{"id":137828,"date":"2025-09-12T14:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T14:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/137828\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T14:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T14:02:11","slug":"melbourne-storm-post-match-press-conference-craig-bellamy-cameron-munster-jaeman-salmon-hip-drop-tackle-news-videos-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/137828\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne Storm post-match press conference, Craig Bellamy, Cameron Munster, Jaeman Salmon hip drop tackle, news, videos, highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Craig Bellamy has questioned the NRL\u2019s stance on hip drop tackles after an ugly moment that saw superstar Cameron Munster writhing in pain.<\/p>\n<p>Munster\u2019s ankle was caught under Bulldogs forward Jaeman Salmon with five minutes remaining in their finals clash.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, it looked as if the star five-eighth had suffered a serious injury but was able to walk away from the incident largely unscathed.<\/p>\n<p>FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every game of every round in the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership, LIVE with no ad-breaks during play. 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For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>Bellamy was left confused as to why Salmon avoided being placed on report, while others earlier this season have received sanctions for their own similar indiscretions.<\/p>\n<p>Nicho Hynes was handed a one-game ban after Round 27, who was ultimately overturned, while Jamie Humphreys earned a two-game suspension for a similar incident that same week.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Panthers centre Izack Tago was handed one game\u2019s suspension for a moment initially missed in his side\u2019s win over the Eels in Round 19, among a host of other bans.<\/p>\n<p>Craig Bellamy was confused why this hip drop tackle avoided sanction.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n<p>The Storm coach was asked in the post-match press conference whether he agreed with Bulldogs coach Cameron Ciraldo\u2019s comments regarding a slow play-the-ball.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one thing I noticed today, it might have been slow play-the-balls, it might not have been. But it seems as though the league has come (to) a different opinion of hip drops now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think any player goes out there to drop their hip on the back of someone\u2019s legs, but in the past we\u2019ve had players at other clubs be suspended for that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of a sudden now it seems to be an accident. That\u2019s what I took out of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With that, Bellamy stood up and walked out of the press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily for the Storm, Munster avoided a serious injury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s great, but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s anything too serious,\u201d Bellamy said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was just talking to me about it then, he said it\u2019s really sore. But he will be all right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Storm\u2019s latest finals triumph marks Bellamy\u2019s 10th preliminary finals appearance in the last 11 seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Ciraldo praises Sexton&#8217;s impact | 05:25<\/p>\n<p>MORE NRL NEWS<\/p>\n<p>MATTY AND CRONK FINAL VERDICT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2025-matty-and-cronks-finals-verdict-storm-vs-bulldogs-warriors-vs-panthers-sharks-vs-roosters-raiders-vs-broncos-week-one\/news-story\/d8666be2df18c815a1c6cbaffd984fc9\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Dogs\u2019 switch to rediscover DNA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FINALS TALKING POINTS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2025-finals-talking-points-reece-walsh-adam-reynolds-broncos-lachlan-galvin-bulldogs-nicho-hynes-sharks-week-one\/news-story\/82b817f97f02d2a1f98dd94d3a122fbe\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Cronk\u2019s plea over \u2018red line\u2019 Walsh; Galvin flaw exposed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>IT REVIVED IT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2025-is-james-tedesco-the-games-best-fullback-sydney-roosters-stats-since-origin-axing-dally-m-medal-roosters-v-sharks-rugby-league-news\/news-story\/73272d1bde551fee1ccb11d23deaba52\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Axing was meant to be the beginning of the end of an iconic career<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even the legendary mentor found that fact hard to believe, sitting bewildered as a reporter informed him of the monumental achievement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t sort of know that stat, I think someone said it earlier,\u201d Bellamy said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a pretty good record to be quite honest. At the end of the day we have had some wonderful players here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think our biggest strength has always been we\u2019ve had a really strong spine and leaders, and the other strength I think is everybody at the club knows what their role is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd they work bloody hard to get it done. That\u2019s players, coaches, strength and conditioning coaches, physios, whatever. Everyone knows what their role is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the most important thing and then the care that the people have got, they do that job the best they can.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Craig Bellamy has questioned the NRL\u2019s stance on hip drop tackles after an ugly moment that saw superstar&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,7618,4567,54890,8089,51868,94745,763,77424,94746,30379,4580,4466,761,762,158,4873,94744,85,66722,94748,94747],"class_list":{"0":"post-137828","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cameron-ciraldo","11":"tag-cameron-munster","12":"tag-conditioning-coaches","13":"tag-craig-bellamy","14":"tag-finals-clash","15":"tag-finals-triumph-marks","16":"tag-fox-league","17":"tag-hip-drop","18":"tag-hip-drop-question","19":"tag-hip-drop-tackle","20":"tag-jamie-humphreys","21":"tag-melbourne-storm","22":"tag-national-rugby-league","23":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","24":"tag-nrl","25":"tag-post-match-press-conference","26":"tag-preliminary-finals-appearance","27":"tag-sports","28":"tag-storm-coach","29":"tag-tackle-avoided-sanction","30":"tag-ugly-moment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}