We bid a sad but merciful farewell to season 2026 today, with the Eels traveling to Wollongong to take on the dispirited Dragons. While we know from this year that ending on a high is no guarantee that it can…
NRLW Preview: Round 10, 2026: Eels vs Raiders
There’s a version of this fixture where both sides are fighting for something. Unfortunately, there’s also the version we’re actually getting on Sunday, with the Eels simply aiming to avoid the dreaded wooden spoon. It’s a home game for the…
NRLW Preview: Round 9, 2026: Eels vs Broncos
Form and fortune have swapped between the two sides as round 9 arrives at CommBank Stadium. Our Parramatta side recorded their second win of the season last week, and are currently in a groove nobody saw coming, except us Parra…
NRLW Preview: Round 8, 2026: Eels vs Sharks
Two underperforming teams collide under the night lights on Sunday, as a Cronulla Sharks side that can’t get out of its own way hosts an Eels outfit that finally won a game this season. Neither team will feature in finals…
The Preview – Round 25, 2026: Eels vs Dolphins
For the last time in 2026 the Eels are in the marquee Friday night slot, taking on a Dolphins team fighting for a top four berth and building to their maiden finals campaign. It promises to be an entertaining clash,…
The Preview – Round 24, 2026: Eels vs Cowboys
We are finally entering the closing stages of a long, often difficult season, with only two home games remaining. This is definitely the more winnable of those two, with the North Queensland Cowboys coming to town with a finals spot…
The Preview – Round 23, 2026: Eels vs Rabbitohs
I’ve been writing these previews for seven years, and this is my 12th time previewing a contest with the South Sydney Rabbitohs. The Eels have won exactly one of those matches. I have tipped the Eels to win only once…
NRLW Preview: Round 6, 2026: Eels vs Roosters
It wasn’t a win, and finals football remains at a distance once again, but there was a glimmer of hope for the future and something to build on after the Eels moved past Magic Round. The Eels were run down…
The Preview – Round 22, 2026: Eels vs Tigers
The “days since last disgrace” counter on the Leichhardt Oval scoreboard is back to zero, as the Wests Tigers have once again dominated the rugby league discourse with their latest dramas. We don’t need to recount all of those dramas…
NRLW Preview: Round 5, 2026: Eels vs Knights
A flicker of hope, at last. It wasn’t a win, and finals football remains a fading hope, but for the first time in 2026 there was something in the Eels’ performance worth building on. The Eels lost 14-12 to the…