August 7, 2025 • 17 mins
Friday 5 - The biggest takeaways from last nights game! Broncos suffer huge injury toll which could derail their season!
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Speaker 2 (00:00):
Now what's going over?
Speaker 1 (00:00):
And welcome back to the podcast, The Chad Townsend Show.
Today we're doing something different, it's the Friday five. Now
we're doing the five biggest takeaways from the Thursday night game. Now,
obviously Storm versus Broncos last night an injury real game
for the Broncos. Wow, who would have thought that that
would have happened for them? Two halves going down on
(00:21):
the exact same play with the exact same injury. The
Broncos would later lose Selln Cobbo as well to a
hamstring But.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Let's get into it. That is our number one biggest
takeaway from this game.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
The Storm win the game twenty two to two, but
the Broncos lose Adam Reynolds and Ezra Man both to
hamstring injuries, both on the same play, and they would
later lose Selwyn Cobbo as well. But coach Milcol maguire
was quoted in the press conference saying that he had
never seen anything like it. So obviously a runaway try
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which Selwyn Cobbo absolutely made the play of the game.
Back to make that tackle on Xavier Coats, it reminded
me of that Tommy didn't actually a couple of years ago,
remember that what to try that was, I'll try saving tackle.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
But yeah, huge effit from selwn Cobo.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
But yeah, obviously just going to sort of take off
and open up and under probably a little bit of fatigue.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Adam Reynolds does.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
A hamstring, Ezra Men does a hamstring, and then the
Broncos I mean, obviously the scans. I guess we wait
to see the scans results for the Broncos.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
On how long they're going to be out for.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
But when you do something like that where you feel
something go like, it's not a good sign, I'd say
it's probably like I mean, I'm no physio, but I've
seen a couple of hamstring injuries in my time, I'd
say it was. If I'm guessing it's probably around four
to six. I'm sure they'll probably get the skins and
we'll understand over the next couple of days. But that
is the number one biggest takeaway for me out of
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that game.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Now, who comes in for the Broncos. I mean, obviously
last night.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Ben Hunt moved from hooker to half back, and obviously
that's a world class replacement. We all know what Ben
Hunt can do half back and obviously set up well,
you know, almost set up a nice try at the
end there for the Broncos. But he's trys this you know,
record and or his ability to create for others goes
without saying. He can be one of the most elite
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damaging ball players, ball runners and halves in his time,
obviously playing hooker. Now with everyone's kind of available, but
I dare say he'll go back to that number seven
jersey and then for the number six jersey for the Broncos. Well,
I'm not too sure. I'm not too sure who they
put in there. Obviously they put case Tony Staggs in
there last night once these injuries happened. I don't think
(02:44):
they putker Tony Stags in there. I think they go
to someone else in their in their squad. Obviously we've
seen Josh Rodgers come in to the team previously. I
don't think we've seen much of him this season so
far for the Broncos.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
In the top score.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
But yeah, I think I think it's Ben Hunt to
seven and then that's six. I guess kind of we see, Yeah,
what happens with the Broncos. Obviously, sell On and Cobbo
you know, done his hamstring with just a couple of
minutes to go in the game as well, which is
very unfortunate. Didn't look to actually looked at him bit
of discomfort, Sell and Cobbo at moments throughout the game.
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I'm sure whether it was a knee or something that
was nagging him, but yeah, it looks like he's going
to be set to miss a couple of weeks, and
obviously they'll miss him as well. But for me, that
was the number one biggest takeaway out of this game.
The second one was the Storm. You know, the Storm
win twenty two to two, and to me, look, I
don't think the Storm have been playing their best at
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the moment. I feel like their cruising along their coasts
along and they're probably going a little bit under the radar.
But like, the thing you know with the Storm is
like they're going to be there or thereabouts at the
end of the season, and you know it, just to me,
it is absolutely crazy this team. Gig Bellamy gets his
team consistently in the top four year in year out,
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like every single year. Like these guys, it's just like,
oh they're in the top four again. It's like it's
normal for them to be in the top four. That
is an unbelievable high performing team. And Craig Bellamy, I mean,
I haven't seen him probably be happy in the coach's
box for I don't know. Maybe remember earlier in the
(04:27):
season when Harry Grant wasn't playing, he was injured, and
he was like telling him to smile. But I haven't
seen him kind of happy for a long time in
the box.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
So I think it'd.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Be interesting actually to be in those meetings with Craig Bellamy.
You know what's he like, He's approached. I've been a
huge admirer of Craig Bellamy for a long time. I
love the way he goes about his business, obviously very successfully.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
In my opinion, I think he's the.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Most successful coach or the best coach of all time,
and that's a pretty big statement, but that's how much
respect I have for Craig Belly. I just think, you know,
he's an absolute weapon. You know, he's shown what he
can do with players who obviously go down to Melbourne
and then turn their careers around or get an opportunity
and then they just stay at Melbourne.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
They don't leave.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
And the thing with Melbourne is if you come to
Melbourne and you rip into Melbourne and you have a go,
then you actually get looked after and you stay like
as one of them.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
So I love that about Melbourne.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
But obviously with the Storm, no Jerome Hughes obviously succumb
to that shoulder injury a couple of weeks ago, and
I think he's scheduled to be back finals time or
maybe just before finals time. But it's interesting to note
the dynamic of the Storm at how they're playing at
the moment with no Jerome Hughes. Now they're obviously starting
a Wish art at seven and then keeping Jonah Peasant
(05:47):
on the bench, and then Tyron Wish seems to move
to Locke when Peesitt comes on and Pezitt last night
he played twenty nine minutes. Jonah Peazitt Tyron Wish aren't
played sixty nine. That obviously takes a couple of minutes
off Trent Liero he finished with sixty eight minutes, So.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
That dynamic is an interesting one.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
Obviously, the halves, you don't really see teams really changing
their halves, you know, mid game too often. Obviously, that's
the I guess the benefit of having someone like Harry
Grant who can play full eighty minutes and do that,
you know, relatively easy.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
So look, the.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Dynamic will be interesting. I mean, obviously Jerome Hughes is
scheduled to be back for finals. If he wasn't scheduled
to be back, then would the Storm take this ploye
I guess, or this strategy into the final series.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
I don't actually think they will.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
I'm not sure if they would, to be honest, I
think they might go with a kind of a different plan,
but obviously that won't need to happen because Hughes is
scheduled to be back before then anyway.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
But yeah, it's an interesting dynamic look for Pezant.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Yeah, he's at that time now where I think obviously
Jerome Hughes is just signed.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
With the Storm and he is looking to.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Get more of a role within the NRL or take
reins of his own team. Now. Will be interesting to see,
I said on the podcast early week, whether he stays
at Melbourne or whether he goes to try and take.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
On his own team and more of a role.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
But for next year, it's like, well, a lot of
teams already have their half backs for next season, so
you know, will it be for next year or will
it be for the year after, But I think there's
no doubt this guy is ready for more responsibility and
that's the next challenge for him to move to a
team where it's like you're the starter week in week
out and really take on that role. So look an
interesting dynamic. Look, the thing I love with Tyrone Wishard
(07:37):
is like he's a gun. He can feel in everywhere,
and he has had a tremendous last two seasons. Last
night he ran four just the seventy six meters. He's
usually a bit more than that. Obviously, he's a runner,
runner of the ball, got a great dummy on him
as well, and that dynamic for the Storm. Yeah, Look,
it's working at the moment, But I don't feel the
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Storm playing their best right now. Like they won, they
score like twenty two to two last night, and they
had a lot of good performances which will just touch
on next. But I still think they've got a stack
and be improven in them. And obviously this type of year,
this time of year, you know, just after round twenty
before round twenty seven, some teams go through like a
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little bit of a lull, you know, after being so
high for so long. Like this season is, in my opinion,
the season is too long. And this is the bit
where it's like, oh man, there's like there's still five
weeks to go before finals. So it is it's a
long season. And you can't sort of blame teams that
maybe have, you know, a drop in performance. But the
sign of a good team is when a team does
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not play their best but they still win. Because at
the end of the day, when we look at the
win lost column, like it's either W or an L,
and it does not matter how you get that result,
but you get the W and you basically just move on.
And obviously this team have a lot bigger fish to
fry in front of them with the Storm. Let's move
on to the top running meters number three number three
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takeaway for the from this game last night.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
The top top meters for both teams.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
Well, Ryan Papanhousen two hundred and twenty three meters for
the Melbourne Storm Puppy. He got sacked from goal kicking
from last week. But Broady's running but I thought he
was dynamic last night. He had he scored a try
as well, Yeah you made he made two tackles Manes.
(09:31):
It would be great to make two tackles in a game.
Can you imagine that? I mean, I would like to
see the GPS on Ryan Papanhowsen. He would have covered
a lot of K's last night. Obviously the legs would
be more soro than the shoulders. But can you just
imagine telling someone, Hey, you just got you know, make
two tackles in the whole game.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
That's crazy.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
Twenty two run meters, sorry, twenty two runs a little
papaws and had for two hundred and twenty three meters
compared to I guess the all run meters the back
three run meters across both teams, well, this is pretty
much double. Melbourne had six hundred and twenty three run
meters from their back three and Brison had three ninety eight,
so Melbourne getting considerably more out of their back three
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with that regard. Obviously, that's Xavier Coach Green Anderson, Ryan
Papenhausen and against Reese Walsh, Selwyn Cobbo and Dean Mariner.
Now for the Broncos, well, Selwyn Cobbo. He topped the
run meters for the Broncos one hundred and forty seven
meters for Cobbo and then Jordan Ricky one hundred and
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sixty one meters. Actually, sorry, Cobbo and Ricky were both
one hundred and sixty one, So big effort from Cobbo
and Jordan Ricky. Yeah, paint ass, believe it or not,
not in the top two one hundred and fifty two.
So Storm did a relatively good job at stopping paint ass. Obviously,
if you stop paint ass like it's you go a
long way to kind of stopping the bron beause he's
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such a dynamic player, one of my favorite players in
the whole competition at the front row position.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
And yeah, they were the leaders in the run meters.
Number four.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Let's have a look at the Storm and Broncos errors
and completion in this game, just looking at the stats
the state these all these stats areup per NRL dot com,
so this is where we're getting all our stats from
for today's podcast. Now, the Storm had thirteen errors and
completed at seventy two percent. Now, if you've heard me
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talk on the podcast before, you'll you kind of hear
me speak about kind of these benchmarks that are in
these positions. So if you're looking, you know, areas you
probably kind of want under ten, and you want a
completion rate above eighty percent. Usually I mean you see
teams complete above eighty and lose. That's usually if both
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teams are above eighty, it's generally a really high quality game.
But if you see under eighty percent there like Storm
had seventy two percent, Obviously, like I said, they didn't
play their best, but they'll still take the result and
the win. They want to get above eighty. Like above
eighty you control the ball, and in our game, if
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you control the ball, you control the game, and more
often than not, like you win the game. So control
the ball, control the game. And then for the Broncos, well,
this is this doesn't.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
Read well for them.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
They made sixteen errors on the night, which is not great,
way too many errors for them, which then forces them
to make more tackles, and that's what you don't want
to do. You don't want to be making more tackles
than your position. And they completed at sixty two percent,
so sixty two percent is not great. You want to
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be above eighty, like I said, and that will definitely
contribute as to the reasons why they lost the game.
And when they do their video review this week. Obviously,
those numbers. They'll probably have a lookout and you know,
their coaching stuff will come up with ways and things
that they think that they what they need to do
to improve, you know, the aspect of their bore control,
to put pressure on the opposition because at the moment
(13:10):
that in the game last night they by making those errors,
by making sixteen errors, it gives basically the Broncos sixteen
more chances with the boor to attack them. So let's
have a quick look if we can find some of
the error just gone through the stats here on the sheet.
(13:30):
So you made some errors for the Broncos. Just be
with me a second. I'm just scrolling through this big
document that basically has numbers absolutely everywhere. Here we go,
here we go, all right errors Reese Welsh three errors,
Dean Mariner three errors, car Tony Stags two errors. And yeah,
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so obviously you know you want to sort of cut
those errors. Obviously, probably some of those areas, I mean,
back five, back three tend to be up there with
the most errors. Obviously under the high ball, contested kicks
a you know, very hard and sometimes you know, you
don't blame those guys for the areas because they're extremely hard,
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but obviously you just want to go up and attack
the ball and commit and then you know, whatever happens happened.
So let's move on to the last and probably biggest
takeaway for me watching this game is the form of
Harry Grant at the moment. Man, this guy is to me,
he's I feel like he's on another level.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
He is gone.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
He has improved this year in my opinion, the way
that he's playing. Some of his performances over the past
couple of weeks. I thought he was excellent last night,
Harry Green. He ran for one hundred and twenty one
meters from dumby half and a lot of that was
early on.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
He was scheming early on.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
And I feel like this is one of the biggest
the biggest strengths of the Melbourne Storm team is that
they even they get on roll, they get a good
play the ball, fast play the ball. Harry Grant is
just like over the advantage line, he's running the ball
and he's just coming at you. And if you sort
of tight in your defensive line in, he'll come in
and then he'll scheme across field and then if someone's
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in support, he'll like either hit them short or he'll
show show, show.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
And he'll dummy himself and go through.
Speaker 1 (15:19):
And like it's easy for a defensive preview to say, like, hey,
no shows on Harry Grant. But when you're under fatigue
and you've got a quick ruck and you're on your
heels and you haven't been able to move off the
line against Harry Grant, like that is really really scary
prospect to come up against. Harry finished with the like
I said, one hundred and twenty one meters run with
the ball. He had one triasis, he had two line
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break assists and one line break, so he's absolutely on
fire at the moment. And I feel like, you know,
Cameron Smith was actually he was inducted into the Australian
Sports Hall of Fame during the week, and I was
just thinking to myself, like Cameron Smith retired and then
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you just bring in a guy like Harry Grant to
replace him. Who's He's now the you know, obviously the
state of Ogin hooker. He's the Australian hooker. And like
I mean, Cameron Smith's career will never be repeated, like
he's he will be one of the goats to go
down in history. But then you just put in a
guy like Ariy Grant, Like, man, it is crazy And obviously, yeah,
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like I said earlier, he plays eighty minutes each and
every week. He is the captain of the team. He
leads by example. He's extremely tough. You watch some of
his line speed efforts as well some of his his
ability to get off the line and getting the opposition's
face in defense. So obviously he speaks volumes about his
fitness and his durability, like he's spent hasn't spent too
(16:46):
much time on the sidelines through injury, And yeah, I
think he's going to be a massive, massive part of
this Melbourne Storm team come towards the end of the
season if they are to push for a spot final spot, sorry,
a Grand Final spot. And I mean you say that
kind of every year, don't you With the Melbourne Stormant
just would not surprise it if they're if if they
are there or thereabouts come the end of the season.
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Let's go
Now what's going over?
Speaker 1 (00:00):
And welcome back to the podcast, The Chad Townsend Show.
Today we're doing something different, it's the Friday five. Now
we're doing the five biggest takeaways from the Thursday night game. Now,
obviously Storm versus Broncos last night an injury real game
for the Broncos. Wow, who would have thought that that
would have happened for them? Two halves going down on
(00:21):
the exact same play with the exact same injury. The
Broncos would later lose Selln Cobbo as well to a
hamstring But.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Let's get into it. That is our number one biggest
takeaway from this game.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
The Storm win the game twenty two to two, but
the Broncos lose Adam Reynolds and Ezra Man both to
hamstring injuries, both on the same play, and they would
later lose Selwyn Cobbo as well. But coach Milcol maguire
was quoted in the press conference saying that he had
never seen anything like it. So obviously a runaway try
(00:54):
which Selwyn Cobbo absolutely made the play of the game.
Back to make that tackle on Xavier Coats, it reminded
me of that Tommy didn't actually a couple of years ago,
remember that what to try that was, I'll try saving tackle.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
But yeah, huge effit from selwn Cobo.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
But yeah, obviously just going to sort of take off
and open up and under probably a little bit of fatigue.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Adam Reynolds does.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
A hamstring, Ezra Men does a hamstring, and then the
Broncos I mean, obviously the scans. I guess we wait
to see the scans results for the Broncos.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
On how long they're going to be out for.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
But when you do something like that where you feel
something go like, it's not a good sign, I'd say
it's probably like I mean, I'm no physio, but I've
seen a couple of hamstring injuries in my time, I'd
say it was. If I'm guessing it's probably around four
to six. I'm sure they'll probably get the skins and
we'll understand over the next couple of days. But that
is the number one biggest takeaway for me out of
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that game.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Now, who comes in for the Broncos. I mean, obviously
last night.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Ben Hunt moved from hooker to half back, and obviously
that's a world class replacement. We all know what Ben
Hunt can do half back and obviously set up well,
you know, almost set up a nice try at the
end there for the Broncos. But he's trys this you know,
record and or his ability to create for others goes
without saying. He can be one of the most elite
(02:22):
damaging ball players, ball runners and halves in his time,
obviously playing hooker. Now with everyone's kind of available, but
I dare say he'll go back to that number seven
jersey and then for the number six jersey for the Broncos. Well,
I'm not too sure. I'm not too sure who they
put in there. Obviously they put case Tony Staggs in
there last night once these injuries happened. I don't think
(02:44):
they putker Tony Stags in there. I think they go
to someone else in their in their squad. Obviously we've
seen Josh Rodgers come in to the team previously. I
don't think we've seen much of him this season so
far for the Broncos.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
In the top score.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
But yeah, I think I think it's Ben Hunt to
seven and then that's six. I guess kind of we see, Yeah,
what happens with the Broncos. Obviously, sell On and Cobbo
you know, done his hamstring with just a couple of
minutes to go in the game as well, which is
very unfortunate. Didn't look to actually looked at him bit
of discomfort, Sell and Cobbo at moments throughout the game.
(03:21):
I'm sure whether it was a knee or something that
was nagging him, but yeah, it looks like he's going
to be set to miss a couple of weeks, and
obviously they'll miss him as well. But for me, that
was the number one biggest takeaway out of this game.
The second one was the Storm. You know, the Storm
win twenty two to two, and to me, look, I
don't think the Storm have been playing their best at
(03:43):
the moment. I feel like their cruising along their coasts
along and they're probably going a little bit under the radar.
But like, the thing you know with the Storm is
like they're going to be there or thereabouts at the
end of the season, and you know it, just to me,
it is absolutely crazy this team. Gig Bellamy gets his
team consistently in the top four year in year out,
(04:05):
like every single year. Like these guys, it's just like,
oh they're in the top four again. It's like it's
normal for them to be in the top four. That
is an unbelievable high performing team. And Craig Bellamy, I mean,
I haven't seen him probably be happy in the coach's
box for I don't know. Maybe remember earlier in the
(04:27):
season when Harry Grant wasn't playing, he was injured, and
he was like telling him to smile. But I haven't
seen him kind of happy for a long time in
the box.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
So I think it'd.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Be interesting actually to be in those meetings with Craig Bellamy.
You know what's he like, He's approached. I've been a
huge admirer of Craig Bellamy for a long time. I
love the way he goes about his business, obviously very successfully.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
In my opinion, I think he's the.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Most successful coach or the best coach of all time,
and that's a pretty big statement, but that's how much
respect I have for Craig Belly. I just think, you know,
he's an absolute weapon. You know, he's shown what he
can do with players who obviously go down to Melbourne
and then turn their careers around or get an opportunity
and then they just stay at Melbourne.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
They don't leave.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
And the thing with Melbourne is if you come to
Melbourne and you rip into Melbourne and you have a go,
then you actually get looked after and you stay like
as one of them.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
So I love that about Melbourne.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
But obviously with the Storm, no Jerome Hughes obviously succumb
to that shoulder injury a couple of weeks ago, and
I think he's scheduled to be back finals time or
maybe just before finals time. But it's interesting to note
the dynamic of the Storm at how they're playing at
the moment with no Jerome Hughes. Now they're obviously starting
a Wish art at seven and then keeping Jonah Peasant
(05:47):
on the bench, and then Tyron Wish seems to move
to Locke when Peesitt comes on and Pezitt last night
he played twenty nine minutes. Jonah Peazitt Tyron Wish aren't
played sixty nine. That obviously takes a couple of minutes
off Trent Liero he finished with sixty eight minutes, So.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
That dynamic is an interesting one.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
Obviously, the halves, you don't really see teams really changing
their halves, you know, mid game too often. Obviously, that's
the I guess the benefit of having someone like Harry
Grant who can play full eighty minutes and do that,
you know, relatively easy.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
So look, the.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Dynamic will be interesting. I mean, obviously Jerome Hughes is
scheduled to be back for finals. If he wasn't scheduled
to be back, then would the Storm take this ploye
I guess, or this strategy into the final series.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
I don't actually think they will.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
I'm not sure if they would, to be honest, I
think they might go with a kind of a different plan,
but obviously that won't need to happen because Hughes is
scheduled to be back before then anyway.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
But yeah, it's an interesting dynamic look for Pezant.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Yeah, he's at that time now where I think obviously
Jerome Hughes is just signed.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
With the Storm and he is looking to.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Get more of a role within the NRL or take
reins of his own team. Now. Will be interesting to see,
I said on the podcast early week, whether he stays
at Melbourne or whether he goes to try and take.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
On his own team and more of a role.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
But for next year, it's like, well, a lot of
teams already have their half backs for next season, so
you know, will it be for next year or will
it be for the year after, But I think there's
no doubt this guy is ready for more responsibility and
that's the next challenge for him to move to a
team where it's like you're the starter week in week
out and really take on that role. So look an
interesting dynamic. Look, the thing I love with Tyrone Wishard
(07:37):
is like he's a gun. He can feel in everywhere,
and he has had a tremendous last two seasons. Last
night he ran four just the seventy six meters. He's
usually a bit more than that. Obviously, he's a runner,
runner of the ball, got a great dummy on him
as well, and that dynamic for the Storm. Yeah, Look,
it's working at the moment, But I don't feel the
(07:58):
Storm playing their best right now. Like they won, they
score like twenty two to two last night, and they
had a lot of good performances which will just touch
on next. But I still think they've got a stack
and be improven in them. And obviously this type of year,
this time of year, you know, just after round twenty
before round twenty seven, some teams go through like a
(08:20):
little bit of a lull, you know, after being so
high for so long. Like this season is, in my opinion,
the season is too long. And this is the bit
where it's like, oh man, there's like there's still five
weeks to go before finals. So it is it's a
long season. And you can't sort of blame teams that
maybe have, you know, a drop in performance. But the
sign of a good team is when a team does
(08:42):
not play their best but they still win. Because at
the end of the day, when we look at the
win lost column, like it's either W or an L,
and it does not matter how you get that result,
but you get the W and you basically just move on.
And obviously this team have a lot bigger fish to
fry in front of them with the Storm. Let's move
on to the top running meters number three number three
(09:05):
takeaway for the from this game last night.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
The top top meters for both teams.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
Well, Ryan Papanhousen two hundred and twenty three meters for
the Melbourne Storm Puppy. He got sacked from goal kicking
from last week. But Broady's running but I thought he
was dynamic last night. He had he scored a try
as well, Yeah you made he made two tackles Manes.
(09:31):
It would be great to make two tackles in a game.
Can you imagine that? I mean, I would like to
see the GPS on Ryan Papanhowsen. He would have covered
a lot of K's last night. Obviously the legs would
be more soro than the shoulders. But can you just
imagine telling someone, Hey, you just got you know, make
two tackles in the whole game.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
That's crazy.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
Twenty two run meters, sorry, twenty two runs a little
papaws and had for two hundred and twenty three meters
compared to I guess the all run meters the back
three run meters across both teams, well, this is pretty
much double. Melbourne had six hundred and twenty three run
meters from their back three and Brison had three ninety eight,
so Melbourne getting considerably more out of their back three
(10:15):
with that regard. Obviously, that's Xavier Coach Green Anderson, Ryan
Papenhausen and against Reese Walsh, Selwyn Cobbo and Dean Mariner.
Now for the Broncos, well, Selwyn Cobbo. He topped the
run meters for the Broncos one hundred and forty seven
meters for Cobbo and then Jordan Ricky one hundred and
(10:38):
sixty one meters. Actually, sorry, Cobbo and Ricky were both
one hundred and sixty one, So big effort from Cobbo
and Jordan Ricky. Yeah, paint ass, believe it or not,
not in the top two one hundred and fifty two.
So Storm did a relatively good job at stopping paint ass. Obviously,
if you stop paint ass like it's you go a
long way to kind of stopping the bron beause he's
(11:00):
such a dynamic player, one of my favorite players in
the whole competition at the front row position.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
And yeah, they were the leaders in the run meters.
Number four.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Let's have a look at the Storm and Broncos errors
and completion in this game, just looking at the stats
the state these all these stats areup per NRL dot com,
so this is where we're getting all our stats from
for today's podcast. Now, the Storm had thirteen errors and
completed at seventy two percent. Now, if you've heard me
(11:33):
talk on the podcast before, you'll you kind of hear
me speak about kind of these benchmarks that are in
these positions. So if you're looking, you know, areas you
probably kind of want under ten, and you want a
completion rate above eighty percent. Usually I mean you see
teams complete above eighty and lose. That's usually if both
(11:53):
teams are above eighty, it's generally a really high quality game.
But if you see under eighty percent there like Storm
had seventy two percent, Obviously, like I said, they didn't
play their best, but they'll still take the result and
the win. They want to get above eighty. Like above
eighty you control the ball, and in our game, if
(12:14):
you control the ball, you control the game, and more
often than not, like you win the game. So control
the ball, control the game. And then for the Broncos, well,
this is this doesn't.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
Read well for them.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
They made sixteen errors on the night, which is not great,
way too many errors for them, which then forces them
to make more tackles, and that's what you don't want
to do. You don't want to be making more tackles
than your position. And they completed at sixty two percent,
so sixty two percent is not great. You want to
(12:49):
be above eighty, like I said, and that will definitely
contribute as to the reasons why they lost the game.
And when they do their video review this week. Obviously,
those numbers. They'll probably have a lookout and you know,
their coaching stuff will come up with ways and things
that they think that they what they need to do
to improve, you know, the aspect of their bore control,
to put pressure on the opposition because at the moment
(13:10):
that in the game last night they by making those errors,
by making sixteen errors, it gives basically the Broncos sixteen
more chances with the boor to attack them. So let's
have a quick look if we can find some of
the error just gone through the stats here on the sheet.
(13:30):
So you made some errors for the Broncos. Just be
with me a second. I'm just scrolling through this big
document that basically has numbers absolutely everywhere. Here we go,
here we go, all right errors Reese Welsh three errors,
Dean Mariner three errors, car Tony Stags two errors. And yeah,
(13:56):
so obviously you know you want to sort of cut
those errors. Obviously, probably some of those areas, I mean,
back five, back three tend to be up there with
the most errors. Obviously under the high ball, contested kicks
a you know, very hard and sometimes you know, you
don't blame those guys for the areas because they're extremely hard,
(14:16):
but obviously you just want to go up and attack
the ball and commit and then you know, whatever happens happened.
So let's move on to the last and probably biggest
takeaway for me watching this game is the form of
Harry Grant at the moment. Man, this guy is to me,
he's I feel like he's on another level.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
He is gone.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
He has improved this year in my opinion, the way
that he's playing. Some of his performances over the past
couple of weeks. I thought he was excellent last night,
Harry Green. He ran for one hundred and twenty one
meters from dumby half and a lot of that was
early on.
Speaker 2 (14:50):
He was scheming early on.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
And I feel like this is one of the biggest
the biggest strengths of the Melbourne Storm team is that
they even they get on roll, they get a good
play the ball, fast play the ball. Harry Grant is
just like over the advantage line, he's running the ball
and he's just coming at you. And if you sort
of tight in your defensive line in, he'll come in
and then he'll scheme across field and then if someone's
(15:14):
in support, he'll like either hit them short or he'll
show show, show.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
And he'll dummy himself and go through.
Speaker 1 (15:19):
And like it's easy for a defensive preview to say, like, hey,
no shows on Harry Grant. But when you're under fatigue
and you've got a quick ruck and you're on your
heels and you haven't been able to move off the
line against Harry Grant, like that is really really scary
prospect to come up against. Harry finished with the like
I said, one hundred and twenty one meters run with
the ball. He had one triasis, he had two line
(15:42):
break assists and one line break, so he's absolutely on
fire at the moment. And I feel like, you know,
Cameron Smith was actually he was inducted into the Australian
Sports Hall of Fame during the week, and I was
just thinking to myself, like Cameron Smith retired and then
(16:04):
you just bring in a guy like Harry Grant to
replace him. Who's He's now the you know, obviously the
state of Ogin hooker. He's the Australian hooker. And like
I mean, Cameron Smith's career will never be repeated, like
he's he will be one of the goats to go
down in history. But then you just put in a
guy like Ariy Grant, Like, man, it is crazy And obviously, yeah,
(16:25):
like I said earlier, he plays eighty minutes each and
every week. He is the captain of the team. He
leads by example. He's extremely tough. You watch some of
his line speed efforts as well some of his his
ability to get off the line and getting the opposition's
face in defense. So obviously he speaks volumes about his
fitness and his durability, like he's spent hasn't spent too
(16:46):
much time on the sidelines through injury, And yeah, I
think he's going to be a massive, massive part of
this Melbourne Storm team come towards the end of the
season if they are to push for a spot final spot, sorry,
a Grand Final spot. And I mean you say that
kind of every year, don't you With the Melbourne Stormant
just would not surprise it if they're if if they
are there or thereabouts come the end of the season.
(17:10):
So that's it, guys, Look Friday five. My five biggest
takeaways from last night's game. I just wanted to jump
on today and try something different and let me know
if you guys enjoyed this.
Speaker 2 (17:20):
This is something I obviously really do enjoy.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
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Speaker 2 (17:35):
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