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BATTLE OF THE FORWARDS IN NRL PRELIMINARY FINALSCRONULLA VS NORTH QUEENSLANDNorth Queenslands forwards are an average of five kilograms bigger than their Cronulla opponents, and they know it. Theyre no fuss, no frills, but they get the job done. Theyve out-run their Sharks opponents by 43 metres per game this season, despite taking eight less runs than them per match.Relying on sheer power, they bend the oppositions defensive line with brute strength, making on average 9.62 metres per run. Both Scott Bolton and Matt Scott average exactly 10 metres per run, while wrecking ball Jason Taumalolo has gone at 10.9 per metres per carry, busting through 78 would-be tacklers along the way.In comparison, Cronullas forwards offer plenty for their team close to the line. Theyve produced 197 offloads this year, 108 more than their Cowboys opponents. They also have the ability to break the line open, busting through an average of 13.65 tackles per match, four more than the North Queensland big men.KEY STAT LEADERS:Metres per game: 169 - Jason Taumalolo (NQ)Runs per game: 22.1 Paul Gallen (CRO)Metres per run: 10.9 - Jason Taumalolo (NQ)Tackles per game: 33.4 - Michael Ennis (CRO)Offloads: 63 - Andrew Fifita (CRO)Tackle busts - 87 - Andrew Fifita (CRO)PACK VS PACK - AVERAGE MATCH STATS:Metres: CRO 862 - NQ 905Runs: CRO 103 - NQ 94Metres per run: CRO 8.38 - NQ 9.62Offloads: CRO 10 - NQ 4Tackle busts: CRO 14 - NQ 9Tackles: CRO 218 - NQ 220Average size (kg): CRO 101 - NQ 106MELBOURNE V CANBERRAA Canberra forward onslaught awaits Melbourne in Saturday nights preliminary final at AAMI Park.While both packs make near-identical number of metres, the Raiders have broken some 60-more tackles than their Storm opposition this season. Queensland enforcer Josh Papalli leads the way with 51 tackle busts but its Ricky Stuarts bench that will have Craig Bellamy worried. Joseph Tapine makes more than 10 metres a run, while Paul Vaughan contributes a team-high 118m per match.For the Storm, prop Jesse Bromwich is a cut above the rest. The New Zealand international makes more runs (14.7) and metres per game (139) than any other forward in the team, to go with 43 offloads and 41 tackles busts for the year. Fellow Kiwi Tohu Harris looms as a danger on the fringe, having scored eight tries in 2016.In the battle of the hookers, English import Josh Hodgson has set up 17 tries, the same number as halves Blake Austin and Aidan Sezer combined.Cameron Smith isnt far behind with 15 try assists but the Raiders will need to be wary of the Storm skippers boot. Smith tops the NRL for 40/20s, with five.KEY STAT LEADERS:Metres per game: 139 - Jesse Bromwich (MEL)Runs per game: 14.7 - Jesse Bromwich (MEL)Tackles per game: 38.1 - Cameron Smith (MEL)Offloads: 43 - Jesse Bromwich (MEL)Tackle busts: 51 - Josh Papalii (CAN)PACK VS PACK - AVERAGE MATCH STATS:Metres: MEL 822 - CAN 826Runs: MEL 91 - CAN 90Metres per run: MEL9.03 - CAN - 9.18Tackles: MEL 239 - CAN 220Offloads: MEL 134 - CAN 116Tackle busts: MEL 215 - CAN 280Average size (kg): MEL 105 - CAN 103* Stats courtesy Fox Sports Stats Gail Goodrich Jersey . -- The goal posts lying flat on the field, Arizonas fans lingered on the field, congregating around the locker room entrance nearly 30 minutes after rushing out of the stands. Charlie Scott Jersey . 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Assuming no deal is reached, Berry will be allowed to negotiate with other teams, but any club that signs him would have to surrender two first-round picks to Kansas City.As he hadnt signed the tender, Berry stayed away from the Chiefs offseason activities and didnt participate in the teams minicamp. He has said he hoped to reach agreement on a long-term contract with the Chiefs.This is the second consecutive year the Chiefs have gone down to the July 15 deadline with a franchised player. Last year, Kansas City and linebacker Justin Houston agreed to a six-year, $101 million deal that included $52.5 million guaranteed on deadline day.Berry capped a remarkable 2015 season by being named NFL Comeback Player of the Year by the The Associated Press.He was diagnosed in November 2014 with Hodgkins lymphoma shortly after complaining of tightness in his chest after a ggame against the Oakland Raiders.ddddddddddddBut Berry, buoyed by his conditioning sessions even through his chemotherapy treatments, was cleared to return to football by both personal physicians and team doctors shortly before the start of training camp last summer.Things progressed in stages from there. Berry quickly was allowed to participate in contact drills, earned his starting spot back, and -- over the last several games of the season -- played as well as he had at any time before his illness.Berry finished third on the Chiefs in tackles and had two interceptions. After the season he played in the fourth Pro Bowl of his six-year NFL career.Berry joined the Chiefs as a first-round draft pick in 2010 from?Tennessee.Six other players (the Washington Redskins Kirk Cousins, Chicago Bears Alshon Jeffery, Los Angeles Rams Trumaine Johnson, Denver Broncos Von Miller, New York Jets Muhammad Wilkerson and Baltimore Ravens Justin Tucker) face the Friday 4 p.m. deadlineESPN Chiefs reporter Adam Teicher contributed to this report. ' ' '