In a huge day for the Eels as they dropped the new 2026 jerseys, the big news from the training track was not about any star performances, but rather the return of more players, including Ryan Matterson. Though the former…
Eels 2026 Pre-Season Training – November 22, 2025: Surprise Saturday Session
In a change to normal routine, Friday’s field session was moved to early Saturday morning as the squad moved towards a very different week ahead. Like last year, players will be undertaking a few days of work next week, so…
Eels 2026 Pre-Season Training – November 20, 2025: JAC & Jack Are Back
The ink from signing his contract extension was barely dry, but the Foxx was revved up and ready to trot at Eels training today. Wheeling his personalised party box speaker to the sideline, Josh Addo-Carr immediately brought his trademark energy…
Eels 2026 Pre-Season Training – November 18, 2025: Kelma’s PB
Last week I informed readers that both Sean Russell and Luca Moretti set new PBs with their Broncos runs. I’ve just learnt that I’ve done a disservice to Kelma Tuilagi who also set a new Broncos Run PB on his…
Eels 2026 Pre-Season Training – November 17, 2025: Competing
The Lomax is now the Gomax. Momax is now Nomax. And the fallout on Monday morning at Kellyville? Well, there was a bit of a media presence around the community centre (The Today Show?), but the vibe that I got…
Bumpers Up – November 16, 2025: Hold The Presses, Lomax Gone
No time for a long preamble. I was only part way through this post when the proverbial about a certain winger hit the fan. My devices are blowing up right now. Time to jump in – bumpers up! Lomax…
Eels 2026 Pre-Season Training – November 14, 2025: Fridays Mean Defence
I spent a bit of time trying to decide how to write this session up. One of the first decisions is always how to report on what the team is doing that isn’t giving anything away in terms of intellectual…
2026 NRL & NRLW Draw Reactions
NRL Draw Quick Hitters The Eels open their account with a brutal month facing premiership heavyweights in the Storm, Broncos and Panthers. That brutal opening month includes and then gives way to a monstrous window of opportunity as…
Eels 2026 Pre-Season Training – November 13, 2025: A Couple Of PBs
Here we go Eels fans. The incumbent first grade players are increasing in number with four more players hitting the training fields today. It was a huge welcome back for Kelma Tuilagi, Luca Moretti, Sean Russell and Dylan Walker who…
Eels 2026 Pre-Season Training – November 11, 2025: Rapid Fire Session As Stars Are Near A Return
As the players and staff hit the training track on Tuesday, a few of them let me know that it was a big session coming up. They weren’t wrong. Given that there were only around a dozen players out on…