Pirtek Parramatta Eels centre Timana Tahu plays his 150th game this weekend when the Eels travel to Townsville to take on the North Queensland Cowboys this Friday night.
The old adage it was a 'game of two halves' has never truer than it was today, and the oranges break may just come to be remembered as the corner that the Eels took to turn their season around.
The Eels knocked over Souths 22 to eight to give Nathan
According to a recent study by Parra & Dise, the mental anguish brought about by supporting a losing football team is enough to make grown men and women regress as far back to their childhood states.
Parramatta is being written off for dead and buried, but there were signs of life last night as they produced their best 80 minute game of the year despite the 24 to 14 loss in front of an impressive Monday night crowd.
Daniel Mortimer is set to get his first start at halfback for this week's critical clash against the Raiders, playing alongside Kris Keating who will finally get the chance at proving himself in his preferred role of five-eighth.
This week I'll be putting my hard-earned down on the Eels to win the Premiership. Now before you dismiss this as the rantings of a one-eyed lunatic, I will note that I have only bet on the Eels to win the comp twice. I backed them last year at more
The CFMEU Canberra Raiders have named 19 players for Monday nights clash against the Parramatta Eels, with Troy Thompson and Brett Kelly added to the team which lost to the Wests Tigers on Sunday afternoon.
The Pirtek Parramatta Eels welcome back injured stars Luke Burt and Ben Smith this week for their game against the Canberra Raiders on Monday, April 12, at Parramatta St
If you've been around here a while, you will know I've always been a fan of Brendan Oake. He's always been an absolute doer, who tries his guts out every week and has always played well above his weight.
Despite having claimed to have secured the contract of Fuifui Moimoi, the Eels prop is yet to sign on the bottom line and has been linked with the Bulldogs and the Warriors.
Parramatta CEO Paul Osborne was so confident that he had secured a two-year
Pirtek Parramatta Eels captain Nathan Cayless will become the first player to captain 200 games for one club this weekend when he leads the Eels against the Cronulla S
Reports that Kris Keating is as good as signed with the Bulldogs are off-the-mark, with the Parramatta half remaining firm with his desire to concentrate on football rather than contracts at this stage of the season.
"Where have i said you said it ? However you did say we shouldve paid Brown and seem to be insinuating that we stuffed up by not paying Brown dumb money as you claim we cant replace him.
What are we trying to replace out of curiosity ? As the…"
"Just looked it up , during the 40 year premiership drought, we havnt qualified for the finals 24 times, right about now id even take Jarome Luai if it helped us lol..........oops we did lol"