NRL live updates: Parramatta Eels vs Dolphins — blog, scores and stats
After playing four State of Origin games for Queensland,
Tonight, the Parramatta Eels and Dolphins attempt to bounce back from Magic Round disappointment in the opening match of round 10 in the NRL.
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Queensland Origin player makes switch to England ahead of Ashes
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By Michael Doyle
Gold Coast Titans star AJ Brimson will be eligible to play for England in this year's Ashes series, after his application to switch allegiances was confirmed.
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Brimson, who has played four State of Origin matches for Queensland, will now be able to represent England due to the heritage of his mother.
Brimson never played a Test match for Australia; however did represent Australia in the International Rugby League's 9s World Cup in 2019.
Because Brimson was part of the Australian squad for that IRL event, he was considered ineligible to switch from one Tier 1 nation to another.
However, a tribunal declared that because the World Cup 9s has been discontinued, and not held since 2019, then some players were being unfairly tied down in their eligibility.
Brimson is now free to be selected and play for England, with an Ashes series at the end of the year and a World Cup in 2026.
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By Michael Doyle
Hello Australia.
Magic Round is in the rear-vision mirror and the NRL season firmly strides towards the season known as State of Origin.
But as players put their best foot forward for Queensland and NSW selectors, all teams will be desperate to gather momentum as we dive into the middle of the premiership.
Round 10 of the NRL begins tonight with the Parramatta Eels hosting the Dolphins.
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It was an eventful evening for Daly Cherry-Evans on Friday night, with the Manly captain grabbed by a rogue pitch invader after Manly's loss to the Gold Coast Titans. The Titans thumped the Sea Eagles 28-8 in a surprise result that leaves Manly's finals hopes hanging in the balance. FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every game of every round in the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership, LIVE with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited-time offer. Cherry-Evans had a poor performance with Manly looking rudderless in attack, and his evening took a turn when he was momentarily grabbed by a pitch invader after the game. As Manly and Titans players shared pleasantries on the field post-game, a fan dressed in Manly gear ran onto CBUS Super Stadium and grabbed Cherry-Evans as the halfback was talking to a Manly staff member. Cherry-Evans looked around, startled by the embrace that came out of nowhere, before a swarm of security guards in hi-vis grabbed the intruder and tackled him to the ground. Cherry-Evans didn't look too phased by the incident, which was captured on Fox League's cameras. Kevin Walters said: 'Hang on, there's a bit going on in the background' Yvonne Sampson added: 'There's an over zealous Sea Eagles fan who's ran onto the pitch and looks like he was quickly dealt with by security.' The post-game incident came after a horror performance from Manly and a poor game by Cherry-Evans, disappointing week for the Sea Eagles skipper after being axed by Billy Slater. 'The start of the week was tough, Sunday got the news, Monday had to go to training and face the boys,' Cherry-Evans said. 'After that it honestly started to feel normal. This is not the first time that I've been dropped from the Queensland side. 'So I guess I've had experience to take it on board and like I said pre-game, you can't just worry about the things you can't control, and the initial news was tough but yeah I moved on and thought we were going to come here tonight and play some really good footy. 'Based on our preparation, it looked like all the signs were there and unfortunately the most important part of the week is showing up on game day and we didn't do that.' Cherry-Evans was pressed on whether he saw his Origin axing coming but dodged the question. 'No, I just got the call on Sunday and then just, yeah, moved on from there,' Cherry-Evans said. 'I think I got the call on Sunday which was tough and processed it pretty quickly during the week and moved on, and yeah as I said the focus has been on Manly all this week so it's again disappointing to lose back-to-back games.' Cherry-Evans was then pressed on reports from Sam Walker's manager the Roosters have gone cold on signing him after his form slump. 'No, I'm not, I don't sort of understand that stuff,' Cherry-Evans said. 'Sort of stay out of it. All I can do is control my footy at Manly and speculation will be speculation but yeah, no, just obviously we've just lost a couple in the row so it'd be silly for me to be worrying about stuff like that.' Manly enforced injured in big blow In a big blow for Manly, Haumole Olakau'atu suffered a dislocated shoulder and is facing a lengthy stint on the sidelines. 'He dislocated his shoulder there so he'll get scans over the weekend and if there's bone damage then potentially you have to do reconstruction,' Seibold said. 'If it's muscle only or the ligaments only then potentially you can rehab it over six weeks but he's going to be gone for a while. 'But just summed up the night you know he's going for a try and dislocates his shoulder, so we will miss him of course. He is a quality player.' Seibold admitted his side were outplayed by the last placed Titans. 'We were outplayed, defensively we missed far too many tackles, which is an attitude thing,' Seibold said. 'We actually started really well the first 10 minutes, but after that we were well outplayed so we couldn't get ourselves back in the contest.' Seibold was pressed on why his team has been so inconsistent this season. 'I think mate, it comes back to attitude, being consistent individually, collectively, that's not just the players, that's the staff who've got to come up with some answers because we're a really good footy team, right?' Seibold said. 'Like in our first month of footy, outstanding this year, even like two weeks ago, well three weeks ago, very good against the Broncos and a couple weeks earlier they were really good against the Cowboys, but it's the story of our season. I think we missed the jump there, Titans made us pay.' Seibold took ownership of the side's preparation as they currently sit outside the top eight. 'We've done it every away trip this year, we did it up in Townsville, played really well up there,' Seibold said. Cherry-Evans saved some praise for former teammate Kieran Foran, who was brilliant against his old side. 'He's a good friend and one of the great competitors of our game,' Cherry-Evans said. 'So there was absolutely no doubt he was coming out here tonight to put it over his old side and he did exactly that tonight, he was really good wasn't he?' The result leaves Manly 10th on the ladder heading into a bye, before games against the Wests Tigers and Rabbitohs before another bye.
