Each day, in recording my training notes, I try to be as factual as possible. Readers want some level of assessment, so an element of the eye test and/or gut reaction also has to be included. So when I wrote…
Eels Pre-Season Training – January 10, 2025: A Few Lock-Ins?
As the footy component (scrimmages) increases during the field sessions, that battle for spots in the pack, on the bench, and on the wing, continues to intensify. Right now, when it comes to those specific positions, and based on what…
Eels Pre-Season Training – January 8 & 9, 2025: Scrimmages Ramp Up
Here’s a TCT special for you today – two training sessions in the one update. To be candid, the reason for that is that the Wednesday field session was very light – less than an hour and very little physical…
The Tip Sheet – 2025 Ep 01: Who Improves The Eels The Most?
The Tip Sheet is also available on Spotify and iTunes! 2025 kicks off with The Tip Sheet welcoming in a new guest host as Chris Ricketts joins the show. Sixties and Forty20 get straight into the action with Chris as…
Eels Pre-Season Training – January 7, 2025: The Work Ethic
Before commencing this report, I have a request to any content creators who read these updates. I don’t mind content from The Cumberland Throw being used elsewhere. However, it’s common courtesy to provide credit to the source. I know that…
Eels Pre-Season Training – January 6, 2025: Welcome To The New Year
What a day to return to preseason – the sun blazing and the mercury already hitting the low 30s by mid morning. And of course, a return to training after a break meant just one thing – testing! The players…
Old Year, New Team; Boldly, Blindly Tipping Parra’s Round 1 Team
As we collectively sit in the death throes of another year, waiting to ring in the new calendar on the back of fireworks and festivity I can’t help but notice it is a Tuesday. The opportunity only comes around once…
Special Editorial – TCT Enters Its Tenth Year: My Eels Highlights & Headlines Since 2016
Back in December 2015, The Cumberland Throw commenced its coverage of all things Parramatta Eels, Behind the scenes it had been a “noses to the grindstone” endeavour to ensure that the content was available from Day One, and so we…
The Spotlight – December 26, 2024: Round 1 Eels Wingers?
Here’s what we know about round one. The Eels are playing the Storm and Josh Addo-Carr won’t be available due to suspension. You can therefore lock in Sean Russell for NRL selection. Here’s what we don’t know. Will Bailey Simonsson…
The Spotlight – December 24, 2024: Posing The Papalii Question
The Eels acquisition of 20 year old former rising Bulldogs star, Joash Papalii, poses one critical question. How should he be utilised? The response is simple if you don’t consider him ready for his NRL debut. He’s young so you…