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Give us Your 3,2,1s Fellas

3 Moretti, absolute monster loved his game 

2 Ryley, tireless and just all effort

1. Fox ignore the last error great game from him 

What’s going on

Dylan brown might be recalled into the side in the centres but why not simmo? Brown dosent play centre and simmo can.

Hows simmo fallen so out of favour with ryless so quick Ooft.

Game Day Blog R23 v Cowboys: "They're a Dangerous Footy Side" (We Won a Nailbiter 19-18)

The Burramattagal Eels host the Cowboys for Indigenous Round. The Eels have not lost to them at Parramatta for a decade.

The gravevine is buzzing. An excited Dylan Brown returns at centre. The Simonsson Shock. The thunderclouds billowing over Payten

Dylan Brown

Can someone please tell me how he went i didn't see the game

Round 23 Review

Josh Addo-Carr reclaims NRL’s fastest man crown

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-telstra-tracker-data-2025-josh-addocarr-reclaims-nrls-fastest-man-crown-every-clubs-fastest-player-revealed/news-story/f3198ba013169225e77b38ffaddc0b55

Addo-Carr is now officially the fastest man in rugb

Bailey Simmonson requests release

As per fox news

Tino hitting the market

Ryles: A 'Bit of a Shock'

In the round 23 pre-game pressor, Jason Ryles has addressed Bailey Simonsson’s current absence from the Eels, confirming the club has granted the outside back a short leave. Simonsson, contracted until the end of 2027, has been dealing with a difficu

Supporters Group update

We recently had our bi-monthly Supporters Group meeting, getting clarity on a number of questions raised here on 1 Eyed.

Football operations

As I've said previously, we do get some football operations information, but it's relatively high level and w

Dragons v Sharks absolute stupidity from the NRL!!

Sloan competes for the ball on his own tryline , makes a great try saving tackle and not only gets penalised the sharks get awarded incorrectly a penalty try! This once great game is an absolute joke.

Updated Team list - D Brown in

Confirmed by coach Ryles 

1. Joash 

2. Fox Addo-Carr 

3. Dylan Brown 

4. Penasini 

5. Lomax 

6. Football Dean 

7. Moses 

8. Jnr P 

9. Ryley 

10. Hopgood 

11. Guymer 

12. Williams 

13 Walker 

14. De Silva 

15 Moretti 

16. Doorey 

17. Tuilagi 

Poppa's Corner: Options, Management and Current Events

Oddly enough, unlike most, I had no problems with player options.

Sure, they're instruments to get players across the line but they're misunderstood. People on here do not understand them or consider the bigger picture. Options were offered in lieu o

Bunnies loading up for spoon bowls

Union 360 is going to be a big problem for nrl.

That new union 360 competition has offered Jye Gray 920k per season, can't imagine how big the offers will be for the likes of ponga RTS Herbie Lomax. Nrl could be in big trouble lol 

Tune in

The stats don’t lie: Dumping Brown the best coaching decision of 2025

I appreciate we're not supposed to cut 'n paste news articles, but this a good one on Ryles' decision to dump the underperforming Brown and should delight Brown haters everywhere.

The best decision made by a coach in season 2025 belongs to Jason Ryle

Matto open to stay in England

From Zero tackle this morning:

Basically, Matto is saying that he is open to staying in England beyond this year. Whilst he's still contracted to the Eels for 2026, his future remains uncertain.
Apparently, he moved to England to regain enjoyment in h

Round 23 - Team List

Eels legend or never again: The risk in Jason Ryles' "Aggressive Moves"

This is an article similar to what i posted a few months ago. Ryles is doing what many, if no rookie coaches do. He could have had the likes of Lane, Matto, Ofahengaue, Cartwright etc. still playing, let them see out their deals and ease the young ki