Tyrone May will start at centre in the NRL grand final after Penrith made a late change with Brent Naden sent back to the bench.
Just as he did last week, Ivan Cleary confirmed an hour before kick off that May would start, with the coach preferring his defence against Melbourne.
It marks just the eighth time this year May has started, after playing as a bench utility for the majority of the season.
Naden did not get on the field in last week’s preliminary final against South Sydney, spending the entire match on the bench.
Melbourne will run out as named, with Nelson Asofa-Solomona at lock and Dale Finucane on the bench.
Rain has been falling at ANZ Stadium all afternoon and has shown no sign of letting up before kick-off.
The Storm are in pursuit of their sixth grand final win, albeit with two stripped due to salary cap breaches in 2007 and 2009.
Penrith, meanwhile, are aiming for just their third premiership, to go with their 1991 and 2003 successes.
Source:: SportsNews
