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Thanks Sallymay for that wonderful first - hand report ! Great to read that Paps is happy .

Craig at presser this morning said Hughes is ill and Coates has a sore hip, and Craig not sure if they will be ok for tomorrow night.

Fantastic news. Just in case Nick Meaney or his friends read this forum, I think it is worth saying that he has been a wonderful acquisition to the Storm. He came as an outside back , at what I assume is a relatively modest salary and has had to cover in the halves and at fullback , as well as takin...

With Young presumably out with a hammy next week, instead of bringing Justin Olam back after one week, what about Tom Eisenhuth at left centre, Ellie Katoa back into the starting line up in the second row ? In Olam’s current form I would be worried that Stephen Crichton would carve him up. Tom will ...

Katoa said in his interview this week that he has started training again, but has to build up his fitness so is 2-3 weeks away from playing. Presumably with the sensitivity of the eye injury he had to remain quite still, so has lost his fitness edge. Given Craig likes his second rowers to play the f...

Reimis Smith(27) and Meaney(27) are probably next 2 that we look at re extensions. OOC end of next year. Reimis looks happy enough to stay. I sure hope he does. I think NM will attract a bit of interest given how well he's playing and might leave for a spot in a starting 13. Long term here he proba...

Katoa re-signs until end of 2027. Hoping to be back playing in 2-3 weeks, good to finally get a bit of an update there. This is great news. It had been worrying that we had not heard an update for weeks and with him listed as “indefinite “- especially with the eye being such a sensitive area. So it...

Lennart Bedrager wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 9:54 pm Origin seems to have given Coates some needed confidence, he seems to be much improved at the moment

Absolutely. He was poor earlier in the season, but has been much better in recent weeks. His confidence is high

Mattpoet wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 9:27 pm MacDonald always lands on his front for the quick play the ball, you watch him, he's fantastic

Yep - as has been said by others, he should always be in the 17.

Meaney looked a bit proppy before he went off. Anyone know if he is injured or not? I just replayed his last couple of minutes on the field. He did look a bit stiff-legged, and yet he made a good run and had one other involvement and there was no impact injury in that time. So hopefully nothing mor...

Fantastic win for Billy and the boys.

Our 3 lads were all fantastic. Munster strong all night ( and to be fair, his halves partner DCE had a cracker - will be a danger on Saturday), Harry showed again he is a far far better hooker than Hunt , and Xavier continued his return to form.

Storm Spirit wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 6:25 pm Loved the fact that although he’s well and truly a Sharks player, he is still comfortable and humble enough to be able to acknowledge that everything he’s been able to achieve was bc of the opportunities that Melbourne Storm gave him. Class act indeed….and always a Storm player.

Well said .

Scooter wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 11:11 am Kaufusi to miss three weeks with early guilty plea for hit on Welch.

Katoa not charged - though it is largely academic given his reported AC injury.

I just watched the most entertaining NRL 360 episode in years. 1. Anasta announced at the start of the show that Paul Kent has been stood down to deal with “personal issues”. 2. Gordy Tallis- his replacement- landed three telling blows. First , he slammed the Roosters’ recruiting , saying that every...

Any news about NAS’s rib injury, as to whether he will be ok to aim up against Jesse , Kenny and Felise ?