{"id":536337,"date":"2026-03-12T21:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/536337\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T21:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:20:11","slug":"jason-ryles-press-conference-jonah-pezet-parramatta-eels-vs-brisbane-broncos-round-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/536337\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Ryles press conference, Jonah Pezet, Parramatta Eels vs Brisbane Broncos, Round 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eels coach Jason Ryles had some confusing feedback on star recruit Jonah Pezet after he inspired Parramatta to a 40-32 comeback victory over the Broncos, who he will join in 2027. <\/p>\n<p>A week after Pezet managed just six run metres, three errors, two missed tackles and no try involvements in a 52-4 loss to the Storm in his Eels debut, Pezet bounced back in style. <\/p>\n<p>Watch every game of every round of the Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports | <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkleague-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-nrl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>The young five-eighth, who was signed to the Eels on a one-year deal for 2026, on route to a three-year stay at the Broncos from 2027, had two linebreak assists, four try assists and a try to pilot the Eels to a big upset in Round 2 after they were down 20-6 early. <\/p>\n<p>However, Ryles put the breaks on heaping too much praise on his young playmaker in his post match press conference. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJonah is a work in progress and we knew that he was when he came to the club,\u201d Ryles said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was it? Four try assists, but there are some other parts of his game that we need to work on and he\u2019s really aware of that. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo whilst that is really pleasing for him, he has also got some areas of his game that we want to keep working hard on, so we will just keep working hard with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ryles was pressed on Pezet\u2019s improved defence as he only missed two tackles and made 12, including a try-saver on Jordan Riki. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAh we will keep working on it,\u201d Ryles said with a wry smile. <\/p>\n<p>MORE NRL NEWS<\/p>\n<p>WHISPERS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2026-dragons-express-interest-in-jahream-bula-sharks-centre-jesse-ramien-meets-with-cowboys-scott-drinkwater-future-jaxon-purdue-to-bears-transfer-whispers-nrl-news\/news-story\/7e9e99b68fa42b9a003ee9047fa9c167\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Flanno eyes Tigers star; Sharks gun spotted with rival team\u2019s coach<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TALKING PTS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2026-talking-points-for-round-2-braydon-trindall-and-nicho-hynes-combination-kalyn-ponga-anthony-seibold-contract\/news-story\/21a3e8156b798dab128aa387bf685eae\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Brutal\u2019 Manly reality; transformed 145kg star compared to icon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MCKINNON: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2026-the-underrated-reason-dylan-brown-signing-will-work-for-knights-broncos-bench-ezra-mam-alex-mckinnon-column\/news-story\/17e47b092cd6853c0d593378b3dcd400\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Knights\u2019 new weapon I didn\u2019t see coming&#8230; and baffling Broncos lesson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mitchell Moses and Jason Ryles.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n<p>Ryles was further pressed on what areas of Pezet\u2019s game need to improve, but refused to go into specifics. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo that is something we will work on individually because he\u2019s done some really good things tonight and he has got a couple of things to work on and he is really aware of that,\u201d Ryles said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will get back to training on Monday and continue to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was interesting that Ryles feels there is so far to go in Pezet\u2019s development, given the club only has one season to get him up to speed and most of that work will be for the benefit of the Broncos, who he will join next season. <\/p>\n<p>It begs the question why the Eels signed a half so early in his development for one season, when most of the work they will put into him in 2026 will be for the benefit of a rival club. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is 20 games into his career and we are really aware of that,\u201d Ryles said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are happy with where he is at, but like every player in our squad and even Mitchell (Moses) he has got things to work on and we will get back to training on Monday and we will do that.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports NRL Sportmail. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=NRLArticle&amp;utm_medium=TextLink&amp;utm_campaign=signup\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up now!!! <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We softened and teams find you&#8221; | 04:45<\/p>\n<p>Eels skipper Mitchell Moses echoed his coach\u2019s sentiments when summing up what it has been like to combine with Pezet so far this season. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has been good,\u201d Moses said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe both love our footy, so we talk footy all the time and it has been a pretty easy transition to be honest. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is definitely a lot of footy we can work on. We are probably not up to scratch yet, but it is a work in progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we can play a lot better than we did tonight and there are a lot of areas we can try and work on and get better and we will look at that and try to get better, but there is still a lot of things to work on.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Reece Walsh scores RIDICULOUS try | 01:24<\/p>\n<p>However, Ryles reserved more praise for his team as a whole, who fought back from 20-6 down to stun the Broncos, a week after being thrashed in their season opener against Melbourne. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy only expectation tonight was that we fought hard and that we stayed in the contest every play,\u201d Ryles said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it did get to 20-6, it was 80 per cent possession against us and a lot of things were going against us like the six-agains, so the most pleasing thing for me above the result was the fact that is our footy club. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou play for Parramatta, you fight for every play and you contest every play and we saw that in live action tonight. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the same time there is lots of things we need to work on and we will get our lessons again like we did last week and look to improve on those things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the character shown by the group and the fight, that\u2019s what a Parramatta player looks like.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eels coach Jason Ryles had some confusing feedback on star recruit Jonah Pezet after he inspired Parramatta to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,4428,266031,266032,667,4556,27285,27146,266033,4746,6407,22326,761,762,158,25294,165500,668,13391,107074,7623,33195,85,22317,122414,38392,35829],"class_list":["post-536337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-brisbane-broncos","tag-comeback-victory","tag-confusing-feedback","tag-footy-club","tag-jason-ryles","tag-jonah-pezet","tag-linebreak-assists","tag-live-action","tag-mark-st-john","tag-michael-maguire","tag-mitchell-moses","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-one-year-deal","tag-pleasing-thing","tag-press-conference","tag-reece-walsh","tag-rival-team","tag-run-metres","tag-season-opener","tag-sports","tag-try-assists","tag-try-involvements","tag-young-five-eighth","tag-young-playmaker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536337","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=536337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}