{"id":552783,"date":"2026-03-20T12:28:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/552783\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T12:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:28:16","slug":"craig-bellamy-press-conference-harry-grant-melbourne-storm-vs-brisbane-broncos-round-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/552783\/","title":{"rendered":"Craig Bellamy press conference, Harry Grant, Melbourne Storm vs Brisbane Broncos, Round 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Craig Bellamy conceded his side needs to get better defensively after they let a 14-0 lead slip to lose to the Broncos 18-14 in an eerily similar defeat to last year\u2019s Grand Final. <\/p>\n<p>The Storm were dominating the first half to lead 14-0 on the back of tries to Sua Fa\u2019alogo and Joe Chan, but their defence let them down in the second stanza. <\/p>\n<p>Watch every game of every round of the Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports | <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/nrl?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkleague-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-nrl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we could have defended better, to be quite honest,\u201d Bellamy said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was obviously disappointing there, but it seems to be a little bit of a story with us. We always seem to go really well the first half and not so well the second half. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI suppose that was a little bit different last week, but there tonight for me it was just like two different games, the first half and second half with our defence. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought we defended really well in the first half and then the second half we just couldn\u2019t tackle anything, so I\u2019m not quite sure why that is. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll have to have a look at it, and have a bit of a chat about it, and then go from there, but disappointing to lead like that and then get beat. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew who we were playing, and they\u2019re obviously a very good side, but it\u2019s still disappointing after what we produced in the first half.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>MORE NRL NEWS<\/p>\n<p>BRONCOS VS TALLIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2026-brisbane-broncos-erase-gorden-tallis-name-from-conference-room-replaced-by-ali-brigginshaw-feud-dave-donaghy-michael-maguire\/news-story\/7fc310364bff5baebfa620c2cefa8d71\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Feud hits new low as club strips legendary captain of honour<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018COMEBACK KINGS\u2019: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2026-melbourne-storm-v-brisbane-broncos-teams-ins-and-outs-michael-maguire-reece-walsh-start-time-where-to-watch-rugby-league-news\/news-story\/85f6fb5e25e486861dda760c58f9b4bc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Deja vu as Broncos stun Storm in epic GF rematch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018TRYING NOT TO P**S OURSELVES\u2019: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2026-braith-anasta-on-gorden-tallis-vs-pete-badel-fiery-debate-over-adam-reynolds-michael-maguire-brisbane-broncos\/news-story\/63d3c61062538752ffcea9659651fb2e\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Anasta lifts lid on \u2018uncomfortable\u2019 Tallis clash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Craig Bellamy and Harry Grant.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n<p>Bellamy noted the Storm haven\u2019t been at their best defensively for a couple of seasons and stressed how important it is to put in 80 minute performances in without the ball. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to get more consistent at the end of the day it\u2019s like that game tonight with our defence was like two different teams they just had the same jumper on, so that\u2019s what we need to start doing,\u201d Bellamy said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think in the past this team prides itself on its defence, but I think that\u2019s one area that we knew we needed to improve this year. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe haven\u2019t been great defensively and let\u2019s say it was just a real contrast and I was really happy with the way we defended the first half. We thought we\u2019d done a great job but the second half it wasn\u2019t near as good.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest NRL news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=NRLArticle&amp;utm_medium=TextLink&amp;utm_campaign=signup\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up now!!!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bronx silence critics with comeback win | 01:58<\/p>\n<p>Bellamy also lamented the lack of creativity in the crucial second last set of the game as the Storm tried to chase a miracle win at the death. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it was our second last set of the game we weren\u2019t adventurous at all,\u201d Bellamy said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA couple before that we were and then the last set something might have happened, but we didn\u2019t really look like we were going to score there at the end. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we just lost our way, lost our momentum in that second half and we couldn\u2019t seem to get it back.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Storm skipper Harry Grant said it was a break neck speed out on the field and conceded his side didn\u2019t handle it as well as the game wore on. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt felt like touch footy at times,\u201d Grant said. <\/p>\n<p>Sua always has &#8216;Alarm Bells Ringing&#8217; | 00:48<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was pretty fast there throughout the whole game. I guess the Broncos would have felt that in the first half. We probably felt the majority of that in the second half, that period of time. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve just got a lot to work on in our second halves and I think there was plenty of scenarios that we could have been better towards the end of the game and I think we can definitely have a look at all that and go again.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Fa\u2019alogo continued his strong start to the year with another busy performance, but Bellamy believes he still has a long way to go. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought he was heavily involved and you know the whole heap of runs, but I still think he\u2019s got a lot of improvement in him to be quite honest,\u201d Bellamy said. <\/p>\n<p>Storm duo confront Walsh over High Shot | 00:34<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust learning a bit more about the game and learning how to use his pace and his change of directions. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think sometimes he probably gets across field a little bit too much, but at the end of the day he\u2019ll learn as he goes, but his involvement today was outstanding and he\u2019s come a long way in a short amount of time.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Craig Bellamy conceded his side needs to get better defensively after they let a 14-0 lead slip to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,273400,4428,4567,8089,68848,79818,273398,763,23622,4492,273397,2504,4746,4466,273399,761,762,158,668,13391,85,273396,53979,252087],"class_list":["post-552783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-break-neck","tag-brisbane-broncos","tag-cameron-munster","tag-craig-bellamy","tag-defence-let","tag-faalogo","tag-feud-hits","tag-fox-league","tag-grant","tag-joe-chan","tag-lead-slip","tag-lifts-lid","tag-mark-st-john","tag-melbourne-storm","tag-miracle-win","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-press-conference","tag-reece-walsh","tag-sports","tag-storm-duo","tag-storm-skipper","tag-touch-footy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552783","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=552783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}