Parramatta coach Brad Arthur is copping it from a swarm of social media trolls following a shock round eight loss to North Queensland in Cairns.


The criticism centres on Arthur's decision to play his son, Jake, at five-eighth while pushing big-money playmaker Dylan Brown to left centre.


But Paul Gallen says fans are focusing on the wrong takeaway from the game - the fact the NRL is currently a two-horse race.

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