It is a wrap on a tough, disappointing season for the Parramatta Eels but before we fully close the chapter on season 2026 – the Ken Thornett Medal ceremony will celebrate the bright moments and talented individuals who shone in spite of the trials and tribulations this year. With Sixties in live attendance at the banner event, Forty20 will man the console for a fly-by-the seams live stream.
Outside of the live winners from the KT Medal, The Tip Sheet will look at the weekend results and wrap up the small amount of news out of Parradise this week. The wheels are in motion across the wider NRL though as 8 teams gear up for the finals while the cold war between players and PVL gets a fair bit more intense as battle lines begin to be drawn over the controversial set restart era of the game.
So, if positions were reversed. That is the women’s season was over and the men still had a game in the coming weekend, would they take the night of training and attend the club awards night? I think everyone would be highly critical of the men’s team if in the last week of the season they took a night off training and had an awards ceremony. Yet the club think it’s an ok look to do it to the women. Just my take on it though.