The Manly Sea Eagles and Parramatta Eels renew their fierce rivalry on Sunday afternoon with plenty at stake in the race for the finals, and you can find our full betting insights and tips available below.
Manly enter full of confidence after dismantling Melbourne and remain firmly in the hunt for a top-four finish, while Parramatta are looking to bounce back after another disappointing defeat. With the Sea Eagles forced into key changes through injury and Origin duty, the Eels welcoming back Jonah Pezet, and recent history favouring Manly, this shapes as a fascinating clash — and one well worth analysing before placing a bet.
Betting Insights
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The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles have won three of their last four NRL games against the Parramatta Eels, including a 33-18 win when they met earlier this season (Rd 8); though, they’ve defeated them twice in a single season only once in the last 12 seasons (2021).
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The Parramatta Eels have won only two of their last seven NRL games at CommBank Stadium, while the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles have won only one of their last six games there and haven’t defeated the Eels at the venue since 2021.
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The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles have scored the opening try of the game in nine of their last 12 NRL games against the Parramatta Eels, including their last three in a row; in fact, Jake Trbojevic scored the opening try of the game the last time these teams met.
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The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles have lost three of their last four NRL games away from 4 Pines Park, including their last two in a row and a 13-12 Golden Point defeat to the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in their last such fixture.
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The Parramatta Eels have scored fewer than 16 points in a game on seven occasions this NRL season including in their last three consecutive games; though, they have held their opposition scoreless at in the first halves of two of those last three games.
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The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles have scored the opening try of the game on 12 occasions this NRL season, the most of any team in the competition, winning eight of those 12 games.
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Despite winning 15-12 against the Canberra Raiders the last time they played without Mitchell Moses, the Parramatta Eels have won just seven of their last 27 NRL games without him.
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No player has scored the opening try of the game more times in the 2026 NRL season than the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles’ Tom Trbojevic (3), who has scored seven tries and made 12 try assists across his last 10 games against the Parramatta Eels.
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Brian Kelly (Parramatta Eels) has been directly involved in seven tries across his last seven NRL games against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, including one try and one try assist against them in Round 8 this season.
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Reuben Garrick (Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles) has scored 14 tries across his 15 career games against the Parramatta Eels, including two hat-tricks, while no team has conceded more tries to opposition centres this season than the Eels (19).
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