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2025 Parramatta Eels season

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The 2025 Parramatta Eels season is the 79th season in the club's history and the 28th in the National Rugby League. Coached by new head coach Jason Ryles,[1] and captained by Mitchell Moses for his first season,[2] the team is competing in the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership during the regular season and participated in the Pre-season Challenge in February.

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On 18 November 2024, it was announced that the club's 12-year long partnership with the Northern Territory Government would conclude this season, ending the decade of a single home game in Darwin with a 12–50 defeat to the Canberra Raiders in round 6.[3]

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Pre-season

Squad changes

Pre-season Challenge

Parramatta took on the Newcastle Knights in Newcastle for their first game.[4]

The Eels then had an away game versus the Wests Tigers at Leichhardt Oval in week 3.[5]

Regular season

March

The Eels started off the season with a trip to AAMI Park against the Melbourne Storm, who had won the past 22 round 1 games in a row.[6] Isaiah Iongi, Zac Lomax, Ronald Volkman, Jack Williams, Ryley Smith and Sam Tuivaiti all made their debuts, where Volkman replaced Mitchell Moses who sustained his foot injury. The Eels had a poor start to the game and were dominated by the Storm, conceding 8 tries by half-time and found themselves trailing 46–6.[6] In the second half, Parramatta grabbed a couple of tries thanks to Will Penisini and Iongi, ended the game with a loss of 56–18 and were ranked bottom of the table.[6]

In the second game, the Eels faced the Wests Tigers at home, under the 37 degrees heat at kick-off.[7] Jordan Samrani and Kitione Kautoga both made their debuts following their transfers from the Bulldogs. Both teams had chances but could not find a way through in the first 25 minutes, then Parramatta conceded three tries afterwards up until half-time.[7] Three more tries were scored by the Tigers in the second half, where winger Sunia Turuva scored his second and third tries to complete a hat-trick. The Eels could not find a way through until the 79th minute, when winger Sean Russell scored a try to avoid blanking on points, ending with a score of 6–32.[7]

Parramatta then hosted local rivals Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at CommBank Stadium. Dean Hawkins replaced Volkman at halfback on his club debut, whereas winger Josh Addo-Carr scored a try on debut against his former club.[8] The Eels conceded three tries and scored one in the first half through Penisini, and an early try by Addo-Carr in the second half had the Eels regain momentum.[8] Parramatta built up pressure and came close to scoring, but errors had stopped them from a second-half comeback. The Eels then conceded a late penalty inside their half, Stephen Crichton converted it and ended the match 8–16.[8]

The Eels were up against the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles at 4 Pines Park in their final game in March. Joe Ofahengaue played his milestone 200th NRL game, scoring a try in the second half.[9] Both team had chances in the first half, but the Sea Eagles came out on top and had a 12–0 lead. The second half saw Manly extending their lead to 14 points, but Ofahengaue's try would bring the Eels back temporarily.[9] That was until Manly scored two tries and sealing the win, but Shaun Lane grabbed a consolation try in the last minute, adding to the final score of 26–12, which would see the Eels end the month at bottom of the table.[9]

April

Parramatta started April with a home game against the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the Multicultural Round. Lomax converted an early penalty to give the Eels a 2-point lead, which was cancelled out by a try from the returning Gutherson to his old ground.[10] Dylan Walker made his debut off the bench, then the Eels found an equaliser from winger Addo-Carr, but Gutherson later provided an assist and scored his second try for the Dragons. After being down at 8–20, Parramatta scored two consecutive tries from Iongi and Kautoga to level the score.[10] Late penalties converted from both sides would end the game 22–22 at normal time, as Lomax stepped up to score a field goal in golden point following an error from the Dragons, to seal Parramatta's first win of the season.[10]

The Eels then battled the Canberra Raiders in their final home game in the heat of Darwin, Northern Territory. Raiders' early lead was equalled to by a Dylan Brown try, followed by three more tries by Canberra leading up to half-time.[11] The Eels came out into the second half with Addo-Carr scoring, but Canberra converted a penalty goal to regain a 14-point lead.[11] Canberra turned up their pace and scored another 24 points in 20 minutes to finish at 12–50, the Eels would end their journey up north with yet another big defeat.[11]

An away game against the Wests Tigers in Parramatta were up next in the yearly Easter Monday match, where Mitchell Moses returns to his familiar halfback position back from foot injury. Sean Russell opened the scoring with a penalty goal, followed by an Addo-Carr try from a Moses 40–20 kick.[12] The Tigers hit back with two consecutive tries in 5 minutes, but the Eels responded with Iongi scoring in the corner to tie up the first half 10–10. Parramatta came out of the second half scoring three tries in 6 minutes, which includes Tuivaiti's first try in a first grade match.[12] Turuva of the Tigers and the Eels' Luca Moretti were sin-binned in the 53rd minute for throwing Ryley Smith onto the ground and for striking respectively, Iongi was also binned for professional foul five minutes afterwards.[12] With a one-man advantage, Tigers scored two tries in 6 minutes to put the score at 22–26. The game then ended 22–38 after Parramatta scoring two more converted tries, the Eels came out victors for the second time in the season, and were ranked joint bottom on the ladder.

A bye in the ANZAC round of round 8 took the Eels up to 16th place with 6 competition points.

May

The Blue and Gold army travelled to Brisbane to play the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in this season's Magic Round. The Sharks strike first through Kayal Iro, the Eels hit back with an Addo-Carr try.[13] Cronulla went on to score another try to lead 6 points at half-time, followed by 2 further tries in 7 minutes.[13] The Eels hit back with Addo-Carr scoring his second and Dylan Brown adding to the tally 2 minutes afterwards, making good use of the one-man advantage from a Sharks sin-bin. Cronulla sealed the game with the second try of winger Samuel Stonestreet and a late penalty goal, finishing the contest 28–18 and putting the Eels back to 17th.[13]

Parramatta welcomed the Dolphins at home in the women in league round.[14]

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Squad information

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Playing squad

The NRL playing squad of the Parramatta Eels for the 2025 NRL season as of 9 March 2025.[15]

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Coaching staff

The coaching staff of the Parramatta Eels for the 2025 NRL season as of 9 March 2025.[15]

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Squad changes

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Pre-season

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Parramatta played the Newcastle Knights in Newcastle and the Wests Tigers in Leichhardt as their pre-season fixtures. Both matches were part of the third edition of the NRL Pre-season Challenge.[43]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Round 1: 14 February 2025 Newcastle Knights 18–44 Parramatta Eels Newcastle
18:00 AEDT
Tries:
Marzhew rugby ball 22'
Aoake rugby ball 46'
McCarthy rugby ball 49'
McEwen rugby ball 58'
Goals:
Pryce 0/1
Votano 1/3 rugby goalposts icon 59'
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Tries:
Brown rugby ball 2'
Tago rugby ball 26'
Tuilagi rugby ball 29'
Papalii rugby ball 38'
Samrani rugby ball 61'
Miller-Stephen rugby ball 64', 77'
Loizou rugby ball 72'
Goals:
Volkman 3/4 rugby goalposts icon 4', 31', 39'
Lynn 3/4 rugby goalposts icon 63', 65', 78'
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Attendance: 5,964
Referee: Belinda Sharpe
Round 2: 21 February 2025 Wests Tigers 30–18 Parramatta Eels Leichhardt
20:00 AEDT
Tries:
Naden rugby ball 26'
Bird rugby ball 29'
Skelton rugby ball 39'
Hope rugby ball 56'
Faataape rugby ball 75'
Goals:
Doueihi 5/5 rugby goalposts icon 27', 30', 39', 58', 76'
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Tries:
Iongi rugby ball 13'
Russell rugby ball 35'
Williams rugby ball 48'
Goals:
Lomax 2/2 rugby goalposts icon 15', 36'
Volkman 1/1 rugby goalposts icon 49'
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Referee: Ashley Klein
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Regular season

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Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2025. Source: National Rugby League

Results by round

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Source: National Rugby League
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were released on 21 November 2024.[44]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Round 1: 9 March 2025 Melbourne Storm 56–18 Parramatta Eels Melbourne
16:05 AEDT
Tries:
Papenhuyzen rugby ball 5', 39'
King rugby ball 11'
Coates rugby ball 21', 26'
Katoa rugby ball 23'
Grant rugby ball 30'
Meaney rugby ball 34'
Warbrick rugby ball 55'
Hughes rugby ball 57'
Goals:
Meaney 8/10 rugby goalposts icon 6', 12', 25', 27', 31', 35', 40', 59'
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Tries:
Tago rugby ball 37'
Penisini rugby ball 68'
Iongi rugby ball 76'
Goals:
Lomax 3/3 rugby goalposts icon 38', 70', 78'
Stadium: AAMI Park
Attendance: 23,369
Referee: Wyatt Raymond
Round 2: 16 March 2025 Parramatta Eels 6–32 Wests Tigers Parramatta
16:05 AEDT
Tries:
Russell rugby ball 79'
Goals:
Lomax 1/1 rugby goalposts icon 80'
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Tries:
Turuva rugby ball 26', 67', 72'
To'a rugby ball 35'
Galvin rugby ball 39'
Skelton rugby ball 42'
Goals:
Doueihi 4/6 rugby goalposts icon 36', 39', 44', 68'
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 18,362
Referee: Grant Atkins
Round 3: 23 March 2025 Parramatta Eels 8–16 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Parramatta
16:05 AEDT
Tries:
Penisini rugby ball 18'
Addo-Carr rugby ball 46'
Goals:
Lomax 0/2
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Suluka-Fifita rugby ball 4'
Xerri rugby ball 25'
Wilson rugby ball 33'
Goals:
Crichton 2/4 rugby goalposts icon 6', 80 pen'
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 24,059
Referee: Wyatt Raymond
Round 4: 30 March 2025 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 26–12 Parramatta Eels Brookvale
16:05 AEDT
Tries:
Saab rugby ball 8'
Hopoate rugby ball 16'
Waddell rugby ball 62'
Koula rugby ball 67'
Goals:
Garrick 5/6 rugby goalposts icon 9', 20 pen', 48 pen', 63', 68'
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Tries:
Ofahengaue rugby ball 55'
Lane rugby ball 79'
Goals:
Lomax 2/2 rugby goalposts icon 56', 80'
Stadium: 4 Pines Park
Attendance: 17,286
Referee: Todd Smith
Round 5: 5 April 2025 Parramatta Eels 23–22 (g.p.) St. George Illawarra Dragons Parramatta
15:00 AEDT
Tries:
Addo-Carr rugby ball 24'
Iongi rugby ball 56'
Kautoga rugby ball 62'
Goals:
Lomax 5/5 rugby goalposts icon 6 pen', 26', 58', 63', 74 pen'
Field goals:
Lomax rugby goalposts icon 83'
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Tries:
Gutherson rugby ball 16', 45'
Tuipulotu rugby ball 34'
Goals:
Holmes 5/5 rugby goalposts icon 18', 22 pen', 36', 46', 68 pen'
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 19,302
Referee: Gerard Sutton
Round 6: 12 April 2025 Parramatta Eels 12–50 Canberra Raiders Darwin
19:05 ACST
Tries:
Brown rugby ball 13'
Addo-Carr rugby ball 49'
Goals:
Russell 2/2 rugby goalposts icon 14', 51'
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Tries:
Tapine rugby ball 6'
Strange rugby ball 19'
Young rugby ball 23', 57'
Timoko rugby ball 38'
Savage rugby ball 64'
Nicholson rugby ball 74'
Kris rugby ball 77'
Goals:
Fogarty 7/7 rugby goalposts icon 7', 20', 24', 39', 54 pen', 58', 66'
Weekes 2/2 rugby goalposts icon 76', 77'
Stadium: TIO Stadium
Attendance: 9,559
Referee: Wyatt Raymond
Round 7: 21 April 2025 Wests Tigers 22–38 Parramatta Eels Parramatta
16:00 AEST
Tries:
May rugby ball 22'
Bula rugby ball 27'
Seyfarth rugby ball 61'
Laulilii rugby ball 67'
Goals:
Doueihi 3/4 rugby goalposts icon 23', 63', 68'
Sin bin:
Turuva yellow card 53' to 63'
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Tries:
Addo-Carr rugby ball 14', 77'
Iongi rugby ball 32', 47'
Tuilagi rugby ball 41'
Tuivaiti rugby ball 44'
Simonsson rugby ball 74'
Goals:
Russell 3/6 rugby goalposts icon 3 pen', 43', 45'
Moses 1/1 rugby goalposts icon 76'
Smith 1/1 rugby goalposts icon 78'
Sin bin:
Moretti yellow card 53' to 63'
Iongi yellow card 58' to 68'
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Attendance: 26,145
Referee: Liam Kennedy
Round 8 (Bye for Parramatta Eels)
Round 9 (Magic Round): 2 May 2025 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 28–18 Parramatta Eels Brisbane
18:00 AEST
Tries:
Iro rugby ball 9'
Nikora rugby ball 37'
Stonestreet rugby ball 49', 71'
McInnes rugby ball 56'
Goals:
Hynes 4/6 rugby goalposts icon 11', 39', 58', 79 pen'
Sin bin:
Colquhoun yellow card 52' to 62'
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Tries:
Addo-Carr rugby ball 33', 60'
Brown rugby ball 62'
Goals:
Russell 3/3 rugby goalposts icon 35', 61', 63'
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 44,613
Referee: Peter Gough
Round 10: 8 May 2025 Parramatta Eels 16–20 Dolphins Parramatta
19:50 AEST
Tries:
Simonsson rugby ball 27'
Doorey rugby ball 42'
Brown rugby ball 72'
Goals:
Russell 2/4 rugby goalposts icon 40 pen', 43'
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Tries:
Bostock rugby ball 11'
Lemuelu rugby ball 60'
Farnworth rugby ball 64'
Goals:
Isaako 4/4 rugby goalposts icon 13', 61', 65', 70 pen'
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Referee: Wyatt Raymond
Round 11: 16 May 2025 Newcastle Knights v Parramatta Eels Newcastle
18:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Round 12: 23 May 2025 Parramatta Eels v Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Parramatta
20:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Round 13: 1 June 2025 Penrith Panthers v Parramatta Eels Parramatta
16:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Round 14: 9 June 2025 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs v Parramatta Eels Sydney Olympic Park
16:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Accor Stadium
Round 15 (Bye for Parramatta Eels)
Round 16: 22 June 2025 Parramatta Eels v Gold Coast Titans Parramatta
18:15 AEST
Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Round 17: 28 June 2025 St. George Illawarra Dragons v Parramatta Eels Wollongong
17:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: WIN Stadium
Round 18 (Bye for Parramatta Eels)
Round 19: 13 July 2025 Parramatta Eels v Penrith Panthers Parramatta
16:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Round 20: 19 July 2025 Canberra Raiders v Parramatta Eels Canberra
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: GIO Stadium
Round 21: 25 July 2025 Brisbane Broncos v Parramatta Eels Brisbane
20:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Round 22: 31 July 2025 Parramatta Eels v Melbourne Storm Parramatta
19:50 AEST
Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Round 23: 10 August 2025 Parramatta Eels v North Queensland Cowboys Parramatta
16:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Round 24: 16 August 2025 South Sydney Rabbitohs v Parramatta Eels Moore Park
19:35 AEST
Report
Stadium: Allianz Stadium
Round 25: 23 August 2025 Parramatta Eels v Sydney Roosters Parramatta
19:35 AEST
Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Round 26: 29 August 2025 New Zealand Warriors v Parramatta Eels Auckland
20:00 NZST
Report
Stadium: Go Media Stadium
Round 27: 7 September 2025 Parramatta Eels v Newcastle Knights Parramatta
16:05 AEST
Report
Stadium: CommBank Stadium
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Player statistics

As of match played 8 May 2025

Players with no appearances are not included on the list.

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Awards

The Ken Thornett Medal will be held at the end of the season to recognise the best-performed players of the season for the club. Reagan Campbell-Gillard is the reigning Ken Thornett medalist.[45]

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