PARRAMATTA

Now that God has blessed Parramatta with DB leaving there  is absolutely zero point and benefit for Parramatta to play DB in first grade. 

It's pretty clear Parramatta won't be doing much this year so as a club who are building towards the future som

Poppa's Corner: What can you say? Maybe a couple of positives, because sure enough we will be reading plenty of negatives.

Let's start with the positives, besides the improved second half.

Isaiah Iongi was a bright spot on a dark day | Getty Images

Our young fullback, Isaiah Iongi, was a bright spot. 

Ryley Smith's debut was full of energy | Getty Images

As Macy remarke

R1 v STORM, GAME DAY BLOG: A NEW ERA; 6 DEBUTANTS; MISSION IMPOSSIBLE?

R1, Storm v Eels (Image produced by the Eels' Club)

Date/Venue: Sunday, 9 March at AAMI Park, Melbourne, 4:05 pm AEDT
Weather: Predicted to be fine
SportsBet: Storm $1.10 Eels $7.50
Referee: Wyatt Raymond (touch judges are Matt Noyen & Phil Hende

Why the Ryles era needs to focus on systems instead of players

With the sky apparently falling in as Mitchell Moses is ruled out for up to 6 weeks due to a foot injury, much doom and gloom has descended on Parramatta's 2025 season before a ball has been kicked.

Moses is undoubtedly the talisman and leader of the

R1 Fixtures: General Discussion Blog

Greetings 1eyed Eel family! This is a general discussion blog for any non-Eel NRL games for R1.

Feel free to post any insights from any games played.

Look out for particular refereering and game trends, as well as tactics teams are employing.

Enjoy r

Team list R1 v Storm: No Moses, Five Eels' Debutants

Decision Time Beckons for Dylan Brown in this Orr-ful Saga

The Orr-ful Brown saga could still drag on for months, though you'd think it's best sorted as soon as possible. It’s Orr-fully great theatre and media fodder, but emotionally we want this circus over.

At least with Moses' five-year commitment along

1EE Legends Tipping Comp - 2025

The 1EE Legends tipping comp is back for 2025. Anyone can join via the following link and password:

https://www.footytips.com.au/comps/1ee_legends?p=1eyedeel

1eyedeel

It's free to join, and good for a bit of banter, so grabs your mates and get on boa

Round 1 team 99.9 percentile

Key points 

• Ryles won't debut Samrani and push Lomax out, too risky against Melb.

* Kautoga has been training in the back row since November in a battle with Guymer.

* Tuilagi won't be moved. Played ok against Newy 

* Williams has been a stand out and

Gameday Blog: Pre-Season Challenge R3 v West Tigers

Round 3 - Friday 21st February, 8pm

Leichhardt Oval, Sydney

Match broadcasters: Kayo

Here we go Ladies and Gentlemen! The 2025 NRL season proper is just around corner! Last week’s hitout was impressive.

Team Lists

West Tigers : 1. Heath Mason 2

Have your say on the Eels

You may or may not have seen that the club has announced the creation of the Supporter Group Alliance. I am on this panel and so far our 2 meetings with club representatives have been productive, with our feedback used to assist the club in running t

Team LIST TUESDAY V West Tigers Frid 21/2

Parramatta Eels
1. Isaiah Iongi
2. Sean Russell
3. Will Penisini
4. Zac Lomax
5. Jake Tago
6. Te Hurinui Twidle
7. Ronald Volkman
8. Jack Williams
9. Joey Lussick
10. Wiremu Greig
11. Kitione Kautoga
12. Kelma Tuilagi
13. J'maine Hopgood

Interchange
14. Ryan Matter

Leagues Club AGM Voting Closes This Week

Fresh on the heels of a failed bid by former club directors, the 2025 AGM for the Parramatta Leagues Club is fast approaching.

This AGM sees Phil Sim and Mark Jenkins standing for re-election to 2 board seats. I think we all know the passion that Phi

Poppa's Corner: Bottom sides and Top ones; how do we approach our perceptions?

Optimistic Eel made some comments about how we perform against the top sides viz a viz the bottom. i.e we have more issues against the bottom than the top' he also alludes to the newfound speed we now have will be a  big influence on how we have play

Knights v Eels Trial blog

Knights team list: 1. Will Pryce 2. James Schiller 3. Kyle McCarthy 4. Riley Jones 5. Greg Marzhew 6. Fletcher Sharpe 7. Jack Cogger 8. Brodie Jones 9. Jayden Brailey 10. Jack Hetherington 11. Thomas Cant 12. Kai Pearce-Paul 13. Tyson Frizell 14. Tys

Eels quash player options

New Parramatta Eels chairman Matthew Beach undertook his first public function, appearing alongside Jason Ryles, Mark O'Neill and Jim Sarantinos at the member's forum on Tuesday 11 February.

Beach pointed out that the club no longer entertains player

Trial Game 1 - The 5 Rookies to watch

Isiaih Iongi – Fullback (turns 22)

Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZHqokzW2Lk

General/Player information:

• Probably the most watched player on the weekend. If you not only replace but then allow for Gutho to leave, it is clear how highly the

Parramatta team list 1st trial

Hear from our CEO Sarantinos and Football Manager Mark O'Neill on our 2025 season

A good listen if you get a chance. Both Jim Sarantinos and Mark O'Neill talk about everything from the new coach, a new direction, new players, our top 28 players, player options and what they are doing about them. 

Goes for roughly 30minutes.

At th