2015 Parramatta Eels season

2015 Parramatta Eels season
NRL Rank	12th
Play-off result	DNQ
2015 record	Wins: 9; Draws: 0; Losses: 15
Points scored	For: 448; Against: 573
Team information
Coach	Brad Arthur
Captain	Tim Mannah
Stadium	Parramatta Stadium
Top scorers
Tries	Semi Radradra (24)
Goals	Chris Sandow (33)
Points	Semi Radradra (88)
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The 2015 Parramatta Eels season is the 69th in the club's history. Coached by Brad Arthur and captained by Tim Mannah, they are competing in the NRL's 2015 Telstra Premiership.

Results

Auckland Nines

Regular season

Round	Home	Score	Away	Match information
				Date and time (Local)	Venue (Broadcaster)	Attendance
1	Parramatta Eels	42 – 12	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	6 March 2015, 7:45pm	Pirtek Stadium (Nine Network)	18,718
2	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	32 – 12	Parramatta Eels	13 March 2015, 7:35pm	ANZ Stadium (Nine Network)	28,876
3	New Zealand Warriors	29 – 16	Parramatta Eels	21 March 2015, 5:00pm	Mt Smart Stadium (Fox Sports)	14,112
4	Parramatta Eels	29 – 16	South Sydney Rabbitohs	27 March 2015, 7:35pm	Pirtek Stadium (Nine Network)	15,562
5	Parramatta Eels	6 – 22	Wests Tigers	6 April 2015, 3:00pm	ANZ Stadium (Fox Sports)	35,510
6	Parramatta Eels	16 – 38	Gold Coast Titans	11 April 2015, 3:00pm	Pirtek Stadium (Fox Sports)	11,136
7	Newcastle Knights	22 – 28 [1]	Parramatta Eels	19 April 2015, 4:00pm	Hunter Stadium (Nine Network)	16,953
8	Brisbane Broncos	28 – 16	Parramatta Eels	25 April 2015, 8:00pm	Suncorp Stadium (Fox Sports)	34,398
9	Parramatta Eels	10 – 28	Melbourne Storm	10 May 2015, 4:00pm	Pirtek Stadium (Nine Network)	10,505
10	Parramatta Eels	13 – 17	New Zealand Warriors	16 May 2015, 3:00pm	Pirtek Stadium (Fox Sports)	11,152
11	South Sydney Rabbitohs	14 – 12	Parramatta Eels	22 May 2015, 7:45pm	ANZ Stadium (Nine Network)	11,658
12	Penrith Panthers	20 – 26	Parramatta Eels	29 May 2015, 7:45pm	Pepper Stadium (Nine Network)	17,821
13	Parramatta Eels	30 – 36	North Queensland Cowboys	8 June 2015, 7:00pm	Pirtek Stadium (Fox Sports)	9,812
14	Melbourne Storm	22 – 26	Parramatta Eels	15 June 2015, 7:00pm	AAMI Park (Fox Sports)	10,128
Bye Round
16	Parramatta Eels	16 – 12	St. George Illawarra Dragons	27 June 2015, 7:30pm	Pirtek Stadium (Fox Sports)	15,046
17	Wests Tigers	16 – 28	Parramatta Eels	6 July 2015, 7:00pm	ANZ Stadium (Fox Sports)	15,347
Bye Round
19	Parramatta Eels	4 – 28	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	17 July 2015, 7:35pm	ANZ Stadium (Nine Network)	17,082
20	North Queensland Cowboys	46 – 4	Parramatta Eels	27 July 2015, 7:00pm	1300SMILES Stadium (Fox Sports)	13,767
21	Gold Coast Titans	24 – 14	Parramatta Eels	3 August 2015, 7:00pm	Cbus Super Stadium (Fox Sports)	7,495
22	Parramatta Eels	10 – 4	Penrith Panthers	8 August 2015, 7:00pm	TIO Stadium (Fox Sports)	8,340
23	Sydney Roosters	28 – 18	Parramatta Eels	15 August 2015, 7:30pm	Allianz Stadium (Fox Sports)	11,255
24	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	16 – 20	Parramatta Eels	23 August 2015, 4:00pm	Brookvale Oval (Nine Network)	11,018
25	Parramatta Eels	28 – 35	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	29 August 2015, 3:00pm	Pirtek Stadium (Fox Sports)	11,778
26	Parramatta Eels	24 – 28	Canberra Raiders	6 September 2015, 2:00pm	Pirtek Stadium (Fox Sports)	10,515

Squad

Parramatta Eels – 2015 squad
First team squad								Coaching staff
Daniel Alvaro - PR Beau Champion - CE, WG Ben Crooks (gk) - CE, WG Isaac De Gois - HK Zach Dockar-Clay - HB, HK Kenny Edwards - SR, LK Richard Fa'aoso - PR, SR Bureta Faraimo - WG John Folau - CE, WG Fabian Goodall - CE, WG David Gower - SR, LK, PR William Hopoate - CE, WG Tui Kamikamica - SR		Halauafu Lavaka - WG Darcy Lussick - PR, LK Manu Ma'u - SR Tim Mannah (c) - PR Ryan Matterson - FE Tepai Moeroa - SR Ryan Morgan - CE Cody Nelson - SR, FE Eric Newbigging - PR Corey Norman (gk) - FE, FB Pauli Pauli - SR, PR Joseph Paulo (gk) - LK, FE Junior Paulo - SR, CE		Kaysa Pritchard - HK Semi Radradra - WG Reece Robinson - FB Brad Takairangi - SR, CE Peni Terepo - PR, SR, LK Vai Toutai - CE, WG Joseph Ualesi - SR, LK Anthony Watmough - SR, LK Danny Wicks - PR, SR				Head coach Brad Arthur Assistant coaches Peter Gentle (assistant) Steve Murphy (assistant) Paul Devlin (strength and conditioning) Legend: (c) Captain (vc) Vice captain (gk) Goal kicker Injured Updated: 27 September 2014 Source(s): Eels Squad 2015

Transfers

In: Nat. Pos. Name From Ref. HK Isaac De Gois Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks CE Beau Champion South Sydney Rabbitohs [2] CE Ben Crooks Hull FC [3] SR Cody Nelson Gold Coast Titans [4] CE Brad Takairangi Gold Coast Titans [5] SR Anthony Watmough Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles [6] FB Reece Robinson Canberra Raiders [7] FB Adam Quinlan St George Illawarra Dragons Out: Nat. Pos. Name To Ref. SR Daniel Harrison Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles LK Brenden Santi Wests Tigers CE Jacob Loko Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs [8] HB Liam Foran London Broncos [9] CE Willie Tonga Catalans Dragons WG Ken Sio Hull Kingston Rovers [10] SR Kelepi Tanginoa North Queensland Cowboys [11] FB Jarryd Hayne San Francisco 49ers (NFL) FB Evander Cummins Redcliffe Dolphins SR Lorenzo Ma'afu Townsville Blackhawks [12] PR Mitchell Allgood Hull Kingston Rovers [13] PR Lee Mossop Wigan Warriors [14] FB Justin Hunt St George Illawarra Dragons PR Fuifui Moimoi Leigh Centurions FE Api Pewhairangi New Zealand Warriors SR Ben Smith Retired Ladder National Rugby League 2015 NRL season Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts 1 Sydney Roosters 24 18 0 6 2 591 300 +291 40 2 Brisbane Broncos 24 17 0 7 2 574 379 +195 38 3 North Queensland Cowboys (P) 24 17 0 7 2 587 454 +133 38 4 Melbourne Storm 24 14 0 10 2 467 348 +119 32 5 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 14 0 10 2 522 480 +42 32 6 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 14 0 10 2 469 476 −7 32 7 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 13 0 11 2 465 467 −2 30 8 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 12 0 12 2 435 408 +27 28 9 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 11 0 13 2 458 492 −34 26 10 Canberra Raiders 24 10 0 14 2 577 569 +8 24 11 Penrith Panthers 24 9 0 15 2 399 477 −78 22 12 Parramatta Eels 24 9 0 15 2 448 573 −125 22 13 New Zealand Warriors 24 9 0 15 2 445 588 −143 22 14 Gold Coast Titans 24 9 0 15 2 439 636 −197 22 15 Wests Tigers 24 8 0 16 2 487 562 −75 20 16 Newcastle Knights 24 8 0 16 2 458 612 −154 20 National Youth Competition 2015 NYC season Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts 1 Penrith Panthers (P) 24 20 0 4 2 772 434 +338 44 2 North Queensland Cowboys 24 19 1 4 2 923 450 +473 43 3 Brisbane Broncos 24 17 1 6 2 833 570 +263 39 4 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 13 3 8 2 696 568 +128 33 5 Wests Tigers 24 12 1 11 2 712 598 +114 29 6 Sydney Roosters 24 12 1 11 2 731 668 +63 29 7 New Zealand Warriors 24 11 2 11 2 654 562 +92 28 8 Canberra Raiders 24 12 0 12 2 646 811 -165 28 9 Melbourne Storm 24 10 1 13 2 588 743 -155 25 10 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 9 2 13 2 580 623 -43 24 11 Newcastle Knights 24 10 0 14 2 539 776 -237 24 12 Gold Coast Titans 24 9 0 15 2 596 687 -91 22 13 Parramatta Eels 24 8 2 14 2 541 752 -151 22 14 St George-Illawarra Dragons 24 8 0 16 2 574 716 -142 20 15 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 7 2 15 2 481 762 -281 20 16 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 6 2 16 2 528 674 -146 18 References Brady, Jack (19 April 2015). "Eels snap losing streak with Newcastle win". NRL.com. Retrieved 20 March 2016. "Beau Champion signs with Eels for 2015". Smh.com.au. 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2015-06-18. Andrew Hendrie (2014-09-20). "Parramatta Eels sign English centre Ben Crooks for the next two seasons". Rippa.com. Retrieved 2015-06-18. "Parramatta Eels Sign Gold Coast Titans Cody Nelson | Triple M NRL". Triplem.com.au. 2014-08-29. Retrieved 2015-06-18. "Eels announce five signings for 2015 | NRL". Zerotackle.com. Retrieved 2015-06-18. "Manly release Anthony Watmough; sign Willie Mason and Feleti Mateo". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-06-18. Lee Gaskin (2014-10-15). "Canberra Raiders outside back Reece Robinson replaces Jarryd Hayne at Parramatta Eels". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-06-18. "Bulldogs Sign Loko". Rugbyleagueweek.com.au. 2014-07-03. Retrieved 2015-06-18. "Liam Foran signs with London Broncos | SBS News". Sbs.com.au. 2014-06-26. Retrieved 2015-06-18. "Ken Sio | Hull Kingston Rovers | Super League". Zerotackle.com. Retrieved 2015-06-18. "Tanginoa to join the". Cowboys.com.au. Retrieved 2015-06-18. "BLACKHAWKS ANNOUNCE 10 NEW SIGNINGS". Rugbyleagueweek.com.au. 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2015-06-18. "Super League: Hull KR sign Parramatta prop Mitchell Allgood | Rugby League News". Skysports.com. Retrieved 2015-06-18. "Eels Release Lee Mossop". Rugbyleagueweek.com.au. 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2015-06-18.