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2017 Parramatta Eels season

The 2017 Parramatta Eels season is the 71st in the club's history. Coached by Brad Arthur and co-captained by Tim Mannah and Beau Scott, they are competing in the NRL's 2017 Telstra Premiership.

2017 Parramatta Eels season
NRL Rank4th
Play-off resultSemi-finalists (Lost 16–24 vs North Queensland Cowboys, 2nd Semi Final)
World Club ChallengeDNQ
Auckland NinesSemi-finalists (Lost 0–13 vs Penrith Panthers, 1st Semi Final)
2017 recordWins: 16; draws: 0; losses: 8
Points scoredFor: 496; against: 457
Team information
CEOBernie Gurr
CoachAustralia Brad Arthur
Captain
StadiumANZ Stadium (Capacity: 83,500)
TIO Stadium (Capacity: 12,500)
Avg. attendance14,346 (Home)
15,288 (Home & Away)
31,956 (Finals Series)
Agg. attendance172,156 (Home)
366,909 (Home & Away)
63,913 (Finals Series)
High attendance41,287 (16 September vs North Queensland Cowboys, 2nd Semi Final)
Top scorers
TriesFiji Semi Radradra (22)
GoalsAustralia Clinton Gutherson (49)
PointsAustralia Clinton Gutherson (142)
← 2016 List of seasons 2018 →

Summary

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Parramatta started the 2017 season off with victories over Manly and St. George Illawarra before succumbing to four straight losses. In the Easter Monday game against the Wests Tigers, Parramatta trailed the game 16-10 but came back in the second half to win 26-22. At the midway point of the season, Parramatta sat ninth on the table before going on to win nine of their next ten matches to finish fourth and qualify for their first finals series since 2009. The club would go into the finals series without Clinton Gutherson and Bevan French who both suffered season ending injuries.[1]

In week one of the finals, Parramatta narrowly lost 18-16 to Minor Premiers Melbourne in a controversial match at AAMI Park with Melbourne scoring two questionable tries which were not checked by the NRL bunker. With 30 seconds remaining, Melbourne player Will Chambers performed what seemed to be a voluntary tackle which was not penalised by the referee which would have given Parramatta a chance at a penalty goal right in front of the posts to make it 18-18. In week two of the finals, Parramatta hosted North Queensland who had only qualified for the finals due to St. George Illawarra failing to win their final regular season match. North Queensland were also depleted by injuries with star players Johnathan Thurston and Matthew Scott being ruled out. Parramatta held a 10-6 lead at half-time but suffered a second half capitulation losing 24-16 which ended their season.[2][3][4]

Squad information

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  • This section lists players who were in Parramatta's first grade squad at any point during the 2017 season
  • Asterisks indicates player left mid-season
  • Caret symbol indicates player joined mid-season
  • Hash symbol indicates player retired mid-season
Nat. Name Position Date of birth (age) Joined Signed from
  Daniel Alvaro PR 2015 Youth
  Kirisome Auva'a CE 2017   South Sydney Rabbitohs
  Nathan Brown PR / SR / LK 2017   South Sydney Rabbitohs
  Troy Dargan HB 2017 Youth
  Nathan Davis^ FB / CE / WG 2017   Gold Coast Titans
  Isaac De Gois HK 2014   Cronulla Sharks
  Kenny Edwards SR / LK 2013 Southport Tigers
  Bureta Faraimo* WG 2014   Mackay Cutters
  Jamal Fogarty* HB 2017   Burleigh Bears
  John Folau WG / CE 2015 Youth
  Bevan French FB 2016 Youth
  David Gower SR / LK / PR 2014   Manly Sea Eagles
  Clinton Gutherson FB / CE / WG 2016   Manly Sea Eagles
  James Hasson* SR / PR 2016   Manly Sea Eagles
  Josh Hoffman FB / CE / WG / FE 2017   Gold Coast Titans
  George Jennings CE / WG 2017   Penrith Panthers
  Michael Jennings CE 2016   Sydney Roosters
  Cameron King HK 2016   North Queensland Cowboys
  Manu Ma'u SR 2014 Wentworthville Magpies
  Tim Mannah PR 2009 Youth
  Suaia Matagi PR 2017   Penrith Panthers
  Tepai Moeroa SR 2014 Youth
  Jack Morris SR 2017 Youth
  Mitchell Moses^ HB 2017   Wests Tigers
  Cody Nelson SR / FE 2015   Gold Coast Titans
  Marata Niukore SR / CE 2017   New Zealand Warriors
  Corey Norman FE / FB 2014   Brisbane Broncos
  Rory O'Brien PR 2016   St George Illawarra Dragons
  Frank Pritchard SR 2017   Hull FC
  Kaysa Pritchard HK 2013 Youth
  Semi Radradra WG 2013 Youth
  Jeff Robson HB / FE / HK 2016   New Zealand Warriors
  Scott Schulte WG 2016   North Queensland Cowboys
  Beau Scott SR / CE 2016   Newcastle Knights
  Will Smith FE / FB / CE 2017   Penrith Panthers
  Brad Takairangi SR / CE 2015   Gold Coast Titans
  Kelepi Tanginoa* SR / LK 2016   North Queensland Cowboys
  Peni Terepo PR / SR / LK 2013 Youth
  Honeti Tuha WG 2016   Newcastle Knights
  Alex Twal* PR 2016 Youth
  Joseph Ualesi SR / LK 2013 Youth
  Siosaia Vave PR 2017   Manly Sea Eagles
  Matthew Woods LK / SR 2016   Wests Tigers
Source:[5]

Transfers

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In:

Nat. Pos. Name From Transfer window Date Ref.
  PR Siosaia Vave   Manly Sea Eagles Pre-season August 2016 [6]
  PR Nathan Brown   South Sydney Rabbitohs Pre-season September 2016 [7]
  CE George Jennings   Penrith Panthers Pre-season September 2016 [8]
  FB Josh Hoffman   Gold Coast Titans Pre-season October 2016 [9]
  CE Kirisome Auva'a   South Sydney Rabbitohs Pre-season November 2016 [10]
  FE Will Smith   Penrith Panthers Pre-season November 2016 [10]
  HB Jamal Fogarty   Burleigh Bears Pre-season November 2016 [10]
  SR Marata Niukore   New Zealand Warriors Pre-season November 2016 [10]
  SR Jack Morris Youth Pre-season November 2016 [10]
  PR Suaia Matagi   Penrith Panthers Pre-season November 2016 [11]
  SR Frank Pritchard   Hull FC Pre-season November 2016 [12]
  FB Nathan Davis   Gold Coast Titans Mid-season March 2017 [13]
  FE Mitchell Moses   Wests Tigers Mid-season May 2017 [14]

Out:

Nat. Pos. Name To Transfer window Date Ref.
  SR Anthony Watmough Retired Pre-season May 2016 [15]
  FB Michael Gordon   Sydney Roosters Pre-season June 2016 [16]
  CE Tyrell Fuimaono   South Sydney Rabbitohs Pre-season August 2016 [17]
  HB Luke Kelly   South Sydney Rabbitohs Pre-season October 2016 [18]
  HB Mitch Cornish   Sydney Roosters Pre-season October 2016 [19]
  PR Danny Wicks Retired Pre-season November 2016 [20]
  WG Vai Toutai Released Pre-season January 2017 [21]
  PR James Hasson   Salford Red Devils Mid-season May 2017 [22]
  HB Jamal Fogarty   Gold Coast Titans Mid-season June 2017 [23]
  PR Alex Twal   Wests Tigers Mid-season June 2017 [24]
  WG Bureta Faraimo   New Zealand Warriors Mid-season June 2017 [25]
  SR Kelepi Tanginoa   Manly Sea Eagles Mid-season June 2017 [25]

Auckland Nines

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Main article: 2017 NRL Auckland Nines

Pool table

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Parramatta Eels 3 3 0 0 66 23 +43 6
  Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 3 2 0 1 50 48 +2 4
  St George Illawarra Dragons 3 1 0 2 45 65 −20 2
  New Zealand Warriors 3 0 0 3 21 46 −25 0
Source: [citation needed]

Bracket

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
  Penrith Panthers 16
  Manly Sea Eagles 12
  Penrith Panthers 13
  Parramatta Eels 0
  Parramatta Eels 14
  Gold Coast Titans 0
  Penrith Panthers 8
  Sydney Roosters 10
  Brisbane Broncos 14
  Sydney Roosters 15
  Sydney Roosters 21
  Melbourne Storm 16
  North Queensland Cowboys 12
  Melbourne Storm 25

Matches

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Match No. Home Score Away Match Information
Date and time (Local) Venue Attendance
1   St George Illawarra Dragons 11 – 32   Parramatta Eels Saturday, 4 February, 12:50 PM Eden Park 22,000
2   New Zealand Warriors 0 – 17   Parramatta Eels Saturday, 4 February, 5:10 PM
3   Manly Sea Eagles 12 – 17   Parramatta Eels Sunday, 5 February, 11:25 AM
QF   Parramatta Eels 17 – 0   Gold Coast Titans Sunday, 5 February, 2:20 PM
SF   Penrith Panthers 13 – 0   Parramatta Eels Sunday, 5 February, 4:40 PM
GF Did not qualify
Source:[26][27]

Pre-season

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Round Home Score Away Match Information
Date and time (Local) Venue Attendance
1   Parramatta Eels 18 – 30   Gold Coast Titans Saturday, 11 February, 7:30 PM ANZAC Oval 2,207
2   Penrith Panthers 18 – 6   Parramatta Eels Saturday, 18 February, 7:10 PM Penrith Stadium
Source:[28][29]

Home and away season

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Main article: 2017 NRL season

League table

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2017 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1   Melbourne Storm (P) 24 20 0 4 2 633 336 +297 44
2   Sydney Roosters 24 17 0 7 2 500 428 +72 38
3   Brisbane Broncos 24 16 0 8 2 597 433 +164 36
4   Parramatta Eels 24 16 0 8 2 496 457 +39 36
5   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 15 0 9 2 476 407 +69 34
6   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 14 0 10 2 552 512 +40 32
7   Penrith Panthers 24 13 0 11 2 504 459 +45 30
8   North Queensland Cowboys 24 13 0 11 2 467 443 +24 30
9   St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 12 0 12 2 533 450 +83 28
10   Canberra Raiders 24 11 0 13 2 558 497 +61 26
11   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 10 0 14 2 360 455 −95 24
12   South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 9 0 15 2 464 564 −100 22
13   New Zealand Warriors 24 7 0 17 2 444 575 −131 18
14   Wests Tigers 24 7 0 17 2 413 571 −158 18
15   Gold Coast Titans 24 7 0 17 2 448 638 −190 18
16   Newcastle Knights 24 5 0 19 2 428 648 −220 14

Result by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAAAHAAHHAAHAHHH–HA–AHAHHAH
ResultWWLLLLWWWLLWWLWBWWBWWWLWWW
Position4149101310107910989988877655544
Updated to match(es) played on 3 September 2017. Source: National Rugby League
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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Main article: 2017 NRL season results
Round Home Score Away Match Information
Date and time (Local) Venue Attendance
1   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 12 – 20   Parramatta Eels Sunday, 5 March, 4:00 PM Lottoland 11,318
2   St. George Illawarra Dragons 16 – 34   Parramatta Eels Sunday, 12 March, 6:30 PM WIN Stadium 16,023
3   Gold Coast Titans 26 – 14[30]   Parramatta Eels Friday, 17 March, 8:05 PM Cbus Super Stadium 11,612[31]
4   Parramatta Eels 6 – 20   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Saturday, 25 March, 7:00 PM ANZ Stadium 17,003
5   Canberra Raiders 30 – 18   Parramatta Eels Saturday, 1 April, 5:30 PM GIO Stadium 17,653
6   New Zealand Warriors 22 – 10   Parramatta Eels Sunday, 9 April, 1:30 PM Mt Smart Stadium 13,526
7   Parramatta Eels 26 – 22   Wests Tigers Monday, 17 April, 3:30 PM ANZ Stadium 28,249
8   Parramatta Eels 18 – 12   Penrith Panthers Saturday, 22 April, 3:00 PM ANZ Stadium 14,070
9   North Queensland Cowboys 6 – 26   Parramatta Eels Friday, 28 April, 8:05 PM 1300SMILES Stadium 10,594
10   Sydney Roosters 48 – 10   Parramatta Eels Sunday, 14 May, 3:00 PM Allianz Stadium 10,467
11   Parramatta Eels 16 – 22   Canberra Raiders Saturday, 20 May, 7:30 PM ANZ Stadium 10,074
12   South Sydney Rabbitohs 16 – 22   Parramatta Eels Friday, 26 May, 7:50 PM ANZ Stadium 14,218
13   Parramatta Eels 32 – 24   New Zealand Warriors Friday, 2 June, 7:50 PM ANZ Stadium 9,489
14   Parramatta Eels 6 – 32   North Queensland Cowboys Saturday, 10 June, 7:30 PM TIO Stadium 11,968
15   Parramatta Eels 24 – 10   St George-Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 18 June, 4:00 PM ANZ Stadium 13,559
Bye Round
17   Parramatta Eels 13 – 12 (gp)   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Thursday, 29 June, 7:50 PM ANZ Stadium 14,061
18   Melbourne Storm 6 – 22   Parramatta Eels Saturday, 8 July, 7:30 PM AAMI Park 13,593
Bye Round
20   Wests Tigers 16 – 17   Parramatta Eels Sunday, 23 July, 4:00 PM ANZ Stadium 30,901
21   Parramatta Eels 28 – 14   Brisbane Broncos Friday, 28 July, 7:50 PM ANZ Stadium 12,182
22   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 4 – 20   Parramatta Eels Thursday, 3 August, 7:50 PM ANZ Stadium 12,137
23   Parramatta Eels 10 – 29   Newcastle Knights Friday, 11 August, 6:00 PM ANZ Stadium 13,141
24   Parramatta Eels 30 – 8   Gold Coast Titans Thursday, 17 August, 7:50 PM ANZ Stadium 6,826
25   Brisbane Broncos 34 – 52   Parramatta Eels Thursday, 24 August, 7:50 PM Suncorp Stadium 29,058
26   Parramatta Eels 22 – 16   South Sydney Rabbitohs Friday, 1 September, 7:50 PM ANZ Stadium 21,533
Source:[5]

Finals series

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Main article: 2017 NRL finals series

Bracket

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Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalsGrand Final
9 September – Melbourne
1  Melbourne Storm18
4  Parramatta Eels1616 September – Sydney
  Parramatta Eels16
10 September – Sydney  North Queensland Cowboys2422 September – Melbourne
5  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks14  Melbourne Storm30
8  North Queensland Cowboys15  Brisbane Broncos01 October – Sydney
  Melbourne Storm34
9 September – Sydney23 September – Sydney  North Queensland Cowboys6
6  Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles10  Sydney Roosters16
7  Penrith Panthers2215 September – Brisbane  North Queensland Cowboys29
  Brisbane Broncos13
8 September – Sydney  Penrith Panthers6
2  Sydney Roosters24
3  Brisbane Broncos22

Matches

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Final Home Score Away Match Information
Date and time (Local) Venue Attendance
QF1   Melbourne Storm 18 – 16   Parramatta Eels Saturday, 9 September, 4:10 PM AAMI Park 22,626
SF1   Parramatta Eels 16 – 24   North Queensland Cowboys Saturday, 16 September, 7:40 PM ANZ Stadium 41,287
Source:[5]

Representative call-ups

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Domestic

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Player Team Call-up Date Ref.
Bevan French Indigenous All Stars 2017 All Stars Match February 2017
Tepai Moeroa World All Stars 2017 All Stars Match February 2017
Clinton Gutherson   NSW City 2017 City vs Country Origin May 2017
David Gower   NSW City 2017 City vs Country Origin May 2017
Daniel Alvaro   NSW Country 2017 City vs Country Origin May 2017

International

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Player Country Call-up Date Ref.
Marata Niukore   Cook Islands 2017 Pacific Rugby League Tests May 2017 [32]
Suaia Matagi   Samoa 2017 Pacific Rugby League Tests May 2017 [33]
2017 Rugby League World Cup October 2017 [32]
Kaysa Pritchard   Samoa 2017 Pacific Rugby League Tests May 2017 [32]
Siosaia Vave   Tonga 2017 Pacific Rugby League Tests May 2017 [32]
Michael Jennings   Tonga 2017 Rugby League World Cup October 2017 [34]
Manu Ma'u   Tonga 2017 Rugby League World Cup October 2017 [34]
Peni Terepo   Tonga 2017 Rugby League World Cup October 2017 [34]
Brad Takairangi   New Zealand 2017 Rugby League World Cup October 2017 [35]
Daniel Alvaro   Italy 2017 Rugby League World Cup October 2017 [36]
Nathan Brown   Italy 2017 Rugby League World Cup October 2017 [36]
Frank Pritchard   Samoa 2017 Rugby League World Cup October 2017 [33]
Salesi Fainga'a (NYC player)   Fiji 2017 Rugby League World Cup October 2017 [37]
Anthony Layoun (NYC player)   Lebanon 2017 Rugby League World Cup October 2017 [38]
Tim Mannah   Lebanon 2017 Rugby League World Cup October 2017 [38]
Mitchell Moses   Lebanon 2017 Rugby League World Cup October 2017 [38]

References

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