A great night had by all…if you're a Tiger. It was wins in all games played: 40- 30 in U20s, and 28 - 26 (over Wenty) in NSW Cup as well as the thrashing of Eels 41 - 4 in NRL. Had the misfortune to sit in front of a large group of loud, opinionated Parra "experts". It was hours of listening to their confident expectation of top 8 or top 4, **the era of the Master Coach Stuart (a complete myth if you look at his stats, of course), the dawn of the new era of Parra domination...**.you name it, pre-game they were telling the world. By the end of the night, their silence was deafening, except for the bucketing of their players, officials, the ref, the venue, the crowd, the club management...but thankfully Ricky, not the coach. YET. But it will come. The only prediction I am confident in making from last night is that it's going to be a loooonngggg season for the Eels. And, that''s got to be a good ting for rugby league.