Not even a bout of gastro was keeping this Eels supporter from watching the game on Sunday. With my phone perched on pillows, among water bottles and me barely cogniscent enough to switch Kayo on, I still somehow found the strength to cheer on the Bl
Read more…Do you know how long I've been wanting to write that headline? It's my favourite headline and appeared on an advertisement on the Eels team poster from 1986.
That wasn't pretty and the Eels could pay dearly for that win with possible suspensions hang
Read more…Much has been written of the Roosters' form this season and their lack of luck on the injury front. They're not the Cooper Cronk-led behemoth of 2018 and 2019 but they remain one of the toughest and most consistent teams in the competition.
However,
Read more…As little as two years ago, on this very site, many were tipping the team to either miss the top eight or just scrape in.
How times change. In just two years the Eels have gone from "maybe top eight" to "top four and Premiership smokeys".
It's a comf
Read more…You'd be forgiven for sensing Parramatta Eels fans were quietly puckering and unpuckering in the lead up to kick-off with the side's capitulation to the Dragons two weeks ago still fresh in their minds.
A well constructed win against Canberra gave Pa
Read more…The NRL is dealing with another sex tape scandal after it was confirmed a player from the Parramatta Eels was recorded having sex in a toilet cubicle.
In a statement the club said neither the player nor the woman involved were aware they were being r
Read more…No one beats the Eels in Canberra nine times in a row and gets away with it.
The Blue and Gold travelled south to what has been a veritable graveyard since 2006, with the challenge of defeating a premiership heavyweight in front of them.
The last ti
Read more…Having seemingly ignored the warning signs from Easter Monday when the Parramatta Eels managed to hold off the Wests Tigers despite continually inviting them into the contest, the Blue and Gold's old Mr Hyde personality re-emerged in full force.
The
Read more…The family of young Eels prop Dave Hollis have been devastated by the recent floods.
The flood covered both the house and surrounding farm with the family estimating it will cost at least $100,000 to rebuild.
The Eels community has come together in t
Read more…And just like that, the first month of the NRL season has been run and won.
The Eels sit equal first on the ladder with cross-town rivals Penrith both undefeated.
Parramatta kicked off with a tough, come from behind victory over Brisbane following a
Read more…In what would normally be a weekslong war of words, posturing and campaigning, the Parramatta Leagues Club AGM flew by under the radar on the weekend.
With the Eels fresh from their Thursday night triumph over the Storm, the Leagues Club AGM was perh
Read more…Rain has been coming down all day in Parramatta. Sometimes it's been drizzling, other times so hard it becomes difficult to see. You could be forgiven for thinking the Parramatta river has rapids such is the speed and ferocity with which it is moving
Read more…Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. What better way to describe Parramatta's split personality on Friday night?
One half spent imploding with passes going to ground, balls spilt, tackles missed, ground given up easily and an ineffective kicking game. Another hal
Read more…Mail and online voting will be closing soon for the Parramatta Leagues Club AGM which includes the election of two directors.
Mail in votes and online voting must be completed by 5pm AEDST 10 March 2021.
For those who either can't vote online or by
Read more…It’s Thursday the 12th March 2020. The sun is setting over the western grandstand of Bankwest Stadium as the Parramatta Eels prepare to open the season and face their traditional rivals the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs.
Sitting in the crowd in the K
Read more…The Parramatta Eels put in an impressive performance on Thursday afternoon, defeating the St George Illawarra Dragons 28-6 in their first trial hit out of the year.
The Eels started the game with NRL-experienced players Joey Lussick, Isaiah Papali'i,
Read more…Parramatta Leagues Club candidate Dennis Fitzgerald is a Director of competing club The Epping Club.
Fitzgerald has told the Sydney Morning Herald he believes he has plenty to offer PLC, however it seems a conflict of interest if he is a director of
Read more…Following last year's finalising of the all new Parramatta Leagues Club constitution and Board including 1 Eyed Eel founder and former supreme leader Phil Sim, members will be heading back to the polls.
The AGM will be held on 21 March 2021 at 10am w
Read more…The Parramatta Eels named 28 players to their NRL squad in late 2020. The club will need to add two more players to reach the required 29 players by the start of March as Daniel Alvaro has since departed, while the club will need to fill its 30th spo
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