They say what goes up must go down, and that was certainly the case for Melbourne Storm and Queensland high flyer Xavier Coates at AAMI Park on Saturday night.
First he was up – literally – as he leapt his way to score a remarkable aerial try in the corner that was one of the most spectacular tries of his NRL career.
The winger leapt high, managed to remain in the field of play and did the splits over the corner post to score his second. It was the 10th career double and his fourth at AAMI Park, and he was labelled by coach Craig Bellamy as Storm’s best following the 24-6 victory. The performance came just three nights after he starred in Queensland’s series-clinching victory at Suncorp Stadium. Coates cut an almost forlorn figure as he sat on the turf at the end of the 80 minutes, and later explained to NRL.com the fatigue and emotion of a huge week had finally caught up with him.“I’m going to head home and recover up, just sleep and let my body recover.
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