Less than two months ago, the Eels were in the middle of a four match losing streak. Predictably, the media launched into the hackneyed “coach sacking” narrative, and names like Brad Fittler, Shane Flanagan and Paul Green were touted as…
Bumpers Up – September 21, 2021: Finals Fallout
What a match! I can’t recall too many finals to compare with the intensity and standard of what the Eels and Panthers provided for eighty exciting minutes. Similarly, I can’t recall many clashes during the NRL era where a…
Whisky Musings – 2021 Finals Week 2: 10 Things I Hate About You, NRL
Drink Of Choice – Lagavulin 16YO It isn’t often that you can salute a team that is eliminated from the finals two weeks before the grand final but the Parramatta Eels find themselves in that kind of rarefied company following…
An Open Letter To Our Parramatta Eels
To Our Players And Staff, Last night two quality football teams provided the rugby league world with 100% of themselves for 80 minutes. The result was one of the most enthralling finals matches on record – played over 1400km away…
From The Stands – September 14, 2021: A Good Knight Leads To Preferred Date With Riff
Well that was fun. No one can ever say that being a Parra fan is plain sailing and last Sunday proved to be no different. My only expectations for my team are always based on effort. If they put in,…
Post Game Grades – Finals Wk 1 vs Knights
Parramatta Eels 28 Newcastle Knights 20 We won, and live to fight another day in Season 2021. The Parramatta Eels are just 3 wins away from a Premiership. Hey, great kickoff, Gutho. I gotta be honest, I…
From The Stands – September 7, 2021: Finals Footy
It wasn’t all that long ago that this time of the year was terrible for countless thousands of Eels supporters, my family included. For what seemed like forever, we all sat and watched supporters of other teams get nervous about their…
Bumpers Up – September 6, 2021: Selection Headaches And Great Expectations
Welcome to the 2021 NRL Finals Series. How good is it to have the Eels season once again continue past the regular rounds! Though the expectations of supporters have grown, and there’s nothing wrong with that, it wasn’t that long…
Post Game Grades – Round 25 vs Panthers
Parra Eels Reserves 6 Penrith Panthers 40 Tonight, Penrith needed to beat Parra by 144 to claim the Minor Premiership. Weren’t the lads impressive? Particularly in the first half, the lads went out there tonight and did the…
The Spotlight – August 31, 2021: The Moments That Brought Victory
“ “I think my greatest victory was every time I walked out there, I gave it everything I had. I left everything out there. That’s what I’m most proud of.” Jimmy Connors There are many rugby league matches when you…