In a bygone era, our wonderful code of rugby league was littered with clubmen. For the uninitiated, these were players who, regardless of what grade they were selected in, became club stalwarts giving their all for the team. Many were…
From The Stands – The Absolute Square Up
There are a few things that I have come to both love and know as absolutes when watching our wonderful game from the stands. The first is that I expect referees to make up for mistakes they make, or think…
Team List Tuesday – No Waqa, No Cry Edition
NRL Team List Here we go again. Manly and Parra. The stakes are plenty high with both clubs looking to mount an assault on the Top 4 with this Sunday’s clash looming as a pivotal encounter. The Parramatta Eels,…
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…
The Preview – Round 17, 2019: Eels vs Tigers
Date: Sunday, July 14, 2019 Venue: BankWest Stadium, Parramatta Kick Off: 4:05pm Referees: Gerard Sutton, Adam Cassidy Head-to-head: Played 39 Eels 22 Tigers 15 Drawn 2 Odds: Eels $1.70 Tigers $2.20 Broadcast: Foxtel, Nine, Kayo Last Four Encounters: Eels 51…
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…
Post Game Grades – Round 15 vs Raiders
Parramatta Eels 22 Canberra Raiders 16 The Good: In the soaking humidity of a Darwin Saturday night, the Raiders managed a Chernobyl-like meltdown, and the Eels were good enough to take advantage of their nuclear capitulation. Prior to…
The Preview – Round 15, 2019: Eels vs Raiders
Date: Saturday, June 29, 2019 Venue: TIO Stadium, Darwin Kick Off: 7:35pm Referees: Matt Cecchin, Jon Stone Head-to-head: Played 59 Eels 27 Raiders 31 Drawn 1 Odds: Eels $2.15 Raiders $1.73 Broadcast: Foxtel, Kayo Last Four Encounters: Raiders 19 Eels…