NRL scores – Melbourne Storm into NRL grand final
In week one of NRL finals the Melbourne Storm thumped Manly 40-12. That earned them a week off. Now in week three of the finals the Storm have outclassed the Brisbane Broncos on the way to a 40-10 victory. The win takes them into their fourth straight grand final where they will face the Parramatta Eels.
The Storm took just four minutes to get on the score board with Brett Finch throwing a great pass to Will Chambers who then scored the first of seven tries for Melbourne. Greg Inglis scored three, Billy Slater two and Dallas Johnson one as the Storm thumped Brisbane.
Slater perhaps should have scored three and Johnson not at all as Slater appeared to get the ball on the line shortly before Johnson scored his benefit of the doubt try. The problem was there seemed to be no doubt that he dropped the ball before the line.
Slater scored another one of his trademark brilliant tries. He jinked around the defence before speeding into open spaces. As he sensed the defence closing in on him he grubbered ahead and regathered to score out wide. It was the class of Slater and Inglis that set the teams apart.
Brisbane were lost without key organiser Peter Wallace. Darren Lockyer as good as he is could not fill the role of the usual halfback.
Next week the Storm will be looking to show they are a great team rather than chokers. Reaching four grand finals and coming away with just one win would give them the latter tag.
Tomorrow we will find the fate of Jarryd Hayne as his incident where he slid into Goodwin is reviewed. This could be the key to who wins the 2009 NRL grand final.
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