They may have just fallen short of bringing home the two points, but Parramatta’s mighty effort to hold the competition heavyweights - St George - to a 14 all draw just may mark this side’s growth into a team that will hold its own against any in the
Read more…It was deja vu when Parramatta again went down by two points to Newcastle in a wet, low-scoring affair at Newcastle that almost mirrored precisely last year’s contest.
In miserable, slippery conditions, the Eels absorbed plenty of early pressure aft
I'd really like to see Parramatta follow through on all the talk of retaining our best young talent and start making some announcements about who we're retaining.
Let's start with Taniela Lasalo - who again was outstanding tonight. Taniela has been
Read more…If I had to pick one single positive aspect from this year so far, it's the fact that Parramatta has strung together two hard-fought, gutsy wins at Parramatta Stadium.
I'm sure all ticket holders got to the point where they were not just sick of th
Read more…Spoke to the big fella last night and he's still eight weeks away from being ready if he doesn't get any more setbacks.
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THE PIRTEK EELS received a boost today with in-form prop Shane Shackleton cleared of any major damage to his right eye, with medical staff confirming he is likely to be fit for this Saturday’s clash in Newcastle.
Shackleton suffered a corneal abras
Read more…I think Jacob has proved he definitely deserves to hold down that centre position coming into next year. Quite amazing the progress he has made on his defence over the last month. Still has a few errors in his game, but I think the club can confident
Read more…The Parramatta Eels take on the Cronulla Sharks tonight at Parramatta Stadium.
Please note: I'll be at the game tonight, so full match review will be delayed but posted to this thread when complete.
Read more…It’s no secret that, to date, Parramatta’s 2011 season has lurched along. There have been periods of greats promise; complete, miserable drubbings but mostly Parramatta’s performances have fallen somewhere between the two - good periods, followed by
Read more…Parramatta Eels utility Tom Humble is free to play this weekend, after his provisional sentence was reduced to end today.
Both Humble and Brendan Oake were last year found to have a returned a positive sample to the drug Methylhexaneamine and have b
Hi guys,
Just a heads-up, I'm asking the mods to be more aggressive in removing duplicate blogs. From here-on in, if there is a straight duplicate the second blog will be copied into the first (where appropriate or if not we'll just note that we've
Read more…RYAN MORGAN & CARL WEBB RETURN FOR THE PIRTEK EELS
THE Pirtek Eels welcome back Ryan Morgan this week following a serious pectoral injury to Joel Reddy which is likely to sideline the 25-year-old for the rest of the season.
Reddy will have scans
Read more…Bit by bit, Stephen Kearney's plan for the future is starting to crystallize.
Over the next two years we can expect to a score of 1. Hayne 6, Roberts, 7. Sandow. I would expect Hayne to move to six after that, with the club making a play at a retur
Read more…The trend in modern day Rugby League for a good number of years in relation to halves has been to move away from the traditional first receiver, second receiver and for the halves to instead play either side of the ruck.
That has resulted in the fu
Read more…Jarryd Hayne's exclusion from the opening NSW Origin team, in my view, could be the best thing for both Hayne's career and the Parramatta club.
What is clear is that Hayne will struggle to represent either NSW or Australia in the fullback position
Read more…Has anyone ever seen a game where a side's halfback touched the ball as little as Jeff Robson did tonight.
Robbo had NINE touches all night. Thurston had more touches than both Robson and Mortimer combined. Robbo kicked the ball three times.
Seri
Read more…Terrific game by Loko I thought tonight. I think he just secured his NRL position for the rest of his career.
Read more…FULLBACK Jarryd Hayne returns to the Pirtek Eels side for this week’s Round 10 clash against North Queensland following a two-match suspension.
Coach Steve Kearney has made minimal changes to the side which went down at WIN Jubilee in Round 8, with
