2022 Parramatta Eels season

2022 Parramatta Eels season
2022 Parramatta Eels season
NRL Rank	4th
Play-off result	Runners-up (Lost 12–28 vs Penrith Panthers, Grand Final)
World Club Challenge	DNQ
2022 record	Wins: 16; draws: 0; losses: 8
Points scored	For: 608; against: 489
Team information
CEO	Jim Sarantinos
Coach	Brad Arthur
Captain	Clinton Gutherson; Junior Paulo;
Stadium	CommBank Stadium (Capacity: 30,000); TIO Stadium (Capacity: 12,500)
Avg. attendance	20,015 (Home); 19,966 (Home & Away); 39,696 (Finals Series)
Agg. attendance	240,185 (Home); 479,180 (Home & Away); 158,784 (Finals Series)
High attendance	29,134 (16 September vs Canberra Raiders, 1st Semi-final)

The 2022 Parramatta Eels season was the 76th in the club's history. Coached by Brad Arthur and co-captained by Clinton Gutherson and Junior Paulo, they competed in the NRL's 2022 Telstra Premiership.^[1]

Summary edit

Parramatta finished the 2022 regular season in fourth place. The season saw a club record membership tally of 34,264.^[2] Along the way, the club defeated Penrith the defending premiers twice, the first of which was a 22–20 victory at Penrith Stadium which ended their long winning streak at the ground. The club also defeated Melbourne both home and away. Although the club finished within the top four, many pundits and experts wrote off Parramatta's premiership chances. In week one of the finals, Parramatta were beaten 27-8 by Penrith with Mitchell Moses being taken off injured in the second half. The following week in the elimination final, Parramatta comfortably defeated Canberra 40–4. This would set up a preliminary final meeting against North Queensland in Townsville. Parramatta headed into the game as outsiders but pulled off one of the biggest upsets in 2022 and NRL finals history defeating North Queensland 24–20. In the 2022 NRL Grand Final, Parramatta played against fellow Western Sydney club Penrith. Parramatta would go into the half-time break 18-0 down and would eventually lose 28–12 with Clinton Gutherson and Jakob Arthur scoring Parramatta's tries.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Squad information edit

The playing squad and coaching staff of the Parramatta Eels for the 2022 NRL season.^[6]

**Parramatta Eels**
Top 30 squad						Extended squad		Coaching staff
Jake Arthur – HB, FE Waqa Blake – CE, WG Dylan Brown – FE, CE Nathan Brown – LK Reagan Campbell-Gillard – PR Bryce Cartwright – SR, LK Haze Dunster – WG Wiremu Greig – PR Clint Gutherson (c) – FB David Hollis – PR		Oregon Kaufusi – PR, LK Shaun Lane – SR Reed Mahoney – HK Makahesi Makatoa – PR, LK Ryan Matterson – LK, SR Mitchell Moses – HB Solomone Naiduki – WG Marata Niukore – SR, LK, CE Ofahiki Ogden – PR Tom Opacic – CE		Isaiah Papali'i – SR, LK Junior Paulo (c) – PR Will Penisini – CE, WG Hayze Perham – CE, FB, WG Mitch Rein – HK Ky Rodwell – LK, PR Sean Russell – WG Bailey Simonsson – WG Maika Sivo – WG Ray Stone – LK, SR, HK		Zac Cini – CE, WG Elie El-Zakhem – SR Brendan Hands – HK, LK, FE Samuel Loizou (DP) – CE, WG Toni Mataele (DP) – SR Luca Moretti – SR Josh Tuipulotu (DP) – FB, CE		Head coach Brad Arthur Assistant coaches Steve Murphy Ryan Carr Jordan Rankin (NSW Cup coach) Dean Feeney (Jersey Flegg coach) Paul McGregor (Coaching consultant) Michael Ennis (Coaching consultant) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 4 October 2022 Source(s): Eels Team Profiles

Transfers edit

In:

Pos.	Name	From	Transfer window	Date	Ref.
HK	Mitch Rein	Gold Coast Titans	Pre-season	October 2021	^[7]
WG	Bailey Simonsson	Canberra Raiders	Pre-season	December 2021	^[8]
FB	Josh Tuipulotu	Youth	Pre-season	December 2021
PR	Ofahiki Ogden	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Pre-season	February 2022	^[9]

Out:

Pos.	Name	To	Transfer window	Date	Ref.
WG	Blake Ferguson	Green Rockets Tokatsu (rugby union)	Pre-season	September 2021	^[10]
HK	Joey Lussick	St Helens	Pre-season	September 2021	^[10]
WG	Michael Oldfield	Southport Tigers	Pre-season	September 2021	^[10]
PR	Sam Hughes	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Pre-season	September 2021	^[10]
FE	Will Smith	Gold Coast Titans	Pre-season	October 2021	^[11]
LK	Keegan Hipgrave	Retirement	Pre-season	November 2021	^[12]

Pre-season edit

20 February 2022	Parramatta Eels	22 – 26	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Sydney
18:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: TBA^[13]

26 February 2022	Penrith Panthers	0 – 36	Parramatta Eels	Sydney
17:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)		Report		Stadium: BlueBet Stadium Attendance: TBA^[14] Referee: Ben Cummins

Home and away season edit

League table edit

2022 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Penrith Panthers (P)	24	20	0	4	1	636	330	+306	42
2	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	18	0	6	1	573	364	+209	38
3	North Queensland Cowboys	24	17	0	7	1	633	361	+272	36
4	Parramatta Eels	24	16	0	8	1	608	489	+119	34
5	Melbourne Storm	24	15	0	9	1	657	410	+247	32
6	Sydney Roosters	24	15	0	9	1	635	434	+201	32
7	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	14	0	10	1	604	474	+130	30
8	Canberra Raiders	24	14	0	10	1	524	461	+63	30
9	Brisbane Broncos	24	13	0	11	1	514	550	−36	28
10	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	12	0	12	1	469	569	−100	26
11	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24	9	0	15	1	490	595	−105	20
12	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	7	0	17	1	383	575	−192	16
13	Gold Coast Titans	24	6	0	18	1	455	650	−205	14
14	Newcastle Knights	24	6	0	18	1	372	662	−290	14
15	New Zealand Warriors	24	6	0	18	1	408	700	−292	14
16	Wests Tigers	24	4	0	20	1	352	679	−327	10

Result by round edit

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	N	H	A	–	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	B	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W
Position	7	7	6	3	4	4	3	5	5	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	5	7	5	5	4
Points	2	2	4	6	8	8	10	10	12	12	14	16	18	18	20	20	22	24	24	26	18	28	30	32	34

Source: National Rugby League
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

Round 1: 13 March 2022	Parramatta Eels	32–28	Gold Coast Titans	Sydney
16:05 AEDT	Tries: Russell 3', 7', 33' Lane 18' Blake 28' Goals: Moses 6/8 9', 30', 33', 66 pen', 71 pen', 79 pen'	Report Details	Tries: Sami 10', 41' Kelly 23', 37' Clark 35' Goals: Sexton 4/5 12', 25', 36', 43'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 18,211 Referee: Grant Atkins

Round 2: 19 March 2022	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	18–16	Parramatta Eels	Sydney
17:30 AEDT	Tries: Mulitalo 11' Katoa 28' Tracey 57' Wilton 79' Goals: Hynes 1/4 80'	Report Details	Tries: Moses 39' Mahoney 62' Goals: Gutherson 4/4 40', 49 pen', 54 pen', 63'	Stadium: PointsBet Stadium Attendance: 11,459 Referee: Peter Gough

Round 3: 26 March 2022	Melbourne Storm	24–28 (g.p.)	Parramatta Eels	Melbourne
15:30 AEDT	Tries: B. Smith 11' Meaney 37', 43' Papenhuyzen 75' Goals: Papenhuyzen 4/4 13', 38', 44', 76'	Report Details	Tries: Gutherson 17' Blake 33' Opacic 58' Stone 70', 81' Goals: Moses 4/4 19', 34', 60', 72'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 15,691 Referee: Ashley Klein

Round 4: 3 April 2022	Parramatta Eels	48–14	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Sydney
18:15 AEST	Tries: D. Brown 6' Moses 16', 75' N. Brown 43' Mahoney 50' Gutherson 52' Blake 59', 67' Goals: Moses 8/8 7', 18', 44', 51', 54', 60', 69', 76'	Report Details	Tries: Bird 34' Sims 70' Goals: Lomax 3/3 35', 40 pen', 71'	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 19,711 Referee: Todd Smith

Round 5: 9 April 2022	Gold Coast Titans	20–26	Parramatta Eels	Gold Coast
19:35 AEST	Tries: Sami 51' Clark 59' Fifita 66' Marzhew 74' Goals: Sexton 2/4 61', 68'	Report Details	Tries: Gutherson 18', 32' Simonsson 25' Matterson 46' D. Brown 71' Goals: Moses 3/5 33', 47', 72' Sin bin: Paulo 61' to 71'	Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium Attendance: 14,478 Referee: Peter Gough

Round 6: 17 April 2022	Parramatta Eels	20–21	Wests Tigers	Sydney
16:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 28,336^[15] Referee: Chris Butler

Round 7: 24 April 2022	Newcastle Knights	2–39	Parramatta Eels	Newcastle
14:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 25,169^[16] Referee: Ashley Klein

Round 8: 30 April 2022	Parramatta Eels	4–35	North Queensland Cowboys	Darwin
19:05 ACST (UTC+09:30)		Report		Stadium: TIO Stadium Attendance: 10,017^[17] Referee: Todd Smith

Round 9: 6 May 2022	Penrith Panthers	20–22	Parramatta Eels	Sydney
19:55 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: BlueBet Stadium Attendance: 21,548^[18] Referee: Gerard Sutton

Round 10: 15 May 2022	Sydney Roosters	31–24	Parramatta Eels	Brisbane
16:05 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 43,401^[19] Referee: Adam Gee

Round 11: 20 May 2022	Parramatta Eels	22–20	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Sydney
19:55 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 18,778^[20] Referee: Ben Cummins

Round 12: 29 May 2022	Canberra Raiders	20–28	Parramatta Eels	Canberra
16:05 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: GIO Stadium Attendance: 16,244^[21] Referee: Todd Smith

Round 13 (Bye for Parramatta Eels)

Round 14: 13 June 2022	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	34–4	Parramatta Eels	Sydney
16:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 20,184^[22] Referee: Ashley Klein

Round 15: 18 June 2022	Parramatta Eels	26–16	Sydney Roosters	Sydney
19:35 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 21,757^[23] Referee: Todd Smith

Round 16: 2 July 2022	South Sydney Rabbitohs	30–12	Parramatta Eels	Sydney
19:35 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 10,102^[24] Referee: Ben Cummins

Round 17: 9 July 2022	Wests Tigers	20–28	Parramatta Eels	Sydney
19:35 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 13,214^[25] Referee: Chris Butler

Round 18: 15 July 2022	Parramatta Eels	28–18	New Zealand Warriors	Sydney
19:55 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 12,279^[26] Referee: Todd Smith

Round 19: 21 July 2022	Parramatta Eels	14–36	Brisbane Broncos	Sydney
19:50 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 11,017^[27] Referee: Gerard Sutton

Round 20: 29 July 2022	Parramatta Eels	34–10	Penrith Panthers	Sydney
19:55 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 26,912^[28] Referee: Todd Smith

Round 21: 5 August 2022	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	20–36	Parramatta Eels	Sydney
19:55 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: 4 Pines Park Attendance: 17,134^[29] Referee: Gerard Sutton

Round 22: 12 August 2022	Parramatta Eels	0–26	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Sydney
19:55 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 22,958^[30] Referee: Grant Atkins

Round 23: 20 August 2022	Parramatta Eels	42–6	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Sydney
15:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 26,451^[31] Referee: Ashley Klein

Round 24: 25 August 2022	Brisbane Broncos	6–53	Parramatta Eels	Brisbane
19:50 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 30,371^[32] Referee: Grant Atkins

Round 25: 1 September 2022	Parramatta Eels	22–14	Melbourne Storm	Sydney
19:50 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 23,758^[33] Referee: Ashley Klein

Finals series edit

Bracket edit


Qualifying and elimination finals			Semi-finals		Preliminary finals		Grand Final



9 September – Sydney

1	Penrith Panthers	27

4	Parramatta Eels	8	16 September – Sydney

			Parramatta Eels	40

10 September – Melbourne			Canberra Raiders	4	24 September – Sydney

5	Melbourne Storm	20			Penrith Panthers	32

8	Canberra Raiders	28			South Sydney Rabbitohs	12	2 October – Sydney

							Penrith Panthers	28

11 September – Sydney					23 September – Townsville		Parramatta Eels	12

6	Sydney Roosters	14			North Queensland Cowboys	20

7	South Sydney Rabbitohs	30	17 September – Sydney		Parramatta Eels	24

			Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	12

10 September – Sydney			South Sydney Rabbitohs	38

2	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	30

3	North Queensland Cowboys	32

Matches edit

QF1: 9 September 2022	Penrith Panthers	27–8	Parramatta Eels	Sydney
19:50 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: BlueBet Stadium Attendance: 21,863^[34] Referee: Gerard Sutton

SF1: 16 September 2022	Parramatta Eels	40–4	Canberra Raiders	Sydney
19:50 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 29,134^[35] Referee: Ashley Klein

PF2: 23 September 2022	North Queensland Cowboys	20–24	Parramatta Eels	Townsville
19:50 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: Queensland Country Bank Stadium Attendance: 25,372^[36] Referee: Grant Atkins

GF: 2 October 2022	Penrith Panthers	28–12	Parramatta Eels	Sydney
19:30 AEDT	Tries: To'o 17', 45' Crichton 10' Sorensen 27' Staines 58' Goals: Cleary 4/6 (12', 21' pen, 28', 60')	Report	Tries: Gutherson 76' Arthur 77' Goals: Moses 2/2 (76', 78')	Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 82,415 Referee: Ashley Klein

References edit

^ "Junior Paulo & Clint Gutherson Co-Captains". ParraEels.com.au. 4 February 2022.
^ "Parramatta Eels | Become an official member of the Parramatta Eels". Parramatta Eels.
^ "'See it in their eyes': The late-season pact and 'massive sacrifice' behind Eels surge". www.foxsports.com.au. 23 September 2022.
^ "Eels send ruthless title message, bury finals 'ghosts' in Raiders no-show: 3 Big Hits". www.foxsports.com.au. 16 September 2022.
^ "NRL Grand Final as it happened". www.theguardian.com.
^ "Teams". Parramatta Eels.
^ "Eels set to sign back up hooker following Lussick departure". Zero Tackle. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
^ "Eels confirm double signature amid mass exodus". Zero Tackle. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
^ "Parramatta Eels Extend Four Players". 19 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Eels farewell departing players". 22 September 2021.
^ "Smith to join Titans for '22". 15 October 2021.
^ "Keegan Hipgrave Announces Retirement". 12 November 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
^ "NRL Trial: Sharks v Panthers | Eels v Dragons – CommBank Stadium".
^ "NRL Trial: Panthers v Eels – BlueBet Stadium".
^ "NRL: Eels v Tigers – CommBank Stadium".
^ "NRL: Knights v Eels – McDonald Jones Stadium".
^ "NRL: Eels v Cowboys – TIO Stadium".
^ "NRL: Panthers v Eels – BlueBet Stadium".
^ "NRL: Sharks v Raiders | Roosters v Eels | Tigers v Cowboys – Suncorp Stadium".
^ "NRL: Eels v Sea Eagles – CommBank Stadium".
^ "NRL: Raiders v Eels – GIO Stadium".
^ "NRL: Bulldogs v Eels – Accor Stadium".
^ "NRL: Eels v Roosters – CommBank Stadium".
^ "NRL: Rabbitohs v Eels – Accor Stadium".
^ "NRL: Tigers v Eels – Leichhardt Oval".
^ "NRL: Eels v Warriors – CommBank Stadium".
^ "NRL: Eels v Broncos – CommBank Stadium".
^ "NRL: Eels v Panthers – CommBank Stadium".
^ "NRL: Sea Eagles v Eels – 4 Pines Park".
^ "NRL: Eels v Rabbitohs – CommBank Stadium".
^ "NRL: Eels v Bulldogs – CommBank Stadium".
^ "NRL: Broncos v Eels – Suncorp Stadium".
^ "NRL: Eels v Storm – CommBank Stadium".
^ "NRL: QF – Panthers v Eels – BlueBet Stadium".
^ "NRL: SF – Eels v Raiders – CommBank Stadium".
^ "NRL: PF – Cowboys v Eels – Queensland Country Bank Stadium".

[1] "Junior Paulo & Clint Gutherson Co-Captains". ParraEels.com.au. 4 February 2022.

[2] "Parramatta Eels | Become an official member of the Parramatta Eels". Parramatta Eels.

[3] "'See it in their eyes': The late-season pact and 'massive sacrifice' behind Eels surge". www.foxsports.com.au. 23 September 2022.

[4] "Eels send ruthless title message, bury finals 'ghosts' in Raiders no-show: 3 Big Hits". www.foxsports.com.au. 16 September 2022.

[5] "NRL Grand Final as it happened". www.theguardian.com.

[6] "Teams". Parramatta Eels.

[7] "Eels set to sign back up hooker following Lussick departure". Zero Tackle. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

[8] "Eels confirm double signature amid mass exodus". Zero Tackle. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

[9] "Parramatta Eels Extend Four Players". 19 February 2022.

[Sep2021Departures-10] "Eels farewell departing players". 22 September 2021.

[11] "Smith to join Titans for '22". 15 October 2021.

[12] "Keegan Hipgrave Announces Retirement". 12 November 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

[13] "NRL Trial: Sharks v Panthers | Eels v Dragons – CommBank Stadium".

[14] "NRL Trial: Panthers v Eels – BlueBet Stadium".

[15] "NRL: Eels v Tigers – CommBank Stadium".

[16] "NRL: Knights v Eels – McDonald Jones Stadium".

[17] "NRL: Eels v Cowboys – TIO Stadium".

[18] "NRL: Panthers v Eels – BlueBet Stadium".

[19] "NRL: Sharks v Raiders | Roosters v Eels | Tigers v Cowboys – Suncorp Stadium".

[20] "NRL: Eels v Sea Eagles – CommBank Stadium".

[21] "NRL: Raiders v Eels – GIO Stadium".

[22] "NRL: Bulldogs v Eels – Accor Stadium".

[23] "NRL: Eels v Roosters – CommBank Stadium".

[24] "NRL: Rabbitohs v Eels – Accor Stadium".

[25] "NRL: Tigers v Eels – Leichhardt Oval".

[26] "NRL: Eels v Warriors – CommBank Stadium".

[27] "NRL: Eels v Broncos – CommBank Stadium".

[28] "NRL: Eels v Panthers – CommBank Stadium".

[29] "NRL: Sea Eagles v Eels – 4 Pines Park".

[30] "NRL: Eels v Rabbitohs – CommBank Stadium".

[31] "NRL: Eels v Bulldogs – CommBank Stadium".

[32] "NRL: Broncos v Eels – Suncorp Stadium".

[33] "NRL: Eels v Storm – CommBank Stadium".

[34] "NRL: QF – Panthers v Eels – BlueBet Stadium".

[35] "NRL: SF – Eels v Raiders – CommBank Stadium".

[36] "NRL: PF – Cowboys v Eels – Queensland Country Bank Stadium".

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