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Eels legend Peter Sterling has made the mammoth call that young Titans wrecking ball Moeaki Fotuaika is primed to become "the best front-rower in the game". That's despite the fact that Sterling agrees with the widely held view in rugby league that,

He comes in for the last six or seven minutes, he nails the one point in that 35-34 win a number of weeks back, he was the difference, he's the difference here again." Sterling said it sounded strange that the field goal wasn't Walker's biggest play,

Parramatta great Peter Sterling believes the future is bright for the Eels regardless of how far they progress in the finals due to the number of young players given a taste of first grade at the club.

After having the week off, Cody Walker is another option to deputise at fullback during the finals series, with Benji Marshall the ideal replacement to slot in at five-eighth. However, Sterling said the Rabbitohs have too much to lose in breaking up Walker's combination with Adam Reynolds at the scrum …

Obviously the premiership binds you for life, as anyone who has won one would say, but we probably valued it more for the fact that so many of us had come through together in 2003 and 2004. “It rings true that if you get a high number of players coming …

Mitchell earlier this week accepted a six-week ban for a controversial high shot that left star Roosters Joey Many with severe facial fractures. The South Sydney fullback's latest suspension comes after having served a four-week ban earlier in the year for a grade-two dangerous contact charge on Tigers winger David …

Rugby league icon Peter Sterling says he has "no doubt" Parramatta forward Isaiah Papali'i is the buy of the season, lauding his impact on the Eels following their crucial win over the Cowboys. Papali'i has transformed into a highly effective second-rower since moving from the Warriors to the Eels ahead …

NSW Blues coach Brad Fittler has supported Rabbitohs coach Wayne Bennett in urging the NRL to push through with expansion plans, despite the huge impact of COVID-19 on the sport. Three Brisbane teams – the Firehawks,

Parramatta icon Peter Sterling says "the most disappointing" thing about the Eels' recent fall from grace has been dwindling effort on the park and a failure to rectify the same issues that also dogged their finals run last season.