The Storm have continued Brisbane’s distress in Melbourne, roaring residence to clinch a 34-32 thriller of their Thursday evening NRL battle at AAMI Park.
Melbourne trailed by 4 factors with six minutes left on the clock however a strive from Tyran Wishart put his crew forward earlier than Jahrome Hughes crossed for a 34-26 lead.
Brisbane’s towering Ben Te Kura, making his debut, then scored within the 77th minute to arrange a grandstand end however the residence facet was capable of cling on.
Whereas the Broncos ended a 14-game shedding streak with their semi-final thumping of the Storm at Suncorp Stadium final yr, they’re winless at AAMI Park since 2016.
Taking part in out a pulsating, high-quality contest, it appeared that Brisbane would overcome the lack of star halfback Adam Reynolds to take their third win of the season.
Reynolds was in tears within the shed at halftime after he limped off the sector however considerations that he suffered one other knee damage eased with preliminary studies that he suffered a low grade hamstring pressure.
The Brisbane skipper didn’t return however his crew, who had been forward 18-16 at halftime, nonetheless threw the whole lot at Melbourne with electrical five-eighth Mam scoring a superb strive in every half.
Each side scored three tries within the first half with Eli Katoa crossing twice for the Storm, charging excessive of Mam in a single barnstorming run,
Melbourne winger Xavier Coates scored after taking a hanger off a Hughes kick whereas Mam’s first effort was additionally a part of the spotlight reel when he touched down after accumulating a perfectly-weighted kick from flying winger Jesse Arthars.
The Broncos shall be ruing a late missed alternative when Arthars butchered a sure strive within the 63rd minute when he dropped a Selwyn Cobbo go with the road broad open.
They jumped on a penalty 5 minutes later with Kotoni Staggs booting Brisbane 4 factors clear.
However the margin wasn’t sufficient to disclaim Melbourne.
Wishart barrelled throughout the road, with the bunker over-ruling referee Ashley Klein, and Hughes put up a bomb which Brisbane again Corey Oates bizarrely booted in the direction of the try-line for the Storm No.7 to pounce for his strive.
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