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…
Live Blog – District Representatives Round 3 vs Sydney Roosters
Henson Park is the venue this week as and while I will be bringing you the updates from the Harold Matthews and the SG Ball but can also catch Sixties on the official NSWRL live-stream as he co-commentates the Andrew…
Live Blog – Jersey Flegg Trial vs South Sydney Rabbitohs
Team List A 1) Sean Russel 22) Solomone Naiduki 3) JP Nohra 4) Emanuel Tui-Gerrard 5) Josh Tuipulotu 6) Clayton Fualalo 7) Jakob Arthur 8) David Hollis 9) Kyle Schneider 10) Sam Hughes 11) Peni Tohi 12) Charbel Tasipale…
20/20 – The Perth 9s
Hindsight always makes things easier. I’m Forty20. This is 20/20. Let’s see what we learnt from the Perth 9s. The weekend junket to the Western seaboard is done and dusted and the North Queensland Cowboys have emerged as the first…
Live Blog – District Representatives: Round 2 vs Cronulla Sharks
After kicking off the District Representatives in the distant reaches of Canberra, the juniors now return in full force to Ringrose Oval to face a traditional rival in the grade – the Cronulla Sharks. While the Eels notched a win…
Live Blog – Perth 9s Day 1 + Pre-Game Show
The important portion of the preseason begins in earnest tonight with the start of the Perth 9s. Parramatta, one of the premier clubs in the abbreviated format, have named an exciting line-up which has them installed as tournament favourites alongside…
Parratroopers – Can the Eels’ 1st Airborne Division completely break a new rule?
For one reason or another the NRL seemed hell bent on introducing changes to its rule-set largely for the sake of change in 2020. It was always going to be a matter of when and not if we would see…
Instant Reaction – CC & Dry: Eels too smooth for Blacktown Workers
It was only one preseason game so the usual disclaimers about trial games are in full effect but the Parramatta Eels launched into a new era in the Canterbury Cup in incandescent fashion as they blew the Blacktown Workers off…