Melbourne Storm vs New Zealand Warriors: NRL live scores, blog

N. Meaney	76
H. Grant	75
N. Meaney	58
N. Meaney	56
N. Meaney	49
N. Meaney	47
	44	D. Watene-Zelezniak
N. Meaney	35
C. Munster	34
	21	S. Johnson
	20	A. Fonua-Blake
N. Meaney	16
J. Olam	14
	12	S. Johnson
	10	D. Watene-Zelezniak
	5	S. Johnson
	4	J. Ford

5	Tries	4
5	Conversions	3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Field Goals	0

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NRL’s Anzac Round comes to a conclusion with the Melbourne Storm hosting the New Zealand Warriors at AAMI Park. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 7pm AEST.

The Storm will be disappointed at their poor attacking performance from their defeat in Sydney last week, but they showed that they have it in them to defensively stay in games. Nick Meaney and Nelson Asofa Solomona come back into the Storm side from injury, while Tui Kamikamica misses out due to suspension.

The Warriors are enjoying the great start they have had, but a huge mental hurdle awaits as they have gotten comprehensively outplayed in the past two ANZAC Day clashes against the Storm. Marata Niukore returns from suspension, boosting the pack as Josh Curran is demoted to the bench.

Prediction

Both sides are buoyed with key inclusions. The key battle remains between New Zealand halfbacks Jahrome Hughes and Shaun Johnson. Johnson is enjoying a late resurgence to his career and is the key man for the Warriors to come up with a victory. But the Storm rarely lose at home, especially in an Anzac Day clash. Nick Meaney to slot in a match winning field goal in the final five minutes. Storm by 1.

Game information

Venue – AAMI Park, Melbourne
Kickoff – 7pm AEST
TV – Fox League
Stream – Kayo Sports
Odds (via PlayUp) – Storm $1.23, Warriors $4

Storm: 1. Nick Meaney 2. William Warbrick 3. Reimis Smith 4. Justin Olam 5. Xavier Coates 6. Cameron Munster 7. Jahrome Hughes 8. Nelson Asofa-Solomona 9. Harry Grant 10. Christian Welch 11. Trent Loiero 12. Eliesa Katoa 13. Josh King 14. Bronson Garlick 15. Alec MacDonald 16. Tom Eisenhuth 17. Tariq Sims

Warriors: 1. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 2. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 3. Marcelo Montoya 4. Adam Pompey 5. Edward Kosi 6. Dylan Walker 7. Shaun Johnson 8. Addin Fonua-Blake 9. Freddy Lussick 10. Jazz Tevaga 11. Jackson Ford 12. Marata Niukore 13. Tohu Harris 14. Bayley Sironen 15. Josh Curran 16. Bunty Afoa 17. Tom Ale

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