What constitutes good leadership? In the world of the NRL, it’s historically been a metric commonly associated with the team captain. “Strong” captains were celebrated as being important components of successful teams. Leaders like Arthur Beetson, Steve Mortimer and Wally…
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the silly season. That first day in November, when players contracted until the end of the following season are suddenly permitted to negotiate with clubs twelve months in advance, is soon to arrive. Of course,…
Even at the height of finals footy, it seems that the media and the public can’t get enough of player market speculation. In the wonderful soap opera of the NRL, the all too frequent “early release” seems to be dominating…
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…
Date: Saturday, September 21, 2019 Venue: AAMI Park, Melbourne Kick Off: 7:40pm Referees: Ben Cummins, Grant Atkins Head-to-head: Played 36 Eels 13 Storm 22 Drawn 1 Odds: Eels $3.00 Storm $1.40 Broadcast: Fox League, Kayo Last Four Encounters: Storm 64…
Prior to the start of the 2019 season, only the most optimistic of Eels fans rated Parramatta a chance of playing finals football. And that was fair enough. On the back of a wooden spoon season, the Blue and Golds…
I am not even going to try to describe what it was like sitting in the stands last Sunday because if you happened to be there you will never forget it and if you could not get in no words…