Externally all the talk about this team has been about their incredible underdog status. How they have surpassed all expectations and how their run to the grand final has defied all belief. Yet when Simaima Taufa leads her team onto the hallowed…
The Preview – Grand Final, 2022: Eels vs Panthers
There’s nothing like a Parramatta grand final week. One hundred thousand dormant Eels fans awoke Saturday morning and raided Peter Wynn’s Score ready to get loud and proud about the mighty Blue and Gold. The NRL Fan Fest may as…
The Tip Sheet – 2022 Ep 89: Special Edition, Roads To The Grand Finals
The TIp Sheet is also available on Spotify and iTunes! The Tip Sheet goes live from Jacks Bar & Grill one final time before it is all settled on the decisive Sunday of the season. Sixties and Forty20 retread the…
The Tip Sheet – 2022 Ep 88: The NRL & NRLW Grand Final Previews Feat. Bernie Gurr
The Tip Sheet is also available on Spotify and iTunes! And then there were but two games left. A Grand Final a piece in the NRL and NRLW for the Parramatta Eels. Two bids for rugby league immortality on the…
The Tip Sheet – 2022 Ep 87: Grand Final Fever Dreams With Spiro
The Tip Sheet is also available on Spotify and iTunes! The biggest week in three and a half decades is well and truly underway for the Parramatta Eels as they prepare for a brace of Grand Finals in the NRL…
Team List Tuesday – Hollywood Ain’t Got Sh*t On The NRL/W Edition
The next time you watch some schlock from Hollywood and scoff at how unbelievable the story line, how contrived the plot is to set up a seemingly impossible pay off – think first about the NRL this weekend. On the…
The NRLW Preview – Grand Final Qualifier, 2022: Eels vs Roosters
Only one club has achieved the same season NRL/NRLW Grand Final double up until this point. Given the unparalleled success of the Brisbane Broncos in the NRLW you could be forgiven for thinking instinctively of them. Rather it is Parramatta’s…
The Preview – Preliminary Final, 2022: Eels vs Cowboys
It has been a while since the Eels have made week three of the NRL finals, and I’m a bit lost for what to do. I’ve watched replays of the Storm and Panthers wins, as well as the Raiders game…
The Tip Sheet – 2022 Ep 83: The Double Grand Final Qualifier Preview Feat. Bernie Gurr
The Tip Sheet is also available on Spotify and iTunes! We arrive at the week of the Grand Final Qualifiers and the Parramatta Eels find themselves with not one but two teams looking to blaze trails into their respective showcase…
Team List Tuesday – Historic Double Edition
The Parramatta Eels punched their ticket into this week’s Grand Final Qualifier in memorable fashion with their 40-4 dismantling of the Canberra Raiders last week. There were no signs of nerves (even if Mitchell Moses had them earlier in the…