Wests Tigers v Melbourne Storm *Live Updates*

[Balmain_Boy]

Bit of a scare for the tigers. So what would be an indication Dodge, which team was the standout?

We were far better for the first 60. Never looked like losing after the first 20 minutes.

 

[Slappy]

radio says 30-28 tigers

 

[bboy_insane]

HAHAHA now LU says 30-22

 

[Master Vippo]

Nice work Tigers.

So was Benji the difference;-)

 

[Earl]

Who scored Melbourne's last try?

 

[sla4575]

Cronk under the posts

 

[Balmain_Boy]

Cronk I think. Fairly sure.

 

[Balmain_Boy]

Benji was outstanding for the majority of the match. Very stupid flick pass at one point which was the wrong option and probably cost us a try on the opposite flank.

 

[Earl]

Cheers mate.

Melbourne were very ordinary today. When it meant more than anything in the world, they couldn't hold the ball.

Matt King and Steve Turner got absolutley carved up. Geyer & Inglis didn't fare to better either though.

They can take some heart out of the last 10 minutes though. Over 100 more tackles than the Tigers and they never gave up.

 

[fulltime]

they never gave up but the tigers did. the last 10 mins was for/agaibst consolation only.

lolesi gone 100%
laffranchi most probably gone.
if hill pulled the ref back(apparently they have footage) gone for several weeks
if footage of slater shows what two commentary teams saw he looks gone as well.

tigers completely dominant scoreline no reflection at all.
next fridays game should be made live in sydney it would rate its arse off.

 

[sla4575]

I think that the storm can take a lot of good away from a really sh*tty performance. They showed that they can score points very quickly against a strong side, whereas last year they would have laid down and died.

Adam Blair played very well today i thought, as did Johnson as usual. It was strange to see Cameron Smith actually make wrong choices, but the whole team seemed to have one of those days.

I'm not sure if the bye is a good or bad thing for the storm. It will probably kill their momentum, but it will hopefully give them time to sort out their poor ball control.

 

[Earl]

The only thing against Slater is Warren Smith, the biggest tigers fan in NSW, saying he did something.

From what they showed there isn't any video footage to show what he "did".

We'll see what happens tommorow though.

Agree on Lolesi though, late-forearms-high.

 

[Earl]

I think that the storm can take a lot of good away from a really sh*tty performance. They showed that they can score points very quickly against a strong side, whereas last year they would have laid down and died.

Adam Blair played very well today i thought, as did Johnson as usual. It was strange to see Cameron Smith actually make wrong choices, but the whole team seemed to have one of those days.

I'm not sure if the bye is a good or bad thing for the storm. It will probably kill their momentum, but it will hopefully give them time to sort out their poor ball control.

Blair was outstanding IMO as well. Especially when you consider he was on debut. Has to be in the 17 again next week.

 

[fulltime]

slater's incident was also confirmed on 2gb immediately during the game so could be in trouble and they get it at worst from the grandstand camera which sees the whole ground. it was 5m behind the play the ball so if anything happened it should be picked up somewhere.

 

[camsmith]

Slater will be fine ffs, Bloody tigers supporters giving him so respect.


Storm played sh*t for 65 minutes.. who knows what would have happened if we played well for even 60 mins. Anyway well done Tigers (i guess)

 

[Timmah]

Match report written. Sorry about the glitches guys, we are working on them. Tigers far and away the best team, but they'll want to be a bit more fit to hold on to a full 80 minutes on Friday night. Not much turnaround time but they really need to if they want to emulate their premiership win next weekend. Melbourne were very lucky to be as close as they were.

Well done Tigpies.

 

[vlad]

Slater will be fine ffs, Bloody tigers supporters giving him so respect.


Storm played sh*t for 65 minutes.. who knows what would have happened if we played well for even 60 mins. Anyway well done Tigers (i guess)

the storm played as well as the Tigers allowed them too . The score flattered Melbourne who scored a couple of consolation tries when the contest was over .

 

[aussies1st]

If Hodgson has his kicking boots on Tigers would have won by way more.

 

[Timmah]

the storm played as well as the Tigers allowed them too . The score flattered Melbourne who scored a couple of consolation tries when the contest was over .

Be a bloody graceful winner. The Storm showed power and skill over a very weary and tired Tigers team in the final 20 minutes. A similar display between 65-80 mins next week v NQ will see Wests get mowed, no matter the margin before hand. It wasn't a great game and Melbourne never deserved to win, but give credit where it's due, Melbourne got across the line very well in the late stages.

 

[Earl]

Melbourne showed superior fitness toward the end. The Tigers were forced to only make a handful of tackles in the entire game, yet the still tired dramaticly.