On Saturday 21 June the Eels will be hosting 3 matches at Kellyville, inviting the community to get a day's full of footy at the brand new Centre of Excellence.
Kicking off at 1pm will be the Jersey Flegg against the Knights, followed by the Harvey N
Read more…It's the most cliche saying in rugby league: "Defence wins premierships". Yet an effective defensive system has not been at Parramatta since the days of Brian Smith.
Despite having a dominant forward pack for a considerable period of time, Brad Arthu
Read more…The Parramatta Eels today officially opened the $70m Parramatta Eels Centre of Excellence (COE) and Kellyville Memorial Park Community Centre, the largest rugby league training precinct in the world, marking a transformative milestone for the Club an
Read more…There's a growing segment of historians who demonstrate that empires do not rise and fall through a single, decisive event.
Instead small, incremental, sometimes unnoticeable changes are made until the result has already occurred.
The challenge for J
Read more…With the sky apparently falling in as Mitchell Moses is ruled out for up to 6 weeks due to a foot injury, much doom and gloom has descended on Parramatta's 2025 season before a ball has been kicked.
Moses is undoubtedly the talisman and leader of the
Read more…The club has launched Parra Plus - an exclusive premium digital content offering.
The new site is free for all Eels members, with non-members able to access it for $5/month.
Parra Plus features interviews with players, behind the scenes content and t
Read more…You may or may not have seen that the club has announced the creation of the Supporter Group Alliance. I am on this panel and so far our 2 meetings with club representatives have been productive, with our feedback used to assist the club in running t
Read more…Fresh on the heels of a failed bid by former club directors, the 2025 AGM for the Parramatta Leagues Club is fast approaching.
This AGM sees Phil Sim and Mark Jenkins standing for re-election to 2 board seats. I think we all know the passion that Phi
Read more…New Parramatta Eels chairman Matthew Beach undertook his first public function, appearing alongside Jason Ryles, Mark O'Neill and Jim Sarantinos at the member's forum on Tuesday 11 February.
Beach pointed out that the club no longer entertains player
Read more…The SMH is reporting that Dylan Brown's management has circulated an email to rival clubs for an expression of interest in the playmaker.
The five-eighth has a player option in his favour for the 2026 season but is yet to enact it.
The Eels have unti
Read more…The Parramatta Leagues Club is launching a bold bid to establish itself as one of the premier sports and entertainment precincts in Australia.
Artist's impression of the precinct during night games.
Titled Parramatta Live, this bold vision will furt
This morning I received a legal threat from News Corp regarding the reposting of their stories on this site.
Despite the fact the site has operated in its current form for over 15 years, it is now apparently an issue and I have neither the time nor t
Read more…We are continuing to roll out new initiatives to help boost the site. Launching today is the 1 Eyed Eel Newsletter.
Every member will receive an email over the next couple of days.
This will be a weekly newsletter highlighting the Parramatta Eels new
Read more…In the interest of pushing the site forward into what I see as a new era, I am in discussions with Australian companies about sponsorship opportunities in 2025.
While this has centred on the podcast that is being planned, the site itself attracts an
Read more…1 Eyed Eel has set a brand new record for most views in a calendar year.
With 2024 still more than 6 weeks away from being closed out, 1 Eyed Eel has received more than 2.5 million views from 120,000 unique visitors.
It may have been a tough year on
Read more…As HoE kicked off a little earlier this month, we are looking at ways to improve the content of the site.
We have an amazing group of members here who write outstanding blogs and I firmly believe in the independence of our site as a place where Eels
Read more…Jason Ryles takes on the most challenging job in the NRL with the rookie coach assuming the mantle after the dismissal of Brad Arthur.
Within the walls of Parramatta itself and the fan base, optimism is spreading due to a mix of both freshness with t
Read more…With the news that Clint Gutherson has been given permission to speak to other clubs for the 2026 season, it is clear the Eels are well into planning for his successor.
As good as Gutherson has been across his career, there's no doubt he's been cashi
Read more…Jason Ryles becomes Parramatta's first rookie coach since Brad Arthur himself took over the reins a decade ago. And with that, he faces down the prospect of lifting an Eels squad that has severely underperformed since the 2022 grand final.
Facing dow
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