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| Club information | |||
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| Full name | Parramatta Eels Rugby League Club | ||
| Nickname(s) | Eels, Parra, Blue and Gold Army, Fruitpickers | ||
| Colours | Blue Gold[1] | ||
| Founded | 4 November 1946 as Parramatta | ||
| Website | parraeels.com.au | ||
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| CEO | Jim Sarantinos | ||
| Chairman | Sean McElduff | ||
| Coach | Jason Ryles | ||
| Captain | Junior Paulo | ||
| Competition | National Rugby League | ||
| 2024 season | 15th | ||
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| Records | |||
| Premierships | 4 (1981, 1982, 1983, 1986) | ||
| Runners-up | 6 (1976, 1977, 1984, 2001, 2009, 2022) | ||
| Minor premierships | 5 (1977, 1982, 1986, 2001, 2005) | ||
| Wooden spoons | 14[2][3] (1947, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1970, 1972, 2012, 2013, 2018) | ||
| Most capped | 330 – Nathan Hindmarsh | ||
| Highest try scorer | 124 – Luke Burt | ||
| Highest points scorer | 1971 – Mick Cronin | ||
The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL).
The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, and their home ground was Cumberland Oval. After the 1981 grand final win fans damaged Cumberland Oval which was later replaced by Parramatta stadium on the same site. As of 2019, Parramatta's home ground stadium has been rebuilt and they now play as the co-tenants at Western Sydney Stadium, which sits on the same site that was once Parramatta Stadium.
It took thirty years for the club to make the grand final, which they did in 1976 and 1977, losing on both occasions. However, this period foreshadowed their most successful period in the early 1980s, when they won four premierships and qualified for five grand finals in six seasons. This was a golden era for the club and yielded their only premiership titles. In 2016, a salary cap breach saw them stripped of their 2016 Auckland Nines premiership. The club plays in the NRL, the premier rugby league football competition in Australia. Parramatta sides are also fielded in lower grades and junior competitions run by the New South Wales Rugby League.
- ^ "Official Player Numbers". Parramatta Eels.
- ^ "Premiership Records". nrl.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ "Which team has won the most NRL wooden spoons?". Zero Tackle. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024.