Round 8 - Storm vs Sharks

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Has anyone received the link from Ticketek yet?
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Last two meetings;
Round 2 2020 - Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Sydney - Win - Sharks 10 - Storm 12
Round 17 2019 - AAMI Park - Win - Storm 40 - Sharks 16

Form Guide (Last 5 Games)

Storm - 4 Wins & 1 Loss
W - Storm 42 - Warriors 20
W - Storm 20 - Roosters 4
W - Bulldogs 18 - Storm 52
W - Storm 40 - Broncos 6
L - Panthers 12 - Storm 10

Points For: 164 (32.8pg)
Points Against: 60 (12pg)

Sharks - 1 Win & 4 Losses
L - Sharks 12 - Bulldogs 18
L - Knights 26 - Sharks 22
L - Roosters 26 - Sharks 18
W - Sharks 48 - Cowboys 10
L - Eels 28 - Sharks 4

Points For: 104 (20.8pg)
Points Against: 108 (21.6pg)

We have played the Sharks 40 times in our history, winning 25 of those games (63%).
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Loiero and Lumelume out. I've got a gut feeling that either Ieremia will play or Pene will. Either way I expect Jacks to drop out.
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Make the most of tomorrow's match because it's our last home game for a fricken month thanks to the NRL's brain dead magic round! We deserve better since we were unable to attend matches last year.
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Premiers wrote: Wed Apr 28, 2021 5:01 pm Has anyone received the link from Ticketek yet?
If you log on to your Ticketek account, you can access the ticket there.
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Mattpoet wrote: Thu Apr 29, 2021 6:06 pm Loiero and Lumelume out. I've got a gut feeling that either Ieremia will play or Pene will. Either way I expect Jacks to drop out.
Agreed. I think Ieremia to wing, Reimis to centre, Eisenhuth to the bench.

The bench is still a middle forward light though... We may see Harry start and Brandon to the bench to give us that genuine rotation. Or Pene comes in to replace Lewis.
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https://www.sportingnews.com/au/league/ ... f35sygrlvs

Craig Bellamy wary of 'big-mouthed' Will Chambers ahead of Storm-Sharks clash
Craig Bellamy wrote:He’s obviously playing for the opposition on Friday, so hopefully for that 80 minutes we can keep a bit of a leash on him.

Probably the one thing we probably won’t be able to control with him is his mouth. I’ve organised 17 pairs of earplugs for our players. He does a lot of chatting.

When you sit down to have a chat to Will, you do a lot of listening.

I imagine our players will be hearing a lot of him tomorrow night.
:lol: :lol: Bellamy getting in early.
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the Sharks have a lot of experience coming back and that will help them.
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Mattpoet wrote: Thu Apr 29, 2021 6:06 pm Loiero and Lumelume out. I've got a gut feeling that either Ieremia will play or Pene will. Either way I expect Jacks to drop out.
Ieremia on wing
Grant hooker
B.Smith lock
Eisenhuth bench
Jacks 18th man

Called it
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Good work !

I am happy with this team.

Always nervous when we play that mob. Still haunted by ‘16 GF
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HG9 finally!!!
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Congratulations Dean Ieremia and good luck on debut.

By my count the 4th genuine Victorian junior to play for Storm:
Mahe Fonua
Young Tonumaipea
Richie Kennar

Have I missed anyone. I am not counting likes of Widdop as he came to Melbourne when he was 14 or 15 or Jake Webster who was born in Victoria but wasn't a Victorian junior.

Have I missed anyone.
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Fus/Hynes combination is a COACH KILLER. I'll stand by this comment again...

"If we were to let Nicho go we wouldn't feel the absence. I feel he's an unpolished, out of sync version of Papi"
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Gee Harry Grant is a pretty poor tackler
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Worst half of the season by a long way.
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