The grand final rematch is finally here! Three weeks into the new season, the two sides kick off the BGA Reunion Day on Sunday in front of Eels home fans keen to watch a win. Newcastle lost their last match…
The Preview – Round 22, 2023: Eels vs Storm
It’s been a fairly flat month for Parramatta fans. Suspensions, injuries and not a lot to like on the field, the creeping doom of being the odd team out in the finals race isn’t helping either. Yet nothing shakes off…
The Preview – Round 21, 2023: Eels vs Cowboys
Despite fond memories of the Parramatta Eels’ last trip to Townsville, you can’t help but feel concerned about this road trip for a match with huge finals implications. It isn’t just the Cowboys’ impressive home record this year (7 wins,…
The Preview – Round 19, 2023: Eels vs Warriors
Congratulations to Clint Gutherson, RCG and Mitchell Moses on their selection in the New South Wales side, which I have unaffectionately nicknamed “Freddy’s dead cat bounce”. A decade of playing a Queensland side stacked with future immortals, followed by a…
The Preview – Round 17, 2023: Eels vs Dolphins
If you looked up “danger game” in the rugby league dictionary, you’d find the round 17, 2023 schedule with the Eels vs Dolphins highlighted, circled and surrounded by giant red arrows pointing straight at it. Parramatta with two of their…
The Preview – Round 16, 2023: Eels vs Sea Eagles
State of Origin might have taken some of the shine off of the traditional Parra and Manly rivalry match this weekend, but you can never take the feeling out of a clash between these old foes. Even without four Origin…
The Preview – Round 15, 2023: Eels vs Bulldogs
I hope you can forgive me that I don’t much feel like celebrating the Parramatta Eels or rugby league this week. You get that way when the five eighth you just entrusted the next decade of the club to adds…
The Preview – Round 13, 2023: Eels vs Cowboys
Last year’s preliminary final was an all-time performance for the Parramatta Eels, and it turns out, their grand final. The best defensive effort from an Eels team in decades, in a hostile environment and against one of the toughest sides…
The Preview – Round 12, 2023: Eels vs Rabbitohs
Seeing South Sydney come up on the Eels schedule in recent years is like being reminded of a dentist appointment you booked 12 months in advance. You know that pain is coming. We are the Bunnies bunnies right now, no…
The Preview – Round 11, 2023: Eels vs Raiders
It’s getting chilly in Sydney, and after a weekend up in sunny Brisbane for Magic Round, I hope the Eels are feeling more up to a cold night in Canberra than I am. The confidence of Parramatta fans always sits…