COATES DOES IT AGAIN!
TOM SMITH Allianz Stadium, Thursday
SYDNEY ROOSTERS 12
MELBOURNE STORM 18
XAVIER COATES scored his second late winner this season (above) as the Storm clinched another heart-stopper against the Roosters.
Five weeks after his buzzer-beating miracle against the Warriors, Coates penetrated the Chooks’ under-siege goal-line defence to secure another close win for Melbourne - their fifth by eight points or less this season.
Roosters centre Joey Manu - who announced his departure to Japanese rugby union midweek - squared the scores after Storm stand-off Cameron Munster spent ten minutes in the sinbin midway through the second half.