What a month! Parra has surely experienced one of the busiest Novembers in recent memory. Barely a day has gone by without some club news, be it huge changes to preseason training, roster additions, player retentions, and a new jersey…
The Spotlight – December 1, 2024: Who Will Captain The Eels In 2025?
The vacancy sign is flashing over PARRAdise following the departure of the King, Clint Gutherson. In what will be one of the next big calls of his tenure at the Eels, Jason Ryles will appoint a new captain to his…
Eels Pre-Season Training – November 29, 2024: Gasnier Arrives At Kellyville
Welcome to PARRAdise, Mark Gasnier! Given there are now three former star Dragons players on the coaching staff, and a current Kangaroo from the Gong making his way to Parra, a new moniker of Eelawarra might be apt. The news…
The Tip Sheet – 2024 Ep 111: The Boys Pick Up The Tools
The Tip Sheet is also available on Spotify and iTunes! The NRL team has spent a week on the tools as Jason Ryles goes old school in the preseason. The Tip Sheet looks at what the boys have been up…
Eels Pre-Season Training – November 26, 2025: Putting The Parra Puzzle Pieces Together
As an outsider, watching the preseason thus far is like trying to put the puzzle pieces together. There’s no Mitch Moses, Zac Lomax, Isaiah Iongi or Jack Williams, and key players like Dylan Brown, Bailey Simonsson and Will Penisini are…
Off The Cumberland Fence – November 27, 2024: Eels 2025 Season Draw
Welcome to my first post under the banner of “Off The Cumberland Fence”. After putting a couple of articles under my belt, the first on the departure of Gutho, and the second about the jersey release, future columns will feature…
Eels Pre-Season Training – November 25, 2024: Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It’s Off To Work Eels Go
There’s already been some Eels media around this, but to clarify, Eels players are working out in the community for the first three days of this week. And just like clockwork, the weather ramps up to summer level with the…
Eels Pre-Season Training, November 20, 21 & 22: Players Responding To The Learning Environment
This report compiles three training sessions into the one post. Hopefully it also illustrates how one session builds on the previous. As a former teacher, I’ve found the structure and content of this early part of the Eels preseason to be…
The Tip Sheet – 2024 Ep 110: EGM Fizzles Out As Preseason Sparks Up
The Tip Sheet is also available on Spotify and iTunes! After a long and very public build up, in the end the EGM amounted to nothing with the dissidents failing to meet the threshold for a quorum. The Tip Sheet…
Eels Pre-Season Training – November 18 & 19, 2024: What Does The Fox Say!
I’ll make this guarantee about Josh Addo-Carr – you’ll always know when he’s out on the field! The work started early on Tuesday morning and the Foxx provided the big energy in the skill drills. It would be no surprise…