The third NRL Round 6 match today is between South Sydney Rabbitohs and Melbourne Storm. The opening kick is set to commence at 7:30pm local time with the game to be played at ANZ Stadium. The home team South Sydney Rabbitohs are the favourites for the match. View our preview and teams for the game between South Sydney Rabbitohs and Melbourne Storm.
ANZ Stadium
Saturday 7.30pm
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Preview:
Watch Out Rabbitohs: Cooper Cronk continues to stake his Dally M claims in the early rounds with a series of superb individual performances. It’s hard to fathom but Cronk just keeps getting better every year – to the point where it wouldn’t be a stretch to suggest that he now has the single biggest influence on this side of any player. Including Smith and Slater. So far this season he sits equal first in the NRL for both try assists and line-break assists (five apiece), boasts three tries and two line-breaks and has kicked for an average 306 metres per game.
Watch Out Storm: Melbourne’s line is a tough one to crack, so often the best means of attack is to go to the boot – and there is no better exponent of the attacking kick than Rabbitohs halfback Adam Reynolds.
It is the 22-year-old’s vision and composure that make him so lethal when the slightest opportunity presents itself. On a number of occasions this year he has received the ball on the run but, spotting an unmarked man out wide, he has suddenly changed tack and placed a pinpoint cross-field chip for a try.
The best example of Reynolds’ brilliance came in their Round 2 win over Cronulla when both tries came from the boot. The first came just as described above, with Andrew Everingham capitalizing, while the second was from a stunning grubber that caught everyone but teammate Dylan Farrell by surprise.
Plays To Watch: The Cooper Cronk inside ball is becoming quite the trademark yet it is unlikely he will shelve it anytime soon given the extraordinary frequency of its success. The play simply involves Cronk receiving the ball one off the ruck and quickly turning it inside to a man on the fly. More often than not this man is Billy Slater – but not always. Ryan Hinchcliffe scored a brilliant try to open the Storm’s account from this very play in the win over North Queensland in Round 2.
Where It Will Be Won: The spines of these two sides are as good as it gets. Inglis v Slater; Sutton v Widdop; Reynolds v Cronk; and Luke v Smith. This game is full of class so it will come down to which spine hits the mark best on the night. We can see this one being a high-scoring clash.
Teams:
South Sydney Rabbitohs:
Greg Inglis, Nathan Merritt, Dylan Farrell, Bryson Goodwin, Andrew Everingham, John Sutton, Adam Reynolds, Dave Tyrell, Issac Luke, Roy Asotasi, Chris McQueen, Ben Te’o, Sam Burgess
Interchange: Nathan Peats, Jeff Lima, Ben Lowe, George Burgess, Michael Crocker, Justin Hunt, Jason Clark (three to be omitted).
Melbourne Storm:
Billy Slater, Sisa Waqa, Will Chambers, Junior Sa’u, Mahe Fonua, Gareth Widdop, Cooper Cronk, Jesse Bromwich, Cameron Smith, Bryan Norrie, Tohu Harris, Ryan Hoffman, Ryan Hinchcliffe
Interchange: Jason Ryles, Lagi Setu, Siosaia Vave, Kevin Proctor, Slade Griffin, Kenneth Bromwich, Brett Finch (three to be omitted).
