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NRL probes under-the-table payments to Parramatta players
THE National Rugby League is poised to investigate property deals involving Parramatta Eels players that may have occurred at the club during the time Tony Zappia was football manager.
Italian connection comes under scrutiny
Despite having a multimillion-dollar property empire, the Parramatta Leagues Club chairman, Roy Spagnolo, has had an extraordinary run of bad luck, with a string of his property development companies failing, leaving debts including more than $1 million to the Tax Office.
Penrith v Parramatta
The bye is supposed to give teams time to get over injuries, but
for the Panthers it brought the worst possible news on that front
when captain Petero Civoniceva was forced out for seven weeks due
to an injury sustained playing for Queensland in State of Origin
II.
Hunt out for Warriors clash
Late Mail: Brisbane - and possibly Queensland - have suffered a significant blow ahead of tonight's important clash against the Warriors, with Karmichael Hunt ruled out with an ankle injury.
Eels' Sunday best just too good for Broncos
SUNDAY afternoon at Parramatta Stadium and the Eels have won. PARRA! PARRA! It's simple, it's old school, it's bloody magnificent.
Bagging Wallace showed a lack of character: Henjak
BRISBANE coach Ivan Henjak has turned the criticism of his halfback, Peter Wallace, back onto NSW officials, saying his player did not receive the support of team management in a scenario he described as "grossly unfair".
How Nathan's haircut led to a Bronco razoring
SURE, the 40-metre field goal was important but it was the effort which denied another 40-metre field goal which set it up. Who was there to pressure Darren Lockyer with three minutes remaining, forcing the Bronco to slip? Who else? The player who puts the lair in flair. The man with the hair.
Eels leave some wriggle room in the top-eight straight
THE Eels keep teasing, keep sneaking up on the top eight, keep falling back. Any team with Jarryd Hayne in it can win any game of rugby league, and after yesterday's gripping seven-point defeat of the Broncos, there's nothing stopping them from racking up a few more triumphs this season. But can the most unpredictable team in the NRL really charge all the way into the finals?
Grothe says he's grown since axing
WHEN Eric Grothe takes the field against the Broncos this afternoon
at Parramatta Stadium he'll have more than just the two points on
his mind - he's eyeing redemption.
One slip and Eels could be gone
Parramatta v Brisbane
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