Melbourne Storm

Melbourne ended a four-match losing streak to keep their top four hopes alive after defeating an enthusiastic Warriors team 24-12 at Mt Smart Stadium.

I wasn’t sure quite how we were in front at half time to be quite be honest. I just thought the Warriors played really well, especially the first half, they had us down in our end the whole half basically… The game is about moments and the moments where it mattered we didn't quite [get them right]." – Warriors coach Stacey Jones. "That area needs to fix up real quick." - Egan was cleared of a serious injury and moved to five-eighth in place of Harris-Tavita, with the move paying dividends when he put Kosi over for his second try five minutes before halftime with a long cut out pass. It is on report," Gough said.

The Storm ended their losing streak with a comfortable victory in Auckland after a flat second half by the Warriors.

Queensland hooker Harry Grant got the Storm back on track with a try off a Felise Kaufusi break. Justin Olam cruised through some very weak defence on the left edge. The loss leaves the Warriors anchored in the bottom four while the Storm move up to a share of fourth with the Broncos.

Melbourne Storm forward Josh King has been placed on report for clawing at the eyes of New Zealand Warriors lock forward Jazz Tevaga at Mt Smart Stadium.

“It wasn’t the initial contact. Melbourne Storm forward Josh King has been placed on report for clawing at the eyes of New Zealand Warriors lock forward Jazz Tevaga at Mt Smart Stadium. Melbourne Storm forward Josh King has been placed on report for clawing at the eyes of an opponent on Friday evening.

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“After we finally located his bag after it took an extra hour and I’m sitting in the bus to get back to the depot where our cars were and there was also a detour. “Anyway, we’re sitting there in the mini bus that we get back to where we parked our cars. “So his bag went missing at the terminal and I’ve never seen a man so angry in my life.

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"It looked pretty dire when he came off ... but it's looking a bit better at the moment. In a fiery start to the match, Asofa-Solomona was reported only moments after conceding a penalty for a lifting tackle on Edward Kosi. It's better than what they thought originally."

The Storm ended their four-match losing run to topple the Kiwi side at Mt Smart Stadium.

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“The Melbourne Storm are still chasing a middle. They approached Newcastle about Mitch Barnett, that got knocked back. “If Papali’i doesn’t go to the Tigers, if he backflips, it would be a disaster. They approached the Dragons this week over Tariq [Sims], that got knocked back. They’ve already approached the Gold Coast about Mo Fotuaika — that got knocked back. The Storm are reportedly on the hunt for a middle forward for the remainder of the season but with the August 1 deadline looming they may run out of time.