Can the Wests Tigers rule again?

The 2005 NRL Season seems worlds away for the Wests Tigers. Champions of the premiership, their NRL Results left other teams in their wake. The playing roster read like a who's who of Rugby League. Benji Marshall, Pat Richards, Scott Prince and Scott Sattler. This list goes on. Fast Forward to 2008 and while the Tigers got off to a winning start against the struggling Dragons team - do they still have the Rugby League charm to keep winning - week in, week out on the footy field?

Coach Tim Sheens, a smart operator that has been around the traps - knows what he is doing and certainly recruited well, but have the Tigers won the only premiership they can for next decade or so? 2008 will be an interesting year, the Tigers have missed the semi finals each year since making and winning the big one, nobody's sure what else is in store.

NRL Tipping Gets Hard

NRL Tipping is proving almost impossible as Round 2 of the NRL got underway last night for 2008. The first game between the Bulldogs and Souths proving tough to tip as the NRL Results went the way of the Bulldogs, getting their first competition points of the 2008 footy season over the more fancied Souths forward pack.

In the other game, the Broncos got over the Roosters when many though that the Broncos would be too injured to compete. Peter Wallace was the star, the former Panthers man guiding the Broncos nicely and helping them home.

Can Penrith Panthers improve NRL Results?

They promised so much before the 2008 NRL season got underway, but the Penrith Panthers after only 1 week of NRL Results have quickly been slashed in betting for the wooden spoon and remain distant outsiders in the Rugby League world. Coach Matthew Elliott trying every possible solution to their discipline problem but the Panthers seem intent on fighting with the referees and doing everything to hurt their cause in 2008?

Can they turn it around?

This week they face the Canberra Raiders at CUA Stadium and will have the best chance yet to get their scores into the positive and get over the top of a lowly ranked NRL opposing team.

NRL Power Rankings

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The NRL Power Rankings for 2008 are underway with 'The Grubber' reporting on all the NRL Results for this 2008 football season.

Each week, every single team is analyzed and discussed and their actual weekly position charted against the competiting clubs. The actual NRL ladder doesn't take into account injures, form and referee decisions that may have cost your team.

With the Grubber, he weighs it all up and gives you an accurate account of where your team is placed and how they are looking overall in the Telstra Premiership Season for 2008.

NRL Results for Round 1 2008

The scores have come in and the NRL Results are almost completed, we simply await the NZ Warriors and Melbourne Storm Rugby League match tomorrow night to see how everyone sites after the first round of footy for 2008.

Cronulla Sharks impressed many with their solid upset win at Brookvale Oval to defeat the Manly Sea Eagles who were much fancied after making last years Grand Final.

In other NRL news, the Panthers fell badly to the Brisbane Broncos after promising so much this year and will have coach Matt Elliott very worried about the future.

Player issues take headlines

NRL player saga's and misbehavior has taken the main headlines in newspapers as the likes of Jarryd Hayne, Mark Gasnier and co take centre stage and join the likes of Willie Mason in terms of Rugby League notoriety.

After a shoot out in Kings Cross, the Parramatta Eels have put their club first and footy second as they disregard NRL Results in the first instance and ban Hayne and 2 other League players from their Round 1 clash against the Bulldogs in Sydney.

Coach Michael Hagan and the senior players at Parra backed the move and Hayne will join the premier league ranks for the first hit out and should join the team in Round 2 for their away game in NZ against the Warriors.