2000 Parramatta Eels season

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2000 Parramatta Eels season
NRL Rank7th
Play-off resultPreliminary Finalists (Lost 10–16 vs Brisbane Broncos, 2nd Preliminary Final)
World Club Challenge DNQ
2000 recordWins: 14; draws: 1; losses: 11
Points scoredFor: 476; against: 456
Team information
CEO Denis Fitzgerald
Coach Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brian Smith
Captain
Stadium Parramatta Stadium (Capacity: 20,741)
Top scorers
Tries Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Moodie (12)
Goals Flag of Australia (converted).svg Clinton Schifcofske (38)
Points Flag of Australia (converted).svg Clinton Schifcofske (104)
<  1999 List of seasons 2001  >

The 2000 Parramatta Eels season was the 54th in the club's history. Coached by Brian Smith and captained by Nathan Cayless, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2000 Telstra Premiership.

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Summary

Parramatta finished an inconsistent 2000 season in seventh place. However, in the first week of the Finals series, Parramatta was involved in a big upset, defeating the second placed Sydney Roosters 32–8 at the Sydney Football Stadium. It must be noted though that there was only three points which separated the two clubs on the competition ladder.

The Parramatta side managed to repeat the result against local rivals Penrith the next week in a comfortable 28–10 win in front of 25,746 at the same venue, meaning that the club reached their third straight NRL Preliminary Final. Parramatta were looking to make it "Third Time Lucky" against the former NRL premiers, Brisbane Broncos, but it ended up to be "Third Time Unlucky" as the Broncos won the match 16–10. Parramatta were known throughout the 2000 season as the "Baby Eels" due to the club having only eight players in the entire squad who were over the age of 25. [1] [2]

Standings

2000 NRL season
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos (P)261826696388+30838
2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2616010601520+8132
3 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2615110686532+15431
4 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2615011506479+2730
5 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2615011573562+1130
6 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2614111672529+14329
7 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2614111476456+2029
8 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2613013570463+10726
9 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 2612014576656-8024
10 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2611213519642-12324
11 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2610115469553-8421
12 Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles 269017476628-15218
13 Auckland colours.svg Auckland Warriors 268216426662-23618
14 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 267019436612-176121

1North Queensland were stripped of 2 competition points due to a breach of the interchange rule in Round 4.

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References

  1. ↑ "Parramatta Eels 2000 NRL season". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. ↑ "Hodgson see parallels with 'Baby Eels'". www.theage.com.au. August 2005.
  3. ↑ "Honour Roll". parraeels.com.au. Parramatta Eels. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
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