Gun Eels winger locks up long-term future

Parramatta has re-signed prima winger Maika Sivo until the extremity of the 2025 season.

The instrumentality favourite, who made his debut for the nine successful 2019, has scored 67 tries successful conscionable 83 matches successful the blue-and-gold.

He scored what proved to beryllium the winning effort successful Parramatta's preliminary last triumph implicit North Queensland successful 2022, booking a spot successful the club's archetypal expansive last successful 13 years.

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"Maika is specified a almighty jock who is not lone hard to incorporate but helium tin people tries from astir intolerable positions," said Eels shot brag Mark O'Neil.

"He is 1 of a fistful of players successful the NRL who tin bring the assemblage to their feet during a match. The sound and ambiance astatine CommBank Stadium is unforgettable erstwhile Maika scores a try.

Maika Sivo celebrates aft scoring the winning effort successful Parramatta's triumph implicit North Queensland. (Getty)

"With a young family, we are gladsome that Maika has extended his clip astatine the Eels and we look guardant to celebrating much milestones together."

Sivo's declaration hold comes connected the backmost of akin quality for teammates Dylan Brown and Will Penisini, though the aboriginal of halfback Mitchell Moses is inactive not clear.

While Moses is expected to crook down a monolithic connection from the Wests Tigers to stay astatine Parramatta, that's yet to beryllium made official.

The Eels unfastened their 2023 play against Melbourne connected Thursday night.

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