Saturday’s NRL 2018 Round 10 match is between New Zealand Warriors and Sydney Roosters. The opening kick is set to commence at 17:30 local time with the game to be played at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane. The home team Melbourne Storm are the favourites for the match. View our preview and teams for the game between New Zealand Warriors and Sydney Roosters.
When: 17:30 | Saturday 12/05/2018
Where: Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Preview:
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Tip: Melbourne Storm at $1.18
Value Tip: First Try Scorer: Suliasi Vunivalu at $7.50
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Teams:
Melbourne Storm:
1 Billy Slater, 2 Suliasi Vunivalu, 3 Will Chambers, 4 Curtis Scott, 5 Josh Addo-Carr, 6 Cameron Munster, 7 Ryley Jacks, 8 Christian Welch, 9 Cameron Smith (c), 10 Nelson Asofa-Solomona, 11 Felise Kaufusi, 12 Ryan Hoffman, 13 Dale Finucane
Interchange: 14 Brandon Smith, 15 Kenny Bromwich, 16 Joe Stimson, 17 Sam Kasiano
Reserves: 18 Brodie Croft, 19 Tui Kamikamica, 20 Patrick Kaufusi, 21 Justin Olam.
Gold Coast Titans: 
1 Michael Gordon, 2 Anthony Don, 3 Dale Copley, 4 Brenko Lee, 5 Phillip Sami, 6 AJ Brimson, 7 Ashley Taylor, 8 Max King, 9 Mitch Rein, 10 Ryan James (c), 11 Kevin Proctor, 12 Will Matthews, 13 Jarrod Wallace
Interchange: 14 Bryce Cartwright, 15 Keegan Hipgrave, 16 Jack Stockwell, 17 Moeaki Fotuaika
Reserves: 18 Leilani Latu, 19 Konrad Hurrell, 20 Nathan Peats, 21 Kane Elgey.
NRL News:
It’s back to the drawing board for the Melbourne Storm after their poor completion wrecked their game plan to topple NRL front-runners St George Illawarra.
The reigning premiers headed to Jubilee Oval with high hopes after three big wins but couldn’t match the Dragons.
An obvious statistic was their poor set completion rate of 65 per cent, with the figures telling the story in each of the Storm’s defeats this season.
Each time they have completed sets at more than 70 per cent they’ve won but failure to reach that mark has resulted in defeat.
Veteran forward Ryan Hoffman said the team had worked hard to get on top of their ball control and it was frustrating to take a step backwards.
“We turned over way too much ball and that’s been a common thread after a loss,” the second-rower said on Tuesday.
“If you look at the stats we had to make a hell of a lot more tackles than them but that was all our own doing.
“It’s disappointing but we need to see it as a bit of a blip so we need to refocus ourselves.”
Melbourne’s next task is stopping Gold Coast at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday afternoon after selling their home game.
While it may have paid off financially when they did the same last year it didn’t on the scoreboard, when the Titans caused a 38-36 boilover.
Gold Coast are struggling with injuries and form but Hoffman said the Storm wouldn’t be taking them lightly.
“It’s an interesting fixture with us taking our home game up there,” he said.
“We’re not going to take their form into account, just as I’m sure they won’t either.
“It’s a matter of focusing on our own performances and tidying up the things we didn’t do well last week.”
The 34-year-old has been in impressive form after returning to his first NRL club after three seasons with the Warriors.
Hoffman said he was yet to make a call on 2019 but was relishing playing alongside young guns Cameron Munster, Josh Addo-Carr, and Curtis Scott.
“I’m really enjoying my football and being a part of an edge with them; some real young, exciting players who love the ball” he said.
“I think I’m older than them by about 10 years but you can’t help but feel young around them.”
