{"id":769972,"date":"2026-06-30T13:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/769972\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T13:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:41:12","slug":"nrl-2026-the-huge-mitch-moses-problem-eels-must-figure-out-is-he-worth-his-1-3-million-contract-has-missed-32-games-since-2024-rugby-league-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/769972\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL 2026: The huge Mitch Moses problem Eels must figure out, is he worth his $1.3 million contract, has missed 32 games since 2024, rugby league news"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s a huge Mitch Moses problem the Eels \u201chave to figure out\u201d with the star halfback\u2019s unavailability in recent years placed under the microscope.<\/p>\n

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Parramatta haven\u2019t got anywhere near bang-for-buck on their Moses investment which is around $1.3 million a season.<\/p>\n

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Moses has dealt with several injury issues and just hasn\u2019t been able to get on the park for the most part. <\/p>\n

In fact, as foxsports.com.au\u2019s Paul Crawley revealed on NRL360, Moses has played in just 33 club games out of a possible 63 since the start of the 2024 season.<\/p>\n

Crawley noted that Moses has only played two games more than another oft-injured player in Latrell Mitchell.<\/p>\n

Last week, Mitchell\u2019s status as a marquee player was questioned <\/a>given the amount of time he\u2019s spent on the sideline.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe sat here having a crack at Latrell last week and his million dollar deal and whether he\u2019s a marquee player because of the amount of the games he\u2019s missed,\u201d Crawley said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMitch Moses right, if you go back to the start of 2024, Moses has played 33 games for the Eels. Latrell has played 31.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you look at their contract values, Moses is listed as a $1.3 million player while Latrell is listed as $1.1 million so in my books, Parra aren\u2019t getting as good a value for money out of Mitch as Latrell is doing for South Sydney.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a valid point,\u201d NRL360 host Braith Anasta added. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re going to talk about Latrell and the amount of games he\u2019s played for Souths and then you compare that to Mitch and the impact \u2026 I would say for certain that Mitch isn\u2019t even a bigger loss to the Eels as Latrell is to Souths. And Mitch is on a lot more money.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve (Parramatta) got to figure that out. He\u2019s got to play more games for the money he\u2019s on. They depend on him so much, we\u2019ve seen that over the past few seasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Since making the grand final in 2022, the Eels haven\u2019t been back to the finals.<\/p>\n

Despite expectations they\u2019d improve sharply this season, it appears Parra are again destined to finish near the bottom of the table. <\/p>\n

Moses has only missed three games this season but his form has been up and down.<\/p>\n

However, the skipper isn\u2019t the only Eels problem. <\/p>\n

While there have been some good moments in the halves by the likes of Ronald Volkman and Joash Papalii, there\u2019s no clear answer as to who should play five-eighth next season and beyond.<\/p>\n

Stop gap option Jonah Pezet was underwhelming before he suffered a serious injury but he\u2019s not even going to be at the club next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve got a number of roster problems to fix. Front row, outside backs but they also need a half to partner Moses,\u201d The Daily Telegraph\u2019s David Riccio said.<\/p>\n

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Anasta believes trying to find a top notch six willing to play second fiddle to Moses will difficult before Riccio noted they could have had they let not a quality junior slip to a rival.<\/p>\n

\u201cMitch wants to be the man, be in control and have the ball so you\u2019ve got to find a half that comes in and isn\u2019t that player and that\u2019s a challenge,\u201d Anasta said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrying to find an elite six to go in and partner a guy who wants to own the team is a challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBlaize Talagi is the one that they lost,\u201d Riccio interjected. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe would\u2019ve beena good partner in crime. The way he runs the ball, strong, powerful and lets Nathan weave his magic,\u201d Anasta replied.<\/p>\n

The Eels will attempt to keep their slim finals hopes alive when they take on Manly this Sunday. <\/p>\n

With Moses in Origin camp, the Eels will be steered around the park by Volkman and the returning Pezet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a huge Mitch Moses problem the Eels \u201chave to figure out\u201d with the star halfback\u2019s unavailability in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":769973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-769972","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\/769972","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=769972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}