Parramatta Eels 8 Canterbury Bulldogs 2 The Good: The footy is back and the Eels are on top of the table. END POST. Yes, it certainly wasn’t pretty; but you’d be silly to ever knock back an injury…
From The Stands – To Bega With Love (EISS Super Sapphire Trial)
This is a very special issue of “From The Stands”. Regular readers of Shelley’s posts are aware that she lives a couple of hours south of Sydney but gladly travels to Bankwest Stadium and other Sydney venues to watch her beloved…
Whisky Musings – Battle For Bega: Bega the real winner on a day with no losers
Battle For Bega Drink Of Choice – Scotch Duncan’s Whisky In the pursuit of a higher cause the Parramatta Eels and Penrith Panthers transformed their Battle Of The West into the Battle For Bega as Western Sydney rivals took their…
20/20 – All Stars Weekend
Hindsight always makes things easier. I’m Forty20. This is 20/20. Let’s see what we learnt from the All Stars Weekend. The Eels kicked off a loaded weekend of preseason action as they played hosts to the South Sydney Rabbitohs…
20/20 – The Perth 9s
Hindsight always makes things easier. I’m Forty20. This is 20/20. Let’s see what we learnt from the Perth 9s. The weekend junket to the Western seaboard is done and dusted and the North Queensland Cowboys have emerged as the first…
Instant Reaction – CC & Dry: Eels too smooth for Blacktown Workers
It was only one preseason game so the usual disclaimers about trial games are in full effect but the Parramatta Eels launched into a new era in the Canterbury Cup in incandescent fashion as they blew the Blacktown Workers off…
The Spotlight – It Didn’t Define The Season, It Set The Challenge
When you’ve got something to prove, there’s nothing greater than a challenge.” Terry Bradshaw As the dust continues to settle following the Storm’s comprehensive semi-final shut out of the Eels, the formal and informal post mortems are now being…
Whisky Musings – Finals Week 2: Now Comes The Dark Before The Dawn
Finals Week 2 Drink Of Choice – Yamazaki Single Malt And thus the curtain draws on the Parramatta Eels in 2019. Not with a thunderous crescendo but with the slightest of whimpers as the Melbourne Storm romped to a 32-0…
Post Game Grades – Finals Week 1 vs Broncos
Parramatta Eels 58 Brisbane Broncos 0 The Good: I don’t even really know where to begin. My brain is struggling to process what happened today; to be completely honest, I think I’m actually in a bit of shock.…
Whisky Musings – Finals Week 1: The Bankwest Job
Finals Week 1 Drink Of Choice – Okay let’s be honest here. Nothing I own in my collection is worthy of the complete performance that the Eels put on for a rapturous full house at Bankwest Stadium. In light of that,…