Storm vs Sea Eagles

The Storm have endured a tough fortnight with key injuries and back-to-back losses but they remain in second place on the ladder and won't be hitting the ...

Manly are ninth in the competition for total points with 212 at an average of 19 per game. With so much at stake, Bromwich and DCE are sure to be up for a massive game and prepared to pick their team-mates up and carry them across the line if necessary. Sea Eagles: Reuben Garrick moves to fullback with Tom Trbojevic (shoulder) out for the season.

Melbourne have snapped their two-game NRL losing streak with Cameron Munster orchestrating a 28-8 victory over Manly in their Thursday night clash.

With Queensland State of Origin selection looming on Monday, Munster showed his bag of tricks, stripping the ball from Manly players twice in two minutes and darting through to the line with the second. Two minutes into the second half Melbourne winger Xavier Coates leapt high to take a Munster bomb and the lead was out to 12 points. The superstar playmaker scored a try in each half and set up another, answering critics who questioned his patchy form in recent weeks as Melbourne suffered heavy losses to Penrith and North Queensland.

After two straight losses, Munster was chipped by rugby league great Laurie Daley and the classy No. 6 responded in emphatic fashion by thrashing the Sea Eagles ...

The ref is standing right there,” Mick Ennis responded. “I’ve got nothing to do with the Dally M but it’s an easy one tonight. Manly get their second when Kieran Foran threw a beautiful pill for Christian Tuipulotu to cross in the corner in the 67th minute. The Sea Eagles finally scored their second when Kieran Foran threw a beautiful pill for Christian Tuipulotu to cross in the corner in the 67th minute. It was one bleached-haired star to another to score the opening try as Brandon Smith found Munster off the scrum and he threw a dummy to cross untouched. Munster scored two tries and set up another and in one passage produced two strips in two minutes to cross next to the posts.

Sea Eagles: Kurt De Luis comes onto the bench in place of Ethan Bullemor. Kieran Foran will make his 250th NRL appearance. Melbourne Storm. 1. Nick Meaney 2.

Josh Schuster 17. Josh Aloiai 9. Kenny Bromwich 13. Jesse Bromwich 14. Josh King 15. Dylan Walker 15.

The Storm beat the Manly Sea Eagles in the first game of round 12 of the NRL season.

He competes hard. "I was talking to Billy the other day... they have a lot of good wingers available for Queensland. I don't know who they are going to pick, but I'd imagine Xavier would be first, if not first he would be second.

Superstar Cameron Munster tuned up for State of Origin with a masterful display in the Storm's 28-8 win over Manly at AAMI Park on Thursday night.

"We probably left a couple of tries out there in the first half but I really liked the way we started the second half, we had plenty of intent with our running and a bit of desire with our defence. I thought at 12-4 we weren't in too bad a position but we just don't give ourselves a chance, we don't set it up, we don't execute well enough. Renowned for his big hits jamming in off the wing, Taufua has also proven a prolific tryscorer since debuting for the Sea Eagles in 2012. Manly had 18 sets and completed 13 of those, doing a good job to stay in touch despite the weight of possession against them. It's about building that pressure and building that field position and we just didn't give ourselves a chance, we inflict it upon ourselves." With Nick Meaney's conversion the Storm led 24-4.

The match marked the 250th NRL game for Manly five-eighth Kieran Foran, who started his career with the Sea Eagles in 2009. Popular clubman in winger Jorge ...

Manly prop Tofofoa Sipley fought hard for his side and forced a one-on-one strip 20 metres out from his own line. The score remained the same as the sides went into the sheds for halftime a few minutes later. Fullback Nick Meaney converted for a 6-0 scoreline.

The Sea Eagles will go the rest of the way without superstar fullback Trbojevic, beginning against the Storm on Thursday.

The Storm are struggling of late as well, losing two straight lopsided matches. The Sea Eagles have lost two straight matches and four of their last five, including a 22-20 heartbreaker to the Eels on Friday when they gave up the game-winning try in the 77th minute. They visit the Storm (8-3) on Thursday as the NRL opens round 12 of its schedule.