When I was tasked with choosing my team of the best Eels to never win a premiership post-1986 I dabbled…nay, I delved heavily into the sub-topic of best nicknames. Sports always produce a wonderful bag of endearments and epithets and…
Team List Tuesday – The Greatest Eels To Never Win A Premiership (Post 1986)
Sixties kicked off this unique celebration of Team List Tuesday by assembling the list of the greatest Eels to never win a title prior to the breakthrough campaign in 1981. He has since tasked me a similar responsibility to compile…
Instant Reaction – The NRL Shuts Down
Well shit, where do you start with this one? We always knew it was coming. As each and every single professional sporting competition bent the knee to the rampaging threat of COVID-19, the NRL put on a brave front and…
Whisky Musings – Round 2: Fast Finishing Eels Hammer Injury Ravaged Titans
Round Drink Of Choice – Black Douglas Deluxe What a bizarre game – fitting of these crazy times really. The Eels started in red-hot fashion as they raced out to an early 12-0 lead, seemingly shaking off all their struggles…
Team List Tuesday – COVID Operations Edition
NRL Team List As the NRL, and indeed the world, stagger from day-to-day amidst the all engrossing hysteria of COVID-19, Team List Tuesday has arrived and as of now Round 2 is scheduled to go ahead. Brad Arthur has socially…
Live Blog – District Representatives Round 6 vs Western Suburbs Magpies
Harold Matthews Parramatta Eels Western Suburbs Magpies 1 Patrick Spence 1 William Craig 2 Suliasi Aho 2 Ofele Lene 3 Charlie Guymer © 3 Joshua Leiataua 4 Declan Murray 4 Raiden Crowe 5 Josh Lealaiauloto 5 CJ…
Whisky Musings – Round 1: Parramatta Power Thrash Canterbury-Marricksville Olympic 8-2
Round 1 Drink Of Choice – Dimple 15YO Well, bad National Soccer League jokes asides that was the game we were all probably expecting, even if it wasn’t what we were hoping for, as the Parramatta Eels grimly battled…
Team List Tuesday – EELS-20 Edition
NRL Team List If you close your eyes and focus as hard as you can on the distant noises in your proximity you can almost make out the sound of the opening whistle of Round 1 of the 2020 NRL season.…
Whisky Musings – Battle For Bega: Bega the real winner on a day with no losers
Battle For Bega Drink Of Choice – Scotch Duncan’s Whisky In the pursuit of a higher cause the Parramatta Eels and Penrith Panthers transformed their Battle Of The West into the Battle For Bega as Western Sydney rivals took their…
20/20 – All Stars Weekend
Hindsight always makes things easier. I’m Forty20. This is 20/20. Let’s see what we learnt from the All Stars Weekend. The Eels kicked off a loaded weekend of preseason action as they played hosts to the South Sydney Rabbitohs…