If you wanted to stay warm and dry, Old Saleyards was not the ideal place to be this morning. A TCT aquatic vehicle was almost required to venture down to Eels training on a day when I had to double…
Eels Pre-Season Training – November 26, 2018: Pushing Limits
The team’s down on the scoreboard. The opposition has had repeat sets on your line. They earn another drop out. How do you handle it? The ball finally comes your way. You get to the kick. How good is your…
Eels Pre-Season Training – November 23, 2018: The Hit-Out
I was thinking of beginning this report with an anecdote about today’s weather. This would involve a recount of how the gales blew over the observation stand at Old Saleyards, so the filming had to be captured from on top…
Eels Pre-Season Training – November 21, 2018: “A Solid Sesh”
Have you ever been pushed to your physical limits? Some readers might know exactly what that feels like. Many might not. Today there must have been a number of Eels players who could answer that question. This was two hours…
Eels Pre-Season Training – November 19, 2018: The Buy-In
For most supporters, the break between seasons feels like an eternity. For the Parramatta Eels players, they’ve now commenced Week 4 of the pre-season. Time flies for professional footballers. I have to confess – the pre-season arrived just in time…
Eels Pre-Season Training – November 16, 2018: Who Can Take The King?
Thank goodness it’s Friday. I’m not so sure that those words would have been foremost in the minds of the Eels squad as they hit the training paddock today. It’s unlikely that they’d be celebrating too much tomorrow either! This…
Eels Pre-Season Training – November 14, 2018: Set For Set
Wet conditions greeted visitors to Old Saleyards this morning in today’s pre-season field session. The temperature was relatively cool but the drizzle would have kept the humidity quite high for a solid two hours of training. Both fields were in…
Eels Pre-Season Training – November 12, 2018: Superfreak
With the week long camp in Armidale now behind them, the Eels returned to home turf at Old Saleyards today. The weather was particularly kind in what would turn out to be a field session of just over two hours…
The Spotlight – The Rugby League Media
There’s a question I’d like to pose to our readers. It’s something that’s been a source of internal conflict for me, and no doubt for other supporters. Over recent weeks, the Parramatta Eels have featured regularly across mainstream and social…
Eels Pre-Season Training – November 2, 2018: Off And Running!
Hello torture, my old friend…. It’s November, and that means it’s time for the Eels pre-season training reports to kick in. And to clarify – these reports aren’t making comparisons to other clubs and their preparations. Every NRL squad will…