Eels Blogs

FOXSPORTS' SHORTLIST OF SIX AND THE CASE FOR McDERMOTT

From an article in Foxsport, as discussed on the NRL 360 panel.

Foxsport believe the Eels have narrowed the canditated to a six-man shortlist: Michael Maguire, Jason Ryles, Josh Hannay, Trent Barrett, Michael Cheika, and the "sixth man", Brian M

Brian Mcdermott is our man

Most Parramatta Eels fans would not know the name Brian Mcdermott, most would definetely not know his credentials within Rugby League. Perhaps its time we unmasked the name that keeps popping into some conversations as a Head Coach.

Here is a snippet

Official Statement: Bailey Simonsson out for 2024 Season with ACL

https://www.parraeels.com.au/news/2024/06/04/injury-update-round-14/Bailey Simonsson has been ruled out for the remainder of the 2024 season with a knee injury. The outside back has suffered a torn ACL which will require season-ending reconstruction

Clint Gutherson's 200th on Monday

Congradulations to our captain on 200 NRL games on Monday. Overcame many adversities early in his career and now here he is. In time since his debut he has captained us to a GF and played for NSW 4 times. Over the years we have seen nothing but consi

Parramatta Eels begin interviewing for head coaching role

Cheika, Ryles and Hannay were sho

FROM TRYING TO BURN DOWN A XF FALCON WITH A PETROL CAN TO FAKING INJURY , ERIC HAS DONE IT ALL

Parramatta Eels legend Eric Grothe reveals he faked injuries to get out of playing games at the height of his playing career

Most impressive and disappointing: Round 13 v Cronulla

Back to winners list and feels different. I had a feeling all week leading up we were going to do well but it was dependant on how Moses was feeling, if there was rust and if it limited how he played. But it looked like he hadn't missed a week. Trent

Hargreaves offered fine for head high shot

17 v Dogs (updated with injuries) 🤣

Gutho 

Sivo 

Penisini 

Blaize 

Russell 

Brown 

Moses

RCG 

Hands

Paulo 

Kelma 

Carty 

Hopgood 

Offa 

Lane 

Grieg 

Lussick ? 

any changes ??

Jacob Tago

Wow looks impressive he needs to be given a shot. 

Thoughts on Barrett keeping the job lol ?

SMH Article: You’ll never guess which NRL club is performing best and worst - off the field

There were a few eye-brow raising results for the best and worst performing clubs off the field. Enough to make Groucho Marx and Tim Mannah proud.

It is based off the NRL's "Benchmarking Document" for the 2023 financial year which does an apples fo

Hands

How good was Hands?

Crisp service from dummy half, made over 50 tackles.

So much more cohesion and direction, obviously the return of Gutho and Moses was a huge shot in the arm.

Lussick has played his last game for the eels in my opinion.

Injury Updates - Simmo out of the season? Matto out indefinitely

Channel 9 reporting Simmo has done a partial tear of his ACL which may rule him out for the season. May help if we want to keep him at the club.  

Matto has been suffering from headaches and dizziness since the broncos game. Week to week proposition i

Win against the Sharks

What a great win against the Sharks. 

I think thats the best they have played since the Hayne days and I can't recall them playing 
that well under Brad Arthur's tenure.

Their teamwork was outstanding. It looked as if Moses had free reign to play the ga

3,2,1

Been a while since we have been able to do this 

3 - Moses >  Jeez we missed him

2 - Gutho > Captains knock

1- Hands > was dong everything needed of him. Crisp and quick service. Led the line speed. Cleaned up tackled. Strong first contact. He had a big

What our new coach is up against and will have to deal with

So I will be the first to say that I supported BA for his entire time at the Eels, until earlier this season when Moses went down and the entire team fell appart. The Panthers, Roosters and Storm don't completely fall appart no matter how many player

Eels Member Hat Vote

Often our Eels membership caps are hit and miss.

Well Eels members can now have their say on the 2025 Eels member cap design.

Eels members received an email this morning from the club, allowing them vote for 1 of 3 hat designs for next season and be

I've seen this given a try before.

I Miss Brad Arthur NOT

Finally no Lussick.

How good is it to see us play free flowing footy instead of mind bending boring footy