{"id":814382,"date":"2026-07-21T12:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/814382\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:58:09","slug":"another-significant-injury-added-to-eels-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/814382\/","title":{"rendered":"Another significant injury added to Eels crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/parramatta-eels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Parramatta Eels<\/a> have added another fresh injury concern, with forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/charlie-guymer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie Guymer<\/a> set to be out for eight to ten weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Guymer played in Round 19 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nswrl-competitions\/nsw-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NSW Cup<\/a> against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/sydney-roosters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Roosters<\/a>, where he played 58 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>It has since been confirmed he will be on the sidelines with a PCL injury and will miss the rest of this season.<\/p>\n<p>Guymer, who extended with the Eels until the end of 2028, has been through injuries with a long recovery process previously, as Guymer&#8217;s 2024 season was disrupted with a syndesmosis ankle injury.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-232235 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"NRL Pre-Season Rd 3 \u2013 Roosters v Eels\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2262770876-scaled.jpg.webp\"\/>GOSFORD, AUSTRALIA &#8211; FEBRUARY 21: Charlie Guymer of the Eels is tackled during the NRL pre-season match between Sydney Roosters and Parramatta Eels at Polytec Stadium, on February 21, 2026, in Gosford, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/matt-doorey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Doorey<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/jmaine-hopgood\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">J&#8217;maine Hopgood<\/a> continue to recover from their ACL injuries and won&#8217;t see them until next season, they both have returned to the training paddock for the first time since their early season-ending injuries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/junior-paulo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Junior Paulo<\/a> is expected to be fully recovered this week from his right knee injury, after recovering and undergoing arthroscopy surgery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/sean-russell\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Russell<\/a> (left adductor strain), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/bailey-simonsson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bailey Simonsson<\/a> (left ankle fracture) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/te-hurinui-twidle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Te Hurinui Twidle<\/a> (right quadriceps strain) are all expected to be fully recovered by Round 23.<\/p>\n<p>Simonsson has been out of the Eels side since his injury in Round 5 this season.<\/p>\n<p>Twidle has gone through another major injury this season, after sustaining a grade 3 AC joint injury in his debut game earlier this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The young halfback played the entirety of the match against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/manly-sea-eagles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manly Sea Eagles<\/a> in Round 18 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nswrl-competitions\/nsw-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NSW Cup<\/a> before being ruled out with a quadriceps strain.<\/p>\n<p>There is potential to see Paulo, Russell and Simonsson return in Round 23 when the Eels play the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/south-sydney-rabbitohs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Sydney Rabbitohs<\/a> at Allianz Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Parramatta Eels have added another fresh injury concern, with forward Charlie Guymer set to be out for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-814382","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\/814382","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=814382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}