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…
Post Game Grades – Semi Final vs Raiders
Parramatta Eels 40 Canberra Raiders 4 The Parramatta Eels are alive in the third week of the finals. It’s been a journey (as we’ve been constantly reminded of during the last week), but a grand final appearance is only…
Post Game Grades – Qualifying Final vs Panthers
Parramatta Eels 8 Penrith Panthers 27 Sorry Eels fans, I haven’t got much of a sense of humour about that one. The good I suppose is that we kept our streak of not losing while playing well alive, just…
Post Game Grades – Round 25 vs Storm
Parramatta Eels 22 Melbourne Storm 14 After the Bulldogs loss I swore I wouldn’t expose my son to the pain of Parramatta Eels fandom, but I’ll be damned if we didn’t rock up to his preschool Father’s Day BBQ…
Post Game Grades – Round 24 vs Broncos
Parramatta Eels 53 Brisbane Broncos 6 Holy massacre Bert! You won’t see many more crushingly dominant performances than that; well and truly over at halftime and then relentless in the face of some resolve in the second that resulted…
Post Game Grades – Round 23 vs Bulldogs
Parramatta Eels 42 Canterbury Bulldogs 6 There’s a reason rugby league was played in the afternoon for one hundred years before TV deals drove us to Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, and it isn’t just the lack of grandstand…
Post Game Grades – Round 22 vs Rabbitohs
Parramatta Eels 0 Souths 26 I was lucky enough to watch this game from the Legends Lounge, where it was chicken wing night. Four different styles of wings, sensational stuff. Unfortunately it was also “flog off your lounge tickets…
Post Game Grades – Round 21 vs Sea Eagles
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…