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Did Ricky take a leaf from Jack Gibson?

With Ricky's comments in regards to refereeing in the press conference I began to think about the coach who was the best at it. Jack Gibson was a genius at criticising referees to get a desired result. Stuart's comments were warranted but I think the

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Work Smarter, not Harder says Hayne.

SUPERSTAR Jarryd Hayne says his embattled Eels, who were flogged 50-0 by the Roosters on Monday, don't need to work harder, just smarter.

Speaking exclusively to News Limited last night, Hayne said Parramatta had been guilty this season of "droppin

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Is There Room for Jason Taylor?

Jason Taylor was and still is one of the best technical readers of the game. He's not like Andrew Johns in terms of talent but he for what he lacked in talent, he made up for with brains. He's one of the few premier players of the game who could quit

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Timmy Looks To Honour Little Brother

AFTER Parramatta's first trial match in February, Tim Mannah reached into his blue and gold kit bag to pull out his mobile phone.

Sweat still dripping from his brow, Mannah hurried to find little brother Johnny's number.

It was a post-match ritual

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Sterlo: Eels Have Long Way To Go

It hasn't been smooth sailing for the Eels this year, but things got really rough last night following their 50-nil thrashing by the Roosters.

Former Eels legend Peter Sterling told Triple M's Rush Hour Parramatta were just blown away by a team that

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Refs Axed After Missed Shoulder Charge

Canberra centre Blake Ferguson is set to be sidelined for up to eight weeks and referees Gerard Sutton and Brett Suttor have been dropped from first grade as the shoulder charge rule continues to cause controversy.

Ferguson has a suspected fractured

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Roosters Crow After Slaying Eels

After last week's poor effort against an energetic Tigers side Eels fans were expecting an improved performance from their team. Especially given they had pushed the previous year's Grand Finalist's the week before.

The match would be a big test of t

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This is a cunning plan

I have thought about that performance and I can only draw 1 conclusion. It's a cunning plan. So cunning in fact that it has been developed by a fox who was the head lecturer on cunning at Cambridge University and has since moved on to take over the C

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Match Report Won't Be Happening

On the back of that disgraceful performance I can't bring myself to write a report detailing how the Roosters stacked on 50 points. It was an absolutely disgusting performance with the only light being that Ryan Morgan had a decent game. I never thou

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Eels Join the Easter Show

So we have finally made do with a relatively easily organised marketing stream in the form of the Sydney Royal Easter Show. The Eels will have a stall for the duration of the show, handing out showbags, merchandise and even the ability to sign up as

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The Jack Gibson Suite

The man himself now has his room in the house that he built. The newly unveiled suite offers room for 40 patrons and is situated on the 40 metre line on the Western Grandstand.

Jack Gibson is a legend of the Parramatta club after he coached the side

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Hayne Wants to Emulate Lockyer

JARRYD Hayne has challenged himself to adopt Darren Lockyer's champion qualities in a bid to become Parramatta's ideal skipper.

Not satisfied with his performance in last weekend's narrow loss to Canterbury, Hayne yesterday nominated Lockyer as the

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Nightmare Scenario Considered

EXCLUSIVE

A defaulted grand final and an internal draft to reinforce the ranks of any club stripped of players because of doping sanctions are among the contingency plans the NRL has drawn up in response to the drugs scandal.

NRL chief executive Davi

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A Legendary Salary Cap

So I have been thinking if Sterling and co. played today what paycheck would they be commanding? I'm not talking about fitting those legends under a salary cap but by how much would they break the salary cap.

1. Paul Taylor: $300-400K

2. Neil Hunt: $

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Cheyse Blair isn't a Winger

So I've been reading a number of the comments on Yoshi's blog about Cheyse Blair. Many of the comments state that Blair doesn't play like a winger and that he's making mistakes a winger shouldn't make. Let's not forget that Blair isn't a winger by tr

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