My only concern with Jarryd Hayne coming into the side at centre, is - if we get the old Jarryd back, will he see enough of the ball to have the kind of impact on the game he is capable of.
I am still of the mind, that he shouldn't play fullback, and
Read more…The Parramatta National Rugby League Club is pleased to announce the signing of Jarryd Hayne for the 2018 season.
Jarryd has today expressed excitement at the prospect of returning to the Club he supported as a child and resuming a relationship wit
As of yesterday, it became blatantly clear that Jarryd Hayne is on his way back to Parramatta. After weeks of rumours, denials and then more rumours, Hayne was granted a release to return to “western sydney”. For those of you a bit slow on the uptake
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A 1Eyed Eel poll of Parramatta supporters indicates that an overwhelming majority would welcome back Jarryd Hayne with open arms.
With just short of 500 responses, 70 per cent of 1Eyed Eel visitors voted in favour of Jarryd Hayne returning to the c
Over the past few years, Parramatta has developed playing structures that play to their strength; ie getting the ball to the edges where we've had Semi Radradra, and in some case Bevan French waiting for the ball.
However, if you look at the likely P
Read more…Up for grabs: 1Eyed Eel master punter honours.
Tip 3 horses.
5 points if you tip the winner
3 points for second
1 point for third
If you pick it exacty right you get double points (ie if your first tip wins, you get 10 points)
I will start with:
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Parramatta is prepared to pay Jarryd Hayne between $500k and $600k as part of a single-year offer that will force the former Eel to prove his worth on the field, according to a report in The Australian this morning.
The Australian's Nick Tabakoff rep
Read more…Former Parramatta chief executive Scott Seward has been described as the man "pulling the strings" during the club's salary cap scandal, a court has been told.
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/exparramatta-boss-scott-seward-pulled-the-s
Read more…Just got an email from the club where my new membership "account manager" introduced herself to me.
Potentially a fantastic initiative is if as a member, I have a personal contact for any issues or problems I face. I guess in terms of execution it w
Over the weekend, Mark Pigram left me a voicemail message regarding various complaints he was going to make about this site, and then he called back to let me know that a raft of former board members "who all have one thing in common, they hate your
Read more…To my mind, the best two hookers in the competition are Cameron Smith and Jake Granville. You know, they both play for the two teams that made the grand final.
It continues to astound me how how under-rated attacking hookers are in Rugby League. Year
Read more…I'm writing this blog off the back of the earlier Angus Crighton blog. Crighton, without question, is going to be one of, if not the hottest off-contract players in the market, if Souths can't manage to tie up him well before his contract ends next y
Read more…So without going into details, I've had a pretty rough couple of weeks personally and to be honest, the site has been the last thing on my mind, but having just gotten back to Sydney, I've had a few messages in my inbox, that I believe warrant my ann
Read more…When I figured out that some travel I had to undertake for work was going to mean I was going to miss the first two semi's plus the constitutional reform EGM, I was pretty damn annoyed. Like you all, I've waiting along time for finals - so I was pret
Read more…I made a comment earlier in the year, that I thought the one thing that Brad Arthur had to achieve this year was to get Sioasia Vave up to starting prop standard. My one recurring doubt about this side, has just been that we lacked that little bit of
Read more…A lot of players copping flack in NSW for last night's effort, but for me, I think it was the most crystal example of why Queensland have dominated for more than a decade.
And that's Cameron Smith.
Again, NSW forwards are copping it, but Peats bog-st
Read more…I've been wanting John Folau to move into the forwards for a couple of years now, and he's done so recently and is reportedly have something of a resurgence as a second rower. Last week, he made the ISP Cup team of the week.
With his official stats
Read more…Today, I've launched a new website - Orf Seezun. (Shameless thieving of Col's terminology).
The site is going to serve two purposes.
First and foremost, it's an opportunity for me to test out the latest version of the platform that 1Eyed runs on. As
Read more…I just wanted to drop a passing blog, congratulating Matty Eisenhuth on getting picked to make his NRL debut for the Tigers.
Parra (and Wenty) junior who has never given up on making the NRL despite having to jump around a few clubs and battling inju
I know there are a few other blogs floating around on this topic, but I've not had a chance to write a blog for a very long time, so I'm going to start my own. Sorry!
I truly believe if Clint Gutherson takes over the nine, Parramatta has a crack at t
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