PARRAMATTA skipper Nathan Cayless has labelled new front row partner Justin Poore a worry wart - and not just because he's about to face his former Dragons teammates.

ST GEORGE Illawarra fullback Darius Boyd has described Parramatta opposite Jarryd Hayne as the best in the world. And the Dragons star wants to be just like him.

WILLIE Mason is on the bench. Lote Tuqiri will start for the Tigers. And a whole batch of rookies are set to debut. Check out the full teams for round one. 

DANIEL Mortimer writes exclusively for The Daily Telegraph to reveal in his own words the inside story of his decision to stay with Parramatta.

BOOM five-eighth Daniel Mortimer has today signed a new two-year contract with the Eels worth an estimated $500,000 after knocking back a huge offer from the Bulldogs.

NRL players have ex-footballers arranged to give talks but after former Wallaby coach and radio king Alan Jones spoke to the Eels, the players changed.

GOLDEN try, restart play from the 30-metre line if the ball is kicked dead, allow a set of six to be completed after fulltime. They are some of the changes fans want.

CAN he handle the expectations or will he fall away under the game's suffocating pressure? That is the question every league fan wants to know about Jarryd Hayne.

PARRAMATTA'S Jarryd Hayne will this week put his signature yellow boots up for auction on this website after being moved by the plight of a teenage cancer sufferer.

THIS match was supposed to be all about the comeback of dual international Timana Tahu with the Eels - but Roosters ace Todd Carney stole the limelight.

THE Bears have identified rising Parramatta star Daniel Mortimer as their marquee player as the club pushes for inclusion in the 2013 premiership.

THE NRL's four western Sydney captains will front an ad campaign as rugby league makes its latest grassroots assault on defending its turf against the AFL.

IT'S the venue switch that will give the 2010 NRL season the ultimate kick-start - the Dragons and Eels doing battle in front of more than 50,000 fans at ANZ Stadium.

EELS Luke Burt and Fuifui Moimoi were left awe-struck when Australian women's discus world champion Dani Samuels doubled their efforts at Parramatta Stadium.

PARRAMATTA may have lost their trial to Penrith on Saturday, but James Te Huna made sure the Eels had something to cheer with victory on his UFC debut.

TIMANA Tahu will begin his rugby league comeback in the centres - guaranteeing a major selection dilema for Parramatta Eels coach Daniel Anderson.

PARRAMATTA coach Daniel Anderson has signalled his intentions to hit the ground running in 2010 after naming a powerful line-up for Saturday's trial against Penrith.

JARRYD Hayne has emerged as the most popular league player of the modern era. Check out Phil Rothfield's special report on the NRL's most influential people.

THE turf war for Sydney's west is ready to explode on Saturday night when - after two years of talk and barbs - the NRL and AFL finally go head to head.

DESPITE the physical test results for NRL players being closely guarded by their clubs, we can reveal which footy player is the strongest in the league.

EELS fullback Jarryd Hayne has warned the rest of the NRL he will be fitter and faster in 2010, despite starting the new season in pain with a sternum injury.

JUSTIN Poore was given a day off last week. Told to take it easy. So how surprised were Eels staffers when they arrived for work and found Poorey in the gym?

NOW Daniel Mortimer is locked up, the Eels will pull out all stops to secure the signatures of Feleti Mateo and Kris Keating - but Krisnan Inu will be shown the door.

BOOM five-eighth Daniel Mortimer has today signed a new two-year contract with the Eels worth an estimated $500,000 after knocking back a huge offer from the Bulldogs.
 

RABBITOHS v Roosters. Broncos v North Queensland. Parramatta v St George Illawarra. These are some of the not-to-be-missed blockbusters from the opening six rounds.

IT'S the decision every Parramatta and Bulldogs fan has waited on for more than six months. The bait being used to lure Daniel Mortimer is revealed.

JARRYD Hayne wasn't listening when the suits started their speeches. He wasn't even in the room. He was performing tricks with the footy with Michael Jennings.

JARRYD Hayne's golden All Stars boots are proving as popular as the man himself, with the fullback's footwear set to raise a motza in our online auction. Join here

THE queue snaked more than 1km down Parramatta's main street as more than 10,000 Eels fans turned up to get an autograph from their NRL heroes. Gallery

BOOM club Parramatta's bold bid to switch its round-one blockbuster with St George Illawarra to ANZ Stadium has been torpedoed by the club's Stadium Trust.

A FINAL decision on whether the Eels will shift their round-one blockbuster against St George Illawarra from Parramatta Stadium to ANZ Stadium will be made today.

THE Daily Telegraph today launches its 2010 NRL Fans Survey. We're giving you the chance to have some real input into the game before season starts. Fans Survey

REINVENT the Eels. That's what Parramatta coach Daniel Anderson believes he must do in 2010, adamant they can't just pick up where they left off late last year.

DENIS Fitzgerald elected not to watch his beloved Parramatta Eels play, preferring to savour the atmosphere of AFL in Sydney's golden west. But he left at halftime.

PARRAMATTA is counting the cost of last night's bruising trial loss to Penrith with star trio Jarryd Hayne, Daniel Mortimer and Ben Smith nursing injuries.

CANTERBURY prop Ben Hannant claims Wayne Bennett's proven track record will ensure St George Illawarra have little trouble Justin Poore this season.

RUGBY League's working-class army of fans has dug deep to rescue ailing Sydney clubs from financial disaster, with supporters ready to outlay $25 million.

A YEAR ago it would have been unthinkable - Denis Fitzgerald attending an AFL match on the same night his Eels played a western Sydney derby against the Panthers.

IF YOU are a rugby league superstar, how would you celebrate your 22nd birthday? If you are Jarryd Hayne, you play touch footy with some young inmates.

THE St George Illawarra Dragons held off a spirited fightback from Parramatta Eels to post an entertaining 34-20 victory in their NRL trial match in Perth.