Junior Rep Report: Round 13

Melbourne Storm’s Jersey Flegg side has produced an inspired performance in front of local support at Seabrook Reserve to hold on for a 22-18 win over the Manly Sea Eagles in Round 13. 

Desperate to keep themselves in the hunt for finals heading into the second half of the season, Storm showed plenty of resilience to overcome two early tries to the visitors and keep themselves in the arm-wrestle. 

Having made the shift to centre to accommodate for the return of Hugo Peel at fullback, the move did little to limit Matthew Hill’s stunning run of try scoring form, the exciting prospect finding the tryline right on the eve of halftime to put Storm down by only six points at the break. 

Up against a physical Manly pack, Storm then retaliated with some firepower of their own in the second half, Tevita Petelo and Suli Pole providing serious aggression and force from the bench. 

Storm were eventually rewarded on the scoreboard for their hard work through the middle of the field, winger Siulagi Pio plucking the ball from the sky to score in the 43rd minute and Trent Veukiso finding the tryline five minutes later.