2025 Parramatta Draw

[King-Gutho94]

The 2025 Draw will be released next week according to the telegraph.

Manly have formally requested one of there 12 home games has to be against us.

Which is pretty surprising i don't recall a season we haven't played at Brookvale tbh compared to the Broncos who haven't played there since 2014.

Plenty of subplots to be answered
- Will Jason Ryles follow the trend of the previous 5 Parramatta fulltime coaches and be up against the Warriors first up -
(Hagan 07, Anderson 09, Kearney 11, Stuart 13, Arthur 14) all had there round 1 games against the Warriors in there first season in charge.
- Gutho's return to Commbank
- What QLD team will get the lucky dip to play us in Darwin
- When will our Byes be received
- Penrith and Tigers are playing games at Commbank but will they play us at other venues.
- I suspect Penrith may push to play us in the Bush to avoid giving us an extra home game at Commbank.
- Tigers will most likely move there game to Homebush for Easter Monday.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-2025-manly-sea-eagles-formally-request-to-play-brisbane-broncos-at-brookvale-for-first-time-in-10-years/news-story/b972675c4f83b06adb9b8ba8716ad600

 

[MarkInTheStands]

Were we up against the Warriors at home or away those years ?

 

[MarkInTheStands]

The 2025 Draw will be released next week according to the telegraph.
- What QLD team will get the lucky dip to play us in Darwin

Oh that's easy, Dolphins

 

[T.S Quint]

Plenty of subplots to be answered
- Will Jason Ryles follow the trend of the previous 5 Parramatta fulltime coaches and be up against the Warriors first up -
(Hagan 07, Anderson 09, Kearney 11, Stuart 13, Arthur 14) all had there round 1 games against the Warriors in there first season in charge.

Anderson was the only one to lose that opening match.
Hagan, Kearney, Stuart and Arthur all won their first match as Eels coach.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Were we up against the Warriors at home or away those years ?

2007,2009,2011 we were Away - L,L,W
2013, 2014 we were at Home - W,W

 

[T.S Quint]

- Penrith and Tigers are playing games at Commbank but will they play us at other venues.

I'd say no chance we play Penrith anywhere else.
We might get Tigers at Campbelltown again. I hope not. As much as I like revisiting that old shithole, for a match I actually care about I'd like a proper modern stadium please. And yes, this discludes Leichhardt as well, despite me only living 10 minutes away from there.

 

[T.S Quint]

2007,2009,2011 we were Away - L,L,W
2013, 2014 we were at Home - W,W

And only one of those coaches told us Eels fans to "not get used to it".

Meaning winning. He said not to get used to winning.

And he was right. What a merkin.

 

[TheParraboy]

The 2025 Draw will be released next week according to the telegraph.

Manly have formally requested one of there 12 home games has to be against us.

Which is pretty surprising i don't recall a season we haven't played at Brookvale tbh compared to the Broncos who haven't played there since 2014.

Plenty of subplots to be answered
- Will Jason Ryles follow the trend of the previous 5 Parramatta fulltime coaches and be up against the Warriors first up -
(Hagan 07, Anderson 09, Kearney 11, Stuart 13, Arthur 14) all had there round 1 games against the Warriors in there first season in charge.
- Gutho's return to Commbank
- What QLD team will get the lucky dip to play us in Darwin
- When will our Byes be received
- Penrith and Tigers are playing games at Commbank but will they play us at other venues.
- I suspect Penrith may push to play us in the Bush to avoid giving us an extra home game at Commbank.
- Tigers will most likely move there game to Homebush for Easter Monday.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-2025-manly-sea-eagles-formally-request-to-play-brisbane-broncos-at-brookvale-for-first-time-in-10-years/news-story/b972675c4f83b06adb9b8ba8716ad600

- Gutho's return to Commbank - in 2026 id say. Probably play at Win Stadium next yr, Havent been there since 2018
- What QLD team will get the lucky dip to play us in Darwin - send Canberra , (maybe penrith request this?)
- When will our Byes be received - rd 25, 26, 27 - get a longer pre-season than anyone else and win the comp in 2026

 

[MarkInTheStands]

The 2025 Draw will be released next week according to the telegraph.

Manly have formally requested one of there 12 home games has to be against us.

Which is pretty surprising i don't recall a season we haven't played at Brookvale tbh compared to the Broncos who haven't played there since 2014.

Plenty of subplots to be answered
- Will Jason Ryles follow the trend of the previous 5 Parramatta fulltime coaches and be up against the Warriors first up -
(Hagan 07, Anderson 09, Kearney 11, Stuart 13, Arthur 14) all had there round 1 games against the Warriors in there first season in charge.
- Gutho's return to Commbank
- What QLD team will get the lucky dip to play us in Darwin
- When will our Byes be received
- Penrith and Tigers are playing games at Commbank but will they play us at other venues.
- I suspect Penrith may push to play us in the Bush to avoid giving us an extra home game at Commbank.
- Tigers will most likely move there game to Homebush for Easter Monday.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-2025-manly-sea-eagles-formally-request-to-play-brisbane-broncos-at-brookvale-for-first-time-in-10-years/news-story/b972675c4f83b06adb9b8ba8716ad600

Aren’t the Warriors going to Las Vegas this time?

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Anderson was the only one to lose that opening match.
Hagan, Kearney, Stuart and Arthur all won their first match as Eels coach.

Hagan lost his first two in 07, we lost that first one in Auckland.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Aren’t the Warriors going to Las Vegas this time?

Oops looks like we wont be playing them then.

 

[T.S Quint]

Hagan lost his first two in 07, we lost that first one in Auckland.

Did he?
Well, that shows my memory isn't what it used to be.

And it used to be pretty shit to begin with.

 

[King-Gutho94]

- Gutho's return to Commbank - in 2026 id say. Probably play at Win Stadium next yr, Havent been there since 2018

Is there a rule we can't play the Dragons twice anymore.

2018 was that the game we were leading all-night and got dusted in the last 5 mins in Typical Parra Fashion. From memory Will Smith kicked the ball out on the full trying to do a stupid 40/20 when we had the lead.

 

[T.S Quint]

Is there a rule we can't play the Dragons twice anymore.

2018 was that the game we were leading all-night and got dusted in the last 5 mins in Typical Parra Fashion. From memory Will Smith kicked the ball out on the full trying to do a stupid 40/20 when we had the lead.

Yes.
In a shit year that was one of the lowlights.

Reminds me of the loss against the Panthers this year.

 

[T.S Quint]

We did smash them 40-4 later in the season though.

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Did he?
Well, that shows my memory isn't what it used to be.

And it used to be pretty shit to begin with.

Lost to Warriors and Souths first two games, then got home in Golden Point against the Tigers after a Luke Burt penalty goal, then smashed Raiders, beat Penrith over there (remember the Ian Hindmarsh field goal)

I think they wore the white jumpers in the those losses (the curse of the white jumper).

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Is there a rule we can't play the Dragons twice anymore.

2018 was that the game we were leading all-night and got dusted in the last 5 mins in Typical Parra Fashion. From memory Will Smith kicked the ball out on the full trying to do a stupid 40/20 when we had the lead.

Either St George Illawarra or St George seems to be happening for a while, I remember a period in the 90s we only played them once a year.

 

[84 Baby]

- When will our Byes be received

You forgot how many consecutive games we’ll face teams coming off the bye. Or just in general how will the NRL f**k our draw this year

 

[TheParraboy]

Is there a rule we can't play the Dragons twice anymore.

2018 was that the game we were leading all-night and got dusted in the last 5 mins in Typical Parra Fashion. From memory Will Smith kicked the ball out on the full trying to do a stupid 40/20 when we had the lead.

I was there, terrible weather, wet and rain. Coke and (almost cold) chips cost me $15

We looked like winning it for all money. Duftys speed got them two tries at the death

 

[eels_fan]

I suspect Penrith may push to play us in the Bush to avoid giving us an extra home game at Commbank

Reckon they’ll want a marquee game where they get a tonne of revenue from a likely full house to be at CommBank