Parramatta Eels Blog: The 1Eyed Eel

Both lower grades suffered losses against the crack Rooster's outfits last week to leave them both in sixth position coming into the finals.

Premier League will play the third-placed Manly at Brookvale and looks to have a team that, on paper, is talented enough to knock over any of their rivals.

Every single member of the forward pack have tasted NRL this year as have backs Luke O'Dwyer and Feleti Mateo.

The halves, Mateo and Tim Smith both have huge wraps on them and this finals series represents the opportunity for both to show that they're too good for the second division and will be ready for an NRL call up next year.

Parramatta's Jersey Flegg team has been hurt this year with a lot of its best players working their way up to Premier League or better but there is still a lot of young talent in the team, including Josh Cordoba, who played much of the season in Premier League, Brett Anderson who played a couple of NRL matches and Australian schoolboy half Blake Green.

Premier League

1. Joel Reddy
2. Matt Gruszka
3. Brett Delaney
4. Luke O'Dwyer
5. John Williams
6. Feleti Mateo
7. Tim Smith
8. Fui Fui Moi Moi
9. James Webster (c)
10. Aaron Cannings
11. Chris Muckert
12. Chris Armit
13. Shane Muspratt
14. Jeremiah Pai
15. Jim Curtis
16. Steve Mowbray
17. Fred Petersen

Jersey Flegg

1. Brett Anderson
2. Paul Marzella
3. Thomas MacGougan
4. Kris Inu
5. Joel Asher
6. Blake Green
7. Dane Queenan
8. Zeb Taia
9. Scott Jones
10. Josh Cordoba
11. Brendan Oake
12. Nathan Armit
13. Guy Williams

14. Michael Basan
15. Mark Hendy
16. Brad McLevey
17. Ben Taia
18. Matt Keating
19. Simon Greaves (two to be omitted)