Updates from the round two game at AAMI ParkFeel free to get in touch with Pádraig on email 8.26am GMT 1. Billy Slater2. Suliasi Vunivalu3. Will Chambers4. Curtis Scott5. Josh Addo-Carr6. Cameron Munster 7. Brodie Croft8. Jesse Bromwich 9. Cameron Smith ©10. Nelson Asofa Solomona 19. Joe Stimson 12. Ryan Hoffman13. Dale Finucane14. Tim Glasby 15. Kenny Bromwich16. Christian Welch17. Sam Kasiano 8.23am GMT Penrith have just beaten Souths 18-14. That’s two wins in a row for the Panthers, two losses in a row for the Rabbitohs. 8.18am GMT Storm trounced the Bulldogs 36-18 in the opening round last weekend, leaving them third on the ladder after the Dragons and Warriors, who also had comprehensive wins. That lends them to being firm favourites at home tonight, but as the Tigers showed last weekend in their unexpected win over the Roosters, sometimes the favourite comes second. 8.12am GMT Tonight’s game will be Billy Slater’s 300th NRL appearance. This is a very big deal. Hopefully he will not let the occasion hinder his usual game. On previous form, we do not have to worry about that. He is surely one of the greatest players the NRL has ever seen. 8.07am GMT Today, as I’m sure you are all aware, is St Patrick’s day. And nothing makes me so proud of my countrymen as this picture of Ronald Reagan and a suspiciously tall leprechaun in the 1980s. (For those of you too young to remember, Reagan was the Donald Trump of the 80s.) Scroll down a bit for the Reagan and leprechaun picture. Related: US presidents celebrate St Patrick's Day, from Roosevelt to Trump – in pictures 4.26am GMT Good evening league fans and welcome to the Melbourne Storm versus Wests Tigers live blog. While you’re waiting for me to write another scintillating post, remind yourself of the rugby league genius that is former Queensland premier Peter Beattie, aka the man who doesn’t know if the Cronulla team is called the Hawks, Seagulls or Sharks. This might make no odds if Beattie was merely an ex-politician subjected to a gotcha moment, but he is the ARL commission chairman, for heaven’s sake. Related: Peter Beattie: new rugby league chief fails to remember Cronulla Sharks' name Continue reading
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