Round 24 - Titans vs Storm

[yourhero]

Saturday 25th August
5:30pm
Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast

Injury update this afternoon.
Team Lists named tomorrow at 5pm.

[yourhero]

Titans form line heading into this game - 2 Wins/3 Losses (9+ Points Differential). Sitting low on the table (12th) but you just never know what you are gonna get with the Titans. Similar to the Warriors in that regard, albeit with less firepower.

(Round / Result / Opponent / Margin)

R23 - Win (Away) - Mongly - 8 Points
R22 - Loss (Home) - Panthers - 1 Point
R21 - Loss (Away) - Eels - 16 Points
R20 - Win (Home) - Warriors - 24 Points
R19 - Loss (Away) - Knights - 6 Points

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Storm form line heading into this game - 3 Wins/2 Losses (43+ Points Differential). Our first away game in 3 weeks.
(Round / Result / Opponent / Margin)

R23 - Win (Home) - Eels - 16 Points
R22 - Loss (Home) - Sharps - 3 Points
R21 - Loss (Away) - Rabbitohs - 10 Points
R20 - Win (Home) - Raiders - 34 Points
R19 - Win (Away) - Warriors - 6 Points

[yourhero]

Previous 3 meetings;

Round 10 2018 (Storm Home) - Storm 28 def Titans 14
Round 10 2017 (Storm Home) - Titans 38 def Storm 36
Round 9 2016 (Titans Home) - Storm 38 def Titans 0

[yourhero]

Will Chambers has accepted a three game ban for his tackle on Jarryd Hayne last week.

Fair to say Will's worst year for the Storm?

[Deadpool]

I wish they had of challenged it, but I guess when the judiciary is as inconsistent as it is then I can understand them taken the 3 weeks

[steaming stormer]

Take the 3 - it was a rubbish tackle - sort of thing that an inch either side can paralyze someone - it's not needed in the game.

[Deadpool]

Take the 3 - it was a rubbish tackle - sort of thing that an inch either side can paralyze someone - it's not needed in the game.

It looked worse than what it actually was. He didn’t come down on the head at all. It’s been blown way out of proportion by the media

[blazza18]

I have no idea what to expect from this game given all the injures.

[TC]

According to Frank; Smith (Cam) likely and Hughes probable.

https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/news/ ... erral=true

[Cameron]

Titans can score points but they give up big point too

Imo we need to go on the attack

[yourhero]

I’m the opposite. I think if we defend well, we will win.

We scored big last year and still got rolled.

[Cameron]

Then Lets both defend and attack well this year.

[yourhero]

What an idea... Defend AND attack well! I’ll message Craig.

[NevilleB]

Cheyse Blair will be in for sure. What an honor to see the great man in action

[Ice]

According to Frank; Smith (Cam) likely and Hughes probable.

https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/news/ ... erral=true

If that turns out to be the case then it wouldn't be the worst result in regards to the injury carnage from Friday night. We've taken a massive hit no doubt which could really hurt us coming into finals but if Cam is out there and we have the injection of Hughes it offsets it somewhat I guess.

In a perfect world we'd have the luxury of resting Cam this week (and may even yet do so) but given we lost 2 in a row before last week and the comp is so tight for the top couple of spots then maybe we'll play him if he's 75% fit or so. That said and regardless of all that, if there's a chance he could aggravate the injury more and miss finals then we should def err on the side of caution and sit him out