NRL ladder leaders Melbourne have won a scrappy Saturday night battle at AAMI Park against bogey side Canberra but it came at a cost with star speedster Xavier Coates limping off. The Queensland State of Origin winger appeared to suffer his second hamstring injury of the season while diving for a try attempt in the in-goal. The Raiders arrived in Victoria full of confidence after winning five of their past six at the Storm’s home ground but the hosts won 16-6.
The Storm had 60 per cent of possession and forced the visitors into making 229 tackles, coming on the back of five ruck infringements. It took until the 36th minute for Melbourne to break through their defence and score with prop Josh King finding a hole left by Canberra skipper Elliott Whitehead running out of the defensive line. After a number of first-half errors Canberra’s Kaeo Weekes, playing at fullback, made amends with a 90-metre dash one minute into the second half for a 6-6 scoreline.
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