Jarryd Hayne's break at the end of the match was both recognition of his importance of the team but also just how many minutes he has played this year. "He's played about 15,000 minutes this year, so I gave him a rest. I don't think he has missed a m
Read more…Feleti Mateo and Kris Keating are conspicuous in their absence in Parramatta's side named to meet the Warriors this weekend. The only change to the 17 that defeated the Knights is the shift of Tim Mannah to the starting side in place of the injured N
Read more…From the club: As little as $34 will get family of four through the gates at Saturday’s vital NRL clash between the Pirtek Parramatta Eels and New Zealand Warriors at Parramatta Stadium. The Eels have this afternoon released a special range of family
Read more…Parramatta's NYC side will field their strongest team for many weeks with Anthony Mitchell dropping back to the juniors due to Wentworthville having a bye. Taniela Lasalo and Mitchell Allgood have both served out suspensions and are also back in the
Read more…He may be the baby of an in-form Parramatta forward pack but the performances of Tim Mannah in his debut NRL season have proved he's very much an old head on young shoulders. Eels coach Daniel Anderson has used the 21-year-old mostly from the bench t
Read more…While coach Daniel Anderson is insisting he will use the 17 players named, I feel very confident that Feleti Mateo will play. I have been tapping my sources on the shoulders throughout the week, and I'm not sure if Daniel Anderson even yet knows who
Read more…I started writing this match preview by declaring that I couldn't see anyway Parramatta could lose this one. The Warriors are out of form, missing their captain and most important player and playing away from home. They can't make the finals and have
Read more…Luke Burt said that the Eels are playing as a team again and enjoying their football. Speaking at the post-match press conference, Burt said: ''Obviously Haynesy is the stand-out, but we're all contributing quite a lot." ''We're playing as a team. Th
Read more…Every year around this time, people come out and start bleating out the top eight and how it lets teams who shouldn't be in the finals earn a crack at the title. Right about now, the commonly used example is Parramatta. We shouldn't be in contention,
Read more…If it was Jarryd Hayne and not Greg Inglis at the centre of this latest scandal, what would you be calling for? A suspension, rubbed out to the end of the season, contract torn up?
Read more…I've written a lot these year about how I think the role of the halves/hookers/fullback is changing. Just to recap. as hookers take on more responsibility for leading the direction of play, it pushes half backs into a less important role organisation
Read more…Fellas swearing has gotten right out of hand over last 24 hours. Posts with little else but swearing no matter who its aimed at will simply be deleted.
Read more…Fuifuif Moimoi has been passed fit to play so the Eels are likely to go into the match against Newcastle as named, unless Daniel Anderson has a last minute change of heart related to Feleti's Mateo inclusion. Mateo had been on standby for Moimoi, how
Read more…Official Eels Report The Pirtek Parramatta Eels were swamped by the Newcastle Knights in the Toyota Cup, conceding 10 tries on their way to a 50-22 loss at Parramatta Stadium. The Eels led 10-nil early and 16-10 at half time before being overwhelmed
Read more…AT 2:42pm yesterday, prodigal Eel Timana Tahu returned to Parramatta and declared himself a better player than the one who walked out on a cross-code crusade at the end of 2007. Two years in rugby delivered mixed results for Tahu, who finished up out
Read more…When the new board came in, and then subsequently new CEO Paul Osbourne, all Eels fans hoped for a change for the better. Not just on the football field, but also in terms of how the club interacted with its fans. Over the last few years, as an Eels
Read more…Guys, I'm just letting everyone know that I'm going to be a little more proactive in deleting double posts. So if you see your blog go missing, it will just be that I've deleted it for this reason. I'll try and indicate in the original post that its
Read more…If this season has show us one thing, it's that a bit of tough love never hurt anyone. At various stages, throughout this season Daniel Anderson hasn't been afraid of making the hard decisions. Like dropping Kris Inu. Or Ben Smith. Or like taking the
Read more…Anyone with doubts that this Parramatta side can't make a serious tilt at the Premiership will be reconsidering that position after the Eels demolished the Knights 40 to 8. The Eels dominated Newcastle and were a class above the Knights, who until re
Read more…As the teams in front of them keep falling over, an unbeaten run by Parramatta could place them as high as fifth by the conclusion of the competition proper. With both Penrith and North Queensland going down to the Dragons and Storm respectively toni
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