Telstra Premiership Round 20 Dragons vs Storm Telstra Premiership Round 20 - Sunday 27th September 2020 Match: Dragons vs Storm Kick off: 4:05pm home Team Dragons 13th Position away Team Storm 2nd Position Venue: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Sydney Match broadcasters: Nine Network Kayo Foxtel Live Pass Ground Conditions: N/A Weather: Unknown Fan Information Latest Team Stats Watch Live Stats Head-to-Head St. George Illawarra Dragons and Melbourne Storm have played 37 games. St. George Illawarra Dragons has won 10 games. Melbourne Storm has won 26 games. They have drawn 1 game. Head-To-Head Since 1998 Played 37 10 Won 26 Drawn 1 Previous Meetings Match: Dragons vs Storm Thursday 4th July 2019 F ull T ime home Team Dragons Scored 14 points away Team Storm Scored 16 points Match: Storm vs Dragons Thursday 5th July 2018 F ull T ime home Team Storm Scored 52 points away Team Dragons Scored 30 points Form Guide Dragons recent results: L Lost 8-37 vs Raiders Visit Match Centre L Lost 22-23 vs Cowboys Visit Match Centre L Lost 10-14 vs Titans Visit Match Centre W Won 28-24 vs Broncos Visit Match Centre W Won 14-12 vs Eels Visit Match Centre Storm recent results: W Won 36-20 vs Cowboys Visit Match Centre W Won 22-16 vs Rabbitohs Visit Match Centre W Won 30-6 vs Sea Eagles Visit Match Centre L Lost 0-14 vs Eels Visit Match Centre W Won 24-6 vs Roosters Visit Match Centre Current Season Wins this season 33% 6/18 83% 15/18 Points Scored home St. George Illawarra Dragons 330 away Melbourne Storm 462 Points Conceded home St. George Illawarra Dragons 388 away Melbourne Storm 224 Completion Rate 81% 77% Tackle Efficiency 90.5% 89.2% Average Points Scored home St. George Illawarra Dragons 18 away Melbourne Storm 25 Average Points Conceded home St. George Illawarra Dragons 21 away Melbourne Storm 12 Average Play The Ball 3.45s 3.59s Key Stats Wins at this venue 59% 54/91 71% 5/7 Wins overall 48% 277/574 63% 394/622 https://www.dragons.com.au/draw/nrl-premiership/2020/round-20-dragons-v-storm/
Based on what is currently going on: 1. Dufty 2. Matt Faegai 3. Max Faegai 4. Lomax 5. Ramsey 6. Sailor 7. Sullivan 8. Kerr 9. McIness 10. Vaughan 11. Frizell 12. Sims 13. Ford 14. Ellis 15. Blacker 16. Fuimaono 17. Hunt
This will be the last game of the competition for the Dragons and thank goodness for that. So tired of seeing us wilt under pressure. No defence so the Storm will get to 60 in a canter next week against us. Next year, I am not too keen on following this once proud club as now we have become the easybeats.
Depending on who we recruit, we will get better. Griffin miles ahead of Young and McGregor. That being said he will need time to bring in new structures etc.
Structures? No backline structure No forward structure Cody gave up & had to go looking for the ball It’s the Zac & Duff show ...& Zac’s was an Origin performance. IMO At least Sullivan & Sailor would get the backline moving? FMD “Run harder”, “attitude” & “discipline” Fail Fail Fail Is that what your co-accomplice Waterboy brought back from the junket for you??
Back peddling in defense...running sideways in attack...Always kick high on tackle 5.... There is 3 of McGregors favourites...LOL
I hate to say it but just sit back & enjoy the way the storm plays. Admire the skills, speed, patience & toughness of Munster, Hughes, Papahuysen?,Smith, JAC etc, etc.
I've had a think about next weeks game and I am convinced that a very good coach (which unfortunately Young isn't) could actually keep the game to a draw or at worst Storm 6 Dragons 0. If we get to kick off we send it to big Nelson or that other giant with all the letters of the alphabet in his name and as he winds up we get our entire team to gang tackle him as he takes that 1st hit up. We then send all 13 off for a HIA which they fail. We then send on the entire bench and if the Storm hit it up once again we just repeat the same thing and of course all 4 again fail the HIA so a scoreless draw results. If the Storm decide to throw it out along the line well they might score a try and convert. We then do a short kick off and in the confusion of all that we crash into each other as well as them and our blokes go off for a HIA and of course we fail so Storm 6 Dragons 0. Now if we pick the right team I dare say most could fail the HIA before the game let alone during it.
