{"id":32343,"date":"2025-07-30T11:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T11:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/32343\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T11:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T11:45:08","slug":"eels-wave-goodbye-to-hands-for-now-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/32343\/","title":{"rendered":"Eels wave goodbye to Hands… For now – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Parramatta Eels<\/a> have confirmed hooker Brendan Hands<\/a> has been granted an immediate release to join Toulouse Olympique<\/a> for the remainder of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

Hands, however, remains contracted to the Eels for the 2026 NRL<\/a> season, ensuring his return to the club next year.<\/p>\n

Parramatta Eels<\/a> General Manager of Football Mark O’Neill spoke highly of Hands’ time at the club.<\/p>\n

“Brendan has been terrific for us during his time at our Club,” O’Niell said in a club statement.<\/p>\n

“This is a great opportunity for him to gain valuable experience where he can continue his development in a new environment.”<\/p>\n

This move marks another step in Parramatta’s significant roster overhaul throughout the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

The club has already parted ways with key players like Bryce Cartwright<\/a> and Joe Ofahengaue<\/a>, who were released earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Ryan Matterson<\/a> was permitted to depart for the Super League<\/a> for the remainder of the season, highlighting the Eels’ ongoing efforts to reshape their squad under Jason Ryles<\/a>, who has made no apologies for his ruthless approach.<\/p>\n

Hands’ temporary switch to Toulouse Olympique<\/a> provides the 25-year-old with a chance to gain regular game time and further his development in a competitive setting.<\/p>\n

His return to the Eels next year will see him again battling Tallyn da Silva, who made a mid-season switch from the Wests Tigers<\/a>, and boom youngster Ryley Smith<\/a> for the club’s number nine jumper.<\/p>\n

It’s likely Hands will again be third in the pecking order though, and could angle for a more permanent exit from the west of Sydney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Parramatta Eels have confirmed hooker Brendan Hands has been granted an immediate release to join Toulouse Olympique…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-32343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}