Junior Report: Round 6 and Finals
Melbourne Storm's U21s and U19s were both in action on Sunday, recording two wins from two matches.
Jersey Flegg
Melbourne Storm’s U21s continued their unbeaten run on Sunday, defeating South Sydney 40-8 at AAMI Park.
Playing the curtain raiser prior to the NRL kick-off, the Jersey Flegg outfit fell behind early, conceding the opening try of the contest but weren’t to be deterred. A low scoring first half of football saw both sides locked up at 4-4 heading into the break.
A blistering second half performance from Mark Russell’s side in front of the home faithful propelled them back to the top of the Jersey Flegg ladder.
Preston Conn and Ioane Lui scored doubles with four other try scorers helping Storm on to a 32-point victory.
Match: Storm v Rabbitohs
Round 6 -
home Team
Storm
1st Position
away Team
Rabbitohs
13th Position
Venue: AAMI Park, Melbourne
SG Ball
Matt Duffie’s U19s have progressed to week two of the SG Ball finals after defeating the Illawarra Steelers 36-16 on Wollongong on Sunday.
The visiting Storm side got off to a dream start, scoring the opening three tries of the contest.
Frank Howarth, the brother of NRL-listed Jack scored the opener in the sixth minute of play and the young Storm side didn’t look back.
Four first have tries from Storm were followed by Lockyer-Azile Foliola’s four pointer straight after the break which left the deficit too great to climb for the home side.
Match: Steelers v Storm
Finals Week 1 -
home Team
Steelers
away Team
Storm
Venue: Collegians Sporting Complex, Wollongong
