Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy says his gamers solely have themselves in charge after happening 18-8 to Manly at Brookvale Oval on Friday night time.
Key factors:
- Bellamy was unimpressed with the Storm’s second-half show
- The Sea Eagles scored two tries to 1 in opposition to the Storm
- Three gamers have been despatched to the sin-bin in the course of the match
The loss noticed the Storm drop to sixth on the ladder forward of the completion of spherical seven, whereas the Sea Eagles jumped to second place.
The Storm restricted the Sea Eagles to only two tries, however Bellamy mentioned the scoreline may have been a lot worse for the guests.
“We have been courageous in some areas, however we performed dumb,” he mentioned after the match.
“We bought what we deserved tonight. To maintain them to 18 factors was a very good effort.
“However we simply did not give ourselves an opportunity to win the sport. Our second half was actually poor. We did not play too good in any respect.”
The story of the match was the clear feeling and physicality between the groups, with three gamers — together with Storm pair Tui Kamikamica and Justin Olam — despatched to the sin-bin and a complete of 5 positioned on report.
Extra gamers have been faraway from the match than throughout 2011’s notorious “Battle of Brookvale”, when each Glenn Stewart and Adam Blair have been despatched off.