Having been formed in 1947, the Parramatta Eels hit their golden period in Australian Rugby League during the 1980’s which saw them make five Grand Finals in six seasons for four Premiership victories. Recent times however have seen the Eels underachieve in the NRL, highlighted by their Premiership failure in 2001, when many considered them certainties for the NRL title.
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St George Illawarra Dragons vs Parramatta Eels: NRL Live scores, Blog
by rozamate, 18 May 2013 ![]()
Saturday will see the Rugby Leagues world eyes turn to Wollongong as the St George Illawarra Dragons take on the Parramatta Eels. Both teams have proved to allergic winning in recent times and victory is crucial if either team is to keep in touch with the finals race, join us at 5.30pm AEST time for [...]
Eels’ board gets a shake up
by SuperEel22, 17 May 2013
As the dust settled after Saturday night. there were two celebrations going on out Parramatta way. The NRL side had held off a fast finishing Broncos outfit to claim a courageous 19-18 win. Meanwhile, at the Leagues Club, rival ticket Parra First were celebrating a win in the Leagues Club elections. Former Eels legend Steve [...]
Spirited Eels edge Broncos in NRL thriller
by AAP, 12 May 2013
A spirited Parramatta spearheaded by Jarryd Hayne and Chris Sandow scored a morale-boosting 19-18 NRL win over Brisbane on Saturday night. Just two weeks after captain Hayne declared the Eels had reached their lowest ebb since the 2009 grand final after a heavy loss to Penrith, Parramatta recorded their most important victory of coach Ricky [...]
Parramatta Eels vs Brisbane Broncos: NRL live scores, blog
by Chris Chard, 11 May 2013 ![]()
Well it’s another Saturday night of NRL action and another Queensland team makes the road trip to Sydney’s West as the Parramatta Eels play host to the Brisbane Broncos. Join us for live scores and commentary from 7.30pm AEST. After a solid if unspectacular display against the Cowboys last week that saw them just fall [...]
Don’t call me Feleti, begs Parra’s Paulo
by Joe Barton, 10 May 2013
Joseph Paulo is embracing his impact role off Parramatta’s bench but says he doesn’t want to be compared to NRL rival Feleti Mateo. Like Warriors back-rower Mateo, Paulo is a creative lock-forward who can moonlight in the halves due to his impressive ball skills. But the 25-year-old, who gets teased by teammates for his similarities [...]
Parramatta Eels vs North Queensland Cowboys: NRL live scores
by The Roar, 4 May 2013 ![]()
Two teams both in need of a win for different reasons clash in tonight’s match as a desperate Parramatta Eels outfit prepares to take on the resurgent North Queensland Cowboys at Parramatta Stadium. We’ll have live scores from 7.30pm AEST. Whilst new Eels coach Ricky Stuart foreshadowed a season of highs and lows for the [...]
Eels making progress, says Stuart
by Ian McCullough, 4 May 2013
Ricky Stuart has vowed to bring more new faces to Parramatta and insists the club’s rebuilding progress is going to plan despite another dismal start to the NRL season. Stuart warned Eels fans earlier this year to expect some difficult days, but his patience was pushed to breaking point after Monday’s 42-12 hammering by an [...]
Seriously, what’s wrong with the Eels?
by Justin Cormick, 4 May 2013
After Monday’s embarrassing 44-12 loss to the Penrith Panthers, Eels co-captain Jarryd Hayne claimed it was the worst he has ever felt after a match. The rivalry between the two clubs has been labelled ‘the battle of the west’. The Panthers fielded a young and inexperienced squad using a number of players from the Toyota [...]
What have you done, Parramatta?
by Michael Waldron, 3 May 2013
50-0 against the Roosters, now 42-10 against what was essentially an under-20s Penrith side. While Parramatta aren’t the worst team I’ve ever seen (yet), what exactly has gone wrong to lead them to the state they are in now? There’s three primary reasons that the Eels are on Struggle Street. The first is recruitment. Sandow [...]
Parramatta Eels juniors lead the way
by SuperEel22, 1 May 2013
It’s pretty bad when your clubs best performing players are some of their most inexperienced. Kelepi Tanginoa has been close to the Eels’ best player so far this season and impressed for the Junior Blues during the under-20s State of Origin in the representative round. The Eels, with one of the largest nurseries in the [...]
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