{"id":52857,"date":"2025-07-04T20:01:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T20:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=52857"},"modified":"2025-07-04T20:01:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T20:01:50","slug":"nrl-finals-2020-preliminary-final-melbourne-storm-beat-canberra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=52857","title":{"rendered":"NRL finals 2020, preliminary final: Melbourne Storm beat Canberra &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d79db4796efc26332eabfc3f5dafbc76\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"hb-ad-inarticle\">\r\n    <div class=\"hb-ad-inner\"> \r\n    <div class=\"hbagency_cls\"  id=\"hbagency_space_111930\"><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NRL finals 2020, preliminary final: Melbourne Storm beat Canberra &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the 2020 NRL Preliminary Final, the Melbourne Storm defeated the Canberra Raiders with a dominant performance. Here are the key details:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-52859\" src=\"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/remote-1-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/remote-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/remote-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/remote-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/remote-1.jpeg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Melbourne came out firing and effectively won the game in the first 25 minutes, scoring 4 tries in a ruthless start. At halftime, the score was Melbourne 24\u20130, leaving Canberra shell-shocked.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jesse Bromwich, Ryan Papenhuyzen, and Justin Olam were among the try scorers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cameron Smith, in what turned out to be his final season, controlled the game superbly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Canberra made a late push in the second half, but it was too little too late.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The win sent Melbourne Storm to the 2020 NRL Grand Final, where they went on to defeat the Penrith Panthers 26\u201320.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It marked another chapter in the Storm\u2019s golden era under Craig Bellamy.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NRL finals 2020, preliminary final: Melbourne Storm beat Canberra &#8230; &nbsp; In the 2020 NRL Preliminary Final, the Melbourne Storm defeated the Canberra Raiders with a dominant performance. 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