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Australian rugby league football club

Parramatta Eels Women are a rugby league team, representing the Parramatta region of Sydney. The team is part of the Parramatta Eels club and plays in the National Rugby League Women’s Premiership. The club announced their first player signings in late June 2021.[2]

Seasons

The Parramatta Eels Women’s team entered the National Rugby League Women’s Premiership in the postponed 2021 season on 27 February 2022.[3][4]

Season Regular season Finals
P W D L F A Pts Pos Top Placing
2021 5 2 0 3 59 93 4 5th 4 —
2022 5 1 0 4 86 109 2 4th 4 Runners-up [5][6]
2023 9 1 0 8 104 310 2 10th 4 — [7]
2024 9 5 0 4 160 184 10 5th 4 — [8]
2025 11 5 0 6 202 234 10 7th 6 — [9][10]

2026 Draw

The draw for the 2026 season was announced on 14 November 2025.[11][12][13]

Head-to-head records

Notes

  • Share % is the percentage of points For over the sum of points For and Against.
  • Clubs listed in the order than the Eels Women first played them.
  • Last updated: 13 September 2025

Current squad

The team is coached by Steve Georgallis.[14][15]

Table last updated on 21 November 2025.

J# Player Age Position(s) NRLW Seasons NRLW Stats Tests All
Stars
Debut 2018-24 2025 2026
– Abbi Church 27 Fullback 2021 26 11 0 37 8 0 32 — 3 1 —
– Boss Kapua 21 Second-row 2023 5 5 0 10 0 0 0 — — — —
– Breanna Eales 35 Prop, Lock 2023 4 4 10 0 18 0 0 0 — — — —
Cassey Tohi-Hiku 22 Five-eighth, Centre 2022 22 5 0 27 3 0 12 — — 2 —
– Chloe Jackson 21 Second-row 2024 8 11 0 19 3 0 12 — — — —
– Elsie Albert 29 Prop 2020 15 10 10 0 35 8 0 32 — — 12 —
– Fleur Ginn 19 Centre, Five-eighth 2025 — 11 0 11 3 0 12 — — 2 —
– Keilee Joseph 23 Lock, Prop 2021 22 10 13 0 45 4 0 16 1 1 6 9 5
– Kennedy Cherrington 26 Lock, Prop 2020 4 23 6 0 33 5 0 20 — 6 6 4
– Lindsay Tui 20 Centre 2022 7 11 0 18 0 0 0 — — 6 —
– Mahalia Murphy 31 Second-row, Centre 2020 3 18 8 0 29 9 0 36 — 1 3 5
– Martha Mataele 26 Wing, Centre 2025 — 11 0 11 7 0 28 — — 2 —
– Rachael Pearson 32 Halfback 2021 12 15 11 0 38 5 81 183 — 5 — —
Rory Owen 22 Centre 2024 9 5 0 14 7 0 28 — 2 — —
– Rosemarie Beckett 22 Five-eighth, Fullback 2023 10 4 0 14 5 0 20 — — — —
– Rueben Cherrington 22 Hooker, Lock 2022 12 11 0 23 5 0 20 — — — 1
– Ryvrr-Lee Alo 19 Lock 2025 — 10 0 10 1 0 4 — — 1 2 —
– Taneka Todhunter 23 Hooker, Halfback 2023 13 8 0 21 0 0 0 — — — 2
– Tess McWilliams 19 Prop 2025 — 9 0 9 1 0 4 — — — —
– Zali Fay 24 Wing 2022 24 9 0 33 6 0 24 — — — 4
– Fontayne Tufuga — Second-row 2025 — 2 0 2 0 0 0 — — — —
– Jayde Herdegen 21 Five-eighth, Halfback — — — 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
– Jasmin Morrissey — Wing, Fullback 2025 — 1 0 1 0 0 0 — — — —
Aaliyah Soufan — Halfback — — — DV 0 0 0 0 — — — —
Katie Madigan — — — — — 0 0 0 0 — — — —

Notes:

The Parramatta Eels announced contract extensions in several instalments from July 2025.[16][17][18][19]
The Parramatta Eels announced player signings in several instalments from October 2025.[20][21]

2026 Gains and Losses

Losses
Player 2026 Club
Tyla Amiatu Released
Yasmine Baker Released
Rysh’e Fa’amausili Released
Ruby-Jean Kennard-Ellis Released
Jessica Kennedy Released
Chelsea Makira Released
Mia Middleton Released
Kiana Takairangi Released
Paige Travis Released
Madeline Jones Released
RE-SIGNED
Player Year Off Contract
Breanna Eales 2026
Chloe Jackson 2027
Mahalia Murphy 2027
Rachael Pearson 2027
Tess McWilliams 2027
Lindsay Tui 2027
Elsie Albert 2027
Cassey Tohi-Hiku 2028
Fontayne Tufuga 2028
Abbi Church 2028
Off Contract 2026
Player
Breanna Eales
Fleur Ginn
Martha Mataele
Rory Owen
Rosemarie Beckett
Rueben Cherrington
Taneka Todhunter
Zali Fay

Club records

OLDEST & YOUNGEST PLAYERS

The Oldest and Youngest players to represent the Parramatta Eels Women’s in first-grade.

Player records

Lists and tables last updated: 18 November 2025.

Most Goals for the Eels

Most Points for the Eels (20+)

Most Points in a Season (16+)

Margins and streaks

Biggest winning margins

Biggest losing margins

Most consecutive wins

  • 2 — (18 September 2022 — 25 September 2022)
  • 2 — (11 August 2024 — 18 August 2024)
  • 2 — (8 September 2024 — 15 September 2024)
  • 2 — (7 September 2025 — 12 September 2025)

Most consecutive losses

  • 6 — (20 March 2022 — 10 September 2022)
  • 6 — (2 October 2022 — 20 August 2023)

PREMIERSHIP WINS & GRAND FINAL RESULTS

Captains

All players that have captained the Parramatta Eels Women’s in first-grade.

Coaches

Coach Season Span Win % Share %
Dean Widders 2021–2023 19 4 0 15 249 509 21.05% 48.91%
Steve Georgallis 2024–present 20 10 0 10 362 418 50.00% 86.60%

RECORDS & HISTORY

FIRST GAME

BIGGEST WIN

Margin Score Opponent Venue Date
34 46–12 Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium 19 Jul 2025

BIGGEST LOSS

Margin Score Opponent Venue Date
50 6–56 Cronulla Sharks GIO Stadium 17 Sep 2023

Most consecutive wins

  • 2 — (18 September 2022 — 25 September 2022)
  • 2 — (11 August 2024 — 18 August 2024)
  • 2 — (8 September 2024 — 15 September 2024)
  • 2 — (7 September 2025 — 12 September 2025)

Most consecutive losses

  • 6 — (20 March 2022 — 10 September 2022)
  • 6 — (2 October 2022, and 23 July 2023 to 20 August 2023)

Players

The following players have appeared in NRL Women’s Premiership matches for the Eels.[22]
Table last updated: 13 September 2025.

Women’s State of Origin representatives

Past and current players that have played for Queensland and New South Wales in the State of Origin.

Prime Minister’s XIII representatives

Past and current players that have been selected to play in the Prime Minister’s XIII.

All-Stars Representatives

Past and current players that have played for the Indigenous All-Stars or for the Māori All-Stars.

Indigenous All-Stars

Player Year(s)
Tommaya Kelly-Sines 2022
Donovan 2024
Taneka Todhunter 2024 – 2025
Mahalia Murphy 2024 – 2025

Māori All-Stars

EELS ALL TIME INTERNATIONALS

Feeder team seasons

The Parramatta Eels run two women’s pathways teams in the NSWRL Women’s Premiership, and one team each in the Tarsha Gale Cup and Lisa Fiaola Cup.

NSWRL Women’s Premiership

Parramatta Eels

Season Regular season Finals
P W D L B F A Pts Pos Top Placing
2024 11 4 0 7 0 172 224 4 6th 4 — [23]
2025 11 8 0 3 0 228 168 16 5th 4 — [24]

Wentworthville Magpies

Season Regular season Finals
P W D L B F A Pts Pos Top Placing
2018 12 0 1 11 2 40 730 5 9th 5 — [25]
2019 10 4 6 6 6 184 194 20 7th 8 Elimination Semi-Finalist [26][27]
2020 6 0 1 5 1 32 120 3 7th 6 — [28]
2021 11 1 0 10 2 104 374 6 9th 6 — [29]
2022 8 0 0 8 1 74 228 2 9th 4 — [30]
2023 10 4 0 6 1 186 236 10 8th 4 — [31]
2024 11 10 0 1 0 302 106 20 1st 4 Semi-Finalist [23]
2025 11 3 1 1 9 161 298 3 11th 4 — [32]

Tarsha Gale Cup

For Under 18 players from 2017 to 2020. Since 2021, the Cup is for Under 19 players.

Season Regular season Finals
P W D L B F A Pts Pos Top Placing
2018 8 2 0 6 1 148 362 6 9th 8 — [33]
2019 9 6 0 3 0 222 168 12 5th 8 Semi-Finalist [34][35]
2020 6 1 1 4 0 58 118 3 8 — [36]
2021 8 2 1 5 1 96 226 7 6th 6 — [37]
2022 8 6 1 1 194 72 15 2nd 6 Semi-Finalist [38][39]
2023 8 4 1 3 1 112 124 11 5th 6 Preliminary Semi-Finalist [40][41]
2024 8 4 0 4 1 166 142 10 8th 6 — [42]
2025 8 5 0 3 1 226 124 12 5th 8 Premiers [43][44]

Lisa Fiaola Cup

For Under 17 players.

Season Regular season Finals
P W D L B F A Pts Pos Top Placing
2024 8 6 0 2 1 232 90 14 3rd 6 Preliminary Semi-Finalist [45][46]
2025 8 6 0 2 1 224 122 14 3rd 8 Premiers [47][44]

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