NRL 2003

Round 8

Melbourne Storm 46 def. Newcastle Knights 6

NRL 2003
Round 8
Melbourne
Storm
46
6 Newcastle
Knights
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/1953
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 3rd May, 2003
Kick Off 7:30 PM (local time)
Referee Matt Cecchin
Venue Olympic Park (Melbourne)
Crowd 9,541
Match Stats
Halftime Score 24 0
Scrums 7 7
Penalties 6 7
Melbourne Scoresheet Newcastle
Billy SLATER 2 T Matt JOBSON
Steve BELL      
Stephen KEARNEY      
David KIDWELL      
Matt ORFORD      
Robbie ROSS      
Cameron SMITH      
 
Matt ORFORD 6/8 G 1/1 Daniel ABRAHAM
Cameron SMITH 1/1      
Melbourne Teams Newcastle
Robbie ROSS 1 FB 1 Mark HUGHES
Junior LANGI 2 W 2 Timana TAHU
Steve BELL 3 C 3 Matthew GIDLEY
Billy SLATER 4 C 4 Craig HALL
Marcus BAI 5 W 5 Gavin QUINN
 
Matt GEYER 6 FE 6 Sean RUDDER
Matt ORFORD 7 HB 7 Danny BUDERUS
 
Robbie KEARNS 8 FR 11 Matt JOBSON
Cameron SMITH 9 HK 9 Luke QUIGLEY
Peter ROBINSON 11 FR 10 Matt PARSONS (c)
Stephen KEARNEY (c) 12 2R 14 Andrew PRICE
David KIDWELL 13 2R 12 Clint NEWTON
Dallas JOHNSON 15 L 13 Daniel ABRAHAM
 
Mitchell SARGENT 10 B 15 Reegan TANNER
Danny WILLIAMS 14 B 16 Todd BATES
Kirk REYNOLDSON 16 B 17 Matthew KENNEDY
Glen TURNER 17 B 18 Blake MUELLER
 
Craig BELLAMY   HC   Michael HAGAN
   
 

Team Info

Melbourne

Previous Game:
Round 7 vs. North QLD
Next Game:
Round 9 vs. Canberra
Out:
Scott Hill (five-eighth), Andrew McFadden (halfback), Ryan Hoffman (bench)
In:
Steve Bell (centre), Matt Orford (halfback), Glen Turner (bench)
Changes:
Matt Geyer (wing to five-eighth), Junior Langi (centre to wing)

Newcastle

Previous Game:
Round 7 vs. Wests Tigers
Next Game:
Round 9 vs. Souths
Out:
Robbie O'Davis (fullback), Andrew Johns (halfback), Josh Perry (front row), Adam Woolnough (second row)
In:
Gavin Quinn (wing), Clint Newton (second row), Todd Bates (bench), Blake Mueller (bench)
Changes:
Mark Hughes (centre to fullback), Craig Hall (wing to centre), Danny Buderus (hooker to halfback), Matt Jobson (second row to front row), Andrew Price (bench to second row), Luke Quigley (bench to hooker)

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson

Sources: NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2004