Game notes:Storm vs Raiders

[Super Cronk]

GAME NOTES: STORM v RAIDERS
April 21, 2005

WHO: Storm 7th (3-3) v Raiders 1st (4-1)
WHAT: Round 7 of the Telstra Premiership season
WHERE: Canberra Stadium
WHEN: Sunday, April 24th, 2.30pm
ON TV: Fox Sports One 2:30 (LIVE)
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GOOD STORM STUFF
Despite consecutive losses, the Storm continues to set the standard in attack this season, with an NRL high 192 points to its name. Storm also leads the league for line breaks with 47, well clear of next best, the Canberrra Raiders on 35. Storm Centre Steven Bell leads the way with a massive nine line breaks, followed by Billy Slater on eight, Matt King on six and Matt Orford on five; those four players alone, have made more line breaks than the entire squads of all but six NRL clubs.

STORM TRAINING:
The Storm will be training at Olympic Park today (Thursday) at 1pm and on Saturday at 12 noon. Both sessions are at Olympic Park.

IN AND OUT
Craig Bellamy has named a 21-man squad for the Raiders clash (full team below). Dennis Scott and Peter Robinson return to the list after knee injuries, Jake Webster returns after a slight hamstring strain kept him out of the round 5 Eels game and Jamie Feeney returns also.

FAST FACTS
* Storm has won its last five matches against the Raiders
* Raiders have won their last four matches on home soil
* Both teams lost in round 6
* The Raiders’ loss in round 6 was its first for the season
* Raiders have scored first in all of their matches this season
* Raiders at home this season: 3-0
* Storm record away from home this season: 1-2
* Storm coach Craig Bellamy played 148 games for Canberra (1982-1992)

THE NUMBERS GAME
Storm’s fullback Billy Slater still heads the try scoring list for this season with seven, while team mate Steven Bell is third on the list with five tries so far. Matt Orford is equal sixth on the point scoring list with 46 points for Season 2005.

HEAD-TO-HEAD
Total: Played: 15, Storm: 10, Raiders: 5.
At Canberra Stadium: Played: 7, Storm: 3, Raiders: 4.

Last 10 clashes (Played 10; Melbourne 7, Canberra 3)
Won By, Score, VenueMelbourne, 36 - 18, Canberra Stadium 2004 (Rd 23)
Melbourne, 22 - 18, Olympic Park 2004 (Rd 11)
Melbourne, 30 - 18, Canberra Stadium 2003 (Rd 27)
Melbourne,18 - 8, Canberra Stadium 2003 (Rd 17)
Melbourne, 30 - 10, Olympic Park 2003 (Rd 9)
Canberra, 25 - 16, Canberra Stadium 2002 (Rd 26)
Melbourne, 16 - 12, Olympic Park 2002 (Rd 1)
Canberra, 32 - 6, Canberra Stadium 2001 (Rd 26)
Melbourne, 32 - 28, Colonial Stadium 2001 (Rd 13)
Canberra, 20 - 16, Olympic Park 2000 (Rd 25)

Biggest Head-to-head Wins
Canberra 32 - 6 Canberra Stadium 2001 (Rd 26)
Melbourne 30 - 10 Olympic Park 1999 (Rd 20)

Most Goals in a Match Head-to-head
7 Matt Orford (Storm) Melbourne won 30– 0 (Rd 9, 2003)

Most Points in a Match Head-to-head
14 Matt Orford (Storm) Melbourne Won 30 - 10 (Rd 9, 2003)

FOR AND AGAINST 2005
Points for: Storm: 192; Raiders: 144
Points against: Storm: 113; Raiders: 106
Tries for: Storm: 36; Raiders: 23
Tries against: Storm: 19, Raiders: 19
Goals for: Storm: 24; Raiders: 25

LAST TWO ROUND MATCHES
Storm: Rd 6: 14-26 v Eels at Olympic Park, Rd 5: 16-36 v Panthers at Penrith Stadium
Raiders: Rd 6: 14-36 v Sea Eagles at Brookvale Oval, Rd 5: 24-16 v Roosters at Canberra Stadium

CLUB RECORDS
Canberra Raiders (1982-)
First Grade Titles: 3 (1989 - 90, 1994)
Runners-Up: 2 (1987, 1991)
Finishing position, last five Seasons: 2004-8th, 11th 2003-5th, 2002-8th, 2001-11th, 2000-5th

Melbourne Storm (1998-)
First Grade Titles: 1 (1999)
Finishing position, last five Seasons: 2004-5th, 2003-6th, 2002-10th, 2001-9th, 2000-7th

TELSTRA PREMIERSHIP LADDER
1. Raiders 4-1, 2. Sea Eagles 4-1, 3. Sharks 4-1, 4. Cowboys 4-2, 5. Broncos 4-2, 6. Wests Tigers 3-2, 7. Storm 3-3. 8. Panthers 3-3, 9. Warriors 3-3, 10. Roosters 2-4, 11. Eels 3-3, 12.Bulldogs 1-4, 13. Rabbitohs 2-4, 14. Dragons 1-5, 15. Knights 0-5.

THE STORM STORY SO FAR
Round 1: Storm 48 (Tries: Slater 3, Orford 2, Cronk 1, Hoffman 1, Webster 1, B White 1; Goals: Orford 4, Geyer 2) d Knights 10 (Tries: Cooper 2; Goals: Johns 1) at Olympic Park.
Round 2: Storm 46 (Tries: Orford 2, Bell 2, Kearns 1, King 1, Slater 1, C. Smith 1; Goals: Orford 4, C Smith 3) d Dragons 12 (Tries: Best 1, Young 1; Goals: Head 2) at WIN Stadium.
Round 3: Sea Eagles (Tries: Heckenberg, Randall, Dunley, Stewart; Goals: Witt 4; Penalty Field Goals: Monaghan) 25 d Storm 18 (Tries: Steven Bell, Cooper Cronk, Billy Slater; Goals: Cameron Smith 3)
Round 4: Storm 50 (Tries: King, Webster, Geyer, Slater (2), Hoffman, Bell; Goals: Orford (4), Smith) d Broncos 4 (Lockyer).
Round 5: Panthers 36 d Storm 16 (Tries: Chan, Bell, King; Goals: Orford, Smith)
Round 6: Eels 26 d Storm 14 (Tries: King, Orford, Inglis, Goals: Smith

2005 TRY SCORERS (STORM)
Billy Slater 7, Steven Bell 5, Matt Orford 5, Matt King 5, Jake Webster 3, Cooper Cronk 2, Ryan Hoffman 2, Matt Geyer 2, Robbie Kearns 1, Cameron Smith 1, Brett White 1, Alex Chan 1, Inglis 1.

2005 GOAL SCORERS (STORM)
Matt Orford 13, Cameron Smith 9, Matt Geyer 2.

2005 POINTSCORERS (STORM)
Matt Orford 46, Billy Slater 28, Cameron Smith 22, Steven Bell 20, Matt King 20, Matt Geyer 12, Jake Webster 12, Cooper Cronk 8, Ryan Hoffman 8, Brett White 4, Robbie Kearns 4, Alex Chan 4, Greg Inglis 4.

MELBOURNE STORM MEDIBANK PRIVATE INJURY UPDATE
Steve Turner (foot), season
Tevita Metuisela (neck), 5 weeks

THE STORM AHEAD
Round 7: Sunday, April 24: v Raiders @ Stadium, 2.30pm.
Round 8: Saturday, April 30: v Sharks @ Olympic Park, 5:30pm.
Round 9: Bye.
Round 10: Saturday, 14th May: v Rabbitohs @ Aussie Stadium, 7:30pm.
Round 11: Saturday 21st May: v Bulldogs @ Olympic Park, 5:30pm.

SQUAD FOR SUNDAY'S GAME v RAIDERS:
Starting team:
1. Billy Slater
2. Matt Geyer
3. Steve Bell
4. Matt King
5. Jake Webster
6. Scott Hill
7. Matt Orford
8. Robbie Kearns (c)
9. Cameron Smith
10. Alex Chan
11. David Kidwell
12. Ryan Hoffman
13. Dallas Johnson

Interchange:
14. Antonio Kaufusi, 15. Glen Turner, 16. Cooper Cronk, 17. Brett White, 18. Dennis Scott, 19. Jamie McDonald, 20. Peter Robinson, 21. Jamie Feeney

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[Allykat]

GAME NOTES: STORM v RAIDERS
April 21, 2005

Biggest Head-to-head Wins
Canberra 32 - 6 Canberra Stadium 2001 (Rd 26)
Melbourne 30 - 10 Olympic Park 1999 (Rd 20)

Most Goals in a Match Head-to-head
7 Matt Orford (Storm) Melbourne won 30– 0 (Rd 9, 2003)

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Is it just me or does this particular bit make now sense? sureley if in round 9 2003 melbourne won by 30 points how is our biggest win against the raiders only 20 points in round 20 1999?????????????

I'm a little confused

[Lord Reynoldson]

Mis-print on the most goals part. We've only ever kept one team scoreless - Wests Tigers 64-0 in our hundreth game. Have a feeling scoreline was about 30-10 in that 2003 game v Canberra, where we handed them their first loss of the season. But then that would've put it equal with the 1999 biggest win. Unless Canberra scored another try that I can't remember. Or unless we won by 10 in '03 and it was 30-20, but 30-10 sounds right to me.

[Smacka (C)]

Yeah - I noticed that too.

Hmmmmmm?

[thinga87]

Was 30-10 on both occasions:

1999 Storm 30 (5t, 5g) Raiders 10
2003 Storm 30 (4t, 7g) Raiders 10.

[Tigger]

Hmmm, I've been told that Hoffy will be dropped to the bench with Robbo starting........we'll just have to wait & see I suppose.

[Lord Reynoldson]

EDIT: Ignore this, I'm an idiot.

[thinga87]

Is this what you're requesting LR?

1998 R24 - Melb 16 (3t-2g-0fg) Canb 12 (2t-2g-0fg) 21-Aug-1998 Olympic Park
1998 SF - Melb 24 (5-2-0) Canb 10 (2-1-0) 05-Sep-1998 Olympic Pack

1999 R14 - Melb 6 (1-1-0) Canb 26 (4-5-0) 04-Jun-1999 Bruce Stadium
1999 R20 - Melb 30 (5-5-0) Canb 10 (2-1-0) 16-Jul-1999 Olympic Park

2000 R3 - Melb 12 (2-2-0) Canb 16 (2-4-0) 19-Feb-2000 Bruce Stadium
2000 R25 - Melb 16 (3-2-0) Canb 20 (4-2-0) 21-Jul-2000 Olympic Park

2001 R13 - Melb 32 (6-4-0) Canb 28 (4-6-0) 19-May-2001 Colonial Stadium
2001 R26 - Melb 6 (1-1-0) Canb 32 (6-4-0) 01-Sep-2001 Bruce Stadium

2002 R1 - Melb 16 (2-4-0) Canb 12 (2-2-0) 16-Mar-2002 Olympic Park
2002 R26 - Melb 16 (3-2-0) Canb 25 (5-2-1) 07-Sep-2002 Canberra Stadium

2003 R9 - Melb 30 (4-7-0) Canb 10 (2-1-0) 10-May-2003 Olympic Park
2003 R17 - Melb 18 (3-3-0) Canb 8 (2-0-0) 06-Jul-2003 Canberra Stadium
2003 QF - Melb 30 (6-3-0) Canb 18 (3-3-0) 12-Sep-2003 Canberra Stadium

2004 R11 - Melb 22 (4-3-0) Canb 18 (3-3-0) 22-May-2004 Olympic Park
2004 R23 - Melb 36 (7-4-0) Canb 18 (3-3-0) 15-Aug-2004 Canberra Stadium

[Lord Reynoldson]

Yeah, and I'm such a dumbarse I only just realised that it has the previous 10 games results in the top quote of this very thread. PUt your hand up if your an idiot! (For those who can't see me - all of you, my hands are raised high in the air.

[Mike_The_Undertaker]

I was sure we kept more teams than one scoreless.

[steaming stormer]

Hmmm, I've been told that Hoffy will be dropped to the bench with Robbo starting........we'll just have to wait & see I suppose.

Hoffman is a gun, but I can't wait to see Robbo back in the side. Great player and Great Bloke

[Christabella]

I was sure we kept more teams than one scoreless.

Nope there have been a lot of low scores but only one zero both in your for and your against column ... BTW I know the bit I added was only due to Harrigan.

[Super Cronk]

was just reading an article on HS and it said kearns missed training yesterday due to a shoulder complaint...i hope its nothing serious.

and chan has been passed fit to play.

[Dani_]

this made me laugh

CHECK IT OUT: Melbourne Storm’s new website with all the latest stats, profiles, updates, schedule and training times, alerts, news etc….www.melbournestorm.com.au

um, the alert was taken from the website...

[Thunderstruck]

Well to be fair it's a circular to the media for their info.