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2010 Parramatta Eels Season
The 2010 Parramatta Eels season is the 64th in the club's history. Coached by Daniel Anderson and captained by Nathan Cayless and Nathan Hindmarsh, they competed in the NRL's 2010 Telstra Premiership. The Parramatta club finished the regular season in 12th place failing to make the finals for the first time in two years. Summary The Parramatta Eels were picked at the beginning of the year by many leading betting agencies to take out the premiership for 2010 following their surge of form which took them to the Grand Final in 2009. But, after a relatively poor to the season, and then a four-game winning streak, the Parramatta Eels once again returned to the inconsistent form of past seasons. This inconsistent form, recognised by all Rugby League fans, saw them miss out on the Top 8 in 2010. After a season of unrelenting disappointment which saw five-eighth Daniel Mortimer dropped to reserve grade, centre Timana Tahu being suspended for an on-field confrontation against th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 NRL Season
The 2010 NRL season was the 103rd season of professional rugby league football club competition in Australia, and the thirteenth run by the National Rugby League. The season commenced on 12 March and ended with the Grand Final, played on 3 October at ANZ Stadium. Sixteen teams competed for the 2010 Telstra Premiership whilst the third season of the National Youth Competition was also in progress. The 2010 season was marred by the Melbourne Storm's admission in April of systematically breaching the NRL salary cap. As part of the NRL's imposed penalties, the Storm were deducted all 8 competition points earned at the time of the announcement, and were barred from earning points for the rest of the season, guaranteeing them the wooden spoon. The club was also stripped of all titles earned during the period they were in breach, including their 2007 and 2009 premierships and their 2006, 2007 and 2008 minor premierships, and later also their 2010 World Club Challenge title. 2010's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Mortimer
Daniel Mortimer (born 13 June 1989) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a or for the Leigh Centurions in the Betfred Championship. He previously played for the Parramatta Eels, Gold Coast Titans, Sydney Roosters and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. Mortimer was a Prime Minister's XIII representative and won the 2013 NRL Grand Final with the Sydney Roosters, Roosters. Background Born in Sydney, Mortimer attended James Sheahan Catholic High School while playing his junior football for Orange CYMS before being signed by the Parramatta Eels. Mortimer played for the Eels National Youth Competition (rugby league), NYC team in 2008 and 2009. In 2007, Mortimer played for the New South Wales Combined Catholic Schools team and Australia national schoolboys rugby league team, Australian Schoolboys. Mortimer is of English descent, the son of former Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs player Peter Mortimer (rugby league), Peter Mortimer and the nephew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penrith, New South Wales
Penrith is a city in New South Wales, Australia, located in Greater Western Sydney, 55 kilometres (31 mi) west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Nepean River, on the outskirts of the Cumberland Plain. Its elevation is 32 metres (105 ft). Penrith is the administrative centre of the local government area of the City of Penrith. The Geographical Names Board of New South Wales acknowledges Penrith as one of only four cities within the Greater Sydney metropolitan area. History Indigenous settlement Prior to the arrival of the Europeans, the Penrith area was home to the Mulgoa tribe of the Darug people. They lived in makeshift huts called ''gunyahs'', hunted native animals such as kangaroos, fished in the Nepean River, and gathered local fruits and vegetables such as yams. They lived under an elaborate system of law which had its origins in the Dreamtime. Most of the Mulgoa were killed by smallpox or ''galgala'' shortly after the arri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CUA Stadium
Penrith Stadium (known commercially as BlueBet Stadium) is a rugby league and association football stadium located in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia. The 22,500 capacity venue is the home ground for the Penrith Panthers who play in the National Rugby League (NRL). The all-time attendance record for the venue is 22,582 in a match between the Panthers and their Western Sydney rivals Parramatta on 17 July 2010. The stadium is set to be demolished after the 2023 season with a new stadium built on the neighbouring site currently occupied by the Penrith Paceway. History Panthers Stadium has been used by the Penrith Panthers since their entry into the National Rugby League competition in 1967. Initially, the Stadium only had one main grandstand, the Western grandstand while the ground itself was oval in shape. In the 1980s, the stadium was redeveloped into a rectangle arena more suitable for rugby league and other sports such as association football (soccer) and rugby un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penrith Panthers
The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith that competes in the NRL. The team is based west of the centre of Sydney, at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Penrith are the current reigning NRL Premiers, having won the title four times. Penrith were admitted to the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition in 1967. Penrith struggled for almost twenty years before finally reaching their first finals series. The club achieved its first Grand Final appearance in 1990 but were beaten by the Canberra Raiders 18–14. The following year, Penrith met Canberra again in the 1991 Grand Final, this time winning the game 19–12. Penrith won the NRL premiership again in 2003. Their most recent premiership achievement was over the Parramatta Eels in the 2022 Grand Final with a 28–12 victory. After losing the 2020 Grand Final to the Melbourne Storm, Penrith became the second club to retain the pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Humble
Tom Humble (born 5 November 1988) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Townsville Blackhawks in the Queensland Cup. He previously played for the Penrith Panthers, Parramatta Eels and the Wests Tigers in the NRL. He was able to cover a number of positions in the backs. Playing career A Blackwater Crushers junior, and a student at St. Brendan's College, Yeppoon, Humble played in the North Queensland Cowboys NYC team in 2008, and the club's feeder team, Northern Pride in 2009. Humble said of his time with the Cowboys, "I was 18th man a few times but I never got a start in first grade. I would have liked to but I was still pretty young when I was there and I wasn't ready." In 2010, Humble joined the Parramatta Eels. He made his NRL debut midway through the season. He made 6 appearances for the year, scoring 2 tries in games where he started at fullback, covering for an injured Jarryd Hayne. After his appearances in top grade, Humble ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etu Uaisele
Etuate Uaisele (born 12 December 1984) is a Tongan rugby league footballer who last played for the Dewsbury Rams in the Kingstone Press Championship. He plays as a winger or centre. Biography Early life Etu, short for Etuate was born in Tonga an island nation in the South Pacific. He later migrated to New Zealand in 1996 where he first started his rugby career. Growing up in South Auckland, Uaisele attended Ferguson Intermediate in Otara, he later joined Otahuhu College where he became one of the most talented students of the school. Uaisele played for the Otahuhu Leopards and represented Auckland and Counties Manukau in the regional under 16, under 17 and under 18 tournament. Playing career In 2006, Uaisele was one of the players that won the 2006 Premier League Competition for Parramatta. For the next two years, Uaisele played well in the Premier League division. However, the Parramatta Eels first grade side included international and State of Origin capped players such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kris Keating
Kristopher Keating (born 26 November 1988), is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He played as a or . Background Keating was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is the younger brother of Burleigh Bears player Matt Keating. Keating attended Westfields Sports High School, and in 2005 played for the Australian Schoolboys team. Career After the sudden departure of Brett Finch in early April 2009, Keating was rushed into the starting side for the Parramatta Eels, playing the role of stand-off. Due to his small stature and quick acceleration, opposition defenders had trouble tackling him, and he successfully broke the defensive line on numerous occasions during his first-grade NRL career. He broke his jaw in Round 10 in 2009 against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and couldn't make a comeback in the same season. In 2010 he was named on the bench and came on for some short stints at . After a poor display from Parramatta Eels’ early rounds, som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Robson
Jeff Robson (born 5 August 1982) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Parramatta Eels. He played primarily at . Playing career Robson made his NRL debut for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in 2004 against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. After only making 6 appearances in 4 years with Manly, Robson signed for Parramatta Eels at the start of 2009. Robson was playing reserve grade for the Wentworthville Magpies in 2009 when he was called up by coach Daniel Anderson to replace Brett Finch in the halves midway through the season. At the time Parramatta were 13th on the ladder, but staged an incredible run of form which took them all the way to the 2009 NRL Grand Final against Melbourne. Parramatta lost the match 23–16, when asked about what he remembers from that season Robson said "That year the team played with a lot of confidence, we were turning up to training and playing well and going really confident into the games, we'd so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with most of the metropolitan area on the Swan Coastal Plain between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp. The city has expanded outward from the original British settlements on the Swan River, upon which the city's central business district and port of Fremantle are situated. Perth is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people, where Aboriginal Australians have lived for at least 45,000 years. Captain James Stirling founded Perth in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony. It was named after the city of Perth in Scotland, due to the influence of Stirling's patron Sir George Murray, who had connections with the area. It gained cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ME Bank Stadium
Perth Rectangular Stadium (also known as HBF Park under naming rights) is a sports stadium in Perth, the capital of the Australian state of Western Australia. Located close to Perth's central business district, the stadium currently has a maximum capacity of 20,500 people for sporting events and 25,000 people for concerts, with the ground's record attendance of 32,000 people set during an Ed Sheeran concert in 2015. The land on which the stadium was built, known as Loton Park, was made a public reserve in 1904, with the main ground developed several years later. From 1910 until 2003, it was known as Perth Oval and was the home ground of the East Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). It hosted several of the competition's grand finals during that time. In 2004, the ground was redeveloped, altering it from an oval field to a rectangular field. The ground is currently home to two major professional sporting clubs: Perth Glory FC, a soccer team compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St George Illawarra Dragons
The St. George Illawarra Dragons is an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing both the Illawarra and St George, Sydney, St George regions of New South Wales. The club has competed in the National Rugby League since NRL season 1999, 1999 after a joint-venture was formed between the St. George Dragons (est. 1921) and the Illawarra Steelers (est. 1982). They officially formed as the game's first joint-venture club on 23 September 1998 and it remains the only inter-city team in the NRL. The team has its headquarters and leagues clubs in both Wollongong and the Sydney suburb of Kogarah, New South Wales, Kogarah, and trains and plays games regularly at Wollongong Showground, WIN Stadium in Wollongong, as well as at Jubilee Oval in Kogarah. From 2006 to 2018 the club was jointly owned by the St. George Dragons 50% and Illawarra Steelers 50%. In August 2018 WIN Corporation purchased the Illawarra Steelers' 50% stake. The Dragons reached the grand final in thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
