It was a match Ralph Kelly, an avid Wests Tigers fan, should have been able to enjoy trading friendly barbs with son Stuart, an Eels fan, over.

Aaron Woods has made the stunning confession he could have been swayed to stay at the Tigers had Ivan Cleary taken over the reins sooner.

The last time James Tedesco stood toe-to-toe with Mitchell Moses ... well, he has the scars to prove what it was like.

The NRL's trial of appointing an independent doctor to help mitigate concussion risk in State of Origin matches could be expanded to include this year's finals series.

The NSW front-rower played all 80 minutes at Lottoland on Sunday, four days after the Blues were blown away in Brisbane.

Manly have come from behind to see off Wests Tigers at Lottoland in a victory that keeps the Sea Eagles entrenched in the NRL top four.

Disgraced former Wests Tigers NRL player Tim Simona has been given an 18-month good behaviour bond for his "cruel hoax upon members of the community".

The Wests Tigers insist they didn't think about trying to avoid their first wooden spoon since becoming a merged club before beating Newcastle 33-12 on Sunday.

Sydney Roosters are set to lose their utility player Connor Watson to a rival NRL club despite having a year left on his contract.

Wests Tigers hooker Matt Ballin has announced his immediate retirement from the NRL.

A sleepless Jarryd Hayne conceded he is already "off himself" and had no issue with Wayne Bennett's criticism of his State of Origin stupor after battling back spasms to give the Titans a glimmer of NRL finals hope.

Don't look now Tigers fans, but the Spoon Off awaits. That dreaded clash still two months from the end of the regular season where the winner has a better chance of avoiding the inanimate wooden utensil the butt of many a sporting joke. And they can thank Jarryd Hayne for that.

One-time Parramatta poster boy Daniel Mortimer emerged from the NRL wilderness to lead the Sharks to a last-gasp win over a patched-up Tigers, who plunged to the NRL cellar after a dramatic loss at Southern Cross Group Stadium on Saturday night.

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Paul Gallen is closing in on 300 NRL games, arguably none as hard earned as just the one his cousin Matt Eisenhuth will play. And it just happens to be against Gallen's Sharks.

There was a time James Tedesco couldn't take a step on a football field without fear his body would abandon him.

A wiser Luke Brooks is on the verge of playing his first game for the Tigers in the post-Mitchell Moses era, but took time to defend his housemate who has endured a rocky honeymoon at Parramatta.

James Tedesco has admitted he grew up wanting to be just like the man he will mark-up against on Wednesday night, basing his game around Billy Slater.

A barnstorming performance from teenager Latrell Mitchell was the shining light in what was a lacklustre victory for the Sydney Roosters over the Wests Tigers on Sunday afternoon.