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Jason Ryles - Head coach of Parramatta from 2025

Noise

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And yet the four time premiers have shelled out big money for him. He's been on every club's radar for a long time, which is why we couldn't lock him down on the cheap. Talagi has massive potential. As bad as his defence was, it was still better than most future NRL players his age.
How much did they pay?
 

Delboy

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I heard they got him cheap mate. Less than we were offering.
I understand you know everything despite being nowhere near the club. The Panthers offer was basically very close the the Eels offer, within $50k as even the Panthers were prepared to pay for potential having lost Luai .

Hope he does well, has to overcome his defensive issues, but can be achieved over time.
 

Old Timer

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Just taking the opportunity to duck in and wish your team all the best under Ryles who I believe will succeed but may need a bit of time to get there so keep the faith early on.

A lot of soft cocks over in my forum bagging him out & hoping he fails etc etc obviously some of them are worried about Jason’s ability otherwise why say it.

Great to see Sterlo in his new capacity for your club as well and he will be a valuable asset to the new coach and younger players.

Gaz helping out where needed should be good for you too and tbh I am pissed our club didn’t go down the J R road when they could have.

Hopefully both our clubs get back to semi final footy sooner rather than later.
 

lucablight

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Just taking the opportunity to duck in and wish your team all the best under Ryles who I believe will succeed but may need a bit of time to get there so keep the faith early on.

A lot of soft cocks over in my forum bagging him out & hoping he fails etc etc obviously some of them are worried about Jason’s ability otherwise why say it.

Great to see Sterlo in his new capacity for your club as well and he will be a valuable asset to the new coach and younger players.

Gaz helping out where needed should be good for you too and tbh I am pissed our club didn’t go down the J R road when they could have.

Hopefully both our clubs get back to semi final footy sooner rather than later.
I read that the Dragons tried to get Ryles but he turned them down. He obviously thinks rebuilding Parramatta is easier atm.
 

King-Gutho94

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The Dragons have way too much nepotism and Ryles wouldn’t cop it and good on him for standing his ground.
Nepotism is a touchy word amongst Parramatta fans.

Anyway i can imagine some dragons fans who saw Ryles as a player for you blokes who was a dumb penalty merchant who did some pretty stupid things on the field that it would be hard to imagine look at him being a smart coach.

Every decision he has made will be judged in due course but he has been prepared to make some tough decisions already that a lot of rookie coaches wouldn't make. If he fails it won't through the lack of trying.

But i am quietly confident he will succeed. I enjoyed the part in the presser the other day when asked will you turn Parra into Melbourne and he said no.

Will take bits & pieces from Storm and other places he has been but at the end of the day were Parramatta and his going to mould us into his own style and make it the Parramatta way.
 

Eelementary

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Just taking the opportunity to duck in and wish your team all the best under Ryles who I believe will succeed but may need a bit of time to get there so keep the faith early on.

A lot of soft cocks over in my forum bagging him out & hoping he fails etc etc obviously some of them are worried about Jason’s ability otherwise why say it.

Great to see Sterlo in his new capacity for your club as well and he will be a valuable asset to the new coach and younger players.

Gaz helping out where needed should be good for you too and tbh I am pissed our club didn’t go down the J R road when they could have.

Hopefully both our clubs get back to semi final footy sooner rather than later.

Thanks for the kind words, mate.

I imagine it would be bittersweet for you to see two of your club legends helping out a rival club.
 

Eelementary

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Nepotism is a touchy word amongst Parramatta fans.

Anyway i can imagine some dragons fans who saw Ryles as a player for you blokes who was a dumb penalty merchant who did some pretty stupid things on the field that it would be hard to imagine look at him being a smart coach.

Every decision he has made will be judged in due course but he has been prepared to make some tough decisions already that a lot of rookie coaches wouldn't make. If he fails it won't through the lack of trying.

But i am quietly confident he will succeed. I enjoyed the part in the presser the other day when asked will you turn Parra into Melbourne and he said no.

Will take bits & pieces from Storm and other places he has been but at the end of the day were Parramatta and his going to mould us into his own style and make it the Parramatta way.

Well said, mate!

Though I really like Ryles as a player - tough, and skilful. Great player
 

Old Timer

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Thanks for the kind words, mate.

I imagine it would be bittersweet for you to see two of your club legends helping out a rival club.
I’m just glad they are still in the game.

I enjoyed them as players and I hope I enjoy them as coaches and then get to see young players prosper as a direct result of their input.

So many of our coaches are getting towards the end of their careers so we need the next gen to succeed so the game itself doesn’t decline in quality and with the likes of P V & A A going down the expansion route then we already have a shortage of skills both in coaching and playing ranks.
 

Johnny88

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NRL pre-season pictures: Eels players ditch training field and pick up the tools on Parramatta job sites
Adopting the same pre-season approach as mentor Craig Bellamy, Jason Ryles has hit his Eels with a dose of reality by forcing them to swap the training field for job sites in Parramatta. See the latest pre-season pictures.


Parramatta recruit Josh Addo-Carr swapped his Eels kit for a Hi-Vis vest on Monday morning as Eels players ditched the training paddock for a dose of reality on job sites across western Sydney.
Addo-Carr’s second week as an Eel started with a 4am alarm clock ahead of a three-day stint working in a factory alongside youngsters Josh Lynn, Jordan Samrani and Brock Parker.
The teammates spent the day packing food hampers at Foodbank’s warehouse and distribution centre in Glendenning.
It is all part of a pre-season shake-up, revealed by this masthead, under new coach Jason Ryles, who wants to instil a club culture built on hard work and gratitude after the Eels missed the finals series for a second year running in 2024.
Players, in groups of four, will work in factories, as landscapers, teacher’s aides, kitchen hands and maintenance workers.
Star five-eighth Dylan Brown, on a deal believed to be worth $1 million a year, clocked in for his first day on the job as a maintenance worker at Parramatta’s Leagues Club.

He turned up to the Leagues Club carrying a white plastic bag, which teammate Joash Papalii could not help but joke was filled to the brim with Brown’s lunch for the day.
Others braved the November heat pushing around wheelbarrows and mowing lawns.
A sun smart Ryan Matterson, sporting an Eels bucket hat and sunglasses, swapped the Steeden for a shovel as he and rising rookie Richard Penisini, along with Haze Dunster, were sent to landscape at local park in Parramatta.


Unlike Brown, Matterson came well prepared with an Esky, a more traditional job-site lunch box.
Kelma Tuilagi and Bailey Simonsson also spent the day outdoors and getting their hands dirty as the duo got stuck into some gardening, mowing lawns and trimming hedges.

The working class dose of reality is a non-negotiable rite of passage under Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy and Ryles has adopted the same approach to pre-season as his former club.
Ryles is not only hoping to hammer home a message built on work ethic but for players to get a taste of what working life is like in the community they represent.
“It’s more about connection with our community,” Ryles said.
“It also gives us a bit of perspective on how lucky we are to do what we do and call it a job. We’ll do an open training session as well at a local ground in Fairfield to maintain and grow that connection with our community, fans and sponsors.”
Australian Test representatives Mitchell Moses and Zac Lomax, along with former Penrith fullback Isaiah Iongi, have not yet returned to pre-season and did not take part in the three-day exercise.
The trio will not officially report to Parramatta HQ at Kellyville until late December.



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