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Forward roles

Hi everyone, 

I'm relatively new to rugby league so I was wondering if anyone can give me an explanation on the differences in the forward roles (prop, second row, lock etc).

I know that props are used as battering rams, but not sure how they differ to

Titans news conference at 3.45 pm

Expected to announce Neil Henrys sacking

Kahu out of eels clash

As the title reads...

FREE TICKETS for tonight's game

I have two free tickets in the away supporters bay family members dropped out, first in gets them.

Parramatta Eels braced for semi-finals dress rehearsal against Brisbane Broncos

Chris Barrett SMH

Parramatta's inexperienced semi-finals combatants are ready to handle the headlights of September, according to grand final winner Michael Jennings, who is viewing Thursday's game against second-placed Brisbane at Suncorp Stadium as

WENTY - FINGERS CROSSED THIS WEEKEND

Good luck to Wenty this weekend for the last game of the regular season.  Wenty are currently running 9th and they need to beat the Panthers and for the Bulldogs to beat Illawarra to sneak into 8th spot for the semi's. 

As Illawarra and the Bulldogs p

EELS Official 2018 kit

Definitely will be close, almost certainly, and with ISC  the manufacturer.

LIKE OR DONT LIKE ?

EDIT ; 2018 PLAYING JERSEY HOME AND AWAY LEAKED.

As always the snake has his ear to the ground, a lot of talk around that next years jersey will be very similar to this, this is what im hearing it looks like, a few people who have seen it said it looked like do.

We are changing from Xblades to ISC w

RIP AUSTRALIAN RUGBY - Disgraceful

Getting beat by the blacks 54-6, 49 minutes into the game, thats a record scoreline.

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KNIGHTS VS WENTY - MUST WIN

Wenty (9th) played Newcastle (8th) today in the second last game of the regular ISP season.  It was a must win and an early semi quality game - do or die for both teams.  Both meet earlier in the season at Cessnock with Newcastle winning the game in

Hey Cowboys.....you suck

Sharks up 24-6

Eels have shown strength in adversity

At the start of this season, many people saw the Eels fighting it out for the last spot in the 8. The loss of Kieran Foran, Junior Paulo, Nathan Peats and Danny Wicks was supposed to take a lot of the competitive edge out of the side that won 13 game

C'mon tigs

This would be good!

Should we rest players this week?

Teams often rest players in the last weekHowever, this could cause a delay getting back up to speed - like having a byeIf we have second tier cap space, why not give some players with a few niggles a rest and give the young guns a taste of first grad

EELS BACKLINE

I just saw a replay of Will Smith's try on Thursday where he beat a handful of players to score. The main thing that stood out for me was how menacing and almost Melbourne like our backline looked on that play because our backs were standing very dee

Sam Thaiday says Broncos won’t be bullied by Eels forwards again

an hour ago

The Eels will head to Suncorp Stadium on Thursday night to

Defence in 2017 one of the best in a long time.

2017 - 407 against with 2 rounds to go.2016 - 4432015 - 5732014 - 5802013 - 7402012 - 6742011 - 5382010 - 4912009 - 4732008 - 5472007 - 4812006 - 4832005 - 4562004 - 6262003 - 5822002 - 4402001 - 406

Rookie of the Year

This year so far not one eels rookie has made there 1st grade debut. Considering we still have a very young side thats a real positive witch shows the amount of work thats gone into developing the squad. This will hold us in good stead going forward.

TIME TO REST PLAYERS LEADING INTO SEPTEMBER FOOTY

As we know with the Dragons losing this weekend we are guaranteed making the semi's.  French needs to be rested and rehab up until week 1 of the semi's.  As Normy has picked up a groin/hip flexor strain I would also rest him for the next 2 weeks up t

Broncos game

Heading to the game in Brisbane on Thursday night what section will I find the blue and gold army before I buy tickets