SYDNEY ROOSTERS v MELBOURNE STORM

[Batemans Bay Rooster]

The Storm are the NRL's futile attempt to penetrate the VFL market.

VFL's a thing if you're from Melbourne, Adelaide or Perth. The NRL for some reason thinks that twisting the rules so that a Melbourne based team always finishes top-4 (pretty easy - don't suspend their players for 4-5 weeks at a time and give Bellyache your private number so that you van discuss how the rules 'SHOULD' be interpreted) is a good cause.

Meanwhile, nobody from Melbourne supports the Drizz and (unfortunately for various players / ex-players who are often quite talented), fans from other states often dismiss their achievements as the 'Melbourne Project' is such a blatant farce.

Jesus you talk a lot of shit

[Bates]

Just looking at our team list. curious how Kez is. If he is unfit does sandon just walk into the halves or is it watto. If its watto zdc comes in the 17. or do you bring in wong

ROOSTERS:
1. Teddy
2. Tupou
3. Sua'ali'i
4. Tupouniua
5. Young
6. Keary
7. Walker
8. May
9. Smith, Brandon
10. Collins
11. Chrichton
12. Radley
13. Watson

INTERCHANGE:
14. Smith, Sandon
15. Leniu
16. Butcher, N
17. Whyte

RESERVES:
18. King
19. Wong
20. Steep
21. Elliott
22. Foketi
23. Jennings
24. Dockar-Clay

Sandon will play 6 if Kez is out with Wong promoted to the bench imo.

The Cheese to play the game of his life.

[bondi.boy]

Will we be doing stoopid short re-start kick-offs and giving the Storm the ball 10 metres out from our tryline so they can score easy tries and beat us?

[Mr Whippet]

The Storm are the NRL's futile attempt to penetrate the VFL market.

VFL's a thing if you're from Melbourne, Adelaide or Perth. The NRL for some reason thinks that twisting the rules so that a Melbourne based team always finishes top-4 (pretty easy - don't suspend their players for 4-5 weeks at a time and give Bellyache your private number so that you van discuss how the rules 'SHOULD' be interpreted) is a good cause.

Meanwhile, nobody from Melbourne supports the Drizz and (unfortunately for various players / ex-players who are often quite talented), fans from other states often dismiss their achievements as the 'Melbourne Project' is such a blatant farce.

Not to be frivolous , AFL, not VFL (a lower division competition)

[Waylander]

Will we be doing stoopid short re-start kick-offs and giving the Storm the ball 10 metres out from our tryline so they can score easy tries and beat us?

Do you ever have anything positive to say?

FMD you must be a joy to be around.

[bondi.boy]

So, we have to play Storm in Melb 3 days after Soo...some people might utter bad swear words about it, and cry "biased scheduling".
Storm in Melb 3 days after SOO....BAAAH!!!

[Waylander]

So, we have to play Storm in Melb 3 days after Soo...some people might utter bad swear words about it, and cry "biased scheduling".
Storm in Melb 3 days after SOO....BAAAH!!!

Considering that when the schedule was made, Melbourne had 3 players incumbent in the SOO sides, and we had 1, I struggle to see how this is biased against us? The Storm fans were probably all whinging that it wasn't fair they had to play us 3 days after Origin. If Coates and Munster were fit, in all likelihood they would have played in SOO3 along with Grant. Angus, Watson & Leniu would have been long odds to play Origin at the start of the season.

[Mickie Lane]

The Storm are the NRL's futile attempt to penetrate the VFL market.

VFL's a thing if you're from Melbourne, Adelaide or Perth. The NRL for some reason thinks that twisting the rules so that a Melbourne based team always finishes top-4 (pretty easy - don't suspend their players for 4-5 weeks at a time and give Bellyache your private number so that you van discuss how the rules 'SHOULD' be interpreted) is a good cause.

Meanwhile, nobody from Melbourne supports the Drizz and (unfortunately for various players / ex-players who are often quite talented), fans from other states often dismiss their achievements as the 'Melbourne Project' is such a blatant farce.

Jizz go & have your medication
Give Melbourne some respect they are a champion club & have been at the top of the tree for 20 years.
No other club turns no names into champions like them.
I always look forward to the Roosters playing them because when we win you know you've beaten a well drilled quality side

[bondi.boy]

Jizz go & have your medication
Give Melbourne some respect they are a champion club & have been at the top of the tree for 20 years.
No other club turns no names into champions like them.
I always look forward to the Roosters playing them because when we win you know you've beaten a well drilled quality side

When do we ever beat them?
I hate playing them, we *always* lose.
...well except for that great 2018 GF win.

[bondi.boy]

Do you ever have anything positive to say?

FMD you must be a joy to be around.

When we lose a very important game by doing one, you might change your mind.

[BraveTheWorld]

When do we ever beat them?
I hate playing them, we *always* lose.
...well except for that great 2018 GF win.

I've been hearing this a lot. We were the better side against them last year and nearly beat them without Manu, Tupuo, Suaalii, Billy Smith, Hargreaves and whoever else we had out. Earlier this year we were without Young, Leniu, Walker and I think a few others.

It's also the reality that they've been a better team than us over the past few years. It's not that difficult to see why they've had a good record against us - we've been strugglign to make the 8. I don't see how that relates to us playing them this week.

[Mickie Lane]

When do we ever beat them?
I hate playing them, we *always* lose.
...well except for that great 2018 GF win.

2022 was the last time we beat them.

[zac]

we've only beaten them once in the last whatever but in the last 5 years we've beaten them when it counts - the 2018 gf and the 2019 prelim. 2018 is the one that got away for the storm - we played with 12 fit players and managed to win the comp. the 2019 prelim could have gone either way - as could the gf the following week - but we kept our nose in front. those victories ensured we won two comps.
would have been good to win last year's semi but we were long odds to win the comp. one thing about bellamy's record - he's one of the all time great coaches, if not the greatest, but for all the storm's consistency they haven't won more comps than us in the last dozen years

[fletch]

The side to face the Melbourne Storm at 7:35pm this Saturday at AAMI Park has been trimmed down 24 hours ahead of kick-off.

No changes have been made to the starting side, with Ethan King 18th man and Siua Wong the remaining reserve.

[zac]

we've got a couple out as do they. should be a great contest and i'd have us as favourites