With the 2027 season approaching, I’m keen to hear everyone’s thoughts on the Parramatta Eels’ estimated salary cap position and projected Top 30 squad (my best estimate)?
Fullback - 2
- Iongi
- Papalii
Wing - 3
- Addo Carr
- Simonsson
- Kelly
Centre - 3
- Penisini
- Samrani
- Nanva
Five-Eighth - 2 (1)
- Luai
- Volkman
Halfback - 1
- Moses
Front Row - 7 (1)
- Paulo
- Williams
- Leniu
- Moretti
- Tuivaiti
- Brown
- Talagi
Hooker - 2
- Da Silva
- Smith
Second Row - 7 (1)
- Su’a
- Kautoga
- Guymer
- Doorey
- Funa Luta
- Latu
- Pryke
Lock - 2
- Hopgood
- Edwards
Total - 29/30 (3)Â New Signings
Development Contract
- Talataina
- Fletcher
- Petrus
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Forget about Joash. He's finishedÂ
Same with JAC, he is done.
Joash and Addo gone
Papalii ain't staying I don't think.Â
Also Talagi is not top 30.Â
Take these 2 outs, and assume Addo-Carr stays, we have 27/30. THe additions are clear:
1 winger, 1 center, 1 fullback. Winger and Fullback can be backup quality, but center needs to be good. Can we get that center for 2027? Unlikely.Â
I think Ryda might top 30.
You don't need to be a rocket scientist to work out that we need outside backs, immediately!Â
Howarth plus one or 2 of the B's in 2027/8 would be nice: Best, Bostock, Blaize (achilies), Burton.Â
No thanks to Blaize, he will never be 100% after that sort of injury
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A decade or two ago, yeah achilles is hard to come back from. Now? Not so much. In the old days ACL's were a death sentence for athletes. Now players come back just fine.
To that i agree we do not grab Blaize, not til 2028 anyway. He will miss most, if not all of 2027.
Maybe Junior is our back up fullback/centre/winger.Â
Because I hate what I see in this list.
Middles are coming out of our ears. Backs? dear lord.