FINALS: Melbourne Storm v. Parramatta Eels (AAMI Park, 9/9/17)
The Storm have skipped a week in the finals, as most commentators assumed they would, after a home victory over Parramatta at AAMI Park. Nevertheless, this wasn’t the kind [...]
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ROUND 25: Brisbane Broncos v. Parramatta Eels (Suncorp Stadium, 24/8/17)
Thursday night’s game was the best the Eels have done all season, not only because they demolished Brisbane 54-32 or because Semi Radradra put down four tries, but because [...]
ROUND 17: Parramatta Eels v. Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (ANZ Stadium, 29/6/17)
Thursday night’s match between Parramatta and Canterbury-Bankstown came at a critical juncture in both team’s seasons. On the one hand, the Eels were sitting at eighth on [...]
ROUND 12: South Sydney Rabbitohs v. Parramatta Eels (ANZ Stadium, 26/5/17)
Mitchell Moses has now played the Rabbitohs for the second time in almost as many weeks – an appropriate backdrop for what felt like a gesture of revision from the new Eels [...]
MATCH: Sydney Roosters v. Parramatta Eels (Allianz Stadium, 14/5/17)
Sunday afternoon’s game between the Roosters and the Eels at Allianz was one of those matches where the dominant team on the ladder turned out to be the dominant team on [...]
MATCH: Parramatta Eels v. Penrith Panthers (ANZ Stadium, 22/4/17)
Parramatta delivered another disappointing loss to the Panthers in Saturday’s Western Derby, threatening to keep them tryless for the second time in two weeks until Peta [...]
RECAP: Round 7 2017: Highs and Lows
It’d be unfair to expect Round 7 to compete with Round 6 in terms of pure entertainment value. Still, there was drama aplenty, with the Wests Tigers saga taking on another [...]
MATCH: Parramatta Eels v. Wests Tigers (ANZ Stadium, 17/4/17)
If rumours are correct, then the Easter Monday game between the Eels and the Tigers at ANZ may turn out to be Mitchell Moses’ swansong in Wests colours – and what a [...]
RECAP: Round 6 2017: Highs and Lows
Without a doubt, Round 6 has been one of the most exciting in the 2017 season so far. While I didn’t catch the Panthers-Rabbitohs clash or the Titans-Raiders clash, there [...]
HAYNE: 10 Ways of Looking at Jarryd Hayne
Jarryd Hayne’s announcement that he has signed with Gold Coast has been so sudden and so dramatic that it’s been hard for anyone to develop a really complete perspective [...]
