STATS THAT MATTA ROUND 20 Sunday, August 4th 2019, Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Crowd: 9,645 EELS 12 (Tries: M. Sivo, D. Brown. Goals: M. Moses 2 from 3.) Defeated DRAGONS 4 (Tries: M. Ravalawa. Goals: G. Widdop 0 from 1.) I’ll…
Post Game Grades – Round 20 at St George Illawarra
Parramatta Eels 12 St George Illawarra 4 The Good: Well, we won. Oh and 4 points is the lowest scored we’ve kept an opposition to since Round 22, 2018 when we beat also the Dragons at ANZ Stadium,…
From The Stands – The Blame Game
The blame game – the act of pointing the finger at others to explain your shortfalls appears to have found another home. Thankfully it’s not at the Eels. Some of the actions and reactions to last Saturday highlight why our…
Whisky Musings – Round 19: A Treatise On Refs, Royalty & Righteous Victory
The NRL is fake. Every result is fixed. Every game is scripted. Vince McMahon sits in gorilla at every game calling the shots live. The Eels only completed their fairytale run to a breakthrough title in 2009 because the NRL desperately…
Post Game Grades – Round 19 vs Warriors
Parramatta Eels 24 New Zealand Warriors 22 The Good: Well, we held on to win by 2 points, and that’s worth celebrating. I thought once again our halves were excellent, and we are all of a sudden making…
Post Game Grades – Round 18 at Manly
Parramatta Eels 24 Manly Sea Eagles 36 The Good: I thought I’d do this week’s The Good in alphabetical order: Ethan Parry debuted and scored a try. We didn’t actually get flogged in the end. END OF LIST. The…
Whisky Musings – Round 17: Streaks, A Streaker And Steak Dinner As Eels Sweep The Tigers
Round 17 Drink Of Choice – White Heather Blended Scotch Whisky Don’t look now but with a weekend of results largely falling their way and a solid victory over the Wests Tigers in the books, the Parramatta Eels are now…
Post Game Grades – Round 17 at Wests Tigers
Parramatta Eels 30 Wests Tigers 18 The Good: For the first time since 2017 – that’s 3 wins in a row, baby! Despite a less than perfect performance, the Eels did what they came to do: spoil Benji Marshall’s…
From The Stands – Hello Resilience, I’ve Missed You!
How good was that! There would be many items on Parramatta’s list of necessary improvements, but the number one on my list – resilience – was finally delivered against the Raiders. Not since that finals loss against the Storm in…
Whisky Musings – Round 15: Parramatta find their steel in trip to the Top End
Round 15 Drink Of Choice – Balvenie Double Wood 12YO Forget the string of explosive victories over the likes of the Bulldogs, Tigers, Dragons or Broncos…Saturday night easily marked the most significant victory on the 2019 campaign trail for Brad…