The Melbourne Storm, as they always do, turned up to Round 1 of the latest NRL season ready to go. There is never any rust with this club. Harry Grant, in particular, burst out of the blocks to play out a Man of the Match performance featuring one of the best individual tries of the weekend.

Melbourne Storm Tries Line Breaks Run Metres Tackle Breaks
Harry Grant 2 2 86 4

Grant is a master of his craft. A cue from the defence rarely goes unpunished when he’s at his best. However, he’s only as dominant as the pack in front of him, and with Melbourne cruising up the field against a fatigued Parramatta middle, Grant had his way.

What Greg Alexander said at halftime summed it up well in the end: “I don’t know what happened.”

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