Melbourne Storm
37
Match Complete
Gold Coast Titans
16
| C. Munster |  | 77 | ||
| N. Meaney |  | 75 | ||
| X. Coates |  | 74 | ||
| N. Meaney | | 71 | ||
| E. Katoa | | 69 | ||
| N. Meaney | | 64 | ||
| C. Welch | | 62 | ||
| 54 | | T. Weaver | ||
| 53 | | J. Fifita | ||
| N. Meaney | | 36 | ||
| X. Coates | | 35 | ||
| N. Meaney |  | 34 | ||
| 25 | | B. Kelly | ||
| N. Meaney | | 22 | ||
| X. Coates | | 20 | ||
| 15 | | A. Schoupp | ||
| 13 | | C. Randall | ||
| W. Warbrick | | 4 |
| 6 | Tries | 3 | ||
| 5 | Conversions | 2 | ||
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 | ||
| 1 | Field Goals | 0 |
The Melbourne Storm play their final regular season home game against the Gold Coast Titans. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 3pm AEST.
The Storm are starting to click as they battle for a top four spot. Despite a poor effort defensively for the majority of their clash against the Dragons in Wollongong, the Storm showed their class. Josh King is out after playing every Storm match since he joined the club in 2022, with Nelson Asofa-Solomona named at lock. In a huge boost for the Storm, Ryan Papenhuyzen could make his long awaited NRL return after being named on the reserves list.
With finals football out of the equation, pride is at stake for the Titans to finish off 2023. Despite putting up an impressive performance against the Panthers, the class of Penrith led to a loss that was harsh on the Titans’ efforts. Jayden Campbell is out due to injury, which sees veteran half Kieran Foran back in the Titans team.
Prediction
The Storm are starting to build nicely with finals football looming. At home, they are a tough team to beat. The Titans have points in them, but will they be able to defensively hold their own away from home? Highly unlikely. Storm by 10.
Game information
Kickoff: 3pm AEST
Venue: AAMI Park, Melbourne
TV: Fox League, Foxtel
Stream: Kayo Sports, Foxtel
Odds: Storm $1.13, Titans $6 – odds via PlayUp
Storm: 1. Nick Meaney 2. William Warbrick 3. Marion Seve 4. Young Tonumaipea 5. Xavier Coates 6. Cameron Munster 7. Jahrome Hughes 8. Tui Kamikamica 9. Harry Grant 10. Christian Welch 11. Trent Loiero 12. Eliesa Katoa 13. Nelson Asofa-Solomona 14. Bronson Garlick 15. Tom Eisenhuth 16. Tepai Moeroa 17. Alec MacDonald 18. Reimis Smith 19. Ryan Papenhuyzen 20. Chris Lewis 21. Tariq Sims 22. Tyran Wishart
Titans: 1. AJ Brimson 2. Alofiana Khan-Pereira 3. Brian Kelly 4. Aaron Schoupp 5. Jojo Fifita 6. Kieran Foran 7. Thomas Weaver 8. Moeaki Fotuaika 9. Chris Randall 10. Jaimin Jolliffe 11. David Fifita 12. Klese Haas 13. Tino Fa’asuamaleaui 14. Kruise Leeming 15. Isaac Liu 16. Joe Stimson 17. Jacob Alick 18. Keano Kini 19. Jo Vuna 20. Tony Francis 21. Iszac Fa’asumaleaui 22. Josiah Pahulu
Joe
Roar Rookie
Will be cheering for the Knights tomrrow. :silly:
Joe
Roar Rookie
Just happy to see Paps back as I had serious doubts he would step onto the field again after that horrific injury. Sadly Hughes gets injured and it doesn't look good. Storm are done without Hughes. With the Broncos next week it will be tough to hold on to that 4th sport with the Sharks finishing the season strong. Knights v Sharks game tomorrow is going to be interesting watching.
Brendon
Roar Rookie
Ah good point
Joe
Roar Rookie
Sharks can still make 4th if they win their last 2 games and Storm lose to Broncos as the for and against is very slim.
Arnab Bhattacharya
Roar Guru
Just the one game for me this week. David Holden will be calling the remaining games tonight. Thank you all for joining the live blog. I'll be back for four games next week, including the blockbuster Rabbitohs v Roosters clash. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. This is Arnab Bhattacharya signing out. Take care and farewell.
Arnab Bhattacharya
Roar Guru
FULL TIME MEL 37 GLD 16 Don't let the scoreboard flatter you. The Storm were severely tested, especially for the first 20 minutes of the second half. However, they showed their class and ran away hard with it. Papenhuyzen's short stint off the bench played a huge part in the Storm getting momentum back into the contest and ensuring the Titans never came back in it. However, the Storm will sweat on the injury to Hughes and hope it's just a short term injury. As for the Titans, they showed fight, but the game went away as the contest went on.
Collie Flower
Roar Rookie
Congratulations to the Storm. In the end it was a comprehensive win. Commiserations to the Titans, you were competitive for a lot of the match.
Shed Bloke
Roar Rookie
Thanks for the great call Arnab. Much appreciated.
Arnab Bhattacharya
Roar Guru
80' Nothing set from the Titans so far. Intercept from Seve and that's full time. Storm win!
77
Arnab Bhattacharya
Roar Guru
79' Penalty Titans off the scrum. Tap taken. Kelly loses it on tackle one. Bunker checking a possible strip by the Storm when tackling Kelly. Bunker rules strip by Seve. Play on to see if David F plays at the ball, which he does and knocks on. Penalty Titans for the illegal strip MEL 37 GLD 16
74
Arnab Bhattacharya
Roar Guru
78' Knock on from Welch and the Titans get the scrum feed 20 out MEL 37 GLD 16
Arnab Bhattacharya
Roar Guru
78' FIELD GOAL STORM Offload to Grant. He passes to Munster and he practices perfectly with a field goal MEL 37 GLD 16
74
Arnab Bhattacharya
Roar Guru
77' Short kickoff backfires for the Titans. Penalty Storm. Touch found 25 out MEL 36 GLD 16
Arnab Bhattacharya
Roar Guru
76' CONVERSION STORM Meaney converts again with ease MEL 36 GLD 16
Brendon
Roar Rookie
So if Brisbane win tonight, the Storm can potentially play 2 games in a row against the Broncos at Suncorp right? That's got to be a first. 100% rest the team next week, the outcome means nothing for the Storm.
Arnab Bhattacharya
Roar Guru
75' TRY STORM Munster chips it cross field on the last. Coates leaps up and wins the ball, shows some great footwork and scores! MEL 34 GLD 16
R N
Roar Rookie
Coates caught one :silly: !