Inside Parramatta

The drought is middle-aged now.

Parramatta's premiership drought turned forty this year: four titles between 1981 and 1986, none since. The decade splits in half, five finals trips to 2022 and then the slide, 14th for win rate across the last three seasons and 16th on rating in late August. The commercial build ran the other way. The leagues club owns the football company outright, the operator made a $6.3 million profit on $58 million of revenue in 2025 per its accounts, and the $70 million Kellyville centre opened last year. The football news has been livelier than the ladder: Zac Lomax left a year into his deal after a court settlement and won't play NRL again until 2028, per the Herald, Jason Ryles has this year punched a wall during a loss to Souths and blasted the Bunker, and Jarome Luai arrives next year as captain. The Telegraph asked whether the Eels are a sleeping giant or asleep at the wheel. The building, at least, is wide awake.

• Operator accounts, audited, 2025: revenue $57.96 million, profit $6.3 million, employee benefits $31.7 million.
• Parramatta Leagues Club owns the NRL company outright, separate board since the 2017 constitution. Its annual contribution to football is unpublished.

Checked 21 August 2026 · Evidence high

At a glance

• Home crowd, 2026: 21,407 across 12 home matches, up 5,503 on 2025
• Members, 2025: 36,668, published by Parramatta Eels
• Following: 1,098,877 across 5 platforms
• Brand value, 2025: $98M
• Who owns the club: Parramatta Leagues Club owns 100% of the NRL operator
• Accounts we can see: Separate audited accounts for the NRL operator
• Training base: James Hardie Centre of Excellence, Kellyville · opened May 2025
• Head coach: Jason Ryles

Ownership & Financials

• Parramatta National Rugby League Club Pty Limited is wholly owned by Parramatta Leagues Club and, under the constitution adopted in early 2017, is run by a separate board, CEO and management.
• Standalone audited 2025 accounts exist for the NRL operator.
• 2025 revenue before finance income of about $57.96M.
• 2025 profit of about $6.30M.
• 2025 employee benefits of about $31.66M.
• 2025 medical expense of about $1.20M.
• 2025 facilities expense of about $1.49M.

Following & Sponsorship

• Principal Partner: James Hardie

Leadership

• Mark O'Neill, General Manager of Football
• Matthew Beach, chair

Football Department

• Jason Ryles, NRL head coach
• Jordan Rankin, Jersey Flegg head coach
• Mitch Lewis, SG Ball head coach
• Josh Hodgson, Harold Matthews head coach
• Ryan Walker, Tarsha Gale head coach
• James Reid, Lisa Fiaola head coach

Facilities

• James Hardie Centre of Excellence, Kellyville: A $70 million precinct opened in May 2025 with five fields, training facilities replicated for men and women across NRL, NRLW and elite pathways, a 1,500-seat community venue and function and education rooms.
• Eric Tweedale Stadium, Granville: Second academy base alongside Kellyville Park, especially for younger academy players.

Pathways

• The Eels run complete men's and women's ladders from junior representative grades to NRL and NRLW, with the Eels Academy supporting more than 300 young players and a separate current affiliate in Wentworthville below the club's own NSW Cup and Jersey Flegg sides.
• The Eels field Jersey Flegg, SG Ball, Harold Matthews, Tarsha Gale and Lisa Fiaola teams in 2026, below their own NSW Cup, NSW Women's, NRL and NRLW sides.
• All five pathway teams reached a final in 2025; the Tarsha Gale and Lisa Fiaola sides won their competitions.
• The Eels Academy, launched in February 2026, supports more than 300 young athletes with full-time coaching, performance and wellbeing staff, based at Kellyville Park and Eric Tweedale Stadium.

Results

• All-time win rate: 46.1% (All first-grade games), 13th of 17
• Last 10 seasons: 50.0% (2017–2026), 8th of 17
• Last 3 seasons: 36.1% (2024–2026), 14th of 17
• Team Rating: 76.8 (2026 season), 16th of 17
• Premierships: 4 (Since 1947), 7th= of 17
• Finals seasons: 31 (Since 1947), 5th of 17

Sources

• 2025 Parramatta football-company accounts — Parramatta National Rugby League Club Pty Limited (via footyindustry.com)
• Parramatta Leagues Club reform — Parramatta Eels
• Our board — Parramatta Eels
• Club statement: Jim Sarantinos to step down as CEO at end of 2026 season — Parramatta Eels
• Parramatta Eels officially open the world's largest rugby league Centre of Excellence — Parramatta Eels
• Parramatta Eels launch Eels Academy — Parramatta Eels
• Parramatta Eels announce 2026 elite pathways head coaches — Parramatta Eels
• Parramatta Eels club profile — NRL
• Wentworthville Magpies — our history — Wentworthville Magpies

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