Bulldogs coach Cameron Ciraldo:
“I thought we were really good,did a lot of things really well,probably missed a few moments that hurt us on the scoreboard.
“But in terms of what we’re after from our group at the moment,I couldn’t be any prouder.
“It’s hard. I feel like I’ve been saying that after a few losses lately,but I think everyone can see how the boys are playing,how committed they are. They did a lot of good things today and they’re pretty devastated in there because there was so much effort,we put ourselves in a position to win … I really hope our players are starting to believe as much as I am.”
Storm coach Craig Bellamy:
“The opposition,I knew they were a good side.
“I think the way they play their footy really suits the players they’ve got,which is obviously what we all try and do. But I think they do that really well.
“They just wouldn’t sort of go away,kept turning up and we were a bit the same. It would have been easy for us to sort of give it up when they came back.
“They went ahead of us,but we kept hanging in there,too. It was a tight old tussle.”