Parramatta Eels

Parramatta exploded out of the blocks with their most damaging start to a game in more than four decades before Jakob Arthur finished the job on debut as the Eels beat the Warriors 34-18.

Jakob Arthur, the son of Eels coach Brad Arthur, will start at five-eighth for his NRL debut. The 18-year-old will join take over for the suspended Dylan Brown and link-up with Mitchell Moses in the halves.

The Parramatta Eels have recorded consecutive wins defeating the Canberra Raiders 26-24 after scoring in the final seconds at Ringrose Park.

Parramatta's 260 points scored in nine games at 28.9 per game and differential of +136 both beat anything in the Eels' history.

Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson has been hit with a suspended $10,000 fine for criticising the Bunker in a post-match press conference. The Roosters coach labelled officials “incompetent”, after the Parramatta Eels’ Dylan Brown initially escaped punishment despite sending the Roosters’ Drew Hutchison to hospital.

It’s not often referees have their own cheer squad at games but that’s what happened to Kieren Irons when he made his NRL debut as touch judge for the Round Eight game between Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Parramatta Eels at Stadium Australia.

The Brisbane Broncos have officially announced the signing of Adam Reynolds on a three-year deal, starting in 2022. The South Sydney halfback will leave Redfern at the end of the year in a huge boost to Brisbane’s chances of rising back up the ladder after a disappointing 2020 season.

Telegraph understands that the Eels are trying to quickly sort a new contract for the 18-year-old so he can make his Parramatta debut against New Zealand on Sunday. Arthur came into the squad as a result of an injury to first choice five-eighth Dylan Brown and SEN host Andrew Voss …

Rugby league guru Phil Gould has launched a ferocious attack on the NRL in the wake of the Parramatta Eels contract fiasco involving Brad Arthur's son Jakob. Gould says it's "a farce" and "ludicrous" that NRL players with development contracts aren't allowed to make their first-grade debut until 10 rounds …

Nathan Brown claims he knocked back better money and more security elsewhere to stay at Parramatta in order to win a premiership at the Eels.