Penrith punish rusty Roosters
10 hours ago | Aidan Edgecomb
Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy has named a 19-man squad for this weekend's round 13 NRL Telstra Premiership clash against Wests Tigers. The Storm (6-5) take on the Tigers (5-6) at Leighhart Oval in Sydney on Sunday, June 5th at 2:30pm AEST.
Dennis Scott comes into the starting line up in place of the suspended Dallas Johnson. Johnson has taken an early guilty plea on the grade one dangerous throw charge which will see him miss the next two games against Wests Tigers and the Auckland Warriors. Antonio Kaufusi has been named on the interchange bench after being a late withdrawal from last week?s game.
The Tigers sit in 11th place on the Telstra Premiership Table after being defeated by the New Zealand Warriors at Ericsson Stadium last weekend (21-4). The Storm, in 6th position, comes off a home win against the Dragons (24-16).
Squad for Sunday's game:
Starting team:
1. Billy Slater
2. Matt Geyer
3. Steve Bell
4. Matt King
5. Jake Webster
6. Scott Hill
7. Matt Orford
8. Robbie Kearns (c)
9. Cameron Smith
10. Ian Donnelly
11. David Kidwell
12. Glen Turner
13. Dennis Scott
Interchange:
14. Ryan Hoffman, 15. Jamie Feeney, 16. Antonio Kaufusi, 17. Brett White, 18. Josh Graham, 19. Greg Inglis.