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To be fair nearly every centre that has played against Meaney has looked good. Not sure how long Bellamy can continue with the experiment of Meaney at centre if he doesn’t improve his defense.
Storm slaughter second-rate Souths as 'a myriad of errors' hammer the final nail into Demetriou's coaching coffin
Definiely hope to see Lazarus debut this year. He was one of the best forwards in the trials and a big body. Surprised they haven’t at least used him off the bench for the middle rotation. I guess Moeroa still ahead of him for now.
'Both were really clear': Roosters in a rage over ref's contentious calls as Storm win on the back of two dubious tries
With four giraffes out on the wings it was always going to be cross-field kick night tonight. 😂
'Both were really clear': Roosters in a rage over ref's contentious calls as Storm win on the back of two dubious tries
What the hell is with all these close games Storm!!?? It doesn’t matter where the oppostiion are on the ladder its always nail biting finishes. I’m running out of bl**dy nails with this team!
One thing Bellamy won’t be happy about is the frivolous use of the ball in good attacking position and sets. Doesn’t help that Harry Grant is one of the chief culprits. Some of his 50/50 plays are wasting good attacking ball. One thing I am happy about is the backrowers, Blore, Katoa and Joe Chan are good ball players and can pass although in Katoa’s case sometime a bit too much. This at least tests defences rather than the boring tuck the ball and run into defences Loeiro did last year.
'Both were really clear': Roosters in a rage over ref's contentious calls as Storm win on the back of two dubious tries
The guy was lounging in reserve grade at the Tigers when he got picked up this year by the Storm and now scoring match winning tries. 😁
Bulldogs grab moral victory, but Melbourne take the two points as Storm overcome Foxx hat trick in comeback win
The Foxx always givens his all regardless of his jersey. Still love watching him play even when he’s scoring against the Storm. Being on the end of that lefts side Bulldog attack I have no doubt he will be getting a lot more tries this year.
Bulldogs grab moral victory, but Melbourne take the two points as Storm overcome Foxx hat trick in comeback win
Warbrick isn’t the problem…Meaney is. Both Kikau and Bronson were having a field day going through and past him which made Warbrick a lot more nervous and coming in to help. When you can’t trust your inside defense (for good reason) you’re more likely to bite in hard and having a good passer like Burton with a great finisher like JAC it was always going to end in tries. Even Hughes was doing a better job defending Kikau than Meaney….at least putting his body on the line and getting trampled over slowed him down enought for the defense to get there. Kikau just brushed past Meaney effortlessly. Time to try another center.
Bulldogs grab moral victory, but Melbourne take the two points as Storm overcome Foxx hat trick in comeback win
O’Brien should have taken Ponga off to get needled and put Phoenix Crossland in (instead of saving him for the last 10 mins) so he shouldn’t be saying too much to his players. Ponga was the one to make the tackle and couldn’t get back up to be at marker allowing Smith to take off in the first place.
'Embarrassing': Joey fumes over Knights keeping injured Ponga on the park as Roosters rally to win nail-biter
Especially when they had Phoenix Crossland on the bench who they then only brought in for the last 10 mins. I think the coaching team should take a lot of blame for that loss for their interchanges last night.
'Embarrassing': Joey fumes over Knights keeping injured Ponga on the park as Roosters rally to win nail-biter
How are the Bulldogs 6-7$ odds against the Storm? They ambushed them last year down at Melbourne and just did the same to the Roosters last week! Hope the Storm are ready for a really tough game because those odds are not based in reality.
NRL Round 6 Team Lists: Cleary suffers setback, Walsh return confirmed but Riki under cloud, Big Phin out
Everyones talking about the Kaola knock-forward-back try but I’m pretty sure there’s been several call of knock backwards in the first few rounds…I’d say more than the usual from past years so it might be a change in the reffing of dropped balls. This one just hit the spotlight because it resulted in a try.
Manly forwards dominated. Paseka and Haumole were the standouts in the first few rounds but Aloaia, Sipley and of course Brown are making their mark which is giving the halves a lot of space to play. Usually Jake T is the only standout forward after a Manly game so when he is hardly mentioned you know the pack is going good. Especially after a performance like that against a near full strength Panthers pack.
NRL Round 5 Talking Points: For a few clubs it’s getting late early, Jennings shouldn't be in league let alone celebrated
More clicks when they throw Bennett and Bellamy’s names in the mix. Bellamy is not going anywhere! 😂
Demetriou facing sack after Souths' disastrous start with Bennett, Bellamy, Burgess possible replacement options
Disappointing Loeiro only got away with a fine. Should have been a couple of games suspension! 😂
NRL Round 5 judiciary: Young and Radley learn ban fate, Bulldog charged for Suaalii slam, Storm forward warned
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Wishart does Dad proud with match-winning try as Storm chase down Broncos after Reynolds limps off again
Agree on the need for NAS for punch and leadership in the forward pack. On the upside Welch finally found his offloads last night which made a difference. King/Trent are in the middle more for the amount of tackles they make rather than meters made.
Wishart does Dad proud with match-winning try as Storm chase down Broncos after Reynolds limps off again
Its taken 2 years and a lot of doubt in between but the Air Coates project can now be called a success. He is one of if not the most dangerous aerial attacking threats in the comp.
Wishart does Dad proud with match-winning try as Storm chase down Broncos after Reynolds limps off again
A wins a win and if you told me before the season started that after the first 4 games the one they’d lose is to Newcastle I’d have thought you were nuts. To beat the other top 4 teams from last year is a pretty good effort. Defensive display in the first round, attacking display last night and more than that I finally feel like this is a proper old style Storm team that can still win regardless of the score. In fact even through the see-saw of a match last night I thought they played better and were going to win.
This is the first time the spine have played together since 2022 and there was a lot of rust but also a lot of good signs that there will be improvement. Munster/Hughes in the halves is a big step up from Wishart/Pezet who steered the team in the loss to the Knights. Even in the loss the Storm looked like they could win and made several breaks but couldn’t ice the finish. Reminded me of the last regular match Storm played against the Sharks in 2016 where Storm won but Sharks made more breaks but didn’t quite finish. We know how that ended.
My two biggest concerns at the moment is NAS needs to be back to take the forwards to the next level. The second is Nick Meaney hasn’t handled the move to center as I thought he would. In all the games played he has been bested by his opposite… May, RTS, Best and Cobbo. I get they’re some of the best centers going around but if Paps gets his goal kicking boots back, Meaney should be getting nervous.
Wishart does Dad proud with match-winning try as Storm chase down Broncos after Reynolds limps off again
A few worrying signs in that Storm performance. Defense from last week disappeared. Warriors were rolling up the field quite easily in the 2nd half. Warriors opened them up quite easily for their tries with clear overlaps for the wingers to run it in unchallenged. Meaney needs to work on his center positioning in defence….that said RTS was really good. Harry didn’t have a great game and that desperation play that ended in a Warrior penalty summed up his game. They need NAS back more than they need Munster back to give Harry go forward.
The improvement came in their attack. Paps is starting to look really good 2 games in and if this trajectory continues will be back to his 2020 form in no time. Wingers have been very good and they have aeiral dominance. Hughes running game is back after being really quiet last year. 2nd rowers starting to look good after stugging last year to fill the void left by Kaufusi and Kenny.
The best try ever? Coates pulls off miracle in last minute to steal win from Warriors in stone cold classic
By the time this story ends Jessie Bromich and Glen Lazarus will be ahead of NAS at the Storm! 😂
NRL News: Storm star on the outer despite four-year contract extension, Broncos sweat on Reynolds scans, Bunnies refocus
Maybe NRL Supercoach it…you’ll probably get better results.
End the Dally M farce: Time to hand over voting on the NRL's best players to the only true experts
I would be very surprised if the Storm let NAS go. With regards to all the other forwards named they are not leaders of the pack. Your Jessie Bromiches, JFH at Panthers, JWH at the Roosters…that is NAS for the Storm. Absolutely nuts if they let him walk.
NRL News: Storm star on the outer despite four-year contract extension, Broncos sweat on Reynolds scans, Bunnies refocus
I don’t agree with this at all. No team or coach should give the fans the expectation of a mediocre season or the excuse of rebuilding. Craig Bellamy said it himself…there is no rebuilding, every year you’re going out there to win the premiership. I like that you’ve put Shane Flanagans comments there but I can assure you the way he has prepared the Dragons that he is going out there to win the title. From the trial and first round performance I’ve put money on them to be in the pointy end of the seaosn…definitely Sharks 2016 vibes about that team. If the players are good enough to be playing in the NRL than the team is good enough to win it with the right coach/training/tactics and mentality. (see Panthers the last 4 years).
Benji's first Tigers game doesn't matter, and neither does his first year - he should treat this all as a trial
Had to check whether Round 9 last year was also a bye for them! 😂
NRL News: Robbo regrets his words but insists Leniu 'not racist', Cowboy targets Blues spot, Joey's surprise best coach
First round record intact. 😁 The Storm boys had that to play for and they put everything into that defensive effort so well deserved. Finally Bellamy does the right thing gets Loiero out of 2nd row. Putting him into 13 and King to 10 actually worked really well as they’re both tackle machines. Joe Chan did really well at 2nd row and a few more perfornances like that will have that spot nailed down. Meaney at center was a pass and work in progress. Pezet was very good at 6 and Storm now have decent halves depth with him there + Wishart. Fullback depth with Fa’alogo and 2nd row/center depth with the likes of Howarth. Bellamy should give them several days off after that performance and with the Warriors coming up next week.
Storm warning for competition as Bellamy's streak continues, Panthers question Bunker
Meaney got straight out beaten 1 on 1 again last night. That has happened with nearly every center he has faced this season. They need to try somebody else and let Paps take conversions.
Storm slaughter second-rate Souths as 'a myriad of errors' hammer the final nail into Demetriou's coaching coffin