
ON a weekend when the Newcastle Knights selected a backline comprising six Queenslanders and an Englishman, a home-grown player they discarded has made a dream NRL debut for Melbourne Storm.
Grant Anderson was virtually unknown when the Storm promoted him as an 11th-hour replacement for Queensland winger Xavier Coates but, by the time full-time sounded at the SCG on Saturday night, the former Central Newcastle utility back and Knights junior had made a name for himself in spectacular fashion.