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Melbourne Storm have moved to the top of the NRL ladder after Cameron Smith secured a golden point win on Saturday night against the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
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Final score
Melbourne Storm 15
South Sydney Rabbitohs 14
The Melbourne Storm continue their fight for the minor premiership with a match that they should win easily, against the struggling South Sydney Rabbitohs. Join The Roar for live scores and coverage from 7:30pm (AEST).
The battle for the JJ Giltinan Shield is now a race between two now, with the Cronulla Sharks on 37 points, the Storm on 36 and the third-placed Canberra Raiders on 29.
Melbourne and Cronulla will battle in Round 26, and the winner could well claim the top spot on the ladder if both clubs continue their winning ways until then.
The Storm look locked and loaded at the moment, on a five-match winning streak that would have been longer if not for the Origin period.
The streak includes a 48-6 demolition of the Brisbane Broncos and a tough 16-8 win over fellow premiership hopefuls the North Queensland Cowboys last week in Townsville.
The Rabbitohs are at the other end of the spectrum – struggling to just do the basics right. Some of their errors in last week’s loss to the Raiders at home were absolutely pathetic, ones you wouldn’t expect at schoolboy level. They went down by 50, and a turnaround in fortunes doesn’t even look remotely on the radar with the toughest road trip in the game this week.
It extended their losing streak to eight, and Michael Maguire’s troops simply don’t look like they want to be on the field. If their attitude doesn’t change, it is going to be a very long couple of weeks to end the season.
In team news, the Storm add Matt White to their bench as 18th man, while for the Rabbitohs Cameron McInnes, Jack Gosiewski, Luke Keary and Michael Oldfield are all out, with Greg Inglis, Hymel Hunt, Joe Burgess and Thomas Burgess back into the side.
Incredibly, the Rabbitohs have only beaten the Storm four out of a ridiculous 25 times. That gives them a success rate of 16 per cent against the men from the south.
Prediction
The Rabbitohs are just woeful at the moment and I’m not even sure they have hit rock bottom. If they get their attack right, the Storm are going to have a field day.
Storm by 42.
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