'10 | Rivalry R19 | Sat | Warriors 13-6 Storm | Mt Smart

[Timmah]

1. Lance Hohaia 2. Kevin Locke 3. Brent Tate 4. Jerome Ropati 5. Manu Vatuvei 6. James Maloney 7. Brett Seymour
8. Jesse Royal 9. Aaron Heremaia 10. Russell Packer 11. Simon Mannering (C) 12. Lewis Brown 13. Micheal Luck

Interchange: 14. Ian Henderson 15. Ben Matulino 16. Jeremy Latimore 17. Ukuma Ta'ai
Reserves: 18. Sione Lousi

1. Billy Slater 2. Matt Duffie 3. Chase Stanley 4. Greg Inglis 5. Dane Nielsen 6. Brett Finch 7. Cooper Cronk
8. Bryan Norrie 9. Cameron Smith (c) 10. Brett White 11. Adam Blair 12. Sika Manu 13. Kevin Proctor

Interchange: 14. Ryan Hinchcliffe 15. Todd Lowrie 16. Aiden Tolman 17. Jeff Lima
Reserves: 18. Ryan Hoffman

Referees:
Steve Lyons and Gerard Sutton
Sideline Officials: Daniel Eastwood and Adam Gee
Video Referee: Bill Harrigan


Toyota Cup Round 19
Warriors v Storm @ Mt Smart, 5:15pm NZT (3:15pm AEST, FOX Sports 2+HD)

NSW Cup Round 19
Auckland (NZW) v Central Coast (NWC) @ Mt Smart #2, Sat 1:00pm
Cronulla (CRO) v Melbourne (MEL) @ Henson, Sat 1:00pm

 

[Dr Crane]

bit nervous about how we'll back up after such an exhausting effort against penrith, but you'd have to hope we'd take them.

 

[Doomednow]

Judging by their performance this week you should. I hope you do too. One of my favourite finals games in the last couple of years: 8th placed Warriors defeat 1st placed Melbourne in Melbourne, and Michael Witt takes the time to taunt the Storm players before grounding the match winning try. Liked the Warriors ever since.

 

[Rovelli]

Danger match - every match against Melbourne is - whether we are playing cheats or not.

Here's hoping today's win against a 14-man Penrith side does not leave us flat for next week, because every loss from here would be a costly one.

 

[kia ora storm]

Warriors by 10...I am tipping with my head and not my heart.

With the media findings of the audit coming out this week and their recent form, I don't think Storm will get close this week.

 

[petetheileet]

Warriors by 10...I am tipping with my head and not my heart.

With the media findings of the audit coming out this week and their recent form, I don't think Storm will get close this week.

Good point but you never know, it may work the other way, with the players giving a big F U to everyone depending on how it pans out.

IMO after your effort this weekend, itl be a massive effort to keep it close.

I wish you all the best!

 

[Rovelli]

The Warriors are caught in the middle again of the Storm scandal.

The Storm vented on ANZAC Day and belted us 40-6.

We're in much better form now and the Storm won't have home comforts. I like the fact that the Warriors are flying under the radar this year. I hope they win again, and make it 5 in a row.

 

[Timmah]

New Zealand Warriors v Melbourne Storm
Saturday 17 July 2010, 5:30pm AEST (7:30pm NZT) - Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland
Referees: Steve Lyons and Gerard Sutton; Sideline Officials: Daniel Eastwood and Adam Gee; Video Referee: Bill Harrigan

Warriors: 1. Lance Hohaia 2. Kevin Locke 3. Brent Tate 4. Jerome Ropati 5. Manu Vatuvei 6. James Maloney 7. Brett Seymour 8. Jesse Royal 9. Aaron Heremaia 10. Russell Packer 11. Simon Mannering (C) 12. Lewis Brown 13. Micheal Luck
Interchange: 14. Ian Henderson 15. Ben Matulino 16. Jeremy Latimore 17. Ukuma Ta'ai; Reserves: 18. Sione Lousi
Storm: 1. Billy Slater 2. Matt Duffie 3. Chase Stanley 4. Greg Inglis 5. Dane Nielsen 6. Brett Finch 7. Cooper Cronk 8. Bryan Norrie 9. Cameron Smith (c) 10. Brett White 11. Adam Blair 12. Sika Manu 13. Kevin Proctor
Interchange: 14. Ryan Hinchcliffe 15. Todd Lowrie 16. Aiden Tolman 17. Jeff Lima; Reserves: 18. Ryan Hoffman

http://www.leagueunlimited.com/article.php?newsid=19570

 

[Eaglestar]

Warriors to win for sure and get revenge after the thrashing they got after the cap scandal. Storm lost the will to win lately big time.

 

[Timmah]

After watching how Melbourne performed I just get the feeling they are capable of the big score and the easy win but when a team really takes it to them like we did last week, then they don't seem to have that ultimate will to win.

 

[Timmah]

LeagueUnlimited.com Preview

The Warriors performance last week should be heralded as one of club greatest victories since their establishment in 1995. They were down on troops to begin with and under a ridiculous amount of pressure late in the game. Why is this important now?...

Read the full preview: http://www.leagueunlimited.com/article.php?newsid=19580

 

[lomz1]

Melbourne Storm by 10

 

[Eaglestar]

Thing is with the Storm is they either win big or lose in close games. You can tell they lose the will to win when it's a tight contest. And i can see this being close and therefore Warriors to get home.

 

[Timmah]

LATE MAIL

The Warriors will also make the same decision an hour before kick-off at Mt Smart Stadium before their clash with Melbourne, who also have to trim a five-men bench. Interestingly, the first team the Storm played after their salary cap rorts were exposed in April was the Warriors, who they smashed. Now, in the week their full cheating has been exposed, they face the same opponents.

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...ore-clash-with-sea-eagles-20100715-10cqr.html

 

[Timmah]

HOWEVER, rumours doing the rounds at the moment indicate the Storm are refusing to board the plane to NZ today and will forfeit tomorrow - and the remainder of 2010.

 

[Dr Crane]

it didn't happen when it first broke, it won't happen now.

stupid people will buy anything when a story is already in the news.

 

[skeepe]

I feel sorry for the Warriors, playing the Storm at all is hard enough, but being the first team to face them after the penalties were handed down AND the first team to face them after the audit results were released? Harsh.

 

[kia ora storm]

I honestly cant see the Storm getting close in this...

 

[Paullyboy]

Me either strangely enough

 

[Tipster]

Storm by 10