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,…

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,…
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, fellow Eels footy faithfuls, it’s difficult to believe but the Eels NRL preseason has officially come to an end. It only feels like a few short weeks since the task of bringing together a…
“Kick it to the seagulls.” Remember that classic cryptic one liner from Jack Gibson to instruct players to kick the ball into undefended spaces? After yesterday’s session, I have my own cryptic reminder for the team. “Drown out the cicadas!”…
We’re getting to the pointy of the pre-season where differences from last year are becoming more noticeable. I’m not talking about the training or the processes. Nor am I referring to the new personnel. Firstly, there’s the transformation of the…
Did you realise that in just eleven days the Eels will play their first official trial of the 2025 season. Or should I say, play their first match in the Witzer Pre-Season Challenge. If you can’t wait that long for…
The Eels have returned from Lennox Head, and that week up the coast was perfectly timed for a squad building their unity and combinations in the lead up to round one. Feedback from the camp has been highly positive, with…
Eels fans would be aware that the NRL squad relocated to Lennon Head for preseason training last week, and TCT was proud to be able to bring you the observations of local Eels fan, Lenno Eel. Along with over a…
The Eels squad has relocated up north for this week, staying and training at the Lake Ainsworth Sport and Recreation Camp at Lennox Head. Fortunately for our readers, the reach of The Cumberland Throw extends far and wide, which means…
I appreciate that TCT readers are looking to share their opinions on the media stories about Dylan Brown. There were plenty of thoughts added in the replies to yesterday’s training reports. Can I ask that any further opinions on that…
Tuesday was a big session. So much so, that Wednesday had to be a lighter load day and it was. Given that it panned out that way, I’ve decided to combine the two sessions into one report, the majority of…