Round 18 - Storm Vs Knights (Homecoming)

[yourhero]

Saturday 17th July
7:35pm
AAMI Park

1st vs 9th.

After 11 weeks away, we finally return home... If we don't get a massive, vocal crowd, I will be bitterly disappointed.

[yourhero]

Last two meetings;
Round 12 2020 - Sunshine Coast Stadium - Win - Storm 26 - Knights 16
Round 5 2020 - Grahame Park (Gosford) - Win - Knights 12 - Storm 26

Form Guide (Last 5 Games)

Storm - 5 Wins
W - Roosters 0 - Storm 46
W - Storm 66 - Tigers 16
W - Warriors 16 - Storm 42
W - Storm 20 - Titans 14
W - Broncos 12 - Storm 40

Points For: 214 (42.8pg)
Points Against: 58 (11.6pg)

Knights - 3 Wins & 2 Losses
W - Knights 38 - Cowboys 0
W - Knights 10 - Warriors 6
L - Rabbitohs 24 - Knights 10
L - Knights 4 - Eels 40
W - Knights 18 - Sea Eagles 10

Points For: 80 (16pg)
Points Against: 80 (16pg)

We have played the Knights 43 times in our history, winning 28 of those games (65%). Our first 10 games as a club against the Knights, we lost 8/10. We have won the last nine games on the trot against the Knights.

[Lucas]

Will be interesting to see if any of the Origin guys are rested here. Ideally Harry and Paps return the week after this against the Cowboys in order to get a game under the belt before the Panthers clash.

[blazza18]

Wonder what the plan will be for Paps once he's right to play. Do we bring him in slowly and play him off the bench for a few weeks?

[yourhero]

Wonder what the plan will be for Paps once he's right to play. Do we bring him in slowly and play him off the bench for a few weeks?

Yeah, interesting question... By the sounds of things, Paps is partly training with the rest of the group now. Pure speculation, but I imagine he isn't doing a lot (if any) contact stuff yet and they may ease him back into that to monitor how he goes.

But yeah, going from no contact for 2 and a half months, straight back into 25+ runs per game like we usually see from him seems like a big jump. Off the bench after 25-30 mins actually sounds like a really good idea.

[Bartos]

Yep give him his old role when he debuted and come off the bench the last 10-15 mins to start with

[Mstorm1999]

Tommy will be gutted to miss out on the finals after playing so well this year for us.
Assuming hynes stays in the side when paps is back which is what Bellamy has said after him playing so well this year.

This is what our full strength team will look like?


1. Paps
2. G Jennings
3. R Smith
4. J Olam
5. JAC
6. C Munster
7. J Hughes
8. J Bromwich
9. B Smith / H Grant
10. C Welch
11. F Kaufusi
12. K Bromwich
13. D Finucane

14. H Grant / B Smith
15. N Hynes / T Eisenhuth
16. NAS
17. T Kamikamica


That’s a great team.

[Lucas]

Yeah that's our best side. I wonder how many times we will see it run out though? Hopefully 3 times in September, at least.

[til0011]

This is going to be my first NRL game I will be attending post AFL-Conversion. Cant wait to see what its like compared to AFL.

[til0011]

Wonder what the plan will be for Paps once he's right to play. Do we bring him in slowly and play him off the bench for a few weeks?

Makes sense, he might be a bit rusty so resting him and easing him into it would be best option. Nicho is hot shit right now and It would be a little unfair to bench him right away.

[Mattpoet]

He could be the first player picked for origin and demoted at the same time

[Storm Spirit]

This is going to be my first NRL game I will be attending post AFL-Conversion. Cant wait to see what its like compared to AFL.

Great move. You’ll love it and more importantly you’ll wonder why you didn’t go to Storm games years ago !! Go Storm.

[til0011]

This is going to be my first NRL game I will be attending post AFL-Conversion. Cant wait to see what its like compared to AFL.

Great move. You’ll love it and more importantly you’ll wonder why you didn’t go to Storm games years ago !! Go Storm.

Aha Our family did go to one against the eels (years ago), we rocked up super early and dad started talking to a bunch of dudes in slacks and media polos (we had no clue who they were) A fan informed us when they left they were a bunch of players we were talking to and we were oblivious

[Mattpoet]

I had something similar at the 2009 GF, was talking to this guy who actually helped me find my seat, turned out to be Steve Mortimer. Nice guy.

[Bartos]

If we are cruelly denied this game and have to move to QLD again I will riot