'11 | R22 | Sat | Storm 26-6 Panthers | AAMI

[Timmah]

1. Billy Slater 2. Justin O'Neill 3. Dane Nielsen 4. Beau Champion 5. Sisa Waqa 6. Maurice Blair 7. Cooper Cronk
8. Jesse Bromwich 9. Cameron Smith (c) 10. Bryan Norrie 11. Adam Blair 12. Kevin Proctor 13. Ryan Hinchcliffe

Interchange: 14. Robbie Rochow 15. Atelea Vea 16. Adam Woolnough 17. Jaiman Lowe

1. David Simmons 2. Ryan Walker 3. Michael Jennings 4. Brad Tighe 5. Adrian Purtell 6. Harry Seijka 7. Luke Walsh
8. Tim Grant 9. Kevin Kingston 10. Petero Civoniceva (c) 11. Trent Waterhouse 12. Nigel Plum 13. Luke Lewis

Interchange (from): 14. Nafe Seluini 15. Nathan Smith 16. Matthew Bell 17. Sam McKendry 18. Masada Iosefa

Ben Cummins and Phil Haines
Touch Judges: Steve Carrall and Adam Gee; Video Referee: Russell Smith


Toyota Cup R22 Storm v Panthers @ AAMI, Sat 3:15pm
(LIVE on FOX Sports 2+2HD)

QRL Intrust Super Cup R18 Central (BRI) v Easts (MEL) @ Browne Pk Rockhampton, Sat 6:00pm

NSW Cup R22 Windsor (PEN) v Cronulla (CRO, MEL) @ Windsor, Sat 6:00pm

 

[goosie]

panthers need to somehow fluke a win here and keep there finals hopes alive.

 

[pantherz9103]

Lol

 

[matrightyeh]

storm to win very easy

 

[pantherz9103]

Possibly Storm due for a loss and Penrith long overdue for a win against Storm? I'm scraping at the barrel...

 

[kia ora storm]

Storm by 10...

 

[umina panther]

Hopefully Lewis doesn't knock himself out and can keep it close

 

[age.s]

Need Lewis and Coote back to even be a sniff. If Simmons plays FB it could be a cricket score.

 

[to_ddeath]

Storm by 12 penalties to 4....


T.

 

[mxlegend99]

On the one hand Matt Elliott is gone so we might actually have a chance at beating a Craig Bellamy coached team now.

On the other hand the Panthers backline is pretty much reserve grade standard with exception of Michael Jennings. Our back 3 especially are a huge liability. They're all likely to either spill the ball or not even bother contesting it if there's a bit of pressure on them.

Realistically... if we're even within 12 points of the Storm we've done a decent job IMO. I can see the score blowing out massively here.

 

[Timmah]

Melbourne Storm v Penrith Panthers
Saturday 6 August 2011, kickoff 5:30pm; AAMI Park
TV: Live FOX Sports 2+2HD; Live Radio: 2GB, ABC + Networks
Referees: Ben Cummins and Phil Haines; Touch Judges: Steve Carrall and Adam Gee; Video Referee: Russell Smith

Storm: 1. Billy Slater 2. Justin O'Neill 3. Dane Nielsen 4. Beau Champion 5. Sisa Waqa 6. Maurice Blair 7. Cooper Cronk 8. Jesse Bromwich 9. Cameron Smith (c) 10. Bryan Norrie 11. Adam Blair 12. Kevin Proctor 13. Ryan Hinchcliffe
Interchange: 14. Robbie Rochow 15. Atelea Vea 16. Adam Woolnough 17. Jaiman Lowe
Panthers: 1. David Simmons 2. Ryan Walker 3. Michael Jennings 4. Brad Tighe 5. Adrian Purtell 6. Harry Seijka 7. Luke Walsh 8. Tim Grant 9. Kevin Kingston 10. Petero Civoniceva (c) 11. Trent Waterhouse 12. Nigel Plum 13. Luke Lewis
Interchange (from): 14. Nafe Seluini 15. Nathan Smith 16. Matthew Bell 17. Sam McKendry 18. Masada Iosefa

NRL Teams R22: http://www.leagueunlimited.com/article.php?newsid=21698

Other grades: http://www.leagueunlimited.com/article.php?newsid=21715

 

[Shorty]

Storm to keep coasting along nicely.

 

[Whoosh]

Storm don't need to rush back any slightly injured players and should still coast through this one like a vigorous training drill.

 

[goosie]

panthers have juicy odds $5.25 whack ten on for sure!

 

[goosie]

melb going for ten in a row tuff ask and will be a close game imo.

 

[dangerousdave]

Upset of the year!

Will help people forget about the saints performance last week

 

[stormbati]

Wouldnt mind a Penrith win. I'm worried about the whole "due for a loss" theory. Finals can't come around quick enough.
I can see us losing to Manly in round 26 but stuff losing the week before finals.

 

[Spank]

Will Widopp play ??

 

[pantherz9103]

Lewis has played only 1 game's worth of footy in the last 3 weeks. He must play 80 minutes or this won't be close.

 

[goosie]

widopp was ruled out unless there is late changes.