Round 6 Drink Of Choice – Nikka From The Barrell No Ryan Matterson. No Waqa Blake. No Dylan Brown. A 15-year hoodoo hanging over their heads. Coming off their first defeat of the season where they were out-muscled and out-enthused. On paper…
Post Game Grades – Round 6 at Canberra
Parramatta Eels 35 Canberra Raiders 10 Well for starters, the full time siren sounded at 9:25pm tonight, a time also echoing the scoreboard: 35 to 10. That’s pretty cool, right? Hoping for our first win in Canberra since the Bronze…
The Tip Sheet – 2021 Episode 13: Instant Reaction As Eels Storm The Capital (Legally)
The Tip Sheet is also available on Spotify and iTunes. There are wins and there are statement wins. While the Parramatta Eels have three of the former to their name this year they just secured their second…
The Preview – Round 6, 2021: Eels vs Raiders
Game Info Date: Saturday, April 17, 2021 Venue: GIO Stadium, Canberra Kick Off: 7:35PM AEST Referee: Ben Cummins Head-to-head: Played 59, Parramatta 28, Canberra 31 Odds: Eels $2.35 Raiders $1.58 Broadcast: Fox League, Kayo Last Four Encounters: Parramatta 25 d…
The Spotlight – April 13, 2021: Can We Suspend The Match Review Committee?
News has just broken that Dylan Brown has taken an early guilty plea for a crusher tackle and will serve a one week suspension. Cue my outrage! Three short weeks ago there was a media furore surrounding Felice Kaufusi’s tackle…
Team List Tuesday – Smith Becomes A Front Bencher Edition
NRL Team List Not only did the Eels drop their first game of the season on Sunday night but they took a significant hit to their available roster for the crunch road game against the Canberra Raiders. Dylan Brown has elected…
The Tip Sheet – 2021 Episode 12: Joey’s Massive Mail Bag
The Tip Sheet is also available on Spotify and iTunes. The Dragons upset the Eels to hand them their first loss of the season and the boys wade into the post-mortem to see where it went wrong for the blue…
Stats That Matta – Round 5, 2021: Dragons Defeat The Eels
ROUND 5 Sunday 11th April, 2021 Bankwest Stadium Attendance: 24,384 defeat Eels 12 defeated by Dragons 26 Eels Scorers: Tries: I. Papali’I, C. Gutherson Goals: M. Moses 2 from 2 The Eels came back to earth with a thud…
Whisky Musings – 2021 Round 5: Eels Caught Dragon Their Feet
Round 5 Drink Of Choice – Jim Beam Devil’s Cut I am not going to lie folks, this is a weird game to write about. When you distil this game to its simplest form, the Dragons out enthused the…
From The Stands – April 12, 2021: The Sky’s Not Falling But We Need Player Accountability
I might have a wonderful vantage point From The Stands of Bankwest Stadium, but that loss to the Dragons was a tough game to watch. But let’s be very clear about one thing – the sky is not falling in.…