He is still learning and will make mistakes, but you sense something is about to happen every time he gets the ball.
Gray bombed a certain try for Jacob Gagai in the 16th minute when he fed the ball into the scrum, raced out to the left, took a pass from Damien Cook, then passed the ball too soon for his winger.
Rather than use his speed and draw in Will Warbrick, Gray threw the ball, which gave Warbrick plenty of time to stop Gagai.
Gray knew it straight away and punched the grass in anger.
It was a classic two-on-one situation.
Walker’s seven-tackle set
The Bunnies got back to 10-4 and started to enjoy repeat sets and were in good field position before Cody Walker’s kick went too deep and gifted the Storm a seven-tackle set.
Ryan Papenhuyzen took the tap on the 20m, was hit high by Damien Cook who was penalised, then the Storm proceeded to score three tries from the next three sets.
Walker had some great moments, including two lovely passes for Gagai’s double. But rather than keep the pressure on Melbourne, Walker, the experienced playmaker next to rookie Dean Hawkins, gifted the home side easy yardage up field.
Mamouzelos falls for dummy
Souths missed more than 40 tackles against Melbourne. One of the worst featured rookie dummy-half Peter Mamouzelos, who fell for a dummy from his opposite number right on half-time.
Grant went to go right, Mamouzelos took the bait, and the Storm skipper spun around to sneak over the line.
Jai Arrow also should have done better, but was entitled to catch his breath in his first game back from a shoulder injury, and would not have realised how far Mamouzelos had shifted.
The Storm sent plenty of traffic the young rake’s way, and forced him to make back-to-back-to-back tackles midway through the second half before he ran out of gas and failed to stop Jahrome Hughes before Munster scored.
Wighton penalty
Just as Walker’s kick released the pressure in the first half, Jack Wighton tackling Papenhuyzen in the air officially ended any hope of a miracle Souths fightback.
The Rabbitohs had all the ball and momentum when they got back to 36-20. They looked good. But Wighton chased through a Hawkins kick and was penalised.
Melbourne went on to score 18 points in the remaining 18 minutes. The Storm bench were relieved they received a penalty when they did because they sensed Souths were coming for them.
To be fair to Wighton, he is one of the few positives to happen to Souths this season.
Milne brain explosion
Milne looked an angry man when he basically threw Tyran Wishart off him and into the stands before slamming the ball down to score.
He had been caught in-field several times, including twice in the first half when Xavier Coates scored, then struggled to contain the much lighter and smaller Papenhuyzen from close range.
When he spotted Munster being held up in a tackle by two Souths defenders, he dived into the five-eighth’s legs, and was sent to the bin.
It was silly, impulsive and basically dumb.
It hurt Souths. The pain continues.
