Storm star's vicious sledge against young Raider

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Brandon Smith is ne'er acold distant from stirring up trouble.

During the opening fractional of Melbourne's elimination last against Canberra connected Saturday, the Storm antagoniser fired a sledge astatine Matthew Timoko arsenic the Raiders centre departed the tract for a caput wounded assessment.

Timoko didn't gully a punishment aft colliding with Storm prop Jesse Bromwich successful the 12th minute, but helium looked somewhat groggy and was forced to permission the tract for a HIA.

"Shouldn't person tried to laic down," Smith barked astatine Timoko.

The Canberra youngster was cleared successful his HIA and returned to the paddock to assistance the Raiders propulsion up of the Storm successful the archetypal half.

Timoko, Jamal Fogarty and Elliott Whitehead scored tries arsenic Canberra surged to a 16-8 half-time lead.

In a thrilling transition of Canberra play, Timoko hurtled onto a Xavier Savage ball, goose-stepped, rag-dolled Melbourne superstar Cameron Munster and jammed the shot down for the Raiders' archetypal effort of the game.

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Timoko, who made his NRL debut successful 2020, is playing his archetypal finals lucifer successful the Storm clash.

Smith won't play different crippled for the Storm erstwhile their finals tally ends, with the inferior guardant set to articulation the Roosters connected a three-year deal.

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