Ryles Winning with a $6 Million Roster

Jason Ryles is doing a phenomenal job at the helm of the Eels — and when you break it down, he’s doing it with a roster that’s worth just $6 million out of an $11.5 million salary cap.

That’s nearly half the value of many of our opponents.

Here’s a rough breakdown of the current squad he's working with

  • Iongi – $450k

  • Addo-Carr – $450k

  • Penasini – $550k

  • Russell – $280k

  • Lomax – $600k

  • Papalii – $180k

  • (Footy Dean) – $200k

  • Junior Paulo – $850k

  • Ryley  – $170k 

  •  Williams – $460k

  • Kautoga – $200k

  • Tuilagi – $375k

  • Hopgood – $400k

  • Walker – $400k

  • Doorey – $300k

  • Lussick – $300k

  • Guymer – $300k

That’s approximately $6 million – and that might even be generous in a few cases.

Yet despite being undermanned on paper, Ryles' Eels have not only held their own, they've beaten the Dragons, Titans, Tigers, Manly, and Newcastle. They’ve also gone down narrowly to quality sides like the Sharks, Dolphins, Bulldogs, and Panthers — all in the last 10 rounds as the team adapts to Ryles' systems.

It’s clear: the coaching staff Ryles has assembled is doing a good job. With a full-strength roster and the cap space to build the squad he truly wants, look out. Parramatta is in seriously good hands.

 Also, if we can get jag a win against the Dragons this Saturday then another 2 points with the bye up next,   we'll have a host of players coming back from injury and suspension including

Moses, Sam Tuivaiti,  Moretti, Bailey Simonsson, Ritchie penasini, Ryley Smith most of them due back after the bye. 

A run for the 8 is not out of the question 

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  • Lot of these cheaper contracts are going to be needed to be upgraded so that will take up some of the cap. Iongi Kautago Ryley smith need upgrades for sure. But we should still have money for a few signings 

  • Yeah I love the style of play we are seeing from this Parra team. It's entertaining to watch and a breath of fresh air compared to Parra of the past few years.

    I think there are a lot of diamonds amongst this group of players, namely Iongi, Williams and Smith.

    And I'll add, if we aren't yet, we need to be locking Iongi up long term - and by long term I mean min 4 years before his asking price explodes.

    • Frank the Tank, So right about locking up Iongi for 4 years+. In some ways he reminds me of Tedesco when her first started. Will be a much better full-back than Gutho ever was.

    • Our juniors system is stacked with diamonds atm.

      • True.Lorenzo Talataina could be anything but prob 2 years off.

  • One thing I wouldn't mind that we should be looking to extend Iongi past 2027. Id be hoping we start negotiations asap, and lock him in until 2030 at least 

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    • Good luck trying to get the price right.

    • I'd say that'd have to be on the cards . Another few months and we may very well be finding ourselves in another Galvin situation . 

  • These low standards are the reason we will never will a premiership.
    We are a C+ club at best. We do nothing but fill in the numbers

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