2016 Parramatta Eels season

2016 Parramatta Eels season
NRL Rank	14th
Play-off result	N/A
2016 record	Wins: 13; Draws: 0; Losses: 11
Points scored	For: 298; Against: 324
Team information
CEO	John Boulous
Coach	Brad Arthur
Captain	Kieran Foran, Tim Mannah
Stadium	Pirtek Stadium, ANZ Stadium
High. Attend.	31,815 (vs. Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Round 9)
Top scorers
Tries	Bevan French (19)
Goals	Michael Gordon (71)
Points	Michael Gordon (162)
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The 2016 Parramatta Eels season is the 70th in the club's history. Coached by Brad Arthur, they are competing in the NRL's 2016 Telstra Premiership.

Fixtures

Auckland Nines

Pool stage

Waiheke Pool
Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Parramatta Eels	3	2	0	1	42	36	+6	4
Melbourne Storm	3	2	0	1	39	42	−3	4
Sydney Roosters	3	1	0	2	50	35	+15	2
South Sydney Rabbitohs	3	1	0	2	37	55	−18	2

6 February 2016	Parramatta Eels	4 – 14	Melbourne Storm	Auckland, New Zealand
12:55 NZDT	Tries: M. Ma'u	Report	Tries: B. Green, R. Kennar, C. Munster Conversions: C. Munster	Stadium: Eden Park

6 February 2016	Sydney Roosters	11 – 14	Parramatta Eels	Auckland, New Zealand
16:25 NZDT	Tries: L. Mitchell (2) Conversions: B. Anasta Field Goals: B. Anasta	Report	Tries: B. French (2), S. Radradra Conversions: C. Norman	Stadium: Eden Park

7 February 2016	South Sydney Rabbitohs	11 – 24	Parramatta Eels	Auckland, New Zealand
11:00 NZDT	Bonus Point Tries: Cameron McInnes 10' Tries: Bryson Goodwin 2' Conversions: Damien Cook 1/1, Bryson Goodwin 0/1	Report	Tries: Semi Radradra 1', 18', Corey Norman 4', Bevan French 9', Vai Toutai 12' Conversions: Corey Norman 1/3, Mitch Cornish 1/1, Tepai Moeroa 0/1	Stadium: Eden Park

Finals

	Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Final
	Parramatta Eels		12
	Newcastle Knights		8
						Parramatta Eels		17
						Melbourne Storm		8
	Melbourne Storm		14
	North Queensland		6
											Parramatta Eels		22
											New Zealand Warriors		4
	New Zealand Warriors		16
	Canberra Raiders		8
						New Zealand Warriors		22
						Gold Coast Titans		4
	Manly Sea Eagles		4
	Gold Coast Titans		24

7 February 2016	Parramatta Eels	12 – 8	Newcastle Knights	Auckland, New Zealand
13:55 NZDT	Tries: Bevan French 2', 9', Semi Radradra 7' Conversions: Corey Norman 0/2, Cameron King 0/1	Report	Tries: Jake Mamo 10', Jaelen Feeney 16' Conversions: Brock Lamb 0/1, Will Pearsall 0/1	Stadium: Eden Park

7 February 2016	Parramatta Eels	17 – 8	Melbourne Storm	Auckland, New Zealand
16:40 NZDT	Bonus Point Tries: Bevan French 11' Tries: Bevan French 7', Semi Radradra 16' Conversions: Corey Norman 0/1, Mitch Cornish 2/2	Report	Tries: Richard Kennar 8', Tohu Harris 11' Conversions: Brodie Croft 0/1, Cameron Munster 0/1	Stadium: Eden Park

7 February 2016	Parramatta Eels	22 – 4	New Zealand Warriors	Auckland, New Zealand
18:40 NZDT	Bonus Point Tries: Bevan French 1', Cody Nelson 17' Tries: Semi Radradra 5', Vai Toutai 13' Conversions: Corey Norman 1/3, Cody Nelson 1/1	Report	Tries: Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 6' Conversions: Shaun Johnson 0/1	Stadium: Eden Park

Trial matches

Trial	Home	Score	Away	Match information
				Date and time (Local)	Venue (Broadcaster)	Attendance
1	Parramatta Eels	20 – 20	Gold Coast Titans	13 February 2016, 7:40pm	ANZAC Oval (Not televised)	2,405
2	Penrith Panthers	8 – 22	Parramatta Eels	20 February 2016, 7:10pm	Pepper Stadium (Fox Sports)	5,580

Regular season

Round	Home	Score	Away	Match information
				Date and time (Local)	Venue (Broadcaster)	Attendance
1	Parramatta Eels	4 – 17	Brisbane Broncos	3 Mar 2016, 8:05PM	Pirtek Stadium (Nine Network)	17,324
2	Parramatta Eels	20 – 16	North Queensland Cowboys	12 Mar 2016, 7:30PM	Pirtek Stadium (Fox Sports)	12,194
3	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	6 – 20	Parramatta Eels	18 Mar 2016, 8:05PM	ANZ Stadium (Nine Network)	30,018
4	Wests Tigers	0 – 8	Parramatta Eels	28 Mar 2016, 4:00PM	ANZ Stadium (Fox Sports)	36,112
5	Parramatta Eels	18 – 20	Penrith Panthers	3 Apr 2016, 4:00PM	Pirtek Stadium (Nine Network)	15,600
6	Parramatta Eels	36 – 6	Canberra Raiders	9 Apr 2016, 3:00PM	Pirtek Stadium (Fox Sports)	12,947
7	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	10 – 22	Parramatta Eels	14 Apr 2016, 7:50PM	Brookvale Oval (Nine Network)	14,633
8	North Queensland Cowboys	32 – 16	Parramatta Eels	23 Apr 2016, 7:30PM	1300SMILES Stadium (Fox Sports)	19,308
9	Parramatta Eels	20 – 12	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	29 Apr 2016, 7:50PM	ANZ Stadium (Nine Network)	31,815
10	Parramatta Eels	20 – 22	South Sydney Rabbitohs	13 May 2016, 7:50PM	Pirtek Stadium (Nine Network)	16,013
11	Parramatta Eels	6 – 18	Melbourne Storm	23 May 2016, 7:00PM	Pirtek Stadium (Fox Sports)	8,941
12	Newcastle Knights	18 – 20	Parramatta Eels	30 May 2016, 7:00PM	Hunter Stadium (Fox Sports)	12,856
Bye Round
14	Parramatta Eels	22 – 12	Gold Coast Titans	11 Jun 2016, 5:30PM	TIO Stadium (Fox Sports)	7,722
15	South Sydney Rabbitohs	12 – 30	Parramatta Eels	17 Jun 2016, 7:50PM	ANZ Stadium (Nine Network)	11,860
Bye Round
17	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	34 – 24	Parramatta Eels	2 Jul 2016, 7:30PM	Southern Cross Group Stadium (Fox Sports)	19,124
18	Parramatta Eels	22 – 18	Sydney Roosters	8 Jul 2016, 7:50PM	Pirtek Stadium (Nine Network)	8,464
19	Penrith Panthers	22 – 18	Parramatta Eels	17 Jul 2016, 4:00PM	Pepper Stadium (Nine Network)	15,251
20	Gold Coast Titans	34 – 14	Parramatta Eels	23 Jul 2016, 5:30PM	Cbus Super Stadium (Fox Sports)	15,273
21	Parramatta Eels	8 – 23	Wests Tigers	30 Jul 2016, 5:00PM	ANZ Stadium (Fox Sports)	14,428
22	Parramatta Eels	10 – 9	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	5 Aug 2016, 7:50PM	Pirtek Stadium (Nine Network)	8,143
23	Brisbane Broncos	38 – 16	Parramatta Eels	12 Aug 2016, 7:50PM	Suncorp Stadium (Nine Network)	30,189
24	Canberra Raiders	28 – 18	Parramatta Eels	21 Aug 2016, 1:30PM	GIO Stadium (Fox Sports)	18,825
25	Parramatta Eels	30 – 18	St. George Illawarra Dragons	29 Aug 2016, 7:00PM	Pirtek Stadium (Fox Sports)	13,553
26	New Zealand Warriors	18 – 40	Parramatta Eels	4 Sep 2016, 3:30PM	Mt Smart Stadium (Nine Network)	11,129

Players and staff

First grade squad

• This section lists players who were in Parramatta's first grade squad at any point during the 2016 season
• Asterisks indicates player left mid-season
• Caret symbol indicates player joined mid-season
• Hash symbol indicates player retired mid-season

Nat.	Name	Position	Joined	Signed from
	Daniel Alvaro	PR	2015	Youth
	Mitch Cornish	HB / FE / FB	2016	Canberra Raiders
	Isaac De Gois	HK	2014	Cronulla Sharks
	Kenny Edwards	SR / LK	2013	Southport Tigers
	Bureta Faraimo	WG	2014	Mackay Cutters
	John Folau	WG / CE	2015	Youth
	Kieran Foran*	HB / FE	2016	Manly Sea Eagles
	Bevan French	FB	2016	Youth
	Tyrell Fuimaono	CE / SR	2016	Youth
	Michael Gordon	FB / CE / WG	2016	Cronulla Sharks
	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
	Michael Jennings	CE	2016	Sydney Roosters
	Luke Kelly	HB / FE / HK	2012	Melbourne Storm
	Cameron King	HK	2016	North Queensland Cowboys
	Manu Ma'u	SR	2014	Wentworthville Magpies
	Tim Mannah	PR	2009	Youth
	Tepai Moeroa	SR	2014	Youth
	Ryan Morgan*	CE	2011	Youth
	Kieren Moss*	FB	2016	Penrith Panthers
	Cody Nelson	SR / FE	2015	Gold Coast Titans
	Corey Norman	FE / FB	2014	Brisbane Broncos
	Rory O'Brien	PR	2016	St George Illawarra Dragons
	Junior Paulo*	SR / CE	2016	Youth
	Nathan Peats*	HK / LK	2014	South Sydney Rabbitohs
	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
	Brad Takairangi	SR / CE	2015	Gold Coast Titans
	Kelepi Tanginoa	SR / LK	2016	North Queensland Cowboys
	Peni Terepo	PR / SR / LK	2013	Youth
	Vai Toutai	CE / WG	2013	Youth
	Honeti Tuha	WG	2016	Newcastle Knights
	Alex Twal	PR	2016	Youth
	Joseph Ualesi	SR / LK	2013	Youth
	Anthony Watmough	SR / LK	2015	Manly Sea Eagles
	Danny Wicks	PR / SR	2015	Unattached
	Matthew Woods	LK / SR	2016	Wests Tigers

Coaching staff

• This section lists members of staff who were in Parramatta's first grade squad at any point during the 2016 season
• Asterisks indicate member of staff left mid-season

Position	Nat.	Name
Head Coach		Brad Arthur
Assistant Coach		Peter Gentle
Assistant Coach		Steve Murphy
Chief Medical Officer		Dr Louis Shidiak
Physical Performance Manager		Paul Devlin
Strength Coach		Jarrod Wade
Contact Coach		Brett O’Farrell
Head Trainer		Craig Sultana
Assistant NRL Strength and Conditioning Coach		Nathan Beutel
NYC Head of Strength and Conditioning
Video Analyst		Craig Crossman
NSW Cup Head Coach and Development Coach		Joey Grima
Under 20's Head Coach		Luke Burt

Transfers

In: Nat. Pos. Name From Ref. HB Mitch Cornish Canberra Raiders FE Kieran Foran Manly Sea Eagles [1] FB Michael Gordon Cronulla Sharks [2] PR James Hasson Manly Sea Eagles HK Cameron King North Queensland Cowboys FB Kieren Moss Penrith Panthers PR Rory O'Brien St George Illawarra Dragons SR Beau Scott Newcastle Knights SR Kelepi Tanginoa North Queensland Cowboys CE Scott Schulte North Queensland Cowboys FB Clinton Gutherson Manly Sea Eagles SR Matthew Woods Wests Tigers CE Michael Jennings Sydney Roosters [2] PR Alex Twal Youth FB Bevan French Youth CE Tyrell Fuimaono Youth HB Jeff Robson (mid-season) New Zealand Warriors Out: Nat. Pos. Name To Ref. CE Beau Champion Retired CE Ben Crooks Castleford Tigers HB Zach Dockar-Clay Penrith Panthers PR Richard Fa'aoso Retired SR Fabian Goodall Manly Sea Eagles SR Tui Kamikamica Rugby union PR Darcy Lussick Manly Sea Eagles FE Ryan Matterson Sydney Roosters FE Adam Quinlan St Helens RFC FB Reece Robinson Rugby union HB Chris Sandow Warrington Wolves LK Joseph Paulo Cronulla Sharks SR Josh Aloiai Wests Tigers WG Halauafu Lavaka Manly Sea Eagles PR Eric Newbigging Illawarra Cutters [3] SR Pauli Pauli Newcastle Knights [4] CE Ryan Morgan (mid-season) Melbourne Storm FB Kieren Moss (mid-season) Bradford Bulls SR Junior Paulo (mid-season) Canberra Raiders HK Nathan Peats (mid-season) Gold Coast Titans FE Kieran Foran (mid-season) Released Representative call-ups Domestic Pos. Player Team Call-up WG Semi Radradra World All Stars 2016 All Stars Match SR Beau Scott World All Stars 2016 All Stars Match FB Clinton Gutherson NSW City 2016 City vs Country Origin HK Nathan Peats NSW City 2016 City vs Country Origin CE Michael Jennings New South Wales 2016 State of Origin Series International Pos. Player Team Call-up WG Semi Radradra Australia 2016 Anzac Test SR Manu Ma'u New Zealand 2016 Anzac Test SR Brad Takairangi (18th man) New Zealand 2016 Anzac Test CE Vai Toutai Tonga 2016 Pacific Test LF Peni Terepo Tonga 2016 Pacific Test SR Junior Paulo Samoa 2016 Pacific Test HK Kaysa Pritchard Samoa 2016 Pacific Test HK Kaysa Pritchard Samoa v Fiji, 8 October 2016 SR Manu Ma'u New Zealand v New Zealand, 15 October 2016 SR Manu Ma'u New Zealand 2016 Four Nations PR James Hasson Ireland 2017 World Cup Qualifiers Ladder 2016 NRL season Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts 1 Melbourne Storm 24 19 0 5 2 563 302 +261 42 2 Canberra Raiders 24 17 1 6 2 688 456 +232 39 3 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (P) 24 17 1 6 2 580 404 +176 39 4 North Queensland Cowboys 24 15 0 9 2 584 355 +229 34 5 Brisbane Broncos 24 15 0 9 2 554 434 +120 34 6 Penrith Panthers 24 14 0 10 2 563 463 +100 32 7 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 14 0 10 2 506 448 +58 32 8 Gold Coast Titans 24 11 1 12 2 508 497 +11 27 9 Wests Tigers 24 11 0 13 2 499 607 −108 26 10 New Zealand Warriors 24 10 0 14 2 513 601 −88 24 11 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 10 0 14 2 341 538 −197 24 12 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 9 0 15 2 473 549 −76 22 13 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 8 0 16 2 454 563 −109 20 14 Parramatta Eels 24 13 0 11 2 298 324 −26 18^1 15 Sydney Roosters 24 6 0 18 2 443 576 −133 16 16 Newcastle Knights 24 1 1 22 2 305 800 −495 7 ^1 Parramatta were deducted 12 competition points and their for/against tally accumulated between rounds 1-9 for gross long-term salary cap breaches. References "Eels Confirm Foran Signing". Parramatta Eels. 3 July 2015. "Eels Sign Michael Gordon". Parramatta Eels. 18 June 2015. "Cutters Announce Squad For 2016". St George Illawarra Dragons. 19 January 2016. "Knights sign Pauli Pauli". Newcastle Knights. 29 January 2016.