2010 Parramatta Eels season

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2010 Parramatta Eels season
NRL Rank12th
Play-off resultDNQ
World Club Challenge DNQ
2010 recordWins: 10; draws: 0; losses: 14
Points scoredFor: 413; against: 491
Team information
CEO Paul Osborne
Coach Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Anderson
Captain
Stadium Parramatta Stadium (Capacity: 20,741)
ANZ Stadium (Capacity: 83,500)
Avg. attendance17,080 (Home)
17,892 (Home & Away)
Agg. attendance204,957 (Home)
429,403 (Home & Away)
High attendance31,991 (30 April vs Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Round 8)
Top scorers
Tries Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jarryd Hayne (11)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Krisnan Inu
Goals Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Burt (63)
Points Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Burt (155)
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The 2010 Parramatta Eels season is the 64th in the club's history. Coached by Daniel Anderson and captained by Nathan Cayless and Nathan Hindmarsh, they competed in the NRL's 2010 Telstra Premiership. The Parramatta club finished the regular season in 12th place failing to make the finals for the first time in two years.

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Summary

The Parramatta Eels were picked at the beginning of the year by many leading betting agencies to take out the premiership for 2010 following their surge of form which took them to the Grand Final in 2009. But, after a relatively poor to the season, and then a four-game winning streak, the Parramatta Eels once again returned to the inconsistent form of past seasons. This inconsistent form, recognised by all Rugby League fans, saw them miss out on the Top 8 in 2010.

After a season of unrelenting disappointment which saw five-eighth Daniel Mortimer dropped to reserve grade, centre Timana Tahu being suspended for an on-field confrontation against the Newcastle Knights and reports of player rifts, Daniel Anderson was sacked unceremoniously as Parramatta coach and replaced by New Zealand World Cup-winning coach Stephen Kearney.

Standings

National Rugby League

Pos.TeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons (P)2417072518299+21938
2 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2415092645489+15634
3 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2415092537503+3434
4 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2415092520498+2234
5 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24140102539486+5332
6 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 24140102559510+4932
7 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24130112499493+630
8 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24120122545510+3528
9 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24110132584567+1726
10 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24110132508535−2726
11 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24100142499569−7024
12 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24100142413491−7824
13 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2490152494539−4522
14 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2470172354609−25518
15 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2450192425667−24214
16 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24140102489363+12601

1 Melbourne were deducted eight premiership points and barred from receiving premiership points for the rest of the season due to gross long-term salary cap breaches. [1]

National Youth Competition

TeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2417072687567+12038
2 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors (P)2416172731481+25037
3 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2415272773596+17736
4 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2414372673540+13335
5 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2414192695588+10733
6 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2414192764734+3033
7 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24130112568583-1530
8 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 24121112581663-8229
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24120122620532+8828
10 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24111122690635+5527
11 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24101132568543+2525
12 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2491142612732-12023
13 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2482142683782-9922
14 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2481152492634-14221
15 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2480162643838-19520
16 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2431202454786-33211

Fixtures

Pre-season

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport
14 FebruaryMatch 1 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons ME Bank Stadium, Perth Loss34–20 Robson (2), K. Keating, Uaisele Humble 1, Mortimer 19,450
20 FebruaryMatch 2 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers CUA Stadium, Penrith Loss32–12 B. Smith, Burt Burt 211,113
27 FebruaryMatch 3 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, Gosford Loss40–14 Reddy, Oake, Mateo Burt 118,511

Home and away season

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport
12 MarchRound 1 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta Loss12–18 Burt, Grothe Burt 2/218,293
21 MarchRound 2 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta Win24–20 Grothe, Moimoi, Reddy, Tahu Burt 4/415,602
26 MarchRound 3 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Sydney Football Stadium, SydneyLoss23–12 Inu, Reddy Burt 2/221,318
3 AprilRound 4 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks Toyota Stadium, Woolooware Loss11–0NilNil13,213
12 AprilRound 5 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta Loss14–24 Burt (2), B. Smith Burt 1/315,122
18 AprilRound 6 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney Football Stadium, SydneyWin22–8 Burt, Mortimer, Tahu Burt 5/525,152
23 AprilRound 7 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville Win18–24 Tahu (2), Burt, Inu, B. Smith Burt 4/411,335
30 AprilRound 8 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Stadium Australia, SydneyWin26–10 Burt, Hayne, Inu, K. Keating, Reddy Burt 3/531,991
7–10 MayRound 9Bye
17 MayRound 10 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval, Manly Win12–19 Burt, Mateo, Robson Burt 3/3 & FG: 1/115,602
22 MayRound 11 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta Loss18–22 Humble, Mortimer, Robson Burt 3/313,058
28 MayRound 12 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons WIN Jubilee Stadium, Kogarah Loss30–0NilNil15,068
4 JuneRound 13 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta Win24–10 Reddy (2), Inu, K. Keating Burt 4/57,572
11–14 JuneRound 14Bye
21 JuneRound 15 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle Loss4–6 Horo Burt 0/28,474
26 JuneRound 16 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta Loss6–10 Hayne Burt 1/215,929
4 JulyRound 17 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss35–6 Humble Burt 1/19,912
12 JulyRound 18 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta Win36–24 Hayne (3), Inu, Reddy, Robson Burt 6/611,177
17 JulyRound 19 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Penrith Park, Penrith Win28–34 Inu (2), Wright (2), Hayne, Moimoi Burt 5/622,582
23 JulyRound 20 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bulldogs ANZ Stadium, SydneyWin16–32 Hayne (2), Inu (2), B. Smith Burt 6/734,662
31 JulyRound 21 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta Loss12–48 Hayne, Hindmarsh Burt 2/219,824
6 AugustRound 22 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Skilled Park, Gold Coast Loss12–34 Hayne, Reddy Burt 2/219,568
13 AugustRound 23 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Win30–14 Burt, Hayne, Inu, Mitchell, Reddy Burt 5/538,193
22 AugustRound 24 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta Loss18–20 Horo, Inu, Mitchell Burt 3/419,854
27 AugustRound 25 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney ANZ Stadium, SydneyLoss16–24 Horo, Inu, Mateo Burt 2/319,098
4 SeptemberRound 26 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta Loss12–26 Cayless, Tahu Burt 1/1, Inu 1/211,383

Players and staff

The playing squad and coaching staff of the Parramatta Eels for the 2010 NRL season as of 31 August 2010. [2]

No.PositionPlayer

585 Nathan Cayless PR (c)595 Nathan Hindmarsh SR (c)602 Luke Burt WG 608 Eric Grothe, Jr. WG 665 Fuifui Moimoi PR 673 Feleti Mateo LK 674 Ben Smith SR 679 Timana Tahu CE 683 Joel Reddy CE 690 Jarryd Hayne FB 695 Krisnan Inu CE 700 Matt Keating HK

No.PositionPlayer

701 Brendan Oake SR 702 Kris Keating FE 705 Tim Mannah PR 706 Jeff Robson HB 707 Etu Uaisele WG 710 Daniel Mortimer FE 712 Jonathan Wright CE 713 Shane Shackleton SR 714 Justin Poore PR 715 Justin Horo SR 716 Tom Humble FE 717 Pele Peletelese PR

Transfers

In:

Player2009 Club
Justin Poore St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons
Shane Shackleton Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Timana Tahu NSW Waratahs (Rugby union)

Out:

Player2010 Club
Joe Galuvao Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Todd Lowrie Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Brett Finch Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm (mid season 2009)
Kevin Kingston Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Jeremy Latimore Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sutherland Sharks

Awards

The following awards were awarded in the post-season: [3]

References

  1. Stuart Honeysett and Brent Read (23 April 2010) Shocking end to the Melbourne Storm era The Australian
  2. "NRL Player Numbers - Parramatta Eels". Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  3. "Honour Roll". parraeels.com.au. Parramatta Eels. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.