Melbourne Storm vs Wests Tigers: NRL live scores and blog

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17th March, 2018

When: Saturday 17th March, 2018
Where: AAMI Park, Melbourne
Kick off: 7:30pm AEDT
Betting: Melbourne $1.16, Wests Tigers $5.50

Storm
1 Billy Slater, 2 Suliasi Vunivalu, 3 Will Chambers, 4 Curtis Scott, 5 Josh Addo-Carr, 6 Cameron Munster, 7 Brodie Croft, 8 Jesse Bromwich, 9 Cameron Smith (c), 10 Nelson Asofa-Solomona, 11 Felise Kaufusi, 12 Ryan Hoffman, 13 Dale Finucane Interchange: 14 Tim Glasby, 15 Kenny Bromwich, 16 Christian Welch, 17 Sam Kasiano Reserves: 18 Young Tonumaipea, 19 Joe Stimson, 20 Billy Walters, 21 Brandon Smith

Tigers
1 Tuimoala Lolohea, 2 Corey Thompson, 3 Esan Marsters, 4 Kevin Naiqama, 5 Malakai Watene-Zelezniak, 14 Benji Marshall, 7 Luke Brooks, 8 Russell Packer, 9 Pita Godinet, 10 Ben Matulino, 11 Chris Lawrence, 12 Robbie Rochow, 13 Elijah Taylor Interchange: 14 Matt McIlwrick 15 Alex Twal, 16 Michael Chee Kam, 17 Matthew Eisenhuth Reserves: 18 Josh Aloiai, 19 David Nofoaluma, 20 Tim Grant, 21 Tyson Gamble

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Billy Slater. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

Jacob Cocciolone

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17th March, 2018

Match result:

The Wests Tigers have recorded another big upset in Round 2 with a win over the Melbourne Storm, and spoiled Billy Slater’s 300th game while they were at it.

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Final score
Melbourne Storm 8
Wests Tigers 10

Match preview:

All eyes will be on arguably the greatest fullback the game has ever seen when Billy Slater lines up for his 300th game for the purple and silver, as the Melbourne Storm take on Wests Tigers on Saturday night at AAMI Park. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the match starting from 7:30pm AEDT.

The Tigers enter this game roaring with pride, coming off a convincing first-round win over premiership contenders the Sydney Roosters.

The Tigers will look to build off a strong performance to make it two wins in a row and continue a hot start to the season.

Facing the outfit that is Melbourne however is a formidable task particularly at AAMI Park which they have made their own cauldron over the past decade.

The Storm look to continue another strong start to the season and promise the Melbourne faithful nothing but success in celebrating a landmark occasion for one of the club and the game’s greatest ever.

Look to see more strong performances from the likes of Corey Thompson, Josh Reynolds and Russell Packer for the Tigers.

An interesting matchup will be the pitting of Packer against Nelson Asofa-Solomona, both with plenty to prove to their respective squads.

Melbourne welcome the return of Slater, shifting Cameron Munster back into the halves. Look to see a big game from the duo, combining with Cameron Smith and Brodie Croft to put on a spectacle that any Rugby League fan can be pleased to see.

Melbourne Storm have won 13 of 13 games when leading the West Tigers at half time.

Prediction
It is too hard to go past Melbourne in this one, despite the strong start to the year from Ivan Cleary’s new look Tigers.

Billy Slater will play his 300th game and like the professionals they are, Melbourne will celebrate this milestone with a convincing victory.

Vunivalu will score a double and Munster will cause plenty of headaches for the Tigers defence.

Melbourne by 18.

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