Mateo injury takes gloss off revitalised Eels' finals push

WESTS TIGERS halfback Robbie Farah was adamant before the game that he and his teammates weren't psyched out by the fact Parramatta had won seven straight games against them.

Records mean little as Farah eyes place in finals

WESTS TIGERS hooker-turned-halfback Robbie Farah says the team's run of outs against Parramatta is in the past and that the players have felt no need to discuss it going into tonight's game at Parramatta Stadium.

Stuart bemoans a dismal case of the blues

CRONULLA coach Ricky Stuart labelled last night's sloppy clash with the Warriors as a match unbefitting of NRL status as his side dropped out of a tie for the competition lead.

Sheens confident of beating 'lucky' Eels

WESTS TIGERS coach Tim Sheens claims his club's horrendous record against Parramatta will have little bearing on the outcome of their make-or-break NRL clash tomorrow night.

Parramatta v Wests Tigers

Vertigo gone but Hagan's finals outlook still fuzzy

Recuperating Parramatta coach Michael Hagan is taking heart from his side's gutsy win over the Sydney Roosters, but won't be drawing on the Eels' miracle run to the NRL finals under Jason Taylor two years ago.

Parra finally flick the switch

AT THE end of 2007 they were voted team most likely, but all year Parramatta have played like a mob of burger flippers waiting for their shift to end.

Fitzgibbon row proves a sore point for Freddy

ROOSTERS coach Brad Fittler accused referee Jared Maxwell of showing disrespect to skipper Craig Fitzgibbon in a bitter aftermath to yesterday's loss.

Switch of Warriors unlikely for Smith

TIM SMITH'S manager, David Riolo, says the former Parramatta halfback is unlikely to resume his NRL career with the New Zealand Warriors next season.

Roosters to do homework before Storm hits

ROOSTERS prop Mark O'Meley sat out yesterday's loss to the Eels, giving him the perfect spectator's view to compare it with Friday's night's bell-ringer, when the Storm shaded Manly 16-10.