2025 Parramatta Eels season

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2025 Parramatta Eels season
NRL Rank 12th
Team information
CEOJim Sarantinos
Coach Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Ryles
Captain
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 Jason Ryles for his first season, [1] and captained by Junior Paulo, the team will compete in the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership during the regular season and will participate in the Pre-season Challenge in February during their pre-season fixtures.

Contents

Summary

Pre-season

Regular season

Squad information

Playing squad

Coaching staff

Squad changes

Transfers in

DatePos.PlayerFromWindowRef.
16 April 2024 WG Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zac Lomax St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Pre-season [2]
22 August 2024 FB Flag of Tonga.svg Isaiah Iongi Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Pre-season [3]
27 September 2024 HB Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Hawkins South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Pre-season [4]
3 October 2024 LK Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Williams Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Pre-season [5]
23 October 2024 FB Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joash Papalii Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Pre-season [6]
23 October 2024 CE Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Samrani Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Pre-season [6]
18 November 2024 WG Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joshua Addo-Carr Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Pre-season [7]
5 December 2024 FE Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ronald Volkman Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Pre-season [8]
13 December 2024 SR Flag of Fiji.svg Kitione Kautoga Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Pre-season [9]

Transfers out

DatePos.PlayerToWindowRef.
20 June 2024 FE Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ethan Sanders Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Pre-season [10] [11]
12 August 2024 CE Flag of Samoa.svg Blaize Talagi Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Pre-season [10] [12]
21 August 2024 HK Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Arthur Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Pre-season [10] [13]
21 August 2024 CE Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zac Cini Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers Pre-season [10] [14]
30 August 2024 FE Flag of Samoa.svg Daejarn Asi Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers Pre-season [10] [15]
11 September 2024 WG Flag of Fiji.svg Isaac Lumelume ReleasedPre-season [10]
11 September 2024 PR Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Makahesi Makatoa ReleasedPre-season [10]
11 September 2024 PR Flag of New Zealand.svg Ofahiki Ogden ReleasedPre-season [10]
4 October 2024 PR Flag of Australia (converted).svg Reagan Campbell-Gillard Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Pre-season [10] [16]
21 October 2024 WG Flag of New Zealand.svg Lorenzo Mulitalo Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Burleigh Bears Pre-season [10] [17]
26 October 2024 WG Flag of Fiji.svg Maika Sivo Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Pre-season [18] [19]
8 November 2024 FB Flag of Australia (converted).svg Clinton Gutherson St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Pre-season [20] [21]
17 November 2024 CE Flag of New Zealand.svg Morgan Harper North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears Pre-season [10] [22]

Pre-season

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. [23]

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Round 1: 14 February 2025 Newcastle Knights Newcastle colours.svg v Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Newcastle
18:00 AEDT
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Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Round 2: 21 February 2025 Wests Tigers Wests Tigers colours.svg v Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Leichhardt
20:00 AEDT
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Stadium: Leichhardt Oval

Regular season

Ladder

PosTeam
PldWDLBPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 000000000Advance to finals series
2 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 000000000
3 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 000000000
4 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 000000000
5 Dolphins colours.png Dolphins 000000000
6 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 000000000
7 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 000000000
8 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 000000000
9 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 000000000
10 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 000000000
11 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 000000000
12 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 000000000
13 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 000000000
14 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 000000000
15 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 000000000
16 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 000000000
17 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 000000000

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAHHAHHA–NHAHAA–HA–HAAHHAHAH
ResultBBB
Position
Points
Source: National Rugby League
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were released on 21 November 2024. [24]

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Round 1: 9 March 2025 Melbourne Storm Melbourne colours.svg v Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Melbourne
16:05 AEDT
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Stadium: AAMI Park
Round 2: 16 March 2025Parramatta Eels Parramatta colours.svg v Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Parramatta
16:05 AEDT
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Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Round 3: 23 March 2025Parramatta Eels Parramatta colours.svg v Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Parramatta
16:05 AEDT
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Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Round 4: 30 March 2025 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg v Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Brookvale
16:05 AEDT
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Stadium: 4 Pines Park
Round 5: 5 April 2025Parramatta Eels Parramatta colours.svg v St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Parramatta
15:00 AEDT
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Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Round 6: 12 April 2025Parramatta Eels Parramatta colours.svg v Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Darwin
19:35 AEST
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Stadium: TIO Stadium
Round 7: 21 April 2025 Wests Tigers Wests Tigers colours.svg v Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Parramatta
16:00 AEST
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Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Round 8 (Bye for Parramatta Eels)
Round 9: 2 May 2025 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Cronulla colours.svg v Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Brisbane
18:00 AEST
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Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Round 10: 8 May 2025Parramatta Eels Parramatta colours.svg v Dolphins colours.png Dolphins Parramatta
19:50 AEST
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Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Round 11: 16 May 2025 Newcastle Knights Newcastle colours.svg v Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Newcastle
18:00 AEST
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Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium
Round 12: 23 May 2025Parramatta Eels Parramatta colours.svg v Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Parramatta
20:00 AEST
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Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Round 13: 1 June 2025 Penrith Panthers Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg v Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Parramatta
16:05 AEST
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Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Round 14: 9 June 2025 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Canterbury colours.svg v Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Sydney Olympic Park
16:00 AEST
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Stadium: Accor Stadium
Round 15 (Bye for Parramatta Eels)
Round 16: 22 June 2025Parramatta Eels Parramatta colours.svg v Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Parramatta
18:15 AEST
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Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Round 17: 28 June 2025 St. George Illawarra Dragons St. George colours.svg v Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Wollongong
17:30 AEST
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Stadium: WIN Stadium
Round 18 (Bye for Parramatta Eels)
Round 19: 13 July 2025Parramatta Eels Parramatta colours.svg v Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Parramatta
16:05 AEST
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Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Round 20: 19 July 2025 Canberra Raiders Canberra colours.svg v Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Canberra
15:00 AEST
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Stadium: GIO Stadium
Round 21: 25 July 2025 Brisbane Broncos Brisbane colours.svg v Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Brisbane
20:00 AEST
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Stadium: Suncorp Stadium
Round 22: 31 July 2025Parramatta Eels Parramatta colours.svg v Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Parramatta
19:50 AEST
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Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Round 23: 10 August 2025Parramatta Eels Parramatta colours.svg v North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Parramatta
16:05 AEST
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Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Round 24: 16 August 2025 South Sydney Rabbitohs South Sydney colours.svg v Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Sydney Olympic Park
19:35 AEST
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Stadium: Accor Stadium
Round 25: 23 August 2025Parramatta Eels Parramatta colours.svg v Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Parramatta
19:35 AEST
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Stadium: CommBank Stadium
Round 26: 29 August 2025 New Zealand Warriors Auckland colours.svg v Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Auckland
20:00 NZST
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Stadium: Go Media Stadium
Round 27: 7 September 2025Parramatta Eels Parramatta colours.svg v Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Parramatta
16:05 AEST
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Stadium: CommBank Stadium

Player statistics

As of September 2024

Players with no appearances are not included on the list.

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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. [25]

AwardRecipient
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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