Easter Monday match (NRL)

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Easter Monday match
Sport Rugby league
Location Sydney, Australia
Teams Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
First meeting21 April 2014
Wests Tigers 21–18 Parramatta
Latest meeting1 April 2024
Wests Tigers 17–16 Parramatta
Next meeting21 April 2025
Broadcasters Fox League
Statistics
Most winsTied
5 wins
Largest victory Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
45 points (22 April 2019)

The Easter Monday match is held annually on the Easter Monday holiday in Australia between the Parramatta Eels and Wests Tigers. It is generally played at Stadium Australia, however Parramatta home matches were held at Western Sydney Stadium from 2019.

Contents

Background

The match has traditionally drawn large crowds, including selling out the opening of the new Western Sydney Stadium, where the Parramatta club defeated the Wests Tigers by a record-breaking 51–6. [1]

No event was held in 2020 due to the season being suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Head to head

As of April 2024
TeamPlayedGames WonDrawsGames LostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoint Difference
Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 10505230182+48
Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 10505182230-48

Results

SeasonWinnerScoreVenueAttendanceRef.
2014 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers21–18 Stadium Australia 50,688 [2]
2015 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers22–6 Stadium Australia 35,510 [3]
2016 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels8–0 Stadium Australia 36,112 [4]
2017 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels26–22 Stadium Australia 28,249 [5]
2018 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers30–20 Stadium Australia 30,420 [6]
2019 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels51–6 Western Sydney Stadium 29,047 [7]
2021 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels36–22 Stadium Australia 29,056 [8]
2022 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers21–20 Western Sydney Stadium 28,336 [9]
2023 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels28–22 Stadium Australia 28,611 [10]
2024 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers17–16 Western Sydney Stadium 28,608

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References

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  2. ↑ "NRL 2014 - Round 7 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  3. ↑ "NRL 2015 - Round 5 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  4. ↑ "NRL 2016 - Round 4 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  5. ↑ "NRL 2017 - Round 7 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  6. ↑ "NRL 2018 - Round 4 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
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  8. ↑ "Wests Tigers v Eels". National Rugby League. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  9. ↑ "NRL: Eels v Tigers - CommBank Stadium".
  10. ↑ "Wests Tigers v Eels".


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