2019 Parramatta Eels season

2019 Parramatta Eels season
2019 Parramatta Eels season
NRL Rank	5th
Play-off result	Semi-Finalists (Lost 0–32 vs Melbourne Storm, 1st Semi Final)
World Club Challenge	DNQ
2019 record	Wins: 14; Draws: 0; Losses: 10
Points scored	For: 533; Against: 473
Team information
CEO	Bernie Gurr
Coach	Brad Arthur
Captain	Clinton Gutherson;
Stadium	Bankwest Stadium (Capacity: 30,000); ANZ Stadium (Capacity: 83,500); TIO Stadium (Capacity: 12,500)
Avg. attendance	18,396 (Home); 18,686 (Home & Away); 25,194 (Finals Series)
Agg. attendance	220,757 (Home); 448,464 (Home & Away); 50,387 (Finals Series)
High attendance	29,372 (15 September vs Brisbane Broncos, 1st Elimination Final)
Top scorers
Tries	Maika Sivo (22)
Goals	Mitchell Moses (92)
Points	Mitchell Moses (201)

The 2019 Parramatta Eels season is the 73rd in the club's history.

Standings

2019 NRL season
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Melbourne Storm	24	20	0	4	1	631	300	+331	42
2	Sydney Roosters	24	17	0	7	1	627	363	+264	36
3	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	16	0	8	1	521	417	+104	34
4	Canberra Raiders	24	15	0	9	1	524	374	+150	32
5	Parramatta Eels	24	14	0	10	1	533	473	+60	30
6	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	14	0	10	1	496	446	+50	30
7	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	12	0	12	1	514	464	+50	26
8	Brisbane Broncos	24	11	1	12	1	432	489	−57	25
9	Wests Tigers	24	11	0	13	1	475	486	−11	24
10	Penrith Panthers	24	11	0	13	1	413	474	−61	24
11	Newcastle Knights	24	10	0	14	1	485	522	−37	22
12	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	10	0	14	1	326	477	−151	22
13	New Zealand Warriors	24	9	1	14	1	433	574	−141	21
14	North Queensland Cowboys	24	9	0	15	1	378	500	−122	20
15	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	8	0	16	1	427	575	−148	18
16	Gold Coast Titans	24	4	0	20	1	370	651	−281	10

Fixtures

Trial matches

Round	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
Round	Home	Score	Away	Date and time (Local)	Venue	Attendance
1	Parramatta Eels	20 – 22	Canberra Raiders	Friday, 15 February, 7:00 pm	St Marys Leagues Stadium
2	Penrith Panthers	0 – 20	Parramatta Eels	Saturday, 2 March, 7:00 pm	Panthers Stadium	6,339
Source:[1][2]

Regular season

Round	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
Round	Home	Score	Away	Date and time (Local)	Venue	Attendance
1	Penrith Panthers	12 – 20	Parramatta Eels	Sunday 17 March, 4:05 pm	Panthers Stadium	12,604
2	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	16 – 36	Parramatta Eels	Sunday, 24 March, 4:05 pm	ANZ Stadium	20,134
3	Parramatta Eels	18 – 32	Sydney Roosters	Friday, 29 March, 7:55 pm	ANZ Stadium	13,367
4	Parramatta Eels	24 – 12	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Saturday, 6 April, 7:35 pm	ANZ Stadium	11,185
5	Canberra Raiders	19 – 0	Parramatta Eels	Sunday, 14 April, 6:10 pm	GIO Stadium	16,059
6	Parramatta Eels	51 – 6	Wests Tigers	Monday, 22 April, 4:00 pm	Bankwest Stadium	29,047
7	Newcastle Knights	28 – 14	Parramatta Eels	Sunday, 28 April, 4:05 pm	McDonald Jones Stadium	19,604
8	Parramatta Eels	32 – 18	St George Illawarra Dragons	Sunday, 5 May, 4:05 pm	Bankwest Stadium	25,872
9	Melbourne Storm	64 – 10	Parramatta Eels	Saturday, 11 May, 7:35 pm	Suncorp Stadium	41,612
10	North Queensland Cowboys	17 – 10	Parramatta Eels	Saturday, 18 May, 5:30 pm	1300SMILES Stadium	12,493
11	Parramatta Eels	10 – 16	Penrith Panthers	Thursday, 23 May, 7:50 pm	Bankwest Stadium	16,228
12	Parramatta Eels	26 – 14	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Friday, 31 May, 7:55 pm	Bankwest Stadium	21,645
13	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	42 – 22	Parramatta Eels	Saturday, 8 June, 5:30 pm	Shark Park	12,386
14	Parramatta Eels	38 – 10	Brisbane Broncos	Saturday, 15 June, 7:35 pm	Bankwest Stadium	16,854
15	Parramatta Eels	22 – 16	Canberra Raiders	Saturday, 29 June, 7:35 pm	TIO Stadium	5,391
16	Bye Round
17	Wests Tigers	18 – 30	Parramatta Eels	Sunday, 14 July, 4:05 pm	Bankwest Stadium	24,125
18	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	36 – 24	Parramatta Eels	Sunday, 21 July, 4:05 pm	Lottoland	15,245
19	Parramatta Eels	24 – 22	New Zealand Warriors	Saturday, 27 July, 3:00 pm	Bankwest Stadium	17,392
20	St George Illawarra Dragons	4 – 12	Parramatta Eels	Sunday, 4 August, 4:05 pm	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium	9,645
21	Parramatta Eels	20 – 14	Newcastle Knights	Saturday, 10 August, 6:30 pm	Bankwest Stadium	20,671
22	Gold Coast Titans	12 – 36	Parramatta Eels	Friday, 16 August, 6:00 pm	Cbus Super Stadium	10,780
23	Parramatta Eels	6 – 12	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Thursday, 22 August, 7:50 pm	Bankwest Stadium	18,071
24	Brisbane Broncos	17 – 16	Parramatta Eels	Friday, 30 August, 7:55 pm	Suncorp Stadium	33,020
25	Parramatta Eels	32 – 16	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Friday, 6 September, 6:00 pm	Bankwest Stadium	25,034
Source:[3]

Finals series

Final	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
Final	Home	Score	Away	Date and time (Local)	Venue	Attendance
EF	Parramatta Eels	58 – 0	Brisbane Broncos	Sunday, 15 September, 4:00 pm	Bankwest Stadium	29,372
SF	Melbourne Storm	32 – 0	Parramatta Eels	Saturday, 21 September, 5:30 pm	AAMI Park	21,015
Source:[3]

Transfers

In:

Name	From	Transfer window	Date	Ref.
Dylan Brown	Youth	Pre-season
Andrew Davey	Townsville Blackhawks	Pre-season	October 2018	[4]
Salesi Fainga'a	Youth	Pre-season
Blake Ferguson	Sydney Roosters	Pre-season
Shaun Lane	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Pre-season	October 2018	[4]
Ethan Parry	Youth	Pre-season
Junior Paulo	Canberra Raiders	Pre-season		[5]
Maika Sivo	Penrith Panthers	Pre-season	October 2018	[4]
Stefano Utoikamanu	Youth	Pre-season
Matthew McIlwrick	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Mid-season	March 2019
Waqa Blake	Penrith Panthers	Mid-season	June 2019

Out:

Name	To	Transfer window	Date	Ref.
Kirisome Auva'a	Retired	Pre-season		[6]
Cameron King	Featherstone Rovers	Pre-season		[7]
Suaia Matagi	Huddersfield Giants	Pre-season		[8]
Corey Norman	St George Illawarra Dragons	Pre-season	December 2018	[9]
Beau Scott	Retired	Pre-season		[10]
Tony Williams	Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles	Pre-season
Nathan Davis	Released	Pre-season
Jarryd Hayne	Released	Pre-season
Siosaia Vave	St Marys Saints	Pre-season
Kaysa Pritchard	Retired	Mid-season	June 2019
Bevan French	Wigan Warriors	Mid-season	July 2019

References

"Moses and Brown gives Eels fans hope for 2019 - Eels". 15 February 2019.
"Eels triumph over Panthers in trial - Eels". 2 March 2019.
"NRL 2019 – Parramatta Eels". Rugby League Project. 6 April 2019.
"Eels confirm new signings for 2019". 29 October 2018.
"Junior Paulo Canberra Raiders Parramatta Eels deal". foxsports.com.au. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
"Kirisome Auva'a retires from NRL, Parramatta Eels". foxsports.com.au. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
"Cameron King signs with Championship club Featherstone Rovers after viral tweet". Sporting News. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
"Huddersfield Giants sign Samoa prop Suaia Matagi from Parramatta". Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
"Dragons sign Norman". 19 December 2018.
"Eels star calls it quits". wwos.nine.com.au. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

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[1] "Moses and Brown gives Eels fans hope for 2019 - Eels". 15 February 2019.

[2] "Eels triumph over Panthers in trial - Eels". 2 March 2019.

[NRL2019-3] "NRL 2019 – Parramatta Eels". Rugby League Project. 6 April 2019.

[Signings1-4] "Eels confirm new signings for 2019". 29 October 2018.

[5] "Junior Paulo Canberra Raiders Parramatta Eels deal". foxsports.com.au. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[6] "Kirisome Auva'a retires from NRL, Parramatta Eels". foxsports.com.au. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2019.

[7] "Cameron King signs with Championship club Featherstone Rovers after viral tweet". Sporting News. Retrieved 17 March 2019.

[8] "Huddersfield Giants sign Samoa prop Suaia Matagi from Parramatta". Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[9] "Dragons sign Norman". 19 December 2018.

[10] "Eels star calls it quits". wwos.nine.com.au. Retrieved 16 March 2019.