2022 Parramatta Eels season

2022 Parramatta Eels season
NRL Rank	4th
Play-off result	Runners-up (Lost 12–28 vs Penrith Panthers, Grand Final)
World Club Challenge	DNQ
2022 record	Wins: 16; draws: 0; losses: 8
Points scored	For: 608; against: 489
Team information
CEO	Jim Sarantinos
Coach	Brad Arthur
Captain	Clinton Gutherson Junior Paulo
Stadium	CommBank Stadium (Capacity: 30,000) TIO Stadium (Capacity: 12,500)
Avg. attendance	20,015 (Home) 19,966 (Home & Away) 39,696 (Finals Series)
Agg. attendance	240,185 (Home) 479,180 (Home & Away) 158,784 (Finals Series)
High attendance	29,134 (16 September vs Canberra Raiders, 1st Semi-final)
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The 2022 Parramatta Eels season was the 76th in the club's history. Coached by Brad Arthur and co-captained by Clinton Gutherson and Junior Paulo, they competed in the NRL's 2022 Telstra Premiership. ^[1]

Summary

Parramatta finished the 2022 regular season in fourth place. The season saw a club record membership tally of 34,264. ^[2] Along the way, the club defeated Penrith the defending premiers twice, the first of which was a 22–20 victory at Penrith Stadium which ended their long winning streak at the ground. The club also defeated Melbourne both home and away. Although the club finished within the top four, many pundits and experts wrote off Parramatta's premiership chances. In week one of the finals, Parramatta were beaten 27-8 by Penrith with Mitchell Moses being taken off injured in the second half. The following week in the elimination final, Parramatta comfortably defeated Canberra 40–4. This would set up a preliminary final meeting against North Queensland in Townsville. Parramatta headed into the game as outsiders but pulled off one of the biggest upsets in 2022 and NRL finals history defeating North Queensland 24–20. In the 2022 NRL Grand Final, Parramatta played against fellow Western Sydney club Penrith. Parramatta would go into the half-time break 18-0 down and would eventually lose 28–12 with Clinton Gutherson and Jakob Arthur scoring Parramatta's tries. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Squad information

The playing squad and coaching staff of the Parramatta Eels for the 2022 NRL season. ^[6]

Parramatta Eels

Top 30 squad						Extended squad		Coaching staff
Jake Arthur – HB, FE Waqa Blake – CE, WG Dylan Brown – FE, CE Nathan Brown – LK Reagan Campbell-Gillard – PR Bryce Cartwright – SR, LK Haze Dunster – WG Wiremu Greig – PR Clint Gutherson (c) – FB David Hollis – PR		Oregon Kaufusi – PR, LK Shaun Lane – SR Reed Mahoney – HK Makahesi Makatoa – PR, LK Ryan Matterson – LK, SR Mitchell Moses – HB Solomone Naiduki – WG Marata Niukore – SR, LK, CE Ofahiki Ogden – PR Tom Opacic – CE		Isaiah Papali'i – SR, LK Junior Paulo (c) – PR Will Penisini – CE, WG Hayze Perham – CE, FB, WG Mitch Rein – HK Ky Rodwell – LK, PR Sean Russell – WG Bailey Simonsson – WG Maika Sivo – WG Ray Stone – LK, SR, HK		Zac Cini – CE, WG Elie El-Zakhem – SR Brendan Hands – HK, LK, FE Samuel Loizou (DP) – CE, WG Toni Mataele (DP) – SR Luca Moretti – SR Josh Tuipulotu (DP) – FB, CE		Head coach Brad Arthur Assistant coaches Steve Murphy Ryan Carr Jordan Rankin (NSW Cup coach) Dean Feeney (Jersey Flegg coach) Paul McGregor (Coaching consultant) Michael Ennis (Coaching consultant) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 4 October 2022 Source(s): Eels Team Profiles

Transfers

Main article: 2022 NRL season § Transfers

In: Nat. Pos. Name From Transfer window Date Ref. HK Mitch Rein Gold Coast Titans Pre-season October 2021 [7] WG Bailey Simonsson Canberra Raiders Pre-season December 2021 [8] FB Josh Tuipulotu Youth Pre-season December 2021 PR Ofahiki Ogden Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Pre-season February 2022 [9] Out: Nat. Pos. Name To Transfer window Date Ref. WG Blake Ferguson Green Rockets Tokatsu (rugby union) Pre-season September 2021 [10] HK Joey Lussick St Helens Pre-season September 2021 [10] WG Michael Oldfield Southport Tigers Pre-season September 2021 [10] PR Sam Hughes Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Pre-season September 2021 [10] FE Will Smith Gold Coast Titans Pre-season October 2021 [11] LK Keegan Hipgrave Retirement Pre-season November 2021 [12] Pre-season Main article: 2022 NRL pre-season results 20 February 2022 Parramatta Eels 22 – 26 St. George Illawarra Dragons Sydney 18:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: TBA [13] 26 February 2022 Penrith Panthers 0 – 36 Parramatta Eels Sydney 17:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Report Stadium: BlueBet Stadium Attendance: TBA [14] Referee: Ben Cummins Home and away season Main article: 2022 NRL season League table 2022 NRL season v t e Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts 1 Penrith Panthers (P) 24 20 0 4 1 636 330 +306 42 2 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 18 0 6 1 573 364 +209 38 3 North Queensland Cowboys 24 17 0 7 1 633 361 +272 36 4 Parramatta Eels 24 16 0 8 1 608 489 +119 34 5 Melbourne Storm 24 15 0 9 1 657 410 +247 32 6 Sydney Roosters 24 15 0 9 1 635 434 +201 32 7 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 14 0 10 1 604 474 +130 30 8 Canberra Raiders 24 14 0 10 1 524 461 +63 30 9 Brisbane Broncos 24 13 0 11 1 514 550 −36 28 10 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 12 0 12 1 469 569 −100 26 11 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 9 0 15 1 490 595 −105 20 12 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 7 0 17 1 383 575 −192 16 13 Gold Coast Titans 24 6 0 18 1 455 650 −205 14 14 Newcastle Knights 24 6 0 18 1 372 662 −290 14 15 New Zealand Warriors 24 6 0 18 1 408 700 −292 14 16 Wests Tigers 24 4 0 20 1 352 679 −327 10 Result by round Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Ground H A A H A H A H A N H A – A H A A H H H A H H A H Result W L W W W L W L W L W W B L W L W W L W W L W W W Position 7 7 6 3 4 4 3 5 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 5 7 5 5 4 Points 2 2 4 6 8 8 10 10 12 12 14 16 18 18 20 20 22 24 24 26 18 28 30 32 34 Source: National Rugby League A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss Matches Main article: 2022 NRL season results Round 1: 13 March 2022 Parramatta Eels 32–28 Gold Coast Titans Sydney 16:05 AEDT Tries: Russell  3', 7', 33' Lane  18' Blake  28' Goals: Moses 6/8  9', 30', 33', 66 (pen)', 71 (pen)', 79 (pen)' Report Details Tries: Sami  10', 41' Kelly  23', 37' Clark  35' Goals: Sexton 4/5  12', 25', 36', 43' Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 18,211 Referee: Grant Atkins Round 2: 19 March 2022 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 18–16 Parramatta Eels Sydney 17:30 AEDT Tries: Mulitalo  11' Katoa  28' Tracey  57' Wilton  79' Goals: Hynes 1/4  80' Report Details Tries: Moses  39' Mahoney  62' Goals: Gutherson 4/4  40', 49 (pen)', 54 (pen)', 63' Stadium: PointsBet Stadium Attendance: 11,459 Referee: Peter Gough Round 3: 26 March 2022 Melbourne Storm 24–28 (g.p.) Parramatta Eels Melbourne 15:30 AEDT Tries: B. Smith  11' Meaney  37', 43' Papenhuyzen  75' Goals: Papenhuyzen 4/4  13', 38', 44', 76' Report Details Tries: Gutherson  17' Blake  33' Opacic  58' Stone  70', 81' Goals: Moses 4/4  19', 34', 60', 72' Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 15,691 Referee: Ashley Klein Round 4: 3 April 2022 Parramatta Eels 48–14 St. George Illawarra Dragons Sydney 18:15 AEST Tries: D. Brown  6' Moses  16', 75' N. Brown  43' Mahoney  50' Gutherson  52' Blake  59', 67' Goals: Moses 8/8  7', 18', 44', 51', 54', 60', 69', 76' Report Details Tries: Bird  34' Sims  70' Goals: Lomax 3/3  35', 40 (pen)', 71' Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 19,711 Referee: Todd Smith Round 5: 9 April 2022 Gold Coast Titans 20–26 Parramatta Eels Gold Coast 19:35 AEST Tries: Sami  51' Clark  59' Fifita  66' Marzhew  74' Goals: Sexton 2/4  61', 68' Report Details Tries: Gutherson  18', 32' Simonsson  25' Matterson  46' D. Brown  71' Goals: Moses 3/5  33', 47', 72' Sin bin: Paulo 61' to 71' Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium Attendance: 14,478 Referee: Peter Gough Round 6: 17 April 2022 Parramatta Eels 20 – 21 Wests Tigers Sydney 16:00 AEST (UTC+10:00) Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 28,336 [15] Referee: Chris Butler Round 7: 24 April 2022 Newcastle Knights 2 – 39 Parramatta Eels Newcastle 14:00 AEST (UTC+10:00) Report Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 25,169 [16] Referee: Ashley Klein Round 8: 30 April 2022 Parramatta Eels 4 – 35 North Queensland Cowboys Darwin 19:05 ACST (UTC+09:30) Report Stadium: TIO Stadium Attendance: 10,017 [17] Referee: Todd Smith Round 9: 6 May 2022 Penrith Panthers 20 – 22 Parramatta Eels Sydney 19:55 AEST (UTC+10:00) Report Stadium: BlueBet Stadium Attendance: 21,548 [18] Referee: Gerard Sutton Round 10: 15 May 2022 Sydney Roosters 31 – 24 Parramatta Eels Brisbane 16:05 AEST (UTC+10:00) Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 43,401 [19] Referee: Adam Gee Round 11: 20 May 2022 Parramatta Eels 22 – 20 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Sydney 19:55 AEST (UTC+10:00) Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 18,778 [20] Referee: Ben Cummins Round 12: 29 May 2022 Canberra Raiders 20 – 28 Parramatta Eels Canberra 16:05 AEST (UTC+10:00) Report Stadium: GIO Stadium Attendance: 16,244 [21] Referee: Todd Smith Round 13 (Bye for Parramatta Eels) Round 14: 13 June 2022 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 34 – 4 Parramatta Eels Sydney 16:00 AEST (UTC+10:00) Report Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 20,184 [22] Referee: Ashley Klein Round 15: 18 June 2022 Parramatta Eels 26 – 16 Sydney Roosters Sydney 19:35 AEST (UTC+10:00) Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 21,757 [23] Referee: Todd Smith Round 16: 2 July 2022 South Sydney Rabbitohs 30 – 12 Parramatta Eels Sydney 19:35 AEST (UTC+10:00) Report Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 10,102 [24] Referee: Ben Cummins Round 17: 9 July 2022 Wests Tigers 20 – 28 Parramatta Eels Sydney 19:35 AEST (UTC+10:00) Report Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 13,214 [25] Referee: Chris Butler Round 18: 15 July 2022 Parramatta Eels 28 – 18 New Zealand Warriors Sydney 19:55 AEST (UTC+10:00) Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 12,279 [26] Referee: Todd Smith Round 19: 21 July 2022 Parramatta Eels 14 – 36 Brisbane Broncos Sydney 19:50 AEST (UTC+10:00) Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 11,017 [27] Referee: Gerard Sutton Round 20: 29 July 2022 Parramatta Eels 34 – 10 Penrith Panthers Sydney 19:55 AEST (UTC+10:00) Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 26,912 [28] Referee: Todd Smith Round 21: 5 August 2022 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 20 – 36 Parramatta Eels Sydney 19:55 AEST (UTC+10:00) Report Stadium: 4 Pines Park Attendance: 17,134 [29] Referee: Gerard Sutton Round 22: 12 August 2022 Parramatta Eels 0 – 26 South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney 19:55 AEST (UTC+10:00) Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 22,958 [30] Referee: Grant Atkins Round 23: 20 August 2022 Parramatta Eels 42 – 6 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sydney 15:00 AEST (UTC+10:00) Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 26,451 [31] Referee: Ashley Klein Round 24: 25 August 2022 Brisbane Broncos 6 – 53 Parramatta Eels Brisbane 19:50 AEST (UTC+10:00) Report Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 30,371 [32] Referee: Grant Atkins Round 25: 1 September 2022 Parramatta Eels 22 – 14 Melbourne Storm Sydney 19:50 AEST (UTC+10:00) Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 23,758 [33] Referee: Ashley Klein Finals series Main article: 2022 NRL finals series See also: 2022 NRL Grand Final Bracket Qualifying and elimination finals Semi-finals Preliminary finals Grand Final 9 September – Sydney 1 Penrith Panthers 27 4 Parramatta Eels 8 16 September – Sydney Parramatta Eels 40 10 September – Melbourne Canberra Raiders 4 24 September – Sydney 5 Melbourne Storm 20 Penrith Panthers 32 8 Canberra Raiders 28 South Sydney Rabbitohs 12 2 October – Sydney Penrith Panthers 28 11 September – Sydney 23 September – Townsville Parramatta Eels 12 6 Sydney Roosters 14 North Queensland Cowboys 20 7 South Sydney Rabbitohs 30 17 September – Sydney Parramatta Eels 24 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 12 10 September – Sydney South Sydney Rabbitohs 38 2 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30 3 North Queensland Cowboys 32 Matches QF1: 9 September 2022 Penrith Panthers 27 – 8 Parramatta Eels Sydney 19:50 AEST (UTC+10:00) Report Stadium: BlueBet Stadium Attendance: 21,863 [34] Referee: Gerard Sutton SF1: 16 September 2022 Parramatta Eels 40 – 4 Canberra Raiders Sydney 19:50 AEST (UTC+10:00) Report Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 29,134 [35] Referee: Ashley Klein PF2: 23 September 2022 North Queensland Cowboys 20 – 24 Parramatta Eels Townsville 19:50 AEST (UTC+10:00) Report Stadium: Queensland Country Bank Stadium Attendance: 25,372 [36] Referee: Grant Atkins GF: 2 October 2022 Penrith Panthers 28 – 12 Parramatta Eels Sydney 19:30 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Tries: To'o  17', 45' Crichton  10' Sorensen  27' Staines  58' Goals: Cleary 4/6 (12', 21' pen, 28', 60') Report Tries: Gutherson  76' Arthur  77' Goals: Moses 2/2 (76', 78') Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 82,415 [37] Referee: Ashley Klein Player of the Match: Dylan Edwards (Penrith Panthers) References "Junior Paulo & Clint Gutherson Co-Captains". 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