NRL 2022 - MATCH THREAD - Round 12 - Indigenous Round

[Farmduck]

    

 

THURSDAY MAY 26

Melbourne Storm vs Manly Sea Eagles at AAMI Park, 7.50pm AEDT

Storm team: 1. Nick Meaney 2. Dean Ieremia 3. Marion Seve 4. Justin Olam 5. Xavier Coates 6. Cameron Munster 7. Jahrome Hughes 8. Jesse Bromwich 14. Brandon Smith 10. Tui Kamikamica 11. Felise Kaufusi 12. Kenny Bromwich 13. Josh King

15. Tyran Wishart 16. Trent Loiero 18. Chris Lewis 20. Jordan Grant 19. Jayden Nikorima 21. Tom Eisenhuth

Players cut: 9. Harry Grant 17. Alec MacDonald 22. William Warbrick 23. Bronson Garlick 24. Jack Howarth

Late Mail: Star hooker Harry Grant has been ruled out with an adductor injury suffered at training, with Brandon Smith set to take his place. Jahrome Hughes has been named at halfback, but is still in doubt with a calf injury. If he is ruled out Tyran Wishart will switch to halfback. Alec McDonald has been cut from the bench.

 

Sea Eagles team: 1. Reuben Garrick 2. Jorge Taufua 3. Morgan Harper 4. Tolutau Koula 5. Christian Tuipulotu 6. Kieran Foran 7. Daly Cherry-Evans 8. Josh Aloiai 9. Lachlan Croker 10. Toafofoa Sipley 11. Haumole Olakau’atu 12. Andrew Davey 13. Jake Trbojevic

14. Dylan Walker 15. Josh Schuster 17. Sean Keppie 18. Kurt De Luis 20. Kaeo Weekes 22. Alec Tuitavake

Players cut: 16. Ethan Bullemor 19. Jason Saab 21. Viliami Fifita 23. Jamie Humphreys 24. Jacob Sykes

Late Mail: Reuben Garrick will replace injured star Tom Trbojevic at fullback, with Jorge Taufua coming onto the wing. Ethan Bullemor has been cut from the bench.

[Graham]

14/14 tipsters so far have gone with Storm to win this game.

Storm though are currently on a blip in their form with their injuries to key players and  uncharacteristic weaknesses in defence.

Even so nobody has as yet tipped Manly for the win.

 

[Graham]

Foran is 250th NRL game.

Hughes is playing.

Teams out on the pitch warming up.

[Graham]

Corey Parker is tipping Manly to win. He thinks now is the time for them to beat a struggling Storm whose forwards have not been providing a platform in the last two games.

[Graham]

Storm’s Indigenous jersey 2022

 

Coree Thorpe, a proud Yorta Yorta, Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Wurundjeri man, designed Melbourne’s Indigenous Round Jersey. He is also a proud supporter of the team, and holds a Leadership and Community Development role at Dardi Munwurro,.

Thorpe used inspiration from the Rainbow Serpent. “I like to tell a story and Storm has an amazing story,” Coree explained.

“Like the snake, each year changes. It’s the shedding of people, players but the journey continues. It’s stronger, it learns, it heals and changes,” he said.

“You’ve got to understand where you’ve come from to know where you are going, and I think Storm do that very well.”

[Graham]

[Graham]

Ceremony completed, including Greg Inglis.

[Farmduck]

So has it started? I cancelled Fox and signed up for Kayo so I don't know if they're just running late or if I'm watching a delayed stream.

[Graham]

Kaufusi try after 3 or 4 minutes.

Cam Munster kick, ball tapped back by leaper bounced and collected by grateful Kaufusi who dived over freely in the right corner.

4-0 Storm

 

[Graham]

1 minute ago, Farmduck said:

So has it started? I cancelled Fox and signed up for Kayo so I don't know if they're just running late or if I'm watching a delayed stream.

Surely I can’t be ahead of you, half a world away?

 

[Graham]

1 minute ago, Graham said:

Kaufusi try after 3 or 4 minutes.

Cam Munster kick, ball tapped back by leaper bounced and collected by grateful Kaufusi who dived over freely in the right corner.

4-0 Storm

 

Hang on, it must have been ruled out!

Still 0-0

oops

[Graham]

This time it is a try as Munster makes as if to pass but instead runs through the Sea Eagles line to plonk the ball down over the try line.

[Graham]

4-0 Storm (really)

[Graham]

Meany good conversion

6-0 Melbourne 

[Farmduck]

7 minutes ago, Graham said:

Surely I can’t be ahead of you, half a world away?

 

I think you are. Did you find a gap in the time/space continuum?

[JohnM]

Just started watching with 10 mins to half time. Was going to say Storm look to have the edge...and they get a second try to prove it.

[JohnM]

But hark! What news from Australia? Manly hit back with 2 mins to half time.

[Graham]

29 minutes ago, Farmduck said:

I think you are. Did you find a gap in the time/space continuum?

Yes, I am secretly a time lord.

[Graham]

Storm pressure again telling. 
This time Kenny Bromwich runs a good line to score a try that was coming after Manly had been struggling to defend. DCE had previously just dropped out a short kick that didn’t travel 10m.

[JohnM]

Storm? Hurricane!

[Graham]

Tuipolutu try now keeps Manly with at least a faint hope.

28-8 Melbourne 

10 minutes of the game remaining 

[Farmduck]

1 hour ago, Graham said:

Yes, I am secretly a time lord.

So what's it like in the future? Do we ever get the flying cars?

[Graham]

 

FULL TIME Melbourne 28 - 8 Manly

Munster took the praises of the commentary team. They had him as man of the match.

[Graham]

2 minutes ago, Farmduck said:

So what's it like in the future? Do we ever get the flying cars?

Yes, but only some of us.

[Graham]

Score Summary

C. Munster 7, C. Lewis 31, X. Coates 43, C. Munster 56, K. Bromwich 66	Tries	J. Taufua 38, C. Tuipulotu 68
N. Meaney 8, N. Meaney 33, N. Meaney 44, N. Meaney 58	Conversions