Date: Saturday 9th of April Venue: Pirtek Stadium Gates Open: 10:30am Kick off: 3:00pm (NYC 10:40am, NSW Cup 12:40pm) Head Referee: Adam Devcich Assistant Referee: Chris James Head to head: Played 51, Eels 25, Raiders 26, drawn 0 Head…
Panthers Analysis – What to Expect & How to Capitalise
Following a shut-out of the flamboyant and attacking focused Wests Tigers on Easter Monday, our Eels head into today’s western Sydney derby 3-1 and the potential to top the table at rounds end. If someone propositioned me in December last…
Stat Attack: Preview – Round 5, Eels vs Panthers
As an extension to my usual weekly statistical review post, I have decided to provide the numbers that may help you to select the winner of “The Battle of the West”. It is one of the great local derbies/rivalries on…
Match Preview – Eels vs Panthers (Round 5)
Date: Sunday 3rd of April Venue: Pirtek Stadium Gates Open: 1:30pm Kick off: 4:00pm (NYC U20s 1:45) Head Referee: Grant Atkins Assistant Referee: Alan Shortall Head to head: Played 91, Eels 55, Panthers 35, drawn 1 Head to head…
Tigers Analysis – What To Expect & How To Capitalise
How good was our defense against the Bulldogs last Friday night? Sixties and I were saying in our postmortems that you’d probably have to go back to the earlier years of Brian Smith’s tenure to find a defensive line as…
Match Preview – Tigers vs Eels (Round 4)
Date: Monday 28th of March Venue: ANZ Stadium Gates Open: 1:40pm Kick off: 4:00pm (NYC U20s 1:45pm) Head Referee: Jared Maxwell Assistant Referee: Gavin Badger Head to head: Played 31, Eels 17, Tigers 13, drawn 1 Head to head…
Match Preview – Bulldogs vs Eels (Round 3)
Date: Friday 18th of March Venue: ANZ Stadium Gates Open: 5:45pm Kick off: 8:05pm (NYC U20s 5:50pm) Head Referee: Matt Cecchin Assistant Referee: Alan Shortall Head to head: Played 138, Bulldogs 75, Eels 58, drawn 5 Head to head…
Match Preview – Eels vs Cowboys (Round 2)
Date: Saturday 12th of March Venue: Pirtek Stadium Gates Open: 5:00pm Kick off: 7:30pm (NYC U20s 5:15pm) Head Referee: Jared Maxwell Assistant Referee: Adam Gee Head to head: Played 33, Eels 17, Cowboys 15 and drawn 1 Head to…
Team List Tuesday – Return of the Wicks
Following a relatively positive set of results for the Eels over the first week of action with two wins and a loss in the back pocket it comes as little surprise that there are minimal changes across the three major…
Broncos Analysis – What To Expect & How To Capitalise
Ahh….round one of the NRL Season at Pirtek Stadium. Does it get any more exciting than this? I can already see the sea of blue and gold amidst the smell of deep heat and mid-strength beer, as the sounds of…