After a two week sabbatical for the Eels squad and staff, today marked Day One for the second half of this most important pre-season. Judging from the two hours plus on the field this morning, there was no easing into…
Finalising The Eels Roster – Who Fills The Remaining Top 30 Places?
Don’t bother speculating about the Eels Round 1 team. There might be an abundance of NRL team previews on offer over the coming months, but the pundits will vary little in their crystal ball prognostications. Assuming that Waqa Blake is…
Ryan Matterson – Elite Workhorse Or Impact Forward?
When the Eels finally confirmed 25 year old Ryan Matterson’s signature in early November, there were sighs of relief that the Eels had finally filled the glaring roster hole created by the departure of Manu Ma’u. Manu had been a…
Reagan Reigniting – Finding The Old Reg, Unleashing The New
Changing clubs via a five year deal is a massive gamble. It might even verge on the absurd when it involves gaining an early release from a recently signed long term contract with the team that’s been your home for just…
Merry Christmas To You & Happy 4th Birthday To Us
Exactly four years ago, The Cumberland Throw was born. We were just a small group of wide-eyed youngsters determined to share our passion for the Eels with fellow supporters. Fortunately, we found an equally passionate readership which has continued to…
Eels Early Pre-Season Report Card – With Team List Predictions
We’ve now completed the pre-Christmas component of the preseason and things are just beginning to take shape. The return of Michael Jennings and Clint Gutherson to training in the last week or so means that the currently contracted players are…
Eels Pre-Season Training (And Flegg Trial) – December 18, 2019: Big Wednesday
Christmas is nearly upon us, and today Santa paid a special visit to Eels HQ. His gift? Well, Santa did look suspiciously like Trent Elkin, and from what I could see there must have been around 30 blokes in Blue…
Eels Pre-Season Training – December 16, 2019: Welcome To Your New Home
Every story has a beginning. When you’re talking about a club with over seventy years of history, that might seem like an inappropriate cliche to use. But when the setting is a new training base that will eventually be one…
Eels Pre-Season Training – December 11, 2019: The Toughest Session In Recorded History*
Is it possible to compose a suitable introduction to this report? Maybe I could have created a witty simile? Perhaps I should have referenced something topical? I really wanted to write an opening to this post which didn’t read like the…
Eels Pre-Season Training – December 9, 2019: The Gang’s (Almost) All Here
That’s more like It! The return of Junior Paulo, Kane Evans, Mitch Moses, Brad Takairangi and Nathan Brown meant that the squad was close to full strength today. With only Michael Jennings and Clint Gutherson yet to return to the…