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NSW coach Brad Fittler has confirmed Boyd Cordner won't play Origin this year despite the former captain closing in on an NRL return, opening the door for a couple of Eels to make their debut. Cordner is expected to return to the paddock next month after missing the first half of the season due to a heavy knock suffered in last November's Ampol State of Origin series opener. The Roosters have adopted an extra-cautious approach around his return and Fittler, discussing the make-up of his Origin I side at a media conference at NSWRL headquarters on Wednesday, said Cordner would not be considere...

Jakob Arthur potentially won't be able to train alongside his new Eels teammates until a day before his NRL debut, but can still conduct one-on-one video analysis alongside father Brad in his family home. But an entire adolescence spent in blue and gold – plenty of it spent lapping Eels stars in fitness drills – have Parramatta at ease with the teen half handling one of the more bizarre first grade entrances in recent memory. Arthur has been named to replace the suspended Dylan Brown at five-eighth against the Warriors on Sunday, one of four "dirty" Eels players named in their 21-man squa...

With Chanel Harris-Tavita returning from a foot injury last week for the first time since round two, Brown injected Walsh into the game with 26 minutes to play in last Sunday’s disastrous 38-32 loss to Manly. Playing in the halves, the former Bronco made an immediate impact with a line break, a try assist, two tackle breaks and a try of his own. David Neilson/Photosport It was confirmed on Tuesday that Peta Hiku’s shoulder injury will rule him out for the rest of the season. But Walsh only made three tackles and missed just as many so with Brown already raising the issue of possible b...

Winners The Wests Tigers couldn't get the win against the Titans but it was through no lack of effort from their five-eighth Adam Doueihi, who registered his best NRL Fantasy score of 103 with a try and two try assists to go with five busts and a stack of run and kick metres. Tom Trbojevic finished with an even 100 as his remarkable run continued on the back of two tries, four try assists and eight busts. Nathan Cleary was back to his high-scoring ways, barely raising a sweat in cranking out 88 for the second-top score of the week. Jason Taumalolo was also back to his best, almost reaching hi...

Brandon Smith facing fortnight NRL ban AAP 5 hrs ago Murray Wenzel © Brendon Thorne/AAP PHOTOS Brandon Smith (c) is facing a potential two-game NRL ban for his shoulder charge on Damien Cook. In-form Melbourne hooker Brandon Smith is set to miss at least one week after his shoulder charge on South Sydney's Damien Cook earned the ire of the NRL judiciary. Smith was hit with a grade-one charge for his 46th-minute infringement and could be rubbed out for two games, although an early guilty plea will see his suspension halved. Backrower and teammate Felise Kaufusi escaped wit...