Storm vs Warriors

Warriors: Jazz Tevaga starts with Bayely Sironen dropping to the bench. Taniela Otukolo replaces Kodi Nikorima as the interchange utility. Melbourne Storm. 1.

Taniela Otukolo 18. Chris Lewis 18. Aaron Pene 18. Tepai Moeroa 18. Jesse Bromwich 9. Reimis Smith 4.

Craig Bellamy will take an unchanged starting squad into the annual ANZAC Day clash against the NZ Warriors, with Storm set to line-up as selected in ...

Melbourne have put an injury-hit Warriors side to the sword with a comprehensive 70-10 win at AAMI Park on Monday night.

It's not a reflection of all the players, we had players working extremely hard and put themselves on the line but when you're playing against the best teams and don't have the ball, the best players can not look good. "Some people [gave up], I've been in this game for a long time and it's disappointing to sit here and say that but some people looked for the easiest way out they could and that's sad. We didn't let them score a try in the second half. "It was quite unbelievable in the second half, they obviously had a few injuries which helps a little bit. I don't really know what to say, it's nice to score some points and also a privilege to play on this special day." - It was the third time the Storm have put 50 points on the Warriors in the ANZAC clash, while the 70 points was the highest the Warriors have ever conceded by the club.

All three of the Storm's first-half trys came from costly mistakes by the Warriors.

Adding to the Warriors woes, Watene-Zelezniak was taken from the ground on a stretcher following an ugly head clash. The Warriors had a promising start, matching it with Melbourne, however the contest soon evaporated away in the second-half as the Storm stacked on points. Kosi's failed attempt to ground the ball resulted in an easy put down for Xavier Coates. The Storm youngster later finished the match with a dominant four trys, including a hat-trick in just eight minutes.

On the back of a staggering 13 tries — including 10 in the second half — the Storm destroy the Warriors in a 70-10 Anzac Day rout in Melbourne.

In that half they were hurt by two runaway tries by the Storm with the first coming as the Warriors were set to score in the seventh minute. But that was all the Warriors fans had to celebrate as their game completely fell apart in the second half with Melbourne scoring 10 unanswered tries. The superstar fullback scored twice in the space of five minutes in the second half to break the back of the Warriors and put the game out of reach.

Warriors star Dallin Watene-Zelezniak was out cold before he even hit the ground in a sickening moment that saw the Anzac Day night clash in Melbourne ...

“They told me it did take him a while to come around. Warriors star Dallin Watene-Zelezniak was out cold before he even hit the ground in a sickening moment that saw the Anzac Day night clash in Melbourne stopped for several minutes. Sickening moment Warriors star knocked out cold ‘before he hit the ground’

Melbourne have run in 13 tries to thrash the hapless Warriors 70-10, with 10 of their tries coming in the second half of their Anzac Day clash.

"It was a really dominant performance and I'm real happy with outcome and the performance of our players." The fullback scored twice in the space of five minutes in the second half to break the back of the Warriors and put the game out of reach. "The Warriors had a lot of things go wrong the second half and obviously with those injuries, I don't think they had anyone on the bench," Bellamy said. In the opening 40 they were hurt by two runaway tries by the Storm with the first coming in the seventh minutes as the Warriors were set to score. The Warriors also crossed twice, but that was all their fans had to celebrate as their game completely fell apart in the second half. And their 54-point second half haul was the most by a team in the NRL era.

NZ Warriors coach Nathan Brown has accused some of his players of quitting on the team in their 70-10 loss to Melbourne Storm on Anzac night.

“I don’t know how many tackles we had the ball for in the second half but you could put many players in that situation and the fatigue will make you make bad decisions but we had some players who made some bad decisions and not so much because of fatigue and that was disappointing.” Brown made a point of praising the work of his forwards who kept tackling despite the team being down two players as backrower Josh Curran was also forced off with a knee injury and was on crutches post game. The Warriors had just seven sets in the second half and completed only two of them with the Storm dominating possession 64 per cent to 36 per cent over the game.