The 2025 Parramatta Eels season was the 79th season in the club's history and the 28th in the National Rugby League. Coached by new head coach Jason Ryles, and captained by Mitchell Moses for his first season, the team competed in the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership during the regular season and participated in the Pre-season Challenge in February.
On 18 November 2024, it was announced that the club's 12-year long partnership with the Northern Territory Government would conclude this season, ending the decade of a single home game in Darwin with a 12–50 defeat to the Canberra Raiders in round 6.
Summary Pre-season Parramatta took on the Newcastle Knights in Newcastle for their first match of the Pre-season Challenge. The Eels then had an away game versus the Wests Tigers at Leichhardt Oval in week 3.
Regular season March The Eels started off the season with a trip to AAMI Park against the Melbourne Storm, who had won the past 22 round 1 games in a row. Isaiah Iongi, Zac Lomax, Ronald Volkman, Jack Williams, Ryley Smith and Sam Tuivaiti all made their debuts, where Volkman replaced Mitchell Moses who sustained his foot injury. The Eels had a poor start to the game and were dominated by the Storm, conceding 8 tries by half-time and found themselves trailing 46–6. In the second half, Parramatta grabbed a couple of tries thanks to Will Penisini and Iongi, ended the game with a loss of 56–18 and were ranked bottom of the table.
In the second game, the Eels faced the Wests Tigers at home, under the 37 degrees heat at kick-off. Jordan Samrani and Kitione Kautoga both made their debuts following their transfers from the Bulldogs. Both teams had chances but could not find a way through in the first 25 minutes, then Parramatta conceded three tries afterwards up until half-time. Three more tries were scored by the Tigers in the second half, where winger Sunia Turuva scored his second and third tries to complete a hat-trick. The Eels could not find a way through until the 79th minute, when winger Sean Russell scored a try to avoid blanking on points, ending with a score of 6–32.
Parramatta then hosted local rivals Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at CommBank Stadium. Dean Hawkins replaced Volkman at halfback on his club debut, whereas winger Josh Addo-Carr scored a try on debut against his former club. The Eels conceded three tries and scored one in the first half through Penisini, and an early try by Addo-Carr in the second half had the Eels regain momentum. Parramatta built up pressure and came close to scoring, but errors had stopped them from a second-half comeback. The Eels then conceded a late penalty inside their half, Stephen Crichton converted it and ended the match 8–16.
The Eels were up against the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles at 4 Pines Park in their final game in March. Joe Ofahengaue played his milestone 200th NRL game, scoring a try in the second half. Both team had chances in the first half, but the Sea Eagles came out on top and had a 12–0 lead. The second half saw Manly extending their lead to 14 points, but Ofahengaue's try would bring the Eels back temporarily. That was until Manly scored two tries and sealing the win, but Shaun Lane grabbed a consolation try in the last minute, adding to the final score of 26–12, which would see the Eels end the month at bottom of the table.
April Parramatta started April with a home game against the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the Multicultural Round. Lomax converted an early penalty to give the Eels a 2-point lead, which was cancelled out by a try from the returning Gutherson to his old ground. Dylan Walker made his debut off the bench, then the Eels found an equaliser from winger Addo-Carr, but Gutherson later provided an assist and scored his second try for the Dragons. After being down at 8–20, Parramatta scored two consecutive tries from Iongi and Kautoga to level the score. Late penalties converted from both sides would end the game 22–22 at normal time, as Lomax stepped up to score a field goal in golden point following an error from the Dragons, to seal Parramatta's first win of the season.
The Eels then battled the Canberra Raiders in their final home game in the heat of Darwin, Northern Territory. Raiders' early lead was equalled to by a Dylan Brown try, followed by three more tries by Canberra leading up to half-time. The Eels came out into the second half with Addo-Carr scoring, but Canberra converted a penalty goal to regain a 14-point lead. Canberra turned up their pace and scored another 24 points in 20 minutes to finish at 12–50, the Eels would end their journey up north with yet another big defeat.
An away game against the Wests Tigers in Parramatta were up next in the yearly Easter Monday match, where Mitchell Moses returns to his familiar halfback position back from foot injury. Sean Russell opened the scoring with a penalty goal, followed by an Addo-Carr try from a Moses 40–20 kick. The Tigers hit back with two consecutive tries in 5 minutes, but the Eels responded with Iongi scoring in the corner to tie up the first half 10–10. Parramatta came out of the second half scoring three tries in 6 minutes, which includes Tuivaiti's first try in a first grade match. Turuva of the Tigers and the Eels' Luca Moretti were sin-binned in the 53rd minute for throwing Ryley Smith onto the ground and for striking respectively, Iongi was also binned for professional foul five minutes afterwards. With a one-man advantage, Tigers scored two tries in 6 minutes to put the score at 22–26. The game then ended 22–38 after Parramatta scoring two more converted tries, the Eels came out victors for the second time in the season, and were ranked joint bottom on the ladder.
A bye in the ANZAC round of round 8 took the Eels up to 16th place with 6 competition points.
May The Blue and Gold army travelled to Brisbane to play the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in this season's Magic Round. The Sharks strike first through Kayal Iro, the Eels hit back with an Addo-Carr try. Cronulla went on to score another try to lead 6 points at half-time, followed by 2 further tries in 7 minutes. The Eels hit back with Addo-Carr scoring his second and Dylan Brown adding to the tally 2 minutes afterwards, making good use of the one-man advantage from a Sharks sin-bin. Cronulla sealed the game with the second try of winger Samuel Stonestreet and a late penalty goal, finishing the contest 28–18 and putting the Eels back to 17th.
Parramatta welcomed the Dolphins at home in the Women in League Round. Dolphins opened the scoring first, but Bailey Simonsson scoring his first try of the season alongside a Russell penalty goal would equal the score 6–6 at half-time. A 6-point lead early in the second half was established by a converted try scored by Matt Doorey, but the Dolphins turned the tie around by scoring a quick-fire double in 4 minutes, despite Dylan Brown scoring a 4-pointer in the 72nd minute, Parramatta lost 16–20 and conversion accuracy proved to be the difference.
The Eels took a trip up north to Newcastle next in round 11.
In round 12, an origin-struck Parramatta side hosted the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.
June To start off June, the Eels played their rivals Penrith Panthers in the Western Sydney Derby in Parramatta. Next up was the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the annual King's Birthday match. Round 15 was the second bye week, the Eels remained in 16th on the ladder with 12 competition points. Parramatta then hosted last-place Gold Coast Titans at CommBank Stadium. The Eels ended the June fixtures with an away game in Wollongong facing the St. George Illawarra Dragons during the Beanie for Brain Cancer Round.
July The final bye of the season saw Parramatta remain in 15th on the ladder. The second Western Sydney Derby against arch-rivals Penrith Panthers were up next. Six days later, the Eels travelled down to the capital to play the top-ranked Canberra Raiders. The Blue and Gold army then travelled to Suncorp Stadium to face the Brisbane Broncos. July ended for Parramatta with a game hosting the Melbourne Storm.
August In the first week of Indigenous round, the Eels welcomed the North Queensland Cowboys at CommBank Stadium. Second week of Indigenous round features an away fixture against the South Sydney Rabbitohs at Moore Park. During round 25 of the Telstra footy country round, Parramatta hosted the Sydney Roosters in the annual Jack Gibson Cup.
Round 26 saw the Eels travel to New Zealand to face the New Zealand Warriors at Auckland.
September The final game of the season was a home game against the Newcastle Knights.
Post-season On 9 September 2025, Jack Williams won the Ken Thornett Medal.https://www.parraeels.com.au/news/2025/09/10/parramatta-eels-celebrate-season-at-2025-ken-thornett-medal-night/
Mitchell Moses and Jack Williams were called up to feature in the Australian Prime Minister's XIII match against Papua New Guinea Prime Minister's XIII in Port Moresby.https://www.nrl.com/draw/internationals/2025/game-1/png-pm-xiii-v-aus-pm-xiii/
Mitchell Moses and Josh Addo-Carr were selected in Australia's travelling squad for the Ashes Series in England. Zac Lomax was initially called-up, but withdrew due to injury.https://www.parraeels.com.au/news/2025/10/06/five-eels-stars-earn-australian-representative-honours/ Dylan Brown (New Zealand), Junior Paulo (Samoa), Isaiah Iongi, Will Penisini (both Tonga) and Kitione Kautoga (Fiji) all received call-ups for their respective nations for the Pacific Championships.https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-pacific-championships-rugby-league-squads-2025-new-zealand-tonga-samoa-teams-png-fiji-cook-islands/news-story/3106814e0e444c48df67e960660fd823
Squad information Playing squad The NRL playing squad of the Parramatta Eels as of 9 March 2025.
Cap Player Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed Signed from Contract until Top 30 squad 749 Junior Paulo 2019 Canberra Raiders 2026 788 Mitchell Moses (c) 2017 Wests Tigers 2028 800 Dylan Brown 2019 Youth 2031 801 Shaun Lane 2019 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2026 805 Ryan Matterson 2020 Wests Tigers 2026 809 Haze Dunster 2020 Youth 2025 813 Bryce Cartwright 2021 Gold Coast Titans 2025 814 Wiremu Greig 2021 North Queensland Cowboys 2025 816 Joey Lussick 2023 St Helens 2025 817 Sean Russell 2021 Youth 2025 819 Will Penisini 2021 Youth 2026 825 Bailey Simonsson 2022 Canberra Raiders 2024 829 Matt Doorey 2023 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2025 830 J'maine Hopgood 2023 Penrith Panthers 2025 834 Brendan Hands 2023 Youth 2025 835 Joe Ofahengaue 2023 Wests Tigers 2025 836 Luca Moretti 2023 Youth 2025 843 Kelma Tuilagi 2024 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2025 851 Isaiah Iongi 2025 Penrith Panthers 2027 852 Zac Lomax 2024 Youth 2024 854 Jack Williams 2025 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2027 856 Sam Tuivaiti 2024 Youth 2025 857 Jordan Samrani 2025 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2026 858 Kitione Kautoga 2025 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2025 859 Dean Hawkins 2025 South Sydney Rabbitohs 2026 860 Josh Addo-Carr 2025 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2026 861 Dylan Walker 2025 New Zealand Warriors 2026 862 Uinitoni Mataele 2023 Youth 2025 863 Joash Papalii 2025 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2026 Development list 838 Arthur Miller-Stephen N/A 2022 Youth 2025 847 Jake Tago 2024 North Sydney Bears 2025 850 Dan Keir 2021 Canberra Raiders 2025 848 Charlie Guymer 2024 Youth 2025 853 Ronald Volkman 2025 New Zealand Warriors 2026 855 Ryley Smith 2025 Youth 2025 – Saxon Pryke N/A 2025 Youth 2025
Coaching staff The coaching staff of the Parramatta Eels for the 2025 NRL season as of 9 March 2025.
Position Name NRL head coach Jason Ryles General manager of Football Mark O’Neill Assistant coaches Nathan Brown Sam Moa Scott Wisemantel NSW Cup head coach Nathan Cayless Jersey Flegg Cup head coach Craig Brennan
Squad changes
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