2017 Parramatta Eels season
NRL Rank	4th
Play-off result	Semi-finalists (Lost 16–24 vs North Queensland Cowboys, 2nd Semi Final)
World Club Challenge	DNQ
Auckland Nines	Semi-finalists (Lost 0–13 vs Penrith Panthers, 1st Semi Final)
2017 record	Wins: 16; draws: 0; losses: 8
Points scored	For: 496; against: 457
Team information
CEO	Bernie Gurr
Coach	Brad Arthur
Captain	Tim Mannah Beau Scott
Stadium	ANZ Stadium (Capacity: 83,500) TIO Stadium (Capacity: 12,500)
Avg. attendance	14,346 (Home) 15,288 (Home & Away) 31,956 (Finals Series)
Agg. attendance	172,156 (Home) 366,909 (Home & Away) 63,913 (Finals Series)
High attendance	41,287 (16 September vs North Queensland Cowboys, 2nd Semi Final)
Top scorers
Tries	Semi Radradra (22)
Goals	Clinton Gutherson (49)
Points	Clinton Gutherson (142)
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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.

Summary

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

• 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

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 Main article: 2017 NRL Auckland Nines Pool table 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: Bracket 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 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 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 Main article: 2017 NRL season League table 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 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 26 Ground A A A H A A H H A A H A H H H – H A – A H A H H A H Result W W L L L L W W W L L W W L W B W W B W W W L W W W Position 4 1 4 9 10 13 10 10 7 9 10 9 8 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 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 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 Main article: 2017 NRL finals series Bracket Qualifying and elimination finals Semi-finals Preliminary finals Grand Final 9 September – Melbourne 1 Melbourne Storm 18 4 Parramatta Eels 16 16 September – Sydney Parramatta Eels 16 10 September – Sydney North Queensland Cowboys 24 22 September – Melbourne 5 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 14 Melbourne Storm 30 8 North Queensland Cowboys 15 Brisbane Broncos 0 1 October – Sydney Melbourne Storm 34 9 September – Sydney 23 September – Sydney North Queensland Cowboys 6 6 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 10 Sydney Roosters 16 7 Penrith Panthers 22 15 September – Brisbane North Queensland Cowboys 29 Brisbane Broncos 13 8 September – Sydney Penrith Panthers 6 2 Sydney Roosters 24 3 Brisbane Broncos 22 Matches 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 Domestic 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 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 ↑ "Eels confirm Gutherson is out for the season". 14 August 2021. ↑ "Storm edge Eels 18-16 in NRL qualifier". www.espn.co.uk. 8 September 2017. ↑ "Match Highlights Eels v Storm, Qualifying Final". www.parraeels.com.au. 9 September 2017. ↑ "Eels out as Cowboys dream lives on". 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