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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3563343, member: 1899"] Cometh the hour, cometh the man. What a career defining effort from Warbrick, from Rugby 7s to pulling off a hail mary in a do or die finals scenario. It's some portfolio Bellamy has created - Matt King, Sisa Waqa, Marika Koroibete, Suliasi Vunivalu etc. who came either from nothing or failure to superstardom. I don't think it could have ended any other way. Both teams were clearly both battered and bruised, neither could find any rhythm and in the end it's come down to a kick and hope scenario. There's so many small moments that I think both teams could reflect on. Whether it was the Corey Allan off-side when Tedesco had Meaney well and truly trapped in-goal or Grant running out of dummy half and throwing a shocker of a pass to Wishart. It was just one of those typical finals game. Penrith will surely be licking their lips. Hughes should be back and Coates is an outside chance, otherwise the Storm appear to be the walking wounded and their deficiencies are being really exposed. Their edges haven't really provided any impetus for the Storm attack and Katoa in particular has been really disappointing. Going into the finals we knew what to expect of Loiero and he's more of a loose lock forward playing second row ala Zac Hosking, David Stagg etc. However Katoa had been a real go to option and he's been well off the pace. Outside of Warbrick, I thought the changes Bellamy made to his starting side made a big difference. 10-0 early just gave Melbourne that buffer and even though Sydney were the better team for the majority of the game, those 10 points proved invaluable. As far as Klein goes, notice how many calls started going the Roosters way after the Grant knock on? That was blatant game management, and we also saw another instance of teams opting to convert a six again into a full blown penalty. [/QUOTE]

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