Most memorable eels matches

[Guru_]

What are your most memorable eels matchs ? One of mine is comming back from 20-0 down at halftime to beat the bulldogs in rd 1 2008

 

[ethan tremblay]

we lost but against newcaslte when harrigan sent off 3 or was it 4 blokes and we still almost won

 

[phantom eel]

My top ten:

'81 Grand Final v Newtown,
'86 Major Semi Final v Canterbury,
'86 Grand Final v Canterbury,
'86 First Game at Parra Stadium v St George,
'82 Grand Final v Manly,
'83 Grand Final v Manly,
'92 home match v touring GB side,
'87 2nd half comeback to beat Canberra,
'01 week 1 semi v Warriors,
'03 flogging Cronulla by 70 points...

 

[JBEEL]

Going way back, but what really kicked it off for me was the 1981 Gf..!!
Was a young boy at the time with a freshly fractured finger, trying to manoeuvre my way through a PACKED SCG Hill...
There was No Way we could get a decent view.. My Uncle that took me then decided for us to go..
He drove mad as hell back to Lidcombe & we made it just in time for kick off... The rest is History..

 

[Guru_]

Another great comeback was when we came back from something like 24-0 down to manly in rd 2 2010 the match where Des breaks the door

 

[eels81236]

Our last game. It was the most recent.

 

[Parra Pride]

The Cronulla flogging will always be fresh in my mind.

The semi final in '09 versus the Dogs.

I don't think I'll forget our 30 points in 10 minutes anytime soon.

The game versus the Storm in '10, a few weeks after the salary cap scandal broke.

Year escapes me, think it was 06 or 07, when we flogged the Broncos 68-22.

I also agree with the '08 game against the Dogs, and the game against Manly in '10 when we had Keating playing quarterback to give us the win.

 

[hineyrulz]

In that Semi in 98 when we belted the absolute shit out of the bears.

 

[strider]

Our last game. It was the most recent.

yeah i'm at the point of stuggling to remember now - so anything in the last 3 months for me

 

[offside ref]

So many but a old favorites 2005 vs dragons a packed Parra stadium dean widders came of the bench and set up 2 tries straight away. Barrett but a dog shot on oh marsh and a blue started everyone runs in except wade McKinnon who scores a length of the field try.

Other ones 09 semi vs dogs
2000 semi vs panthers.

Pretty much any game I've been to nothing beats being at the ground.

 

[strider]

i still this the '09 semi against the dragons will always stick in my memory

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

1978 semi-final (replay?) against Manly. Greg Hartley. 7th tackle try. Sent to room for yelling 'f**king merkin' at the tv (I was 8.....my mum recovered from this in about 1985).

 

[Non Terminator]

we lost but against newcaslte when harrigan sent off 3 or was it 4 blokes and we still almost won

Great match played by Parra. It was Hindmarsh, Dykes and Buettner was binned twice, I'm pretty sure it was all three at once at one stage.

 

[Sphagnum]

So many but a old favorites 2005 vs dragons a packed Parra stadium dean widders came of the bench and set up 2 tries straight away. Barrett but a dog shot on oh marsh and a blue started everyone runs in except wade McKinnon who scores a length of the field try.

Other ones 09 semi vs dogs
2000 semi vs panthers.

Pretty much any game I've been to nothing beats being at the ground.

I was at that dragons game. The atmosphere was amazing and Parra responded to it by smashing St Merge the farkin dog merkins. Best game of first grade footy I've been to.

 

[Gary Gutful]

A lot of great games have already been mentioned but a few others:

Round 9 v Canberra 1987. It was looking like Canberra would run away with it and make Parramatta's miserable start to the season even worse. However, a blinder from Sterlo inspired one of the greatest rugby league comebacks ever seen at the time. I can remember walking away from that game thinking 'maybe we are still a great side'. Alas, it was later confirmed that this was just a blib on the radar as we continued to slide downhill.

1998 Preliminary Semi v Norths and 1998 Major Semi v Brisbane. 1997 was our first great year since 1986 but it ended in a disappointing fashion in the finals. However in 1998 we not only made the semis but we were actually winning them. The most impressive part of the Norths game was our bruising defence in the second half. Real semi-final style football. We built on this against Brisbane - it wasn't an overly exciting game but it was a great coaching plan executed perfectly.

I guess the game after the Brisbane one was memorable but for all the wrong reasons.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Dragons final 09
The come back against the warriors around 04 I think it was - a bright light in a poor season.
Season game in 1990 against Canberra, we won I think 16 to 6. Sterlo's kicking in that game was amazing.

 

[parra pete]

In that Semi in 98 when we belted the absolute shit out of the bears.

Was that in the forest?

 

[Maroubra Eel]

1978 semi-final (replay?) against Manly. Greg Hartley. 7th tackle try. Sent to room for yelling 'f**king merkin' at the tv (I was 8.....my mum recovered from this in about 1985).

Lol!

 

[Eelementary]

* That semi against Manly in 2005 where everybody was calling Terry Hill a wanker. Brilliant.

* It was memorable for the wrong reasons, but that match against St. George in 2004 (I think) where Riddell was captain of a reserve grade side - and they thumped us.

* Our 68-22 thumping of Brisbane.

* Our string of 2-point wins in 2003 (or 2004, I can't recall)

* Moimoi's debut for the Eels - his first hit-up, he steamrolls over Luke Williamson (that blonde former Manly forward) and makes something like 20 metres. We go on to win the match, largely due to his energy.

* Moimoi's entire 2005 and 2009 seasons. He was unstoppable.

* 2009 Grand Final. We lost, but the way we clawed back and made a contest of it really made me proud.

* Ditto the 2001 Grand Final, but we really should have won that one.

* The game where we scored a length of the field try from a kick-off (Aaron Cannings popped an offload and we ran all the way).

* That try in New Zealand where every player touched the ball at least once and we ran all over the place for Matt Petersen to score in the corner.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Was that in the forest?

Ha ha!