Storm relishing reduced travel schedule

Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy is relishing their diminished journey schedule regardless of being dealt one of many hardest attracts within the NRL season reboot.

The Storm have been drawn for 2 conferences with 2019 premiers Sydney Roosters, grand finalists Canberra, preliminary finalists Souths, arch-rivals Manly and Newcastle, who’ve made an unbeaten begin to 2020.

They begin off on Saturday week towards the Raiders at their standard house floor AAMI Park, which Bellamy mentioned made all of the distinction.

As properly, Melbourne do not must make the trek to Townsville and solely as soon as to Brisbane, whereas no groups have the NZ leg with the Warriors primarily based in NSW.

“It is fairly powerful with the groups we’re taking part in twice – the 2 grand finalists and Manly and Newcastle in order that’s fairly powerful,” Bellamy mentioned on Thursday.

“We’re lucky that we’re allowed to play video games at AAMI park so that may cut back our journey … in order that’s one actually good a part of it for us.

“If we needed to leap on a airplane for 9 weeks in a row to play house video games in Sydney … it makes it actually simpler on us.”

The Storm are set to be at full-strength to tackle the Raiders with new recruit, centre Paul Momirovski and winger Sandor Earl anticipated to beat comfortable tissue accidents to be obtainable for choice.

Bellamy mentioned such accidents weren’t fully surprising.

“We clearly needed to get some coaching into them that was particular to the sport,” Bellamy mentioned.

“To try this with solely about two-and-a-half weeks of contact – understanding how far to go there with the intent of the actions but additionally the length … was tough.

“We knew there have been going to be some accidents after we put the foot down with our coaching – and we acquired that.

“However I do not assume we have completed an excessive amount of injury so we count on everybody to be coaching subsequent week.”

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