Source : ABC NEWS
Round 14 of the NRL season continues on Friday night with Newcastle heading to Melbourne to take on the Storm.
The Knights are ensconced in the top four but will be looking to break a long run of outs in Victoria having not won at AAMI Park since 2015.
Later, Canberra will be looking for the upset when they welcome the Sydney Roosters to the capital.
With the Raiders finding form in last week’s win over the Cowboys, they shape as formidable foes for a Roosters side that’s lost back-to-back matches.
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Fri 5 Jun 2026 at 5:55pm
Tips: Storm vs Knights
I think Newcastle are specials for this one – Melbourne might be riding a three-game winning streak and their victory over the Roosters last week was their best performance of the season but the Knights have the firepower to really torch their shaky edge defence.
Chan in the centres will be a target, so let’s go Fletcher Hunt to score first and Newcastle to win 34-18.
Fri 5 Jun 2026 at 5:42pm
Knights tough history in Melbourne
Newcastle’s record at AAMI Park leaves a lot to be desired – they’ve only won their twice and the last time came back in 2015.
There’s no footage on the match on YouTube but I did manage to dig this up – the 2013 finals meeting between the two which was Newcastle’s only play-off win between 2007 and 2023 and perhaps one of their best upset wins ever.
I wonder whatever became of Matt Hilder……
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Fri 5 Jun 2026 at 5:35pm
Final teams: Storm vs Knights
Jack Howarth is out for the Storm with Joe Chan coming into the centres and Shawn Blore joining the bench.
Knights are as named on Tuesday.
Fri 5 Jun 2026 at 5:30pm
Hello and welcome to the ABC’s Friday night NRL blog
Hey everyone, TGIF and welcome to Friday night football.
My name is Nick and I’ll be steering you through every step of tonight’s double-header and if the program is anything to go by we could have a couple of beauties.
First up it’s the Knights against the resurgent Storm in Melbourne before we head to Canberra for Raiders-Roosters.
Kick back, relax and let me do all the work – I’ll have all the news from around the league and around the grounds along the way.
Let’s make some plays out there tonight.
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