Parramatta have all but given up on signing a winger before Monday's transfer deadline after a late bid for Canberra's Harley Smith-Shields failed.
The Eels could move Bailey Simonsson to the wing or give Arthur Miller-Stephen his NRL debut with Isaac Lumelume, who was named to start against St George Illawarra on Sunday, very unlikely to play.
The western Sydney club has had a bad run with wingers. Maika Sivo (suspension), Lumelume, Haze Dunster and Zac Cini (injuries), and Waqa Blake (form) have all missed portions of the season.
Harley-Shields was seen as a stop-gap solution for the final four rounds of the year for the Eels, and was...