In the final round of the 2019 season, Fox League, the NRL and the Eels collaborated to provide punters with an inner sanctum experience with Brad Arthur. Viewers were provided with a glimpse of BA’s relationship and communication with players,…
Eels Pre-Season Training – February 3, 2020: The Big Guns Shine
You know it’s getting close to the season when I cease to report on any of the conditioning component of the pre-season training session. Blue vs Gold football action was the dominant feature as the Eels kicked off the new…
Eels Pre-Season Training – January 31, 2020: Fire Up!
Fire up! I’m not sure whether that instruction was given this morning, but you could be forgiven for thinking that it was. It was no place for orange shirts out there in what a highly competitive, heavy hitting, opposed session.…
Eels Pre-Season Training – January 29, 2020: A (B)Reed Apart
For the most part, the current pre-season reports have not shone too much of the spotlight on a vital member of the Eels spine – Reed Mahoney. Perhaps you’re wondering whether I’ve deliberately had him flying under the radar, or…
Eels Pre-Season Training – January 24, 2020: A Hard Day’s Morning
Sometimes a training session doesn’t go as planned. The ball goes down a bit too much, passes don’t find the mark, and the team just doesn’t seem to be on the same page. If it was possible, I’d insert vision…
Eels Pre-Season Training – January 18 & 20, 2020: You Want Footy, You Got It!
Is too much footy ever enough? No doubt all teams are warming into the season with an increase in opposed work. For a regular at Eels training like myself, it’s almost as good as being at the footy. And the…
Eels Pre-Season Training – January 17, 2020: Precipitation And Exhortations
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…