2017 R13 Fri - Storm 40-12 Knights @ AAMI

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NRL 2017 - Round 13
Melbourne Storm v Newcastle Knights
AAMI Park, Melbourne (TICKETS)
Friday 2 June 2017

Gates 5pm / NRL 6pm

1. Billy Slater 2. Suliasi Vunivalu 3. William Chambers 4. Cheyse Blair 5. Josh Addo-Carr 6. Cameron Munster 7. Cooper Cronk 8. Jesse Bromwich 9. Cameron Smith 10. Tim Glasby 11. Felise Kaufusi 12. Tohu Harris 13. Dale Finucane
Interchange: 14. Jordan McLean 15. Joe Stimson 16. Kenneath Bromwich 17. Nelson Asofa-Solomona 18. Young Tonumaipea 19. Slade Griffin 20. Brandon Smith 21. Mark Nicholls

1. Dane Gagai 2. Ken Sio 3. Joe Wardle 4. Peter Mata'utia 5. Nathan Ross 6. Brock Lamb 7. Jaelen Feeney 8. Daniel Saifiti 9. Danny Levi 10. Josh Starling 11. Sione Mata'utia 12. Mitchell Barnett 13. Luke Yates
Interchange: 14. Sam Stone 15. Josh King 16. Tyler Randell 17. Jacob Saifiti 18. Brendan Elliott 19. Cory Denniss 20. Trent Hodkinson 21. Lachlan Fitzgibbon

Referees: Adam Gee, Gavin Reynolds
Sideline Officials: Ricky MacFarlane, Jon Stone
Video Referees: Jared Maxwell, Luke Patten

NYC - Sat 11am at Sunshine Coast

ISC (Storm) - Falcons host Ipswich (Broncos) at Sunshine Coast, Sat 2:30pm, Easts away to Pride (Cowboys) at Barlow, Sat 5:30pm

ISP (Knights) - host Warriors at Cessnock, Sat 4:45pm​

 

[FireFalcons1]

This could get ugly...

Melbourne by 30+

 

[PenrithPanther45]

This could get ugly...

Melbourne by 30+

Probably no Smith, Cronk, Chambers etc. for Melbourne so should be a close one.

 

[Das Gupta]

If Smith and Cronk back up Storm by 10, if not Knights to grab the W

 

[moffla]

No need for Smith and Cronk to back up 2 days after origin IMO, would rather not risk them
We will win without them but it'll be a tight one

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

Melbourne to wrestlef**k the life out of even Newcastle because they have zero shame

 

[Apey]

We can be a bogey team for them at times but I'm going to say Storm 13+ is the safe bet here.

 

[This Year?]

Go the Knights!

Melbourne to wrestlef**k the life out of even Newcastle because they have zero shame

wrestlef**k? I believe it's called "slowing down the tackle completion". The rules should be changed so that this kind of unsportsmanlike conduct is rubbed out of the game, but unfortunately the NRL don't have the balls because uncle Rupert will have a sook and the Victorians won't want to watch NRL after they believe their "club" is hard done by.

 

[GongPanther]

A draw after golden point...22 all.

 

[Rhyno]

storm by 12

 

[Buzzard Breath]

Storm.

 

[big hit!]

scheduling of all NRL matches, not just this one for Melbourne (and Newcastle to much lessor extent), is a farce!

f**k off the mid-week origins. have them every 3rd sunday night with two full rounds of NRL between each one and a round off on origin weekend.

 

[Todd Hoffman]

Storm only because they have Slater & Munster fresh.

 

[Pedge1971]

Storm will win but interestingly we always seem to give them a tough game down there. Tight but the Storm have too much experience not to get home.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Pretty sure the Knights have troubled the storm over the past couple of years and gone close to an upset of two. Hoping it stays close but will say storm by 16.

 

[Whino]

Storm. Cronk and Smith will be pissed over origin and back up.

 

[Hawkins]

I think the storm will win even if some origin players no show

 

[Nice Beaver]

Drizzle by 24.

Forwards fresh as a daisy with Munster and the grubby jockey to crush them off the back of that.

 

[ed-grimley]

Storm will win despite Smith and Cronk being totally shattered.

 

[OldPanther]

Go knights. Poor guys.