2017 Parramatta Eels season

2017 Parramatta Eels season
NRL Rank	4th
Play-off result	Semi-Finalists (Lost 16–24 vs North Queensland Cowboys, 2nd Semi Final)
World Club Challenge	DNQ
Auckland Nines	Semi-Finalists (Lost 0–13 vs Penrith Panthers, 1st Semi Final)
2017 record	Wins: 16; Draws: 0; Losses: 8
Points scored	For: 496; Against: 457
Team information
CEO	Bernie Gurr
Coach	Brad Arthur
Captain	Tim Mannah Beau Scott
Stadium	ANZ Stadium (Capacity: 83,500) TIO Stadium (Capacity: 12,500)
Avg. attendance	14,346 (Home) 15,288 (Home & Away) 31,956 (Finals Series)
Agg. attendance	172,156 (Home) 366,909 (Home & Away) 63,913 (Finals Series)
High attendance	41,287 (16 September vs North Queensland Cowboys, 2nd Semi Final)
Top scorers
Tries	Semi Radradra (22)
Goals	Clinton Gutherson (49)
Points	Clinton Gutherson (142)
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The 2017 Parramatta Eels season is the 71st in the club's history. Coached by Brad Arthur, they are competing in the NRL's 2017 Telstra Premiership.

Fixtures[]

Auckland Nines[]

Match No.	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
				Date and time (Local)	Venue	Attendance
1	St George Illawarra Dragons	11 – 32	Parramatta Eels	Saturday, 4 February, 12:50 PM	Eden Park	22,000
2	New Zealand Warriors	0 – 17	Parramatta Eels	Saturday, 4 February, 5:10 PM
3	Manly Sea Eagles	12 – 17	Parramatta Eels	Sunday, 5 February, 11:25 AM
QF	Parramatta Eels	17 – 0	Gold Coast Titans	Sunday, 5 February, 2:20 PM
SF	Penrith Panthers	13 – 0	Parramatta Eels	Sunday, 5 February, 4:40 PM
GF	Did not qualify
Source:[1][2]

Trial matches[]

Round	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
				Date and time (Local)	Venue	Attendance
1	Parramatta Eels	18 – 30	Gold Coast Titans	Saturday, 11 February, 7:30 PM		2,207
2	Penrith Panthers	18 – 6	Parramatta Eels	Saturday, 18 February, 7:10 PM	Penrith Stadium
Source:[3][4]

Regular season[]

Round	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
				Date and time (Local)	Venue	Attendance
1	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	12 – 20	Parramatta Eels	Sunday, 5 March, 4:00 PM	Lottoland	11,318
2	St. George Illawarra Dragons	16 – 34	Parramatta Eels	Sunday, 12 March, 6:30 PM	WIN Stadium	16,023
3	Gold Coast Titans	26 – 14[5]	Parramatta Eels	Friday, 17 March, 8:05 PM	Cbus Super Stadium	11,612[6]
4	Parramatta Eels	6 – 20	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Saturday, 25 March, 7:00 PM	ANZ Stadium	17,003
5	Canberra Raiders	30 – 18	Parramatta Eels	Saturday, 1 April, 5:30 PM	GIO Stadium	17,653
6	New Zealand Warriors	22 – 10	Parramatta Eels	Sunday, 9 April, 1:30 PM	Mt Smart Stadium	13,526
7	Parramatta Eels	26 – 22	Wests Tigers	Monday, 17 April, 3:30 PM	ANZ Stadium	28,249
8	Parramatta Eels	18 – 12	Penrith Panthers	Saturday, 22 April, 3:00 PM	ANZ Stadium	14,070
9	North Queensland Cowboys	6 – 26	Parramatta Eels	Friday, 28 April, 8:05 PM	1300SMILES Stadium	10,594
10	Sydney Roosters	48 – 10	Parramatta Eels	Sunday, 14 May, 3:00 PM	Allianz Stadium	10,467
11	Parramatta Eels	16 – 22	Canberra Raiders	Saturday, 20 May, 7:30 PM	ANZ Stadium	10,074
12	South Sydney Rabbitohs	16 – 22	Parramatta Eels	Friday, 26 May, 7:50 PM	ANZ Stadium	14,218
13	Parramatta Eels	32 – 24	New Zealand Warriors	Friday, 2 June, 7:50 PM	ANZ Stadium	9,489
14	Parramatta Eels	6 – 32	North Queensland Cowboys	Saturday, 10 June, 7:30 PM	TIO Stadium	11,968
15	Parramatta Eels	24 – 10	St George-Illawarra Dragons	Sunday, 18 June, 4:00 PM	ANZ Stadium	13,559
Bye Round
17	Parramatta Eels	13 – 12 (gp)	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Thursday, 29 June, 7:50 PM	ANZ Stadium	14,061
18	Melbourne Storm	6 – 22	Parramatta Eels	Saturday, 8 July, 7:30 PM	AAMI Park	13,593
Bye Round
20	Wests Tigers	16 – 17	Parramatta Eels	Sunday, 23 July, 4:00 PM	ANZ Stadium	30,901
21	Parramatta Eels	28 – 14	Brisbane Broncos	Friday, 28 July, 7:50 PM	ANZ Stadium	12,182
22	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	4 – 20	Parramatta Eels	Thursday, 3 August, 7:50 PM	ANZ Stadium	12,137
23	Parramatta Eels	10 – 29	Newcastle Knights	Friday, 11 August, 6:00 PM	ANZ Stadium	13,141
24	Parramatta Eels	30 – 8	Gold Coast Titans	Thursday, 17 August, 7:50 PM	ANZ Stadium	6,826
25	Brisbane Broncos	34 – 52	Parramatta Eels	Thursday, 24 August, 7:50 PM	Suncorp Stadium	29,058
26	Parramatta Eels	22 – 16	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Friday, 1 September, 7:50 PM	ANZ Stadium	21,533
Source:[7]

Finals series[]

Final	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
				Date and time (Local)	Venue	Attendance
QF	Melbourne Storm	18 – 16	Parramatta Eels	Saturday, 9 September, 4:10 PM	AAMI Park	22,626
SF	Parramatta Eels	16 – 24	North Queensland Cowboys	Saturday, 16 September, 7:40 PM	ANZ Stadium	41,287
Source:[7]

Players and staff[]

First grade squad[]

• This section lists players who were in Parramatta's first grade squad at any point during the 2017 season
• Asterisks indicates player left mid-season
• Caret symbol indicates player joined mid-season
• Hash symbol indicates player retired mid-season

Nat.	Name	Position	Joined	Signed from
	Daniel Alvaro	PR	2015	Youth
	Kirisome Auva'a	CE	2017	South Sydney Rabbitohs
	Nathan Brown	PR / SR / LK	2017	South Sydney Rabbitohs
	Troy Dargan	HB	2017	Youth
	Nathan Davis^	FB / CE / WG	2017	Gold Coast Titans
	Isaac De Gois	HK	2014	Cronulla Sharks
	Kenny Edwards	SR / LK	2013	Southport Tigers
	Bureta Faraimo*	WG	2014	Mackay Cutters
	Jamal Fogarty*	HB	2017	Burleigh Bears
	John Folau	WG / CE	2015	Youth
	Bevan French	FB	2016	Youth
	David Gower	SR / LK / PR	2014	Manly Sea Eagles
	Clinton Gutherson	FB / CE / WG	2016	Manly Sea Eagles
	James Hasson*	SR / PR	2016	Manly Sea Eagles
	Josh Hoffman	FB / CE / WG / FE	2017	Gold Coast Titans
	George Jennings	CE / WG	2017	Penrith Panthers
	Michael Jennings	CE	2016	Sydney Roosters
	Cameron King	HK	2016	North Queensland Cowboys
	Manu Ma'u	SR	2014	Wentworthville Magpies
	Tim Mannah	PR	2009	Youth
	Suaia Matagi	PR	2017	Penrith Panthers
	Tepai Moeroa	SR	2014	Youth
		SR	2017	Youth
	Mitchell Moses^	HB	2017	Wests Tigers
	Cody Nelson	SR / FE	2015	Gold Coast Titans
	Marata Niukore	SR / CE	2017	New Zealand Warriors
	Corey Norman	FE / FB	2014	Brisbane Broncos
	Rory O'Brien	PR	2016	St George Illawarra Dragons
	Frank Pritchard	SR	2017	Hull FC
	Kaysa Pritchard	HK	2013	Youth
	Semi Radradra	WG	2013	Youth
	Jeff Robson	HB / FE / HK	2016	New Zealand Warriors
		WG	2016	North Queensland Cowboys
	Beau Scott	SR / CE	2016	Newcastle Knights
	Will Smith	FE / FB / CE	2017	Penrith Panthers
	Brad Takairangi	SR / CE	2015	Gold Coast Titans
	Kelepi Tanginoa*	SR / LK	2016	North Queensland Cowboys
	Peni Terepo	PR / SR / LK	2013	Youth
		WG	2016	Newcastle Knights
	Alex Twal*	PR	2016	Youth
	Joseph Ualesi	SR / LK	2013	Youth
	Siosaia Vave	PR	2017	Manly Sea Eagles
		LK / SR	2016	Wests Tigers
Source:[7]

Transfers[]

In: Nat. Pos. Name From Transfer window Date Ref. PR Siosaia Vave Manly Sea Eagles Pre-season August 2016 [8] PR Nathan Brown South Sydney Rabbitohs Pre-season September 2016 [9] CE George Jennings Penrith Panthers Pre-season September 2016 [10] FB Josh Hoffman Gold Coast Titans Pre-season October 2016 [11] CE Kirisome Auva'a South Sydney Rabbitohs Pre-season November 2016 [12] FE Will Smith Penrith Panthers Pre-season November 2016 [12] HB Jamal Fogarty Burleigh Bears Pre-season November 2016 [12] SR Marata Niukore New Zealand Warriors Pre-season November 2016 [12] SR Youth Pre-season November 2016 [12] PR Suaia Matagi Penrith Panthers Pre-season November 2016 [13] SR Frank Pritchard Hull FC Pre-season November 2016 [14] FB Nathan Davis Gold Coast Titans Mid-season March 2017 [15] FE Mitchell Moses Wests Tigers Mid-season May 2017 [16] Out: Nat. Pos. Name To Transfer window Date Ref. SR Anthony Watmough Retired Pre-season May 2016 [17] FB Michael Gordon Sydney Roosters Pre-season June 2016 [18] CE Tyrell Fuimaono South Sydney Rabbitohs Pre-season August 2016 [19] HB Luke Kelly South Sydney Rabbitohs Pre-season October 2016 [20] HB Mitch Cornish Sydney Roosters Pre-season October 2016 [21] PR Danny Wicks Retired Pre-season November 2016 [22] WG Vai Toutai Released Pre-season January 2017 [23] PR James Hasson Salford Red Devils Mid-season May 2017 [24] HB Jamal Fogarty Gold Coast Titans Mid-season June 2017 [25] PR Alex Twal Wests Tigers Mid-season June 2017 [26] WG Bureta Faraimo New Zealand Warriors Mid-season June 2017 [27] SR Kelepi Tanginoa Manly Sea Eagles Mid-season June 2017 [27] Representative call-ups[] Domestic[] Player Team Call-up Date Bevan French Indigenous All Stars 2017 All Stars Match February 2017 Tepai Moeroa World All Stars 2017 All Stars Match February 2017 Clinton Gutherson NSW City 2017 City vs Country Origin May 2017 David Gower NSW City 2017 City vs Country Origin May 2017 Daniel Alvaro NSW Country 2017 City vs Country Origin May 2017 International[] Player Country Call-up Date Ref. Marata Niukore Cook Islands 2017 Pacific Rugby League Tests May 2017 [28] Suaia Matagi Samoa 2017 Pacific Rugby League Tests May 2017 [29] 2017 Rugby League World Cup October 2017 [28] Kaysa Pritchard Samoa 2017 Pacific Rugby League Tests May 2017 [28] Siosaia Vave Tonga 2017 Pacific Rugby League Tests May 2017 [28] Michael Jennings Tonga 2017 Rugby League World Cup October 2017 [30] Manu Ma'u Tonga 2017 Rugby League World Cup October 2017 [30] Peni Terepo Tonga 2017 Rugby League World Cup October 2017 [30] Brad Takairangi New Zealand 2017 Rugby League World Cup October 2017 [31] Daniel Alvaro Italy 2017 Rugby League World Cup October 2017 [32] Nathan Brown Italy 2017 Rugby League World Cup October 2017 [32] Frank Pritchard Samoa 2017 Rugby League World Cup October 2017 [29] Salesi Fainga'a (NYC player) Fiji 2017 Rugby League World Cup October 2017 [33] Anthony Layoun (NYC player) Lebanon 2017 Rugby League World Cup October 2017 [34] Tim Mannah Lebanon 2017 Rugby League World Cup October 2017 [34] Mitchell Moses Lebanon 2017 Rugby League World Cup October 2017 [34] Ladder[] National Rugby League[] 2017 NRL season Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts 1 Melbourne Storm 24 20 0 4 2 633 336 +297 44 2 Sydney Roosters 24 17 0 7 2 500 428 +72 38 3 Brisbane Broncos 24 16 0 8 2 597 433 +164 36 4 Parramatta Eels 24 16 0 8 2 496 457 +39 36 5 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 15 0 9 2 476 407 +69 34 6 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 14 0 10 2 552 512 +40 32 7 Penrith Panthers 24 13 0 11 2 504 459 +45 30 8 North Queensland Cowboys 24 13 0 11 2 467 443 +24 30 9 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 12 0 12 2 533 450 +83 28 10 Canberra Raiders 24 11 0 13 2 558 497 +61 26 11 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 10 0 14 2 360 455 −95 24 12 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 9 0 15 2 464 564 −100 22 13 New Zealand Warriors 24 7 0 17 2 444 575 −131 18 14 Wests Tigers 24 7 0 17 2 413 571 −158 18 15 Gold Coast Titans 24 7 0 17 2 448 638 −190 18 16 Newcastle Knights 24 5 0 19 2 428 648 −220 14 Source:[35] National Youth Competition[] Further information: 2017 NRL Under-20s season Intrust Super Premiership NSW[] Further information: 2017 Intrust Super Premiership NSW References[] ^ "NRL - The official site of the National Rugby League - NRL.com". 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