{"id":492045,"date":"2026-02-20T08:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/492045\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T08:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:54:10","slug":"how-wallaby-matt-burke-and-new-halves-partner-jonah-pezet-will-take-mitchell-moses-to-a-new-level-for-parramatta-eels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/492045\/","title":{"rendered":"How Wallaby Matt Burke and new halves partner Jonah Pezet will take Mitchell Moses to a new level for Parramatta Eels"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cHe brings that big-game experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pezet has made 18 NRL appearances after being stuck behind Storm stars Jahrome Hughes and Cameron Munster, but will get the first chance to wear the No.6 jersey vacated by Dylan Brown.<\/p>\n

\"Matt<\/p>\n

Matt Burke kicking a goal in 2008.Credit: Dallas Kilponen<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s very confident, he\u2019s very loud, but it\u2019s good,\u201d Moses said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something that we needed and even if it\u2019s just for the year, it puts us in a really good position to win games now.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s fit right in with the boys. He loves footy, I love footy, and we both enjoy learning new things, putting most of our time and our life into footy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The much publicised departure of Zac Lomax<\/a> will result in Moses taking on the goal-kicking duties on a full-time basis. Burke, part of Australia\u2019s 1999 Rugby World Cup-winning team, has been providing goal-kicking tuition as a consultant.<\/p>\n

\u201cMitch hits them really well,\u201d Burke said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s got skill, he\u2019s got rhythm, he\u2019s got tempo. He\u2019s a golfer, so if there\u2019s an analogy I use with golfing swings, he gets that.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe golf swing is a really good example \u2013 you take the club away, be efficient and you have to be square when you hit the ball. It\u2019s the same thing with the footy on contact.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s small things that get you in that right spot. We\u2019ve just done a couple of tweaks \u2026 he\u2019s been working hard by himself to make sure those tweaks come into effect.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moses said the Eels\u2019 inability to convert tries wasn\u2019t good enough last year and he was already benefiting from Burke\u2019s tips.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t goal kick well at all last year,\u201d Moses said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were some big games where our goal kicking cost us, we\u2019re gonna have to be better in that aspect.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had Burkey come in and do some goal-kicking with us, it\u2019s been good.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cHe brings that big-game experience.\u201d Pezet has made 18 NRL appearances after being stuck behind Storm stars Jahrome…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-492045","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\/492045","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=492045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}