{"id":612954,"date":"2026-04-17T13:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/612954\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T13:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:10:10","slug":"craig-bellamy-press-conference-harry-grant-melbourne-storm-vs-canberra-raiders-round-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/612954\/","title":{"rendered":"Craig Bellamy press conference, Harry Grant, Melbourne Storm vs Canberra Raiders, Round 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Craig Bellamy was frustrated with his side\u2019s inconsistency after the Storm slumped to their fifth straight defeat in a 26-22 loss to the Raiders in Round 7. <\/p>\n<p>The Storm led 16-12 at half-time, but were again run down to lose five straight games for the first time since 2012, when ironically they went on to win the title that year. <\/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>.\u00a0<\/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\/03\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sort of sick to summing them up actually,\u201d Bellamy said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve done a lot of good things out there tonight, but we\u2019ve done some things that really cost us as well, so it\u2019s just inconsistent would be the best word to describe it, I would imagine.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Bellamy was fuming his side should have gone up by 10 after half-time, but let the Raiders score at the other end to get themselves back in the game after a Simi Sasagi intercept. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust after half-time, we had a chance to score a try and that would have put us a reasonable distance ahead, and they end up going up the other end and scoring a try,\u201d Bellamy said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings like that just seem to be really hurting us at the moment. I know no-one\u2019s gone out for that to happen, but we just can\u2019t seem to get that consistency in our attack or in our defence either. <\/p>\n<p>MORE NRL NEWS<\/p>\n<p>TALKING POINTS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2026-round-7-talking-points-preview-analysis-latrell-mitchell-future-after-matt-dufty-call-what-is-wrong-with-the-storm-latest-news\/news-story\/d81f334ac453a65859f9971f958e6a89\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\u2018Surprise\u2019 club switch doesn\u2019t add up; Dogs expose Panthers flaw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018PRETTY UNFAIR\u2019: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2026-shane-flanagan-defends-clubs-handling-of-loko-pasifiki-tonga-jaydn-sua-dragons-press-conference-says-he-hasnt-lost-locker-room-news\/news-story\/7334e7dc42d25d4844d79cb3bf90d6ff\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Defiant Flanno defends club\u2019s handling of disgruntled young star<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CRAWLEY: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2026-round-7-preview-fixtures-analysis-paul-crawley-column-shane-flanagan-saga-latest-todd-payten-north-queensland-future\/news-story\/3674c1f342ab83ab277baeda6f0bc276\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Dragons shamed by rival\u2019s smart contract move as Flanno crisis deepens <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Craig Bellamy and Harry Grant.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe big part of last week that we wanted to really improve on was our defence close to our line and the first two sets, they got close to our line, they scored tries. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut then the rest of the game, or the next 30 minutes, we defended well, so just that inconsistency is really the frustrating thing for me at the moment.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Bellamy conceded his side needs to be better at starting second half\u2019s if they want to break their losing streak. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there\u2019s a few there that haven\u2019t had that sort of experience, but that\u2019s a good question, that\u2019s what we\u2019re asking ourselves as well,\u201d Bellamy said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I might ask you that question, you might have an opinion on that. I don\u2019t know, we\u2019re sort of lost at the moment.<\/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>Ricky weighs in on bunker decisions | 08:32<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know the one thing that has been consistent through the five games has been a poor start in the second half as well and I think for the five games, I think we\u2019ve led at half-time for four of them and just can\u2019t get the result at the end. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re all scratching our head at the moment, so we\u2019ll come together the next day when we meet up and hopefully someone\u2019s got some ideas and we will go from there.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Storm skipper Harry Grant felt his team improved from the last couple of weeks, but are still a long way off where they need to be to play finals. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell we\u2019re all here to win. We want to win and that\u2019s what we turn up every week to do. That\u2019s the main goal,\u201d Grant said. <\/p>\n<p>Big Red dissent sparks Storm comeback! | 00:37<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut there\u2019s a fair bit of work that goes into that. I think the last couple of weeks we\u2019ve made steps in the right direction towards our preparation and given ourselves the best opportunity to do that on game night. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook tonight a few moments there that we could have been sitting here in a different dressing shed, so I think definitely need to take a bit of reflection individually and as a team and continue to work hard. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere we ultimately want to be is a long way away. That\u2019s the finals but also our finished game, the product that we\u2019re going after, so we just need to keep working hard at it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Bellamy was pressed on what he did in 2012 to turn his side around for a title win. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember that was the situation, but I can\u2019t actually remember why,\u201d Bellamy said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t actually remember what we did. Whether we changed things around a bit or we left them the same or whatever. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we ended up having a successful end of season, but that seems a long way off at the moment.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Craig Bellamy was frustrated with his side\u2019s inconsistency after the Storm slumped to their fifth straight defeat in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,4532,28019,4457,8089,241053,763,157921,23622,8095,4746,4466,761,762,158,668,7291,85,53979,292589,212187,120987,87670],"class_list":{"0":"post-612954","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-canberra-raiders","11":"tag-contract-move","12":"tag-corey-horsburgh","13":"tag-craig-bellamy","14":"tag-defends-club","15":"tag-fox-league","16":"tag-game-night","17":"tag-grant","18":"tag-harry-grant","19":"tag-mark-st-john","20":"tag-melbourne-storm","21":"tag-national-rugby-league","22":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","23":"tag-nrl","24":"tag-press-conference","25":"tag-ricky-stuart","26":"tag-sports","27":"tag-storm-skipper","28":"tag-straight-defeat","29":"tag-straight-games","30":"tag-title-win","31":"tag-young-star"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612954","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=612954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}