This is the day that I’ve been waiting to report. The day when both Maika Sivo and Blake Ferguson stamped their presence on an Eels session. What do we want from our wingers? Energy, power and metres in the kick…
Eels Pre-Season Training – January 13, 2021: The King Has Spoken
“The hard work’s the easy work.” So sayeth King Gutho. After yesterday’s lighter field session, the squad was building into today’s conditioning when Mitch Moses turned to Gutho to enquire about the times he was running. After supplying the requested…
Eels Pre-Season Training – January 11, 2021: The “Reagal“ Returns
Can you smell what’s cooking? Yeah, the weather is warm, there’s plenty of beach time left in this summer, but the footy season is getting closer. The signal for that today came with the return of Reagan Campbell-Gillard and Clint…
Eels Pre-season Training – January 8, 2021: Does Opacic Solve The Centre Question?
From the time that Michael Jennings’ NRL future became tenuous, the focus on his likely replacement at Parra hasn’t waned. A myriad of opinions on potential signings or selections have been offered, and everyone, punters and paid scribes, have…
Eels Pre-Season Training – January 6, 2021: Here Comes Some Boom
Nobody gets out of the 1.2km fitness test! Not even if you’re one of the best-conditioned athletes in the club, your name is Dylan Brown and you were exempted from Monday’s session. With his team mates calling out “Byron” the…
Eels Pre-Season Training – January 4 and 5, 2021: Fergo Returns
How was your Christmas and New Year? If you’re anything like me, the combination of wet weather and COVID restrictions made for a fairly quiet festive break. For the players, two weeks away from organised preseason training came a…
Eels Pre-Season Training – December 17 & 18, 2020: The Selection Puzzle Continues
Holidays already? With only three weeks of the preseason behind us, the festive break brings a fortnight hiatus to Parra’s 2021 preparations. But if anyone thinks that the players put their feet up over this period they would be very…
Eels Pre-Season Training- December 15 & 16, 2020: Papa Pushes His Claims
How do you get great energy in a session? In my observations, over many years, you put the footy in players’ hands and let them loose. Over the last two days, in addition to the essential conditioning component, there’s been…
Eels Pre-Season Training – December 14, 2020: Moses Leads The Way
Mitch Moses take a bow. On his first official day at Eels preseason training, the Eels half set the leadership standards required of a senior player. In total, eight more players joined the Eels squad this morning. Moses, Waqa…
Eels Pre-Season Training – December 9, 2020: Cartwright’s Bonanza As Dunster Shines
What’s your definition of pre-season Parradise? If you answered, “two hours on the training track pushing new levels of fatigue”, then today would have been just the ticket. If that doesn’t appeal, then it’s a good thing you’re not part…