2016 NRL Match Thread - Round 20

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79min: Ash Taylor intercepts and runs 40m to score under the posts. 32-14 kick to come as siren sounds. Lands it.

 

 

FT: Titans 34-14

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Storm

1 Cameron Munster
2 Suliasi Vunivalu
3 Will Chambers
4 Cheyse Blair
5 Marika Koroibete
6 Blake Green
7 Cooper Cronk
8 Jesse Bromwich
9 Cameron Smith
16 Matt White 
11 Kevin Proctor
12 Tohu Harris
13 Dale Finucane

Interchange:
10 Felise Kaufusi 
14 Kenneath Bromwich
15 Christian Welch
17 Young Tonumaipea

 

 

Roosters 

5 Blake Ferguson
2 Daniel Tupou
12 Mitchell Aubusson 
4 Shaun Kenny-Dowall
1 Latrell Mitchell 
6 Connor Watson
7 Mitchell Pearce
8 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves
9 Jake Friend
10 Dylan Napa
11 Boyd Cordner
13 Sio Siua Taukeiaho
16 Isaac Liu 

Interchange:
14 Sam Moa
15 Aidan Guerra
17 Ryan Matterson
18 Kane Evans

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for the man who has everything: 

Melbourne Storm Paper Napkins Set 12

http://www.nrlonline.com.au/melbourne-storm-paper-napkins-set-12.html

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Old Boys Day at Melbourne and team wearing replica shirts from 2000 to mark Heritage Round.

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3min: Flake Burgerson try behind the posts. Taukeiaho converts. 6-0

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13min: Finucane try? I think Liu grounded it first. T-R-Y

 

6-6

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Cronk try. It was sent to bunker to check onside from kick. He looked offside to everyone except Storm fans but "insufficient evidence to overturn..."

 

10-6 kick to come. Smith converts 12-6

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HT: 14-6 to Storm. Smith kicked a penalty around the 30 minute mark.

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Morning all 53 minutes gone Roosters putting up a good show here.

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Roosters called for penalties on two consecutive plays. Defence holds.

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First half of the second half is an arm wrestle. Chooks have made some long breaks but haven't finished off. Bellamy won't be happy about that. Storm's scramble and online defence is excellent but, on some of those sets, the play shouldn't have got that far.

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Pressure pays off Proctor over from Cronk pass.

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Storm 20-6 13 minutes left

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Mitchell knocks ball back about two yards ref calls knock on unbelievable

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Tohu Harris plows over Smith converts 26-6

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Storm 26-6 with 5 to go.

 

Not quite the slaughter I expected. Especially after grinding out a tight win against the Wooden Spooners last week. Still, a win's a win, even if it is against the team running second-last.

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Kenny- Dowell over in last minute referred to bunker. Try awarded 26-10 kick to come.

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78min: SKD gets a consolation try for the Chooks. 26-10 with 30 seconds to go.

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Final Storm 26-10

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Go Storm!

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26min: Feki try converted by Townsend.

 

earlier try to Sharks by ........I can't remember.

 

Sharks 10-0

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30m: Barba try refused by bunker after 50m run. Dreadful decision based on the dummy half continuing forward after he's passed. In normal speed it was no different from 100 other plays in every game.

 

Jack Bird got the earlier Sharks try then one of the Mata'utias bombed a try - really biblical proportions-type bombing of try. He had 20m wide stretch of tryline open, only one defender, only 5m out and he slipped over, straight into the only defender within cooee. Epic.

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HT: 10-0 to the Sharks

 

Well done by the Knights, although the marine predators had 2 tries chalked off. Holmes crossed within 2 minutes but it was ruled double movement. He made a long break from an intercept - probably 80m - the was tackled about 5m out and ball-carrying arm touched the ground. There was plenty of momentum still in the tackle and, as he slid forward and rolled over, he reached out and grounded the ball on the line.

 

Refs said the extension of the arm defined the double movement despite the momentum in the tackle. Fair enough I guess but I thought there was enough momentum still in the tackle.