08 :: R1 MNF :: Storm 32 Warriors 18 @ Telstra Dome

[Timmah]

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Find Telstra Dome​

SCHEDULE
5:00pm Gates Open
5:05pm Toyota Cup: Storm v Warriors
7:00pm NRL: Storm v Warriors​

Team Sheets

Storm
1. Billy Slater
2. Steve Turner, 3. Will Chambers, 4. Israel Folau, 5. Anthony Quinn
6. Russ Aitken, 7. Cooper Cronk
8. Jeff Lima, 9. Cam Smith ©, 10. Brett White
11. Jeremy Smith, 12. Ryan Hoffman
13. Dallas Johnson​

Int - 14. Matt Geyer, 15. Adam Blair, 16. Sika Manu, 17. Sam Tagataese.​

Warriors
1 Aidan Kirk
2 Patrick Ah Van, 3 Brent Tate, 4 Jerome Ropati, 5 Manu Vatuvei
6 Michael Witt, 7 Grant Rovelli
8 Sam Rapira, 9 Nathan Fien, 10 Steve Price (C)
11 Simon Mannering, 12 Logan Swann, 13 Micheal Luck​

Int - Lance Hohaia, Evarn Tuimavave, Epalahame Lauaki, Ruben Wiki (VC)​

Referee
Ben Cummins
Sideline Officials: Steve Carrall & Rod Lawrence
Video Referee: Chris Ward​

Betting

TAB Sportsbet


Melbourne 1.28 :: New Zealand 3.50

Statistically speaking
Head to head
Overall 19... Storm 10-8 (1 drawn)
At Dome 1... 1 drawn
Last met
2007 R13 :: Storm 4 Warriors 2 @ Mt Smart
Big wins
Storm 56-10 @ Olympic, 2000
Warriors 28-12 @ Olympic, 2002​

RELATED MATCHES (all times local)​

Toyota Cup
Melbourne v New Zealand, Mon 5:00pm, Telstra Dome​

NSW Cup
Auckland Vulcans v Central Coast Storm​

NSWRL Harold Matthews
Central Coast Storm BYE​

NSWRL SG Ball
Central Coast Storm BYE​

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[Timmah]

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[lotti]

Storm to win, no one beats the Storm at OP ok it was 2 years ago but I've still got Warrior issues even after the nice thumping Melbourne gave them round 3 last year.

 

[melbourne_belle]

Storm to win as well, should be a good close game though. Its at the Dome so hopefully they get a good crowd. I wont be there grr not in Melbourne for the first two home games Grrr have a wedding of all place in NZ lol
I too have Warrior issues lotti they are one of the few teams that make me nervous when we play them.

 

[hitman82]

Melbourne on the slide, Warriors by 10

 

[Shorty]

I wont be there grr not in Melbourne for the first two home games Grrr have a wedding of all place in NZ lol

:lol:
Melbourne over the Warriors easily.

 

[melbourne_belle]

^^^ sucks to be me huh
I will be watching the game on tv surrounded by warriors fans

 

[lotti]

you'll be there for the Broncos game belle, just a pity you're not going to be here for the triumphant return to OP round 2.

 

[melbourne_belle]

Yes I will def be there for the Broncos game, because I just LOVE the broncos:roll: lol
But I will love being there to see us hand them their A's on a silver platter hehe, still shattered though the Storm V Warriors game at home is a bit of a season highlight its when I get to rub into my family what a far superior team Melbourne is lol

Result: Storm by 14

 

[lotti]

I'm hoping it's Storm by at least 40.

 

[flamin]

Hope they promote this down in Melbourne. There's no AFL on yet is there?

 

[melbourne_belle]

nope only NAB cup on at the moment but i think that finishes before NRL rd 1
I have only seen it advertised in the papers and a few times on the radio, nothing on TV as yet.

 

[lotti]

season 2008 has been advertised, it was promoted during the cricket.

 

[ozbash]

warriors by 12

 

[AliN]

We'll be there surrounded by Storm fans, good stuff!

Storm by 8 but the boys to cause a few headaches.

A different story for our U20 side tho, they look the goods and should go well.

 

[AuckMel]

At OP I would have said the Storm, but at TD, the Warriors are in with a shot.

 

[melbourne_belle]

agree with AliN I think thw Warriors 20's will have a pretty convincing win over ours.

 

[Timmah]

Please disregard the first image in terms of where you buy tickets - it's through Ticketmaster, this is for the Telstra Dome game only. Olympic Park is through Ticketek as per normal.

 

[Marshall_magic]

Melbourne to get up by a couple of points.

 

[Billythekid]

Storm by 20+. Billy Slater to have a blinder (like he does every game).