Eels Blogs

Eels new head of performance

With the Rugby guy Blair Mills heading back to nz, seems like Matty Jay will.be taking his position. 

3,2,1s fellas ?

3. Iongi, prob not much debate on this one 

2. Hopgood - continues his good form in the middle. 

1. Williams, great as usual can't say a bad thing about the bloke

SMH Article - Moses looks to Yeo captaincy style for composure.

Was doing some reading an article popped up talking about Moses looking at how Yeo handles being Captain and dealing with the officials. Apparently he's going to try be more in control of his emotions and more composed. We'll see if that actually hap

Eels Round 26 Team VS Warriors (Friday @ 6pm Go Media Stadium, Auckland)

Brandon Smith arrest video

Exclusive video of Brandon Smith's arrest on the Gold Coast. 

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/17Ebt46omH/

Are our second rowers locked down?

Kit Kat and Williams.
im pretty good with them,Should we still be in the market for a second rower or nah?

Kick to Lomax worked v chooks ?

Just watching back some of the game from the weekend, 3 of our tries came directly from the kick to Lomax and a few others became contests for the footy. My only real issue with the tactic is the amount of energy Lomax would be using to chase and con

Michael Chammas: Cheese Allegedly Bought Drugs For Roosters Team Mates

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-star-accused-of-drug-supply-inside-knowledge-in-betting-crime-20250825-p5mpo2.html

Bailey Simmonson back in reserve grade

What's going on with Bailey Simmonson?

Has he had a change of heart. Seems strange he's named after he was given permission to leave 

Injury report: Richie Penisini MCL

RIchie Penisini has only hurt his MCL, it was feared it could be an ACL so good news.

https://www.parraeels.com.au/news/2025/08/26/nrl-injury-update-round-26/

Who gets the final 8th spot..

With 2 Rounds left I have 7 teams locked in not sure of the order 

But as stands the ladder is and with 2 rounds left here is who plays who.

1:Canberra - (H)Tigers (A) Dolphins

2:Melborne (H) Roosters (A) Brisbane

3:Bulldogs (H) Panthers (H) Sharks

4:Warr

Metres per run. We must improve!

I had an inkling that our run meters for our sets were average to poor and after some number cruching. It's proven true.

Don't know if it's going to be recruitment of a big Bopper or the physical improvement of our current forward pack but we need to

Brandon Smith charged by Qld police with drug and betting offences

The Courier-Mail has confirmed Smith, a South Sydney Rabbitohs player, has bee

Poppa's Corner: True Believers Come on Down; Unicorns Unite

Some people need to reflect on their thoughts and comments on how much we would have been beaten by tonight.

I mentioned upon reflection that the disappoinment of last week was part of us learning. If we had won last week, we would probably not have

Game Day Blog R25 v Chooks: Baba Yaga (Eels Impress in boilover 30-10)

UPDATE: We upset the Chooks 30-10. We hustled, hunted in packs. Pressured the Roosters into imploding. Roosters made 11 errors completing 1/9 in the last twenty minutes when the game was on the line at 20-10. 

Last week, the Boogeyman struck again.

Signing

I have heard Jack bird is close to signing a two year contract with us from 2026. I'm not sure how I feel about this

Name your top 10 players,

Moses and Ryles praise Joash defensive work.

Little note from the presser, Moses and Ryles both full of praise for Joash and his work on the defensive side of the ball. Seems like that's what they mostly want from him at this stage. Keeping his game very simple in attack and focusing on reading

3-2- 1 Go the mighty Parramatta Eels

3. Moses 

2. Williams 

1. JAC 

Great performance, well done Ryles and the coaching staff

Spoon avoided.

With the eels win and titans loss, the spoon is no longer a possibility. 🍾 🥳😂