Rugby League – Bellamy’s fitting 500th game celebration, a thriller – by Trevine Rodrigo (Melbourne: eLanka Sports Editor)   Ryan Papenhuyzen came to the rescue of Craig Bellamy’s 500 game celebration with a spectacular field goal to give a complacent Melbourne Storm a pulsating win over South Sydney in extra time. The Storm, who jumped the Rabbitiohs in the first half, nearly squandered their advantage when they blew a 14 point lead to let the Sydneysiders level things at full-time through a Lattrell Mitchell bomb seconds from full time. The effervescent Pappenhuyzen, cool and calm, pulled off a miraculous golden point win when the talented backman cleverly jinked through the advancing defence, then nailed a superb drop goal minutes into the deciding extra time in front of an elated home crowd for the first time in a year.  Logic at that stage clearly indicated that an undermanned and down to ...

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