2021 Parramatta Eels season

2021 Parramatta Eels season
2021 Parramatta Eels season
NRL Rank	6th
Play-off result	Semi-Finalists (Lost 8–6 vs Penrith Panthers, 2nd Semi Final)
	DNQ
2021 record	Wins: 15; Draws: 0; Losses: 9
Points scored	For: 566; Against: 457
Team information
CEO	Jim Sarantinos
Coach	Brad Arthur
Captain	Clinton Gutherson;
Stadium	Bankwest Stadium (Capacity: 30,000); TIO Stadium (Capacity: 12,500); Cbus Super Stadium (Capacity: 27,400)
Avg. attendance	14,772 (Home); 15,825 (Home & Away); 5,549 (Finals Series)
Agg. attendance	162,490 (Home); 363,977 (Home & Away); 11,098 (Finals Series)
High attendance	25,711 (7 May vs Sydney Roosters, Round 9)
Top scorers
Tries	Maika Sivo (17)
Goals	Mitchell Moses (66)
Points	Mitchell Moses (146)

The 2021 Parramatta Eels season is the 75th in the club's history.

Standings[]

National Rugby League[]

2021 NRL season v t
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Melbourne Storm	24	21	0	3	1	815	316	+499	44
2	Penrith Panthers (P)	24	21	0	3	1	676	286	+390	44
3	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	20	0	4	1	775	453	+322	42
4	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	16	0	8	1	744	492	+252	34
5	Sydney Roosters	24	16	0	8	1	630	489	+141	34
6	Parramatta Eels	24	15	0	9	1	566	457	+109	32
7	Newcastle Knights	24	12	0	12	1	428	571	−143	26
8	Gold Coast Titans	24	10	0	14	1	580	583	−3	22
9	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	10	0	14	1	520	556	−36	22
10	Canberra Raiders	24	10	0	14	1	481	578	−97	22
11	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	8	0	16	1	474	616	−142	18
12	New Zealand Warriors	24	8	0	16	1	453	624	−171	18
13	Wests Tigers	24	8	0	16	1	500	714	−214	18
14	Brisbane Broncos	24	7	0	17	1	446	695	−249	16
15	North Queensland Cowboys	24	7	0	17	1	460	748	−288	16
16	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	3	0	21	1	340	710	−370	8

Fixtures[]

Trial matches[]

Round	Home	Score	Away	Match information
Round	Home	Score	Away	Date and time (local)	Venue	Attendance
1	St George Illawarra Dragons	6 – 28	Parramatta Eels	Thursday, 18 February, 6:00 pm	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium	0
2	Penrith Panthers	16 – 6	Parramatta Eels	Saturday, 27 February, 7:30 pm	Panthers Stadium
Source:^[1]^[2]

Regular season[]

Round	Home	Score	Away	Match information
Round	Home	Score	Away	Date and time (local)	Venue	Attendance
1	Brisbane Broncos	16 – 24	Parramatta Eels	Friday, 12 March, 8:05 pm	Suncorp Stadium	28,313
2	Parramatta Eels	16 – 12	Melbourne Storm	Thursday, 18 March, 8:05 pm	Bankwest Stadium	10,416
3	Parramatta Eels	28 – 4	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Saturday, 27 March, 7:35 pm	Bankwest Stadium	19,236
4	Wests Tigers	22 – 36	Parramatta Eels	Monday, 5 April, 4:00 pm	Stadium Australia	29,056
5	Parramatta Eels	12 – 26	St George Illawarra Dragons	Sunday, 11 April, 6:15 pm	Bankwest Stadium	24,384
6	Canberra Raiders	10 – 35	Parramatta Eels	Saturday, 17 April, 7:35 pm	GIO Stadium	20,089
7	Parramatta Eels	46 – 6	Brisbane Broncos	Friday, 23 April, 7:55 pm	TIO Stadium	12,056
8	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	10 – 32	Parramatta Eels	Saturday, 1 May, 5:30 pm	Stadium Australia	13,273
9	Parramatta Eels	31 – 18	Sydney Roosters	Friday, 7 May, 7:55 pm	Bankwest Stadium	25,711
10	New Zealand Warriors	18 – 34	Parramatta Eels	Sunday, 16 May, 1:50 pm	Suncorp Stadium	33,175
11	Parramatta Eels	6 – 28	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Sunday, 23 May, 4:05 pm	Bankwest Stadium	24,411
12	South Sydney Rabbitohs	38 – 20	Parramatta Eels	Saturday, 29 May, 5:30 pm	Stadium Australia	20,743
13	Newcastle Knights	4 – 40	Parramatta Eels	Sunday, 6 June, 4:05 pm	McDonald Jones Stadium	23,015
14	Parramatta Eels	40 – 12	Wests Tigers	Sunday, 13 June, 4:05 pm	Bankwest Stadium	23,417
15	Parramatta Eels	36 – 10	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Sunday, 20 June, 2:00 pm	Bankwest Stadium	17,276
16	Penrith Panthers	13 – 12	Parramatta Eels	Friday, 2 July, 7:55 pm	BlueBet Stadium	0^a
17	Bye Round
18	Gold Coast Titans	8 – 26	Parramatta Eels	Friday, 16 July, 6:00 pm	Cbus Super Stadium	15,038
19	Parramatta Eels	10 – 12	Canberra Raiders	Thursday, 22 July, 7:50 pm	Cbus Super Stadium	2,566
20	Sydney Roosters	28 – 0	Parramatta Eels	Thursday, 29 July, 7:50 pm	BB Print Stadium	4,926
21	Parramatta Eels	12 – 40	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Friday, 6 August, 8:05 pm	Cbus Super Stadium	0^a
22	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	56 – 10	Parramatta Eels	Saturday, 14 August, 7:35 pm	Sunshine Coast Stadium	3,613
23	Parramatta Eels	32 – 16	North Queensland Cowboys	Saturday, 21 August, 7:35 pm	Cbus Super Stadium	3,013
24	Melbourne Storm	10 – 22	Parramatta Eels	Saturday, 28 August, 7:35 pm	Suncorp Stadium	10,246
25	Parramatta Eels	6 – 40	Penrith Panthers	Friday, 3 September, 8:05 pm	Cbus Super Stadium	8,580
Source:^[3]

Notes: ^a^ For rounds 16 and 21, matches were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Finals series[]

Round	Home	Score	Away	Match information
Round	Home	Score	Away	Date and time (local)	Venue	Attendance
EF	Parramatta Eels	28 – 20	Newcastle Knights	Sunday, 12 September, 4:05 pm	Browne Park	5,087
SF	Penrith Panthers	8 – 6	Parramatta Eels	Friday, 17 September, 7:50 pm	BB Print Stadium	6,011
Source:^[3]

Players and staff[]

**Parramatta Eels 2021 Squad**
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Top 30 Squad						Development Players		Coaching Staff
Jake Arthur – HB, FE Waqa Blake – CE Dylan Brown – FE, HB Nathan Brown – LK Reagan Campbell-Gillard – PR Bryce Cartwright – SR, LK Haze Dunster – WG, CE Blake Ferguson (gk) – WG, CE, FB Wiremu Greig – PR Clinton Gutherson (gk) (c) – FB		Keegan Hipgrave – SR, LK – PR – PR Oregon Kaufusi – PR, LK Shaun Lane – SR Joey Lussick – HK Reed Mahoney – HK Ryan Matterson – SR, LK, FE Mitchell Moses (gk) – HB Marata Niukore – SR, LK, LK		Michael Oldfield – WG, CE Tom Opacic – CE Isaiah Papali'i – SR, LK Junior Paulo – PR Will Penisini – CE, WG Hayze Perham – FB, CE, FE Jordan Rankin (gk) – FE, FB, HB Maika Sivo – WG Will Smith (gk) – FE, FB, HK Ray Stone – LK, SR, LK		Samuel Loizou – WG, FE – WG Nathaniel Roache – HK Sean Russell – FB, FE, WG Extended squad Kurt Dillon – PR Tim Lafai – CE Makahesi Makatoa – LK, SR Ky Rodwell – PR, LK, SR		Head coach Brad Arthur Assistant coaches David Kidwell (ISP NSW coach) (Jersey Flegg coach) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice captain(s) Updated: 13 May 2021 Source(s): Eels Team Profiles

Transfers[]

In:

Pos.	Name	From	Transfer window	Date	Ref.
CE	Tom Opacic	North Queensland Cowboys	Pre-season	October 2020	^[4]
LK	Isaiah Papali'i	New Zealand Warriors	Pre-season	October 2020	^[4]
HK	Joey Lussick	Salford Red Devils	Pre-season	October 2020	^[4]
CE	Michael Oldfield	Canberra Raiders	Pre-season	November 2020	^[5]
LK	Keegan Hipgrave	Gold Coast Titans	Pre-season	November 2020	^[5]
HK	Nathaniel Roache	New Zealand Warriors	Pre-season	November 2020	^[5]
SR	Bryce Cartwright	Gold Coast Titans	Pre-season	November 2020	^[6]
PR	Wiremu Greig	North Queensland Cowboys	Mid-season	March 2021	^[7]
CE	Hayze Perham	New Zealand Warriors	Mid-season	April 2021	^[8]

Out:

Pos.	Name	To	Transfer window	Date	Ref.
PR	Stefano Utoikamanu	Wests Tigers	Pre-season	January 2020	^[9]^[10]
PR	Kane Evans	New Zealand Warriors	Pre-season	August 2020	^[11]^[10]
SR	David Gower	Retired	Pre-season	October 2020	^[10]
PR	Peni Terepo	Retired	Pre-season	October 2020	^[10]
FE	Jai Field	Wigan Warriors	Pre-season	October 2020	^[10]
SR	Andrew Davey	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Pre-season	October 2020	^[10]^[12]
HK		Mount Pritchard Mounties	Pre-season	October 2020	^[10]
HB	Jaeman Salmon	Penrith Panthers	Pre-season	October 2020	^[10]
CE	Brad Takairangi	Hull Kingston Rovers	Pre-season	October 2020	^[10]
HK		Released	Pre-season	October 2020	^[10]
FB		Mount Pritchard Mounties	Pre-season	October 2020	^[10]
WG	George Jennings	Melbourne Storm	Pre-season	November 2020	^[13]
PR	Daniel Alvaro	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Pre-season	December 2020	^[14]
CE	Michael Jennings	Released	Mid-season	May 2021	^[15]

References[]

[1] ttps://www.nrl.com/draw/pre-season-trials/2021/round-2/eels-v-dragons/

[2] ttps://www.nrl.com/draw/pre-season-trials/2021/round-3/eels-v-panthers/

[NRL2021-3] "NRL 2021 – Parramatta Eels". Rugby League Project. 30 March 2021.

[Oct2020Signings-4] ttps://www.parraeels.com.au/news/2020/10/21/eels-announce-three-new-signings/

[Nov2020Signings-5] ttps://www.parraeels.com.au/news/2020/11/07/parramatta-eels-add-four-players-to-its-2021-nrl-squad/

[6] ttps://www.parraeels.com.au/news/2020/11/26/parramatta-eels-sign-bryce-cartwright/

[7] "Cowboys rocked as another man signs south".

[8] "Warriors release Hayze Perham to join new NRL club". www.zerotackle.com.

[9] ttps://www.weststigers.com.au/news/2020/01/29/wests-tigers-sign-stefano-utoikamanu/

[Oct2020Departures-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k https://www.parraeels.com.au/news/2020/10/12/eleven-players-to-depart-parramatta-eels/

[11] ttps://www.nrl.com/news/2020/08/12/warriors-snare-evans-aitken-but-elliott-knocks-back-offer/

[12] ttps://www.seaeagles.com.au/news/2020/10/12/sea-eagles-sign-forward-andrew-davey/

[13] ttps://www.melbournestorm.com.au/news/2020/11/05/storm-adds-to-2021-squad/

[14] ttps://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2020-daniel-alvaro-to-the-eels-brad-takairangi-transfer-centre-signings-tracker-new-deals-contracts/news-story/f4b11495d5bc9d81cd052ca7b3d15dcc

[15] ttps://www.parraeels.com.au/news/2021/05/04/club-statement-michael-jennings/

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