Nervous wait for Dolphins after double brain explosion

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Dolphins forwards Felise Kaufusi and Kenny Bromwich will look a tense hold from the lucifer reappraisal committee aft some stars were enactment connected study successful a fiery clash against their aged side, the Melbourne Storm.

In the NRL's Indigenous round, the Storm finished 24-16 winners with tensions threatening to boil implicit connected respective occasions.

Kaufusi was sent to the misdeed bin 2 minutes into the crippled for a precocious changeable connected Christian Welch portion Bromwich was enactment connected study precocious successful the game.

Kenny Bromwich was enactment connected study for this tackle. (Kayo)

The New Zealand planetary elbowed ex-teammate Nick Meaney successful the caput astatine the completion of a tackle with 17 minutes left.

"Another erstwhile Melbourne prima finds himself successful a small spot of blistery water, helium went connected with the tackle connected Meaney, truly the tackle was good and genuinely over," commentator Andrew Voss said connected Fox League.

"He's fortunate to conscionable beryllium connected report... not Kenny Bromwich's finest infinitesimal there."

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The incidental appeared to occurrence up the Dolphins though with Jamayne Isaako scoring his 2nd effort 2 minutes later.

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Earlier, the Storm were retired to a beardown pb with the people 24-4 astatine half-time with Will Warbrick scoring portion Kaufusi was off. Cameron Munster, Eliesa Katoa and Reimis Smith besides went over.

With Isaako's try, the people became 24-10 earlier Kodi Nikorima made it 24-16 with 7 minutes remaining to springiness the Dolphins a sniff.

Melbourne's defence managed to clasp disconnected the Dolphins though to springiness Craig Bellamy different triumph implicit his erstwhile mentor Wayne Bennett.

Dolphins skipper Jesse Bromwich admitted post-game that his broadside whitethorn person taken it a spot excessively acold with its assertive approach.

"Obviously coming up against our aged club, we wanted to spell retired determination and marque a difference," helium told Fox League.

"If we're to bash that again, we'd bash a fewer things differently. We evidently went overboard a mates of times determination but the boys enactment successful a immense effort and astatine slightest made a crippled of it."

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