To Our Players And Staff, Last night two quality football teams provided the rugby league world with 100% of themselves for 80 minutes. The result was one of the most enthralling finals matches on record – played over 1400km away…
Bumpers Up – September 6, 2021: Selection Headaches And Great Expectations
Welcome to the 2021 NRL Finals Series. How good is it to have the Eels season once again continue past the regular rounds! Though the expectations of supporters have grown, and there’s nothing wrong with that, it wasn’t that long…
The Spotlight – August 31, 2021: The Moments That Brought Victory
“ “I think my greatest victory was every time I walked out there, I gave it everything I had. I left everything out there. That’s what I’m most proud of.” Jimmy Connors There are many rugby league matches when you…
Bumpers Up – August 27, 2021: The Victory And The Challenges
Finally the Eels returned to the winners’ list. There was no street parade. No dancing in the streets. In retrospect we should have taken our last opportunity to perform some sort of victory jig outside of our front doors, because…
The Spotlight – August 23, 2021: The Truth About The Parra Fade Narrative
What is a narrative? Basically it’s a story, or a telling of events, that can be either factual or imagined, depending on its purpose. Then there are those occasions when fiction is strangely interpreted as fact. Any actor who’s been…
Bumpers Up – August 13, 2021: Making Sense Of It All
Every Eels fan knows the value of a Parra story. Good or bad, the moment that the old Blue and Gold is featured, reads are guaranteed. Even so, it’s been some time since we’ve seen the level of frenzy currently…
The Spotlight – Trust The Process Of Parra Footy
It’s time for a reset. There’s no disguising the performance of the Parramatta Eels in their humiliating loss to an injury riddled Roosters. A blunt assessment would equate it to watching the 2021 Bulldogs at their worst. Honestly, lining up…