Big League Weekly Edition – July 25, 2019

GAME SIX: Melbourne v Manly Warringah

Round 19 BIG LEAGUE 2019 47

ATTACK

DEFENCE

MATCH AVERAGES

HEAD-TO-HEAD

AT AAMI PARK

WINNING FORM

PAST8 CLASHES

2018 –

2017 –

2016 –

2015 –

2014 –

BIGGEST HEAD-TO-HEAD WINS

NEXT CLASH

CASUALTY WARD

DATE:SATURDAY,JULY 27
VENUE:A AMIPARK
KICK-OFF:7. 3 5 P M
REFEREE:GRANTATKINS
ASSISTANTREFEREE:PETERGOUGH
TOUCHJUDGES:MICHAELWISE& PHILHENDERSON
SENIORREVIEWOFFICIAL:JAREDMAXWELL
REVIEWOFFICIAL:BENGALEA
FOXLEAGUE:7.30PM
LIVERADIO: ABC, 2GB

SEAEAGLES

5th(22)

367

312

63

76%

42

10

10

53

33

16

3

4

3

22

18

181

305

1623

9

13

4

78%

STORM

1st( 32 )

453

217

74

80%

46

15

13

36

24

10

2

4

2

27

13

181

324

1653

7

8

5

82%

HEAD-TO-HEADLEADERS

AVERAGE METRES

Addin Fonua-Blake 159

Curtis Scott 139

AVERAGETACKLES

Jake Trbojevic 42

Kenny Bromwich 35

Dale Finucane 30

LINE-BREAKS

Jahrome Hughes 8

Tom Trbojevic 8

STATS

AAMIPark

Saturday7.35pm

Form:EvenwithfourState

ofOriginplayersrestedand

anothersidelinedthrough

suspension,theStormwere

largelyuntroubledindispatching

theTitanslastSunday.With

agelessskipperCameron

Smithleadingthecharge,

theStormrecoveredquickly

fromanearlydouble-strikeby

theTitanstoposttheirninth

consecutivevictory.TheSea

Eaglesresumedwinningform

lastSundayaftera narrowloss

totheRabbitohsanda 36-24

resultagainstParramattawas

moredecisivethanthe12-point

marginsuggested.Manlysittwo

pointsadriftofthetopfourand

are playing with a confidence

thatsuggeststheyarealmost

certaintofigureinthisyear’s

finalsseries.

History:StormfansatAAMI

Parkwereremindedofthe

intensityofthisrivalrylast

yearwhencentreCurtisScott

wassentfromthefieldafter

landinga punishingblowtothe

headofManlyoppositeDylan

Walker.TheBattleofBrookvale

hadbeguntofadeintohistory

beforethebadbloodflowed

tothesurfaceonceagainand

whileScottwon’tbepresent

toresumehostilitiesthereis

suretobeanunderlyingtension

betweentwoclubswhofought

outback-to-backgrandfinals

in 2007 and2008.

Dangersign:A one-match

suspensionhascosttheStorm

the services of a potent winger

SuliasiVunivaluforthiscontest.

TheflyingFijianhasscored

eighttriesinfivegamesagainst

theSeaEaglesandhisstrength

andskillontherightflankwill

besorelymissed.In-formTom

Trbojevicwillagainbea key

figurefortheSeaEaglesashe

strivestokeephisundefeated

recordfor 2019 intact.

BestBet?Intheirpastfive

visitstoAAMIPark,theSea

Eagleshaveclaimedtwowins

anda draw,alongwithtwo

losses.If theycanproduce

theirbesttheyarecapable

ofupsettingtheStormin

a desperatelyfoughtcontest.

Money-spinner:Playersto

considerforFirstTryscorer

areJoshAddo-Carrand

ReubenGarrickorforvalue

consider Felise Kaufusi.

byDAVIDMIDDLETON

@Middleton_David

NRLPreview

Old rivalry will be rekindled

JUSTIN OLAM

1

line-break

in Round 18