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The preseason has arrived! It is far from a full attendance of roll call for the Parramatta Eels but J’maine Hopgood heads a class of talented prospects at Kellyville as Jason Ryles spearheads his second preseason at the club. The Tip Sheet explores who is getting a chance to make their mark early on as Forty20 leads the discussion about the young players hand picked by Ryles.
Jonah Pezet is finally an Eel, albeit for the single season, while Matt Doorey and Elsie Albert have extended their stay at Parra as the NRL and NRLW rosters continue to take shape. Abbi Church shone for Australia on debut and ended up bagging player of the match honours as Parramatta’s fullback starred for the Jillaroos.
There is almost too much NRL news to cover this week but the show powers through as much of it as possible headlined by the disgraceful Eli Katoa situation.
Nice debut for Luca off the bench. 👍🏻
See Kevvie is sticking to the same squad as the first two tests. The squad that struggled to put away the poms.
Of course it is purely coincidental that the six players who have not played a game are all NSW players. Kevvies reasoning is none of those players would have been able to improve the Kangaroos stuttering attack.
The jury I’m on remains out on his coaching calls.