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Its with great sadness that our beloved Sir Col The Mushroom passed away at 3am This morning

Adrianna Col's wife rang me with the news he passed peacefully this morning.

She asked me to hold back releasing this news until now so that all family members were aware.

Col's wife and daughters have done a unbelievable job in nursing him through thi

Switch Waqa and Opacic

In attack they both seem to be on their wrong side to me - so long term seems to be the correct move. Sivo was considered in need of a good experienced  defensive centre but the need seems to be more on the other side now. Short term you cannot have

Here's an idea from a Unicorn

I love BA because he is Parra through and through.....at various times I have suggested that he should be managed out, probably in circumstances like this, then he goes and wins a lot of games, has emotional breakthroughs with his son and honestly I

Matterson to take up option; Cartwright in talks to extend

NRL.com:
Ryan Matterson is set to come off the open market by taking up his contract option to stay at Parramatta next year as the Eels kick off extension talks with Bryce Cartwright.

NRL.com understands that Matterson is poised to enact his final-year

We win Ugly for a reason

I think most of the mental problems being talked about exist with our supporters.

Anyone around in the late 70's that watched our development would remember all those criticisms being now talked about.

A blogger mentions Penrith as the real thing along

Game management

We did OK at this for a while this year but have gone back to our old ways of trying to score on every set. I suggest that in the first twenty minutes, wearing your opposition down is more important than scoring. Scoring does deny them possession; ho

How do you solve a problem like Waqa Blake?

Parramatta fans' deepest fears came true on Sunday afternoon as the Manly Sea Eagles exploited the nearly invisible defensive efforts of Waqa Blake to the tune of four tries and a sin binning, leading to a fifth try.

Blake's defensive efforts were do

Gone back to being dumb - led by Gutho

Gutho just does not get game management. he leads the charge of trying to score every set.

Kicks up a lottery on the third instead of wearing out the opposition. Then we play against 12 and never use the numbers.

With the crackdown tiring out the oppos

Fast starts, but hammer blow withheld

Not even a bout of gastro was keeping this Eels supporter from watching the game on Sunday. With my phone perched on pillows, among water bottles and me barely cogniscent enough to switch Kayo on, I still somehow found the strength to cheer on the Bl

words of wisdom among the BS

Bennett in his presser was arguing against the bunker pulling play back for incidents the ref missed and in general against officiating that stops the game and breaks the momentum. During this he said something along the lines of:

It is a game of attr

NRL tells referees to sin-bin any player guilty of high shots as game looks to crack down on injuries

NRL referees have been told to treat high-contact like punching and sin-bin any player who makes direct contact with an opponent's head.

In an extension of the game's heavy crackdown on high shots, players will spend time off the field for any forcefu