Welcome back to another season of From The Stands. Unfortunately, this season of footy has not been so welcoming. Each new year of the NRL is always full of anticipation. And so it was for my family when we arrived…
Post Game Grades – Round 2 vs Tigers
The Cumberland Throw’s patented, award winning post game grades for the Parramatta Eels’ round 2 2025 clash with the Wests Tigers.
The Weekend Wrap – Searching For The Invention Of Fire
Things are decidedly not good in the NRL for the Parramatta Eels. Their follow-up effort to the Round 1 debacle against Melbourne was an insipid, uninspiring, lethargic offering against the Wests Tigers that presented no tangible improvements on a team…
The Spotlight – March 17, 2025: Time For Tough Calls?
Eels supporters have just been through the toughest eight days in recent memory. Yes, it’s early in the season, and we’ve seen teams turn things around in as short as a week, but there are some harsh realities that seem…
The Spotlight – March 11, 2025: Sunday Perspectives And The Departure of Brown
The original intent of this post was to explore two different perspectives about what unfolded on Sunday in Melbourne. Let’s be real. The first half was a debacle, and the worst opening forty minutes of a season from the Eels…
The Tip Sheet – 2025 Ep 17: Instant Reaction, Dylan Brown Accepts Newcastle Mega Deal
The Tip Sheet is also available on Spotify and iTunes! Sixties and Forty20 react live to the news that Dylan Brown has accepted a gargantuan 10-year deal from the Newastle Knights. The boys discuss everything that lead to the decision…
Post Game Grades – Round 1 vs Storm
The Cumberland Throw’s patented, award winning post game grades for the Parramatta Eels’ round 1 2024 clash with the Melbourne Storm.
The Tip Sheet 2025 – Ep 16: Instant Reaction/Autopsy, Eels vs Storm
The Tip Sheet is also available on Spotify and iTunes! It isn’t on the back of a result we ever wanted but tonight TCT venture into new territory as The Tip Sheet goes really instant, live in fact. Join us…
Eels 2025 Pre-Season Training – The Big Review
The pre-season is over, the first Eels team list for the 2025 season is about to drop, so it’s time for me to post my summer training wrap and make a couple of predictions. As most readers would be aware,…
Off The Cumberland Fence Special Series, The Greatest – Part 6: Prop
To this point we have covered off Fullbacks, Wingers, Centres, Five Eighths and Halfbacks. Now we get to a position that might just draw the greatest debate. The position is one for the purists, for the discerning fans who value…