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| Why am I not surprised that Parramatta had to pinch everything from Wests, not just the players? Substitute Balmain for Parramatta in that statement !!! |
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| Hate the Eels But was a big fan of Pete Stirling,The way he read the play,and controlled the game,Well Ive only seen Wally Lewis do it in origin,but Sterlo did it every week for the Eels,was no surprise they struggled when he retired. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Why am I not surprised that Parramatta had to pinch everything from Wests, not just the players? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The club apparently adopted the blue and gold colours from a local high school. Parramatta gained the services of Wests players residing inside the new boundaries, and supplemented this with local juniors - though it seems many of these 'locals' were former Rabbitohs who still spent most of their time living and working in South Sydney. http://www.rl1908.com/Clubs/Parramatta-Eels.htm Seeing as Wests players went to Parra, they took the "Fruit-Picker" name with them. |
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| Crest Like most clubs established before the 1980s, Parramatta was established with no official nickname or mascot. The only nickname Parramatta had ever been known by was the "Fruitpickers", a reference to the orchards spread throughout the District and surrounding suburbs in the first half of the 20th century. As the competition and the clubs themselves became more focused on marketing in the 1970s, Parramatta adopted an official club mascot. In the mid-1960s, P eter Frilingos, a Sydney rugby league journalist, suggested that the club should be known as the "Eels". This reasoning was based on the name of the Parramatta, anglicised from the Aboriginal dialect "Barramattagal" meaning "place where the Eels dwell". After this, the team was commonly called "The Eels" and it became an official nickname in the late 1970s. As a result, the club's crest was changed in 1980, to a design featuring an Eel. This crest remained, despite several changes in jersey design, until a new Eel logo was introduced in 1999. In 2005, the club mascot featured on the crest reverted to an Eel drawing similar to that featured on the original crest. Parramatta has also used two separate crests based on Parramatta City's crest. The first was a highly-detailed scene showing a typical scene on the foreshore of the Parramatta River in the early days of European settlement. It is an apparent tribute to the District's original occupants, the Barramattagal tribe. In the foreground of the original crest, a male Aboriginal is preparing to spear a fish while a woman in a canoe watches. In the background a paddle steamer is visible as well as the tree-lined banks of the Parramatta River. This crest was used by the Club until the 1970s when a more stylised version showing only the hunter, and the club's name on a scroll, was used. This crest is still used in 2006 by the Parramatta District Junior Rugby League Football Club. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parramatta_Eels |
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| Oh yeah, Wests were known as the Fruit Pickers or the Cherry Pickers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parra, from what I can deduce, were just called the "Blue and Golds", the colour apparently taken from a local high school. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wests were the fruit pickers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In the 1970s the club took on the Eels name after it was suggested by Sydney sports reporter *** Frilingos. He had pointed out that the aboriginal meaning of the word ‘parramatta' was ‘the place where the eels lie down' with an obvious reference to the Parramatta River. http://www.rl1908.com/Clubs/Parramatta-Eels.htm |
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| Parra took on the Eel logo late 60's-early 70's. What were they know as before then? I have heard it was the 'Fruit-Pickers'. Can anybody shed some light on this. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Do you rike the slippers i bought you for Christmas mr territ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Burramutta slippers....BOOT! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| noneofthem | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I agree ,the GURU was and is the greatest.3 YEARS IN A ROW ,SMASHED THOSE MON-GRELS MANLY TWICE.Got his autograph in 2006 before i moved to usa,i was so proud to meet him.I think ERIC junior is great.GO THE MIGHTY EELS! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eric Growth snr. The most damaging winger ever.....he was the prototype of the modern mobile hulks that masquerade as backs. Everytime he touched the ball you couldn't help but sit on the edge of your seat in anticipation of something special happening.......had great balance and speed for a big man and his cover defence was under rated. Oh Guru you made my blue and gold heart sing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| THE EELS WILL SMASH EVERYONE THIS YEAR.ALL THE OTHER TEAMS WON'T KNOW WHAT HIT THEM.PARRA WILL [DO TERRIBLE ,HORRIBLE ,INDESCRIBABLE,UNIMAGINAB LE THINGS ]TO THE OTHER TEAMS.THE STORM WILL PLAY LIKE PANSIES. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dic-head,Brett Finch can play. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Price and Sterlo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Finch. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Is there such a thing as a Finch fan? Other than his mum? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ernie W@nka. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| my favourite would have to be *** Sterling !! now definately Nathan Hindmarsh. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| He did alright, smashed a few players.. ;) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| what about M. Virus he was ordinary last week | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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