There was more than a hint of a looming, defining moment for 2026 for the Eels through Round 7. A disastrous outing against the Titans had them at, if not leaning over, the precipice. They needed something special amidst a ludicrous injury toll that is only spiraling with every passing game. With the celebrations and draping of the 40th anniversary of the 1986 premiership they delivered a statement win against their fancied arch-rivals in the Canterbury Bulldogs.
Sixties and Forty20 suffer through the whiplash of perhaps the most embarrassing Parramatta effort in recent seasons just last week followed by one of the legitimately all-time great displays of courage and pure grit from the Blue & Gold as they rose above a killer injury toll to deliver staggering haymaker after haymaker. It was the very definition of Parra Proud.
Join the boys live from 7:30PM as they break down all the key moments from the brilliant win, unfortunately including even more injury concerns heading into Round 8.
Well done lads, you showed you have great pride in the badge in front of parra legends, after some shocking performances this year, we hope this is a sign of things to come
Kudos to the coaches and team. That was a mighty effort to get a win (and a convincing one at that). Will be a good boost to their confidence and now manly looks gettable without turbo.
Congrats to Saxon on debuting – worked hard and went after it. Araz was solid for 2nd game as well
What a remarkable attitude change.Putting the right players in the right positions made a hell of a difference . Guymer and Williams were outstanding. Young fellas really stood up. No six again until the 24th minute, makes it a different game. This is what makes you follow the blue and golds.
Very proud of the entire team and extended coaching staff here; backs to the wall stuff.
They showed that if you do the simple things well for the 80 mins you can win; think we looked more direct too. Great result….
Shame if we lose another two players – Smith and Volk?
Cannot pick just one player but all deserve the spoils here – well done and I hope we can get one or two back. Our leaders all aimed up which is great and is just what we need each week.
Smith will be hard to fill and hearing sternum.
Oops i meant to put MILO not Moses.
You had me going for a bit. Very cheeky Milo!
Well done.
Finally Ryles decided to play Williams on the edge and Walker on the bench and what happened?
He doesn’t want to play juniors but Twidle and now Saxon Pryke comes in and kills it.
Poor old Saxon was completely spent at the end there.
I wasn’t a big Naraz fan but he was huge.
The biggest difference was that the referees have obviously been told to wind the 6 against back and what a difference it made !
Let’s hope it never comes back.
You work hard and things go your way we got exactly what we deserved today because we completely out worked Canterbury.
I hope that the titans was a final line in the sand moment in terms of non negotiable effort.
While we’re riddled with injuries we’ll get outclassed from time to time but if the effort and desires there we’ll push most teams
This is why we follow the Eels. The crazy unpredictability of them. The euphoria of the win. The mad anxiety that it is just possible they will blow a 20 point lead with 10 minutes to go. On this occasion they were fabulous, all is forgiven and hope blossoms again.
The old hands were great and the new boys had terrific moments. Nothing quite like a win against the Dogs. Unless it’s one against Manly. Or maybe the Riff. For the most part, loved the defence.
A victory to savour for a week! Hey boys, how about two in a row.
I’ll take back my questioning about the coach. That’s what a coach can do ….. should do. Get a team up.
Well done Parra!
Maybe Mitch should learn from today’s Challenge. I bet he will.
Great effort … they silenced the Bulldogs!!!
Running hard and tackling hard for 80 minutes takes you a long way.
The turnaround in effort was remarkable from last week. It was good to see such a response, obviously for the result, but more importantly to show they have pride in the jersey. It was an effort win that can only happen when a team is committed to each other.
Ryles had a good week – Walker off the bench and Williams on an edge were outstanding. JDB also did his role in the first 20.
Best game from Junior for a while and also Penisini.
Time to go again, this is now the standard.
Good to see a gusty performance. Last weekend was a stain on the club and on those involved.
You don’t expect clincial play for 80 minutes with so many players moving around due to injury. so it was good just to see a commited performance.
Thankfully the Dogs barely showed up with Kikau putting in 5 or 6 runs for the game and old Josh ‘Blue Light Disco’ Curran on the other side dropping balls left and right. Their forwards smashed us for 5 minutes then put the cue in the rack. No big bad bombs from Burton, no offloads to advantage, they were average.
Individuals:
If i was in the points game, I’d give 3 points to JAC. He lays so much ground work with his enthusiam. His hit ups are strong and defensively he is awesome. Supports his centre every week – no matter who it is.
Jnr had a strong game, Alot of people would give him points, i would hope he would decline them after his lack of effort last week as a leader.
Volkman had a great first 60 minutes and ball struggled to find him in the second half.
Penisini was very good with his ruck work. His defence remains diabolical.
Joash – Someone finally told him to look where he passes. He still had a few clangers and he looks awkward looking where he passes, but its a start..
Guymer is a trooper. What a shock – Walker back to tbe bench made a difference.
On to Manly next week. Today means nothing if we go back to a performance like last week at Manly.