According to Dr. Google 😂 Mitchell Moses has played the following amount of Club Games for Parra. Quote:
" Mitchell Moses has missed a total of 41 club games for the Parramatta Eels over the past three years (2023 to June 2026) due to a combination of injuries and State of Origin commitments." That equates to about missing 57% of games over the past 3 years. In comparison Nathan Cleary has missed 26 club games over the past 3 years at a percentage of 36%
In comparison to half backs who have played the most for their respective clubs they are: Adam Reynolds, Chery Evans and Jerome Hughes despite obvious injuries. Reynolds has played 76, Evans 76 and Hughes 75
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Moses did not forego Dogs for Origin. He needed a week. Unless you're claiming the coach and med staff lied?
And recruiting stars yet complaining when, you know, they're stars, are completely connected. If someone who A) thinks Moses should skip Origin, but B) also denies saying the club can't recruit stars, fair enough, they will then follow the following implication. If the club becomes known for 'A', how will that impact the club ever recruiting stars ('B')?
2 nd last 40 years ..... no point responding..... like bashing your head against the wall 🤯 keep defending the status quo Dez ..... honestly 🤷🏾♂️
Moses has played 55% of games 2023-25 (19/24 in 2023, 8/24 in 2024, 13/24 in 2025). He played 100% of Eels games in 2022, 88% in 2021, 95% in 2020, 100% in 2019, 92% in 2018 and 100% in 2017 (mid season signing).
Why cherry picking 2024-2025 if ranking by other halves? He played the opening 10 games of 2026 and has now missed 3 but would have played vs Raiders if not for SOO2 (or 77% excluding Origin).
The contradiction between "can't stand the club doesn't have enough rep stars" of the retention and recruitment experts and "how dare Moses play rep games" is glaring!
Not sure it's the same people holding both arguments is it Daz?
FWIW I would adore if our entire first grade side was called up for Rep duty. I'd be super happy to play terribly for a few rounds a year and be invincible for the rest.
Worked well for the Storm and Panthers for many years.
rite , my captan . like my secnd husban . he wear differen shoe on two feet same tim, n i never talk to the same people with him twice, awayz skip the secon
From 2023-25 Moses played 48.8% Over these 3 seasons he made 39 appearances out of a possible 80 regular season matches. In 2023: 19 appearances from 24 games ( 79.2%) In 2024 - 8 appearances from 24 games (33.3%) and in 2025 : 12 appearances from 32 games (37.5%). It seems over the years his injuries have become more frequent and more serious which has caused him to miss more games and obviously as we age it tends to get worse as our body doesn't heal as fast
Again missing the point...Any idiot knows that rep exposure is vitally important.in the right context.. What is Parramatta getting in return from a 32 year old injury prone half back prioritising Origin over a club that needs all the help it can get presently ?
How is he prioritizing Origin? Doctors rules him out. As I said before you really think Moses sat out of Dogs voluntarily, the competitor he is? Considering he has played nearly every game this year busted up?
I think the consensus is he sat it out under doctors advice to be able to play for NSW as it was only 95%. . I think it's fair to assume he yes , voluntarily sat it out under said advise from the doctors that if he plays he could re injure it and be out of Origin contention . Nobody's saying he just got up and went " stuff it can't be bothered "
Thats what I took out of the dialogue over the weekend. Ryles seemed a bit irritated when asked about Moses being out on doctors advice .
maybe I missed something ? I didn't catch every story or report on his injury.
If the doctors say the risk of reinjury is too high, then that's a medical decision first and foremost. People are turning it into an Origin decision without actually knowing that.
Even if he was supposedly 95%, that doesn't mean he was cleared to play. Plenty of players are 90-95% and still get ruled out because the remaining 5% presents too much risk. The question isn't whether he was close to playing, it's whether the medical staff were comfortable taking that risk. From everything we've heard, they weren't.
Had he played against the Dogs and suffered a setback, he might not only miss Origin, he could miss several games for Parramatta as well. Protecting a player from reinjury isn't automatically prioritising Origin. With hamstrings being so touchy as well you want to make sure he is 110%. By the time Origin is on next Wednesday he would well and truly be right and we have the bye next week so he doesn't have to back-up.
And if we're talking about voluntary decisions, where's the evidence Moses overruled anyone or chose not to play? Everything that came out was that the club doctors advised against it and Ryles made the call.
To me there's a big difference between "95% fit but not cleared" and "fit to play but chose Origin instead."
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