#NRL With a surprisingly good record at Pirtek against the Storm compared to some other teams, here's the next instalment of the Pirtek Stadium Stats blog. The Storm. The team everyone loves to hate, there's no denying they're an elite team that has been tremendously consistent.
At Pirtek Stadium against the Storm, the Eels have won 7 games and lost 8 games.
All Eels try-scorers against the Storm at Pirtek Stadium (amount in brackets): John Williams (3), Joel Reddy (3), Luke Burt (3), Nathan Hindmarsh (3), Stuart Kelly (2), Clinton Schifcofske (2), Pat Richards (2), Jason Taylor (2), Jason Moodie (2), Ashley Graham (2), Adam Dykes (2), Jarryd Hayne (2), Krisnan Inu (2), Paul Carige (1), David Penna (1), John Simon (1), Jason Smith (1), PJ Marsh (1), Daniel Wagon (1), Dean Widders (1), Andrew McFadden (1), Wade McKinnon (1), Matt Petersen (1), Taulima Tautai (1), Tony Williams (1), Todd Lowrie (1), Fuifui Moimoi (1), Jeff Robson (1), Kris Keating (1), Taniela Lasalo (1), Reni Maitua (1), Ken Sio (1), Will Hopoate (1), Ryan Morgan (1) & Michael Jennings (1),
All Eels goal-scorers against the Storm at Pirtek Stadium (amount in brackets): Luke Burt (23), Clinton Schifcofske (9), Jason Taylor (7), Mark Riddell (1), Chris Sandow (1) & Michael Gordon (1).
All Eels field goals against the Storm at Pirtek Stadium (amount in brackets): N/A
All Eels players sent to the sin-bin against the Storm at Pirtek Stadium: N/A
All Eels players sent off against the Storm at Pirtek Stadium: N/A
The biggest crowd at Pirtek between the two sides was their very first meeting in 1998 when 15,434 people turned up to watch the Storm win 32-22.
The Eels biggest win at Pirtek against the Storm came in 2001, in a 42-18 victory.
Conversely, the Eels biggest loss at Pirtek against the Storm was a 36-16 loss in 2004.
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Indeed, CP. Plenty of tremendous records broken by that side and still standing right now.
S'all good, FME.
Yeah, he appears in a few. Maybe more bad ones than good, lol.
The Storm are probably the most consistent side of the last 10 years or so.
They rarely miss out on finals and no matter who comes in, the Bellamy factor always sees nuffies perform well.
You certainly don't have to have seen the game in question nowadays, to know what happened.
I hate to be a downer, but it is my view that Bellamy started the rot in the game. Wrestling; grapple; holding players up in the tackle; play the ball being slowed etc. no doubt he is a strong and thorough coach, and one who improves players but the game has become more about the 'ruck' too often. This has resulted in refereeing being less consistent.
For e.g. the ruck in origin. It was slowed down by players laying around; getting tangled etc. all deliberate it seems to make the play the ball slow and teams to have more time to be set. Melb have done this for ages.
They are heavily structured and teams who ad-lib more give them issues at times.