Eels Blogs

Poppa's Corner: We made a mistake, lets admit it, move forward; and it looks like we are overrated!

This heading is probably something we don't like admitting to. Yes it implies criticism but I don't want to start looking for blame or scapegoats, just accept it and move on.

The main issue in my mind is the "Pezet" experiment. It hasn't worked and t

Timoko given the tap to explore options

Should we have a crack at Matt Timoko, they have let him explore options. He is the kiwi center. Has flaws in his game, but under new structure Ryles can improve him

Where do we see the EELS finishing?

Just eager to see where everyone thinks we will place on the table come season end?As of now, I have us between 6th-10th, just depending on injuries and how much our middle defence improves throughout the year. Another factor is if we unearth some yo

The Story Of Colonel Jack Argent

When Parramatta ran out onto Cumberland Oval on 12th April 1947, one of the men in the crowd of 5,266 supporters was Jack Argent.

One half of the two Jacks that had built Parramatta achieved his goal of seeing a local side in the New South Wales Rugb

Charlie Guymer send off

I know we won, but the Jacob Liddle "strip" penalty at the 24:21 to go mark needs to be called out as a failure of the ref's knowledge of the rules.

A penalty restart cannot legally occur until the referee has officially designated the mark. Yet, as t

Sneaky ploy which makes Panthers defense so good.

Willie Mason is onto something. The Panthers give away a set restart on the first tackle if they lose the contact. They value getting their line set, and not allowing the opposition any momentum that they're prepared to give away a 6 again on the fir

Crystal Ball Time: 2026 Predictions for the Parramatta Eels

It might have been Kerry Packer who once said words to the effect: if you can get more than fifty percent right, you’ll be King of the World. Alas, there could be some Nostradamuses among us.

Will we make the finals and keep improving? What are the

Hopgood acl

JR press conference

Time to throw good $$$ for Mariota

Lookin at our starts, meterage, dominance etc. 

Enter Ata Mariota (Canberra), the samoan at 24 can be what we need. Unsigned for 2027 onwards. Lookin at the market good size props lack. Good years in him. If he was in stickys plans, he would have been

This guy free to speak to other clubs soon

Thats how lacklustre the people running recruitment and retention roll. Our best prop, yet he can talk to other clubs in a few months,  and were extremely short on go forward props.

When he was only signed until 2027, I honestly couldn't believe it. A

Iongi breach notice

Nrl statement saying Iongi has 5 days to respond to nrl breach notice but they haven't said anything about what punishment is. Even if it's 1 game panthers gonna flog us so can put Joash in 🤣

Jonah Pezet so far

Only 3 games into his eels career, plenty of ups and downs from Pezet but for the most part he seems a solid young half. His defence needs a lot of work but not sure moving to Brisbane and facing all of that pressure is going to help him. Looks like

J'MAINE HOPGOOD Salary cap relief

Would anyone be able to clarify if Parramatta would be entitled to salary cap exemption for Jmaine hopgood, I am certain if a player is out for the season due to foul play than that club can ask for salary cap relief to cover the loss of a player, ca

Surprise surprise

Ryles confirms no interest in Xerri

Reporter "You seem to be linked with everyone that pops up in the open market, do you have any interest in Bronson Xerri?"

Ryles "Not at all"

Reporter "Are you happy with your current centres and wingers"

Ryles "Yes"

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I'm pretty sure he's

Samrani 6-8 weeks🥺💔

With shit outside back depth alomoti or McLean whoever's on that side.It ain't gonna be pretty🥺

Araz or Kelly would prob be the options.Hopefully whoever's there does a job and locks down there edge and gets good ball to simmo.

Game Day Experience

I know someone posted on here a while ago asking for feedback etc etc. I thought they did an excellent job yesterday and I'm so glad they dropped that god awful techno version of enter sandman. The atmosphere yesterday was really good. I love how Ent

How do we shape our forward pack for the rest for 2026

3 games this year have all had one thing in common. Paramatta have started all games horribly as they have been rolled through the middle by the opposition with ease.

This has resulted in JDB being dropped. However, JR said JDB still has an important

Game Day Blog R3: Danger Game as Desperate Dragons Hunt First Win (Hard Fought 30-20 Win)

UPDATE: Jack Williams starts at prop. Dylan Walkers starts at lock. Hopgood goes to the bench. Jason Ryles confirmed Jack De Belin, who has been cut this week against his former club, needed to work on some areas of his game in attack and defence bu

Eels V Dragons 3-2-1

What a sea sawing game, with the referee really trying to influence the result. Some desperate digging deep in defence and working under fatigue coupled with some very very bad ball play by the Dragons has let us take the 2 points. So much more impro