Pick Your Team Storm v Warriors - [Round 6, 2025]

[Inruin]

I know NSW Cup is a few levels below First Grade but Boyd really controlled that game to a tee. I guess at some stage we will see him in action with the top side but have to say he certainly looks like a controlling 7

Take more from a Cup game than a meaningless preseason game against the Storm C side

 

[Rick O’Shay]

Got to take into account that was against the last place opposition in NSW Cup also.

For sure and we are doing ok with our halves as they are. However, you have to play what's in front of you using the skillset and I thought he did that even if it was a training run

 

[AlwaysOptmistic]

We won despite our halves not because of them (albeit the goal kicking was top level)

100 sets on their line with nothing set up from out halves isn’t sustainable.

Our halves are gaining experience and doing the job in defence but there will be a point where major questions need to be asked.

And the question is which pairing can take us deepest into the finals. I’m thinking that answer is currently in NSW cup.

In NSW cup for a reason

 

[Po11um]

I think we need to win one of our next 2 matches to prove to ourselves as well as the wider NRL that we can go back to the finals this year. Personally, I think we stand a much better chance of beating Brisbane at home than overcoming our Melbourne hoodoo but stranger things have happened this year. Somethings gotta give eventually as hoodoos don't last forever.

To beat Melbourne in Melbourne, a lot of variables have to be in force. We need to execute our gameplan to absolute perfection for the full 80 minutes. We need to dominate the ruck and take time and space away from Munster, Hughes and Paps. Run our big boys at Grant all game and take their big wingers out of the game by constantly peppering them with high balls. We also have to hope Melbourne are a bit rusty due to Hughes being out of action for a couple of weeks.

Nothing is impossible. But Hughes has a tendency to save his best games for us, so I would take a 1-12 pt loss like in 2023, 2024. I'm more interested in how we perform the week afterwards at home against Brisbane.

Agree,
I think we need to win 1 of next 2 games probably more likely brisbane.

 

[Damo]

Agree,
I think we need to win 1 of next 2 games probably more likely brisbane.

I don't think we need to. It would be nice though

 

[Ref]

People are talking up the Storm who just lost to St George and Brisbane who have been so so.
Aren’t we the form team to be worried about?
Or has the loss of SJ, Tohu, Walker, RTS, DWZ make us seem weaker to the journos and mainstream league followers so we will be underrated week after week, waiting for the bubble to burst.
We have covered those losses because to be fair SJ and Tohu were busted, Walker was solid only this year, and our outside back cover isn’t bad at all.
And we are unbeaten in the reserve grade.