The Tip Sheet - 2024 Ep 15: Eels Gunning For Hot Start Against Dogs

A gargantuan Saturday looms for the Parramatta Eels as a whopping 7 games take place from the Lisa Fiaola Cup all the way through to the season opener of the NRL. Sixties and Forty20 hunker down as they preview all of the action. The day starts with the Lisa Fiaola as they ready for a Top 4 tussle with the Roosters while their senior cohorts in the Tarsha Gale scheme to spring a massive upset against the Roosters Indigenous Academy. The Harold Matthews will be looking to consolidate their place in the Top 4 but the SG Ball need to bounce back from a 2-loss skid. There are plenty of familiar faces in the Jersey Flegg this year and it looks to be an exciting squad. How will they fare against the Bulldogs in Round 1? The NSW Cup team is punctuated by the inclusions of Blaize Talagi, Ethan Sanders, Matthew Arthur, Charlie Guymer and Brock Parker. Can they be the sparks to start the season running? Finally the NRL kicks offs in 2024 for the Eels with a clash against the Western Sydney rivals in the Canterbury Bulldogs. The Dogs have spent big in free agency and have a raft of new faces in their team this week. The Eels, by contrast, only added Morgan Harper and Kelma Tuilagi - which team is better positioned as a result? The boys lock in their predictions ahead of what should be a bumper crowd at CommBank Stadium on Saturday night.