The ink from signing his contract extension was barely dry, but the Foxx was revved up and ready to trot at Eels training today. Wheeling his personalised party box speaker to the sideline, Josh Addo-Carr immediately brought his trademark energy…
Eels 2026 Pre-Season Training – November 18, 2025: Kelma’s PB
Last week I informed readers that both Sean Russell and Luca Moretti set new PBs with their Broncos runs. I’ve just learnt that I’ve done a disservice to Kelma Tuilagi who also set a new Broncos Run PB on his…
Eels 2026 Pre-Season Training – November 17, 2025: Competing
The Lomax is now the Gomax. Momax is now Nomax. And the fallout on Monday morning at Kellyville? Well, there was a bit of a media presence around the community centre (The Today Show?), but the vibe that I got…
Eels 2026 Pre-Season Training – November 14, 2025: Fridays Mean Defence
I spent a bit of time trying to decide how to write this session up. One of the first decisions is always how to report on what the team is doing that isn’t giving anything away in terms of intellectual…
Eels 2026 Pre-Season Training – November 11, 2025: Rapid Fire Session As Stars Are Near A Return
As the players and staff hit the training track on Tuesday, a few of them let me know that it was a big session coming up. They weren’t wrong. Given that there were only around a dozen players out on…
Eels 2026 Pre-Season Training – November 8, 2025: Da Silva Lining Up
Friday. The end of week one of Eels preseason training. The first item on the reporting agenda is the return of Tallyn Da Silva. I’ve been inundated by messages about the former Tiger, and given that the Eels currently only…
Eels 2026 Pre-Season Training – November 7, 2025: Interested Spectators
They aren’t due back yet, but a couple of interested spectators were at Kellyville today. Strolling onto the training track in their civvies, Bailey Simonsson and Luca Moretti watched on from the sideline as the squad went through their paces,…
Eels 2026 Pre-Season Training Report – November 4, 2025: A Point To Prove
Reflecting back on yesterday, the overall impression was the positivity of the coaching staff and the unity and bonds of the players. Given that many of those on the training track have come through pathways teams together, that shouldn’t have…
Eels 2026 Pre-Season Training – November 3, 2025: New Sensations
Does it feel like there’s been no off-season? Given the Ashes tour and Pacific Championships, have been building since season’s end, it’s been wall to wall football and I’m not complaining. As I set about writing up the report of…
Eels Pre-Season Training – February 7, 2025: Joash Moment Epitomises The Eels Pre-Season
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, fellow Eels footy faithfuls, it’s difficult to believe but the Eels NRL preseason has officially come to an end. It only feels like a few short weeks since the task of bringing together a…