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On this day, Eels fans rejoice after a stirring comeback victory over one of their fiercest rivals while an historic player loan deal is done between the Storm and Tigers.

On January 27, 2011, Parramatta Stadium played host to a Legends of Origin clash with a difference as the rugby league community rallied to raise funds for victims of the Queensland floods

On this day, Clive Churchill leads Kangaroos to a big win, the Steelers get the green light and the High Court rules the NSWRL transfer system invalid in the famous Dennis Tutty case.

On this day, inaugural Ashes Test ends in a draw, Ricky Stuart gets Kangaroos coaching gig and Allan Langer outlines comeback plan.

Both Parramatta and Manly-Warringah entered the competition in 1947 on the wave of optimism that followed WWII, and have been traditional rivals ever since. Back then, both teams were situated on the extremities of Sydney, and fought for their survival. Despite beginning their journeys together, the two clubs have met with very different levels of […]

This is the fourth article in a series where I’ll name who I think were the best players to play in a grand final in each decade, focusing this time on the 1980s. The criterion I have used are: •The player must have actually played in at least one grand final, or grand final replay, […]

This is the fourth article in a series where I’ll name who I think were the best players to play in a grand final in each decade, focusing this time on the 1980s. The criterion I have used are: •The player must have actually played in at least one grand final, or grand final replay, […]

I once saw a young Peter Sterling playing touch football on a field next to Parramatta’s old home ground, Cumberland Oval. In the late 1970s I was teaching at a high school in western Sydney. The staff had a touch football team that played on Thursday afternoons after school in a teachers competition at Parramatta […]

As part of a series looking back at four decades of State of Origin football, NRL.com revisits 1981, where Wally Lewis succeeded Big Artie as Maroons captain and proved the historic win in the first ever Origin the year before had been no fluke.

Blues brilliant backline: How current crop compares to Origins best Author Timestamp Share on social media In the wake of the devastating attacking display by the NSW Blues in Origin I in Townsville, comparisons between the 2021 backline and those of golden eras past were both inevitable and flattering. They may have only 46 Origin games between them but the sizzling seven who made a mess of the Maroons in the series opener played with the sort of poise and composure that suggests theyll have m...