The Canberra Raiders were today boosted for their Round 13 NRL clash with the Parramatta Eels, securing boom centre and flanker Joel Monaghan for the crunch game after his brief stint in the NSW State of Origin camp as a shadow player for Mark Gasnier.
The Parramatta Eels are struggling badly in the 2008 NRL season, sitting on 12 competition points on the NRL Table, their ladder position is helped by 2 byes already received and after narrow, heartbreaking losses to both the Brisbane Broncos and Manly Sea Eagles the Eels have let many chances slip.
With former half Tim Smith now long gone and the new combinations only just starting to form, the Eels need to bag a win against the Canberra Raiders at Parramatta Stadium or risk not only losing touch with the front running NRL Rugby League teams, but missing the finals for the first time in 3 years
Today the NRL News (www.nrlnews.com) forums went live, with registration open for free to any Rugby League fan. Make your voice heard in 2008, comment on games, news and any NRL item you like right throughout the year.
You will find gossip, news and speculation - make sure you don't miss any of the football gossip at the NRL News forums
With the Melbourne Storm and new NRL team the Gold Coast Titans both doing well, and soon to have new Rugby League stadiums. The NRL must surely be considering expansion in the years ahead.
Posibbly another team in New Zealand or moving Rugby League back to Perth, the NRL has more options now as the game grows and slowly returns into the healthy state it was once in
Popular NRL Rugby League site NRL News has now switched to the Wordpress platform and boasts a much cleaner and smoother interface for 2008. With a nice easy reading format - their popular website is much easier for visitors.
Similar to the Foxsports interface, users see all the daily NRL Rugby League stories and can choose which ones to read. With a featured NRL article and plenty of other info - this is the site for Rugby League diehards