2025 Parramatta Eels season

2025 Parramatta Eels season
NRL Rank	12th
Team information
CEO	Jim Sarantinos
Coach	Jason Ryles
Captain	Mitchell Moses
Stadium	CommBank Stadium
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The 2025 Parramatta Eels season will be the 79th season in the club's history and the 28th in the National Rugby League. Coached by new head coach Jason Ryles, ^[1] and captained by Mitchell Moses for his first season, ^[2] the team will compete in the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership during the regular season and will participate in the Pre-season Challenge in February.

Squad information

Playing squad

The NRL playing squad of the Parramatta Eels for the 2025 NRL season as of 16 February 2025. ^[3]

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 [3]
788	Mitchell Moses		Halfback , Five-eighth	(1994-09-16)16 September 1994 (aged 29)	2017	Wests Tigers	2028 [3]
800	Dylan Brown		Five-eighth	(2000-06-21)21 June 2000 (aged 23)	2019	Youth	2031 [3]
801	Shaun Lane		Second-row , Prop	(1994-11-29)29 November 1994 (aged 29)	2019	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	2026 [3]
805	Ryan Matterson		Second-row , Lock , Five-eighth	(1994-10-13)13 October 1994 (aged 29)	2020	Wests Tigers	2026 [3]
809	Haze Dunster		Wing	(1999-03-01)1 March 1999 (aged 25)	2020	Youth	2025 [3]
813	Bryce Cartwright		Second-row , Lock , Five-eighth	(1994-11-15)15 November 1994 (aged 29)	2021	Gold Coast Titans	2025 [3]
814	Wiremu Greig		Prop	(1999-11-12)12 November 1999 (aged 24)	2021	North Queensland Cowboys	2025 [3]
816	Joey Lussick		Hooker	(1995-12-28)28 December 1995 (aged 28)	2023	St Helens	2025 [3]
817	Sean Russell		Wing , Centre , Fullback	(2002-05-27)27 May 2002 (aged 21)	2021	Youth	2025 [3]
819	Will Penisini		Centre	(2002-07-31)31 July 2002 (aged 21)	2021	Youth	2026 [3]
825	Bailey Simonsson		Wing , Centre , Fullback	(1998-02-18)18 February 1998 (aged 26)	2022	Canberra Raiders	2024 [3]
829	Matt Doorey		Second-row	(2000-06-27)27 June 2000 (aged 23)	2023	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	2025 [3]
830	J'maine Hopgood		Lock	(1999-05-11)11 May 1999 (aged 24)	2023	Penrith Panthers	2025 [3]
834	Brendan Hands		Hooker	(1999-12-02)2 December 1999 (aged 24)	2023	Youth	2025 [3]
835	Joe Ofahengaue		Lock , Prop	(1995-09-15)15 September 1995 (aged 28)	2023	Wests Tigers	2025 [3]
843	Kelma Tuilagi		Second-row	(1999-02-16)16 February 1999 (aged 25)	2024	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	2025 [3]
836	Luca Moretti		Lock , Prop	(2000-04-19)19 April 2000 (aged 23)	2023	Youth	2025 [3]
848	Charlie Guymer		Second-row	(2004-11-12)12 November 2004 (aged 19)	2024	Youth	2024 [3]
–	Uinitoni Mataele		Second-row	N/A	2023	Youth	2025 [3]
–	Sam Tuivaiti		Prop	N/A	2024	Youth	2025 [3]
Development list
838	Arthur Miller-Stephen		Wing , Fullback	N/A	2022	Youth
847	Jake Tago		Wing , Centre	(1999-02-10)10 February 1999 (aged 25)	2024	North Sydney Bears
850	Dan Keir		Lock , Second-row	(1998-03-12)12 March 1998 (aged 25)	2021	Canberra Raiders
Extended squad
–	Jock Brazel		Second-row	N/A	2024	Youth	2024 [3]

Coaching staff

The coaching staff of the Parramatta Eels for the 2025 NRL season as of 16 February 2025. ^[3]

Position	Name
NRL head coach	Jason Ryles
General manager of Football	Mark O’Neill
Assistant coaches	Nathan Brown
NSW Cup head coach	Nathan Cayless
Jersey Flegg Cup head coach	Craig Brennan

Squad changes

Main article: 2025 NRL season § Squad changes

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Window	Ref.
16 April 2024	WG	Zac Lomax	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Pre-season	[4]
22 August 2024	FB	Isaiah Iongi	Penrith Panthers	Pre-season	[5]
27 September 2024	HB	Dean Hawkins	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Pre-season	[6]
3 October 2024	LK	Jack Williams	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Pre-season	[7]
23 October 2024	FB	Joash Papalii	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Pre-season	[8]
23 October 2024	CE	Jordan Samrani	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Pre-season	[8]
18 November 2024	WG	Josh Addo-Carr	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Pre-season	[9]
5 December 2024	FE	Ronald Volkman	New Zealand Warriors	Pre-season	[10]
13 December 2024	SR	Kitione Kautoga	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Pre-season	[11]

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Window	Ref.
20 June 2024	FE	Ethan Sanders	Canberra Raiders	Pre-season	[12] [13]
12 August 2024	CE	Blaize Talagi	Penrith Panthers	Pre-season	[12] [14]
21 August 2024	HK	Matt Arthur	Newcastle Knights	Pre-season	[12] [15]
21 August 2024	CE	Zac Cini	Castleford Tigers	Pre-season	[12] [16]
30 August 2024	FE	Daejarn Asi	Castleford Tigers	Pre-season	[12] [17]
11 September 2024	WG	Isaac Lumelume	Released	Pre-season	[12]
11 September 2024	PR	Ofahiki Ogden	Released	Pre-season	[12]
4 October 2024	PR	Reagan Campbell-Gillard	Gold Coast Titans	Pre-season	[12] [18]
21 October 2024	WG	Lorenzo Mulitalo	Burleigh Bears	Pre-season	[12] [19]
26 October 2024	WG	Maika Sivo	Leeds Rhinos	Pre-season	[20] [21]
8 November 2024	FB	Clinton Gutherson	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Pre-season	[22] [23]
15 February 2025	PR	Makahesi Makatoa	Sydney Roosters	Pre-season	[12]
26 February 2025	CE	Morgan Harper	New Zealand Warriors	Pre-season	[12] [24]

Pre-season

Main article: 2025 NRL Pre-season Challenge

Parramatta will play the Newcastle Knights in Newcastle and the Wests Tigers in Leichhardt as their pre-season fixtures. Both matches were part of the third edition of the NRL Pre-season Challenge. ^[25]

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Round 1: 14 February 2025	Newcastle Knights	18–44	Parramatta Eels	Newcastle
18:00 AEDT	Tries: Marzhew  22' Aoake  46' McCarthy  49' McEwen  58' Goals: Pryce 0/1 Votano 1/3  59'	Report	Tries: Brown  2' Tago  26' Tuilagi  29' Papalii  38' Samrani  61' Miller-Stephen  64', 77' Loizou  72' Goals: Volkman 3/4  4', 31', 39' Lynn 3/4  63', 65', 78'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 5,964 Referee: Belinda Sharpe

Round 2: 21 February 2025	Wests Tigers	30–18	Parramatta Eels	Leichhardt
20:00 AEDT	Tries: Naden  26' Bird  29' Skelton  39' Hope  56' Faataape  75' Goals: Doueihi 5/5  27', 30', 39', 58', 76'	Report	Tries: Iongi  13' Russell  35' Williams  48' Goals: Lomax 2/2  15', 36' Volkman 1/1  49'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Referee: Ashley Klein

Regular season

Main article: 2025 NRL season

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brisbane Broncos	1	1	0	0	0	50	14	+36	2	Advance to finals series
2	Canberra Raiders	1	1	0	0	0	30	8	+22	2
3	Penrith Panthers	1	1	0	0	0	28	22	+6	2
4	Newcastle Knights	1	1	0	0	0	10	8	+2	2
5	South Sydney Rabbitohs	1	1	0	0	0	16	14	+2	2
6	Gold Coast Titans	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
7	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Melbourne Storm	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	North Queensland Cowboys	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Parramatta Eels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	St. George Illawarra Dragons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Dolphins	1	0	0	1	0	14	16	−2	0
14	Wests Tigers	1	0	0	1	0	8	10	−2	0
15	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	1	0	0	1	0	22	28	−6	0
16	New Zealand Warriors	1	0	0	1	0	8	30	−22	0
17	Sydney Roosters	1	0	0	1	0	14	50	−36	0

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2025. Source: National Rugby League

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	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	–	N	H	A	H	A	A	–	H	A	–	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result								B							B			B
Position
Points

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

Matches

Main article: 2025 NRL season results

The league fixtures were released on 21 November 2024. ^[26]

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Round 1: 9 March 2025	Melbourne Storm	v	Parramatta Eels	Melbourne
16:05 AEDT		Report		Stadium: AAMI Park Referee: Wyatt Raymond

Round 2: 16 March 2025	Parramatta Eels	v	Wests Tigers	Parramatta
16:05 AEDT		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium

Round 3: 23 March 2025	Parramatta Eels	v	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Parramatta
16:05 AEDT		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium

Round 4: 30 March 2025	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	v	Parramatta Eels	Brookvale
16:05 AEDT		Report		Stadium: 4 Pines Park

Round 5: 5 April 2025	Parramatta Eels	v	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Parramatta
15:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium

Round 6: 12 April 2025	Parramatta Eels	v	Canberra Raiders	Darwin
19:05 ACST		Report		Stadium: TIO Stadium

Round 7: 21 April 2025	Wests Tigers	v	Parramatta Eels	Parramatta
16:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium

Round 8 (Bye for Parramatta Eels)

Round 9 (Magic Round): 2 May 2025	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	v	Parramatta Eels	Brisbane
18:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

Round 10: 8 May 2025	Parramatta Eels	v	Dolphins	Parramatta
19:50 AEST		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium

Round 11: 16 May 2025	Newcastle Knights	v	Parramatta Eels	Newcastle
18:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Round 12: 23 May 2025	Parramatta Eels	v	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Parramatta
20:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium

Round 13: 1 June 2025	Penrith Panthers	v	Parramatta Eels	Parramatta
16:05 AEST		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium

Round 14: 9 June 2025	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	v	Parramatta Eels	Sydney Olympic Park
16:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Accor Stadium

Round 15 (Bye for Parramatta Eels)

Round 16: 22 June 2025	Parramatta Eels	v	Gold Coast Titans	Parramatta
18:15 AEST		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium

Round 17: 28 June 2025	St. George Illawarra Dragons	v	Parramatta Eels	Wollongong
17:30 AEST		Report		Stadium: WIN Stadium

Round 18 (Bye for Parramatta Eels)

Round 19: 13 July 2025	Parramatta Eels	v	Penrith Panthers	Parramatta
16:05 AEST		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium

Round 20: 19 July 2025	Canberra Raiders	v	Parramatta Eels	Canberra
15:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: GIO Stadium

Round 21: 25 July 2025	Brisbane Broncos	v	Parramatta Eels	Brisbane
20:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

Round 22: 31 July 2025	Parramatta Eels	v	Melbourne Storm	Parramatta
19:50 AEST		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium

Round 23: 10 August 2025	Parramatta Eels	v	North Queensland Cowboys	Parramatta
16:05 AEST		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium

Round 24: 16 August 2025	South Sydney Rabbitohs	v	Parramatta Eels	Sydney Olympic Park
19:35 AEST		Report		Stadium: Accor Stadium

Round 25: 23 August 2025	Parramatta Eels	v	Sydney Roosters	Parramatta
19:35 AEST		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium

Round 26: 29 August 2025	New Zealand Warriors	v	Parramatta Eels	Auckland
20:00 NZST		Report		Stadium: Go Media Stadium

Round 27: 7 September 2025	Parramatta Eels	v	Newcastle Knights	Parramatta
16:05 AEST		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium

Player statistics

As of September 2024

Players with no appearances are not included on the list.

Player	Apps	T	C	PG	FG	Total
	0	0	0	0	0	0

Awards

The Ken Thornett Medal will be held at the end of the season to recognise the best-performed players of the season for the club. Reagan Campbell-Gillard is the reigning Ken Thornett medalist. ^[27]

Award	Recipient
Ken Thornett Medal (NRL Player of the Year)
Nathan Hindmarsh NRL Players' Player Award
Jack Gibson NRL Coaches' Award
Eric Grothe NRL Rookie of the Year Award
Blue & Gold Army NRL Award
Ray Price NRL Community Award
Bob O'Reilly NSW Cup Player of the Year
Geoff Gerard NSW Cup Coaches' Award
Steve Ella Jersey Flegg Player of the Year
Brett Kenny Jersey Flegg Coaches' Award
Michael Cronin Club Person of the Year

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