2012 NRL Grand Final: Melbourne Storm v Canterbury Bulldogs

[Diehard_Storm]

Anyone attend training session today, who can provide an update? Did everyone train or were some like Sisa kept separate for part/all?

[1999]

Ryles has been completely ruled out, Waqa is a good chance but not certain, Dane's hamstring is fine. Team named today will be finalised Thursday.

[jstephens]

I was at training today, boys trained well. There was a fitness-testing group going on at the start, Hoffman was in it briefly but looked fine, Nielsen was doing a bit of running and didn't look too bad although I didn't see him or Will Chambers training with the boys later on (Maybe the two centres weren't needed and were doing somehtin else), and to be honest I didn't see Chambers training much at all, but I was in a corner and there was a large group on the other side so he might have been in that. Didn't see Ryles at all and Sisa trained fine, was in the fitness-testing group for the majority but joined the boys later as they did a match simulation thing. Mahe and Quinn both trained with the team as opposed to Kostjasyn who trained on the reserves side in the match simulation. I did notice that one reserve, not sure who, limped off early with what looked to be a bad ankle injury.

[Ice]

Storm:
1. Billy Slater
2. Sisa Waqa
3. Dane Nielsen
4. Will Chambers
5. Justin O'Neill
6. Gareth Widdop
7. Cooper Cronk
8. Jesse Bromwich
9. Cameron Smith
10. Bryan Norrie
11. Sika Manu
12. Ryan Hoffman
13. Todd Lowrie

Interchange:
14. Ryan Hinchcliffe
15. Kevin Proctor
16. Jaiman Lowe
17. Richie Fa'aoso
18. Rory Kostjasyn
19. Mahe Fonua
20. Siosaia Vave
21. Anthony Quinn

Once again Bellyache is giving us nothin

[Diehard_Storm]

1 - 17 as named will play, barring any further injury.

Bad luck to those who miss out. Particularly Ryles whose been sensational this year. As for Mahe - if he does miss out - he's got plenty of years left to get another chance.

[Bourbon Rat]

Storm claim underdog tag
More of dat sneaky Sydney media stuff - Storm 'under' da dogs - They wish

[jstephens]

If you've got the time tomorrow try and get out to AAMI Park at 12.30 or the Airport at 1pm to farewell the boys, let's try and get a crowd there and send them on their way with added support!

[MENACING*STORM]

Can't make it to Sydney, so hoping to wish the boys Arrivederci/ Au Revoir / Shalom / Adios / Yasou / Ba Bye / at AAMI Park

http://www.melbournestorm.com.au/news-d ... inal/64495

Farewell the team as they travel to the NRL Grand Final to take on the Canterbury Bulldogs at ANZ Stadium.
Where to say goodbye...

Wednesday 26 September
AAMI Park
Outside Gate F (bus will pass there on the way to airport)
12:30pm sharp

Melbourne Airport
QANTAS Departures
1:00pm

Sydney Airport
QANTAS Arrivals
3:25pm

[Go Storm]

Storm claim underdog tag
More of dat sneaky Sydney media stuff - Storm 'under' da dogs - They wish

Let Des be the 'underdog'. Who gives a lima lima lima duck?

We are the Storm and were number 1!!!! No underdogs here!!!!! Storm will smash 'em!!!!!!!!!!

[Ice]

I thought it was all going too smoothly Lets really hope he pulls up ok.


WILL Chambers shot to the top of Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy's Grand Final priority list yesterday after the red-hot centre left training early when he felt a twinge in his delicate left hamstring.

Chambers was outstanding in Storm's preliminary final win over Manly which was his first game back following a three-week lay off because of a hamstring strain suffered in Round 25.

He grabbed at his leg after running drills, was seen by the team physio, ordered straight into the changerooms, and he didn't return. The 24-year-old, who has scored 13 tries this year, was named last night by Bellamy in the team for Sunday.

[Diehard_Storm]

I'm sure he will be fine.

[simo]

Man.. I hope Will is OK.

[absentee]

Hopefully he just went off as a precaution.

[Ice]

Geez there's no shortage of cocky Dogs fans over at the Kennel. Might as well put their name on the trophy now the way many of them are talking it up.

[blazza18]

Was thinking the same thing ice. I see no problem in thinking your team will win. But seems like most of them don't respect us as opposition at all.