The Tip Sheet

Ugly wins count just the same as the pretty ones and today the Parramatta Eels did enough to get home against the Dragons and improve to a 2-1 record on the season. Join Sixties and Forty20 as they break down the home opener for the Blue & Gold in a match that featured escorts and sin bins a plenty. How did the Eels manage to hold on during a perilous second half period with just 12-men? Who stood...

Parramatta are finally back in their old stomping ground and they welcome in the Red V in Round 3. The Tip Sheet is fired up about the long awaited return to CommBank Stadium as Sixties and Forty20 rip into a preview of a game that starts a massive homestand for the Blue & Gold. Jason Ryles welcomes back J'maine Hopgood this week and the boys look at how that impacts the team. Where can the Eels a...

The Junior Representatives are ramping up into the pointy end of the season with just three rounds left in the regular season and the Parramatta Eels are very much in play across all four grades. The Tip Sheet is joined by the venerable Steve Georgallis as Sixties and Forty20 catch up on how the juniors are faring. The boys then preview a split round for the Eels as the Lisa Fiaola and Tarsha Gale...

After a demanding road trip over the first two rounds of the season, the Parramatta Eels are finally returning home as they host the Dragons on Sunday afternoon. The Tip Sheet explores all the Team List Tuesday news and the changes that Jason Ryles has made this week as he tinkers with his forward pack. Sixties and Forty20 recap the round the was for the Blue & Gold and go over some bad news conce...

What is it with the Eels and Broncos and absolute cardiac crushing games at Suncorp? Like last year, the two teams played out an insane nail biter as Parramatta overcame a 20-6 deficit to claim the overall honours 40-32. Yes, defence was very much optional tonight but the Eels showed some real character to fight back and stun the reigning premiers. Sixties and Forty20 schedule a late night reactio...

Parramatta pick themselves up and get back in the saddle for Round 2 as they look to tame the Broncos on Thursday night. Both teams are nursing bruises from ugly first up losses as Sixties and Forty20 look at who is set for the bigger bounce back factor this week. The Eels have lost J'maine Hopgood to a suspension but have been bolstered by the early return of Josh Addo-Carr. Is that enough to tip...

Can the Eels put the horrors of Round 1 behind them and return to the team they - and fans - believe they should be? The Tip Sheet looks at how Parramatta shapes up on Team List Tuesday, including who replaces J'maine Hopgood in the front-row as well as the surprise return of the Foxx. Have we seen the final chapter in the Zac Lomax saga for the foreseeable future? The rogue winger has finally fou...

Evidently, the Parramatta Eels learned absolutely nothing from their humiliating Round 1 loss last year as they did just about everything possible to make their lives a nightmare last night against the Melbourne Storm. Sixties and Forty20 have to wearily tread on familiar opening night ground as they review a bitterly disappointing 52-4 loss in a game where the Eels constantly looked for shortcuts...

Round 1 has finally arrived and the Parramatta Eels face the Melbourne Storm as story line after story line converge on the two clubs ahead of a cracking start to the NRL in Australia. Can the Eels finally end the Storms' legendary Round 1 streak? Will the backdrop of the Zac Lomax legal outcome add extra spice to the contest? What has Parramatta learned from their season opener in 2025? Sixties a...

We finally have an official ruling on the Zac Lomax saga after the Supreme Court delivered a consent order that upheld the prohibition of Lomax joining another NRL club until the end of the 2027 season. The Tip Sheet naturally dives into the multitude of talking points to come out of the ruling as Sixties and Forty20 try to cover all the bases for the Eels and the code while the big fella gets rea...

It is Eel vs Steeler this week in Round 4 of the Junior Representatives. The Tip Sheet previews the quartet of games between Parramatta and Illawarra as the Lisa Fiaola and Tarsha Gale get back on the road while the Harold Matthews and SG Ball finally get to settle in for their first home game of the season. Sixties and Forty20 start the show with some terrific news on the back on Teancum Brown's ...

Ladies and gentlemen, the Captain has turned on the seatbelt sign due to expected turbulence; please remain seated with your seatbelt fastened. Just when things were going so well for the Parramatta Eels ahead of Round 1, the footy gods have deigned to do a cheeky little bit of smiting and put the Eels through a pocket of rather turbulent and stormy air. Forty20 flies solo this week with Sixties a...

While they now wait pensively to see if the $100,000 preseason bounty will be theirs to claim pending the result between the Storm and Gold Coast, more importantly the Parramatta Eels got the final hit out they would have been aiming for. The Sydney Roosters gave them a terrific battle throughout leaving Jason Ryles with plenty of tape - both positive and negative - to work with ahead of Round 1....

It is just the Harold Matthews and SG Ball Cups in action this weekend as they travel to Leichardt to tussle with the Tigers in Round 3. Both grades are seeking to maintain their perfect starts to 2026 but with Balmain coming out of a bye in both grades - what should the Eels be wary of ahead of their third straight road trip? The NRL preseason hits its frenzied zenith this weekend and Parramatta...

We have arrived at the final week of preseason trials as Jason Ryles and the Parramatta Eels prepare a full strength outfit for the Sydney Roosters in Gosford. The Tip Sheet looks at the ins and outs of the team list this week, who has stolen a march in the battle for positions and which rookies look to have the early running. Sixties and Forty20 recap the week that was for the Eels including fina...

Ah, that time of year when trials mean nothing or everything! Where do Sixties and Forty20 fall on that famous preseason spectrum after the Parramatta Eels annihilated the Cronulla Sharks 40-6 on Sunday night? The Tip Sheet delves into the opening hitout of the year as Jason Ryles made full use of a 28-man roster. What areas impressed the boys the most? Who enhanced their stock? Did we see enough...

The Lomax Saga has taken a wild twist today with evidence presented by Parramatta Eels in court alleging the Melbourne Storm attempted to leverage NRL CEO Andrew Abdo to "apply the blow torch on parramatta to get this done" while also allegedly coercing the Eels with the threat of punitive means being enacted against Parramatta's salary cap. The Tip Sheet reacts to the sensational claims, brought...

The Eels are on the road again in Round 2 of the Junior Representatives with all four grades facing the Cronulla Sharks. The Tip Sheet analyses how the Lisa Fiaola, Harold Matthews and SG Ball can build on impressive opening round victories and what the Tarsha Gale need to do to get themselves on the board against the competitors from the Shire. Sixties and Forty20 even throw in a cheeky bonus pre...

Jason Ryles is going to be a busy man on Sunday night after naming a gargantuan 28-man team list for Parramatta's opening trial against the Cronulla Sharks. Sixties and Forty20 finally shake off the preseason rust as they rip into one of the signpost podcasts of the season because ladies and gentlemen - Team List Tuesday is back! As always, The Tip Sheet goes far and wide across Parradise to look...

The Junior Representatives kick off this weekend with all four grades in action against the Wests Tigers (or their variant Western Suburbs Magpies) and The Tip Sheet launches the season in grand fashion with a monster podcast that features in-depth breakdowns with special guests Steve Georgallis and AJ Lucantonio. A long overdue catch-up with Steve Georgallis sets the scene as the boys reflect on...

A media blitz today has seen some startling developments in the Parramatta Eels vs Zac Lomax saga as Melbourne CEO Matt Tripp looked to get ahead of incoming bombshell news surrounding subpoenaed emails in a bold interview with the Herald Sun. The Tip Sheet looks at Tripp's sensational claims and stack it up against the opening arguments put forth by the Eels via Arthur Moses as well as the counte...

The Eels are back from their Lennox Head Camp as the club makes the turn towards preseason trials. The Tip Sheet brings you all the news from the camp and more - including the latest on the Zac Lomax saga and some key preseason dates for keen fans of the Blue & Gold. The NRLW gets a massive shot in the arm with a crucial addition to its roster in Layne Morgan. A representative scrum half in union...

Sixties declared he wanted as much of a Zac Lomax free zone as possible last week but a potentially shocking twist in the story has blown that wish away. Reports emerged yesterday that the NRL could possibly intervene in proceedings in order to force the Eels to release the contractually exiled star to the Melbourne Storm for amounts as a pittance in compensation. This would be a landmark action f...

The preseason rolls on in the new year and the Parramatta Eels continue to ramp up. Sixties has been in his element out at Kellyville with his training reports and the show looks at how the Blue & Gold are shaping up as we begin the gradual turn towards the trial games. Parramatta have locked up another exciting prospect with young forward Max Popo committing to the club until the end of 2028. It...

Brian Kelly finally links up with the Parramatta Eels on a 2-year deal but the news cycle has been dominated in the last 24 hours by news surrounding former Eel Zac Lomax. The Melbourne Storm have allegedly approached the Eels about signing the rogue winger. For his part, Lomax has allegedly engaged the services of lawyer Ramy Qutami who has previously represented Isaral Folau in his dispute with...