[VIDEO] Melbourne Storm vs South Sydney Rabbitohs Highlights: NRL scores, blog

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16th May, 2015

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Kickoff: 7.30pm (AEDT)
Venue: AAMI Park, Melbourne
TV: Live, Fox Sports
Last meeting: Melbourne 27 defeated South Sydney 14 (Round 10, 2014)
Head-to-head: Melbourne Storm 20, South Sydney Rabbitohs 4
Storm last three games: 28-10 vs Eels, 10-12 vs Sea Eagles, 17-16 vs Roosters
Rabbitohs last three games: 16-10 vs Dragons, 22-30 vs Raiders, 10-18 vs Sharks

Melbourne Storm
1 Billy Slater 2 Mahe Fonua 3 William Chambers 4 Kurt Mann 5 Marika Koroibete 6 Blake Green 7 Cooper Cronk 8 Jesse Bromwich 9 Cameron Smith (c) 10 Tim Glasby 11 Kevin Proctor 12 Tohu Harris 13 Dale Finucane
Interchange: 14 Ryan Hinchcliffe 15 Kenneath Bromwich 16 Dayne Weston 17 Christian Welch 18 Felise Kaufusi 19 Tom Learoyd-Lahrs

South Sydney Rabbitohs
1 Greg Inglis (c) 2 Alex Johnston 3 Dylan Walker 4 Bryson Goodwin 5 Aaron Gray 6 John Sutton 7 Luke Keary 8 George Burgess 9 Cameron McInnes 10 David Tyrrell 11 Chris Grevsmuhl 12 Chris McQueen 13 Ben Lowe
Interchange: 14 Issac Luke 15 Nathan Brown 16 Thomas Burgess 17 Tim Grant 18 Joel Reddy

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Cooper Cronk isn't about to make the switch to union. (Digital Image Grant Trouville © nrlphotos.com)

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Match result:

Melbourne Storm 16
South Sydney Rabbitohs 12

Match preview:

The South Sydney Rabbitohs will be looking to get their sixth win their season when they meet the Melbourne Storm at AAMI Park. Join The Roar from 7:20pm (AEDT) for live coverage.

As State of Origin nears William Chambers, Alex Johnston, Dylan Walker and Chris McQueen will be out to prove that they deserve a jersey ahead of the May 27 series opener at ANZ Stadium.

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Luke Keary must take back the Rabbitohs’ reins and steer his team to their first win without his halves partner, Adam Reynolds.

Cooper Cronk meanwhile will try to continue his side’s dominant form.

Craig Bellamy has named an unchanged side after last week’s 28-10 win over the Eels, with Felise Kaufusi and Tom Learoyd-Lahrs added to an extended bench.

Adam Reynolds is out for the Rabbitohs due to a thumb injury, with John Sutton returning to five-eighth and Chris Grevsmuhl back in the back-row. Nathan Brown has been added to a five-man bench alongside Joel Reddy.

The Rabbitohs have won only four games from 24 played against the Storm since 1998, and Souths are yet to win a game without star halfback Reynolds since his debut in Round 1 of the 2012 NRL season.

Further, Michael Maguire’s team haven’t won at AAMI Park in the four matches they have played at the ground since its opening in 2010.

Prediction
Having won four of their past five games, there is no going past the Storm in this one.

Storm by 8.

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