Parramatta Eels 36 Manly Sea Eagles 20 Any win against Manly is a good one, but this was a particularly impressive display from the Parramatta Eels. The Sea Eagles came to play and the Eels deflated them immediately, taking…
Post Game Grades – Round 20 vs Panthers
Parramatta Eels 34 Penrith Panthers 10 The record book cares little for circumstance, and the record book will show the Parramatta Eels just gave the defending premiers and the class team of the last three seasons their worst beating…
Post Game Grades – Round 19 vs Broncos
Parramatta Eels 14 Brisbane Broncos 36 Not much of that today. They say “don’t go to bed angry” so I’m busting out these grades tonight and will hopefully sleep as well as a 3 year old with a cold…
Post Game Grades – Round 18 vs Warriors
Parramatta Eels 28 Warriors 18 While the Warriors had a fair bit of pluck about them, the Parramatta Eels delivered a nice, comfortable win that was safely locked away before the CommBank Stadium bars closed at the 60th minute.…
Post Game Grades – Round 17 vs Tigers
Parramatta Eels 28 Wests Tigers 20 It was nice to see the Parramatta Eels really dig in and overcome some adversity after a start where nothing went their way. What could and probably should have been a 12-0 lead…
Post Game Grades – Round 16 vs Rabbitohs
Parramatta Eels 12 Souths 30 Nobody drowned out there, so that’s something I suppose. The rest of the good relates to my watching this game on replay after going out for dinner, so I could watch the last 20…
Post Game Grades – Round 15 vs Roosters
Parramatta Eels 26 Sydney Roosters 16 How about that? What a brilliant game of footy. The first half delivered end-to-end attacking football as the Parramatta Eels channelled the energy of 2001 and offloaded at will to score some spectacular…
Post Game Grades – Round 14 vs Bulldogs
Parramatta Eels Why are you like this? As the only person in my tipping comp silly enough to tip the Raiders over the Broncos, the Parramatta Eels just saved me the indignity of being the only person to not…
Post Game Grades – Round 12 vs Raiders
Parramatta Eels 28 Canberra Raiders 20 That second half defensive effort is the kind of performance you build a premiership tilt around. The grades don’t always do a good job at rewarding defensive excellence, especially on a team scale,…
Post Game Grades – Round 11 vs Sea Eagles
Parramatta Eels 22 Manly Sea Eagles 20 That was a game against type for the Parramatta Eels, who overcame some defensive deficiencies, stuck in the contest and took the lead for the first time in the 78th minute. Had…