Melbourne Storm

Blake to leave the club for personal reasons. A fed up Melbourne Storm have issued wantaway flyer Josh Addo-Carr with a contract deadline. Meanwhile the Tigers reason for offloading Benji Marshall has been revealed.

Code-hopper Karmichael Hunt and 2014 premiership-winning Rabbitoh Kirisome Auva'a also number among an army of cousins, with that family connection touted as a selling point when Melbourne spoke with Karmichael about returning from AFL with the Storm six years ago,

Carr's stalled bid for an early release from the Melbourne Storm could gain some traction before the NRL finals begin. The Storm has reportedly told Addo-Carr's new agent, Mario Tartak, that if there isn't any progress with his proposed move to the Wests Tigers to play fullback next week,

The Storm have moved to protect themselves in future loan arrangements to avoid players like Harry Grant coming up against his old team as he will in Round 19 against Melbourne.

Harry Grant will become a Melbourne player again in two NRL rounds but Kenny Bromwich won't have any trouble "splitting him in half" when the Storm host the