{"id":6593,"date":"2025-07-19T19:18:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T19:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/6593\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T19:18:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T19:18:05","slug":"melbourne-storm-v-manly-sea-eagles-nelson-asofa-solomona-on-report-for-elbow-harry-grant-try-disallowed-xavier-coates-hat-trick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/6593\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne Storm v Manly Sea Eagles, Nelson Asofa-Solomona on report for elbow, Harry Grant try disallowed, Xavier Coates hat-trick"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Manly Sea Eagles<\/a> have pulled off a huge upset win over the Melbourne Storm<\/a> in a game that came down to a few key moments at AAMI Park on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Storm coach Craig Bellamy was far from impressed as the Sea Eagles punished his ill-disciplined and error-prone Melbourne outfit with an 18-16 defeat.<\/p>\n

Winger Xavier Coates tried to rescue the Storm, scoring a hat-trick, but the late flurry was not enough after Harry Grant was penalised in front of the goal at the death.<\/p>\n

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\"It<\/p>\n

It was a heated clash between the Manly Sea Eagles and Melbourne Storm.\u00a0Graham Denholm via Getty Images<\/p>\n

An incident in the first half saw the Storm docked a try after Nelson Asofa-Solomona was punished for foul play.<\/p>\n

Asofa-Solomona was penalised and placed on report for making dangerous contact after he elbowed Jake Simpkin in the face as he played the ball in the lead-up to a Grant try.<\/p>\n

While Asofa-Solomona avoided the sin bin for the act, Simpkin was subsequently ruled out of the match with a category one concussion.<\/p>\n

“I think it could be costly,” NRL Hall-of-Famer Cooper Cronk said in commentary for Fox League.<\/p>\n

\"Nelson<\/p>\n

Nelson Asofa-Solomona was penalised for throwing an elbow.\u00a0Fox League<\/p>\n

“I agree, that’s a penalty.<\/p>\n

“He throws that elbow out, hits Simpkin, and he might be in some trouble with the match review committee.”<\/p>\n

Adding to the drama, Fox League’s sideline reporter Eloise Sohier said Manly was outraged, believing Simpkin was showing category two concussion symptoms and was OK to continue playing.<\/p>\n

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Reuben Garrick added Manly’s first points in the third minute of the match after Jahrome Hughes was penalised for a strip.<\/p>\n

Desperately needing to get the jump on the hosts, Garrick stepped up and slotted the two-point penalty shot to give the Sea Eagles an early advantage.<\/p>\n

However, the serenity was short-lived with Coates put over in the corner with a quick cut-out pass from Cameron Munster.<\/p>\n

Grant Anderson knocked on the ball when contesting a kick bomb, landing heavily on his shoulder in the process, and gifting the opposition a full set on Melbourne’s line.<\/p>\n

The Sea Eagles returned serve, with a late pass from Tom Trbojevic sending over Jason Saab.<\/p>\n

With Garrick hooking the conversion, scores were locked at six apiece. <\/p>\n

Clearly rattled, the Storm allowed the last-tackle kick to bounce, with the Sea Eagles swarming Hughes and forcing a dropout.<\/p>\n

At this point, it appeared Bellamy had seen enough, storming out of the box.<\/p>\n

Manly were soon in again through Tolutau Koula and then Garrick to make it three on the trot.<\/p>\n

Adding to the Storms’ woes, Anderson was collected high by Simpkin.<\/p>\n

Anderson was forced off for a HIA while Simpkin was put on report for a dangerous tackle.<\/p>\n

Manly prop Toafofoa Sipley also came from the field for a HIA late in the first half.<\/p>\n

With the Storm’s second try disallowed, the Sea Eagles took a 16-6 lead into the break.<\/p>\n

Both Anderson and Sipley passed their HIA’s and were injected back into the match after half time.<\/p>\n

Coates added his second, finishing off an end-to-end effort from the Storm.<\/p>\n

First, Garrick tried to chase down Hughes \u2014 who pocketed a Koula offload \u2014 and then Anderson before a cross-field pass bounced into Coates’ lap and he finished off in the corner.<\/p>\n

Seven minutes later, Coates was in again before Meaney added the extras to lock up the score.<\/p>\n

In dramatic scenes, Grant was penalised and placed on report for making contact with Luke Brooks’ leg as he kicked for a hail mary goal.<\/p>\n

While Brooks missed the initial one-point field goal, Garrick made the subsequent penalty goal count.<\/p>\n

With the win, the Sea Eagles launch themselves back into the league’s top eight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Manly Sea Eagles have pulled off a huge upset win over the Melbourne Storm in a game…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-6593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6593","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=6593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}