suits the situation. With Cronk and a couple of others still on the sideline, expect the Storm to produce similar tactics to last week and ultimately prevail. Storm by 4.
TEAMS:
Newcastle Knights:
1 Shannon McDonnell, 2 Akuila Uate, 3 Wes Naiqama, 4 Adam MacDougall, 5 Cooper Vuna, 6 Jarrod Mullen, 7 Scott Dureau, 8 Ben Cross, 9 Matt Hilder, 10 Evarn Tuimavave, 11 Steve Simpson [c], 12 Cory Paterson, 13 Mark Taufua. Interchange: 14 Isaac De Gois, 15 Daniel Tolar, 16 Richie Fa'aoso, 17 Zeb Taia, 18 Cameron Ciraldo (one to be omitted).
Melbourne Storm:
1 Billy Slater, 2 Luke MacDougall, 3 Dane Nielsen, 4 Greg Inglis, 5 Anthony Quinn, 6 Brett Finch, 7 Cameron Smith [c], 8 Aiden Tolman, 9 Ryan Hinchcliffe, 10 Jeff Lima, 11 Adam Blair, 12. Kevin Proctor, 13 Todd Lowrie. Intrerchange: 14 Rory Kostjasyn, 15 Ryan Tandy, 16 Hep Cahill, 17 Jesse Bromwich.
Referees: Steve Lyons, Alan Shortall