I believe, and history proves it, the Eels small window of success ( early to mid 80s) was achieved from a core group of experienced players combined with a group of young superstars that came through our junior systems. Throughout the past 25 year
Parramatta coach Jason Ryles has described the signing of Jonah Pezet on a one-year deal as the “perfect storm”, an arrangement he believes will benefit all parties. The Eels on Wednesday officially announced they had secured Pezet for 2026, before h
From Zerotackle: In a boost for Parramatta on the brink of the emergence of R360, Winger Zac Lomax is set to stay at Parramatta for the upcoming 2026 season. Eels GM of football Mark O'Neill reiterated he has an existing contract.
Michael Chammas said a while ago they are looking to add a centre, a second rower and a middle. And with now the 6 jersey looks to be sorted with this year Pezet and the next year Joash or Lorenzo who else do you think they could target, if they are
Parramatta Eels forward Ryan Matterson had a deal in place with the Gold Coast Titans for a move there, however the deal has now reportedly fallen through. Details as to why the deal fell through are not available. It means the 189 NRL game veteran w
Junior was inspiring for Samoa yesterday. Have you ever seen him so fit? Of note, was he was also wearing the 13, presumably playing lock. The last time he wore a 13 in the NRL was...never. Not that long ago there was much not
Welll that was quickly put to bed. Be interested to see which forwards JR keeps and which ones he lets go to accomodate the juniors coming through the grades.
Random topic of day, haven't really watched much of the international games that have been on and not much interest in them at all other then avoiding injury to our representatives. How can the nrl make these games mean more ??
Bailey Simonsson was lost. For a while. He had to look in the mirror and have a heart to heart with Jason Ryles who understood exactly where he was coming from — as reported by Foxsport who quoted an Simonsson interview with the SMH.
"Meh. Now Simonsson will get injured in pre-season.
I am not worried as long as Bailey is back in form and fit. He'll add enough for us not to feel the loss of Zac, and Zac's form was not the best post-origin when we picked form ourselves.
We do…"
"The main thing Lomax offered was work rate and metres.
Ryles has to kick Penisini up the arse and tell him it's his job to get back and take 2nd hit up. Pennisi is a good ball runner, it is probably his only strength so he can really earn his keep…"
