There’s nothing like a Parramatta grand final week. One hundred thousand dormant Eels fans awoke Saturday morning and raided Peter Wynn’s Score ready to get loud and proud about the mighty Blue and Gold. The NRL Fan Fest may as…
The Preview – Preliminary Final, 2022: Eels vs Cowboys
It has been a while since the Eels have made week three of the NRL finals, and I’m a bit lost for what to do. I’ve watched replays of the Storm and Panthers wins, as well as the Raiders game…
The Preview – Semi Final, 2022: Eels vs Raiders
There isn’t much better than a home final. A fired up crowd baying for opposition blood, sweating on every moment and not missing a single opportunity to get on the referee. Friday night at CommBank Stadium is a matter of…
The Preview – Qualifying Final, 2022: Eels vs Panthers
Smell that in the air? It’s a delightful combination of finals football, controversy and fear, as Penrith’s nightmare comes to life and they must face the team that dealt out two of the three legitimate losses they have suffered this…
The Preview – Round 25, 2022: Eels vs Storm
Finals footy has come a week early for the Eels as we get a Thursday night CommBank blockbuster against our modern rivals, the Melbourne Storm. If there has been a bigger home game than this in recent years, I got…
The Preview – Round 24, 2022: Eels vs Broncos
The lazy rugby league headline writers (so basically all of them) will have it in drafts already: “X point turnaround as Broncos rebound after week from hell”. In a game where form is week to week it always seems to…
The Preview – Round 23, 2022: Eels vs Bulldogs
It isn’t the psychological profile I prefer in my football teams, but if it’s true that the Parramatta Eels need to lose one to win one then the Canterbury Bulldogs are in for it this weekend. The Eels have occasionally…
The Preview – Round 22, 2022: Eels vs Rabbitohs
Here we go again. After tumbling down Mount Redfern on every attempt to conquer it over the last three years, the Eels have brushed themselves off and are taking another crack. The attempts haven’t been pretty, rarely has Parramatta even…
The Preview – Round 21, 2022: Eels vs Sea Eagles
It hasn’t been the traditional lead-up to a clash of Manly and Parra, but this shapes as the most important clash between the heroes in Blue and Gold and their dastardly northern beaches nemesis in some time. A win just…
The Preview – Round 20, 2022: Eels vs Panthers
It feels like I’m wasting my time previewing Parramatta games at this point. Tactics and matchups don’t matter, the only question pertinent to the result is whether the Eels play well or not. Not once this year has Parramatta lost…