2007 Parramatta Eels season

The 2007 Parramatta Eels Season was the 61st in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2007 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season in 5th position, and came within one match of the grand final only to be knocked out by eventual premiers, Melbourne Storm, who would later be stripped of this title after being found guilty of salary cap breaches.

2007 Parramatta Eels season
NRL Rank5th
Play-off resultPreliminary Finalists (Lost 10–26 vs Melbourne Storm, 2nd Preliminary Final*)
World Club ChallengeDNQ
2007 recordWins: 13; draws: 0; losses: 11
Points scoredFor: 573; against: 481
Team information
CEODenis Fitzgerald
CoachAustralia Michael Hagan
Captain
StadiumParramatta Stadium (Capacity: 20,741)
ANZ Stadium (Capacity: 83,500)
Avg. attendance14,142 (Home)
15,783 (Home & Away)
37,598 (Finals Series)
Agg. attendance169,706 (Home)
378,797 (Home & Away)
112,793 (Finals Series)
High attendance50,621 (25 September vs Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, 1st Semi Final)
Top scorers
TriesAustralia Jarryd Hayne (14)
GoalsAustralia Luke Burt (59)
PointsAustralia Luke Burt (154)
< 2006 List of seasons 2008 >

Summary

Under new coach Michael Hagan, Parramatta saw a great performance in season 2007, spending most of the season in third place (behind the Storm and Manly) before a late season form slump, only stopped with a huge 68-22 demolition of defending premiers Brisbane saw them settle for fifth position at the end of the season. In the first week of the finals, they defeated the New Zealand Warriors away, 12–10 to set up a huge clash with arch-rivals Canterbury the following week. In an incident-filled match at ANZ Stadium in front of 50,621, Parramatta ran out 25–6 winners gaining revenge for their infamous preliminary final loss to Canterbury in the 1998 NRL season.[1]

The win booked them a preliminary final clash with Minor Premiers Melbourne Storm. In a gruelling match at Melbourne's Telstra Dome, the Storm eventually won 26–10 ending Parramatta's 2007 season, one win away from their first Grand Final appearance since 2001. Later it was revealed by the NRL that the Melbourne Storm had in fact breached the salary cap that season, and they were stripped of their minor premiership and their title for the 2007 season. Parramatta spent most of the season inside the top four, however a patch of poor form late in the season saw them finish fifth despite a last round 68-22 thrashing of the Brisbane Broncos at home. Late season losses to Newcastle, Cronulla, Melbourne and St. George Illawarra proved costly.

Standings
2007 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Melbourne Storm 2421031627277+35044
2 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2418061597377+22038
3 North Queensland Cowboys 2415091547618−7132
4 New Zealand Warriors 24131101593434+15929
5 Parramatta Eels 24130111573481+9228
6 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24120121575528+4726
7 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24120121408399+926
8 Brisbane Broncos 24110131511476+3524
9 Wests Tigers 24110131541561−2024
10 Sydney Roosters 24101131445610−16523
11 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24100141463403+6022
12 Gold Coast Titans 24100141409559−15022
13 St George Illawarra Dragons 2490151431509−7820
14 Canberra Raiders 2490151522650−12820
15 Newcastle Knights 2490151418708−29020
16 Penrith Panthers 2480161539607−6818

Fixtures

Home and away season
Main article: 2007 NRL season results
RoundOpponentResultEelsOpponentDateVenueCrowdPosition
011 New Zealand New Zealand Warriors Loss 18 34 17 March 2007 Mt Smart Stadium 13,587 1414/16
022 South Sydney South Sydney Rabbitohs Loss 6 31 25 March 2007 Telstra Stadium 15,165 1414/16
033 Wests Tigers Wests Tigers Win 22 20 30 March 2007 Parramatta Stadium 18,142 1313/16
044 Canberra Canberra Raiders Win 38 6 7 April 2007 Parramatta Stadium 10,091 099/16
055 Penrith Penrith Panthers Win 27 14 13 April 2007 CUA Stadium 18,756 066/16
066 Bulldogs Bulldogs Loss 18 21 22 April 2007 Parramatta Stadium 18,285 088/16
077 Gold Coast Gold Coast Titans Loss 12 38 29 April 2007 Metricon Stadium 18,021 1111/16
088 Sydney Sydney Roosters Win 28 10 5 May 2007 Parramatta Stadium 13,021 1010/16
099 Manly Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Loss 12 22 11 May 2007 Brookvale Oval 19,944 1010/16
1010 North Queensland North Queensland Cowboys Win 44 14 19 May 2007 Parramatta Stadium 10,182 077/16
1111 New Zealand New Zealand Warriors Win 30 6 28 May 2007 Parramatta Stadium 11,160 066/16
1212 Wests Tigers Wests Tigers Win 38 8 4 June 2007 Telstra Stadium 22,245 044/16
1313 Canberra Canberra Raiders Loss 38 10 9 June 2007 Canberra Stadium 11,232 066/16
1414 St George St George Illawarra Dragons Win 20 12 17 June 2007 Parramatta Stadium 12,658 033/16
1515 Sydney Sydney Roosters Win 36 16 23 June 2007 Sydney Football Stadium 12,211 033/16
1616 Bye – – – – – – 033/16
1717 Newcastle Newcastle Knights Loss 10 34 9 July 2007 Parramatta Stadium 10,363 044/16
1818 South Sydney South Sydney Rabbitohs Win 18 12 15 July 2007 Parramatta Stadium 15,202 033/16
1919 Brisbane Brisbane Broncos Win 20 16 23 July 2007 Suncorp Stadium 25,762 033/16
2020 Manly Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Loss 24 32 29 July 2007 Parramatta Stadium 20,113 033/16
2121 Bulldogs Bulldogs Win 34 22 3 August 2007 Telstra Stadium 27,201 033/16
2222 Cronulla Cronulla Sharks Loss 24 25 11 August 2007 Parramatta Stadium 13,376 033/16
2323 Melbourne Melbourne Storm Loss 10 14 17 August 2007 Olympic Park Stadium 11,549 055/16
2424 St George St George Illawarra Dragons Loss 6 14 27 August 2007 WIN Stadium 13,488 066/16
2525 Brisbane Brisbane Broncos Win 68 22 2 September 2007 Parramatta Stadium 17,112 055/16

Finals series
Main article: 2007 NRL season results § Finals series
RoundOpponentResultEelsOpponentDateVenueCrowdPosition
26QF New Zealand New Zealand Warriors Win 12 10 7 September 2007 Mt Smart Stadium 28,745 –
27SF Bulldogs Bulldogs Win 25 6 15 September 2007 Telstra Stadium 50,621 –
28PF Melbourne Melbourne Storm Loss 10 26 23 September 2007 Telstra Dome 33,427 –

Players and staff

The playing squad and coaching staff of the Parramatta Eels for the 2007 NRL season as of 27 December 2006.[2]

No. Position Player
1 Australia FB Jarryd Hayne
2 Australia WG Krisnan Inu
3 Australia CE Joel Reddy
4 Australia CE Timana Tahu
5 Australia WG Eric Grothe, Jr.
6 Australia FE Brett Finch
7 Australia HB Tim Smith
8 New Zealand PR Nathan Cayless (Captain)
9 Australia HK Mark Riddell
10 Tonga PR Fuifui Moimoi
11 Australia SR Nathan Hindmarsh
12 Australia SR Chad Robinson
13 Australia LK Daniel Wagon
No. Position Player
14 Australia HK PJ Marsh
15 Australia PR Josh Cordoba
16 Tonga SR Feleti Mateo
17 Australia SR Ian Hindmarsh
Australia PR Aaron Cannings
Australia SR Todd Lowrie
Tonga PR Richard Fa'aoso
Australia FE Blake Green
Australia FB Ben Smith
New Zealand SR Weller Hauraki
New Zealand CE Luke Burt
Australia SR Brendan Oake
Australia PR Junior Paulo
Australia PR Justin Tsoulos

Statistics
PlayerGamesTriesGoalsF. GoalsPoints
Burt, LukeLuke Burt 1616 099 5959/70 00 154154
Inu, KrisnanKrisnan Inu 2020 1212 3737/45 00 122122
Hayne, JarrydJarryd Hayne 2525 1212 00/1 00 04848
Grothe, Jr., EricEric Grothe, Jr. 2323 1111 00 00 04444
Mateo, FeletiFeleti Mateo 2525 099 00 00 03636
Smith, BenBen Smith 2323 088 00 00 03232
Hindmarsh, NathanNathan Hindmarsh 2222 077 00 00 02828
Tahu, TimanaTimana Tahu 1818 077 00/1 00 02828
Riddell, MarkMark Riddell 2323 055 00/1 00 02020
Hindmarsh, IanIan Hindmarsh 2424 044 00/1 11 01717
Smith, TimTim Smith 2727 033 11/1 00 01414
Cayless, NathanNathan Cayless 2222 033 00 00 01212
Reddy, JoelJoel Reddy 1010 033 00 00 01212
Wagon, DanielDaniel Wagon 2222 033 00 00 01212
Finch, BrettBrett Finch 2525 022 00 11 0099
Marsh, PJPJ Marsh 2727 022 00 00 0088
Robinson, ChadChad Robinson 2020 022 00 00 0088
Cannings, AaronAaron Cannings 2121 011 00 00 0044
Cordoba, JoshJosh Cordoba 2525 011 00 00 0044
Moimoi, FuifuiFuifui Moimoi 2121 011 00 00 0044
Taia, ZebZeb Taia 033 011 00 00 0044
Green, BlakeBlake Green 066 00 00 00 00
Hauraki, WellerWeller Hauraki 055 00 00 00 00
Paulo, JuniorJunior Paulo 033 00 00 00 00
Lowrie, ToddTodd Lowrie 022 00 00 00 00
Fa'aoso, RichardRichard Fa'aoso 011 ?4 00 00 00

Awards

References
  1. "Category". Herald Sun. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
  2. "Parramatta Eels 2007 Player Roster". The World of Rugby League. Retrieved 2006-12-27.
  3. "Honour Roll". parraeels.com.au. Parramatta Eels. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
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