Parramatta's focus is on the immediate future of a premiership tilt but Eels chairman Max Donnelly will be pitted against figures from the club's past at an extraordinary general meeting at Rosehill Racecourse on Wednesday night.

At an event he has described as "one of the most important in the history of the Eels," Donnelly will try to secure the passing of strict new eligibility requirements to be a director of Parramatta Leagues Club, which owns the NRL team and is its major financial backer.

Crucial AGM: Eels chairman Max Donnelly is gearing up for Wednesday's meeting. Credit:Anna Kucera

The move comes after the sacking of the board by the state government's Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority last year over the club's rorting of the salary cap. However, it is understood to be facing pushback from some familiar quarters, with former Parramatta supremos Denis Fitzgerald and Roy Spagnolo among those who are said to oppose the constitutional changes.

The reforms would exclude anyone who was on a Parramatta board before July 16, 2016 from standing for future elections but they require 75 per cent of attending members to vote for them to pass.