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Discussion on anything to do with Melbourne Storm - games, players, rumours - anything!
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I know Fox Sports have said Young is the first Victorian to 50 games, but that's not surprising.
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Mattpoet wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2023 2:52 pm Where did they say he's the first? If it's the club website, it's usually about as accurate as flinging paint at a barn wall...
Club website and social media.
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I get very frustrated with the lack of fact checking from the club. I've actually reached out a couple of times through the years and offered to proof read for them but never heard back.

You only need to look at the article they've put up with our origin players through the years (last year and this year), they have Folau playing after he left the club and Cam Smith debuting before he played fg.
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Asofa-Solomona is now equal 10th for games played.

Tonunaipea now has 50 Storm games.

Meaney has leapfrogged Inglis and Chambers to now have the 9th most points for the Storm.
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Mattpoet wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2023 4:54 pm I get very frustrated with the lack of fact checking from the club. I've actually reached out a couple of times through the years and offered to proof read for them but never heard back.

You only need to look at the article they've put up with our origin players through the years (last year and this year), they have Folau playing after he left the club and Cam Smith debuting before he played fg.
Earlier in the week they said Young was second Victorian to 50 Storm games. Then for some reason changed it Friday or yesterday.
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They were right the first time
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Mattpoet wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2023 5:07 pm They were right the first time
That is what I thought.
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Meaney passed 350 points for the Storm tonight

NAS now outright 10th for most storm games
Hughes got his 50th NRL try (49 for Storm)
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Scooter wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2023 5:05 pm
Mattpoet wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2023 4:54 pm I get very frustrated with the lack of fact checking from the club. I've actually reached out a couple of times through the years and offered to proof read for them but never heard back.

You only need to look at the article they've put up with our origin players through the years (last year and this year), they have Folau playing after he left the club and Cam Smith debuting before he played fg.
Earlier in the week they said Young was second Victorian to 50 Storm games. Then for some reason changed it Friday or yesterday.
He certainly took the longest for any Victorian (or indeed anyone at all) to get to 50 Storm games. 9 seasons!
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Meaney is the 4th player to score 200 points in a season.

Cam Smith had did it twice, Matt Orford once and Matt Geyer (242 points in 1999) still holds the club record. Meaney has 204 so far this season
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Does Timana Tahu count as the first Victorian to reach 50 games?
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Possibly
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Congratulations to Ryan Papenhuyzen who has moved passed Cooper Cronk (390 points) into 5th on Storm points scorers list and has joined Tasesa Lavea (97 goals) in equal 5th on Storm goal scorers list.
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Papenhuyzen has 100 goals. 5th Storm player to do so
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Papenhuyzen scored his 400th point too.
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