Will Penisini has now returned to training which means that every squad member is back at Kellyville. That includes club captains Clint Gutherson and Junior Paulo who are both involved in rehab as they recover from knee and toe operations…
Eels Pre-Season Training – November 22, 2023: The Big Unit Is Back
Sivo, Sivo, Sivo. Finally the big Fijian has returned to Kellyville, meaning that Will Penisini remains the only squad member yet to present for either training or rehab. Sivo wasn’t the only addition to the training track on Wednesday. Rising…
Eels Pre-Season Training – November 15 & 17, 2023: Big Stars Commence Rehab Journeys
Monday was light in terms of the conditioning load, so you didn’t have to be a Rhodes Scholar to know that both Wednesday and Friday would be far more demanding when it came to fitness work. Both days are included…
Eels Pre-Season Training – November 13, 2023: Reg and Mitch Return; NRL Draw Released
You gotta love Mondays. That was the message for Eels tragics with big guns Mitch Moses, RCG and King Gutho returning to work at Kellyville. Both Mitch and Reg looked in good order as they hit the field, but Gutho…
Eels Pre-Season Training – November 10, 2023: Roster Update As Pathways Players Bring Great Energy
Before detailing the final field session of the week, I thought it best to address the updated Eels roster posted on Friday on the NRL’s official site. TCT readers might remember that I wrote about the Eels top 30…
Eels Pre-Season Training – November 8, 2023: More NRL Players Return
Day three of the Eels preseason brought the second field session of the 2024 campaign to the Kellyville training track. Ten more returning players increased the total number in work to 34, with more to come next week. Wednesday’s returnees…
The 2023 Eels Pre-Season Training Awards
As most TCT readers are now aware, the Eels are now in match preparation mode, and training for specific opponents. Consequently my preseason training reports have ceased. My goal in writing these reports is to provide details about training structure,…
Eels Pre-Season Training – January 30, 2023: Opposed Standards
Last week I was asked about the realistic standard of the NRL team, given that the opposed work is against mostly NSW Cup players. Perhaps there’s a false sense of how well the NRL team was performing? All NRL…
Eels Pre-Season Training Report – January 27, 2023: RCG The Try Scoring Freak
How much do we love celebrating the very occasional try scoring feats of our favourite moustachioed prop, Reagan Campbell-Gillard? Big Reg was in the thick of the action today, running great lines and backing up offloads. The reward for…
Eels Pre-Season Training – January 25, 2023: Will Penisini Owns It
Since returning from the World Cup, Will Penisini has enjoyed what I consider to be his most impressive pre-season. He’s looked strong and assured in his training, and has consistently made the right decisions in both attack and defence…