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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
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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]
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 | ![]() |
Newcastle | |
18:00 AEDT |
Tries: Marzhew ![]() Aoake ![]() McCarthy ![]() McEwen ![]() Goals: Pryce 0/1 Votano 1/3 ![]() |
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Tries: Brown ![]() Tago ![]() Tuilagi ![]() Papalii ![]() Samrani ![]() Miller-Stephen ![]() Loizou ![]() Goals: Volkman 3/4 ![]() Lynn 3/4 ![]() |
Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 5,964 Referee: Belinda Sharpe |
Round 2: 21 February 2025 | Wests Tigers ![]() |
30–18 | ![]() |
Leichhardt | |
20:00 AEDT |
Tries: Naden ![]() Bird ![]() Skelton ![]() Hope ![]() Faataape ![]() Goals: Doueihi 5/5 ![]() |
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Tries: Iongi ![]() Russell ![]() Williams ![]() Goals: Lomax 2/2 ![]() Volkman 1/1 ![]() |
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Referee: Ashley Klein |
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Regular season
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Ladder
Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2025. Source: National Rugby League
Results by round
Matches
The league fixtures were released on 21 November 2024.[44]
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
Round 1: 9 March 2025 | Melbourne Storm ![]() |
56–18 | ![]() |
Melbourne | |
16:05 AEDT |
Tries: Papenhuyzen ![]() King ![]() Coates ![]() Katoa ![]() Grant ![]() Meaney ![]() Warbrick ![]() Hughes ![]() Goals: Meaney 8/10 ![]() |
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Tries: Tago ![]() Penisini ![]() Iongi ![]() Goals: Lomax 3/3 ![]() |
Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 23,369 Referee: Wyatt Raymond |
Round 2: 16 March 2025 | Parramatta Eels ![]() |
6–32 | ![]() |
Parramatta | |
16:05 AEDT |
Tries: Russell ![]() Goals: Lomax 1/1 ![]() |
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Tries: Turuva ![]() To'a ![]() Galvin ![]() Skelton ![]() Goals: Doueihi 4/6 ![]() |
Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 18,362 Referee: Grant Atkins |
Round 3: 23 March 2025 | Parramatta Eels ![]() |
8–16 | ![]() |
Parramatta | |
16:05 AEDT |
Tries: Penisini ![]() Addo-Carr ![]() Goals: Lomax 0/2 |
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Tries: Suluka-Fifita ![]() Xerri ![]() Wilson ![]() Goals: Crichton 2/4 ![]() |
Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 24,059 Referee: Wyatt Raymond |
Round 4: 30 March 2025 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles ![]() |
26–12 | ![]() |
Brookvale | |
16:05 AEDT |
Tries: Saab ![]() Hopoate ![]() Waddell ![]() Koula ![]() Goals: Garrick 5/6 ![]() |
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Tries: Ofahengaue ![]() Lane ![]() Goals: Lomax 2/2 ![]() |
Stadium: 4 Pines Park Attendance: 17,286 Referee: Todd Smith |
Round 5: 5 April 2025 | Parramatta Eels ![]() |
23–22 (g.p.) | ![]() |
Parramatta | |
15:00 AEDT |
Tries: Addo-Carr ![]() Iongi ![]() Kautoga ![]() Goals: Lomax 5/5 ![]() Field goals: Lomax ![]() |
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Tries: Gutherson ![]() Tuipulotu ![]() Goals: Holmes 5/5 ![]() |
Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 19,302 Referee: Gerard Sutton |
Round 6: 12 April 2025 | Parramatta Eels ![]() |
12–50 | ![]() |
Darwin | |
19:05 ACST |
Tries: Brown ![]() Addo-Carr ![]() Goals: Russell 2/2 ![]() |
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Tries: Tapine ![]() Strange ![]() Young ![]() Timoko ![]() Savage ![]() Nicholson ![]() Kris ![]() Goals: Fogarty 7/7 ![]() Weekes 2/2 ![]() |
Stadium: TIO Stadium Attendance: 9,559 Referee: Wyatt Raymond |
Round 7: 21 April 2025 | Wests Tigers ![]() |
22–38 | ![]() |
Parramatta | |
16:00 AEST |
Tries: May ![]() Bula ![]() Seyfarth ![]() Laulilii ![]() Goals: Doueihi 3/4 ![]() Sin bin: Turuva ![]() |
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Tries: Addo-Carr ![]() Iongi ![]() Tuilagi ![]() Tuivaiti ![]() Simonsson ![]() Goals: Russell 3/6 ![]() Moses 1/1 ![]() Smith 1/1 ![]() Sin bin: Moretti ![]() Iongi ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Brisbane | |
18:00 AEST |
Tries: Iro ![]() Nikora ![]() Stonestreet ![]() McInnes ![]() Goals: Hynes 4/6 ![]() Sin bin: Colquhoun ![]() |
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Tries: Addo-Carr ![]() Brown ![]() Goals: Russell 3/3 ![]() |
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 44,613 Referee: Peter Gough |
Round 10: 8 May 2025 | Parramatta Eels ![]() |
16–20 | ![]() |
Parramatta | |
19:50 AEST |
Tries: Simonsson ![]() Doorey ![]() Brown ![]() Goals: Russell 2/4 ![]() |
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Tries: Bostock ![]() Lemuelu ![]() Farnworth ![]() Goals: Isaako 4/4 ![]() |
Stadium: CommBank Stadium Referee: Wyatt Raymond |
Round 11: 16 May 2025 | Newcastle Knights ![]() |
v | ![]() |
Newcastle | |
18:00 AEST |
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Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium |
Round 12: 23 May 2025 | Parramatta Eels ![]() |
v | ![]() |
Parramatta | |
20:00 AEST |
Report |
Stadium: CommBank Stadium |
Round 13: 1 June 2025 | Penrith Panthers ![]() |
v | ![]() |
Parramatta | |
16:05 AEST |
Report |
Stadium: CommBank Stadium |
Round 14: 9 June 2025 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ![]() |
v | ![]() |
Sydney Olympic Park | |
16:00 AEST |
Report |
Stadium: Accor Stadium |
Round 15 (Bye for Parramatta Eels)
Round 16: 22 June 2025 | Parramatta Eels ![]() |
v | ![]() |
Parramatta | |
18:15 AEST |
Report |
Stadium: CommBank Stadium |
Round 17: 28 June 2025 | St. George Illawarra Dragons ![]() |
v | ![]() |
Wollongong | |
17:30 AEST |
Report |
Stadium: WIN Stadium |
Round 18 (Bye for Parramatta Eels)
Round 19: 13 July 2025 | Parramatta Eels ![]() |
v | ![]() |
Parramatta | |
16:05 AEST |
Report |
Stadium: CommBank Stadium |
Round 20: 19 July 2025 | Canberra Raiders ![]() |
v | ![]() |
Canberra | |
15:00 AEST |
Report |
Stadium: GIO Stadium |
Round 21: 25 July 2025 | Brisbane Broncos ![]() |
v | ![]() |
Brisbane | |
20:00 AEST |
Report |
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium |
Round 22: 31 July 2025 | Parramatta Eels ![]() |
v | ![]() |
Parramatta | |
19:50 AEST |
Report |
Stadium: CommBank Stadium |
Round 23: 10 August 2025 | Parramatta Eels ![]() |
v | ![]() |
Parramatta | |
16:05 AEST |
Report |
Stadium: CommBank Stadium |
Round 24: 16 August 2025 | South Sydney Rabbitohs ![]() |
v | ![]() |
Moore Park | |
19:35 AEST |
Report |
Stadium: Allianz Stadium |
Round 25: 23 August 2025 | Parramatta Eels ![]() |
v | ![]() |
Parramatta | |
19:35 AEST |
Report |
Stadium: CommBank Stadium |
Round 26: 29 August 2025 | New Zealand Warriors ![]() |
v | ![]() |
Auckland | |
20:00 NZST |
Report |
Stadium: Go Media Stadium |
Round 27: 7 September 2025 | Parramatta Eels ![]() |
v | ![]() |
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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