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The Eels off season trivia thread.

parra pete

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1. What was significant about Terry Fearnley's achievement as a coach in 1975.

2. Odd man out - David Penna, Jarrod McCracken, Krisnan Inu (and why)

3 Ian Walsh, Norm Provan, Killer Kearney, Brian Smith - odd man out and why
 

Stagger eel

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1. What was significant about Terry Fearnley's achievement as a coach in 1975.

2. Odd man out - David Penna, Jarrod McCracken, Krisnan Inu (and why)

3 Ian Walsh, Norm Provan, Killer Kearney, Brian Smith - odd man out and why


1) Terry was Jack's assistant at Easts when they won the comp.

2) Penna - not a Kiwi international

3) Provan - didn't coach Saints.
 

84 Baby

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1. What was significant about Terry Fearnley's achievement as a coach in 1975.

2. Odd man out - David Penna, Jarrod McCracken, Krisnan Inu (and why)

3 Ian Walsh, Norm Provan, Killer Kearney, Brian Smith - odd man out and why

1) Terry was Jack's assistant at Easts when they won the comp.

2) Penna - not a Kiwi international

3) Provan - didn't coach Saints.

1. Same
2. Inu - Yet to have career finished by injury
3. Brian Smith - only one to play for a 1st grade team other than Saints (also played for Souths)
 

The Colonel

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1. What was significant about Terry Fearnley's achievement as a coach in 1975.

2. Odd man out - David Penna, Jarrod McCracken, Krisnan Inu (and why)

3 Ian Walsh, Norm Provan, Killer Kearney, Brian Smith - odd man out and why

1. Took the Eels to their first ever Grand Final and did so as a rookie coach.
2. Krisnan Inu - a severe neck injury hasn't ended his career.
3. Brian Smith - only coached at the Dragons, didn't play for them before coaching the Eels.
 

jono

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1.WON the Eels first reserve grade premiership in his first season as a grade coach
2.Penna - Not a Kiwi International
3.All captain-coaches at Dragons except Smith who played and coached but not at the same time
 
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Stagger eel

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Must have been a different Norm Provan that coached them in 1968.

fair enough...

1. Took the Eels to their first ever Grand Final and did so as a rookie coach.
2. Krisnan Inu - a severe neck injury hasn't ended his career.
3. Brian Smith - only coached at the Dragons, didn't play for them before coaching the Eels.

must of been a different year that we made a gf debut??
 

parra pete

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1.WON the Eels first reserve grade premiership in his first season as a grade coach
2.Penna - Not a Kiwi International
3.All captain-coaches at Dragons except Smith who played and coached but not at the same time


1. No. Terry had coached at Eastern Suburbs in early sixties. What was sinificant about his first year with Parra?
2 Colonel's answer was correct
3. True answer, but not one I am looking for
 

jono

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1. He was the club's first full-time coach
2.Inu , career not ended by neck injury
3. Smith , others took Parra from last or equal last to the semis the following year
 

Stagger eel

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1. No. Terry had coached at Eastern Suburbs in early sixties. What was sinificant about his first year with Parra?
2 Colonel's answer was correct
3. True answer, but not one I am looking for

1) Reserve grade premiership?

2) INU - Neck injury

3) Ian Walsh - Never took parra to a finals series.
 

jono

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1. He was the club's first full-time coach
2.Inu , career not ended by neck injury
3. Smith , others took Parra from last or equal last to the semis the following year
Parra Pete am I any close to the truth
Or am I just Agent Mulder pissing around in the dark
 

carson

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1 Coached reserves to win grand final
2 Inu career hasn't been ended by neck injury...yet
3 Smith is the only one not to win a premiership with the dragons.
 

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