The 2023 NRL pre-season is due to commence for some players and clubs in early November. Those that didn’t qualify for finals football will be amongst the first to return to the training track. For the Parramatta Eels, early returns…
Parramatta Eels Junior League Presentation Night – Award Winners
The 2022 Parramatta Eels Junior Rugby League season was finally wrapped up following Tuesday’s official presentation night. Held at Oatlands House, the event recognised some of the outstanding achievements of the Parramatta District Junior Rugby League Clubs. Over the last…
Bumpers Up – October 10, 2022: Grand Final Fallout
The dust has only just settled on a fortnight that the Eels club and its supporters will not soon forget. If Grand Final week was not enough for you, the news and fallout from the following seven days should have…
Live Blog – 2022 Ken Thornett Medal
The season didn’t quite the way our NRL and NRLW squads dreamed it would but it is time to close the books on their wonderful journeys in 2022. The Ken Thornett Medal celebrates their accomplishments alongside those of the NSW…
Go You Mighty Eels!
Last Friday night, as the final siren signalled the Eels progress to the 2022 Grand Final, I screamed an expletive of joy, then wept tears of the same. Strangers were hugging, their emotions on display for the world to see.…
The Preview – Grand Final, 2022: Eels vs Panthers
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…
Bumpers Up – September 30, 2022: Grand Final Edition
For rugby league supporters, only one thing is better than grand final week, and that’s actually taking out the premiership. The Eels have featured in nine previous deciders (counting 1977 as just one), winning four. I’ve been to every one…
From The Stands- September 26, 2022: All Hail Our Captains
Since 2018, the year Parra finished last and celebrated when they were only beaten by single figures, I have endeavoured to tell my stories and experiences sitting in the stands, watching our team play. Like all of you, I am…
Post Game Grades – Preliminary Final vs Cowboys
Parramatta Eels 24 NQ Cowboys 20 How sweet was that? The Parramatta Eels went into hostile territory facing tough conditions, walked through fire and emerged with a place in the 2022 grand final. Whether it is Penrith or South…
Bumpers Up – September 22, 2022: The Media Issue
I’m not sure about all of you, but the last two weeks have provided the wildest ride of this season. Given the roller coaster year we’ve had, that’s saying something. As a supporter, the trip to Penrith Park was as…