NRL Preliminary Final: Melbourne Storm vs New Zealand Warriors

[DIEHARD]

WARRIORS TRULY ARE THE STORMS BOGEY TEAM!

WOW

[DIEHARD]

Great for Rugby League to see the Warriors in the big one!

Both NRL and NYC!

[C-Whiz]

Now NZ have to remember that that wasn't the GF. They need to contain their celebration and start to think about one more game.

but an awesome display that they have what it takes. Hope they can maintain this sort of form. They could roll over Manly with this sort of game.

I hope they do, anyway.

[C-Whiz]

WARRIORS TRULY ARE THE STORMS BOGEY TEAM!

WOW

Yeah, absolutely!

Stat before the game; Melbourne have never lost a preliminary final. Until now!

[Steelers]

WOW! I was cheering the Warriors on as much as I would be cheering the Dragons on in a preliminary final against the Storm. My mate is a Kiwi and a diehard Warriors fan and he can't believe it. After what happened against the Broncos this is the last thing he expected.

[Nick]

Im kind of getting sick of Ray Warren not knowing stadium capacities and confusing club records with ground records.

This is not the biggest crowd at AAMI Park.

Highest crowd 29,442 - AUS v NZ 2010 Anzac Test

Ray has seemed out of sorts the last few calls especially, always calling the wrong players, and continuing with stupid rants with Gould. I cant stand them. I have time for Sterlo though.

How good did Johnson set up that last try! Proctor was looking everywhere for the ball after that dummy.

[Steelers]

Stat before the game; Melbourne have never lost a preliminary final. Until now!

Cap cheating or not, that is an incredible statistic. The other incredible statictic is the Warriors record against Melbourne in the last 5 or 6 years.

[Steelers]

How good did Johnson set up that last try! Proctor was looking everywhere for the ball after that dummy.

You can see how much of an influence his touch footy background has on his attack. Incredible to watch, he could be better than Benji.

[Steelers]

Yep, it's the BS way the NRL works out punishment. effectively Titans will be punished and NZ get absolutely no advantage

The punishment is meant to be against the player, not the team. It isn't a perfect scenario, but it makes sense.

[TITAN PETE]

Fantastic game of Footy the GF is going to be a Ripper !

[DIEHARD]

Another reason why rugby league MUST foster closer ties to touch footy. Which was born out of rugby league anyway. Maybe even our own form of touch footy, get fans playing socially.

[Chaos]

How good did Johnson set up that last try! Proctor was looking everywhere for the ball after that dummy.

Yeah Proctor looked funny but Cronk should have made the tackle but fell for the dummy.

[Chaos]

The punishment is meant to be against the player, not the team. It isn't a perfect scenario, but it makes sense.

I disagree...the punishment should be as strong as it can be on the field and extra punishment after.

To many major incidents go on report with only a penalty to the victim.
The victim gets the same result for a minor infringement around the ruck.

More time in the bin (5mins and 10mins)