Melbourne overcome Canterbury in stormy opening-round victory

Tempers flared as Melbourne Storm defeated Canterbury Bulldogs 12-6 in an ill-tempered opening round game. The Storm, Grand Finalists in 2016, raced to a quick lead with two tries in the opening six minutes through Cheyse Blair and Suliasi Vunivalu, with two Cameron Smith goals extending their lead to 12-0 after 24 minutes. Canterbury hit bac

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