# 2022 Parramatta Eels season

The 2022 Parramatta Eels season was the 76th in the club's history. Coached by Brad Arthur and co-captained by Clinton Gutherson and Junior Paulo, they competed in the NRL's 2022 Telstra Premiership.

## Summary

Parramatta finished the 2022 regular season in fourth place. The season saw a club record membership tally of 34,264. Along the way, the club defeated Penrith the defending premiers twice, the first of which was a 22–20 victory at Penrith Stadium which ended their long winning streak at the ground. The club also defeated Melbourne both home and away. Although the club finished within the top four, many pundits and experts wrote off Parramatta's premiership chances. In week one of the finals, Parramatta were beaten 27-8 by Penrith with Mitchell Moses being taken off injured in the second half. The following week in the elimination final, Parramatta comfortably defeated Canberra 40–4. This would set up a preliminary final meeting against North Queensland in Townsville. Parramatta headed into the game as outsiders but pulled off one of the biggest upsets in 2022 and NRL finals history defeating North Queensland 24–20. In the 2022 NRL Grand Final, Parramatta played against fellow Western Sydney club Penrith. Parramatta would go into the half-time break 18-0 down and would eventually lose 28–12 with Clinton Gutherson and Jake Arthur scoring Parramatta's tries.

## Squad information

The playing squad and coaching staff of the Parramatta Eels for the 2022 NRL season.

## Transfers

In:
| Pos. | Name | From | Transfer window | Date |
| HK | Mitch Rein | Gold Coast Titans | Pre-season | October 2021 |
| WG | Bailey Simonsson | Canberra Raiders | Pre-season | December 2021 |
| FB | Josh Tuipulotu | Youth | Pre-season | December 2021 |
| PR | Ofahiki Ogden | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Pre-season | February 2022 |
Out:
| Pos. | Name | To | Transfer window | Date |
| WG | Blake Ferguson | Green Rockets Tokatsu (rugby union) | Pre-season | September 2021 |
| HK | Joey Lussick | St Helens | Pre-season | September 2021 |
| WG | Michael Oldfield | Southport Tigers | Pre-season | September 2021 |
| PR | Sam Hughes | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Pre-season | September 2021 |
| FE | Will Smith | Gold Coast Titans | Pre-season | October 2021 |
| LK | Keegan Hipgrave | Retirement | Pre-season | November 2021 |

## Home and away season
### League table

2022 NRL seasonvte :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Penrith Panthers (P) | 24 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 636 | 330 | +306 | 42 |
| 2 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 573 | 364 | +209 | 38 |
| 3 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 633 | 361 | +272 | 36 |
| 4 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 608 | 489 | +119 | 34 |
| 5 | Melbourne Storm | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 657 | 410 | +247 | 32 |
| 6 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 635 | 434 | +201 | 32 |
| 7 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 604 | 474 | +130 | 30 |
| 8 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 524 | 461 | +63 | 30 |
| 9 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 514 | 550 | −36 | 28 |
| 10 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 469 | 569 | −100 | 26 |
| 11 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 490 | 595 | −105 | 20 |
| 12 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 383 | 575 | −192 | 16 |
| 13 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 455 | 660 | −205 | 14 |
| 14 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 372 | 662 | −290 | 14 |
| 15 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 408 | 700 | −292 | 14 |
| 16 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 352 | 679 | −327 | 10 |

### Result by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | N | H | A | – | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | B | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Points | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 18 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 |

### Matches
## Finals series
### Bracket

| Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| 9 September – Sydney | 9 September – Sydney | 9 September – Sydney | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Penrith Panthers | 27 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Parramatta Eels | 8 | 16 September – Sydney | 16 September – Sydney | 16 September – Sydney | | | | |
| | | | Parramatta Eels | Parramatta Eels | 40 | | | | |
| 10 September – Melbourne | 10 September – Melbourne | 10 September – Melbourne | Canberra Raiders | Canberra Raiders | 4 | 24 September – Sydney | 24 September – Sydney | 24 September – Sydney | | | |
| 5 | Melbourne Storm | 20 | | | | Penrith Panthers | Penrith Panthers | 32 | |
| 8 | Canberra Raiders | 28 | | | | South Sydney Rabbitohs | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 12 | 2 October – Sydney | 2 October – Sydney | 2 October – Sydney |
| | | | | | | | | | Penrith Panthers | Penrith Panthers | 28 |
| 11 September – Sydney | 11 September – Sydney | 11 September – Sydney | | | | 23 September – Townsville | 23 September – Townsville | 23 September – Townsville | Parramatta Eels | Parramatta Eels | 12 |
| 6 | Sydney Roosters | 14 | | | | North Queensland Cowboys | North Queensland Cowboys | 20 | | |
| 7 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 30 | 17 September – Sydney | 17 September – Sydney | 17 September – Sydney | Parramatta Eels | Parramatta Eels | 24 | | |
| | | | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 12 | | | | | | |
| 10 September – Sydney | 10 September – Sydney | 10 September – Sydney | South Sydney Rabbitohs | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 38 | | | | | |
| 2 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 30 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | North Queensland Cowboys | 32 | | | | | | | | |