For me the most interesting selection this week is Fuifui Moimoi starting from the bench, and I think it's possible that my long-held desire to see Moimoi as a rampaging second rower just might be set to come to fruition.
Right now, Stephen Kearney
Read more…Pirtek Parramatta Eels captain Nathan Hindmarsh and fullback Jarryd Hayne have both been named to take on the Panthers in the Club’s second and final trial this Friday night at Centrebet Stadium.
After a solid showing in last week’s trial against t
Read more…During the off-season, I've been a little more relaxed in terms of what comments we've allowed on the site, however now that we're kicking into the football season proper, I want to flag that I'm going to be more aggressively deleting comments and bl
Read more…From the official site:
Pirtek Parramatta Eels coach Steve Kearney said there's plenty to build on from tonight's trial loss to th
Read more…The Wests Tigers beat the Parramatta Eels 20 points to 12 tonight to win the Sean Burns Memorial Shield trial match at Gosford's Bluetongue Stadium.
However, it should be noted that as well as missing Reni Maitua and Willie Tonga, who were both not n
Read more…If there is one player, I expect to have his breakthrough season and establish himself as a player of the highest order this year, it is Justin Horo.
There has always been a lot to like about Justin Horo. In particular, he has always had the ability
Read more…In today’s NRL environment, intelligently managing your salary cap is imperative for success and I always view how a team manages it’s wingers and being a critical part of this.
It wasn’t long ago that Parramatta had arguably the best wing pair in th
Read more…In part three of 1Eyed's coverage of the Fan Forum, we look at the questions that were asked, mainly of Stephen Kearney in regard to the club's roster.We haven't included audio in this blog, due to the Q & A format, but we've quoted extensively to tr
Read more…I know a lot of long-time members in particular are always interested in the site stats, and I've only just had a look at the full-year stats for 2011 so I thought I'd share them.
The site was visited on over a million (1,090,000) occasions last yea
Read more…One of my main priorities for the site this season is to really encourage and foster quality Rugby League discussion.
One of the things I'd like to do is get some sort of competition going, where we recognise a 'Top Blogger' during a certain time pe
Read more…1Eyed Eel commences his in-depth season preview going through the strengths and weaknesses of the fullback squad, starting with the fullback position.
At NRL level, the most precious commodity on a football field is space. With space, you have the o
Read more…Over the next week, 1Eyed Eel will bring you all the news and views shared by Stephen Kearney, Luke Burt and Peter Nolan at Friday night's Fan Forum. We start with a look at last year's season and how that has flowed into the pre-season
Asked what th
Read more…Parramatta has no significant injuries concerns coming out of tonight's match against the Wests Tigers.
Both Mitchell Allgood and Chris Sandow suffered concussions. No other injuries were considered serious.
Read more…There may be a few positions for players to tussle over, but at this point you can take from the Fan Forum that Stephen Kearney has a pretty good idea what his top 17 is going to look like already. You can probably expect Parramatta’s first 17 for 20
Read more…Take a look at Parramatta’s 2012 recruitment and one thing becomes very clear - in Stephen Kearney’s book size does matter.
If you look across this year’s squad it’s probably the biggest I can remember. I remember writing a blog post a couple of year
Read more…The first site improvement I'm looking at for 2012 is to create player pages for each of our players. We'll start with current players but over time I'd like to have a page for every player who represents the Blue and Gold.
For each player, we'll pul
Read more…When you try to build a tower, the most important thing to get right is the foundations. Attempt to build your tower too high, without a stable footing, and you’re assured that eventually the whole thing is going to come toppling over.
If at Parrama
It’s probably fair to say that since the Dragons won the 2010 Grand Final with basically an all-anglo team, that there has been something of a kick-back against the trend of Polynesian and Pacific Island players increasingly filling places on NRL ro
Since the AGM, I've been pondering our club structure. I don't think anyone can possibly think the currnt structure makes any sense at all, except perhaps when you get into accounting and financial matters but I keep getting told how hard it is going
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