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The final week of NRL & NRLW action has arrived. Come the end of Sunday we will have champions crowned between the Storm and Broncos in the NRL and the Broncos and Roosters in the NRLW. The Tip Sheet looks at both match-ups and the big story lines heading into each decider as the season reaches its frenzied zenith.
Sixties and Forty20 also recap a quiet week out of Parramatta with the 2026 coaching staff for the elite junior pathways locked in. The NRLW also announced its departures and the boys look at what it means for the composition of the squad heading into next year.
It is one of The Tip Sheet's most anticipated episodes each year and the inimitable Bernie Gurr joins the show once again to recap and review the 2025 season for the Parramatta Eels. Sixties and Forty20 talk everything Blue & Gold with Gurr and tap into his keen mind to break down a massive year of transition and growth for the Eels under new coach Jason Ryles.
The show covers a broad range of topics starting with the importance of the Centre of Excellence and then through a series of focused footy questions. What did the Eels do to turn their season around after a dismal start? Which players and positional groups proved key during their scorching run home? Where do Parramatta need to improve and what positional should they be recruiting for?
Bernie also takes a look at the wider landscape of the NRL. How does season 2025 stand among recent years for the code? With the finals down to just four teams - who will be the last team standing? The boys wrap up the show with a look at the looming expansion for the code and what logistical and administrative challenges await Perth and PNG.
The Parramatta Eels are finally in the throes of the offseason after the NSW Cup went down to the New Zealand Warriors on Saturday. The Tip Sheet plows fearlessly ahead as Sixties and Forty20 wrap the latest news for the Blue & Gold including the winners from the NRLW and HNWP Awards Night this week.
We said sayonara, auf wiedersehen and arrivederci to the Raiders and Bulldogs over the weekend as only four teams are left standing in the pursuit of the Provan-Summons Trophy. The boys look at the lay of the land in the finals and cover some huge news out of Bondi as Mark Nawaqanitawase confirms his future beyond 2026.
There is just one game to preview this week for the Parramatta Eels as the NSW Cup vie for a berth in the Grand Final. To get there they will need to defeat the New Zealand Warriors in a massive clash at Jubliee Stadium on Saturday.
The Tip Sheet takes a deep dive on what the Eels need to do to overcome the minor premiers and which players could star for the Blue & Gold if they are to prevail over their trans-Tasman rivals.
Sixties and Forty20 also take a quick look at the latest happenings for the Eels including a link to Cody Ramsay as well as their tips for the NRLW and HNWP award winners.
The finals roll on across the NRL and other graders and the Eels still have a burning hope alive in the NSW Cup. The Tip Sheet analyses the shortest Team List Tuesday of the year as Parramatta gear up to upset the New Zealand Warriors on Saturday. Sixties and Forty20 wrap up an otherwise quiet week for the Eels with the off-season arriving for all other major grades.
Week 1 of the NRL finals produced banger after banger that culminated in a legendary shootout between the Raiders and Broncos. The boys wrap every game and look at the fallout heading into Week 2. There is also breaking news surrounding the QLD police investigation into Brandon Smith and Victor Radley as the show carefully prods at the new developments to see what is what.
Sixties is back from the Ken Thornett Medal! He runs through the big night for the Blue & Gold as he and Forty20 review all of the award winners for season 2025.
The Tip Sheet then returns to its regularly scheduled previewing as the boys see how the Eels shape up across the NRLW, NSW Cup and HNWP. It is a love/hate relationship with the Raiders this week with the NSW Cup looking to overcome Canberra while the NRLW need a crucial assist from the Raiders if they are to make the finals.
Sixties is absent from The Tip Sheet tonight but very much here in spirit as he does the ground work for the show at the Ken Thornett Medal presentation. Forty20 holds it down on the live stream as the wraps up the final full weekend of action before the off-season arrives for the NRL and Jersey Flegg Cup while Sixties transmits all of the deserved winners from the club’s big night.
There has been some big market action as the Bulldogs and Sharks lock up core talent on and off the field for the long haul while the Sea Eagles and Knights also made long-term acquisitions. There was one more piece of fascinating signing news with Taylan May rejecting a 3-year deal from the Tigers and the club then almost instantly folding to his counter offer.
The intrigue and drama of the finals is well and truly underway with Josh Papalii and Reece Walsh potentially injured at training while Nicho Hynes had his hip-drop charge sensationally downgraded within the space of 24 hours – is it another case of right outcome but troubling process? Laurie Daley is set to join the Sea Eagles as an advisor to Anthony Seibold. What does it mean for the dirty birds and for NSW?
What a what to wrap up 2025! The Parramatta Eels have unloaded an almighty broadside on the Newcastle Knights to consign the Novocastrians to the dreaded wooden spoon following a 66-10 victory at CommBank Stadium. Mitchell Moses turned it on in front a raucous home crowd in a stunning individual showing but he was ably supported by his the full ensemble cast as players got off the nudie run list left, right and centre.
It was a bittersweet farewell for Dylan Brown too, made that much sweeter with a try and a conversion (after a cheeky mulligan) etched into the record books for the departing Eel and it was wonderful to see the crowd champion the departing play-maker.
The final round of the NRL season is upon us as the Parramatta Eels celebrate a big milestone for Will Penisini and farewell one of their favourite sons in Dylan Brown. The Tip Sheet breaks out the big guns for a big preview podcast as Chris Ricketts joins the boys from Chicago for the final five-game docket of the year.
Parramatta are sending their Jersey Flegg Cup and NSW Cup squads to the finals and the boys run through their respective rosters. It is sudden death for the Flegg and they welcome back Chris Petrus as they take on the Panthers. The Cup face the Dragons and are bolstered by the return of Ronald Volkman and the debut of Isaac Jim.
The HNWP are hunting an 8th straight win as they host the winless Dragons while the NRLW are hunting a win of any kind in their game against the Tigers. Finally in the NRL, it will be an emotional day for the Eels with a milestone for Will and the big farewell for Dyl. Can they see off their storied five-eighth with a win and in doing so secure their 10th victory of the season?
It quickly became a frenzied Tuesday for the Parramatta Eels on the last TLT of the year for the NRL. Will Penisini inked an extension to the end of 2028 and was quickly joined in similar fashion by rising prospect Lorenzo Talataina while Jason Ryles has rewarded Dylan Brown with a CommBank Stadium send off against his future employers in the Newcastle Knights.
The Tip Sheet is all over it as usual as Sixties and Forty20 break down all the news from Parradise and the NRL as well as taking a peak at the finals rosters of the NSW Cup and the Jersey Flegg Cup.
It ended up a closely fought affair but the Parramatta Eels have secured another prized scalp with a cracking 26-22 upset victory over the New Zealand Warriors. In a contest that was fueled by controversial calls - including some clutch challenges by Mitchell Moses - the Eels held on grimly in the final moments to keep the dreams a 10-win season alive. Sixties and Forty20 break it all down in a live reaction to a big win!
The Eels travel to New Zealand in the NRL while the NRLW jets off to the Gold Coast this week. The lower grades are all over the map as well with the Jersey Flegg traveling to Melbourne while the NSW Cup makes the trek to North Sydney Oval while the HNWP are the solitary team to enjoy a home field advantage with a game out of Kellyville Park on Monday night.
The Tip Sheet previews the traveling show that is the Parramatta Eels this weekend and look at how the NRL can build off their outstanding against the Roosters and whether the NRLW can find a much needed bounce back victory against the Titans. With the lower grades all gearing up for the finals, how does each squad shape up this week? Reinforcements have arrived for the both the Cup and Flegg - will that give them the edge with sudden death footy looming?
After a quiet week in the NRL the news cycle has exploded heading into Round 26 with police investigations and sacked coaches heading a crazy docket. The Tip Sheet puts on its PPE and sorties into the chaos as Sixties and Forty20 unpack everything happening in the NRL.
The boys ask - did the Eels peak in their rousing 30-10 victory over the Roosters? Josh Addo-Carr rings in a mega milestone as his 200th NRL cap approaches this week while Dean Ritchie was unhappy with the blowback he copped after putting Jason Ryles in his crosshairs.
Des Hasler and now Adam O'Brien are goooorne. What is next for the Titans and Knights? Stephen Crichton has been grubbing it up while Brandon Smith is facing drug and gambling charges from the QLD police. The show carefully navigates these sensitive topics and offers what insight they can into the matters.
The Parramatta Eels needed more than just a bounce back effort after slumping to a disconsolate 20-16 loss the Rabbitohs last week and they did exactly that in Round 25 after BLUDGEONING the Sydney Roosters by 20-points. The Eels were relentless and while it should be acknowledged that the Roosters did lose Sam Walker early in the piece, by the second half the Tri-colours were actively wilting under Parramatta's incessant barrage.
Sixties and Forty20 revel in a landmark win for the squad as the hard work from the boys and Jason Ryles reaches a frenzied zenith at CommBank Stadium this week!
A pair of tough games await the Eels in the NRL & NRLW this week as the Eels look to upset the in-form Roosters in both grades. The Tip Sheet previews the full docket of games on the weekend with Sixties and Forty20 analysing how the lower grades stack up against the New Zealand Warriors (Jersey Flegg & NSW Cup) and the Central Coast Roosters (HNWP).
More injuries and another exciting development in the lower grades - yep, just another week in Parradise. Join Sixties and Forty20 on the Tuesday live stream as The Tip Sheet gets stuck into Team List Tuesday and more.
The Eels played some of the worst football in months in Round 24 as they fell shy of the South Sydney Rabbitohs by 4-points. Sixties and Forty20 debrief the frustrating result with Parramatta straying from the style of footy that has seen them win plenty of admirers in 2025. The Tip Sheet also breaks down the other results from Saturday that featured wins for the HNWP, Jersey Flegg Cup and NSW Cup as well as a rough loss for the NRLW.
The footy feels like it is just about 24/7 right now with five grades approaching a frenzied zenith and it that vein another massive weekend looms for the Parramatta Eels as a number of grades look to consolidate their positions ahead of the finals. Sixties, Forty20 and Chris Ricketts analyse all five games on Saturday from Jersey Flegg right through to the NRL to see where the Eels stand and what there is to be gained.
Could Isaiah Iongi make an early return against the Rabbitohs? How can the NRLW upset the formidable Brisbane Broncos? Can all three lower grades continue their winning ways?
Breaking news hits the show mid-recording as well as the club announces the retirement and transition of Shaun Lane from the NRL to a new role within the club’s Elite Pathways and NRLW programs, focusing on mental skills and athlete wellness. The show celebrates Shaun's time as an Eel and look at how his new role will augment the big investment already made by the club in these spaces.
Could Isaiah Iongi make an early return and give the Parramatta Eels an early look at their first choice spine for 2026? The breakout star was named in the Eels' extended squad on Team List Tuesday and could force an exciting reshuffle if he is cleared to return on Saturday night against the Rabbitohs. The Tip Sheet looks at how who makes way in Iongi's hypothetical return and how or if it could change the Eels.
Sixties and Forty20 take their customary look around the NRL to unwrap all the big headlines and important story lines that are emerging as the code ramps up to the finals.
Where do you even begin to unwrap that pair of results? The NRL won and the NRLW loss but there was so much chaos in between as the both games went down to the wire. We had Trainergate 2.0 - Eelectric Boogaloo. We had controversial calls. We had a b-e-a-utiful game winning field goal from Mitchell Moses. We had the Bunker having to save a terrible missed call at the end of the game. If you enjoy drama the NRL fixture was just the right hit for you as the Eels prevailed by a solitary point to climb to 13th on the ladder.
In the NRLW the Eels will be left to rue a game that well and truly slipped through their hands and with it - the chance to leapfrog the Cowboys on the ladder. The Tip Sheet also delves into more chaotic results in the lower grades with the Jersey Flegg and NSW Cup also posting madness induced victories in an all round crazy weekend.
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