Kelly, Luke

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QCup Rd 2 Ipswich 14 Easts 15
Mon March 19, 2012
by Ethan James
Source: www.qrl.com.au

A late field goal from halfback Luke Kelly sealed a thrilling 15-14 victory for the Easts Tigers against the Ipswich Jets at North Ipswich Reserve.

With the scores locked at 14-14 inside the final five minutes, the Melbourne Storm contracted Kelly crisply slotted the one pointer seemingly out of the blue, with neither his team-mates or the opposition prepared for the kick.

Speaking after the match, Tigers coach Troy McCarthy said knew the result would hinge on the quality of his playmaker's boot.

"I just passed on the message to Luke that his kicking game was going to win it ... if he wanted to take a field goal, or put the ball in behind the line, that was up to him," he said.

"But it was a great kick."

In what was a nerve-wracking finish to the game, the Jets hit the lead when big winger Ramon Filipine crossed in the corner to give his side a 14-12 advantage with 12 minutes to play.

However, after a spate of penalties on the Jets line, Easts took the opportunity to level the scores via a Cody Walker penalty goal ? an order which came from the coach's box.

"I thought Ipswich (to that point) had worked hard to get a result and if we could draw even with them their shoulders might slump," McCarthy said.

"I think it pretty much paid off."

With the benefit of hindsight, it proved the perfect decision - some tireless surges from Mitch Garbutt and Leon Panapa saw Easts travel the length of the field in the next set of six, giving Kelly the field position necessary to slot the match-winning drop goal.

Earlier, in a scrappy first half in wet conditions, the Jets took a slender 10-6 courtesy of tries to Filipine and former Brisbane Broncos hooker Ian Lacey, who burrowed over from close range.

Easts hit the lead in the second stanza when some sleight of hand allowed dummy half Isaac Kaufmann to slide over before Filipine's second in the 68th minute set up a grandstand finish.

McCarthy was impressed with his side's improved ball handling in the second half, but admitted the Tigers still had areas they could improve on.

The win now sets up a tantalising clash with the Northern Pride at Langlands Park next Saturday, who are also undefeated after two weeks of the Intrust Super Cup.

EASTS TIGERS 15 (Shane Neumann, Isaac Kaufmann tries; Cody Walker 3 goals; Luke Kelly field goal) def IPSWICH JETS 14 (Ramon Filipine 2, Ian Lacey tries; Brendon Lindsay goal) at North Ipswich Reserve.


Storm receives a double dose of great news
Thu August 26, 2010
Source: www.melbournestorm.com.au

Melbourne Storm has today received a double dose of great news with its final game of 2010 officially a sell out and the re-signing of a number of key players.

The second ticket allocation released yesterday for the Storm's September 5 "Thank You" game against Newcastle Knights at AAMI Park sold out by 10.00pm last night.

Fans yesterday rushed to grab the final 2,000 tickets on offer, for the special price of $1, after the initial allocation was exhausted in less than 24 hours after going on sale.

Storm was offering the $1 tickets as a "Thank You" to Melbourne for its ongoing support in 2010.

The Club will be donating all ticket proceeds from this match to Ovarian Cancer Australia ? who will be the Storm's final 'Points with a Purpose' charity partner for this season.
In what is sure to be a fitting tribute to the Storm's departing player list, which includes fan favourites Greg Inglis, Brett White, Ryan Hoffman, Jeff Lima, Brett Finch and Aiden Tolman, a sea of purple is now set to descend on AAMI Park to witness the club's electrifying brand of Rugby League for the final time this year.
News of the sell-out came as the Storm bolstered its 2011 squad with a number of key re-signings as well, as the recruitment of off-contract props Adam Woolnough and Troy Thompson, and young New Zealand Warriors winger Elijah Niko.

The Storm is also pleased to announce today that the club has officially re-signed Dane Nielsen, Bryan Norrie, Justin O'Neill, Luke Kelly, Rory Kostjasyn and Robbie Rochow to contract extensions.

Neilsen, Norrie, O'Neill and Kostjasyn have all re-signed for a further two seasons, while Kelly and Rochow have both extended their contracts until the end of 2011.

All of these players had agreed to terms with the club over the past month but only officially signed off on their new deals today.

The contingent will form a 2011 roster that includes Australian and New Zealand Test players Cameron Smith, Cooper Cronk, Adam Blair, Billy Slater and Sika Manu.

"This is great news for the club," Storm coach Craig Bellamy said.

"Melbourne is a tremendous place for young players to develop both as men and as footballers and we believe all of these players will play a big role for the Storm in 2011."

O'Neill, Kelly and Rochow all played in the Storm's Under-20's premiership winning team in 2009, along with current NRL squad members Jesse Bromwich, Dane Chisholm, Matt Duffie, Kevin Proctor and Gareth Widdop.

Woolnough, 29, and Thompson, 30, have been recruited to the Storm to inject experience into the club's forward pack in 2011.

Woolnough in particularly will be more than fresh having spent the past nine months on a year's break from the game overseas.

Speaking from Johannesburg, South Africa, where he was about to embark on a four-day African safari, Woolnough said he was relishing the return to the NRL and could not wait to start pre-season training.

"Since I started playing first-grade I'd always had this bug inside me willing me to experience the world before I get too old," said Woolnough.

"Over the past 12 months I've been lucky enough to do that just with my wife.

"We discussed it while we were overseas and we decided that if the right offer was to come along then I would consider returning to rugby league.

"When it was Melbourne that made that offer I jumped at the opportunity. My body's refreshed and I'm ready to go."

Storm plays Wests Tigers this Sunday at Leichhardt Oval in Sydney.

PLAYER PROFILES

Luke Kelly
DOB: 13/10/1989
Place: Katherine, NT
Position: Halfback/Five-eighth
Height: 181cm
Weight: 86kg
Previous Clubs: Nil
NRL Debut: Storm v Parramatta, Round 19, 2009
NRL Games: 3
NRL Tries: Nil

Rory Kostjasyn
DOB: 6/6/1987
Place: Sydney, NSW
Position: Utility
Height: 180cm
Weight: 96kg
Previous Clubs: Nil
NRL Debut: Storm v Cronulla, Round 1, 2010
NRL Games: 6
NRL Tries: 1

Dane Nielsen
DOB: 10/6/1985
Place: Mackay, QLD
Position: Centre/Wing
Height: 188cm
Weight: 98kg
Previous Clubs: Cronulla 2007
NRL Debut: Cronulla v Manly, Round 19, 2007
NRL Games: 31
NRL Tries: 11

Elijah Niko
DOB: 11/9/1990
Place Lower Hutt, NZ
Position: Wing
Height: 192cm
Weight: 107kg
Previous Clubs: NZ Warriors Under-20s
NRL Debut: Yet to make Debut

Bryan Norrie
DOB: 14/10/1983
Place: Forbes, NSW
Position: Prop
Height: 192cm
Weight: 110kg
Previous Clubs: St George Illawarra 2004-05, Penrith 2006-07, Cronulla 2008-09
NRL Debut: St George Illawarra v Parramatta, Round 11, 2004
NRL Games: 79
NRL Tries: 2

Justin O'Neill
DOB: 4/4/1981
Place: Townsville, QLD
Position: Wing/Centre
Height: 186cm
Weight: 92kg
Previous Clubs: Nil
NRL Debut: Storm v Sydney Roosters, Round 14, 2010
NRL Games: 7
NRL Tries: 8

Troy Thompson
DOB: 6/11/1979
Place: Canberra, ACT
Position: Prop
Height: 189cm
Weight: 106kg
Previous Clubs: Canberra 2001-2010
NRL Debut: Raiders v Brisbane, Round 25, 2010
NRL Games: 156
NRL Tries: 6

Adam Woolnough
DOB: 24/5/1981
Place: Taree, NSW
Position: Prop
Height: 188cm
Weight: 106kg
Previous Clubs: Newcastle 2002-07, Penrith 2008-09
NRL Debut: Newcastle v NZ Warriors, Round 10, 2002
NRL Games: 135
NRL Tries: 12

====================================================================================================== 2010 NRL Telstra Premiership Melbourne Storm 4 games; [View] Round 14 [14 Jun 10] L 6-38 v Roosters (H). [HB] [View] Round 24 [21 Aug 10] W 24-4 v Sharks (H). [F8] [View] Round 25 [29 Aug 10] L 14-26 v Tigers (A). [F8] [View] Round 26 [05 Sep 10] W 34-4 v Knights (H). [F8] ====================================================================================================== 2009 NYC Toyota Cup Melbourne Storm 22 games; 5 tries, 0/2 goals, 1 field goals, 21 points. [View] Round 1 [13 Mar 09] W 26-24 v Dragons (H). [HB] [View] Round 2 [20 Mar 09] W 48-14 v Broncos (A). [HB] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 3 [28 Mar 09] L 28-29 v Cowboys (A). [HB] [View] Round 4 [04 Apr 09] W 32-30 v Titans (H). [HB] [View] Round 5 [11 Apr 09] W 46-22 v Panthers (H). [HB] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 6 [20 Apr 09] W 38-22 v Tigers (A). [HB] [View] Round 8 [01 May 09] W 28-26 v Sea Eagles (A). [HB] [View] Round 10 [18 May 09] L 16-24 v Raiders (H). [F8] [View] Round 11 [23 May 09] W 54-30 v Bulldogs (A). [HB] [View] Round 13 [05 Jun 09] W 28-26 v Broncos (H). [HB] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 15 [21 Jun 09] L 28-38 v Tigers (H). [HB] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 16 [28 Jun 09] L 34-36 v Raiders (A). [HB] [View] Round 17 [04 Jul 09] W 48-26 v Knights (H). [HB] [View] Round 21 [31 Jul 09] L 22-34 v Dragons (A). [HB] [View] Round 22 [07 Aug 09] W 40-26 v Cowboys (H). [HB] [View] Round 23 [17 Aug 09] W 32-30 v Knights (A). [HB] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 24 [23 Aug 09] W 31-0 v Sea Eagles (H). [HB] 1 Pts; 1fg [View] Round 25 [29 Aug 09] W 16-14 v Roosters (H). [HB] [View] Round 26 [05 Sep 09] W 46-44 v Warriors (A). [HB] [View] Finals Week 1 [11 Sep 09] W 54-18 v Rabbitohs. [HB] [View] Finals Week 3 [26 Sep 09] W 40-16 v Broncos. [HB] [View] Grand Final [04 Oct 09] W 24-22 v Tigers. [HB] ====================================================================================================== 2009 NRL Telstra Premiership Melbourne Storm 1 games; [View] Round 19 [20 Jul 09] L 16-18 v Eels (A). [BE] ====================================================================================================== 2008 NYC Toyota Cup Melbourne Storm 23 games; 2 tries, 8 points. [View] Round 2 [23 Mar 08] D 20-20 v Sharks (H). [BE] [View] Round 3 [29 Mar 08] L 32-46 v Roosters (A). [F8] [View] Round 4 [04 Apr 08] L 24-28 v Broncos (H). [F8] [View] Round 5 [11 Apr 08] W 22-12 v Sea Eagles (H). [F8] [View] Round 6 [21 Apr 08] L 10-42 v Raiders (A). [HB] [View] Round 7 [26 Apr 08] W 36-18 v Cowboys (A). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 9 [12 May 08] W 34-10 v Knights (H). [F8] [View] Round 10 [17 May 08] L 16-36 v Dragons (A). [F8] [View] Round 11 [24 May 08] L 14-36 v Rabbitohs (A). [F8] [View] Round 12 [31 May 08] W 30-16 v Bulldogs (H). [F8] [View] Round 13 [09 Jun 08] L 6-38 v Gold Coast (A). [F8] [View] Round 15 [21 Jun 08] L 10-14 v Cowboys (H). [F8] [View] Round 16 [29 Jun 08] L 24-42 v Eels (A). [F8] [View] Round 17 [06 Jul 08] W 36-26 v Raiders (H). [F8] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 18 [14 Jul 08] L 16-34 v Tigers (A). [F8] [View] Round 19 [21 Jul 08] L 14-30 v Dragons (H). [F8] [View] Round 20 [27 Jul 08] L 12-36 v Warriors (A). [F8] [View] Round 21 [01 Aug 08] L 10-16 v Gold Coast (H). [F8] [View] Round 22 [08 Aug 08] W 28-20 v Sea Eagles (A). [F8] [View] Round 23 [15 Aug 08] W 30-16 v Roosters (H). [F8] [View] Round 24 [25 Aug 08] L 10-18 v Panthers (A). [F8] [View] Round 25 [30 Aug 08] L 26-36 v Knights (A). [F8] [View] Round 26 [07 Sep 08] L 20-26 v Rabbitohs (H). [F8] ======================================================================================================

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