{"id":704772,"date":"2026-05-30T18:09:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T18:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/704772\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T18:09:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T18:09:36","slug":"nrl-news-2026-melbourne-storm-v-sydney-roosters-result-nick-meaney-calf-injury-sua-faalogo-stats-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/704772\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL news 2026 | Melbourne Storm v Sydney Roosters result, Nick Meaney calf injury, Sua Faalogo stats, video"},"content":{"rendered":"

Craig Bellamy<\/a> has been dealt yet another injury dilemma for his Melbourne Storm<\/a> team after Nick Meaney was forced to leave the field early in the first half with a calf concern. <\/p>\n

But the veteran coach could not help but notice the one young star who stood up for his team when things were not going in their favour against the Roosters<\/a> on Saturday. <\/p>\n

Meaney lasted just 15 minutes on the field before he headed to the sidelines to receive treatment from team trainers, struggling to put his body weight on his leg.<\/p>\n

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\"Nick<\/p>\n

Nick Meaney in action\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

The gun centre did not appear to be in too much discomfort during the set prior to him leaving the field, although he did come out of a tackle in an awkward manner.<\/p>\n

Storm medics cited a calf concern as the reason he would be ruled out of the game, making that call within 10 minutes of pulling him off the field.<\/p>\n

Due to this, Bellamy fears he could be on the sidelines for up to a month.<\/p>\n

“I’d say he’d be gone for about three or four weeks, I’d think,” the Storm coach said.<\/p>\n

“Calves can be very touchy … I don’t know exactly how bad it is and our medical team won’t know until they scan him.<\/p>\n

“There was no, ‘oh we will try get him through the next 10 minutes and see how he goes’, it was ‘no, we need to get him off’.”<\/p>\n

Despite his early exit, the Storm claimed a hard-fought 18-4 win over the Roosters.<\/p>\n

\"Sualauvi<\/p>\n

Sualauvi Faalogo of the Storm in action.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Sualauvi Faalogo was the star for the homeside despite not getting over the tryline, recording 301 run metres and three linebreaks. He also nailed goal-kicking duties after Meaney was forced from the field.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old assisted teammate Will Warbrick to get over the tryline in the 54th minute, scooping up a loose ball close to the Storm’s line before racing 80 metres down the field. Cody Ramsey did catch him to deny a try, but a quick play of the ball eventually found Warbrick to get the job done.<\/p>\n

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Just as Ramsey had denied Faalogo from scoring, the Storm fullback did the same to him, preventing the Roosters gun from narrowing the margin in a crucial moment during the second half. <\/p>\n

While he had all in the stands impressed, Bellamy was not surprised to see Faalogo perform in such a standout manner against the Roosters.<\/p>\n

“With all due respect, he was great tonight but the last four to six weeks he has been outstanding for us,” Bellamy said.<\/p>\n

“He was at it again tonight … he has come a long way in a short amount of time.<\/p>\n

“He is going to be a good player for a long time.”<\/p>\n

Moses Leo then got his hands to a high bomb minutes later and blasted 85 metres down the field to claim Melbourne’s third and final try of the evening.<\/p>\n

Only Billy Smith, who crossed in the final minutes of the first half, scored for the visitors.<\/p>\n

The Roosters did have six players back-up from Wednesday’s State of Origin series opener, including captain James Tedesco, Sam Walker and Victor Radley.<\/p>\n

Walker, despite starring for the Maroons earlier in the week, found himself in the sin bin with seconds left on the clock after being pinged for a professional foul on Warbrick.<\/p>\n

\"Sam<\/p>\n

Sam Walker reacts after being ordered to the sin bin for a professional foul.\u00a0NRL Imagery<\/p>\n

While that incident did not worry the Roosters given the time left on the clock, Roosters coach Trent Robinson refused to give any excuses for his Origin stars actions.<\/p>\n

“That is the last excuse,” he said when asked if he would use his representative players short turnarounds as an reason for their loss.<\/p>\n

“I expect them to come back and play, if they are not ready then they don’t.”<\/p>\n

The Roosters will now prepare to travel to the nation’s capital for a battle against the Raiders next Friday, while the Storm will host the Knights that same day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Craig Bellamy has been dealt yet another injury dilemma for his Melbourne Storm team after Nick Meaney was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-704772","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\/704772","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=704772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}