TIMANA TAHU might not have yet put pen to paper to play for the Eels next year but he's played an indelible role in the club's charge towards a shock grand final victory, helping to get the best out of centre Krisnan Inu. Eels chief Paul Osborne said
Read more…The NRL have announced they will review the Jarryd Hayne and Matt Keating incidents at 11am today to make a decision as to whether either player has a case to answer for.
Read more…Just who rugby league's greatest fullback is will be answered in the NRL grand final when superstars Billy Slater and Jarryd Hayne go head to head. Melbourne dynamo Slater steered his side into their fourth successive grand final with tries in both h
Read more…I've got to say, I'm somewhat surprised that a few of the Dogs fans I know are supporting the Storm in the Grand Final. Is it just me, or would you have been cheering on the Dogs had we lost? Maybe, its just my hatred of the Storm but I'm actually qu
Read more…AT THE beginning of the season Daniel Mortimer, just 79 kilograms wringing wet, was pitted against a battle-scarred cage fighter weighing 50kg more. He was out-matched and out-muscled but the Parramatta conditioning team were impressed with their roo
Read more…PARRAMATTA skipper Nathan Cayless has fresh hope of taking his place in next Sunday's grand final after scans yesterday revealed his hamstring injury was not as bad as first thought. Coach Daniel Anderson rolled the dice and won by playing injured du
Read more…I WAS wrong about Daniel Mortimer and I don't mind admitting it. When I started working with him last December, I thought he was 18 months away from being ready for NRL football. I told Eels coach Daniel Anderson as much. At the time, he didn't disag
Read more…OK, I've decided I need to give serious consideration to laying off this bet I've got ($31 at 160-1) on the Eels to win the comp. Not even so much because I don't think we're going to win, but because I'm thinking it might soften the blow if we lose,
Read more…In the final part of our three-part preview of the Dogs vs Eels clash, we look at the Eels defence and whether it can hold out the Bulldog's attack. As mentioned in yesterday's preview, the Bulldogs have been consistently excellent at scoring points
Read more…CHRIS ANDERSON knows how to win premierships, having tasted grand final success with the Bulldogs in 1995 and the Storm in 1999. He also knows how to thwart the individual brilliance of opposition matchwinners - and before tonight's preliminary final
Read more…IT COULD be a rugby league record that will never be surpassed. Football history beckons with a sell-out crowd of 80,000 looking likely for Friday night's epic Grand Final qualifier between fierce rivals Parramatta and the Bulldogs More than 55,000 t
Read more…REBORN back-rower Ben Smith has revealed a "stab to the heart" from the Bulldogs and a personal rebuke from Eels coach Daniel Anderson saved his season from park football oblivion. After publicly criticising Anderson's decision to release former team
Read more…No Parramatta fan will ever get the qualifying final in 2005. Having won the minor premiership, we sailed through the finals to come up against a Cowboys side that only a few weeks earlier had been getting pounded. It seemed a fait accompli that we w
Read more…Well yesterday we actually cracked that 500 member mark with Ryan Bownds thankfully just getting in, in front of 'Eels98'. Hitting that mark before the end of season was my Big Hairy Audacious Goal for the site this year and I'm quite stunned we've g
Read more…The Sam Tagataese hit they rubbed Daniel Mortimer out of the game and which threatens his return for the mammoth Bulldogs clash, was slammed by Eels coach Daniel Anderson yesterday. "I'm pretty upset about that. I've had numerous discussions with the
Read more…Really, really glad to see Jono Wright come out and have a good game. I must admit, I was very worried that his defence was going to get exploited today and he had a few dusty moments, but he ended up having a great game and I hope shut up a few of h
Read more…Parramatta has set up a blockbuster clash with the Bulldogs after comprehensively outpointing the Gold Coast Titans tonight 27 to 2. While the Titans got off to a good start and had the first couple of opportunities, the Eels soon gained the ascendan
Read more…For all of the analysis you can do about playing strategies, structures, strengths and weaknesses, there aren't too many games that simply don't go down to the team that wants to win more. Last week, when the Dragons thumped the Eels, they were the t
Read more…A mighty defensive performance has held back competition favourites the Dragons and delivered the Eels through to the next round of finals on the back of their 25 to 12 victory. The Eels consistently repelled the Dragons attack, which was made to loo
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