2016 Parramatta Eels season | ||||
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NRL Rank | 14th | |||
Play-off result | DNQ | |||
World Club Challenge | DNQ | |||
Auckland Nines | Champions (Won 22–4 vs New Zealand Warriors, Grand Final *) | |||
2016 record | Wins: 13; draws: 0; losses: 11 | |||
Points scored | For: 298; against: 324 | |||
Team information | ||||
CEO | John Boulous | |||
Coach | ![]() | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | Pirtek Stadium (Capacity: 20,741) ANZ Stadium (Capacity: 83,500) TIO Stadium (Capacity: 12,500) | |||
Avg. attendance | 13,929 (Home) 16,739 (Home & Away) | |||
Agg. attendance | 167,144 (Home) 401,740 (Home & Away) | |||
High attendance | 31,815 (24 March vs Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Round 9) | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | ![]() | |||
Goals | ![]() | |||
Points | ![]() | |||
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The 2016 Parramatta Eels season was the 70th in the club's history. Coached by Brad Arthur and co-captained by Kieran Foran and Tim Mannah, they competed in the NRL's 2016 Telstra Premiership.
Prior to the start of the 2016 NRL season, the Parramatta club faced the prospect with starting the season on -4 points due to salary cap indiscretions in 2015, however the NRL was satisfied with governance changes at Parramatta and no points were deducted. [1]
Parramatta started the season with a 17-4 loss against the previous years runners up in Brisbane. The club would win their following three matches in a row including a 20-16 victory over the reigning premiers North Queensland. On 3 May 2016, NRL CEO Todd Greenberg announced that the club would be docked the twelve competition points they have accrued so far this season, as well as fined $1 million and stripped of the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines title it won in February. [2] In addition, the NRL also announced that the Parramatta club would not be able to accrue any further competition points until they fell under the salary cap, which they were reported to be $500,000. [3] Five officials, including chairman Steve Sharp, deputy chairman Tom Issa, director Peter Serrao, chief executive John Boulous and football manager Daniel Anderson, were also sacked. [4]
On 9 July 2016, after over two months of club officials contesting the preliminary penalties, Parramatta were handed their punishment with the addition of their for/against points tally accumulated from rounds 1-9 being deducted. At the time of the points deduction, Parramatta sat just outside the top four on the table. [5] Although the points deduction had been handed down, Parramatta were still mathematically able to make the finals if they could win 12 of their remaining 15 games. The first match after Parramatta were stripped of the competition points was against South Sydney at Parramatta Stadium. Parramatta would narrowly lose the match 22-20. It was around this time that star recruit Kieran Foran was released by the club having just played nine games for personal reasons and multiple off-field issues. [6] [7]
On 29 August 2016, Parramatta played their final ever game in the top grade at Parramatta Stadium against St. George Illawarra as it had been announced earlier the club would move into a new ground which would later be known as the Western Sydney Stadium. Parramatta would win the game 30-18 with Bevan French scoring a hat-trick. Parramatta finished the season with a 40-18 victory over the New Zealand Warriors to finish 14th on the table. [8]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 24 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 563 | 302 | +261 | 42 |
2 | ![]() | 24 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 688 | 456 | +232 | 39 |
3 | ![]() | 24 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 580 | 404 | +176 | 39 |
4 | ![]() | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 584 | 355 | +229 | 34 |
5 | ![]() | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 554 | 434 | +120 | 34 |
6 | ![]() | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 563 | 463 | +100 | 32 |
7 | ![]() | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 506 | 448 | +58 | 32 |
8 | ![]() | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 508 | 497 | +11 | 27 |
9 | ![]() | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 499 | 607 | −108 | 26 |
10 | ![]() | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 513 | 601 | −88 | 24 |
11 | ![]() | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 341 | 538 | −197 | 24 |
12 | ![]() | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 473 | 549 | −76 | 22 |
13 | ![]() | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 454 | 563 | −109 | 20 |
14 | ![]() | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 298 | 324 | −26 | 181 |
15 | ![]() | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 443 | 576 | −133 | 16 |
16 | ![]() | 24 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 305 | 800 | −495 | 7 |
1 Parramatta were deducted 12 competition points and their for/against tally accumulated between rounds 1-9 for gross long-term salary cap breaches.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 24 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 851 | 382 | +469 | 42 |
2 | ![]() | 24 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 770 | 520 | +250 | 37 |
3 | ![]() | 24 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 737 | 545 | +192 | 35 |
4 | ![]() | 24 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 670 | 607 | +63 | 35 |
5 | ![]() | 24 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 710 | 642 | +68 | 33 |
6 | ![]() | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 680 | 541 | +139 | 32 |
7 | ![]() | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 579 | 562 | +17 | 32 |
8 | ![]() | 24 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 608 | 694 | -86 | 31 |
9 | ![]() | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 660 | 576 | +84 | 27 |
10 | ![]() | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 589 | 678 | -89 | 27 |
11 | ![]() | 24 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 604 | 694 | -90 | 23 |
12 | ![]() | 24 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 700 | 758 | -58 | 22 |
13 | ![]() | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 627 | 698 | -71 | 22 |
14 | ![]() | 24 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 466 | 680 | -214 | 20 |
15 | ![]() | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 468 | 742 | -274 | 18 |
16 | ![]() | 24 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 483 | 883 | -400 | 11 |
Match No. | Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||||
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Date and time (Local) | Venue | Attendance | |||||||||
1 | ![]() | 4 – 14 | ![]() | Saturday, 6 February, 12:55 PM | Eden Park | 70,000+ over two days [9] | |||||
2 | ![]() | 11 – 14 | ![]() | Saturday, 6 February, 4:25 PM | |||||||
3 | ![]() | 11 – 24 | ![]() | Sunday, 7 February, 11:00 AM | |||||||
QF | ![]() | 12 – 8 | ![]() | Sunday, 7 February, 1:55 PM | |||||||
SF | ![]() | 17 – 8 | ![]() | Sunday, 7 February, 4:40 PM | |||||||
GF | ![]() | 22 – 4 | ![]() | Sunday, 7 February, 6:40 AM | |||||||
Source: [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [9] |
Match No. | Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||||
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Date and time (Local) | Venue | Attendance | |||||||||
1 | ![]() | 20 – 20 | ![]() | Saturday, 13 February, 7:40 PM | ANZAC Oval | 2,405 | |||||
2 | ![]() | 8 – 22 | ![]() | Saturday, 20 February, 7:10 PM | Pepper Stadium | 5,580 | |||||
Source: [15] [16] |
Position | Nat. | Name |
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Head coach | ![]() | Brad Arthur |
Assistant coach | ![]() | Peter Gentle |
Assistant coach | ![]() | Steve Murphy |
Chief Medical Officer | ![]() | Dr Louis Shidiak |
Physical Performance Manager | ![]() | Paul Devlin |
Strength coach | ![]() | Jarrod Wade |
Contact Coach | ![]() | Brett O’Farrell |
Head Trainer | ![]() | Craig Sultana |
Assistant NRL Strength and Conditioning Coach | ![]() | Nathan Beutel |
NYC Head of Strength and Conditioning | ||
Video analyst | ![]() | Craig Crossman |
NSW Cup Head Coach and Development Coach | ![]() | Joey Grima |
Under 20's Head Coach | ![]() | Luke Burt |
In:
Out:
Nat. | Pos. | Name | To | Ref. |
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![]() | CE | Beau Champion | Retired | [29] |
![]() | CE | Ben Crooks | ![]() | [30] |
![]() | HB | Zach Dockar-Clay | ![]() | [31] |
![]() | PR | Richard Fa'aoso | Retired | |
![]() | SR | Fabian Goodall | ![]() | |
![]() | SR | Tui Kamikamica | Rugby union | |
![]() | PR | Darcy Lussick | ![]() | |
![]() | FE | Ryan Matterson | ![]() | [32] |
![]() | FE | Adam Quinlan | ![]() | [33] |
![]() | FB | Reece Robinson | Rugby union | [34] |
![]() | HB | Chris Sandow | ![]() | [35] |
![]() | LK | Joseph Paulo | ![]() | [36] [37] |
![]() | SR | Josh Aloiai | ![]() | [38] |
![]() | WG | Halauafu Lavaka | ![]() | |
![]() | PR | Eric Newbigging | ![]() | [39] |
![]() | SR | Pauli Pauli | ![]() | [40] |
![]() | CE | Ryan Morgan (mid-season) | ![]() | [41] |
![]() | FB | Kieren Moss (mid-season) | ![]() | [42] |
![]() | SR | Junior Paulo (mid-season) | ![]() | [43] |
![]() | HK | Nathan Peats (mid-season) | ![]() | [44] |
![]() | FE | Kieran Foran (mid-season) | Released | [45] |
Player | Team | Call-up |
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Semi Radradra | World All Stars | 2016 All Stars Match |
Beau Scott | World All Stars | 2016 All Stars Match |
Clinton Gutherson | ![]() | 2016 City vs Country Origin |
Nathan Peats | ![]() | 2016 City vs Country Origin |
Michael Jennings | ![]() | 2016 State of Origin Series |
Player | Team | Call-up |
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Semi Radradra | ![]() | 2016 Anzac Test |
Manu Ma'u | ![]() | 2016 Anzac Test |
Brad Takairangi (18th man) | ![]() | 2016 Anzac Test |
Vai Toutai | ![]() | 2016 Polynesian Cup |
Peni Terepo | ![]() | 2016 Polynesian Cup |
Junior Paulo | ![]() | 2016 Polynesian Cup |
Kaysa Pritchard | ![]() | 2016 Polynesian Cup |
Kaysa Pritchard | ![]() | v ![]() |
Manu Ma'u | ![]() | v ![]() |
Manu Ma'u | ![]() | 2016 Four Nations |
James Hasson | ![]() | 2017 World Cup Qualifiers |