A year after virtually surrendering on Anzac Day, the New
Zealand Warriors atoned with a heroic performance to upset
the Melbourne Storm 18-14 and potentially revive their NRL
season.
Melbourne have dished out their own version of humble pie to
NRL competition leaders Canterbury, the Bulldogs tasting
their first defeat of the season in a 30-16 loss to the Storm
at AAMI Park.
Adam Blair enhanced Cooper Cronk's international rugby league
career with a jolting shoulder charge - but that mateship is
on hold as a Melbourne Storm enforcer adopts the role of
Kiwis pack leader.
They let down their fans, their sponsors, their National
Rugby League (NRL) rivals and at least some of their players
-- but by far the greatest victim of the Melbourne Storm's
systematic rorting of the salary cap was the sport of rugby
league.
Premiers Melbourne Storm have been stripped of two NRL
premierships and fined a total of $A1.6 million ($NZ2.09
million) after being found guilty of long-term salary cap
breaches.
