Is there anything in rugby league more beautiful than watching the big blokes ripping it up on the footy field? Though the aforementioned question is, in my mind, rhetorical, I’d have no shortage of punters echoing my sentiments based…
Eels 2021 Junior Reps – Notes From The Penrith Trial
It’s not really footy weather, but with the NSWRL Junior Representative Program due to kick off on February 6, it means January trials. The Eels Harold Matts and SG Ball squads concluded their season preparations with a clash at Windsor…
Eels Pre-season Training – January 22, 2021: This Is Serious Mum
The heat was on at Kellyville on Friday morning ladies and gentlemen, and that’s not a reference to the uncomfortable weather conditions. As we march towards, well, March, we knew that the sessions were only going to ramp up. And…
Eels Pre-Season Training – January 18, 2021: Fergo And Sivo Star
This is the day that I’ve been waiting to report. The day when both Maika Sivo and Blake Ferguson stamped their presence on an Eels session. What do we want from our wingers? Energy, power and metres in the kick…
Eels Pre-Season Training – January 15, 2021: Junior and Browny Return To Dunster Double
The plan: the most demanding session thus far this preseason. The method: based on a no excuses philosophy The outcome: goals met With warm ups complete, word filtered through to us that this could be a big session for…
Eels Pre-Season Training – January 13, 2021: The King Has Spoken
“The hard work’s the easy work.” So sayeth King Gutho. After yesterday’s lighter field session, the squad was building into today’s conditioning when Mitch Moses turned to Gutho to enquire about the times he was running. After supplying the requested…
Eels Pre-Season Training – January 11, 2021: The “Reagal“ Returns
Can you smell what’s cooking? Yeah, the weather is warm, there’s plenty of beach time left in this summer, but the footy season is getting closer. The signal for that today came with the return of Reagan Campbell-Gillard and Clint…
Eels Pre-season Training – January 8, 2021: Does Opacic Solve The Centre Question?
From the time that Michael Jennings’ NRL future became tenuous, the focus on his likely replacement at Parra hasn’t waned. A myriad of opinions on potential signings or selections have been offered, and everyone, punters and paid scribes, have…
Eels Pre-Season Training – January 6, 2021: Here Comes Some Boom
Nobody gets out of the 1.2km fitness test! Not even if you’re one of the best-conditioned athletes in the club, your name is Dylan Brown and you were exempted from Monday’s session. With his team mates calling out “Byron” the…
Eels Pre-Season Training – January 4 and 5, 2021: Fergo Returns
How was your Christmas and New Year? If you’re anything like me, the combination of wet weather and COVID restrictions made for a fairly quiet festive break. For the players, two weeks away from organised preseason training came a…