It wasn’t all that long ago that this time of the year was terrible for countless thousands of Eels supporters, my family included. For what seemed like forever, we all sat and watched supporters of other teams get nervous about their…
Bumpers Up – September 6, 2021: Selection Headaches And Great Expectations
Welcome to the 2021 NRL Finals Series. How good is it to have the Eels season once again continue past the regular rounds! Though the expectations of supporters have grown, and there’s nothing wrong with that, it wasn’t that long…
The Tip Sheet – 2021 Ep. 46: Instant Reaction – Rookies & Reserves Stand Tall
The Tip Sheet is also available on Spotify and iTunes! It isn’t often that you can witness a 40-6 drubbing and come away impressed with the losing roster but that is exactly the kind of anomalous result we got in…
Post Game Grades – Round 25 vs Panthers
Parra Eels Reserves 6 Penrith Panthers 40 Tonight, Penrith needed to beat Parra by 144 to claim the Minor Premiership. Weren’t the lads impressive? Particularly in the first half, the lads went out there tonight and did the…
The Preview – Round 25, 2021: Eels vs Panthers
Game Info Date: Friday, 3 September 2021 Venue: Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast Kick Off: 8:05PM AEST Referee: Adam Gee Head-to-head: Played 101, Parramatta 58, Penrith 42, Drawn 1 Odds: Eels $11.00 Panthers $1.03 Broadcast: Nine, Fox League, Kayo Last…
The Tip Sheet – 2021 Ep. 45: BA Rests Stars, Tim Moggridge Chats About Toongabbie Tigers
The Tip Sheet is also available on Spotify and iTunes! News 1:41 NRL Preview 23:26 All Saints Toongabbie Tigers 1:10:27 In a fittingly bumper episode to herald an end to the regulation reason, Sixties and Forty20 go deep into golden…
The Spotlight – August 31, 2021: The Moments That Brought Victory
“ “I think my greatest victory was every time I walked out there, I gave it everything I had. I left everything out there. That’s what I’m most proud of.” Jimmy Connors There are many rugby league matches when you…
Team List Tuesday – Rest & Reserves Edition
NRL Team List Parramatta’s incredible 22-10 victory over the Melbourne Storm in Round 24 did nothing to dissuade Brad Arthur from putting a huge contingent of his stars and starters on ice for the final round of the 2021 regulation…
From The Stands – August 30, 2021: A Dramatic Weekend
What an eventful weekend. The headlines from the Friday night “circus” were unrelenting, so much so that they overshadowed what was arguably the upset result of the season. More on that later. First we have to dig into that upset…