NRL 2002

Round 8

Melbourne Storm 28 lost to Newcastle Knights 36

NRL 2002
Round 8
Melbourne
Storm		 28
–
36 Newcastle
Knights
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/1786
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 4th May, 2002
Kick Off 3:00 PM (local time)
Referee Bill Harrigan
Venue Olympic Park (Melbourne)
Crowd 9,524
Match Stats
Halftime Score 6 – 30
Scrums 8 – 5
Penalties 1 – 1
Melbourne Scoresheet Newcastle
Matt ORFORD 2 T 3 Timana TAHU
Stephen KEARNEY   Daniel ABRAHAM
Aaron MOULE   Danny BUDERUS
Kirk REYNOLDSON   Mark HUGHES
 
Richard SWAIN 4/5 G 6/6 Andrew JOHNS
Melbourne Teams Newcastle
Junior LANGI 1 FB 1 Robbie O'DAVIS
Matt GEYER 2 W 2 Timana TAHU
Aaron MOULE 3 C 3 Matthew GIDLEY
Steve BELL 4 C 4 Mark HUGHES
Marcus BAI 5 W 5 Anthony QUINN
 
Scott HILL 6 FE 6 Sean RUDDER
Matt ORFORD 7 HB 7 Andrew JOHNS (c)
 
Robbie KEARNS (c) 8 FR 8 Josh PERRY
Richard SWAIN 9 HK 9 Danny BUDERUS
Rodney HOWE 10 FR 10 Matt PARSONS
Danny WILLIAMS 11 2R 11 Steve SIMPSON
Stephen KEARNEY 12 2R 19 Ben KENNEDY
Henry PERENARA 13 L 13 Bill PEDEN
 
William LEYSHON 14 B 12 Daniel ABRAHAM
Matt RUA 15 B 14 Clint NEWTON
Peter ROBINSON 16 B 15 Jarrod O'DOHERTY
Kirk REYNOLDSON 17 B 16 John MORRIS
 
Mark MURRAY   HC   Michael HAGAN
   
 

Team Info

Melbourne

Previous Game:
Round 7 vs. Warriors
Next Game:
Round 9 vs. Sydney
Out:
Fifita Moala (wing), Shane Walker (front row), Mitchell Sargent (bench), Michael Russo (bench)
In:
Matt Orford (halfback), Rodney Howe (front row), William Leyshon (bench), Peter Robinson (bench)
Changes:
Matt Geyer (halfback to wing)

Newcastle

Previous Game:
Round 7 vs. Brisbane
Next Game:
Round 10 vs. Warriors
Out:
Kurt Gidley (bench), Julian Bailey (bench)
In:
Sean Rudder (five-eighth), Ben Kennedy (second row)
Changes:
John Morris (wing to bench), Timana Tahu (centre to wing), Matthew Gidley (five-eighth to centre), Daniel Abraham (second row to bench)

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson

Sources: NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2003

See also: