2000 Parramatta Eels season

2000 Parramatta Eels season
NRL Rank7th
Play-off resultPreliminary Finalists (Lost 10–16 vs Brisbane Broncos, 2nd Preliminary Final)
World Club ChallengeDNQ
2000 recordWins: 14; draws: 1; losses: 11
Points scoredFor: 476; against: 456
Team information
CEODenis Fitzgerald
CoachAustralia Brian Smith
Captain
StadiumParramatta Stadium (Capacity: 20,741)
Top scorers
TriesAustralia Jason Moodie (12)
GoalsAustralia Clinton Schifcofske (38)
PointsAustralia Clinton Schifcofske (104)
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The 2000 Parramatta Eels season was the 54th in the club's history. Coached by Brian Smith and captained by Nathan Cayless, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2000 Telstra Premiership.

Summary

Parramatta finished an inconsistent 2000 season in seventh place. However, in the first week of the Finals series, Parramatta was involved in a big upset, defeating the second placed Sydney Roosters 32–8 at the Sydney Football Stadium. There was only three points which separated the two clubs on the competition ladder.

The Parramatta side managed to repeat the result against local rivals Penrith the next week in a comfortable 28–10 win in front of 25,746 at the same venue, meaning that the club reached their third straight NRL Preliminary Final. Parramatta were looking to make it "Third Time Lucky" against the former NRL premiers, Brisbane Broncos, but it ended up to be "Third Time Unlucky" as the Broncos won the match 16–10. Parramatta were known throughout the 2000 season as the "Baby Eels" due to the club having only eight players in the entire squad who were over the age of 25.[1][2]

Standings

2000 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Brisbane Broncos (P) 26 18 2 6 696 388 +308 38
2 Sydney Roosters 26 16 0 10 601 520 +81 32
3 Newcastle Knights 26 15 1 10 686 532 +154 31
4 Canberra Raiders 26 15 0 11 506 479 +27 30
5 Penrith Panthers 26 15 0 11 573 562 +11 30
6 Melbourne Storm 26 14 1 11 672 529 +143 29
7 Parramatta Eels 26 14 1 11 476 456 +20 29
8 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 26 13 0 13 570 463 +107 26
9 St George Illawarra Dragons 26 12 0 14 576 656 -80 24
10 Wests Tigers 26 11 2 13 519 642 -123 24
11 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 26 10 1 15 469 553 -84 21
12 Northern Eagles 26 9 0 17 476 628 -152 18
13 Auckland Warriors 26 8 2 16 426 662 -236 18
14 North Queensland Cowboys 26 7 0 19 436 612 -176 121

1 North Queensland were stripped of 2 competition points due to a breach of the interchange rule in Round 4.

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Parramatta Eels 2000 NRL season". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. ^ "Hodgson see parallels with 'Baby Eels'". www.theage.com.au. August 2005.
  3. ^ "Honour Roll". parraeels.com.au. Parramatta Eels. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.