Week two of the Eels preseason has commenced and that should mean the return of more players. A little bit of digging revealed that those players are expected on Wednesday. That said, I did spot Matt Doorey at the C…


Week two of the Eels preseason has commenced and that should mean the return of more players. A little bit of digging revealed that those players are expected on Wednesday. That said, I did spot Matt Doorey at the C…

Before launching into a run down of the Monday field work, I wanted to provide a quick report on the Eels Member Appreciation Day open training session. The 2000 or so members in attendance at Granville were treated to plenty…
“We are living the dream playing for the Parramatta Eels” With those words spoken by Simaima Taufa, the Parramatta Eels NRLW team placed a huge an exclamation mark on the end of a most impressive training session, staged for the…

As TCT readers might have noticed, I don’t write much in the way of training reports during the season proper. Obviously, the training shifts to specific match preparation and the associated skills, drills and opposed work. It would be counterintuitive…
How does a team re-group after a loss? It’s only the first round, but after the Eels big pre-season, and an impressive trial win over the Knights, dropping the Premiership points against the Panthers was an unexpected result. Letting the…
Over the previous four months I’ve waxed lyrical about the pre-season preparations undertaken by the Eels. Like all clubs, the team has stepped up on previous years. That’s the nature of the beast – if you don’t aim to step…
The advantage of being a regular at Eels training throughout the pre-season is the insight it provides in individual and team preparations for the year. You get a sense of who’s putting their hand up for selection, and the type…
In scenes reminiscent of some recent dark times, a gathering of the media at Saleyards today signalled the arrival of the latest Eels signing, Mitchell Moses. For the players, the film crews and photographers were simply a momentary distraction at…
With the Representative Weekend now behind them, all NRL clubs will be returning their focus to this weekend’s premiership clashes. No doubt league lovers have enjoyed the carnival atmosphere from the Pacific Tests and the City/Country clash, but the reality…
After a two week absence, I made my return to Saleyards this morning for the Eels field session. The synchronicity of the Eels losses with my absence made for a bit of banter, but I was particularly keen to see…