MODERN-DAY rugby league players obviously spend way too much time watching kids' television.

THERE was a time when Reni Maitua valued saving lives above rescuing his stricken NRL career.

THE team lists for the final round of the NRL have been released. Check out the injuries and full ins and outs here.

PARRAMATTA co-captain Nathan Hindmarsh has sought assurances that coach Daniel Anderson will be at the helm next year.

THE Rabbitohs are back in the NRL top eight - for now - after they beat the Eels  tonight.

IT'S the battle of the two scorned five-eighths. One of them has a point to prove - the other has his immediate future to play for.

IT'S easy to label someone a choker from the safety of The Daily Telegraph newsroom.

LUKE Burt is hardly the first rugby league player to crack under pressure. Phil Rothfield names his top 10. Join Buzz's blog

AS Luke Burt lined up the penalty, he knew the Eels' finals aspirations rested on his boot.

PIRTEK boss Glen Duncan has rubbished suggestions he played a role in the bid to lure Stephen Kearney to the club.

IT'S a dressing-room pact that retiring Parramatta captain Nathan Cayless doesn't want mentioned.

DANIEL Mortimer is about the size of the cornerpost but defends in the middle like a forward.

THE old adage is that you need a halfback to win a premiership. We rate the NRL's playmakers.

FELETI Mateo is determined to remind Parramatta what they are losing at season's end as the Eels continue their late-season surge.

THIS time last season Parramatta killed off Wests Tigers' premiership campaign for a heartbreaking fourth straight year.

THE New Zealand Warriors have finished their regular season with a 26-12 win over the Parramatta Eels.

EELS skipper Nathan Cayless has good reason for wanting to score a try in his Parramatta swan song.

SPORTS Editor-at-large Phil Rothfield has named his team of the year - but there's only space for one Dragon. See team, have your say

PARRAMATTA coach Daniel Anderson is planning to revive the career of former Test prop Carl Webb.

FUIFUI Moimoi will have club and country on his mind when he tries to stop Souths' monster forward pack Friday night.

PUT down the scarfs and beanies: the search for rugby league's looniest fan is officially over.

WITH only two rounds left in the regular season, the battle for finals spots is hotting up. See the full team details for round 25.

LUKE Burt's teammates couldn't do it, nor could his coach. Finally, it was a two-year-old who brought the smile back to Burt's face.

PARRAMATTA'S NRL finals hopes are on life support after the Eels lost 20-18 to the Wests Tigers.

MICHAEL Hagan admits he doesn't really know Daniel Anderson, his coaching successor at Parramatta.

IT'S taken two decades, but Parramatta have finally turned to club legend Peter Sterling.

QUADE Cooper's closest Wallaby mates are questioning his mooted big-money move to the NRL.

PENRITH will get top four. Dragons will win. But Souths are GONE. Our experts predict the NRL outcome.

PARRAMATTA'S chances of signing Quade Cooper have been boosted after the gun Wallaby failed to reach a deal during talks with the ARU.

THE spectacular fall of Eels halfback Daniel Mortimer has reduced him to playing for Wentworthville.