Parramatta have snuck away to the Central Coast for a coaching camp to assist them mentally recharge in a bid to keep away from one other late-season fadeout.

As Eels ahead Isaiah Papali’i stays coy about honouring his Wests Tigers deal – stopping wanting guaranteeing he can be at Concord subsequent 12 months – The Sun-Herald can reveal the blue and golds made the trek up the M1 Motorway on Saturday the place they are going to base themselves the subsequent 5 days.

The gamers will practice at Wyong, together with gruelling classes on native sand dunes. But, extra importantly, they plan to reconnect off the sector with a sequence of bonding classes designed to assist them address the robust month forward.

This time final 12 months the Eels misplaced 5 of their ultimate seven regular-season video games, and so they have began to get the wobbles in latest weeks. Friday night time’s 28-18 win over the New Zealand Warriors was removed from convincing.

Prop and co-captain Junior Paulo was given Saturday off to spend time with household, however will pack his baggage for the fourth time in six weeks to affix his Eels teammates on Sunday, and mentioned the getaway comes on the excellent time for the western Sydney membership.

“This is the time of the year you want to start hitting your straps, but also freshen up mentally and bring everyone together,” Paulo mentioned.

“We’ll be up there to work hard but also spend time together. Everyone is looking forward to it.

“We have set ourselves high standards; we want to be better heading into the back end of the year. We started well against the Warriors, but the way we finished was not up to the standards we’re talking about.”

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