2025 R3 Sun - Parramatta v Canterbury @ CommBank

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NRL 2025 - Round 3
Parramatta Eels v Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
CommBank Stadium, Parramatta / Burramattagal (TICKETS)

Sunday 23 March 2025
Kickoff 4:05pm AEDT.
Live on Nine, 9Now, Fox, Kayo.

1. Isaiah Iongi 2. Sean Russell 3. Viliami Penisini 4. Zac Lomax 5. Jordan Samrani 6. Dylan Brown 7. Dean Hawkins 8. Joe Ofahengaue 9. Brendan Hands 10. Junior Paulo 11. Shaun Lane 12. Jack Williams 13. J'maine Hopgood
14. Ryley Smith 15. Matt Doorey 16. Kitione Kautoga 17. Sam Tuivaiti
18. Ryan Matterson 19. Joash Papali'i 20. Dan Keir 21. Josh Addo-Carr 22. Joey Lussick

Changes from last round:
Out: Ronald Volkman (halfback)
In: Dean Hawkins (halfback), Ryan Matterson (reserve), Joash Papalii (reserve), Dan Keir (reserve), Josh Addo-Carr (reserve), Joey Lussick (reserve)

1. Connor Tracey 2. Blake Wilson 3. Bronson Xerri 4. Stephen Crichton 5. Marcelo Montoya 6. Bailey Hayward 7. Toby Sexton 8. Max King 9. Reed Mahoney 10. Josh Curran 11. Sitili Tupouniua 12. Jacob Preston 13. Jaeman Salmon
14. Kurt Mann 15. Harry Hayes 16. Daniel Suluka-Fifita 17. Kurtis Morrin
19. Joseph O'Neill 20. Jack Todd 21. Blake Taaffe 22. Luke Smith 23. Jonathan Sua

Changes from last round:
Out: Matt Burton (five-eighth), Viliame Kikau (second row)
In: Daniel Suluka-Fifita (bench), Kurtis Morrin (bench), Joseph O'Neill (reserve), Jack Todd (reserve), Blake Taaffe (reserve), Luke Smith (reserve), Jonathan Sua (reserve)
Changes: Bailey Hayward (bench to five-eighth), Sitili Tupouniua (bench to second row)

Referee: Wyatt Raymond Sideline Officials: Phil Henderson, Damian Brady Video Referee: Gerard Sutton

HEAD TO HEAD - 1947 - 2024​

	TOTAL	PAR	CBY	DRAWN
ALL MATCHES	156	72	79	5
COMMBANK	6	5	1	0

LAST FIVE MEETINGS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2022	Round 23	PAR 42-6	CommBank	26451
2023	Round 7	PAR 30-4	CommBank	27655
2023	Round 15	PAR 34-12	Accor	33866
2024	Round 1	PAR 26-8	CommBank	29171
2024	Round 14	CBY 22-18	Accor	45496

BIGGEST WINS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
1993	Round 5	CBY 42-6	Belmore	27804
2005	Round 23	PAR 56-4	Parramatta	20289

NEXT FOUR MATCHES​

	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
PARRAMATTA	MAN (A)	SGI (H)	CAN (H)	WST (A)
CANTERBURY	CRO (A)	NEW (H)	BYE	SOU (H)

LAST THREE MATCHES​

	Round 1		Round 2
PARRAMATTA	MEL	L 18-56	WST	L 6-32
CANTERBURY	SGI	W 28-20	GLD	W 40-24

STATE OF PLAY: 2025 SEASON​

	POSITION	PLAYED	BYES	W-L-D	FOR	AGAINST
PARRAMATTA	17th	2	0	0-2-0	24	88
CANTERBURY	3rd	2	0	2-0-0	68	44

 

[Someone2]

Wolf Wolf Yelp Yelp! No burto no Kiks

if Ryles drops brown for Cartwright or Matterson get on Eels 13+

 

[Grapple]

I think if Eels can string a few passes together on the back of correct play the balls they will be in it.

 

[Dragon Slayer]

Wolf Wolf Yelp Yelp! No burto no Kiks

if Ryles drops brown for Cartwright or Matterson get on Eels 13+

You won’t be winning let alone by 13+

All you will be doing is pushing your F/A to -100 after 3 rounds of footy.

 

[EppingEel]

Eels 30+

 

[Bazal]

You won’t be winning let alone by 13+

All you will be doing is pushing your F/A to -100 after 3 rounds of footy.

What an absolute f**king load of horse shit

As if we get within 36

 

[Valheru]

Parra look very spoony

Dogs by 20

 

[mozza91]

Expecting Parra to really show up for this one. By that I mean 17 players will be in attendance.
Dogs by 40.

 

[Woody90]

Concerning for the Eels. Early days but Ryles’ press conferences are reminding me of Nathan Brown during the Knights spoon years.

Dogs by 30+

 

[Mr. Shaman]

 

[Dragon Slayer]

Once the Eels are officially out of contention for the 8 Dylan Brown will be in one of those mascot suits.

Actually the Eels probably get more value out of him at the moment with him in one of those mascot suits.

 

[dogslife]

A halves combo of Sexton and Hutchison gives me serious wood

 

[The Rosco]

You won’t be winning let alone by 13+

All you will be doing is pushing your F/A to -100 after 3 rounds of footy.

I think he meant 13+ consecutive losses.
TBF, they've already hit more than 10% of that, so he might be onto something.

 

[Belza1]

Mangy Mutts ..just

 

[MRN]

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What the f**k are they?

 

[84 Baby]

Brown doesn’t get paid $1.3m until next season so I expect the mighty combo of Toby Sexton & Bailey Hayward to teach him how to guide a football team to victory

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Doggies bro in a hectic one.

 

[Bazal]

What the f**k are they?

The physical manifestation of the eldritch lunacy suffered by Parramatta fans

 

[soc123_au]

JAC will be looking to find a phone charger by half time.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Interested to see how the Dogs go without Burton, im not sure hes that important to them. They look a well coached outfit and dont expect them to skip a beat. There will be some bounce back from the Eels eventually but dont see a lot of improvement this week.

Dogs by 20.