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The omen for ending Parramatta's 36-year wait for a premiership might come in the shape of a newly capped netball international who has never seen the Eels lose live.
Elle Temu is the partner of Eels back-rower Isaiah Papali'i, who choked back tears while singing the national anthem last week after winning her maiden cap for New Zealand against Jamaica.
Border restrictions enforced by COVID-19 and the fact Temu, 22, has been pursuing her own career with the Northern Stars in the ANZ Premiership means they have spent little time together over the last two-and-a-half years.
Isaiah Papali'i will be key to Parramatta's hopes of winning the Grand Final on Sunday
But with the border with New Zealand softening over the last six months, Temu has developed into a good luck omen for the Eels.
'I've been able to get to three games this year and they've won every time I've been to see him play,' Temu told AAP.
'He put an Instagram post up last week and said I was his lucky charm.'
Temu comes from good league stock.
The Eels star and his partner Elle Temu saw each other sporadically over the past two years due to strict border restrictions in New Zealand because of Covid-19
'Her grandfather Stan Martin coached the Cook Islands and the Kiwi Ferns and is now a prominent player agent, while her father
