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This week we take a look at how the Eels are set to let their fans down all over again, the Bulldogs' pursuit of Cameron Ciraldo, and Billy Slater and Brad ...

"I know there are another couple of tough seasons to come for the Bulldogs but I think I could handle it. We have already seen through the Origin series that Fittler was incapable of selecting the best New South Wales team for the job, so his "expertise" won't be missed. Last week in a losing effort against the Rabbitohs, they scored some of the best tries seen this season. "I think it would be a really good challenge. Instead, they spilled the kick-off after a miscommunication between Shaun Lane and Waqa Blake. The Broncos' subsequent possession finished with a brilliantly placed Reynolds cross kick to Corey Oates who scored his second try of the night. The Broncos enjoyed plenty of possession in the first half but, most concerning for the Eels, they were able to score tries seemingly at will.

Andrew Johns believes the Broncos are looming as a premiership smokey but they will get a stern test in Thursday Night Football against an Eels side eyeing ...

Adam Reynold strips the ball one-on-one from Waqa Blake with the Eels on the attack and soon afterwards Payne Haas crashes through two tackles to extend Brisbane’s lead. 20 min: That’s why he’s on the big bucks! This time he’s scored the match-winner after the ball came loose in a Kotoni Staggs tackle on Clint Gutherson. Reynolds converts. 80 min: The Broncos’ defence has been a highlight tonight, capped off by a wonderful effort by Staggs and Reynolds to hold up Blake over the line when the Eels centre appeared certain to score. Great win by the Broncos, who leapfrog the Storm into fourth spot on the provisional ladder. 69 min: What was I saying about Adam Reynolds being involved in everything?

With skipper Adam Reynolds at his scheming best and Payne Haas making a powerhouse return after two games out, the Broncos climbed to 26 points on the back of ...

The Eels face a blockbuster clash with the Panthers at CommBank Stadium in Round 20. We couldn't catch the ball off the kick off and I thought it put us on the back foot. We got away to a good start and continued it in the second. Wally Lewis Medal winner Carrigan took the ball 20 metres out from the Eels line and stood in a Reed Mahoney tackle before getting a right-handed flick pass away to Haas. Looking to make a mark in his first game back from shoulder problems, Haas exploded from a standing start to leave Mahoney and Isaiah Papali'i in his wake and dot down for his first try of the season. There's been good momentum at the club and to get those elite Origin guys in it was a good effort. I thought we had good energy in the second half.

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maybe the best is still to come from Maika Sivo in his fourth NRL season.” “It has been an enormous return from Payne Haas, but Carrigan has been doing plenty of damage with his footwork and short passing through the middle,” Ennis said. “Payne Haas... he is almost impossible to stop on a retreating defence with a head of steam up like he does,” Cooper Cronk said. “There was a 30 minute period there where the Broncos just dominated, all the play was down this end of the field, Carrigan and Haas do it again,” Alexander said. “Payne Haas... he is almost impossible to stop on a retreating defence with a head of steam up like he does,” Cooper Cronk said. Moments later, on return from a pair of shoulder injuries, Payne Haas stamped his mark on the game, bursting through the line from 20 metres out to score.

It's fifth plays sixth as the Broncos travel to Parramatta to take on the Eels, with both teams trying to keep pace with the top four.

Parramatta's draw will do them no favours as they too fight to clinch the all-important double chance. Oates had the Broncos' first after he pounced on a series of kicks along the ground, and when Will Penisini was sin-binned for a professional foul, Capewell capitalised on the extra-man advantage on Brisbane's left edge. As the Brisbane pack monstered their rivals, Haas posted a game-high 202 run metres and looks at short odds to make the Dally M Team Of The Year for a second season running.

'It makes no sense': V'landys fumes as superstar's concert 'undermines' $15m race.

Why wouldn’t you do it the week before or the week after? “Why would you undermine it by putting a one-off pop concert down the road? “Also, I don’t know if you’ve seen the road infrastructure in Moore Park and the eastern suburbs of Sydney, it can’t handle all those people in cars.

The Parramatta Eels had a grim moment on the back of the second-half kick-off in their loss to the Brisbane...

What a dreadful start for Parramatta." The Broncos capitalised on the scoreboard when winger Corey Oates crossed for a try in the following set. After limping to the CommBank Stadium sheds trailing 24-10 at the break, the Eels' second half began in dismal fashion when Waqa Blake and Shaun Lane got caught in a muddle.

'It'll get really messy': NRL great Smith fears Kangaroos-Origin divide amid eligibility debate.

I’m not saying that it’s wrong to want to play for the country of your families heritage…I completely understand that. I tell you a big chance of who will be there and that’s Josh Addo-Carr. “If you’re willing and you’re happy to play State of Origin and take on everything that State of Origin gives you, not to mention a large sum of money per match to play State of Origin, then you should be available to play for Australia, at least to be selected for them.” “If you want to play State of Origin, if you want to represent Queensland or New South Wales which is a state of Australia, then I think you need to be available to play for the Kangaroos. I really do. It’ll be a really, really strange situation that we find ourselves in. “We’ll have a situation where in the World Cup, let’s say Josh gets picked and I really feel as though that’s a real possibility, Josh Addo-Carr will be representing Australia in a World Cup but wasn’t good enough to play for New South Wales.

The NRL is in uproar after the moment the bunker stepped in to rob the Eels in a controversial moment in their loss to the Broncos.

I set myself pretty tight to obviously get myself in front of that lead runner. “So, too smart, and got one over the Bunker there. The NRL is in uproar after the moment the bunker stepped in to rob the Eels in a controversial moment in their loss to the Broncos.

'Why not?': Cameron Smith's big call in $1m Moses debate.

It’s kind of an example of the reverse where does anyone really believe that the Storm think that he’s only worth $750,000 on the open market? “But for us as a club, that’s just not the value that we can afford to pay him right now. They may just need that person to boost the profile of the club and to entice some commercial opportunities to come in. “It’s like a house. To the Wests Tigers he might be worth $1.3 million,” Smith said on the show. “Why’s he not worth a million dollars?

NRL legend Johnathan Thurston slams decision to disallow Parramatta Eels try · This video is either unavailable or not supported in this browser · Dirty night for ...

Parramatta’s draw will do them no favours as they, too, fight to clinch the all-important double chance. “Too smart and (Reynolds) got one over the bunker there,” Thurston said during the game. Oates had the Broncos’ first after he pounced on a series of kicks along the ground, and when Will Penisini was sin-binned for a professional foul, Capewell capitalised on the extra-man advantage on Brisbane’s left edge. “He was a big body so I needed to get myself in front of him and then tried to check and release, so I got bumped.” “It’s a part of the rules,” he said. Despite Reynolds’ distance from Blake’s play at the try line, Makatoa’s contact with Reynolds’ inside shoulder in the moments before the try was enough for the bunker to rule a no-try.

As a New Zealand-born Tongan who was raised in Melbourne and previously played Australian rules, Fonua Pole is a pretty unique prospect in the NRL.

I haven’t [met him properly] yet, he came around training and told me I had a good game recently. He seems like a cool bloke who is always having a laugh with the boys.” “Knowing what they did for the club, all three of them, they obviously know what it takes to win, so I am real keen to learn off them and hopefully we can turn the club around,” Pole said. “We are only just starting to see the tip of the iceberg, and it’s not guaranteed they’ll all go on to play NRL. But I do think the long-term benefits of that the club will see over the next few years. “I really do think that is the case [that we have a great generation coming through], and it hasn’t been by luck, the whole club has really focussed on development in the last few years,” Betsey told NRL.com. “Originally mum just wanted to get me out of the house and took me to training for AFL,” Pole said.