There was probably a time, long ago in most people’s lives, when sport wasn’t called off because of a little rain. If you’re like me, playing footy on a drenched track as a kid was one of life’s great joys.…
Eels Pre-Season Training – January 13, 2020: The Battle Heats Up!
Mick Cronin’s toe-poke! Just when you thought you could lock in the Eels bench spots for their Top 17, the action heated up at this morning’s training. In what was, for me, an unexpected opposed session, Stefano Utoikamanu and Kane…
Eels Pre-Season Training – January 10, 2020: The Prince, The King And The Immortal
How would it be possible to top what was on show in Wednesday’s opposed session? The contact had been just below NRL match intensity, so there were undoubtedly aches, pains and sore limbs recovering on Thursday. More of the same would…
Eels Pre-Season Training – January 8, 2020: Collision Course
Fellow Eels supporters, Are you ready to move past the cricket season? Does the lack of collision sport over summer leave you hanging for the NRL Premiership to kick off? If, like me, you’ve answered yes to both questions, then…
Eels Pre-Season Training – January 6, 2020: Welcome To The New Year
After a two week sabbatical for the Eels squad and staff, today marked Day One for the second half of this most important pre-season. Judging from the two hours plus on the field this morning, there was no easing into…
Eels Early Pre-Season Report Card – With Team List Predictions
We’ve now completed the pre-Christmas component of the preseason and things are just beginning to take shape. The return of Michael Jennings and Clint Gutherson to training in the last week or so means that the currently contracted players are…
Eels Pre-Season Training (And Flegg Trial) – December 18, 2019: Big Wednesday
Christmas is nearly upon us, and today Santa paid a special visit to Eels HQ. His gift? Well, Santa did look suspiciously like Trent Elkin, and from what I could see there must have been around 30 blokes in Blue…
Eels Pre-Season Training – December 16, 2019: Welcome To Your New Home
Every story has a beginning. When you’re talking about a club with over seventy years of history, that might seem like an inappropriate cliche to use. But when the setting is a new training base that will eventually be one…
Eels Pre-Season Training – December 13, 2019: Fletch Steps In For Sixties
The players were greeted by comfortable conditions of around 18 degrees at the start of today’s proceedings – something that was surely appreciated by all in what was a relatively low impact but high intensity session. The squad was separated…