Today’s game will be one to savour but my nerves and routine will be the same as every NRL game I’ve played for the past 13 years, writes Nathan Hindmarsh. Every game day, unless a rogue child strays into the bedroom, I wake up at 9am instead of the usual 7am. Sleep is really important [...]
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Parramatta Stadium is to be transformed into a NRL grand final live site for Eels fans unable to get tickets to Sunday’s sold-out game at ANZ Stadium, the former Olympic stadium at Homebush. NSW Premier Nathan Rees says the state government will open Parramatta Stadium to fans from 2pm (AEDT) to allow supporters to watch [...]
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PREMIER Nathan Rees has urged the people of NSW to back the ”mighty Eels” in the NRL grand final. Yesterday the self-confessed westie said the Parramatta players would need the support of the whole state as they took on their interstate rival in the season decider. ”I call on everyone in NSW to get behind [...]
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THE Mayors of the two most passionate districts in rugby league – Parramatta and Canterbury – go head to head. Tony Issa and Robert Furolo give their teams a pre-final By Tony Issa, Parramatta Lord Mayor IT’S been a long time coming. Every year, Eels supporters think this is their season to win the premiership [...]
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Bulldogs coach Kevin Moore realises that consistency is no longer good enough. After watching fellow season pacesetters St George Illawarra and the Gold Coast get bundled out of the NRL finals, Moore is adamant his side won’t make the same mistakes and will step up to finals intensity against a red-hot Parramatta side in the [...]
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