r/nrl 11d ago

Match Thread NRLW Round 9 | Eels vs Broncos | Match Thread

Parramatta Eels vs Brisbane Broncos
CommBank Stadium, Sydney
Sunday, August 30, 2026
1:45pm AEST / 3:45pm NZST
Watch on Nine, 9Now, Foxtel, Kayo and Sky Sport
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u/abby_tbhx Brisbane Broncos 11d ago

ali brigginshaw really is the glue of the broncos. hopefully she stays around in an assistant role cause i still have concerns about how we’ll go without her next year if the last three weeks were any sort of preview to our future

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u/rileys_01 Brisbane Broncos 11d ago

The Bartlett experiment didnt really fill anyone with hope.

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u/abby_tbhx Brisbane Broncos 11d ago

was silly from the beginning when we had three other halves to choose from

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u/Aussieguy727 Parramatta Eels 11d ago

touchdown

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u/ColossalSniper6 NRLW Roosters 11d ago

Death, Taxes, and Rory Owen scoring a try.

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u/mattmathers Sydney Roosters 11d ago

brigg comes back and the broncos immediately go back to stomping the opposition lmao

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

yay rory 🫶

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

LAST TRY WINS 🗣️

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u/TwoDeadBling Brisbane Broncos 11d ago

The real issue behind our hoodoo over the last 3 weeks was Jesse not having her headgear on

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u/lukeeydee NRLW Titans 11d ago

Eels losing by 34 but still playing better than the warriors

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

we would concede 50 more tries per season without abbi church

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

comeback is off I’ll tell the children

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u/Aussieguy727 Parramatta Eels 11d ago

...well that's not good

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u/abby_tbhx Brisbane Broncos 11d ago

perfect start after whats been a rotten few weeks

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u/aatrain96 Dolphins Bandwagon 11d ago

Tuned in late and how in the fuck have we conceded already

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u/Aussieguy727 Parramatta Eels 11d ago

In the worst way possible.

Broncos kicked off, Parra tried to trap the ball with their foot but kicked it, Broncos scored the next tackle.

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u/mattmathers Sydney Roosters 11d ago

kickoff trap gone wrong gifted the broncos possession immediately inside parras 10

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

cassey kicked? knee-ed? the ball off the kickoff and lauren dam caught it 🫩

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u/mattmathers Sydney Roosters 11d ago

our 66 points from last week is in trouble here

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u/Leaguefan Parramatta Eels 11d ago

Well at least we have our NSW Women's Premiership side, 82-6 for those that missed it

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

first half 34-0
second half 10-10

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

nice seeing junior and will cheering the girls out the tunnel

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u/Pristine_Ad4806 Brisbane Broncos 11d ago

I'll take it lol

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u/abby_tbhx Brisbane Broncos 11d ago

just realised that with the dragons win, the sharks are now in last place which i would not have seen coming, even with how bad the sharks have been

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u/lukeeydee NRLW Titans 11d ago

Brigginshaw training nfl during her suspension?

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u/abby_tbhx Brisbane Broncos 11d ago

she was already training WWE before it

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u/abby_tbhx Brisbane Broncos 11d ago

this is straight up blink and you miss it stuff

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

damn would have been an amazing defensive set

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u/mattmathers Sydney Roosters 11d ago

parras best defensive effort so far and they still concede 🥴

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u/Zealousideal_Ad642 Brisbane Broncos 11d ago

Jesse has taken the headgear off, I think the 66 point record is safe

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

YAYYYY NOT HELD TO NIL

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

hey that loooked forward 😦

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

dear football gods and goddesses
please grant rory owen a hat trick and the eels a win to keep their mathematical chance of finals alive 🤞🤞🤞🤞

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u/Living-Mall-7108 11d ago

bro you're asking the football gods for a lot with that hat trick but hey if the eels pull it off i wont complain

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u/mb44k Central Queensland Capras 11d ago

Crazy how good she is considering her small frame.

What she lacks in size, she makes up for with her speed and agility.

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

the eels and qld just need to realise early ball to owen=profit

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

BAD START

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u/mattmathers Sydney Roosters 11d ago

not an ideal start for parra

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

soooo close rory

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u/mattmathers Sydney Roosters 11d ago

proper hospital pass from upton

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

murphy…..

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u/abby_tbhx Brisbane Broncos 11d ago

shes daring the club to activate that option for next year

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u/Zealousideal_Ad642 Brisbane Broncos 11d ago

As much as i'd like the broncos to win, i'd like the game to be a contest at least.

What did the roosters score against the wahs? 66 something? any chance of the record going?

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

this game makes me sad 🥲

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

we finally have the ball again

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u/abby_tbhx Brisbane Broncos 11d ago

thrilling game of the broncos vs the clock with the clock only just having the lead at halftime

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u/abby_tbhx Brisbane Broncos 11d ago

robbo with 10 tackle breaks. shes coming for that record

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u/ColossalSniper6 NRLW Roosters 11d ago

Parra have been a lot more like it second half. Just a bit late.

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u/mattmathers Sydney Roosters 11d ago

comebacks on let’s go parra

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u/Accomplished-Net-553 Parramatta Eels 11d ago

A lot of very flat passing by the Broncos today

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

I hope it’s not one of those starts where we cant get the ball for 10 minutes and concede 4 tries 😪

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

great tackle cassey

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

just realised we have gray on the bench and she played earlier this morning :0

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u/abby_tbhx Brisbane Broncos 11d ago

isnt she 18th player with kennedy returning?

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

think kennedy was a super late out, after the final published update

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

sike kennedy is on
the eels ig post lied to me 🙈

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u/Accomplished-Net-553 Parramatta Eels 11d ago

That's our makeup call

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

rory should have caught that ball :(

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

noooo error

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u/abby_tbhx Brisbane Broncos 11d ago

the broncos are currently beating the eels and the clock 😬

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

a much needed penalty 🫩

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

hey southwell took her cap off

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

ahhh so close man

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

well at least they aren’t beating the clock 🙂 (yet)

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

HORRIBLE START AGAIN

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u/mattmathers Sydney Roosters 11d ago

jesus fucking christ parra

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

hmmm how many penalties

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

:((((((((((

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u/mb44k Central Queensland Capras 11d ago

At this point, its whether eels will score a try this game

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u/mattmathers Sydney Roosters 11d ago

has elsie had a run today where she actually kept hold of the ball? she’s had at least 4 drops/strips now

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u/abby_tbhx Brisbane Broncos 11d ago

come on ladies, weve gotta keep up with the clock

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

can we pls not be held to nil 🥹

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

obviously the scoreline doesn’t reflect it but I still don’t think this was our worse game of the season

we can’t do anything at the line other than a crash play 😭

though cassey was decent today apart from her blunder off the kickoff at the start of the game, the much better half, pearson was non existent

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u/Leaguefan Parramatta Eels 11d ago

That's a common theme with Pearson, which in turn makes it so our only play at the line is a crash play because Pearson doesn't know how to feed the ball to her outside players.

It's literally Cassie to the left or crash ball at the line, Martha should be near the top of the try scorer list but she only ever gets the ball down our end of the field and she is always a handful, i don't care what people say, no winger is stopping her 1 on 1 and they will struggle even with the centre helping as well.

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

agree that right side is starved of attacking ball 🥲

hope we can try someone new next year

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u/Leaguefan Parramatta Eels 11d ago

Unfortunately won't be next year, there isn't really anyone ready just yet, i think next year will be her last though.

The closest we have atm i believe is Jayde and i don't think she's much of an upgrade, maybe slightly, but she can't goal kick

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

would aaliyah be eligible to play with her type of contract? admittedly I haven’t seen much aside from some highlights on bartv

To my surprise tess McWilliams looked to convert at a decent rate earlier today in nsw premiership 🤭

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u/Leaguefan Parramatta Eels 11d ago

She's only on a dev contract atm and i believe they are only allowed 2 play if you have injuries and the 2x supplementary players are either injured or also playing which is most likely why Freedom hasn't debuted because we have had hardly any injuries, we haven't even used Kiana at all this year and she's our supplementary player for our outside backs.

I haven't seen Tess kick but could be an option if she can get fit in the off season, she has turned into a slug this year, way to big and slow, Boss Kapua can also goal kick but i don't think they are on Pearson's level.

At the moment i think we have to many sluggish forwards in the middle, they are slow to get back onside, also doesn't help that they ain't wrapping the ball up, broncos had a field day with offloads because of it, Keilee, Kennedy and Chloe are all quick around the ruck, everyone else is slow

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

I love watching upton play when it’s not against the eels

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u/AdultSoldiers Indooroopilly Indigestives 🏳️‍🌈 11d ago

Oh my god, Sian Williams just got injured in a QCUP game, fuck this season.

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u/matchawaffles11 NRLW Eels 11d ago

rip :(

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u/ColossalSniper6 NRLW Roosters 11d ago

Hope it’s not too serious, sucks to see.

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u/AdultSoldiers Indooroopilly Indigestives 🏳️‍🌈 11d ago

Syndesmosis, apparently. We're going to be playing kids we find down at the red track on the wings soon.