Round 13 - Melbourne Storm vs. Penrith Panthers

[Scooter]

Smith and Cronk are both playing. Welch, Tonumaipea, Britt and White drop off bench.

[Kettles]

Yes!

[Scooter]

Another poor conversion attempt from Cameron Smith.

[riders of the storm]

Jesse Bromwich is utterly ridiculous. He's already run for 105 metres, made 19 tackles, has a line break and a try.

[yourhero]

Our forward pack are nothing short of f*cking beasts...

Dominant through the middle.

[RobbieRoss]

Eddie Munster continues to star at the back. Saved a 40/20 , then slipped through the tiniest gap to make 30 metres. Absolute gun. Also very happy with both Blair and Morgan. Nothing flash, but mistake-free, and excellent try by Morgan.

[Scooter]

Whole team has been great. Thought Green has been good, put in a couple of great kicks particularly given the conditions for drop outs.

Cameron's 40-20 was sensational.

The forwards just rock.

How funny is it seeing Cheyse Blair in long sleeves and with a moustache?

[bula]

Love the long sleeves. Anyone know where I can get one?

[yourhero]

Are we sure he doesn't just have a body armour style tight top under a normal jersey?

[Scooter]

Either way he has ditched it and is back in conventional jersey for the second half.

[yourhero]

Are we sure he doesn't just have a body armour style tight top under a normal jersey?

Well they just answered that...

[brisbanestorm]

Love the long sleeves. Anyone know where I can get one?

Judging by Vossy's statement after half time, hopefully they'll be available to purchase. Hopefully they don't try to milk too much out of the extra fabric

[yourhero]

Great win boys. The second half was a little sloppy but our brilliant defence held strong again.

Jesse, Smithy, Cronk and Tohu were fantastic. Everyone else was very good (barring a couple of silly errors from Suli).

NAS is such a gun. That run at the end was beautiful to watch.

[Scooter]

Suli didn't have the best game, but it was great to see him attack and take that bomb from Soward after about 60 minutes.

I hope we re-sign NAS quick smart.

[RobbieRoss]

Very good win against good opposition. Agree with the comments above, but I note also the excellent performances by Proctor and Finucane. Glasby is also bending the line much more when he comes on.

Marieke hurt his shoulder making a tackle ( actually looked like a shoulder charge by him ), and went off the field. He only reappeared on the bench in the last minute. I suspect that between his shoulder and Suli's fumbles, Young T will be playing next week. He was terrific early in the season - as Craig acknowledged mid week, and both Centres must keep their spots.