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The teacher versus the student

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Roar Guru
9th June, 2020
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This week’s match of the round will be the Newcastle Knights hosting the Melbourne Storm at Central Coast Stadium.

It still feels weird that Newcastle is the home team, but not at Marathon.

You have teams who in the last two weeks have faced the red-hot Canberra Raiders with Melbourne unable to get the win and Newcastle putting a number on the green machine. Does that imply Newcastle will win? No.

I don’t know how the teams will go this weekend but Newcastle have shown they are not the same team who once were easy beats. Putting Raiders to the sword has shown the competition this Newcastle side ain’t one to take easy.

Let’s take a look into the head to head between the teams:

Played: 41 times
Melbourne: 25 wins
Newcastle: 16 wins

Melbourne have defeated Newcastle seven times in a row. They may have a streak against us but all streaks are made to be broken. The Undertaker can back that one up.

Another big fact coming into this encounter is you have Craig Bellamy versus Adam O’Brien. The 12-year mentor and apprentice relationship these two had will now see them face off for the first of many times. No matter how many times they play against each other, there will always be one first encounter.

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This new side of the Newcastle Knights has been a force to be reckoned with and this game here is another massive test for them to pass. Melbourne Storm will be ready to bring everything they have and for Newcastle to win, they’ll have to hit the Storm with everything they have, including the kitchen sink.

This Newcastle side is reminding me of the old school Newcastle that didn’t take shit from anyone. They gave everything their all and played a ruthless style of football. If this Knights side remains this way during the season, they could be considered heavy favourites for the big one.

Roarers, who do you have for the win? Newcastle or Melbourne?

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