2024 Parramatta Eels season

2024 Parramatta Eels season
NRL Rank	15th
Play-off result	DNQ
2024 record	Wins: 7; losses: 17
Points scored	For: 561; against: 716
Team information
CEO	Jim Sarantinos
Coach	Brad Arthur (until 20 May) Trent Barrett (from 20 May)
Captain	Clinton Gutherson Junior Paulo
Stadium	CommBank Stadium (Capacity: 30,000)
Avg. attendance	18,192
Agg. attendance	218,298
High attendance	29,171 (9 March vs Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Round 1)
Top scorers
Tries	Maika Sivo (17)
Goals	Clinton Gutherson (38)
Points	Clinton Gutherson (112)
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The 2024 Parramatta Eels season was the 78th season in the club's history and the 27th in the National Rugby League. Coached by Brad Arthur for his eleventh consecutive season, and co-captained by Clinton Gutherson and Junior Paulo, the team competed in the 2024 NRL Telstra Premiership during the regular season and also participated in the Pre-season Challenge in February during their pre-season fixtures.

Summary

Pre-season

After losing several key players the previous season from their Grand Final defeat in 2022, Parramatta had a very quiet off-season in the lead up to 2024. Josh Hodgson and Andrew Davey retired at the conclusion of the 2023 season, and Jack Murchie made a move to the English club Huddersfield Giants. Waqa Blake and Samuel Loizou both did not receive contract extensions and were moved to St Helens and Wests Tigers (train-and-trial contract) respectively.

The Eels signed Manly Warringah Sea Eagles duo Kelma Tuilagi and Morgan Harper for the 2024 season. Uinitoni Mataele and Tevita Taumoepenu both received top 30 contracts, while Jock Brazel, Charlie Guymer, Luca Moretti, Ethan Sanders and Sam Tuivaiti made up the development-listed players. J'maine Hopgood was the only Parramatta player to receive a call-up to the 2024 All Stars match. ^[1]

Parramatta lost 16–38 in their opening match of the pre-season against the Canberra Raiders. The Eels were captained by Shaun Lane and fielded a very youthful team, only featuring a number of first-grade players. They led the match 16–10 early in the second half before the Raiders scored 28 unanswered points to take out the match. ^{[2] [3]}

In their second and final pre-season match against the Gold Coast Titans in Ipswich, the Eels were welcomed with the return of an almost full-strength team and leaving victors 16–26. Parramatta led the match 8–26 mid-way through the second half, before resting several starting players in preparation for the home and away season, which started in a fortnight. With the result, the Eels finished 8th in the Pre-Season Challenge on 15 points. ^[4] The match also saw Eels winger, Maika Sivo receive a 3-match ban for a high tackle on Titans five-eighth Alexander Brimson. ^[5]

Regular season

Parramatta opened the season with a 26–8 victory over the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in front of a record regular season crowd of 29,171 at CommBank Stadium. ^[6] The Eels faced reigning premiers and arch rivals, Penrith Panthers at BlueBet Stadium in the second round of the season. Parramatta lost winger Bailey Simonsson in the opening minutes of the match, leaving forward Kelma Tuilagi have to cover the left-side edge for the remainder of the match. Despite the injury, Parramatta led the Panthers 16–18 at half time, but ultimately fell short in the second half, defeated 26–18. ^[7]

In March 2024, Jirah Momoisea and Ky Rodwell were both released from their contracts. ^{[8] [9]}

On 20 May 2024, Arthur was sacked by the board after winning only one out of the previous seven games, assistant Trent Barrett took over as interim coach for the remainder of the season. ^{[10] [11]}

On 8 July 2024, the club announced that Jason Ryles would be appointed as the new head coach of the side on a four-year deal starting in 2025. ^[12]

The club would manage to avoid the wooden spoon in the final game of the regular season after defeating the Wests Tigers 60–26 in the "spoon bowl" game. Due to other results going their way, Parramatta would finish 15th on the table. ^[13]

Post-season

On 10 September 2024, Reagan Campbell-Gillard won the Ken Thornett Medal. ^[14]

Mitchell Moses (Australia), Maika Sivo (Fiji) and Makahesi Makatoa (Cook Islands) all received call-ups for their respective nations for the 2024 Pacific Championships. ^{[15] [16]} Jake Tago and Blaize Talagi were also selected to represent Samoa in their tour of England. ^[17]

Squad information

Playing squad

The NRL playing squad of the Parramatta Eels for the 2024 NRL season as of 9 March 2024. ^{[18] [19]}

Cap	Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed	Signed from	Contract until
Top 30 squad
749	Junior Paulo (c)		Prop	(1993-11-20)20 November 1993 (aged 30)	2019	Canberra Raiders	2026 [18]
776	Clinton Gutherson (c)		Fullback , Five-eighth , Wing , Centre	(1994-09-09)9 September 1994 (aged 29)	2016	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	2025 [18]
788	Mitchell Moses		Halfback , Five-eighth	(1994-09-16)16 September 1994 (aged 29)	2017	Wests Tigers	2028 [18]
798	Maika Sivo		Wing	(1993-10-03)3 October 1993 (aged 30)	2019	Penrith Panthers	2027 [18]
800	Dylan Brown		Five-eighth	(2000-06-21)21 June 2000 (aged 23)	2019	Youth	2031 [18]
801	Shaun Lane		Second-row , Prop	(1994-11-29)29 November 1994 (aged 29)	2019	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	2026 [18]
804	Reagan Campbell-Gillard		Prop	(1993-07-27)27 July 1993 (aged 30)	2020	Penrith Panthers	2025 [18]
805	Ryan Matterson		Second-row , Lock , Five-eighth	(1994-10-13)13 October 1994 (aged 29)	2020	Wests Tigers	2026 [18]
809	Haze Dunster		Wing	(1999-03-01)1 March 1999 (aged 25)	2020	Youth	2025 [18]
813	Bryce Cartwright		Second-row , Lock , Five-eighth	(1994-11-15)15 November 1994 (aged 29)	2021	Gold Coast Titans	2025 [18]
814	Wiremu Greig		Prop	(1999-11-12)12 November 1999 (aged 24)	2021	North Queensland Cowboys	2025 [18]
816	Joey Lussick		Hooker	(1995-12-28)28 December 1995 (aged 28)	2023	St Helens	2025 [18]
817	Sean Russell		Wing , Centre , Fullback	(2002-05-27)27 May 2002 (aged 21)	2021	Youth	2025 [18]
819	Will Penisini		Centre	(2002-07-31)31 July 2002 (aged 21)	2021	Youth	2026 [18]
821	Makahesi Makatoa		Prop , Lock	(1993-01-30)30 January 1993 (aged 31)	2021	Featherstone Rovers	2024 [18]
825	Bailey Simonsson		Wing , Centre , Fullback	(1998-02-18)18 February 1998 (aged 26)	2022	Canberra Raiders	2024 [18]
827	Ofahiki Ogden		Prop	(1996-06-06)6 June 1996 (aged 27)	2022	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	2024 [18]
829	Matt Doorey		Second-row	(2000-06-27)27 June 2000 (aged 23)	2023	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	2025 [18]
830	J'maine Hopgood		Lock	(1999-05-11)11 May 1999 (aged 24)	2023	Penrith Panthers	2025 [18]
834	Brendan Hands		Hooker	(1999-12-02)2 December 1999 (aged 24)	2023	Youth	2025 [18]
835	Joe Ofahengaue		Lock , Prop	(1995-09-15)15 September 1995 (aged 28)	2023	Wests Tigers	2025 [18]
837	Daejarn Asi		Five-eighth , Centre , Halfback	(2000-08-15)15 August 2000 (aged 23)	2023	New Zealand Warriors	2024 [18]
842	Morgan Harper		Centre	(1998-08-28)28 August 1998 (aged 25)	2024	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	2024 [18]
843	Kelma Tuilagi		Second-row	(1999-02-16)16 February 1999 (aged 25)	2024	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	2025 [18]
844	Blaize Talagi		Five-eighth , Fullback	(2005-03-16)16 March 2005 (aged 18)	2024	Youth	2025 [18]
–	Zac Cini		Centre , Wing , Fullback	(2000-05-24)24 May 2000 (aged 23)	2022	Wests Tigers	2024 [18]
–	Uinitoni Mataele		Second-row	N/A	2023	Youth	2025 [18]
Development list
836	Luca Moretti		Lock , Prop	(2000-04-19)19 April 2000 (aged 23)	2023	Youth	2025 [18]
845	Ethan Sanders		Halfback , Five-eighth	N/A	2024	Youth	2024 [18]
848	Charlie Guymer		Second-row	N/A	2024	Youth	2024 [18]
–	Jock Brazel		Second-row	N/A	2024	Youth	2024 [18]
–	Sam Tuivaiti		Prop	N/A	2024	Youth	2025 [18]
Extended squad
833	Isaac Lumelume		Wing , Centre	(1998-04-16)16 April 1998 (aged 25)	2023	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
838	Arthur Miller-Stephen		Wing , Fullback	N/A	2022	Youth
846	Matt Arthur		Hooker	(2005-02-04)4 February 2005 (aged 19)	2024	Youth
847	Jake Tago		Wing , Centre	(1999-02-10)10 February 1999 (aged 25)	2024	North Sydney Bears
849	Lorenzo Mulitalo		Wing	(1999-11-17)17 November 1999 (aged 24)	2024	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
850	Dan Keir		Lock , Second-row	(1998-03-12)12 March 1998 (aged 25)	2021	Canberra Raiders
Player(s) who left the club during the season
824	Ky Rodwell		Second-row , Lock , Five-eighth	(1999-06-21)21 June 1999 (aged 24)	2021	Western Suburbs Magpies	2024 [18]
831	Jirah Momoisea		Prop , Second-row	(1998-09-02)2 September 1998 (aged 25)	2023	Newcastle Knights	2024 [18]
–	Tevita Taumoepenu		Lock	N/A	2024	Youth	2024 [18]

Coaching staff

The coaching staff of the Parramatta Eels for the 2024 NRL season as of 8 February 2024. ^[18]

Position	Name
General Manager of Football	Mark O’Neill
NRL head coach	Brad Arthur (until 20 May) Trent Barrett (from 20 May)
Assistant coaches	Trent Barrett (until 20 May) Steve Antonelli Steve Murphy
NSW Cup head coach	Nathan Cayless
Jersey Flegg Cup head coach	Craig Brennan

Squad changes

Main article: 2024 NRL season § Squad changes

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Window	Ref.
October 2023	SR	Kelma Tuilagi	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Pre-season	[20]
October 2023	CE	Morgan Harper	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Pre-season	[21]

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Window	Ref.
August 2023	SR	Jack Murchie	Huddersfield Giants	Pre-season	[22] [23]
September 2023	HK	Josh Hodgson	Retirement	Pre-season	[24] [23]
October 2023	SR	Andrew Davey	Retirement	Pre-season	[25] [23]
October 2023	CE	Waqa Blake	St Helens	Pre-season	[23] [26]
October 2023	CE	Samuel Loizou	Wests Tigers	Pre-season	[23] [27]
March 2024	PR	Jirah Momoisea	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Mid-season	[8] [28]
March 2024	SR	Ky Rodwell	Wakefield Trinity	Mid-season	[9] [29]
May 2024	LK	Tevita Taumoepenu	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Mid-season	[30]

Pre-season

Main article: 2024 NRL pre-season results

Parramatta played the Canberra Raiders in Kogarah and the Gold Coast Titans in Ipswich as their pre-season fixtures. Both matches were part of the second edition of the NRL Pre-season Challenge. ^[31]

  Win  Draw  Loss

Round 1: 17 February 2024	Parramatta Eels	16–38	Canberra Raiders	Kogarah
17:55 AEDT	Tries: Ogden  7' Russell  11' Simonsson  44' Goals: Russell 2/3  8', 44'	Report	Tries: Weekes  17' Taateo  27' Stuart  51' Schiller  56' Hola  60' Cook  67' N. Martin  72' Goals: Strange 4/5  29', 53', 57', 60' Cook 1/2  68' Sin bin: N. Martin 41' to 51'	Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 8,827 Referee: Nick Pelgrave

Round 2: 25 February 2024	Gold Coast Titans	16–26	Parramatta Eels	Ipswich
16:00 AEST	Tries: Sami  10' Brimson  43' Khan-Pereira  56' S. Fifita  68' Goals: Boyd 0/3 Weaver 0/1	Report	Tries: Penisini  2' Sivo  15' Campbell-Gillard  21' Cartwright  33' Hopgood  46' Goals: Moses 3/5  17', 23', 48'	Stadium: North Ipswich Reserve Attendance: 5,306 Referee: Gerard Sutton

Regular season

Main article: 2024 NRL season

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne Storm (M)	24	19	0	5	3	692	449	+243	44	Advance to finals series
2	Penrith Panthers (P)	24	17	0	7	3	580	394	+186	40
3	Sydney Roosters	24	16	0	8	3	738	463	+275	38
4	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	16	0	8	3	653	431	+222	38
5	North Queensland Cowboys	24	15	0	9	3	657	568	+89	36
6	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	14	0	10	3	529	433	+96	34
7	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24	13	1	10	3	634	521	+113	33
8	Newcastle Knights	24	12	0	12	3	470	510	−40	30
9	Canberra Raiders	24	12	0	12	3	474	601	−127	30
10	Dolphins	24	11	0	13	3	577	578	−1	28
11	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	11	0	13	3	508	634	−126	28
12	Brisbane Broncos	24	10	0	14	3	537	607	−70	26
13	New Zealand Warriors	24	9	1	14	3	512	574	−62	25
14	Gold Coast Titans	24	8	0	16	3	488	656	−168	22
15	Parramatta Eels	24	7	0	17	3	561	716	−155	20
16	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	7	0	17	3	494	682	−188	20
17	Wests Tigers	24	6	0	18	3	463	750	−287	18

Source: National Rugby League
(M) J. J. Giltinan Shield winners; (P) Premiers

Results 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	26	27
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	–	H	N	A	H	A	H	–	A	H	A	–	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	B	L	L	L	W	L	L	B	L	L	L	B	L	W	L	L	L	W	W
Position	3	7	6	9	14	11	14	14	12	13	14	15	15	14	15	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Points	2	2	4	4	4	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	14	14	16	16	16	16	18	20

Source: National Rugby League
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Main article: 2024 NRL season results

The league fixtures were announced on 13 November 2023. ^[32]

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Round 1: 9 March 2024	Parramatta Eels	26–8	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Parramatta
17:30 AEDT	Tries: Harper  12' Cartwright  36', 50' Simonsson  76' Goals: Moses 1/1  13' Gutherson 4/4  26 pen', 37', 51', 77'	Report	Tries: Wilson  65' Crichton  69' Goals: Burton 0/2	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 29,171 Referee: Grant Atkins

Round 2: 15 March 2024	Penrith Panthers	26–18	Parramatta Eels	Penrith
20:05 AEDT	Tries: Edwards  10' Leota  15' Turuva  27', 52' Tago  54' Goals: Cleary 3/5  11', 17', 53'	Report	Tries: Lussick  2' Lane  21' Hopgood  38' Goals: Moses 1/1  3' Gutherson 2/2  23', 39'	Stadium: BlueBet Stadium Attendance: 21,522 Referee: Ashley Klein

Round 3: 24 March 2024	Parramatta Eels	28–24	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Parramatta
16:05 AEDT	Tries: Penisini  18' Moses  25' Talagi  32' Harper  42' Tuilagi  58' Goals: Gutherson 3/5  19', 26', 59' Moses 1/1  66 pen'	Report	Tries: T. Trbojevic  5' Paulo  11' Garrick  39' Waddell  72' Goals: Garrick 4/5  4 pen', 7', 12', 73' Sin bin: Aloiai 79' to 80'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 20,354 Referee: Peter Gough

Round 4: 1 April 2024	Parramatta Eels	16–17	Wests Tigers	Parramatta
16:00 AEDT	Tries: Sivo  15' Gutherson  44' Goals: Russell 0/1 Gutherson 4/5  39 pen', 46', 49 pen', 74 pen'	Report	Tries: Olam  3', 63' Bula  68' Goals: Koroisau 2/3  5', 69' Field goals: Sezer  79' Sin bin: Galvin 48' to 58'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 28,608 Referee: Liam Kennedy

Round 5: 7 April 2024	Canberra Raiders	41–8	Parramatta Eels	Canberra
18:15 AEST	Tries: Kris  13' Savage  28' Timoko  42', 78' Levi  52' Schiller  57' Young  60' Goals: Fogarty 6/9  9 pen', 15', 53', 61', 68 pen', 79' Field goals: Fogarty  39'	Report	Tries: Sivo  47', 71' Goals: Gutherson 0/2	Stadium: GIO Stadium Attendance: 13,907 Referee: Adam Gee

Round 6: 13 April 2024	Parramatta Eels	27–20	North Queensland Cowboys	Parramatta
17:30 AEST	Tries: Ofahengaue  9' Lussick  26' Harper  43' Asi  61' Goals: Gutherson 5/6  10', 16 pen', 27', 45', 63' Field goals: Asi  76'	Report	Tries: Nanai  4' Chester  18' Holmes  50' Drinkwater  70' Goals: Holmes 2/4  6', 71'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 14,443 Referee: Peter Gough

Round 7: 19 April 2024	Parramatta Eels	16–44	Dolphins	Darwin
19:30 ACST	Tries: Lane  16' Penisini  26' Brown  77' Goals: Russell 0/2 Gutherson 2/2  45 pen', 78'	Report	Tries: Bostock  30', 69', 74' Niu  49', 71' Fuller  51' Plath  55', 57' Averillo  63' Goals: Isaako 3/7  50', 52', 56' Nikorima 1/2  73'	Stadium: TIO Stadium Attendance: 11,094 Referee: Todd Smith

Round 8: 26 April 2024	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	32–18	Parramatta Eels	Brookvale
20:00 AEST	Tries: Talau  28' T. Trbojevic  44' Cherry-Evans  49' Garrick  69', 74' Goals: Garrick 6/6  29', 46', 51', 58 pen', 71', 76' Sin bin: Olakau'atu 4' to 14'	Report	Tries: Sivo  17', 33', 66' Simonsson  37' Goals: Gutherson 1/4  4 pen' Brown 0/1 Sin bin: Penisini 57' to 67' Sivo 69' to 79'	Stadium: 4 Pines Park Attendance: 17,385 Referee: Gerard Sutton

Round 9 (Bye for Parramatta Eels)

Round 10: 10 May 2024	Parramatta Eels	14–30	Brisbane Broncos	Parramatta
20:00 AEST	Tries: Talagi  31' Brown  41' Goals: Russell 3/3  8 pen', 33', 42'	Report	Tries: Walsh  16' Mariner  24', 38' Mam  52' Cobbo  56' Goals: Walsh 4/4  17', 39', 53', 57' Staggs 1/1  26'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 17,393 Referee: Gerard Sutton

Round 11: 19 May 2024	Melbourne Storm	48–16	Parramatta Eels	Brisbane
16:05 AEST	Tries: Kamikamica  8' Warbrick  24' Grant  27', 48' Smith  51', 53' Coates  64' Katoa  74' Goals: Meaney 8/9  26', 28', 43 pen', 50', 53', 55', 66', 76'	Report	Tries: Simonsson  16' Talagi  33' Sivo  78' Goals: Russell 0/1 Asi 2/2  34', 79'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 47,517 Referee: Wyatt Raymond

Round 12: 25 May 2024	South Sydney Rabbitohs	42–26	Parramatta Eels	Sydney Olympic Park
19:35 AEST	Tries: Arrow  8' Koloamatangi  11', 76' Teaupa  20' Johnston  26' Keppie  52' Cook  71' Goals: L. Mitchell 6/7  9', 12', 21', 53', 71', 77' Teaupa 1/1  47 pen' Sin bin: L. Mitchell 38' to 48'	Report	Tries: Talagi  30' Russell  32' Harper  42' Sivo  64', 78' Goals: Asi 3/5  31', 34', 65'	Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 15,202 Referee: Chris Butler

Round 13: 30 May 2024	Parramatta Eels	34–22	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Parramatta
20:00 AEST	Tries: Penisini  10' Sivo  14', 23' Paulo  47' Simonsson  57' Brown  68' Goals: Moses 5/7  15', 24', 49', 54 pen', 70'	Report	Tries: Katoa  4', 65' Kennedy  33' Atkinson  61' Goals: Trindall 3/4  35', 62', 66'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 11,665 Referee: Ashley Klein

Round 14: 10 June 2024	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	22–18	Parramatta Eels	Sydney Olympic Park
16:00 AEST	Tries: Crichton  12', 67' Wilson  17', 74' Goals: Burton 3/4  19', 68', 75' Sin bin: Mann 55' to 65'	Report	Tries: Talagi  6' Penisini  33' Tuilagi  44' Goals: Moses 3/3  7', 34', 46'	Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 45,496 Referee: Peter Gough

Round 15: 15 June 2024	Parramatta Eels	18–28	Sydney Roosters	Parramatta
19:35 AEST	Tries: Moses  36' Brown  41' Talagi  45' Goals: Moses 3/4  37', 43', 49 pen' Sin bin: Tuilagi 3' to 13'	Report	Tries: Pauga  4' Jennings  9' Tupou  27', 64' Crichton  75' Goals: Walker 4/5  5', 28', 66', 76' Sin bin: Waerea-Hargreaves 32' to 42'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 20,072 Referee: Chris Butler

Round 16 (Bye for Parramatta Eels)

Round 17: 29 June 2024	Newcastle Knights	34–26	Parramatta Eels	Newcastle
17:30 AEST	Tries: Pryce  22' Marzhew  36', 45' Tuala  64' Best  72', 78' Goals: Hastings 5/6  24', 46', 66', 74', 79'	Report	Tries: Talagi  12', 51' Moses  25', 60' Paulo  75' Goals: Moses 3/5  13', 26', 75'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 27,424 Referee: Peter Gough

Round 18: 4 July 2024	Parramatta Eels	16–32	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Parramatta
19:50 AEST	Tries: Talagi  35' Campbell-Gillard  50' Cartwright  72' Goals: Moses 2/3  51', 72' Sin bin: Moses 75' to 80'	Report	Tries: Gagai  8', 68' Wighton  32', 76' Walker  39' L. Mitchell  56' Goals: L. Mitchell 4/6  33', 39', 70', 77'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 13,941 Referee: Liam Kennedy

Round 19: 13 July 2024	Gold Coast Titans	24–16	Parramatta Eels	Gold Coast
17:30 AEST	Tries: Khan-Pereira  9', 12' Sami  19' Kelly  54' Goals: Campbell 4/4  10', 13', 20', 55'	Report	Tries: Moretti  30' Penisini  58' Gutherson  65' Goals: Asi 2/3  32', 66'	Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium Attendance: 16,670 Referee: Todd Smith

Round 20 (Bye for Parramatta Eels)

Round 21: 26 July 2024	Parramatta Eels	14–32	Melbourne Storm	Parramatta
20:00 AEST	Tries: Tago  3' Russell  18', 75' Goals: Asi 0/2 Gutherson 1/1  77' Sin bin: Tago 39' to 49'	Report	Tries: Anderson  12' Grant  28' Warbrick  46' Wishart  58' Papenhuyzen  68' Goals: Meaney 6/6  13', 30', 39 pen', 47', 59', 70'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 11,082 Referee: Liam Kennedy

Round 22: 2 August 2024	New Zealand Warriors	20–30	Parramatta Eels	Auckland
20:00 NZST	Tries: Tuivasa-Sheck  29' Nicoll-Klokstad  70' Niukore  74' Watene-Zelezniak  79' Goals: Johnson 1/4  71' Harris-Tavita 1/1  79'	Report	Tries: Tago  17' Lussick  21' Asi  35' Talagi  59' Gutherson  63' Goals: Gutherson 5/5  18', 22', 36', 61', 65' Sin bin: Tago 74' to 80'	Stadium: Go Media Stadium Attendance: 23,812 Referee: Todd Smith

Round 23: 9 August 2024	Parramatta Eels	34–36	Penrith Panthers	Parramatta
20:00 AEST	Tries: Talagi  1' Tago  9' Russell  35' Penisini  46' Gutherson  51', 68' Goals: Gutherson 5/8  2', 11', 48', 61 pen', 69'	Report	Tries: To'o  5', 73' Tago  15', 76' Turuva  63', 75' Goals: Cleary 6/7  6', 16', 26 pen', 64', 73', 77' Sin bin: Martin 61' to 71'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 18,852 Referee: Peter Gough

Round 24: 16 August 2024	Sydney Roosters	38–14	Parramatta Eels	Moore Park
20:00 AEST	Tries: Leniu  9' Young  15', 44', 57' Tupou  20' Tedesco  26' Tupouniua  51' Goals: Walker 5/7  10', 16', 21', 27', 53' Sin bin: Whyte 64' to 74'	Report	Tries: Tuilagi  31' Russell  67' Lussick  79' Goals: Gutherson 1/3  79' Sin bin: Greig 14' to 24' Hands 43' to 53'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 20,724 Referee: Grant Atkins

Round 25: 23 August 2024	Brisbane Broncos	30–24	Parramatta Eels	Brisbane
20:00 AEST	Tries: Sailor  31' Rogers  34' Cobbo  55' Reynolds  65' Staggs  67' Goals: Reynolds 5/5  33', 36', 56', 66', 68'	Report	Tries: Penisini  2' Ofahengaue  6' Sivo  10' Lane  71' Goals: Gutherson 4/5  3', 8', 46 pen', 73'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 36,289 Referee: Todd Smith

Round 26: 31 August 2024	Parramatta Eels	44–40	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Parramatta
15:00 AEST	Tries: Penisini  3' Sivo  8', 55', 61' Gutherson  22', 43' Tago  30' Lane  36' Brown  40' Goals: Asi 4/9  10', 24', 38', 44'	Report	Tries: Muhleisen  14' Lomax  50' Mat Feagai  69', 77', 79' Sloan  72', 76' Goals: Lomax 6/7  15', 51', 71', 73', 76', 77'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 21,623 Referee: Wyatt Raymond

Round 27: 6 September 2024	Wests Tigers	26–60	Parramatta Eels	Campbelltown
18:00 AEST	Tries: Feledy  11' Tupou  14' L. Fainu  48' Papali'i  66' Staines  79' Goals: Koroisau 2/3  16', 50' Mason 1/1  67' L. Fainu 0/1 Sin bin: Koroisau 51' to 61'	Report	Tries: Sivo  6', 55' Asi  20' Hands  29' Penisini  35', 40' Cartwright  52' Gutherson  61', 64' Campbell-Gillard  68' Lussick  73' Goals: Asi 6/9  8', 30', 36', 54', 63', 65' Gutherson 1/1  70' Campbell-Gillard 1/1  75'	Stadium: Campbelltown Sports Stadium Attendance: 17,311 Referee: Peter Gough

Player statistics

As of 6 September 2024

Players with no appearances are not included on the list.

Player	Apps	T	C	PG	FG	Total
Matt Arthur	3	0	0	0	0	0
Daejarn Asi	14	3	17	0	1	47
Dylan Brown	24	5	0	0	0	20
Reagan Campbell-Gillard	24	2	1	0	0	10
Bryce Cartwright	20	4	0	0	0	16
Matt Doorey	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wiremu Greig	7	0	0	0	0	0
Clinton Gutherson	21	9	29	9	0	112
Charlie Guymer	2	0	0	0	0	0
Brendan Hands	19	1	0	0	0	4
Morgan Harper	8	4	0	0	0	16
J'maine Hopgood	12	1	0	0	0	4
Dan Keir	6	0	0	0	0	0
Shaun Lane	24	4	0	0	0	16
Joey Lussick	19	5	0	0	0	20
Makahesi Makatoa	10	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Matterson	16	0	0	0	0	0
Mitchell Moses	8	4	16	3	0	54
Luca Moretti	11	1	0	0	0	4
Lorenzo Mulitalo	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Ofahengaue	24	2	0	0	0	8
Ofahiki Ogden	2	0	0	0	0	0
Junior Paulo	16	2	0	0	0	8
Will Penisini	23	10	0	0	0	40
Sean Russell	21	5	2	1	0	26
Ethan Sanders	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bailey Simonsson	10	4	0	0	0	16
Maika Sivo	12	17	0	0	0	68
Blaize Talagi	19	11	0	0	0	44
Jake Tago	7	4	0	0	0	16
Kelma Tuilagi	16	3	0	0	0	12

Awards

The Ken Thornett Medal was held on 10 September to recognise the best-performed players of the season for the club. ^[33]

Award	Recipient
Ken Thornett Medal (NRL Player of the Year)	Reagan Campbell-Gillard
Nathan Hindmarsh NRL Players' Player Award	Clinton Gutherson
Jack Gibson NRL Coaches' Award	Clinton Gutherson
Eric Grothe NRL Rookie of the Year Award	Blaize Talagi
Blue & Gold Army NRL Award	Clinton Gutherson
Ray Price NRL Community Award	Shaun Lane
Bob O'Reilly NSW Cup Player of the Year	Brock Parker
Geoff Gerard NSW Cup Coaches' Award	Dan Keir
Steve Ella Jersey Flegg Player of the Year	Saxon Pryke
Brett Kenny Jersey Flegg Coaches' Award	Teancum Brown
Michael Cronin Club Person of the Year	Don Musson

NRL Women's team

2024 Parramatta Eels Women season
NRLW Rank	5th
Play-off result	DNQ
2024 record	Wins: 5; losses: 4
Points scored	For: 160; against: 184
Team information
CEO	Jim Sarantinos
Coach	Steve Georgallis
Captain	Mahalia Murphy
Stadium	CommBank Stadium (Capacity: 30,000) Eric Tweedale Stadium (Capacity: 5,000)
Avg. attendance	950
Agg. attendance	1,900
Top scorers
Tries	Monique Donovan Rory Owen (5 each)
Goals	Rachael Pearson (22)
Points	Rachael Pearson (48)
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The 2024 Parramatta Eels Women season is the 4th season in the club's history and in the NRL Women's Premiership. Coached by Steve Georgallis for his first season, and captained by Mahalia Murphy, the team compete in the 2024 NRL Women's Premiership during the season.

Squad information

2024 Parramatta Eels Women's squad

Top 24 squad						Development list		Coaching staff
Elsie Albert – PR Tyla Amiatu – PR, LK Rosemarie Beckett – HB, FB, HK Pihuka Berryman-Duff – FE Kennedy Cherrington – LK, PR Rueben Cherrington – HK, LK Abbi Church – FB Monique Donovan – WG, CE		Breanna Eales – PR, LK Kate Fallon – WG Zali Fay – WG Jade Fonua – LK Chloe Jackson – SR Madeline Jones – PR, LK Boss Kapua – SR Rosie Kelly – CE		Ruby-Jean Kennard-Ellis – PR Mia Middleton – WG, CE Mahalia Murphy (c) – SR, CE Rory Owen – CE Rachael Pearson – HB Taneka Todhunter – HK, HB Cassey Tohi-Hiku – FE, CE Lindsay Tui – CE		Tafao Asaua – PR Yasmine Baker – FB Aaliyah Haumono – CE Chelsea Makira – PR, LK		Head coach Steve Georgallis Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 11 August 2024 Source(s): Parramatta Eels

Season

Main article: 2024 NRL Women's season

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brisbane Broncos (M)	9	7	0	2	272	156	+116	14	Advance to finals series
2	Sydney Roosters (P)	9	7	0	2	222	112	+110	14
3	Newcastle Knights	9	6	0	3	238	132	+106	12
4	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	9	6	0	3	146	122	+24	12
5	Parramatta Eels	9	5	0	4	160	184	−24	10
6	North Queensland Cowboys	9	4	0	5	137	218	−81	8
7	Canberra Raiders	9	3	0	6	194	216	−22	6
8	Gold Coast Titans	9	3	0	6	128	191	−63	6
9	St. George Illawarra Dragons	9	2	0	7	178	234	−56	4
10	Wests Tigers	9	2	0	7	108	218	−110	4

Source: National Rugby League
(M) Minor premiers; (P) Premiers

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	L
Position	3	6	3	3	5	6	5	5	5
Points	2	2	4	6	6	6	8	10	10

Source: National Rugby League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 13 November 2023. ^[34]

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Round 1: 27 July 2024	Brisbane Broncos	10–22	Parramatta Eels	Brisbane
12:45 AEST	Tries: Robinson  4' Lenarduzzi  43' Goals: Teitzel 0/1 Denman 1/1  45' Sin bin: Nu'uausala 60' to 70'	Report	Tries: Fay  24' Owen  27' Donovan  39' K. Cherrington  52' Goals: Pearson 3/5  25', 54', 62 pen' Sin bin: K. Cherrington 60' to 70'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 10,382 Referee: Rochelle Tamarua

Round 2: 4 August 2024	Parramatta Eels	16–18	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Moore Park
12:00 AEST	Tries: K. Cherrington  3' Donovan  17' Owen  58' Goals: Pearson 2/3  4', 59'	Report	Tries: Johnston  7' Taylor  39' Biddle  64' Goals: Preston 3/3  9', 40', 65'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 1,166 Referee: Luke Saldern

Round 3: 11 August 2024	North Queensland Cowboys	6–20	Parramatta Eels	Brisbane
12:00 AEST	Tries: Polata  20' Goals: Dibb 1/1  21'	Report	Tries: Kelly  13' Beckett  29', 40' Church  56' Goals: Pearson 2/4  15', 31'	Stadium: Totally Workwear Stadium Attendance: 1,393 Referee: Daniel Luttringer

Round 4: 18 August 2024	Wests Tigers	10–12	Parramatta Eels	Campbelltown
18:10 AEST	Tries: Pio  3' Pollard  60' Goals: Piliae-Rasabale 1/2  4'	Report	Tries: Donovan  18' K. Cherrington  56' Goals: Pearson 2/2  19', 57'	Stadium: Campbelltown Sports Stadium Referee: Damian Brady

Round 5: 24 August 2024	Parramatta Eels	16–36	Newcastle Knights	Merrylands
11:00 AEST	Tries: Tohi-Hiku  30' Murphy  42' Beckett  44' Goals: Pearson 2/3  43', 45'	Report	Tries: Upton  2', 69' Higgins  3' White  13' Roache  19' Albert-Jones  39' Jones  62' Goals: Roche 4/8  5', 14', 56 pen', 69'	Stadium: Eric Tweedale Stadium Referee: Belinda Sharpe

Round 6: 31 August 2024	Parramatta Eels	14–42	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Parramatta
12:45 AEST	Tries: Donovan  7' Owen  23' Pearson  55' Goals: Pearson 1/3  55'	Report	Tries: Law  1' Browne  18', 58' Koster  27' Hopkins  39' Berry  41', 43' Clancy  67' Goals: McGregor 5/8  2', 40', 42', 45', 68'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Referee: Daniel Luttringer

Round 7: 8 September 2024	Parramatta Eels	24–14	Gold Coast Titans	Merrylands
13:45 AEST	Tries: Albert  3', 66' Donovan  8' Owen  59' Goals: Pearson 4/4  4', 9', 61', 67'	Report	Tries: Bass  12' Guthrie  33' Arakua  51' Goals: Brown 1/3  52'	Stadium: Eric Tweedale Stadium Attendance: 734 Referee: Luke Saldern

Round 8: 15 September 2024	Canberra Raiders	16–18	Parramatta Eels	Canberra
13:45 AEST	Tries: Bartlett  42' Taufa  57' Tungai  69' Goals: Temara 2/3  58', 69'	Report	Tries: Murphy  4' Amiatu  23' Owen  64' Goals: Pearson 3/4  5', 24', 67 pen'	Stadium: GIO Stadium Attendance: 1,928 Referee: Karra-Lee Nolan

Round 9: 22 September 2024	Parramatta Eels	18–32	Sydney Roosters	Parramatta
15:15 AEST	Tries: Murphy  23' Fay  42' Beckett  61' Goals: Pearson 3/3  23', 44', 62'	Report	Tries: Bremner  1', 49' Wood  12' Kernick  27' Hall  52' Fressard  56' Goals: Kelleher 4/6  2', 13', 29', 50'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Referee: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski

Player statistics

As of 22 September 2024

Players with no appearances are not included on the list.

Player	Apps	T	C	PG	FG	Total
Elsie Albert	9	2	0	0	0	8
Tyla Amiatu	8	1	0	0	0	4
Tafao Asaua	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rosemarie Beckett	8	4	0	0	0	16
Kennedy Cherrington	6	3	0	0	0	12
Rueben Cherrington	1	0	0	0	0	0
Abbi Church	9	1	0	0	0	4
Monique Donovan	9	5	0	0	0	20
Breanna Eales	4	0	0	0	0	0
Zali Fay	9	2	0	0	0	8
Jade Fonua	9	0	0	0	0	0
Chloe Jackson	8	0	0	0	0	0
Madeline Jones	9	0	0	0	0	0
Boss Kapua	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rosie Kelly	9	1	0	0	0	4
Ruby-Jean Kennard-Ellis	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mahalia Murphy	9	3	0	0	0	12
Rory Owen	9	5	0	0	0	20
Rachael Pearson	9	1	20	2	0	48
Taneka Todhunter	9	0	0	0	0	0
Cassey Tohi-Hiku	9	1	0	0	0	4
Lindsay Tui	4	0	0	0	0	0

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