Daniel Lane on Ricky Stuart

Eels take a life lesson from Stuart and his fight for a cause

Daniel Lane ''For fathers, new to this, give support and love.'' - Ricky Stuart, page 200, The Australian Autism Handbook

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Master and apprentice go toe-to-toe for the honours

Daniel Lane, Michael Chammas FRANK Ponissi, the general manager of Melbourne Storm's football operations, listened to the notion there would be two versions of his team playing one another at ANZ Stadium on Saturday night and,...

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Jennings cock-a-hoop with club change and subsequent form revival

Daniel Lane City Origin centre Michael Jennings credited the treatment he has enjoyed at Sydney Roosters - especially after last year's winter of discontent at Penrith - as a compelling motivation for him to...

Barrett eager to thrill despite Stuart's criticism game is going backwards

Daniel Lane As Parramatta coach Ricky Stuart warned rugby league was regressing to a game of ''hit the defensive line and surrender'', Trent Barrett said his Country Origin team would aim to thrill against City...

Desperate Eels pay top dollar in scramble to boost talent pool

Daniel Lane Canterbury prop Aiden Tolman is believed to have benefited from Parramatta's inability to recruit big-name players, after the Eels splashed out with a $2 million, three-year offer.

Parramatta's hidden gem is raring to play a starring role

Daniel Lane Luke Kelly is in the second of his three-year deal with Parramatta but, after missing most of his first season with the club because of a cheekbone injury, members of the Eels' army of supporters...

Sacked staff may return

Adrian Proszenko and Daniel Lane Candidate for Cronulla board elections will consider reinstating sacked coach and staff.

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Cronulla staff may be reinstated after Irvine's bloodied exit

Adrian Proszenko, Daniel Lane A candidate standing for the Cronulla board elections will consider reinstating the sacked coach and staff members if he is successful in ousting the current directors.

Triple threat: Hayne thrilled to be among leading men

Daniel Lane JARRYD HAYNE made one firm commitment before he officially signed on to co-captain Parramatta in a season the club's long-suffering supporters crave success and glories.

Daley to give key Blues an early nod

Daniel Lane NSW coach Laurie Daley will phone a select few Blues in the next couple of weeks - a good four months before game one of the State of Origin series - to tell them that, barring injury or an...

Meninga's Origin tip for rival

Daniel Lane MAL MENINGA bled too much alongside Laurie Daley during their time in the lime green jumper of Canberra during the 1980s and '90s to allow a triviality such as fanatical state pride to stop him from...

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Mannah hungry for more

Daniel Lane PARRAMATTA prop Tim Mannah won't bother to ask new Eels coach Ricky Stuart why he wasn't used during the Blues' State of Origin campaign last year because in his heart he knows the reasons.

Eels fume as Folau changes tack again

Daniel Lane Israel Folau has fallen so far from grace that he is now Parramatta's most reviled individual.

Eels spurn Tahs target Izzy

Daniel Lane, James McSmith ONCE Parramatta's most sought-after player, Israel Folau has fallen so far from grace that he is now the club's most reviled individual.

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Now Hopoate looks to Japan

Daniel Lane WILL HOPOATE is the latest big name NRL player eyeing off a stint in Japanese rugby.

Farah considers offer from Eels

Daniel Lane, Michael Carayannis WESTS TIGERS skipper Robbie Farah is weighing up an offer to link with his NSW coach Ricky Stuart at Parramatta as the dramas escalate at the joint-venture club.

Video refs axed over blunders

Adrian Proszenko, Daniel Lane VIDEO referees Steve Clark and Paul Simpkins will be the latest in a long line of officials to be dumped this year after the NRL admitted what we knew already - they got the Kieran Foran call...