Cronulla Sharks vs Parramatta Eels Preview & Prediction | 2025 NRL | Regular Season
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The Cronulla Sharks and Parramatta Eels set to kick off the NRL’s “Magic” Round in Brisbane.
Start date/time: Friday 2nd May, 2025: UK – 9:00am / Local – 6:00pm / US ET – 4:00am / US PT – 1:00am
How to watch on TV: UK – Sky Sports / Australia – Foxtel / US – Some matches are televised live on Fox Sports
How to watch online: UK – Sky Go & Watch NRL / Australia – Kayo Sports / US – Watch NRL, and if the match is televised in the USA it can also be streamed live on Fox Sports platforms
Cronulla Sharks team news
Centre KL Iro has been named to return from a hamstring injury with Mawene Hiroti (knee) dropping out. Braden Hamlin-Uele is also in line for his first game since Round 3 after making a successful return from injury via NSW Cup last week.
Squad: 1. William Kennedy 2. Samuel Stonestreet 3. Jesse Ramien 4. KL Iro 5. Ronaldo Mulitalo 6. Braydon Trindall 7. Nicho Hynes 8. Addin Fonua-Blake 9. Blayke Brailey 10. Oregon Kaufusi 11. Briton Nikora 12. Billy Burns 13. Cameron McInnes 14. Daniel Atkinson 15. Siosifa Talakai 16. Braden Hamlin-Uele 17. Thomas Hazelton 18. Jayden Berrell 19. Tuku Hau Tapuha 20. Jesse Colquhoun 21. Hohepa Puru
Parramatta Eels team news
Head Coach Jason Lyles is forced into one change with suspended forward Kelma Tuilagi replaced by Charlie Guymer in the second row. Dylan Brown and Mitchell Moses will combine in the halves, with Isaiah Iongi lining up at fullback.
Squad: 1. Isaiah Iongi 2. Bailey Simonsson 3. Viliami Penisini 4. Sean Russell 5. Josh Addo-Carr 6. Dylan Brown 7. Mitchell Moses 8. Jack Williams 9. Ryley Smith 10. Junior Paulo 11. Charlie Guymer 12. Kitione Kautoga 13. J’maine Hopgood 14. Dylan Walker 15. Luca Moretti 16. Matt Doorey 17. Sam Tuivaiti 18. Ryan Matterson 19. Joash Papali’i 20. Dean Hawkins 21. Bryce Cartwright 22. Jordan Samrani
Cronulla Sharks vs Parramatta Eels prediction
The Parramatta Eels come to Magic round well rested after a drought breaking Easter victory against the Wests Tigers and the Round 8 bye. Their form prior to that includes only the one other victory against the Dragons amongst several heavy defeats. The return of Micthell Moses however has given newfound confidence to the Eels as well as easing the pressure on halves partner Dylan Brown.
The Cronulla Sharks continue to be a difficult team to support. They squandered several opportunities both in regulation time and then again in the golden point period of a loss to the West Tigers last week. This followed wins over the Knights and Sea Eagles and another last second loss, this time in Canberra to the Raiders. The greatest knock against the Sharks is that they cannot beat teams above them on the ladder and are yet to prove their true premiership credentials. The blowtorch will continue to be applied to Nicho Hynes if they cannot get the job done against an Eels outfit still finding their identity under new coach Jason Ryles.
The Sharks and Eels have split their last six matches, 3 wins each. This will be the first meeting between the two sides outside of Sydney. We think the points will flow freely in this match and with dry conditions in the forecast, the points over is the play here.
Cronulla Sharks vs Parramatta Eels tip: Total match points over 47.5
