Melbourne outclass repetitive Dragons

Written by Cahn D. Cotter

The Storm showed all of us just why they are the benchmark this year. As explained in my tips for round 4, I said that this will be the match for the Storm.
And with that, it was.

The Dragons repetition of attack phases did not trouble the Storm one bit, as the likes of Soward, Hornby and Creagh were shut down with ease.
It is this repetition that will see the Dragons struggle with there season, unless Coach Bennett addresses it.

Soward struggled all night with the Storms defense, and was brought back down another level. Soward's anger and frustration showed at the end of the match, turning his back on Billy Slater's hand shake.

The Storm showed persistence, class and above all that they were still a level above any team with there clinical style of play. It is something that the Dragons are trying to achieve on their own, but without the class of Slater, Cronk and Smith, will not be able too.

Even though statistics show both these team being fairly even on the night, it was the Storm that completed more sets of six, less errors and the Dragons lack of discipline that gave away to many penalties.